Share Virginia’s Unusual Apparatus – Ashburn Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department by Mike Sanders Although a fire trucks pump panel can be found just about anywhere on the truck, pump panels are usually placed in one of two places. Most commonly the pump panel is found on the drivers side of the truck in close [...]... Read More »
Share By Mike Sanders mnsand@comcast.net For this column, we go back in time a bit to profile an unusual fire truck that ran from the Mount Vernon Volunteer Fire Department in Fairfax County, Virginia. Mount Vernon VFD was Station 9 in Fairfax County. The volunteers turned over their operations to the county in the 1970’s. [...]... Read More »