I recently had the unique opportunity to visit the Washington Dulles International Airport in Loudoun/Fairfax Counties. Dulles is operated by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA), which also operates Reagan International Airport just outside of Washington D.C. Dulles is going through some intense growth and is a very busy airport.
Just so folks know, I know there is another thread on MWAA with a variety of photographs. I wanted to keep the Virginia photos together, so I am including them here.
This was actually a somewhat last minute visit. I had been working with a contact at Dulles for quite some time to be able to visit. Because of my travel schedule and other schedule conflicts, it just was not working out. Things came together quickly this week (even though we had to postpone because of rain), and I was able to visit. I find the FD operation at Dulles very interesting because my department (Ashburn) runs mutual aide with Dulles. It is not uncommon for us to run auto accidents together on the Dulles Greenway toll road, EMS calls, and even an occasional box assignment at the airport. The airport units often runs into Loudoun County with quick access to the Sterling/Ashburn area as well as the Route 50 area into Arcola and South Riding.
Despite training and other things going on, the folks at Dulles were extremely friendly and accomodating. They took the time to show me the two stations, photograph the majority of the apparatus, and get a view of the new third station being built. My thanks to all of them. Just so you know, I am still in the process of gathering apparatus information from Dulles. I will be doing some traveling during the next several months and wanted to post the photos during the holiday weekend.
Dulles has two stations - Station 302 is a huge facility located with access to the runways and houses all of the crash trucks. In addition to the crash trucks, numerous specialty pieces, and engine, and medic units are housed at Station 302. It is located close to the Air and Space Smithsonian building. There is no access to this station without clearance, escort, etc.
Station 303 is located near the rental car area of the airport with quick access to the Dulles toll road and Dulles Greenway toll road. A rescue engine, medic, and an attack unit (that is just one of its duties) are housed at Station 303.
Finally, Station 304 is in the process of being built with a completion date estimated in September. It will be near new run ways being built at Dulles and initially house several crash trucks with plans to add additional equipment in the future. It is very close to the weather facility located on Rt. 606 in Loudoun County.
We will start at Station 303.
Just so folks know, I know there is another thread on MWAA with a variety of photographs. I wanted to keep the Virginia photos together, so I am including them here.
This was actually a somewhat last minute visit. I had been working with a contact at Dulles for quite some time to be able to visit. Because of my travel schedule and other schedule conflicts, it just was not working out. Things came together quickly this week (even though we had to postpone because of rain), and I was able to visit. I find the FD operation at Dulles very interesting because my department (Ashburn) runs mutual aide with Dulles. It is not uncommon for us to run auto accidents together on the Dulles Greenway toll road, EMS calls, and even an occasional box assignment at the airport. The airport units often runs into Loudoun County with quick access to the Sterling/Ashburn area as well as the Route 50 area into Arcola and South Riding.
Despite training and other things going on, the folks at Dulles were extremely friendly and accomodating. They took the time to show me the two stations, photograph the majority of the apparatus, and get a view of the new third station being built. My thanks to all of them. Just so you know, I am still in the process of gathering apparatus information from Dulles. I will be doing some traveling during the next several months and wanted to post the photos during the holiday weekend.
Dulles has two stations - Station 302 is a huge facility located with access to the runways and houses all of the crash trucks. In addition to the crash trucks, numerous specialty pieces, and engine, and medic units are housed at Station 302. It is located close to the Air and Space Smithsonian building. There is no access to this station without clearance, escort, etc.
Station 303 is located near the rental car area of the airport with quick access to the Dulles toll road and Dulles Greenway toll road. A rescue engine, medic, and an attack unit (that is just one of its duties) are housed at Station 303.
Finally, Station 304 is in the process of being built with a completion date estimated in September. It will be near new run ways being built at Dulles and initially house several crash trucks with plans to add additional equipment in the future. It is very close to the weather facility located on Rt. 606 in Loudoun County.
We will start at Station 303.
Mike Sanders
Winchester, VA
Winchester, VA
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