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Alexandria, VA Fire Department - davemcclung - 09-25-2007
Alexandria, VA Fire Department - davemcclung - 09-25-2007
Alexandria, VA Fire Department - davemcclung - 09-25-2007
Alexandria, VA Fire Department - davemcclung - 09-25-2007
Alexandria, VA Fire Department - davemcclung - 09-25-2007
As soon as I can get them resized I will post September 2007 pictures of Engine 203. At that point this post will include pictures of every AFD front line Engine, Truck, and most supression special service (Rescue Squad, Hazmat, Hazmat Support) unit. The two special service units I do not have shots of are the Mass Casualty Unit which someone else has posted and the Mobile Air Unit 203. I need to try to get shots of that next trip. If anyone has a shot of it please add it to the mix.
I will then try to do a single post on ladder storage for each of the 8 front line Engines and a post showing all front line Engines together, all Trucks together, and all front line special units together.
Alexandria, VA Fire Department - Guest - 09-26-2007
what is that thing above the ladder on E 201 for?
Alexandria, VA Fire Department - yvfdco8 - 09-26-2007
[quote name='Lime Guy' post='151384' date='Sep 26 2007, 07:57 ']what is that thing above the ladder on E 201 for?[/quote]
Looks like a coffin compartment...good use of wasted space.
Alexandria, VA Fire Department - davemcclung - 09-26-2007
[quote name='Lime Guy' post='151384' date='Sep 26 2007, 06:57 ']what is that thing above the ladder on E 201 for?[/quote]
It is a small little coffin compartment for storage of equipment like you see on a lot of rigs today, though most of them you see have ladder racks or are full depth rescue engines with the ladders coming off the back of the rig. You can see from the pictures that on Engine 208 the compartment while still small is a little deeper. The compartments above the ladders on 201 is not very deep and I suspect shovel handles and other small items are carried up there. One could make an argument that it is good use of wasted space or that there isn’t enough space for a change of underware much less any equipment. I wish the comment about a change of underware was an original joke but it isn’t as this conversation has come up when I have talked to guys who operate apparatus with similar setups to Engine 201 when I have asked about what equipment is stored up there. You will note Lime that Engine 202 does not have that same coffin compartment above the ladder rack .
Alexandria, VA Fire Department - davemcclung - 09-27-2007
Engine 203 (twin of Engine 205)
2001 Piercie Dash 1250 GPM, 750 GWT, 40 B Foam, 10KW generator
Alexandria, VA Fire Department - davemcclung - 09-27-2007
Alexandria, VA Fire Department - davemcclung - 09-27-2007
Alexandria, VA Fire Department - davemcclung - 09-27-2007
Alexandria, VA Fire Department - davemcclung - 09-27-2007
Alexandria, VA Fire Department - davemcclung - 09-27-2007
Alexandria, VA Fire Department - Guest - 09-28-2007
In their glory days AFD ran lime
Alexandria, VA Fire Department - davemcclung - 09-28-2007
Yes, indeed they did run lime, as you can see from the posts of old Truck 203 and old Truck 55. I don't think I have any pictures of any of the old pumpers. Only pumpers I have are the old KME's which I will scan and post soon.
I know what Lime is saying about glorydays and running Lime but when you look at the apparatus Alexandria has purchased in the last 30 years today truly is the glory days for the department. All of their fontline fleet is modern functional and at least for the pumpers....Pierce! ;-)
Alexandria, VA Fire Department - davemcclung - 09-30-2007
Scans of AFD's 1863 Amoskeag Steamer Engine
Alexandria, VA Fire Department - davemcclung - 09-30-2007
Alexandria, VA Fire Department - davemcclung - 09-30-2007
Here are a few historical scans....
First up is Engine 57 and Light & Air 57 in the late 1990's before NOVA jurisdictions changed to the Metropolican Washington DC Council of Government's (COG)numbering system.
Engine 57
1988 KME Renegade 1250 GPM, 500 GWT, 30 B-GFT
Light & Air 57
1993 International N-4700 E\-One w/ Cascade system
Alexandria, VA Fire Department - davemcclung - 09-30-2007
Old Light & Air 207
replaced by the new Mobile Air Unit 203 from the COG order of Mobile Air Units from Hackney.