Virginia apparatus - miscellaneous

[GA_Dave]

For anyone who does not know but Jerry Puryear who published the Virginia Fire News Magazine and later Fire and EMS Virginia Magazine passed away on November 15 .

Sad news. I met him once several years ago. VFN was an excellent publication. Rest in peace, Jerry.

[dr172]

Manassas, VA X-Wgn 1 - 1982 Hahn 1500/500.  According to my files, this was rehabbed by Pierce in 1997-98.

Interesting note about this one....this rig was used in the Will Smith movie "Enemy of the State"...it is the rig that squashed the guy riding the bike early in the movie...

This rig then became a bar in my house. (different light bar of course.)    

[ff9144life]

'New' E-50 1994 Seagrave 1250/750/30A.  Purchased from Orange Volunteer Fire Company, VA placed in service by the Smithfield Vol Fire Department, VA today.  Unit will be an adition to the fleet and simi replace a 1990 Ford C-8000 Grumman pumper.  the 1990 is slated for replacement as soon as the county finds funding and who knows when that will be.

[ford c fan]

looking for a phot of an apparatus that the city of waynesboro fire dept owned not sure of the year but it was an open cab lafrance truck number was E-13

[VFN102]

Here is one item I like about the Campbell County Truck 15 - it has all of the county's fire department decals on the side of the truck.  Although housed at Lyn-Dan Heights, other members from stations across the county have been trained in truck company operations and on this specific truck so they can staff the truck if necessary.



FD Emblems:

Altavista

Brookneal

Brookville-Timberlake

Concord

Gladys

Lyn-Dan Heights

Rustburg

Evington

That is cool Mike!





Mike Sanders

Ashburn, VA

[Bcole15]

Last one from Merck.



A Merck facility was closed (I believe in Flint River, Georgia), and as a result, one of the Merck trucks was reassigned to the Elkton facility.  The Elkton facility just received this engine in 2007.



Merck & Company Inc.

Elkton, Virginia

Stonewall Plant

Engine 902

1997 Pierce Quantum

1500/200 water/400 foam

50' Telesqurt

Pierce job number EA776



Can anyone with a Pierce serial number list confirm the original destination of this Quantum?





Mike Sanders

Ashburn, VA

This was my dad's truck. He designed it from Pierce and flew to Appleton, WI to see the process. When the Albany, GA Flint River site was closed in 2007 the truck, since it was set up for chemicals and could not be converted, was sent to the Stonewall site with one of his co-workers when they transferred. I had hoped it would make it to the new site they were opening since so much of my childhood was on that truck! I remember the first day this truck was on site and how proud he was. Dad was the Fire chief for years. I think I have a picture somewhere of when he was in WI to see it come off the line.