Rescue 4 on "The Hill"

The Snow Hill VFCo of Worcester County received ths past January a new Spartan Gladiator, 4-Guys 22-foot walk-around body rescue wagon with roll up doors. This replaces their well-used '88 International "S-1900" Salusbury to whereabouts as yet known. For pics, check out the Equipment section of their site at snowhillfire.com. As an FYI the Baltimore-Annapolis and DC MD Metro Rosters were recently updated on the strorefront. Lower Shore to be done next once the new aerial comes in at Sharptown.

New Works Now Available

Just loaded onto our storefront are two new history works. The History of Arlington County Virginia and its Fire Rescue Service also covering Reagan National Airport and Fort Myer and the History of Washington DC and its Fire Rescuie Service (part 2) 1871 to World War II also covering its applicable federal departments. Neither have photos added so anyone wishing to submit (must be credited to pixer) drop me an email.

In other news the Alexandria FD has in service two new daytime staffed medic units. Medic 213 and Medic 214 are kept at Stations 2 and 9 and are in service daytime only from 7 am to 6 pm. When in service both move westward covering as needed calls usually in station 6, 7 and 8's districts. Medic 213 covers Sunday to Wednesday with Medic 214 covering Wednesday to Saturday. BOTH are in serivce Wednesdays as front line units are in training. These new International, Hortons are painted in black over red livery a striking change for Alex.

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.

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.

New Roster Added

In our ongoing effort we have just added to the RR Storefront a new roster. This is for the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland covering Somerset, Wicomico and Worcester Counties. Yes that includes Salisbury and Ocean City. We will likely keep the individual Ocean City Roster available as well. To order and download right now visit our RR Storefront. Stay tuned to this site for more to follow.

NoVa Metro Roster Update

As an FYI, we have updated another roster for Winter 2011, the Northern Virginia Metro (Alexandria, Arlington County, Fairfax County & Metro Washington Airports Authority). This includes addition of the new Fort Belvoir Station 4, its location and assigned units. Go to RR Storefront to download right now. As with all the rosters the Preface and Maps documents are forwarded after as the actual roster section is downloaded from the storefront. You can also follow us on Facebook under Rusty's Rosters. There we will post info similar to here as well as other related sites of interest.

New & Updated Rosters

This is to let everyone know we have updated the DC Maryland Metro Roster as well as added the Southern Maryland Roster. Other updates (Baltimore Annapolis, NoVa Metro) and new releases (DC History, Arlington County VA History plus Lower Delmarva Roster) are to follow so stay tuned. Log onto the RR Storefront or check back here.