Uh no, this is not a Virginia truck, it served Orleans VFC, Allegany County,MD. #43 from 1981 to 2002. It originally was at Elkridge,Md. from 1960 to 81.
The Dunbar Mack CF is a 1974 and originally served Connellsville, PA. Dunbar is about 5 miles outside Connellsville in Fayette County, they got it around 1990.
[quote name='FDSafetyMentor' post='92749' date='Mar 30 2007, 23:04 ']Chesterfield County, VA - Station 10 - ex-Unit 103
Wagstaff Circle Volunteer Fire Department
1969 Mack Pumper, 1000 GPM, 500 gal. tank.
First diesel powered fire truck in Chesterfield and last "red" fire truck in Chesterfield.
Photo taken at Apple Blossom Firefighter's Parade in Winchester, VA in 2002[/quote]
Jack,
That is an old Eastman monitor on this rig's roof. This may be the only one that Chesterfield ever had. They bought it from surplus from Richmond. We used this type of monitor along with the Akron's before we switched to the Stang monitor. This ride always looked great.
John Hinant Retired Member of Richmond VA Fire Bureau
October 25, 1858 - October 25, 2020 = 162 years old The sixth oldest paid, documented, Fire Department in the United States First established in 1782
"In God We Trust - All Others We Take For Granted"
Hmm, The information that the owner provided us for our recent equipment roster (2006) indicates that this rig was from Orlean VFD in Virginia. Can you confirm we're talking about the Mack with Serial#: B85F-1396 so we can correct our records and update the owner who I guess has inaccurate information?
Thanks for the note and the details on the Dunbar unit!
Jack
[quote name='Dr. Stinebaugh' post='92872' date='Mar 31 2007, 11:00 ']Uh no, this is not a Virginia truck, it served Orleans VFC, Allegany County,MD. #43 from 1981 to 2002. It originally was at Elkridge,Md. from 1960 to 81.
The Dunbar Mack CF is a 1974 and originally served Connellsville, PA. Dunbar is about 5 miles outside Connellsville in Fayette County, they got it around 1990.[/quote]
That is an old Eastman monitor on this rig's roof. This may be the only one that Chesterfield ever had. They bought it from surplus from Richmond. We used this type of monitor along with the Akron's before we switched to the Stang monitor. This ride always looked great.[/quote]
Thanks for the update John. Unit 103 was my ride when I was running with #10 from '83 to '88. Although the truck was donated to ODHFS for a short period of time back in 2000, it was returned to Wagstaff Circle VFD in 2006 at their request. The current members are working on restoration and rehab. of the unit and it is currently parked back at Station 10.
BTW, I saw Jack M. in DC this week at the CFSI dinner.
American Hose & Chemical Fire Company #1 ~Mt. Carmel Pa
1976 custom built Mack CF600
1000gpm
500gallon tank
All orginal right down to the paint, still in service, but sadly will be taken out of service and sold at the end of this year. The American Hose will be purchasing a new fire engine within the next month. [url="http://Http://americanhose.freeservers.com"]Http://americanhose.freeservers.com[/url] will have more info on the sale of this engine at the end of april....anyone who might be intrested may contact me
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