Just for CF

[Russ]

Found this near me.  Have a friend looking into it.

[guidematic]

Uh oh, now you've opened a can of worms.

What's the significance of the Foamite label? I assume something to do with foam fire suppression.

Mike

[Fins]

I was thinking maybe an airport apparatus.   But it's a ladder truck.  

Maybe not ladders. It looks more like a joist of some sorts.

[Carfreak]

Believe the Foamite indicated some company affiliation not a particular model.

I'm guessing early 50s?  Friend had a nice open cab ladder truck like that which he sold to someone in Texas.  

Buyer had more $$$ than brains; he f'd up and ran the ladder up into some power lines when showing up for something.  A VERY NICE rig burnt to a crisp.  

[Fins]

A long read with lots of info.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_LaFrance

[guidematic]

So, the ALF-Foamite was built in Toronto. Interesting.

Mike