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New Washington The Town of New Washington is just up the Ohio River from Louisville, Kentucky in northeastern Clark County. Established in 1954, this all-volunteer department includes 45 members that respond from two stations. NWFD responds to approximately 300 runs each year in their mostly rural fire protection district. NWVFD provides Fire, Rescue, EMS and Water Rescue protection to 90 square miles including all of Washington and Bethlehem Townships and portions of Oregon, Owen and Saluda Townships. |
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| Station 1 - State Road 62 just North of New Washington Station 1 serves as department HQ and is home to Engine 8111, Rescue 8121, Ladder 8161 and Tankers 8121 and 8122. |
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| Engine 8111 - 1991 International/KME Pumper - 1250gpm/1000gal | ||
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| Squrt 8161-1984 Hendrickson/1985 Grumman 50ft Tele-Squrt (#17089) - 1250gpm/350gal This apparatus was purchased from nearby Middletown, KY in 2006. |
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| Rescue 8141 -1990 International 4900/70's Hamerly The body is older than the current chassis, but was completly refurbed in house. The design on the body was created by one of our firefighters and all the graphic vinyl was applied by members, including myself. |
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| Tanker 8121 - 1993 International 4900/FD Custom - 150gpm/1500gal The smaller of NWVFD's two tankers was actually fabricated and built by one of the firefighters in-house. |
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| Tanker 8122 - 1991 International/Wynn - 200gpm/2200gal This tanker was purchased from McCulloch VFD in Clark County. It was originally white, but that situation was "corrected" when it came to NWVFD. |
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| Brush 8131 - 1996 Ford F-350/ProPoly - 250gpm/400gal | ||
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| Squad 8251 - 1992 International/Horton | ||
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| Special thanks to Fire Chief Randy Burton for
providing NWVFD history and background and for his help in arranging the apparatus for these pictures. |
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