{"id":1168,"date":"2016-08-28T18:33:24","date_gmt":"2016-08-28T22:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/?p=1168"},"modified":"2016-12-31T13:36:21","modified_gmt":"2016-12-31T18:36:21","slug":"greensboro-bomb-squad-trucks-then-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/greensboro-bomb-squad-trucks-then-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Greensboro Bomb Squad Trucks &#8211; Then &#038; Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s look at some law enforcement special units. Greensboro Police Department and their bomb squad trucks, past \u2018n\u2019 present. Reader\/contributor David Raynor shares the vintage pictures.<\/p>\n<p>Top picture at the city garage in 1987, with containment equipment mounted on an ex-military 6\u00d76. Bottom picture at the training center in 1991, with containment equipment mounted on a Ford dump truck chassis.<\/p>\n<p>Below those are shots of GPD\u2019s present hazardous devices unit by Yours Truly. Ford F-550 prime mover and a specialty trailer built by ? Photographed in June 2016, at the Guilford County Public Safety Day. <a href=\"http:\/\/legeros.com\/ralwake\/photos\/2016-06-04-guilford-ps-day\/\">See more pictures<\/a>. Or see Mike\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/legeros\/sets\/72157634679461048\/\" class=\"broken_link\">Flickr album of special police vehicles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Click to enlarge:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016-08-28-gpd1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016-08-28-gpd1.jpg\" alt=\"2016-08-28-gpd1\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" border=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016-08-28-gpd2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016-08-28-gpd2.jpg\" alt=\"2016-08-28-gpd2\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" border=\"1\" \/><\/a><br \/> David Raynor photos<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016-08-28-gpd3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016-08-28-gpd3.jpg\" alt=\"2016-08-28-gpd3\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" border=\"1\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016-08-28-gpd4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016-08-28-gpd4.jpg\" alt=\"2016-08-28-gpd4\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" border=\"1\" \/><\/a><br \/> Mike Legeros photos<\/p>\n<div data-animation=\"no-animation\" data-icons-animation=\"no-animation\" data-overlay=\"on\" data-change-size=\"\" data-button-size=\"0.7\" style=\"font-size:0.7em!important;display:none;\" class=\"supsystic-social-sharing supsystic-social-sharing-package-flat supsystic-social-sharing-content supsystic-social-sharing-content-align-left\" data-text=\"\"><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-8 counter-standard without-counter facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Flegeros.com%2Fblog%2Fgreensboro-bomb-squad-trucks-then-now%2F\" data-main-href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u={url}\" data-nid=\"1\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"1168\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Greensboro Bomb Squad Trucks - Then & Now\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-facebook\"><span>Share<\/span><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap standard\"><span class=\"counter\">0<\/span><\/div><\/a><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-8 counter-standard without-counter twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Flegeros.com%2Fblog%2Fgreensboro-bomb-squad-trucks-then-now%2F&text=Greensboro+Bomb+Squad+Trucks+%26%238211%3B+Then+%26%23038%3B+Now\" data-main-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url={url}&text={title}\" data-nid=\"2\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"1168\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Greensboro Bomb Squad Trucks - Then & Now\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-twitter\"><span>Share<\/span><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap standard\"><span class=\"counter\">0<\/span><\/div><\/a><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-8 counter-standard without-counter pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Pinterest\" href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/link\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flegeros.com%2Fblog%2Fgreensboro-bomb-squad-trucks-then-now%2F&description=Greensboro+Bomb+Squad+Trucks+%26%238211%3B+Then+%26%23038%3B+Now\" data-main-href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/link\/?url={url}&description={title}\" data-nid=\"7\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"1168\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Greensboro Bomb Squad Trucks - Then & Now\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-pinterest\"><span>Share<\/span><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap standard\"><span class=\"counter\">0<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s look at some law enforcement special units. Greensboro Police Department and their bomb squad trucks, past \u2018n\u2019 present. Reader\/contributor David Raynor shares the vintage pictures. Top picture at the city garage in 1987, with containment equipment mounted on an ex-military 6\u00d76. Bottom picture at the training center in 1991, with containment equipment mounted on &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/greensboro-bomb-squad-trucks-then-now\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &lsquo;Greensboro Bomb Squad Trucks &#8211; Then &#038; Now&rsquo; &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<div data-animation=\"no-animation\" data-icons-animation=\"no-animation\" data-overlay=\"on\" data-change-size=\"\" data-button-size=\"0.7\" style=\"font-size:0.7em!important;display:none;\" class=\"supsystic-social-sharing supsystic-social-sharing-package-flat supsystic-social-sharing-content supsystic-social-sharing-content-align-left\" data-text=\"\"><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-8 counter-standard without-counter facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Flegeros.com%2Fblog%2Fgreensboro-bomb-squad-trucks-then-now%2F\" data-main-href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u={url}\" data-nid=\"1\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"1168\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Greensboro Bomb Squad Trucks - Then & Now\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-facebook\"><span>Share<\/span><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap standard\"><span class=\"counter\">0<\/span><\/div><\/a><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-8 counter-standard without-counter twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Flegeros.com%2Fblog%2Fgreensboro-bomb-squad-trucks-then-now%2F&text=Greensboro+Bomb+Squad+Trucks+%26%238211%3B+Then+%26%23038%3B+Now\" data-main-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url={url}&text={title}\" data-nid=\"2\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"1168\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Greensboro Bomb Squad Trucks - Then & Now\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-twitter\"><span>Share<\/span><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap standard\"><span class=\"counter\">0<\/span><\/div><\/a><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-8 counter-standard without-counter pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Pinterest\" href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/link\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flegeros.com%2Fblog%2Fgreensboro-bomb-squad-trucks-then-now%2F&description=Greensboro+Bomb+Squad+Trucks+%26%238211%3B+Then+%26%23038%3B+Now\" data-main-href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/link\/?url={url}&description={title}\" data-nid=\"7\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"1168\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Greensboro Bomb Squad Trucks - Then & Now\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-pinterest\"><span>Share<\/span><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap standard\"><span class=\"counter\">0<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1168"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1168"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1764,"href":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1168\/revisions\/1764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}