Chesapeake Va Fire Stations

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Station 2 had 3 previous locations (All long gone). The fire company was organized in 1923 and it’s first rig was a vehicle towed hose reel, stored in the garage of one of it’s members. The first motorized piece of apparatus was a model ‘T’ tow vehicle…A Buick was donated a couple of years later and converted to a hose and equipment wagon.



Portlock's first fire station, built in 1928, was a tin shed at Bainbridge and Freeman next to the school on land donated by the school board, with the same apparatus…an actual pumper wasn’t obtained until a Chevy pumper was purchased in the early ‘30s. An additional bay was built onto the station to house this rig. Portlock also ran an ambulance early on, beginning I the early ‘30s.





   

The first Portlock Volunteer Fire Departmet station, in Norfolk County. This picture was apparently taken in the mid 40's, near the end of this station's life. The Pirsch is barely visible in the bay, and if you squint hard you can make out the house siren on the roof

Again, Thanks to CFD Capt Sam Gulisano



This station lasted until 1944, when Norfolk County purchased a new Pirsch 750GPM pumper for the fire company (N C F D was apparently a loyal Pirsch customer in the Forties and Fifties)) and this rig really pushed the crew at Portlock for space.