In celebration of my excess of 1000 topic posts I give to you the following photo story! This is the photo story of the Playmobil City Emergency Apparatus Service Repair Modification Customization Refurbish Division. It is managed by a group of creative wizards that can develop or conjure up any design for an equipment improvement or custom piece of equipment that any emergency service division can ask for. The wizard team has been instrumental in the creation of many items such as the PCEMS defibrillator/monitor, PCFD rescue saws, customization of the heavy rescue trucks, & the PCFD SCBA air cylinder modifications, to name just a few! ! The Playmobil City Emergency Apparatus Service Repair Modification Customization Refurbish Division repairs all of the Playmobil City Fire Departments apparatus, PCEMS vehicles, and PCPD vehicles within the city's maintenance budget.
When the Playmobil City International Airport Fire Department needs vehicles repaired, modified, refurbished, or customized, the costs of labor and materials are paid by them as a paying customer not an affiliate of the normal Playmobil City emergency organizations due to them being private.
There are now three wizards assigned to the research, creation, & development division. The newest members name is Merlin, with a master wizard called “Wiz” who is in charge of this division and has a partner that has been his accomplice for many years called Shorty. Shorty was not always 3 feet tall, actually he was originally a 6 foot tall grown man before a terrible work shop accident!
This is how the story was reported. One day after the Wiz had a heated argument with his now ex-wife about their divorce settlement on his cell phone in which she hung up on him, he was heard screaming the following; If she thinks she's going to keep the *@@*$ that I paid for to help with her self esteem issues, so her new boyfriend can benefit from them, she's sadly mistaken! I'll show her! He was desperately searching his spell book and finally found the spell recipe he was looking for. As he recited the spell and waved his wand, Shorty accidentally walked into the line of fire! After the dust settled, the results have given a new meaning to the phrase “down sized!” Shorty is much smaller now, and Wiz refuses to reverse the spell, saying it's one of his greatest feats, even if it was an accident, but naturally Shorty doesn't agree! Wiz's ex-wife still has the same equipment though, and the page with the reversal spell has come up missing from the spell book. Every now and then you can hear a sinister laughter come from Wiz as he looks in the direction of Shorty, to which there is a special gesture shown by Shorty as a rebuttal toward Wiz, to which Wiz reminds him; use all of those fingers when you wave at me Shorty!
I hope you enjoy the story!
The members of the design, creation, & development team, Wiz, Shorty, & Merlin.
A picture of the wizards office where projects are designed.
Wiz, & Merlin working together on another design for the Playmobil City International Airport Fire Department foam tenders.
The upper level of the design teams office. The wizards are known to be a little on the extreme hoarding side when it comes to pets! All of the animals live in harmony together, & are well taken care of.
A view of the resident cats, & ravens.
Another view of the office children.
A view of the trees outside of the office.
Another view of the trees.
The crew of HR227 looking over the projects progress.
A picture of the lift tractor used for high access projects.
A view of the shop.
Some PCFD personnel, & visitors.
Some welding being preformed on HR227's roof rail.
More welding pictures.
A technician modifying a rear cross member on HR227.
A close up of the tech wearing dark safety glasses for protection against the brightness of the cutting torch.
One of the techs tool carts.
B-W's avatar looking over a techs work station.
Visiting Drager SCBA instructor talking to the shop's resident ghost.
Jerry, Jimmy, me, & FireChief looking at all of the work in process.
The introduction close up of B-W's new avatar!
A view of some of the projects, & shop equipment.
More projects, & equipment.
The crews of the foam tenders, were not satisfied with the dual CCTV monitors, & asked if a less view obstructing design could be developed. The design team came up with the answer of dividing 1 monitor into 4 smaller screens making it possible for the FT commander to be able to see the entire scene without having a restricted view, & simultaneously operate the monitor foam nozzles.
A view showing the new monitor design, & the crew sitting in the cab for a final adjustment positioning for Foam Tender 25.
Foam Tender 24's crew cab shown being updated.
Foam Tender 24's crew, & new monitor.
A tech, & his helper making the final adjustments.
Another view of the adjustment.
Playmofire's avatar taking some pictures of the new project, & Little Jo's avatar watching all of the activity.
The fabrication team shown working on the wizards newest design idea called the Scorpion Tail Nozzle, with the help of a very respected customizing member.
A view of our very own Tim_W's avatar lending assistance on the new project, with Sylvia's avatar watching.
The hydraulic extension arm.
Some special welding being preformed on the nozzles telescopic pole, that needs rapid cooling with a water spray bottle.
Another tech work station for smaller projects.
Another techs mobile tool cart.
Another fabrication division's work station.
A picture of another techs mobile tool cart.
Refinish department working on another project.
The refinish team, & helpers.
The shops coffee maker, stereo, & wood/coal heating stove.
The parts, & storage department. When an apparatus is disassembled, the parts are put in containers, & stored in the parts department to prevent loss or damage during the process.
55 gallon drums of transmission fluid, engine oil, & antifreeze/coolant are also stored in this area.
The parts cart tractor is used to transport carts loaded with the disassembled parts to the parts department for storage. The yellow carts are positioned around the work areas to be loaded for transport.
A frontal view of the cart tractor.
The large fork truck used to lift heavy objects.
Signs that it's not going to be a good day at work!
