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West Virginia - Need help - mnsand - 03-21-2008
Final truck from Elkins.....and a beauty!! Painted black is this 1966 Pirsch. Again, any additional help is appreciated.
Photo taken August of 1976
Mike Sanders collection
Mike Sanders
Ashburn, VA
West Virginia - Need help - mnsand - 03-21-2008
Station shot of Elkins......thanks again Ron.
Mike Sanders
Ashburn, VA
West Virginia - Need help - mnsand - 03-21-2008
Just prior to a meeting, I drove by the Point Pleasant, WV fire station and caught this group photo. Sorry, no other additional information because I was short on time.
Mike Sanders
Ashburn, VA
West Virginia - Need help - mnsand - 03-21-2008
Leaving Point Pleasant I came across the Valley VFD in Apple Grove, West Virginia. The Valley VFD is in Mason County, not real far from the West Virginia and Ohio state line.
The guys there were also great and were happy to move their apparatus around for photos.
Apple Grove, West VA
Valley VFD
Mason County
Engine 21
1977 International 4900/Pierce
1250/1000
job # EB030
Mike Sanders
Ashburn, VA
West Virginia - Need help - mnsand - 03-21-2008
Also at Valley VFD is "The Intimidator II":
2004 Freightliner M2/E-One
1250/1000/30
s/n 128295
Mike Sanders
Ashburn, VA
West Virginia - Need help - mnsand - 03-21-2008
Engine 23 at Valley is this 1998 Ford F350/1976 Pierce 300/300. No Pierce plate on this so I could not find a job number.
Mike Sanders
Ashburn, VA
West Virginia - Need help - mnsand - 03-21-2008
The Valley VFD is hoping to obtain some grant money in order to replace their existing tanker.
Tanker 24
1978 Ford 800/Rodney Supply Company
1800 gallons
ex- Milk truck
Mike Sanders
Ashburn, VA
West Virginia - Need help - mnsand - 03-21-2008
I need some help from our military truck experts. Is this a Kaiser, American Motors, etc.?
Valley VFD received this truck from the West Virginia Department of Forestry and painted it to their colors. The plans are to convert it to a brush unit and specialty piece.
Year built - 1995
Mike Sanders
Ashburn, VA
West Virginia - Need help - mnsand - 03-21-2008
Last from Valley is the station...
Mike Sanders
Ashburn, VA
West Virginia - Need help - mnsand - 03-21-2008
Down the road from Apple Grove (Valley VFD) is Lesage, WV. This was this a fun stop at the end of a day. The Ohio River Road VFD operates from Lesage and they are one of those stations that has a variety of equipment purchased used from other departments (except for one truck).
Rescue 616 from Ohio River Road is this 1977 Ford C9000/Swab that once saw service in Mt. Kisco, NY. There is a bit of rust appearing on the squad and the FD will be looking at replacing it at some point.
Mike Sanders
Ashburn, VA
West Virginia - Need help - mnsand - 03-21-2008
The big white phone in the cab of Rescue 616 is so that the crew in the front can talk to the crew in the back box.
By the way, the Swab serial number is 3502.
Mike Sanders
Ashburn, VA
West Virginia - Need help - mnsand - 03-21-2008
Engine 608 at the Ohio River Road VFD has a couple of dates on the Sutphen label in the cab.
1975 Sutphen Deluge
"Revised Manufacturer Date 1977"
1250/550
s/n HS-1061
ex- West Milton, OH
Any thoughts on the dates?
Mike Sanders
Ashburn, VA
West Virginia - Need help - mnsand - 03-21-2008
They do like their Sutphens at Ohio River Road VFD.
Engine 607 is a 1988 Sutphen 1500/750 that came from the Dallas-Ft. Worth International Airport in Texas. It has two foam tanks, but neither is used. It carries serial number HS-2186.
Mike Sanders
Ashburn, VA
West Virginia - Need help - mnsand - 03-21-2008
Engine 606 is the only truck at the station that the FD purchased new.
1993 International 4900/KME
1250/1000
s/n 64171
Mike Sanders
Ashburn, VA
West Virginia - Need help - mnsand - 03-21-2008
There are no plans on repainting Tanker 611.
Tanker 611
1987 Ford F900/military
125/1500
3500 gallon drop tank
reported to be ex- Air Force Base in Germany
Mike Sanders
Ashburn, VA
West Virginia - Need help - mnsand - 03-21-2008
I will save my favorite for last at Ohio River Road VFD
Tower 6
1975 Sutphen 85'
1250/300
no serial number found
ex- Morgantown, Florida
Mike Sanders
Ashburn, VA
West Virginia - Need help - mnsand - 03-21-2008
The Ohio River Road VFD in Lesage, WV is located in Cabell County.
Mike Sanders
Ashburn, VA
West Virginia - Need help - mnsand - 03-21-2008
Quite a distance away from Valley VFD and Ohio River Road VFD is the Lewisburg, WV. Lewisburg is not far from the West Virginia and Virginia state line, near Covington, Virginia.
I have been going to Lewisburg a variety of times for business but always with rain. With some special arrangements from the Chief at Lewisburg, I was able to visit both of their stations and photograph all of their apparatus. The day started out great but I was rushing to beat some heavy clouds coming into the area.
The downtown station houses three trucks. First up is Engine 2011.
Lewisburg, WV
Engine 2011
2003 Spartan Advantage FF/Smeal
1500/1000/50
s/n 300380
This runs as a rescue engine.
Mike Sanders
Ashburn, VA
West Virginia - Need help - mnsand - 03-21-2008
Streets are tight in the downtown area which makes driving difficult. Lewisburg has a variety of shops and businesses, and plenty of cars parking on the streets which makes driving even more challenging.
We took two of the apparatus from downtown at a elementary school in Lewisburg.
Truck 2022
2005 Smeal Sirius
75'
1750/500
s/n 305050
ex- demo - originally painted red and white. It arrived in Lewisburg December of 2006
Mike Sanders
Ashburn, VA
West Virginia - Need help - mnsand - 03-21-2008
Finishing off the apparatus at the downtown station is Utility 2026, a 1994 FOrd F350/Stahl. It assists with brush fires and carries plenty of traffic cones and signs in the back.
Mike Sanders
Ashburn, VA