Playmobil City Fire Department District 1 Station 1

[Bill Blackhurst]

Playmobil City Fire Department District 1 Station 1 is centrally located on the west side of Playmobil City. The apparatus assigned to this station are: Engines: E111, E112, E113, Tower Ladder TL114, SUV Unit 1181, Specialty Trailer ST11A, Water Supply Tanker T1, District 1 Chief's car, Arson Unit 119, Medic M11, & a car transport trailer unnumbered. District 1 Station 1 has 3 engines assigned to it which one of its engines will always respond with other District 1 Stations 2, 3, or 4's calls no matter what type of alarm it is as backup. The apparatus O.I.C. on scene has the authority to cancel the extra engines response, keep it responding for assistance, or have it transfer to their station to cover other calls while the units on location secure the current situation.

The Great Lakes shores are on the west edge of the city where the Playmobil City Harbor & Port is located, & is a heavily industrialized area.
PCFD District 1 Station 2 is located in this area protecting it with Engines: E121,
E122, E123, Tower Ladder TL124, SUV Unit 1281, Specialty Trailer ST12A, Medic M12, Arson Unit 129, special diving rescue units WSRRT 1, WSRRT 2, & fire battling/rescue ships 11 & 12. This station has received the departments new heavy duty rescue unit numbered HR127, which is stationed here due to heavy industry related rescue calls.

PCFD District 1 Station 3 is located in the upper northeast of the city in the most heavily forested area. It is the home base for the brush firefighting units: B1, B2, B3, B5, & B6. Engines: E131, E132, E133, Ladder L135, & 2 Motorcycle Medics MCM 11, MCM 12, are also assigned to Station 3. District 1 Station 1: Water Tanker T1 & District 2 Station 1: Water Tanker T2 will be dispatched to any forest fire response by District 1 Station 3 as a backup water supply.

District 1 Station 4 is in the Southeast section of the city. Playmbil City International Airport is positioned on the center border line of PCFD Districts 1 & 2 territories, & is protected by its own in house fire equipment, but both District's 1 & 2 Station 4's respond when there is an incident involving the airport. District 1 Station 4 area is protected by Engines: E141, E142, E143, Ladder L145, SUV Unit 1481, Specialty Trailer ST14A, & Medic Supervisor Car MSC1.

There are plans to add a station number 5 in both Playmobil City Districts 1, & 2 in the next year, there has been an addition of 2 engines added to each station eliminating the need for both station's 11, & 21 to send an engine on all fire calls backing up their sister stations 2, 3, 4, & 5.


Playmobil City Fire Department District 1 Station 1 assigned equipment.








Picture of Engines assigned to PCFD District 1 Station 1; E111, E112, E113.




Fire Chief District 1 response car, & arson investigators car 119.




Tower Ladder TL114.




SUV Unit 1181.


Water Tanker T1's crew.


Water Tanker T1.


Haz Mat crew, Medic 11, & EMS crew.


Specialty Trailer ST11A.


Another view of ST11A.

[Gepetto]

Bill,

That is truly incredible!!   Your backdrop and layout are great and the lettering is  sooo good on your equipment it seems stock! I hope you get to keep this display up or does it have to come down after the photo op?

I tried to count your personnel but kept losing track. How many personnel does this station have? This is another excellent job Bill, thank you for sharing (your photos are tremendous, by the way!).


Gepetto

[playmofire]

Absolutely stunning, Bill!  That backdrop is so effective but, I suspect, very simple and all the  ore effective because of that.  And the engine numbers, as Gepetto says, look as if they came with the original.  How did you do them? 

[Little Jo]

Wow that's a really large staffing team you have! 

[Bill Blackhurst]

Thank you Gepetto, Playmofire, & Little Jo for your positive reviews!
Now let me see if I can answer your questions.

 Gepetto : I am afraid that this display is so large that it has to be stored when it's not being used   . There are 13 interior structure firefighters shown in this setup, that is enough to staff Station 1 in District 1.  I also have 34 more of the same equipped firefighters not in the pictures to actually staff District 2 a mirror image of District 1.
There are 6 apparatus operator/drivers, 6 apparatus OIC's, 7 Haz Mat personnel, 3 Chiefs; District Chief, Assistant Chief, Deputy Chief, & 2 arson investigators, & 3 EMS personnel also shown in these pictures. The last time I counted the new style grey firefighter figures I had 90 of them, & at least 50 of the older style. I actually have enough vehicles, & personnel to equip 8 stations similar to the size shown in these pictures  .

Playmofire: The back drop is handmade out of paper. The numbers, & letters on the apparatus are red or white vinyl 1/4" Gothic style adhesive decals that are available at 5 & dime shops here. The engines had to have a white background cut from white stock for the red ID numbers.

Little Jo: Yes, it is a very large staffing team shown, but is not even half of the collection I have!

[Gepetto]

8 more stations!! Holy cow! Do you keep them together by Station or store them by equipment type or just mixed?

No wonder you asked about dusting!

I really enjoy seeing your displays Bill, they are so thoughtfully put together and are very informative. Thanks again.


Gepetto

[Bill Blackhurst]

8 more stations!! Holy cow! Do you keep them together by Station or store them by equipment type or just mixed?
No wonder you asked about dusting!
I really enjoy seeing your displays Bill, they are so thoughtfully put together and are very informative. Thanks again.
Gepetto

Hello Gepetto!

I have them stored by District's 1 & 2. I have @ this time: 3 3879 ladder trucks, 3 3182 ladder trucks, 2 3525 ladder trucks, 27 3880 fire engines, 3 5716 fire engines, 6 3181 SUV's, 6 3178 equipment trailers, 6 3177 chief's cars, 2 3178 custom water tankers, 3 3191 custom large brush units, 2 3216 custom small brush units, 2 3128 fire boats, 12 3180 Haz Mat teams, 2 5721 Zodiac boats, 2 3070 Rescue SUV, 1 3063 Rescue boat, 4 3789 helicopters, 2 5704 helicopters, 1 5842 helicopter, 2 4428 rescue sets, 2 3175 fire stations with 7583 addons, 3 7142 car trailers, 3 7891 water trailers, & multiples of 3176, 3179, 3881, 3882, 3883, 4608, sets to name about 85% of it. Plus, there is my EMS service  !

[Gepetto]

I sure am glad I am a normal Medieval\Roman\Pirate collector!!



Gepetto

[Bill Blackhurst]

I sure am glad I am a normal Medieval\Roman\Pirate collector!!
Gepetto

Sometimes I wish I would have started collecting those themes instead  ! I didn't tell you about the modern city life, harbor, hospital, under ocean, ships, police, farm, construction, Antartic Dino, cars, trains, & airport, theme collections I have, did I  ?

[Gepetto]

I think you are doing very well by your original  decision Bill, you just need more space!




Gepetto