Station 12 Western Branch.
Station 12 is located at 4421 Taylor Rd at the northern tip of the panhandle and is home to Engine 12, Ladder 12, and Medic 12. The station is a clone of Station 1 and would fit right in another firepics thread as the station’s parking lot is bordered by a rail line. The station is actually built on pilings due to the swampy conditions of the area (A bulldozer was eaten by the swamp while the land was being cleared. A crane had to be brought in to pull it out)
Engine 12 had a run of alarm activations few minutes earlier before I made my last stop of the day at #12. The sky was really beginning to look nasty at this point and everyone was busy with one task or the other so the thought I’d entertained RE: asking if 12 Trucks new Quantum TDA could be pulled out for a couple of pics was abandoned. Sun and time will be on my side on another trip. I grabbed some pics, shot the bull with a couple of the crew for a minute or so, and headed for 664 and home (With a stop at Cowling’s BBQ in Waverly in between…some of the best BBQ in Virginia! <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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Station 12 started out in 1943 as the Western Branch Vol Fire Department on Cedar Lane in what’s now Portsmouth. At consolidation in 1963, the fire company became Chesapeake Station 12 and remained at the Cedar Lane location until 1968.
There was some reshuffling of areas and boundaries (I believe because of an annexation suit that had been filed against Norfolk County by Portsmouth just prior to consolidation) and at the end of it all, CFD Station 12 was now Portsmouth Station 12.
The annexation took effect at midnight on Jan 1 1968, and the crew from Western Branch pulled up stakes and headed South. But their new house was under construction and wouldn’t be ready for 2 years, so Western Branch ran from Station 11 during that time. They had three engines and an ambulance running from Station 11 until # 12 was completed.
Station 12 is located at 4421 Taylor Rd at the northern tip of the panhandle and is home to Engine 12, Ladder 12, and Medic 12. The station is a clone of Station 1 and would fit right in another firepics thread as the station’s parking lot is bordered by a rail line. The station is actually built on pilings due to the swampy conditions of the area (A bulldozer was eaten by the swamp while the land was being cleared. A crane had to be brought in to pull it out)
Engine 12 had a run of alarm activations few minutes earlier before I made my last stop of the day at #12. The sky was really beginning to look nasty at this point and everyone was busy with one task or the other so the thought I’d entertained RE: asking if 12 Trucks new Quantum TDA could be pulled out for a couple of pics was abandoned. Sun and time will be on my side on another trip. I grabbed some pics, shot the bull with a couple of the crew for a minute or so, and headed for 664 and home (With a stop at Cowling’s BBQ in Waverly in between…some of the best BBQ in Virginia! <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> )Station 12 started out in 1943 as the Western Branch Vol Fire Department on Cedar Lane in what’s now Portsmouth. At consolidation in 1963, the fire company became Chesapeake Station 12 and remained at the Cedar Lane location until 1968.
There was some reshuffling of areas and boundaries (I believe because of an annexation suit that had been filed against Norfolk County by Portsmouth just prior to consolidation) and at the end of it all, CFD Station 12 was now Portsmouth Station 12.
The annexation took effect at midnight on Jan 1 1968, and the crew from Western Branch pulled up stakes and headed South. But their new house was under construction and wouldn’t be ready for 2 years, so Western Branch ran from Station 11 during that time. They had three engines and an ambulance running from Station 11 until # 12 was completed.
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