West Virginia - Need help

[wvguy38]

A look inside

[wvguy38]

I just had to throw this pic in. This was actually the only fire apparatus (not including ems or utility units) up until our 2003 Ford Brush truck to have a radio!! As you can see...only AM

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Ransom, W Va

1972 Mack CF686F-10-1223

1000/1000

Charle Sullivan Photo

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[quote name='The Commish' post='306918' date='May 19 2009, 17:30 ']Ransom, W Va

1972 Mack CF686F-10-1223

1000/1000

Charle Sullivan Photo[/quote]



That should be Ranson not Ransom

[e290l103]

its a 78



[quote name='The Commish' post='306918' date='May 19 2009, 17:30 ']Ransom, W Va

1972 Mack CF686F-10-1223

1000/1000

Charle Sullivan Photo[/quote]

[Shoe]

Can anyone post a shot of the 1983 Pirsch that Romney acquired from Centreville, MD?

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[quote name='Shoe' post='307031' date='May 19 2009, 21:28 ']Can anyone post a shot of the 1983 Pirsch that Romney acquired from Centreville, MD?[/quote]

That was a surprise! It's actually a 1984 Ford C/Pirsch 1000/250/75' midship aerial, a bad apt. building fire last year in which the closest aerial units were at least a half-hr. away seems to have been the deciding factor. Romney has completely changed their fleet in the 14 years since my 1st visit there in 1995. The new Sutphen tower for New Creek, WV., will become their closest mutual-aid aerial rig (approx. 20 miles) also.

[GA_Dave]

Can anyone post a shot of the 1983 Pirsch that Romney acquired from Centreville, MD?

I shot it years ago at Centreville. It's in the Ford C thread, if that's still around. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/shrug.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

[GA_Dave]

Can anyone post a shot of the 1983 Pirsch that Romney acquired from Centreville, MD?

This was taken years ago at Centreville.

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Over the past two weeks, I vacationed to several places including West Virginia. Although the weather was unsurprisingly difficult, we did manage to squeeze some sun to shoot the better part of the Wheeling Fire Department and a few pieces in Charleston.



Just for some overview, Wheeling operates six frontline engines, two reserves, one frontline truck, two reserves, one rescue truck, three rescue squads, and one shift commander. Each frontline unit is staffed with two personnel; however, the rescue company can go up to four depending on the nature of the incident (the ambulance it is housed with then goes out of service). Despite their tough staffing though, the Wheeling FD was one of the most hospitable fire departments I have visited and a sincere thanks goes out to them for accomodating us in our photos. So, on with the photos.......



Wheeling Engine 2 (Station 1)

2005 Pierce Arrow XT

1750/500

-Evan Smith Photo

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Wheeling Ladder 1 (Station 1)

2007 Sutphen

100' MM TL

1750/300

-Evan Smith Photo

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Wheeling, WV Rescue 1

-Evan Smith Photo

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Wheeling, WV Squad 3

-Evan Smith Photo

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Wheeling, WV Eng. 4

-Evan Smith Photo

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Wheeling, WV Squad 4

-Evan Smith Photo

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Wheeling, WV Eng.5

-Evan Smith Photo

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Wheeling, WV Ladder 6 (Reserve)

-Evan Smith Photo

[MFD76]

Can anyone expaline Wheeling's color scheme. They used to be red, why did they switch to the white cab and orange body. Also now they are white over orange. Was there any though to switching back to red.



Thanks, Rick

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[quote name='MFD 61 KS' date='27 September 2009 - 09:51 PM' timestamp='1254101475' post='339384']

Can anyone expaline Wheeling's color scheme. They used to be red, why did they switch to the white cab and orange body. Also now they are white over orange. Was there any though to switching back to red.



Thanks, Rick

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Although I don't know why the department switched to white over orange, I do recall that most of the guys really like the current paint scheme. So, I would assume they don't have any intention on switching.



Evan

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Wheeling, WV Engine 9

-Evan Smith Photo