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The 1998
E\-One Cyclones were the first apparatus to sport neighborhood designations on the cabs below the windshield. Many are names of former jurisdictions such as Deanwood DC, Brightwood DC, Tenlytown DC, etc., while others, such as Pleasant Plains or The Valley are local points of reference. Image is one of the many trips to the Bates Rd. NW transfer facility, 2000 or 2001.
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The reduced water tank size made for easier access to the hose on the Cyclone IIs. This image compares Engine 2’s 1996
Cyclone with Engine 8’s 2000 Cyclone II. The February 4, 2001 image views south on 5th St. at L St. SW -- Box Alarm in the
1200 block of 5th St, SW.
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Continuing the DCFD wagon chronology with 6 more views…
Budget constraints compelled the DCFD to purchase used apparatus and even a demonstrator in the late 1990s. All reserve wagons, like this last Hahn, were used up. Photo: 3300 block Ft. Lincoln Dr. NE
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In the same era, the Apparatus Division, whose garage was teeming with apparatus crumbs, converted the grounds of the Training Academy to a junk yard of cannibalized rigs. This was one of the department’s most desperate times, but the DCFD was about to turn the corner.
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THEN:
E\-One landed a contract with the city to deliver sixteen wagons: four 1999 models, and 12 more in 2000. I believe this may have been the largest single order for wagons in the department’s history. Engine 1 received a 1999 model Cyclone II, single stage Hale 1250 GPM / 500-gallon tank. The others went to Engines 16, 22, and 30. The shop serials were S-114 through S-117. Photo shows Engine 1 on October 21, 2002, 2514 L St NW.
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Things were so good by 2004 that S-117 (ex-E-22) was already a reserve pumper in this photo taken at a Georgetown fire on Prospect St. between Banks Alley and 33rd St. NW on September 22 of that year.
This is great stuff
You should write a book, on of thsioe arcadia books maybe
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THEN:
E\-One landed a contract with the city to deliver sixteen wagons: four 1999 models, and 12 more in 2000. I believe this may have been the largest single order for wagons in the department’s history. Engine 1 received a 1999 model Cyclone II, single stage Hale 1250 GPM / 500-gallon tank. The others went to Engines 16, 22, and 30. The shop serials were S-114 through S-117. Photo shows Engine 1 on October 21, 2002, 2514 L St NW.[/quote]
Hey Brother, you are saying that DC bought WAGONS? I thought that the Queen Mayor did away with the Wagons, aka Two Piece Companies before this. So are they Wagons or Engines? "We got to know"
FYI:
Witch, er, Mayor Sharon Pratt-Dixon eliminated the Pumpers, which were the second piece in an Engine Company. Apparatus assigned to Engine Companies are now known as "Wagons", aka Hose Wagons. She also wanted to lay off 100 Firefighters and demote 136 Officers. Local 36 took the City to court and won the day for the troops. (Kevin, thanks for posting the photo of me and Engine 31)<img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/3_12_21.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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So how many companies does DCFD have?
Been outta there awhile, but 33 engines, 16 ladders, 3 rescue companies, 1 fireboat, 1 haz mat. And 6 battalions.
Other stuff like the Metro Unit (still called that?) and about 26 ambulances.
Little rusty. Ill look to be corrected for additions and/or retractions.
Stay safe, Brothers.
[quote name='dcfiremanjeff' post='122037' date='Jun 24 2007, 13:35 ']FYI:
Witch, er, Mayor Sharon Pratt-Dixon eliminated the Pumpers, which were the second piece in an Engine Company. Apparatus assigned to Engine Companies are now known as "Wagons", aka Hose Wagons. She also wanted to lay off 100 Firefighters and demote 136 Officers. Local 36 took the City to court and won the day for the troops. (Kevin, thanks for posting the photo of me and Engine 31)<img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/3_12_21.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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Ok on dee wagons. She was a piece of work!
Dennis may change all the names of all the rides. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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She was a real B oops Witch......
Tho I remember the same day Local 36 was protesting the 136 layoffs, including urban cadets; The Progressives (the Black "fraternal" organization) was demanding a black fire chief.
Their priorities were so straight, many of those cadets joined the union when they saw who was looking out for their jobs.
But old SPK was a winner. And Eleanor Holmes Norton (the non-voting delegate to Congress) was no ball of fire either. A self proclaimed DCFD expert because her grandfather was a fireman 80 years earlier, she knew firefighting better than Tom Brennan (RIP). I wonder if he forgot to file his income taxes as well.. OOPS.
SPK, Miss "H & R Block" Norton and good old Ray Alfred damaged that Dept terribly. Glad to see my Brothers have bounced back from those dark days.
Stay safe, Brothers.
The (former) mayor sure knew how to mess things up!
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2000 E-Ones, S-188 through 129
Thank you, Lime Guy, for the very kind words – and to each and all of you commentators. Smketrfdny, how do you remember all that stuff? And you’re one hundred percent accurate! JFong: truer words were never spoken.
Heading into the new millennium, DCFD took in twelve more short wheel base
E\-One Cyclone II’s, featuring Hale 1250 GPM single stage pumps and 500-gallon water tanks. S-188 through 129 went to Engine Companies 5, 13, 14, 32, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 19, 21, and 28. Photo: July 21, 2002 image of Engine 8, in the rear as predictable.
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In DCFD SOPs, the second and fourth due engines are responsible for taking the rear of the fire building; second-due engines place the wagons physically in the rear. Engine Co. 8 is one of those companies that responds more often 2nd due than first and, consequently, known as an Alley Rat. This April, 1990 image shows how E-8 could put their 160-inch wheelbase Hahn almost anywhere.
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The Cyclone IIs short wheelbase (163"?) kept them maneuverable; Alley Rat E-08 in rear of the 200 block Pennsylvania Ave. SE, February 7, 2002.
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With the 2000 delivery, the remaining four
E\-One Hurricanes were retired, and all DC wagons were now closed-cab.
Looking north on 12th to M St. NW and Engine 5 on July 13, 1992. Two simultaneous multiple alarm fires in the same neighborhood made for a maze of hose lines. E-5 would be last of the
E\-One Hurricanes in 2000 (along with Engines 13, 14 and 32).