[quote name='mnsand' post='189582' date='Feb 16 2008, 22:02 ']Final West Virginia post for now is Wheeling, West Virginia's Engine 9, a 1963 Pirsch 1000 gpm.
Photographed in 1975
Mike Sanders
Ashburn, VA[/quote]
I LOVE the shot of E-9 in it's red color scheme. I have some distant shots of her in white and orange. I'll try to get them posted. She ran for many years as E-9 in Warwood and then went into reserve.
McMechen is just south of Wheeling on the river and is in Marshall County. They have adopted the orange and white color scheme as well, but I can't remember for sure if the Sutphen had ever been painted. I think it was.
Rear windshields were very common at the time in that area. On cold nights, you could pull the hose bed cover up over the windshield and get in out of the wind and rain. We used to put our gear on while riding on the back step while someone held you on... I won't even begin to tell you about the shenanigans that went on up on the back step on the way to and from parades!!!
Bethlehem is on the hill just to the East of Wheeling. They are a small volunteer department in Ohio County and are dispatched by Wheeling.
Photographed in 1975
Mike Sanders
Ashburn, VA[/quote]
I LOVE the shot of E-9 in it's red color scheme. I have some distant shots of her in white and orange. I'll try to get them posted. She ran for many years as E-9 in Warwood and then went into reserve.
McMechen is just south of Wheeling on the river and is in Marshall County. They have adopted the orange and white color scheme as well, but I can't remember for sure if the Sutphen had ever been painted. I think it was.
Rear windshields were very common at the time in that area. On cold nights, you could pull the hose bed cover up over the windshield and get in out of the wind and rain. We used to put our gear on while riding on the back step while someone held you on... I won't even begin to tell you about the shenanigans that went on up on the back step on the way to and from parades!!!
Bethlehem is on the hill just to the East of Wheeling. They are a small volunteer department in Ohio County and are dispatched by Wheeling.
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