Corgi 1:50 E-One Rescue Hazardous Materials Unit: Washington DC Fire Department

This rare model was manufactured in 1998

As with all corgi models the mirrors are in the box

E-One is an emergency services manufacturer and marketer based in Ocala, Florida.

Founded in 1974 as Emergency-One, E-One has a staff of roughly 900 in four plants in the United States. In 1992, the company purchased Canadian fire apparatus builder Superior Emergency Equipment and in 1998 bought Saulsbury Fire Equipment of Preble, New York. E-One has sold more than 25,000 vehicles worldwide.

Customers include some of the largest cities in the US, including the fire departments in Boston, Chicago and New York City.

E-One was purchased by American Industrial Partners, an investment group, and in 2010 combined with Fleetwood Enterprises, Collins Industries and Halcore Group to form Allied Specialty Vehicles. Allied Specialty Vehicles changed its name to REV Group on November 1, 2015.

The District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department, (also known as DC FEMS, FEMS, DCFD, DC Fire, or Fire & EMS), established September 24, 1804, provides fire protection and emergency medical service for the District of Columbia, in the United States. An organ of the devolved district government, Fire & EMS is responsible for providing fire suppression, ambulance service and hazardous materials containment for the federal district.

On January 13, 1803, District of Columbia passed its first law about fire control, requiring the owner of each building in the district to provide at least one leather firefighting bucket per story or pay a $1 fine per missing bucket.

The first firefighting organizations in the district were private volunteer companies. To end the problems created by rivalries between these companies, District of Columbia approved in 1864 an act to consolidate them and organize a paid fire department. Seven years passed before it was implemented on September 23, 1871, creating the all-professional District of Columbia Fire Department with a combination of paid and volunteer staff. The department had seven paid firefighters and 13 call men to answer alarms, manning three engines and two ladders.

By 1900, the DCFD had grown to 14 engine, four ladder, and two chemical companies.

In 1968, the entire DCFD was mobilized during the riots that followed the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. The four days of disorder saw widespread civil unrest, looting and arson, which ultimately required help with 70 outside companies to battle over 500 fires and perform 120 rescues.

In the 1970s and 1980s, the department was riven by racial tension as the nearly all-white department became much more racially integrated and African Americans sought upper-level supervisory and management positions.