DCFD Photos, old or new

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Nice shots Kevin. IIRC, that was January 30th, 1995 . I was actually detailed to the engine that day, and not assigned to L-3. Thank God no one was hurt seriously, and had it been and hour or so later, street woulda been crowded with kids.



We went a year and a 1/2 without a rig. Detailed citywide as a manpower pool. Ahhhh, the good old days. We didn't get old L-6 till June, 1996. Was nice to actually be back in service.



Those days were real bad in the DCFD, right Kevin? Let me give you this example. E-16. L-3, BN-6, and M-14 were quartered there along with the MCU, and old ambluance with tons of stuff. L-3 was brought back to quarters after the wreck with L-4 for there was no room at the shop. A short time later E-16's E-1 craps out. No room at the shop, its in the spot where the 2nd piece used to be, and they get a spare Hahn. Short time after that, the Hahn craps out.



Now the Hahn goes behind M-14. And for a few tours, an engine crewed with a ladder was relocated to E-16 for the 24 hour tour, so no house was empty. So when you look at a pic of E-16, the bay to the left held BN-6 and the MCU, next bay was crashed L-3, 3rd bay was E-16 and a relocator, and the farthest bay to the right was a Hahn and M-14. Thank God it was a big firehouse, or the rigs woulda been taken to Brandywine. 7 rigs and 7 people in the house. One for everybody if the all ran..





Keep up the good work, Kevin. Any word on who might have bought old L-11? Sure there isn't much left. It was run into the ground.





Stay safe, Brothers.