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[quote name='AVFC1699' post='155156' date='Oct 11 2007, 19:20 ']now DC has some nice looking rigs.....i think i like E16 the best. what is that mural on the driver side body of E16? anybody have a close-up of that?[/quote]

This is the new Seagrave you asked for:

[quote name='Hugh' post='155091' date='Oct 11 2007, 11:22 ']What r the two signs in each corner of the bay used for? It appears to be some kind of electronic sign?[/quote]

LED sign boards that display the dispatch information. There are 2 in every house.

[quote name='Shoe' post='155050' date='Oct 10 2007, 22:45 ']DCFD OLD. These shots are from a 1981 trip to DC. Fireboat #1 - The John H. Glenn, Jr. (Not the astronaut)[/quote]

(yes the astronaut.)

[quote name='Shoe' post='155050' date='Oct 10 2007, 22:45 ']DCFD OLD. These shots are from a 1981 trip to DC. Fireboat #1 - The John H. Glenn, Jr. (Not the astronaut)[/quote]





Oh yes it was and he was a US Senator as well.

[attachment=25869][quote name='firemag' post='154824' date='Oct 9 2007, 19:43 ']So Kevin, when is the next scheduled apparatus order for DC, and do you know what it will consist of?



Jerry[/quote]To fd 141: I'm sorry - I went through the archives and I do not have any pix of old T-9! I guess I was so familiar with it I never thought to shoot it.



Jerry: next up would be three heavy duty rescue squads, probably one year apart, starting later in 2008. Meanwhile the 1984 E\-One box on a 1997 Freightliner is still around. Photo is Rescue Squad 3, Oct. 16, 2007.

[quote name='dcfireman' post='156741' date='Oct 17 2007, 19:24 ']To fd 141: I'm sorry - I went through the archives and I do not have any pix of old T-9! I guess I was so familiar with it I never thought to shoot it.



Jerry: next up would be three heavy duty rescue squads, probably one year apart, starting later in 2008.[/quote]



Any idea who will be building the new rescue squads or are the plans still being drawn up?

[quote name='JFong' post='156742' date='Oct 17 2007, 21:28 ']Any idea who will be building the new rescue squads or are the plans still being drawn up?[/quote]Yes and yes. I would suppose they'd be similar to the recent acquisitions.

[attachment=25870][quote name='smketrfdny' post='154832' date='Oct 9 2007, 20:10 ']What happened to the bench in front of E-16 with "Taz" on it"?[/quote]

Taz is alive and well in most rooms in 1018 13th St. NW and the bench is back in front. The photo where he was missing happened to be on the day the bench was in the back room under repair. If you remember, that's Wayne "The Colonel" Klinger on the bench - now Lieutenant, RS-3.

[attachment=25871][quote name='ResQguy' post='155475' date='Oct 13 2007, 07:43 ']LED sign boards that display the dispatch information. There are 2 in every house.[/quote]ResQguy, I just happen to have a pic. Here's the watchman at Truck 3 with the reader board visible on the wall in front of the buggy.

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Firehouse reader board:

First line - address: 212 R St. NW, Apartment 101

2nd line - cross streets: between 2nd St. and 3rd St. NW

3rd line - units due to respond: Engines 06, 12, 09P, 04, 03P, T04, TW3, BC 1 (P=paramedic engine; TW=tower)

4th line - Box Alarm, apartment fire

[quote name='dcfireman' post='156741' date='Oct 17 2007, 20:24 ']To fd 141: I'm sorry - I went through the archives and I do not have any pix of old T-9! I guess I was so familiar with it I never thought to shoot it.



Jerry: next up would be three heavy duty rescue squads, probably one year apart, starting later in 2008. Meanwhile the 1984 E\-One box on a 1997 Freightliner is still around. Photo is Rescue Squad 3, Oct. 16, 2007.[/quote]











Kevin,

You mean to tell me that being a former E9 FIREMAN, You didnt shoot any of the BEST LOOKING TRUCK IN DC??!! <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/banghead.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> Thats OK brother, How about some more of E9!! PLEASE!! <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/fireman.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

Folks, I have some pics of the rigs and Activities at Operation Troubled Waters a Metro Transit system excercise I participated in on Saturday. I will ost the pics here soon.

[quote name='dcfireman' post='156744' date='Oct 17 2007, 22:42 ']

Taz is alive and well in most rooms in 1018 13th St. NW and the bench is back in front. The photo where he was missing happened to be on the day the bench was in the back room under repair. If you remember, that's Wayne "The Colonel" Klinger on the bench - now Lieutenant, RS-3.[/quote]





Wow, I'm getting old. I remember when the Colonel had hair........



Didnt think Jeff Wright would let anything happen to that bench...





Ahhh, the memories... Thanks Kev.

OK as promised Metro Drill Operation Troubled Waters. The scenario is a train catches fire on the longbridge over the Potmac River. The Metro train driver has stuff to do and firefighters from Arlington, Alexandria, DC, Montgomery and PG Counties get to strut their stuff.



To set the location for those not familiar. That is the 14th street bridge (the one the plane hit in 1982) in the distance is Rosslyn. The train just left the Pentagon and was heading to L'Enfant Plaza.

Most of the guys and the trucks were from DC so I will post them here. We got on the train via an emergency exit in Potomac park

More of that. I got to attend because I am a Community Emergency Response Team member in Arlington.

Here we are getting ready and chillin.

Lets try that again

Ok, here we go for real

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