I was going through some old photos tonight, and came across these - I thought you all might have some interest.
As most people are aware, all Aerialscope booms were being built in Richmond for a couple of decades, so it wasn't unusual to see 'Scopes and 'Graves from all over the east coast at the Baker factory down off The Boulevard. Back in 2005, they were doing the dealer prep work for a batch of Seagraves headed to DCFD, so a couple of us had a chance to take them out for a couple of group photos. We didn't have enough people to take them a long way away for a nice background pic, so we went a few blocks away to the parking lot of the big ball field.
I never thought that I'd have a chance to drive DCFD Engine 10 in my lifetime, but for 10 minutes one day I did. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />
Photo taken from the bucket of Chatham, Virginia's now-retired ex-FDNY Mack/Aerialscope.
As most people are aware, all Aerialscope booms were being built in Richmond for a couple of decades, so it wasn't unusual to see 'Scopes and 'Graves from all over the east coast at the Baker factory down off The Boulevard. Back in 2005, they were doing the dealer prep work for a batch of Seagraves headed to DCFD, so a couple of us had a chance to take them out for a couple of group photos. We didn't have enough people to take them a long way away for a nice background pic, so we went a few blocks away to the parking lot of the big ball field.
I never thought that I'd have a chance to drive DCFD Engine 10 in my lifetime, but for 10 minutes one day I did. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />
Photo taken from the bucket of Chatham, Virginia's now-retired ex-FDNY Mack/Aerialscope.
Taylor Goodman
Captain - Henrico County (VA) Division of Fire
Fire Chief - Huguenot VFD, Powhatan, VA
Captain - Henrico County (VA) Division of Fire
Fire Chief - Huguenot VFD, Powhatan, VA