Virginia apparatus - miscellaneous

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Several members of Firepics in Virginia have created a tradition for the day after Thanksgiving - visiting Virginia fire departments and photographing fire apparatus (instead of hitting the malls for Christmas sales). I have had the priviledge and opportunity to join in with those trips the last several years. Last year, a group of Virginia apparatus photographers visited Loudoun County, Virginia where we had the opportunity to photograph most of the apparatus at Sterling, Ashburn, and Leesburg.



This year we visited Loudoun County stations on the "West End", more rural in nature. I think we had another good day. Although the weather was cold and we battled some clouds throughout the day, I had a great day visiting with these guys.



Here are most of the apparatus that we photographed that day.



The "West End" in Loudoun County begins outside of Leesburg by traveling down Route 7 towards Winchester. The western end of Loudoun County had most of the first established fire departments in the county. The first community you come to is Hamilton, home to Engine Company 5 and Rescue Company 17. Last year, both of these companies moved into a shared facility. Previously, they had their own stations. The old Hamilton Station 5 is now a radio shop for the Loudoun County fire department and I believe the old Rescue Squad building is still owned by the squad and used for storage, etc.



First up is Wagon 5. Those of you who collect Code 3 models will recognize this one as it was just released by Code 3. This is Hamilton fire's first black and red fire truck and it replaced a well liked 1984 Pierce Dash 1000/1500 engine/tanker that was just recently sold to Jacksonville, Ohio.



Hamilton, VA

Wagon 5

2006 Pierce Dash

1500/1000/40

job number 17317





Mike Sanders