FIRE STATION 9 – DUBLIN FIRE BRIGADE BLANCHARDSTOWN
Known as Number 9 Station within Dublin Fire Brigade.
Dublin City’s first municipal fire engines were delivered in 1705.
Throughout the second half of the 18th Century, insurance brigades were the primary source of firefighting for the city, operating independently for buildings bearing the mark of their respective insurance companies.
Eventually the brigades began to co-operate on a competition basis with the first brigade on scene being the highest paid. It wasn’t until 1862 with the enactment of the Dublin Corporation Act, that the city had an organised fire brigade.
Dublin man J.R. Ingram became the first superintendent of the brigade, having worked as a fireman in New York and London. The brigade consisted of 24 men with a makeshift fire brigade station on Winetavern Street in The Liberties. In 1898 the Dublin Fire Brigade Ambulance Service was established. The turn of the century saw the brigade have its first fire stations and permanent headquarters built, with the first motorised fire engine coming on stream in 1909.
AN INCIDENT ON BOLTON STREET – MAY HAVE BEEN A ROAD ACCIDENT
Today I was experimenting with an old Sony VG100E camcorder and on my arrival back in Bolton Street I noticed a number of Fire Engines. As I have a policy of not photographing accidents if there are still victims to be seen I avoided getting close enough to determine the exact circumstances.
I used a Sony GM 24-70mm Lens but I forgot that because of the crop factor the lens is effectively a 36-105mm. I also forgot that there is no RAW option which was an annoying decision by Sony.
The Sony Handycam NEX-VG10 (model variants NEX-VG10E, NEX-VG10A, NEX-VG10J) was the large sensor interchangeable-lens video camera made and distributed by Sony in 2010-2011. It uses Sony E-mount camera lenses that were first used on the Sony NEX-3 and Sony NEX-5.
It is capable of shooting in 1920×1080 full high definition using a large APS-C sensor. The video is captured in the AVCHD format. When capturing still photos the NEX-VG10 is capable of 14-megapixel stills.
The camera kit came with an 18–200 mm lens that was also be compatible with the NEX Mirrorless interchangeable lens camera systems. The 16 mm ultra wide and 18–55 mm lens E-mount lenses also work with full auto-focus support. The built-on microphone is made of four directional mics that record in two-way stereo with the ability to capture both front and back sounds. The mic handle also has support for a hot shoe to connect a supported flash gun and a cold shoe to add on extra accessories.
First shipments of the NEX-VG10 commenced in September 2010 and I received my cope later in the year. Its launch price was 1999 US dollars and it came in a kit with a Sony SAL-18200 lens with hood and a free download of Vegas Movie Studio. As far as I can remember I paid Euro 2,000 which was a good deal considering the price of 18-200mm lens which I sold only a year ago.
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