hey waverly, what is your captains nameyou can just tell the frist 3 letters of his first name and ill know if you work there or not.and ff402 that was mechanic russell thomas senior who got chiefs pay.and he was so smart that he put the brains of the truck 18 inches from the ground. we used to have to relocate a mack to that station every time it rained so it wouldnt short out
i drove the old beat up mack that used to be in that station, and the new beat up e- one that is in there now. its all the same, once the bumper is out, you blare the siren, close your eyes, keep the wheel strait and floor it. when the back wheels hit the road, open your eyes and turn. as far as the horses. i remember the day fuzzy said the damn horse kicked the truck. blare the sirens and f... the horses
They have to turn on their lights to stop trafic in order to pull out of the station to go anywhere. Non Emergency or Emergency. It's pretty amazing to watch them back the truck in their. I watched a guy do it one summer on his first try!! It would've taken me about 4 trys i'm sure :) haha
Sirens are not allowed in the Meeting street station. I have a good friend that is a Charleston Fire firefighter and he told me why. Since tourism is big in that area and it is the historical district that sirens would scare all of the horses that pull the horse drawn carriages for the tours. All the fire engines on meeting street are allowed to use are their lights and the bell on the front of the truck.
thats not true...i work at that station...they were just pulling out and had the lights on to help get out...we do use our sirens. we will hit the siren brake when we approach the horses but thats it. We do use lights, sirens, and air horns
@whatuwant29556 i want someone to show me a bell on the front of any charleston firetruck... they just arent there and i drove every truck in the dept so i think i know a bit about them...
Engine #3 was specially designed to fit into that firehouse. There is a plaque explaining that and giving credit to it's design to Assistant Chief Russell Thomas, Sr. on the passenger side of the engine.
Looks like people dont stop for fire trucks in Charleston, either.
MrCzechers 9 months ago
Siren might make people stop, just a sugestion.....
XYZfilmz1 1 year ago
WV????
LTfirefighter23 3 years ago
Meeting Street. as in SC
ksurfiws 3 years ago 2
Ever heard of a siren?
dmspangler44 3 years ago 12
hey waverly, what is your captains nameyou can just tell the frist 3 letters of his first name and ill know if you work there or not.and ff402 that was mechanic russell thomas senior who got chiefs pay.and he was so smart that he put the brains of the truck 18 inches from the ground. we used to have to relocate a mack to that station every time it rained so it wouldnt short out
nauticallychallenged 4 years ago 3
i drove the old beat up mack that used to be in that station, and the new beat up e- one that is in there now. its all the same, once the bumper is out, you blare the siren, close your eyes, keep the wheel strait and floor it. when the back wheels hit the road, open your eyes and turn. as far as the horses. i remember the day fuzzy said the damn horse kicked the truck. blare the sirens and f... the horses
acromatic1000 4 years ago 5
They have to turn on their lights to stop trafic in order to pull out of the station to go anywhere. Non Emergency or Emergency. It's pretty amazing to watch them back the truck in their. I watched a guy do it one summer on his first try!! It would've taken me about 4 trys i'm sure :) haha
ezmoe8 4 years ago 2
no sirens ?? there was a good amount of traffic slowing them down? what kinda run were they going on
edreed24 4 years ago
Sirens are not allowed in the Meeting street station. I have a good friend that is a Charleston Fire firefighter and he told me why. Since tourism is big in that area and it is the historical district that sirens would scare all of the horses that pull the horse drawn carriages for the tours. All the fire engines on meeting street are allowed to use are their lights and the bell on the front of the truck.
whatuwant29556 4 years ago
He's right, I also have a friend that just started working with the CFD and he told me the same thing.
Firefighter3Nate 4 years ago
thats not true...i work at that station...they were just pulling out and had the lights on to help get out...we do use our sirens. we will hit the siren brake when we approach the horses but thats it. We do use lights, sirens, and air horns
waverydr069 4 years ago 3
@whatuwant29556 i want someone to show me a bell on the front of any charleston firetruck... they just arent there and i drove every truck in the dept so i think i know a bit about them...
93CFD 6 months ago
Engine #3 was specially designed to fit into that firehouse. There is a plaque explaining that and giving credit to it's design to Assistant Chief Russell Thomas, Sr. on the passenger side of the engine.
FF40212 5 years ago