To aid jurisdictions protecting the 101-mile Metrorail system, the Metropolitan Area Transit Committee purchased three air supply units and delivered them to D.C., Arlington, VA, and Prince Georges Co., MD. Steeldraulics built them on Ford F700 chassis at a cost of $109,000 apiece. The department staffed the “Metro Unit” with a crew of one. Quartered at Engine 4, it responded to working fires in the north half of the city and all alarms of fire in the Metro system citywide. The Salvage Wagon relocated from Engine 9 to Engine 7 and ran working fires in the south half of the city. 1987 Photo.
Kevin Byrne