What a great way to end a great week at OBX. Stopped by Corolla and was treated with a photo opportunity of their 1987 GMC/E-One on the beach.
A new delivery will be arriving shortly at Corolla. They will be receiving a International four door all wheel drive built by OBX Fire Tech. This 1987 GMC will be kept and moved to the Pine Island substation once the new truck is in service.
My thanks to the Chief and Assistant Chief at Corolla for a great visit and ride up the beach.
What a great way to end a great week at OBX. Stopped by Corolla and was treated with a photo opportunity of their 1987 GMC/E-One on the beach.
A new delivery will be arriving shortly at Corolla. They will be receiving a International four door all wheel drive built by OBX Fire Tech. This 1987 GMC will be kept and moved to the Pine Island substation once the new truck is in service.
My thanks to the Chief and Assistant Chief at Corolla for a great visit and ride up the beach.
UPDATE on Avon's quest for an aerial: preparations are now underway to add onto their station. Fill material started being brought in the last week of June. They need to fill in a depressed area next to the station and compact it in order to add on another bay. Once this is accomplished they do intend to purchase an aerial of some sorts, at least 100'. Leaning towards a bucket of some kind due to the many large rental houses in Avon, but not sure at this time.
I had the opportunity to spend a long weekend at OBX recently and stayed in the Corolla area. Beautiful weather and the opportunity to visit several stations will allow some updates.
I just cannot say enough about the hospitality of the folks at Corolla. Last year I had the opportunity to photograph their Engine 64 (1987 GMC/E-One, already posted). They recently placed into service another all wheel drive engine which runs from Corolla's main station. The GMC/E-One will stay, and re-assigned to Corolla's substation on Pine Island.
The new Engine 65 is a 2009 International 7600 4x4 built by OBX Fire Tech, located in Currituck County. It is equipped with a 1250/850/30.
Another photo opportunity on the beach in Corolla.
As fun as the photos were, it was a great time taking both trucks down the beach 3-4 miles. Once we got Engine 65 back to quarters, I took one last photo at the station.
As much fun as a fire truck photo session on the beach was, afterwards we took Corolla's ladder truck out to the Corolla light house for photographs.
Platform 61 is a 1990 Duplex/Grumman 102' equipped with a 1500/250.
In 2009, the Grumman was taken to the KME plant in Roanoke, Virginia for some rehab work. Included in this work was the pump, outriggers, rebuilt ladder/bucket, automatic stabilization system, and some new lettering, complete with the addition of the black stripes.
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