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A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE NANJEMOY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC.
- Organized in 1949 following two disastrous fires in the area where the nearest fire department was in LaPlata.
- The first Engine was a 1941 used Army Surplus Unit purchased from Owens Mill Maryland Volunteer Fire Department for the sum of $1,500.00
This unit was affectionately known as “Old Faithful”.
Was housed in Mrs. Scott’s garage at night time until the completion of the first Fire House in the Spring / Summer of 1950.
- Chartered by the State of Maryland in March of 1950.
- Purchased new 1952 Ford and built our first Tanker. This unit had an 800 gallon tank and 500 Gallon Per Minute Pump.
- 1963 purchased used Maxim – Ford Engine from the Vienna Volunteer Fire Department in Vienna, VA.
Our First Engine 41. Served the Department and Community until 1985.
Was sold to a private collector in the late 80’s.
Purchased back by the Auxiliary for restoration in 2017.
- Purchased a new 1965 Young – Ford All Wheel Drive Brush Unit to replace the Original 1941 Dodge.
Our first Engine 44.
- Purchased a new 1968 Young – Ford Heavy Duty Pumper. This unit carried 1250 gallons of water and had a 750 gallon per minute pump.
- Acquired the land that the current firehouse is sitting on.
Our First Engine 42.
- Purchased 1972 Alleghany – Ford Tanker to replace company built 1952 tanker.
This was our Second Tanker (Tanker 46)
This tanker carried 1,800 gallons of water with a 750 gpm pump.
- 1973 started planning the new firehouse.
- 1976 William T. Hinton started construction of the new firehouse.
- Moved into the new firehouse in April 1977.
- 1984 Placed in service our First AMKUS Rescue System for Motor Vehicle Crashes.
- 1985 placed in service 1985 Young – Ford Engine.
Our Second Engine 41.
- 1988 placed in service 3D – Ford brush Engine to replace the 1965 unit.
The 1965 brush Engine became Brush - 4. Our first Brush Unit.
The 1988 Engine was our First W.E.P.S. (Water Expanded Foam System or Compressed Air Foam System C.A.F.S.) capable Brush Engine
- 1988 and 1989 started researching the feasibility of operating a fire and rescue boat.
Samuel C. “Buddy” Linton Assisted the department with obtaining Waterway Improvement Funds from the state of Maryland to offset the cost of the boat.
- Place our newly acquired Fire Rescue Boat in service in 1990.
Our first Boat 4.
1990 22’ Center Console Boston Whaler.
- 1990 the Department took one of the biggest steps away from Fire Department tradition. We placed in service our 1990 3D – Simon Duplex 10 person crew cab fire engine.
This allowed the firefighters to be in an enclosed cab, away from the elements for the first time in department history.
This was our second Engine 42 with 1250 gallons of water and 1250 GPM pump.
- 1996 Placed in Service S&S – Peterbilt 3,000 gallon tanker with a 1250 gpm pump.
This was our third tanker.
- Late 1990’s contracted with William T. Hinton, our original building contractor and architect to build an addition to the existing firehouse due to the size of the modern apparatus.
- 1999 placed in service a Ford F-350 Brush unit to replace the 1965 Young Ford.
- 2001 placed in service Ferrara – HME Rescue Engine.
This was our Third Engine 41.
- Started Construction of our Addition to the firehouse in 2001. Construction was done by Mattingly Construction and supervised by William T. Hinton.
- 2003 we took occupancy of the addition of the firehouse.
This addition gave us bunk rooms for male and female members, a training / meeting room, four more apparatus bays with one being dedicated to apparatus maintenance for our engineers.
- 2000 we purchased our first Marine Support Unit. A 2000 Ford F-350 Dually.
This is our primary tow vehicle for the boat and carried extra equipment for water rescues.
- 2008 purchased and placed in service our second Fire Rescue Boat to replace the 1990 Boston Whaler.
This vessel is a Northwind Marine Argus Class Fire Rescue Boat with a 3,000 gpm pump.
- 2010 we placed in service a Rosenbauer - Ford Brush Engine.
This is our third Engine 44.
This unit also has W.E.P.S capabilities.
- 2010 we place in service a Rosenbauer – Spartan Gladiator Engine.
1,500 gallons of water and a 1,250 gpm pump.
- 2017 built a memorial to memorialize those that served our community.
- 2018 Took delivery of our Rosenbauer – Westenstar Tanker.
3,500 gallons of water, 1250 gpm pump.
Our Fourth Tanker.
- 2019 - Placed our new Marine Support Unit (MSU), a 2019 Dodge Ram 4500 in service.
- 2022 - Signed the contract with Pierce for our new Rescue Engine.
- 2023 - 2023 Chevorlet Tahoe - Vehicle 4 - Placed in serivce.
- 2024 - Started housing a DES Ambulance.
- 2025 - 2024 Chevorlet Tahoe - Command 4 replacement (1996 Chevy Suburban).
- 2025 - Took delivery and placed in service our new 2025 Pierce Enforcer Rescue Engine.
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