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This & That from Here & There
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[quote name='GA_Dave' post='199947' date='Mar 25 2008, 22:07 ']Last one.......
Engine 2, Fairburn, GA 2007 Pierce Velocity 1500/750/30F #19066[/quote] This looks like it might have been the demo that was floating around up here in Maryland for a few months. 
[quote name='T-Bone' post='201023' date='Mar 29 2008, 18:17 ']This looks like it might have been the demo that was floating around up here in Maryland for a few months.[/quote]
After looking back through a couple of pages on my thread it was indeed a demo I shot back a couple of months ago. Terry
Terry K.Dawson
dawsonfire@hotmail.com dawson_fire@yahoo.com Taneytown,Maryland 21787 
I finally got more film developed and have begun sorting pics from the past month. The day I shot Fairburn's Velocity, I also shot this International/Blue Bird "Safety Bus", converted into a fire safety house from an old school bus.
A few days later, I ventured down to Peach County, GA. I was in search of their ladder truck, described on their website as a "1986 Grumman with a 111' Grove ladder"............ I was curious, as Grove never built anything over 100' and was out of the business long before 1986. My first stop was Station 1.
Engine 1, Peach County, GA 2005 HME SFO/Central States 1250/1000 #1349005
Tanker 1, Peach County, GA
GMC Brigadier/Pennsylvania Furnace Company 250/6200 This rig came from an unknown Pennsylvania town that also used to run a Sutphen pumper that later ran as Peach County E-1 until 2005 when it was sold to Houston County, GA. A mural of the Supthen is still on the side of Tanker 1. If anyone recognizes this rig, let me know.
The next stop was the City of Fort Valley, the County Seat of Peach County. Fort Valley is home to Blue Bird Bus Corporation.
Engine 209, Fort Valley, GA 2000 Pierce Contender 1250/1000 ED-922
Engine 210, Fort Valley, GA
2003 International 4400/Pierce Contender 1250/1000 #3989780
Peach County Station 7 is home to Engine 7 and Ladder 1.
Engine 7, Peach County, GA 2001 HME SFO/Central States 1250/1000 #1228301
Here is Ladder 1. At first glance, I realized that it was no 111' and that it was probably older than the 1986 they claimed it to be, but I wasn't all that impressed. I began digging through the rig, getting a look at the dataplates and writing down whatever numbers I could find. It turns out that it is a 1981 Duplex D-300 chassis with Grumman bodywork, #16194. I was still somewhat confused because the Grove ladder had to be older. I asked if the rig had ever been refurbed, but they said that they didn't think so. Then one guy said that he had been told that the ladder was built in 1969 and had been removed from another rig. Next, I asked if they knew where the rig came from before they got it. One guy went inside and called an older member. When he returned, he said "New Castle, PA". Suddenly, it all clicked! I began jumping up and down like a lunatic, screaming "HOLY CRAP". They musta thought I'd lost it, but I soon regained my composure and told them this rig's history:
Back in 1961, FDNY took delivery of two Mack C-85 chassis equipped with 146' Magirus rearmount aerials. In 1969, the Magirus aerials were removed and replaced by 100' Grove ladders. One of these rigs, assigned to Ladder 164, was later sold to New Castle, PA. After a few years in service there, the ladder was removed and placed on a new Duplex chassis. Grumman did the remount in 1981. So, here's a shot of their x-FDNY ladder. Ladder 1, Peach County, GA 1981 Duplex D-300/Grumman 1969 Grove 100' #16194 x-New Castle, PA x-FDNY Yeah, I know, I get carried away sometimes....... <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_redface.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='  ' />
On April 7th, I met fellow apparatus nut Jon U. in South Carolina for four days of shooting. Part of that time, we were joined by Andrew. Since he has already posted some of that stuff in his thread, I'll post the other stuff here. We can always hope, but I doubt Jon will post anything (Go ahead, prove me wrong!).
We began the day under "cloudy-bright" skies in Anderson County. Engine 3, Anderson, SC 2007 Pierce Contender 1250/1000 #8181606
Haz-Mat 1, Anderson County, SC (Joint with Anderson City)
2004 Spartan/Summit #19960
Mobile Command Center, Anderson County, SC (Joint with Anderson City)
2006 International 7400/E.V.I. #RM2680
The Anderson County Volunteer Fire Department is made up of 27 Stations surrounding the City of Anderson. Some apparatus are purchased by the County and some by the volunteers through fundraisers. Previously, Jon and I have shot eleven stations and we added three more this trip.
Engine 10-2, Iva F.D. 2006 International 4400/E-One 1250/750 #131252 |
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