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Saturday, February 19, 2011

PGFD Battalions Realigned Again

Just when we got over the October 2010 PGFD Battalion change it reverts back as per the newly appointed Acting Fire Chief. Effective February 13, 2011 the field battalion structure goes back to how it was. That means a return of the 7th in the South County and the 1st back to the Lower North County. Under Emergency Ops Command there remains a Shift Duty Officer plus Northern and Southern Division each with commander and operations commander. There is as well a new Technical Services Battalion under the Special Ops Command overseeing Haz-Mat, Tech Rescue and Water Rescue functions of Stations 12, 14, 16, 45, 47, 49, 56 57 & 58. This includes some unit relocations on January 30 when Haz-Mat 30 moved to 16, Haz-Mat Support 41 moved to 14. The battalion breakdown is as follows.

Northern Division
BC 881 Sta: 5, 6, 8, 30, 33, 37, 38, 46
BC 882 Sta: 16, 18, 19, 28, 39, 43, 48
BC 884 Sta: 1, 7, 9, 12, 13, 34, 44, 55
BC 886 Sta: 10, 11, 14, 31, 35, 41, 49

Southern Division
BC 883 Sta: 17, 23, 26, 27, 29
BC 885 Sta: 21, 24, 32, 42, 47
BC 887 Sta: 20, 25, 36, 40, 45

BC offices in stations underlined. It is beleievd these are daytime only BCs with volunteer chiefs to cover at night. Under the COG numbers the chiefs are designated in the 880s.

Monday, February 7, 2011

Update on the Updates

With all the recent updates and new additions to the storefronmt seems it was not "digesting" them. That has been remedied and the RR Storefront now shows all the latest works and features as it should. We have also just added a back by popular demand item the DC Firehouse Guide. This lists ALL the known firehouses in Washington DC including old vollie sheds and the various federal deprtaments. Under each is a list of assigned companies and units when they came and went. Stay tuned for a new roster covering the Eastern Shore of Virginia that is Accomack and Northampton Counties plus more history ebooks.