Virginia apparatus - miscellaneous

[Truckman]

The man who brought quints to Richmond has been in the Fire Service for many years in quite a few places.  When he was Chief of Clayton County, GA (11 engines, 2 trucks), he brought in their first quints.  One was assigned as a truck and the other three were assigned to engines in areas that lacked aerial coverage.  The department has grown since (now 14 stations) and there are three truck companies (two TDA's and one quint), plus as many as six quints assigned to engine companies.

 

After he left Richmond, he returned to Georgia.  He is the current Chief of Sandy Springs, a young four station department that runs two engines and four quints.  He also has a thing for Roto-Rays!

 

In my own FD, we currently run two engines and a truck from two stations.  We will soon open Station 3, which will be assigned a 75' quint.  This will give us a third engine with the added benefit of a second aerial for our city.

Plus he is getting ready to replace the fleet with new ones about the same.

 

BTW the city manager then told him to reduce the members on the department or he would be looking for another job.