[quote name='tcosgrovejones' post='293354' date='Mar 29 2009, 06:18 ']Even though we don't have the 2 piece Engine Company anymore. We still refer to the Engine as theWagon when we are talking about things in the Firehouse. You know it's hard for OLD GUYS to get away from the old terminology. Like the Chief's car is still refred to to this day as the Buggy.
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We went througth the same thing over the years. Once a two piece department, for most companies, after the Wagons were abolished, the older members still refer to the Engine as "Wagon". This was because it was the piece that laid out hoseline and was in front of the building. Old habits are hard the break. DC may would have had two piece Engine Companies longer, had Madam Sharon hadn't whacked them out.
Cosgr <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/stirpot.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> ve[/quote]We went througth the same thing over the years. Once a two piece department, for most companies, after the Wagons were abolished, the older members still refer to the Engine as "Wagon". This was because it was the piece that laid out hoseline and was in front of the building. Old habits are hard the break. DC may would have had two piece Engine Companies longer, had Madam Sharon hadn't whacked them out.
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
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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"
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