2015 MSVFA Convention, Ocean City, Maryland

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    Probably the shortest parade in the 30+ years I've been attending the MSVFA Convention in Ocean City held this past Wednesday, (Chief Time Keeper Kevin Ryer clocked it at 53 minutes). I certainly remember parades lasting 5 hours or more and shooting 30 to 40 rolls of film in one day.

    Despite the shortage of rigs, there were plenty of photographers on hand to pose and shoot the apparatus that was there, old and new!

   

 

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Bay District in St. Mary's County Engine 93.

   

Engine 32

   

And New Rescue Squad 3.

   

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Also the new Command Unit.

   

 

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New Truck 5 from Charlestown in Cecil County.

   

Rescue Squad 1 from North Beach in Calvert County with a new 2015 Spartan built by Custom Fire.

   

Truck 12 from the Westlake Station in Waldorf with a new 109ft Rosenbauer.

   

 

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Joppa Magnolia in Harford County new Truck 832, a new E\-One.

   

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Oxon Hill in Prince Georges County got a new E\-One Engine for their Glass Manor Station 42.

   

College Park also in PG County had their ALF, Engine 121 rehabbed by Patriot Fire.

   

Greenbelt got a new Ambo mounted on a new Ford F-450.

   

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Oxford in Talbot County got a new KME designated Engine 25.

   

Felton, Delaware's new Brush 48 and Command 48.

   

   

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Rescue Engine 4 from Lisbon in Howard County is this new Rosenbauer.

   

[hungrybus]

Nice stuff Dan, this was probably one the worst State Convention Parades I've ever been to, I cant remember but I think it was the 100th Anv of The MSFA they had a parade in Frederick,Md. That Parade lasted a little over 2 Hrs in the pouring rain

[Juice]

Wow! Having just seen the cab last, I had high hopes for the paint scheme on that North Beach Rescue... the things they could have done with that White.


Trav!

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Good photos!

 

tHANKs

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Level VFC in Harford County, Maryland had their 2015 Spartan/4Guys on display, nicknamed "The Churchville Chugger".

   

Girdletree in Worchester County bought their Ford C/Pierce

   

and their Ford F/American

   

 

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Bishopville in Worcester County bought this nice looking Ford F, Brush 905.

   

And Pumper/Tanker 907.

   

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Originally from Berlin is Ocean City's Mack MB/Swab Rescue Squad 18.

   

Tower 1 is a E\-One, Ocean City's newest of the three they run.

   

Engine 5 is a Pierce.

   

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Sandy Spring in Montgomery County is now running a fleet of ATV's

   

   

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Sandy Spring also runs Boat Support 40, which tows a rescue boat.

   

Their Antique 1954 Mack B Model looks better every year.

   

Damascus Brush 713 is a Ford F.

   

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Snow Hill in Worcester County has a new 75ft E\-One Quint.

   

Newark's new IHC/4Guys? Tanker.

   

Showell also in Worcester County has this Pierce.

   

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Rescue Squad 1 from Bethesda Chevy Chase is this tandem axle Spartan Cabbed monster!

   

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Originally purchased by Woodland Beach VFD in AACO is this 1947 IHC KB 500 g.p.m pumper. It was bought by Hollywood VFD in 1957 and was their first engine. It was restored a few years ago and is still owned by HVFD.

   

[taurudak]

A few more parade pics.  I was there when the parade started at 1 PM.  The last piece came by at 3:15 PM.  Yes, a lot shorter than it used to be.

 

Bladensburg X-Eng 91 - 1969 Mack C95F 1000/300.