New Sussex County DE Stations

Photo by Rusty

In the past few years, three of Sussex Delaware's companies have opened No 2 stations. The first we'll cover is for the Millville VFCo. On June 21, 2006 they opened a No 2 house from a retrofitted barn at 34237 Omar Road west of Route 26 in the Clarkesville area. This however closed on February 16, 2009 the old barn razed for a new facility. On May 20, 2010 the Millville VFCo opened their new and much larger Station 2 on the same site and address. Assigned is E84-1, Tanker 84 (both for sale) and on occasion one of their ambulances.

Photo from laurelfiredepartment.com

On June 1, 2012, the Laurel FD No 1 opened a No 2 house a two-bay affair at 29022 Fire Tower Road near Sycamore Street in the Sycamore area east of Laurel north of Route 26. This area was briefly served by a temporary Station 2 back in late 2004 to fall 2005 while construction was underway reducing response times there. Assigned to the current house are E81-3, E81-4 and Br 81-0.

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In August 2012, the Memorial FCo of Slaughter Beach opened a No 2 Station at 8009 Slaughter Beach Road (Route 224) near Rutt Road east of Argos Corner and Del Route 1. Assigned is E89-5 a '88 Spartan 4-Guys that ran as E83-1 with the Millsboro VFCo.

Photo by Patrick C. Miller from Dagsborovfd.com

On November 10, 2012, a ground breaking ceremony was held by the Dagsboro VFCo. The new and larger Station 73 will be on Railroad Avenue at the tracks east of US 113.

Sussex County Updates

Some news to report on changes on Delmarva specifically Sussex County Delaware. The Delmar VFD recently placed in service a new Spartan "Gladiator", 4-Guys 24-foot walk-around as Rescue 74. This replaces the '99 Pierce that was wrecked back February 18, 2011. The Georgetown VFCo has a new Pierce engine under construction while the Memorial FCo of Slaughter Beach has just ordered a new Pierce "Velocity" engine tanker. They recently opened a No 2 station in Argoes Corner (more on new stations in later posts) The Greenwood VFCo will be the next Sussex County company to run a ladder truck as they recently ordered a Rosenbauer "Commander" with 109-foot "Viper" rear mount aerial outfitted as a quint. (see this at DPCemergency.com) The Millville VFCo just ordered a new E-One Typhoon rescue engine as E 84-1 their '87 PemFab, American Eagle recently sold. (see this at Patriotfireusa.com) The Milton FD is expecting a new Spartan "Metro Star", Rosenbauer for Rescue 85.The Selbyville VFCo has recently ordered as well new Rosenbauer "Commander" with T-Rex 115-foot articulating platform the first on the east coast and also a quint to replace Tower 88. In addition E88-4 their '86 Pierce "Arrow" has gone to Bloxom in Accomack County VA as E6-4.