Richard Whealen has found itself a big name partner to develop what will be Reston's tallest building.

Akridge and RTC Partnership LLC, led by Whealen, have formed a joint venture to construct the 330-foot-tall, 420,000-square-foot trophy class office tower at the intersection of Reston Parkway and Bowman Towne Drive, roughly eight-tenths of a mile from the planned Reston Town Center Metro station. The 23-story building will be 125 feet taller than anything that exists immediately around it, and with its penthouse, it will overtake the 314-foot-tall One Freedom Square as Reston's highest structure

FCFD will need a new tower fire truck for these giants. Tower "X" that can help firefighters to make saves at 350-400 feet . A crane type fire rescue truck for high rises. The current towers are about 135 feet. They can only reach less then half way up.

No kidding no joke . Now who is worthy for it to bear their name? Any fire heros? Or will it be "Tower Fairfax 1 "

Tower "X" Responding 10-4 Wrote:
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> FCFD will need a new tower fire truck for these
> giants. Tower "X" that can help firefighters to
> make saves at 350-400 feet . A crane type fire
> rescue truck for high rises. The current towers
> are about 135 feet. They can only reach less then
> half way up.
>
> No kidding no joke . Now who is worthy for it to
> bear their name? Any fire heros? Or will it be
> "Tower Fairfax 1 "

Good point. Make the developer pay for the new fire truck not the my tax dollars.

Code requires a sprinkler system and bib connections on every floor.
Plus a stairwell on either side. Ladder trucks optional and not required.

No need for ladder trucks because if an airplane trying to land at Dulles crashes into the building on a foggy day then everyone can just walk down the stairs from the floors above the impact.

>Good point. Make the developer pay for the new fire truck not the my tax dollars.

I agree. It would probably cost a million dollars.

There won't be such a fire truck. It's not technically feasible.

150 ton Terex Tower Crane with a 400 Ft Stick and Rescue Cab. Transported to the fire scene on 4 tractor trailers. Cost about two turf fields. 4 million.

Named For the Man Who Built Fairfax County JACK HERRITY Lives Matter!
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Here's the new truck. Works up to 112 meters or that's 376 feet. At ten feet a story that's 37 stories.

Sorry forgot the link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ygr9vpfDdg

http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/2015/01/worlds-tallest-firefighting-aerial-device/

Yes The BRONTO made in Finland. the New BIG JACK And the sucker can bend to get to the middle of a building.

Gold Medal of Valor for any firefighters who want to try that move on a real rescue.


Now Make the developers chip in and pay for it , at least halfers Who needs two more Turf Fields Anyway?

You would need to perform a soil test before you set the stabilizing legs down on that beast. With a 20 foot span it would be useless in most scenarios, a fleet of tow trucks would have to follow it to clear enough room for the legs. How many people could it rescue per hour? 6 at most?

If I worked in a skyscraper I would invest in a parachute or serious repelling equipment if I was to be that worried about it.

Needs to require concrete pads in front or other areas of high rises so that heavy rescue equipment can be deployed instead of regular asphalt. And require design of these tall buildings so rescue equipment can access the building. Yes it can be done with nice landscaping to go along ect. As far as the legs they extend. Its only a bit wider then a regular tractor trailer with the legs unextended. Beats a 135 ft Tower thats all FCFD has now. And no it would not replace the 135 footers. Just a new piece of equipment with extended capacity to Save Lives


BIG JACK BABY ! YA!

Then Maybe Fairfax Wrote:
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> Needs to require concrete pads in front or other
> areas of high rises so that heavy rescue equipment
> can be deployed instead of regular asphalt. And
> require design of these tall buildings so rescue
> equipment can access the building. Yes it can be
> done with nice landscaping to go along ect. As
> far as the legs they extend. Its only a bit wider
> then a regular tractor trailer with the legs
> unextended. Beats a 135 ft Tower thats all FCFD
> has now. And no it would not replace the 135
> footers. Just a new piece of equipment with
> extended capacity to Save Lives
>
>
> BIG JACK BABY ! YA!

Quit dreaming.

And when we originally started living in Reston back in the 80's, the building at the Intl center was the ONLY tallest one in Reston. Good thing I moved out of that heap, Reston caters to the rich. Parents rented a place at Charter Oak and bought a condo at Chestnut Grove, I stay away from there as much as possible.

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They will be a Coming, Now that the ball is rolling. Why you so Butthurt about saving lives? Sound like you like those Turf Fields. Fuck the Turf Fields. Or a extra dime kept in a developers pocket.