One of the DCFD traditions is maintaining a Water Tower company, which ran from Truck 3’s quarters until 1952. In 1972, T-03 was assigned a Sutphen tower that ran all working fires in an extended area, and all 2nd Alarms citywide. Tower duties eventually transferred to the other end of the Sixth Battalion (T-10 in 1976), but in 2003 returned to Truck 3 when the department took delivery on a 95’ Aerialscope. The $847,000 apparatus (Seagrave #74312) was given shop serial S-301 and is Tower Co. 3’s current apparatus. March 10, 2007 photo responding from quarters, 1018 13th St. NW
Kevin Byrne