This & That from Here & There

[GA_Dave]

Rescue 1, Summerville, SC

2006 E\-One Typhoon

#131509

[GA_Dave]

Reserve Engine 19, Summerville, SC

1993 Pierce Arrow

1500/500

#E-7858-01

[GA_Dave]

Engine 3, Summerville, SC

2012 E\-One Typhoon

1500/1000

#137175

 

[GA_Dave]

Truck 2, Summerville, SC

2002 Sutphen TS-100

2000/300/100'

HS-3729

 

[GA_Dave]

Truck 201, Old Fort, SC

2010 Ferrara Inferno

2000/500/77'

H-4108

[GA_Dave]

Engine 203, Old Fort, SC

2011 HME 1871/Ferrara

1500/1000

H-4767

 

[Roto-Ray]

Different paint colors and schemes on the two Old Fort rigs.  Was one a demo?

[GA_Dave]

Different paint colors and schemes on the two Old Fort rigs.  Was one a demo?

I'm not really sure.  Old Fort has used several different schemes over the years, including a white/yellow Maxim F ladder and a blue Mack CF.  Most of the rigs I saw there on this trip were white/red, but the two newest were solid red. 

[Mark V. Carr]

Nice looking stuff Dave!  Lots of redundancy in those Charleston fire departments.  Looks to be prime for consolidation!  Keep 'em coming!

[GA_Dave]

Nice looking stuff Dave!  Lots of redundancy in those Charleston fire departments.  Looks to be prime for consolidation!  Keep 'em coming!

Yes and no.  The FD's in Charleston County have already united into an automatic aid response system, with a few exceptions.  Calls are answered by the closest capable unit at the time, regardless of jurisdiction.  Folly Beach, for one, is not included as they are a peninsula, so if they respond out of territory, there is no one farther out to fill in.  The area I visited covers several Counties and they each have their own systems, but I don't feel that consolidation is in the near future.

[GA_Dave]

Reserve Engine 209, Old Fort, SC

1997 Spartan/American Fire Eagle

1500/1000

#24

[GA_Dave]

Reserve Engine 208, Old Fort, SC

1997 Spartan/American Fire Eagle

1500/1000

#23

 

[GA_Dave]

Engine 204, Old Fort, SC

2011 HME 1871/Ferrara

1500/1000

H-4743

[GA_Dave]

These next two apparatus are currently owned by the Lowcountry Firefighter Support Team (http://www.firefightersupport.org/‎).  They are used for fundraising events.

 

Engine 8, "The Bullet"

1976 American LaFrance Century

1250/500

#5256

[GA_Dave]

Engine 17, "Big John"

1968 Mack CF

1250/500

#CF611F12-1108

 

x-Old Fort, SC

x-Harris Gardens FC, Union Beach, NJ

x-"somewhere in the midwest"

 

 

 

[GA_Dave]

Engine 61, Joint Base Charleston, SC

2011 Pierce Contender

1250/600/55F

#24583-01

[GA_Dave]

Rescue 38, Goose Creek Rural FD, Goose Creek, SC

2005 HME 1871/Ferrara

H-3106

[GA_Dave]

Tower 3, Goose Creek Rural FD, Goose Creek, SC

2005 American LaFrance Eagle

2000/300/100' LTI

#V67107/#0500260

[GA_Dave]

Engine 34, Goose Creek Rural FD, Goose Creek, SC

2004 American LaFrance Metropolitan

1500/500

#N06160

[GA_Dave]

Engine 1, Goose Creek, SC

2007 American LaFrance Eagle

2000/500/75' LTI

#Y20262/#0600774