Virginia apparatus - miscellaneous

[mnsand]

The next morning, I made my way to Pennington Gap, Virginia from Norton for two meetings. I arrived in Pennington with heavy clouds and drove by the fire station early on my way to my first appointment. The station was closed up tight.



After my first appointment, I had approximately 30 minutes before I needed to get to my second appointment in Pennington Gap so I thought I would get some quick lunch. Driving by the fire station, I found several of the bay doors opened and knew I had to stop. And a good thing that I did.



I met two long time firefighters at Pennington Gap who were at the station working on some projects. One gentleman had just over 50 years with the Pennington Gap station. The other gentleman was approaching 50 years. Amazing! I introduced myself, told them my "problem" about lack of time and wanting to get photos of the apparatus, and these two guys sprang into action. They started moving apparatus around like old pros. Our only problem was that the ladder truck was having some difficulties getting started, but it ultimately worked.



Pennington Gap is a station that I have always wanted to visit. I have seen some photos in the past of some unusual apparatus, and I had hoped that I would be able to make that visit one day. I really did not anticipate being able to stop at the station with several meetings and then the threat of rain with the overcast skies. Things turned out pretty well.



Pennington Gap uses the radio ID "Truck" for most of the apparatus, with the exception of the rescue truck and the ladder truck.



First up is Truck 2, a 1987 GMC Top Kic/4-Guys 1500/1200 with serial number F994.





Mike Sanders

Ashburn, VA