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Thank you Pete (UK)! Superb detail shots. I appreciate it greatly.

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Great fire boat photos, Jaws, Pete(UK), Nurse Steinbaugh (Doc's assistant). I will not let the fact that I have nothing substantial to contribute stand in the way of posting a few soft scans.....



Here is a unique view as seen from the pilot house of the Glenn: The old MPD helicopter puts a diver into the water as Fireboat 2 approaches from the left. View is on the Washington Channel looking toward Greenleaf Point, Haines Point visible at right. 1988

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Jaws’ post 855 and Dr. Steinbaugh’s post 856 of Firebuffmama’s image show the heliport tower at the end of Pier 5. Who remembers the very brief time when there was a windsock and a helicopter parked there? Photo shows FB 1 responding down channel as the MPD B-1RD lifts off with a diver (note the flippers on the skid). View from quarters, 1989.

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View from atop the wheelhouse: MPD drops a diver into 20’ deep water at the confluence of the channel and rivers off the seawall at Ft. McNair.

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Fireboat 1, the John Glenn, was acquired from FDNY in 1977. The 70’ craft has two 3500 GPM pumps (shown to us by JAWS in post 852), two built-in foam tanks (supplying two manifold discharges and the pilothouse monitor), and is driven by three V12 diesels. The outboard engines drive the pumps while the center one stays online for navigation. In 1978, the tower behind the pilothouse was removed to reduce the height to 16’ 6” in order to clear the bridges. The 5’ draught keeps the vessel away from the shallows, and the 16’ height keeps it south of 14th St. in high tide.

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More than a crew of two or three is responding from Pier 5 (a.k.a. Police and Fire Pier, nee USSCG Pier) with Fireboat 2; apparently, the alarm is north of 14th St. in high tide… 1991 photo

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The original Fireboat 2 was a 25’ Boston Whaler driven by two Evinrude V6 155 HP outboard engines, and could achieve 40 knots. It was equipped with a 500 GPM Hale pump with suction through the hull, driven by a Volkswagen engine. The craft carried 1 ½” handlines, light water, towing array, foam eductor, 02 and jump bag, and miscellaneous. 1991 photo responding from quarters

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Thanks, Dave McClung for the kind words. ResQguy – I can’t believe someone (You!) actually took detailed noticed of the six ambulance color schemes over the years. And Pete (UK) brought in the photographic evidence, all street shots, too. My personal favorite style.

I'd like to post some more of the truck chronology from where it stopped with the next seven deliveries :

[quote name='ResQguy' post='137231' date='Aug 5 2007, 21:38 ']Chief, you forgot to mention the snappy paint job they did on this beast. The white stripe on T17 was not removed for painting and replaced later, it was in fact masked off and they painted around it! That's why the stripe is recessed in the red paint... <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tisktisk.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />[/quote]I never noticed that, ResQguy. I wonder if T-6 was the same. But…speaking of color, the next trucks delivered to the DCFD returned to the pre-1986 color scheme, and were delivered in red with white banding. In the year 1998 – 1999, the DCFD bought five more Seagrave tillers, a large purchase by DC norms. One of the impetuses for this large purchase was the fact that six trucks wrecked in 1996-97: Trucks 1, 17, 03, 08, 11, and 16. Only Trucks 3, 11, and 16 were rebuilt. But heading into ’98, it was tough keeping trucks in service.

That blur in the photo in my son, Kelly, who never moved that fast around the house. 2nd Alarm, 7th and Franklin NE

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In 1998 shop serials 389, 390, and 391 were delivered to Truck Companies 4, 12, and 2 respectively. June 12, 2001 photo, T-4 (Seagrave #76316) on the fireground, 2100 block of Flagler Pl. NW

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The only feature distinguishing the five ’98 trucks from the previous five trucks was the large flasher atop the generator compartment between the cab and the turntable. November 2002 photo, 1800 block of 11th St. NW

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S-390 (Seagrave #76317) went to Truck Co. 12, where it remained for five years. It was put into reserve in 2003. March 2007 photo shows S-390 filling in as Truck 3, where the boys immediately threw a placard on the stick.

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S-391 (Seagrave #76318) went to Truck Co. 2. October 2002 photo, 2400 M St. NW

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Around the time in 1998 that the Seagrave trucks were being delivered, the Department – amid budget woes, maintenance workload, and desperate for trucks – bought two used Seagrave trucks from Richmond, VA. The trucks were identical 1988 and 1989 model tillers. The idea was to add two reserve trucks to the fleet, but they never had a chance to float around. The trucks were given to Truck Companies 5 and 7 and remained with those units until replaced by new apparatus later that year. c1998 photo at the Training Academy

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S-390 (Seagrave #76317) went to Truck Co. 12, where it remained for five years. It was put into reserve in 2003. March 2007 photo shows S-390 filling in as Truck 3, where the boys immediately threw a placard on the stick.[/quote]





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