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History of the Westview Fire Station Station 13 opened on Monday November 8,1965 and was dedicated March 26,1966. The original crew that worked the first day: A-SHIFT Captain John Ebberts Lieutenant Lester Pague Firefighter Nicholas Waltermeyer Firefighter Herbert Basler Firefighter Ronald Herion Firefighter Gerald Bennett Engine 13's first response was on Thursday November 11,1965 to 1305 Black Friars Road (box 13-6) for a television on fire. The crew was: C-SHIFT Captain Louis Caperoon Lieutenant Edward Smoot Firefighter David Bobbitt Firefighter Kenneth Zimmerman Firefighter Marcel Nulter Firefighter Melvin Riddle On February 4,1967 extra men were assigned to Station 13 to man Truck 13 that hadn't yet arrived. In place of a truck, Reserve Engine 64 ran as a second engine out of the station. Truck 13 was received from the maintenance shop on February 20,1967. This was Baltimore County's 4th truck along with truck's 1-Towson, 5- Halethorpe, and 15- Eastview. The first truck call is not listed in the logbook. Ambulance 13 was placed in-service in the spring of 1968, it was renamed Medic 13 in 1978. In 1993, it would be called Paramedic 13 if manned with an EMT-P. On July 1,1997, a second line medic unit was placed in-service at stations 13, 1, 7 and 18. These units would be manned by personnel who were assigned to ride suppression as well. This unit would only respond when Medic 13 was out and would immediately place either Engine or truck 13 out of service, due to a lack of manpower. In October of 1997, the units response profile was changed to only daytime responses. Also, it would only be alerted if the call was a priority 1 or 2 patient, per 911 dispatch, or the due unit would be 4th due or greater. Fire Chief John F. O'Neill placed it out of service indefinitely on February 6th, 1998. On April 2,2001 a Medic 113 was again placed in-service, this time staffed Monday through Friday, daywork (E-Shift) only Engine Company 13 The first Engine 13 was a 1965 Mack C-85 with a 750gpm pump and a 500 gallon water tank. As was all equipment, it was painted red. the engine would be refurbished later on, repowered with a diesel motor, but remained red in color. The engine would remain in-service until replaced until by a white over yellow 1982 Duplex/Oren pumper with a 1250gpm pump, a 500 gallon water tank and a 50' telescoping ladder/boom. This new engine was also equipped with an "around the pump" proportioner, and fully enclosed jumpseats. At this point, Engine 13 was one of 3 companies trained and on responses as a hazardous materials satelite company. This engine was totally refurbished in 1991, now painted white over red. In October of 1997, the third generation of Engine 13 was placed in-service. This engine is a 1997 freightliner chassis with a 3D body and a Hale pump. It is equipped with a 1250gpm pump and a 750 gallon water tank. The engine has a 50 gallon foam tank. This is the first conventional cab engine assigned to station 13. Truck Company 13 The first Truck 13 was a 1965 Seagrave, 65' aerial, with a 100 gallon water tank. In November of 1972, a new Truck 13 was placed in-service. This was a 1972 American Lafrance Snorkel, red in color, with a 90' articulating boom. It had already had it's first emergency response before its' delivery, when it was special called to a 5-alarm fire at the Pagoda Inn restaurant in Pikesville. This was the first aerial platform in the history of the Baltimore County Fire Department. I t also served as the only snorkel in the career service. When the truck went out for refurb in 1980, it returned white over yellow with a 100' rearmounted aerial ladder. The water tank was also removed. . While Truck 13 went throuh its refurb, it was replaced by a 1964 American LaFrance 100' tiller truck. The third generation Truck 13 was placed in-service on March 22,1992 (D-Shift). This was a white over red Spartan/LTI 106' aerial tiller truck. The first run for this unit was a stove fire at 1221 N Rolling Road (Box 13-6) @ 1759 hours. In April of 1999, the Spartan/LTI was replaced by a 1995 Seagrave, Tractor-drawn 100' truck. This truck was formerly Truck 57 (Sparrows Point). Truck Company 57 was placed out of service and the unit became Truck 13. The Spartan/LTI became Reserve Truck 95. Ambulance Service The first ambulance was placed in-service sometime in the spring of 1968. This was on a Ford Chassis and a swab box. This unit was red in color and would be replaced in 1979 with a Ford van-style, walk through unit. In 1985, a Ford Diesel with a Swab box would replace the current unit. This unit was a;so primarily white with yellow trimmings. In 1991, Medic 13 was once again red and white, with a Chevrolet unit. This unit once again revisited the non-van front style chassis. This unit was replaced in 1997 by a Ford XLT with a First Response box. this unit was red over white. The current Medic 13 is an International chassis with a Yankee Coach box, The current Medic 113 is an International Chassis with a Horton box. Haz-Mat Satellite 13 Haz-Mat Satellite 13 was placed in-service in 1996. A former paramedic supervisor unit, the Ford F-350 had a Snyder utility body. This unit was replaced by a 1996 Chevrolet C-2500 with a Reading utility body. This unit runs with Engine 13 on all Haz-Mat assignments. |
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