Virginia - Here and There

[Truckman]

[quote name='SrFireOfficial' timestamp='1295002553' post='420339']

When I volunteered in PWC during the mid 1980's there were Engine and Wagon designations on the radio even though the rigs were both triple combinations. Dale City back in the day had Wagon 13 and Engine 13 radio designations and more often than not, I really didn't know whether I was a wagon or engine the first few times I rode the front seat.



I also when I first learned fireground hydraulics in Virginia that the wagon was the attack piece and the engine was the supply piece. North of the Occoquan, the word engine was replaced with pumper.



Hope that helps.

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That is the way is was for us for a long time. Wagon carried the members and laid out, Engine put in at the hydrant and pump the line the Wagon laid out.