This & That from Here & There

[GA_Dave]

Engine 70, Nassau County, FL

2009 Pierce Impel

1500/750/30F

#22079

[GA_Dave]

Engine 20, Nassau County, FL

2001 Spartan/E-One

1250/1000/30F

#123549

[GA_Dave]

Tower 20, Nassau County, FL

2002 E\-One Cyclone II

2000/300/95'

#125181

[GA_Dave]

We finished up Thursday with Station 40 in Jacksonville.

 

Engine 40, Jacksonville, FL

2000 American LaFrance Eagle (Becker)

1500/600

#1080

[GA_Dave]

Tanker 40, Jacksonville, FL

2001 Freightliner FL-80/Pierce

750/2500

#12392-02

[GA_Dave]

We woke up Friday morning to thunderstorms.  After checking the weather radar, we decided to head north to Fernandina Beach, allowing the rain to pass, since it was headed southeast.  On the way, we hit Station 38, the home of Marine 1 and Marine 4.  We shot them between downpours.

 

Marine 1, Jacksonville, FL

2010 MetalCraft Marine "FireStorm 70"

14000 GPM

[GA_Dave]

Marine 4, Jacksonville, FL (Jake M. Godbold)

2007 MetalCraft Marine "FireStorm 50"

7000 GPM

[GA_Dave]

When we got there both Fernandina Beach stations were empty, so we went to our next stop, Station 16 at the Jacksonville International Airport.  We were turned away for "security reasons".  By then, the rain had turned to drizzle.  We headed downtown to Station 1.

 

Engine 1, Jacksonville, FL

2004 Pierce Dash 2000

2000/600

#15693-02

[GA_Dave]

Ladder 1, Jacksonville, FL

2008 Pierce Dash 2000

0/0/100'

#18164

[GA_Dave]

Station 2 was next, but no one was home.  While we were loading up to try Station 9, an unmarked Jacksonville engine passed us, enroute to a call.  As we got to Station 9, Engine 7 passed us, going the same direction.  Station 9 was empty, so we followed Engine 7 as far as we could.  We located the smoke column and finally arrived at the scene.  We were able to shoot a few additional rigs while there.

 

Ladder 18, Jacksonville, FL

2006 Pierce Dash 2000

0/0/105'

#17570-02

[GA_Dave]

Engine 4, Jacksonville, FL

2004 American LaFrance Eagle (Becker)

2000/600

#1619

[willman940]

Reserve Engine, Jacksonville, FL (running as E-43)

2007 Pierce Dash 2000

1500/500

#19841

This may be a dumb questions but way is a seemingly newer (than others) engine in reserve status? is she a lemon?

[GA_Dave]

This may be a dumb questions but way is a seemingly newer (than others) engine in reserve status? is she a lemon?

I'm not really sure.  This rig is a rescue pumper, while most companies there have more standard pumpers.  It may have been assigned to a very busy company and have high mileage compared to other rigs.

[lawrencewhite111]

 

When we got there both Fernandina Beach stations were empty, so we went to our next stop, Station 16 at the Jacksonville International Airport.  We were turned away for "security reasons".  By then, the rain had turned to drizzle.  We headed downtown to Station 1.

 

Engine 1, Jacksonville, FL

2004 Pierce Dash 2000

2000/600

#15693-02

 


Turned away for security reasons?All to get photos of a fire truck.Some people these days.It would be so easy to pose them with no security,secure areas in the background

[Mark V. Carr]

   


Turned away for security reasons?All to get photos of a fire truck.Some people these days.It would be so easy to pose them with no security,secure areas in the background

I was the one to talk to the officer on the phone while we stopped at the gate.  The gate was open and I could have driven right to the station.  It was very, very obvious that the officer was making this up as he went and his story had "I just don't want to bother" written all over it.  So, we called the other Jacksonville area airport up and they told us to "Sure!  Come on by!"  

[GA_Dave]

More from the fire....

 

Engine 7, Jacksonville, FL

2005 Pierce Dash 2000

1500/500/100F

#16957

[GA_Dave]

Reserve Haz-Mat 7, Jacksonville, FL (formerly E-2)

2002 American LaFrance Eagle (Becker)

#1279

[GA_Dave]

Engine 24, Jacksonville, FL

2004 American LaFrance Eagle (Becker)

1500/600

#1617

[GA_Dave]

After leaving the fire scene, we went to Station 4 to shoot a Pierce heavy rescue and another Pierce TDA, both of which I already shot on a previous visit (on a sunny day).  From there, we returned to Station 2.  They were running the reserve rig we had seen go by us when we were there earlier.  That engine had been hooked to the hydrant at the fire and was not in a good spot for a pic.

 

Reserve Engine, Jacksonville, FL (running as E-2, formerly E-18)

2002 American LaFrance Eagle (Becker)

1500/600

#1257

[GA_Dave]

We then returned to Station 9.  Ladder 9 was also at the fire and I took a shot of it there, but this one is better.

 

Ladder 9, Jacksonville, FL

2005 Pierce Dash 2000

0/0/95'

#16852