- Joined
- Mar 3, 2007
- Messages
- 1,442
Thanks, Mack, for the 280/132 history. Like JOR 176, I also grew up in the neighborhood and hung out in the house as a kid. I was an Auxiliary there from 1968 to 1975.
The house, when built, had a wall running down the middle of the building and two of everything (housewatch, kitchen, bunkrooms, etc) except for a coal fired furnace which was on the engine side. In the mid 60's 280 built an addition onto their part of the house for a dining/sitting room leaving the much smaller kitchen/dining area for cooking and washing only. 132 followed their lead in the late 60's/early 70's.
The wall was breached in the late 60's with one hole behind the housewatch desks. Over the years that wall has become like swiss cheese (multiple holes on all three floors). It is now truly one house.
During the 60's 132 was a top relocating company, spending a lot of time at 120. The Ambulance and the Marshalls have been replaced these days with the Collapse rig and 132's SOC truck.
Always good companies and good guys however. Some things will never change.
The house, when built, had a wall running down the middle of the building and two of everything (housewatch, kitchen, bunkrooms, etc) except for a coal fired furnace which was on the engine side. In the mid 60's 280 built an addition onto their part of the house for a dining/sitting room leaving the much smaller kitchen/dining area for cooking and washing only. 132 followed their lead in the late 60's/early 70's.
The wall was breached in the late 60's with one hole behind the housewatch desks. Over the years that wall has become like swiss cheese (multiple holes on all three floors). It is now truly one house.
During the 60's 132 was a top relocating company, spending a lot of time at 120. The Ambulance and the Marshalls have been replaced these days with the Collapse rig and 132's SOC truck.
Always good companies and good guys however. Some things will never change.