Virginia apparatus - miscellaneous

[Roto-Ray]

[quote name='VFN102' post='334807' date='Sep 7 2009, 12:35 ']This unit is now owned by the volunteers at Bon Air and used as a parade piece. I believe Roto-Ray and firemag know the history of this unit.[/quote]





I've always liked this unit. A couple of decades ago, CFD was using a couple of these mini-pumpers. "Unit 42" was used by the volunteers as a second engine. However, the county eventually stopped using the midi-concept, and stated that they would no longer fund the upkeep of the midis. Therefore, BAVFD re-designated this as "Unit 48," a brush truck. This ran as 4's brush truck till around 1998, when a true brush unit was purchased.



At that time, this went to Chesterfield Company 8 (Matoaca) as "Unit 82" - a second out pumper for the volunteers, ironically! However, with the low volunteer membership at this station, the county only left it there for a handful of years, and then decided they were going to scrap it.



The Bon Air volunteers made a deal with the county for the county to donate it to them, promising that they would not return it to service. Over the past two years, the BAVFD has restored the rig to like-new condition, and it can be found on the Virginia parade circuit often.