Station 3 came into existence in 1951 when Portlock was annexed by South Norfolk, isolating a corner of Norfolk County from the remainder of the county’s fire protection. I believe Fentress (On the same site as the present day CFD Station 6) or Great Bridge (The original CFD Station 5 after consolidation) would have been first in, and it would have been a hike for either fire company, on a road system nowhere near as good as the one enjoyed by modern day Chesapeake.
The new station was approved, bidded out, built, and occupied in 1951. Try getting a station approved and built in under a year now! This was (And is) the Washington Borough of Chesapeake, and the new fire company was christened The Washington Borough Volunteer Fire Department. After consolidation, the fire company kept this name. (In fact the name’s visible beneath the windshield of the Ford C Series rig) The name Indian River came much later.
Thanks to CFD Capt Sam Gulisano for the pic and permission.
The new station was approved, bidded out, built, and occupied in 1951. Try getting a station approved and built in under a year now! This was (And is) the Washington Borough of Chesapeake, and the new fire company was christened The Washington Borough Volunteer Fire Department. After consolidation, the fire company kept this name. (In fact the name’s visible beneath the windshield of the Ford C Series rig) The name Indian River came much later.
Thanks to CFD Capt Sam Gulisano for the pic and permission.
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If God's not a Hokie, Then why do the leaves turn Maroon and Orange in the Fall?
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