Virginia apparatus - miscellaneous

[Truckman]

[quote name='mnsand' post='228577' date='Jul 11 2008, 16:27 ']I arrived in Bristol, Virginia later that afternoon. Prior to checking into the hotel, I decided to find Bristol's main fire station to see what they had behind the doors.



These guys were fantastic. They were very nice and had no hesitations moving the apparatus around for photos.



Bristol is well know on the NASCAR circuit for its raceway. The state lines of Virginia and Tennessee run down "State Street" - on one side you are in Virginia and the other Tennessee. Bristol, Virginia has three stations, and Bristol, Tennessee has four. Hopefully one day I will be able to visit the Tennessee stations. At one point, the FD's in both Bristol's were numbered in a way that even number unit designations were Virginia and odd were Tennessee. I don't believe that is the plan any longer, although some apparatus are still numbered with old unit numbers.



First up at Station 1 is Quint 1, a 1999 Pierce Dash 75' 2000/500. Job number EC185. I was told that this Quint was ordered off of the large Richmond Quint order.





Mike Sanders

Ashburn, VA[/quote]







Mike you are correct. This Quint was ordered off our contract at the time. Bristol sent two firefighters up to us for two weeks and they did ride alongs, lived at station 1 and got to see a lot of operations between RFD Quint 1 and others that they ran with, plus riding with the BC to most jobs while they were here. I had then down at our training center as well as having a Quint Co there for them to drive and operate too. They took what they learned back and presented it to the Chief.



Good photos from your last photo trip.