Looking south on 14th St. NW to Corcoran St., circa 1979. A 2nd Alarm involved the 1880 vintage John Wesley A.M.E. Church (Formerly St. Andrews), 1615 14th St, NW. It appears Engine Co. 12 supplied eight (!) lines nine counting the 350 1 ½ handline off the wagon.
Some anachronisms of the day include the open-tiller seats thrown clear of the 3-section 100 Pirsch aerials and the salvage covers thrown on the cab tops of the trucks. The trucks were built open-cab and retrofitted with wooden canopies by the shops after 1968. The lack of roll up windows allowed the ambient water spray in.
Kevin Byrne