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Thanks for posting the great Gardenville shots. Firepics JM82 will really appreciate them when he gets back from Vegas. He was an old Gardenville volly.



Just in North County alone I've come up with several departments that aren't around anymore. Burke City (now part of Florissant Valley), Carsonville (now part of Northeast), Midland (now part of Mid-County), Moline (now Metro-North), Normandy (now Northeast), Pine Lawn (now part of Normandy), Ramona Park (now part of Berkeley), Spring Valley (now part of Ferguson), and Wellston (now Mid-County). I'll try to get some photos up of a couple of these.



The main reason that Wellston and other depts have changed their names is the ballot box. They needed a better name to represent the multiple communities that they served. Wellston changed their name to Mid-County in April of 1984. As far as I know (unless someone can prove me wrong), the two 1984 Spartan/E-Ones were delivered under the Mid-County banner.



And yes, Mid-County had a spectacular 5th alarm job at a pallet warehouse on Friday night. And I slept right through it. Spanish Lake's L-5125 flowed from about 01:30 hours til 10:00 hours. And my rig, E-5110 went on the 4th alarm. The first due captain requested a 2nd and 3rd alarm on arrival as well as 3 extra ladders. Can't believe I missed it!!!! And hey STLFIRE2494, haven't heard from you since I saw you and your friends at Mardi Gras.