Many of the FD's in the Outer Banks have equipment trucks. These are designed to bring a variety of equipment to the scene of an emergency incident.
Here is Utility 5 from Lower Currituck. I believe it is the only fire truck painted white at Lower Currituck. It is a 1988 Chevrolet Step Van 30 modified by the FD. It was an old bread truck.
One of the main reasons I wanted to visit Lower Currituck several weeks ago was because of the arrival of two new pumpers.
Engine's 50 and 56 are 2006 Emergency One Typhoons 1500/970/30. My understanding is that Currituck County purchased both of the pumpers to be run from Lower Currituck stations. When I visited, it was not known where these two would be housed. It looks like one will run from the main house in Grandy and another at the far substation, just before entering Dare County.
That covers Lower Currituck's main station at Grandy.
The Lower Currituck members are very proud of their new Waterlily station that is located about a mile off the main road through Lower Currituck. It opened in late August of 2006.
Several county medic units are housed at Waterlily. In addition, Lower Currituck recently purchased this 1979 Chevrolet C70/Emergency One 1000/500 from Frisco, North Carolina. Frisco is located near the famous Cape Hatteras light house in Dare County. Lower Currituck will keep the pumper in the Frisco colors of lime and white. Emergency One serial number 1017.
Leaving the Waterlily station and getting back on the main beach road takes you to the last Lower Currituck station before crossing the Albermarle Sound via the Wright Brothers Memorial bridge. Now, some of you who have been to the Outer Banks may have passed this station numerous times and wondered if the station is even opened. I have gone by it many times without seeing any signs of life.
I am here to tell you, it is operational. In an earlier Lower Currituck post, I showed the Spartan/Ferrara. A similar pumper runs from this station (it was not there when I visited).
In addition, Lower Currituck acquired a fire truck from Hampton, Virginia to run from this station. Hampton donated this truck to Lower Currituck and a sign of appreciation is on the truck.
Rescue Engine 53 is a 1981 Ford C/Emergency One top mount 1000/500. It carries Emergency One serial number 2200.
The last picture from Lower Currituck is for Jerry Puryear just to give him actual proof that this station is alive and well <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />
We still have a couple more Currituck County stations to cover - these are ones located right by the beach and have equipment designed to run calls on the beach.
The next two FD's in Currituck (and the final ones) are interesting in that you have to travel out of Currituck County, drive through Dare County and pass several Dare County stations (Southern Shores and Duck) to get back into Currituck County. There is a lot of debate in the Outer Banks area about building a bridge to by-pass all of this. Those who want the bridge say the travel time and traffic will be reduced. Those against the bridge state that the natural beaches will be ruined and bring more beach crowds.
By crossing into Dare County and then re-entering Currituck County, you come to Corolla. Route 12 is the one and only major road to this area, and in fact, Route 12 becomes the beach farther up north. This is the area that my family has vacationed in the Outer Banks.
Corolla is also home to the Corolla light house, which appears on many of the Corolla apparatus.
Corolla has two stations. While traveling north on Route 12, you hit the sub station first. Their sub station was built about two years ago and houses an engine, tanker, ambulance, and I believe a command trailer. Most of the time you will not find anyone at the sub station.
Corolla purchased two Ford/Grummans in 1982, both which now run from the sub station. Grumman was a popular apparatus manufacturer with FD's in the Outer Banks and numerous FD's bought trucks from Grumman.
Engine 635 is a 1982 Ford F800/Grumman top mount 1000/1000 and carries serial number 17019.
Corolla's Tanker 639 is also a 1982 Ford F800/Grumman with a small 250 gpm pump and carries 1250 gallons of water. It carries serial number 17020 and is also housed at the substation.
Corolla's main station houses most of the apparatus and is also home to the beach life guard's. As a result, several bays house ATV's and life guard equipment. You will also find the life guard stands stored at the station during the off beach season.
A second top mount pumper joined the Corolla fleet in 1998. Engine 638 is a nice 1998 Pierce Saber with a 1500/1200 and carries job number EB812.
I would sure love to see this one going down the beach. This is one of my favorites in the Outer Banks.
Engine 636 is an interesting 1987 GMC 7000/Emergency One with a 750/500. It carries serial number 6016.
Note that because of the balloon tires and height of this pumper, the headlights were mounted on the front bumper and warning lights were placed where the headlights normally would be.
I like Grumman towers...and this is probably my favorite.
Platform 637 (that's a neat unit designation) is a 1990 Grumman 102' complete with a 1500gpm pump and carries 250 gallons of water. It carries Grumman serial number 18292.
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