Tim: I have no clue where the current Foam 426 will end up. Foam 437 was bought as an industrial foam pumper to protect the Newington Tank Facility. Foam 426 was bought with DOT funds for the infamous Mixing Bowl. I have no idea if there are plans to keep it as a reserve or move it to the west end but me thinks that MWAA has lots of nice new ARFF vehicles for Dulles.
Shoop: I don't have any details on the status of the deliveries; assignments etc. I will have to make nice-nice and see what information I can get from my trusted sources. So long as I don't have to be on one of those obscenely sized Impel pumpers we are now buying for my last 30 months on the job.
Nate: For those of us with a long enough memory, there was an 85' LTI Tower assigned to FS28 up until 1988 or 89. That truck company was relocated to the west end at Frying Pan to provide increased truck coverage out there and the vehicle itself I believe had a four door conversion after it was surplussed from the County of Fairfax and was serving in Nebraska somewhere. There may have also been a geopolitical reason for doing so <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_redface.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> I won't elaborate on that one for fear of misconscruing the facts! As for "anything can happen" in that area is an understatement: As I recall T410 was doing physical training at a local gym and had assorted tools (chain saws, gasoline-powered rotary saws) stolen in broad daylight on more than one occasion.
Shoop: I don't have any details on the status of the deliveries; assignments etc. I will have to make nice-nice and see what information I can get from my trusted sources. So long as I don't have to be on one of those obscenely sized Impel pumpers we are now buying for my last 30 months on the job.
Nate: For those of us with a long enough memory, there was an 85' LTI Tower assigned to FS28 up until 1988 or 89. That truck company was relocated to the west end at Frying Pan to provide increased truck coverage out there and the vehicle itself I believe had a four door conversion after it was surplussed from the County of Fairfax and was serving in Nebraska somewhere. There may have also been a geopolitical reason for doing so <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_redface.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> I won't elaborate on that one for fear of misconscruing the facts! As for "anything can happen" in that area is an understatement: As I recall T410 was doing physical training at a local gym and had assorted tools (chain saws, gasoline-powered rotary saws) stolen in broad daylight on more than one occasion.
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