Andrew Messer Photos

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Saunook, NC "Truck 14"



2000 KME Excel 4x4

1500/1000

GSO # 4226



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Saunook, NC "Engine 14"



1993 KME FireFox

1500/1000

GSO # 1489



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Saunook, NC "Tanker 14"



2005 Sterling Acterra/4Guys

500/1500

S/N # F-2311



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Old Fort, NC "Engine/Tanker 406"



2009 IHC 7600/KME

1500/1500

GSO # 7755



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I see you were at McDowell, too. Sorry I missed you; very sad about the boys from Blowing Rock. TJ

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I didn't realize you were gonna be at McDowell! Did you take a class or did you have your Seagrave hidden somewhere?



Mountain Area Medical Airlift of Mission Hospitals (Asheville, NC), "MAMA 1"



1998 Eurocopter EC-135 P1

ALS Critical Care Helicopter

Tail # N135N

S/N # 0086



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I didn't realize you were gonna be at McDowell! Did you take a class or did you have your Seagrave hidden somewhere?



Mountain Area Medical Airlift of Mission Hospitals (Asheville, NC), "MAMA 1"



1998 Eurocopter EC-135 P1

ALS Critical Care Helicopter

Tail # N135N

S/N # 0086



Andrew Messer Photo (2010)





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Unfortunately; class. I slept through 2 long days of Leadership 2, kinda like watching paint dry. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/stretcher.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> By the way, nice shots! TJ <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='B)' />

[Andrew2340]

That sounds fun! Thanks!!



Center Pigeon, NC "Rescue 19"



2009 IHC 7600/Smeal

1500/500/25B

S/N # 3728



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These next two are just re-shoots because they re-named the trucks.



Center Pigeon, NC "Engine 19-2" (Formerly "Rescue 19")



1998 GMC C8500/Clay Fire Apparatus

1250/1000

S/N # 98B0716



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Center Pigeon, NC "Engine 19-3" (Formerly "Engine 19-2")



1987 Chevrolet Kodiak/EEI

1250/1500

S/N # 8543



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I was excited to shoot these next 3 trucks for several reasons. 1.) they are all old trucks from "up north" as everyone around here says, 2.) I've been trying to shoot them for several years now with no results; and 3.) they all serve agencies where nobody is ever home when I go shoot them! I found them parked at a garage in Newport, TN today being repaired. Apparently the owner of the garage is going into the fire truck repair business and he said I was welcome to come shoot the trucks he's working on anytime I want to! (Hmmph, he already sounds better than the evil, hateful folks at Anchor Richey piece of junk, right Micah?!) Who cares if these aren't perfect pictures?! I'm just happy to finally get ANY picture of them...



Long Creek, TN "Engine 890"



1976 Ford C/FMC

750/1000

S/N # 9788

X: Neffs, PA (Lehigh County) "Engine 16-12"



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I thought this truck was long gone. Apparently, it's still in service, just being repaired! It's twin (although painted white/red) still serves the Cocke County VFD, only a few miles down the road from Del Rio! They are only one serial # apart!



Del Rio, TN "Engine 3"



1978 Seagrave PB24068

1250/750

S/N # H-73742

X: Fallston, MD "Engine 1313"

X: Cocke County VFD of Newport, TN "Engine 3"



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And this was a surprise to find too. I'd seen this in Long Creek's station when Micah and I stopped there several years ago, but it disappeared after that. I was glad to find it in one piece!



Long Creek, TN "Engine/Tanker 888"



1968 Mack R611F

750/1200 (originally 500gal)

Cha. # 1008

X: Upper Montgomery, MD "Engine 142"

X: Tusculum, TN "160?"



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I was finally able to get a picture of this truck yesterday. This truck was sold on GovDeals.com and the final sale was completed Monday night at 9pm. Thankfully, the new owner was waiting until 2pm yesterday to come pick the truck up. I was able to get this shot about 0745 yesterday morning thanks to a good friend on Pittman Center VFD.



Pittman Center, TN "Former Engine 71"



1980 ALF Century

1000/400/35' TeleSqurt

Reg. # CE-6482

X: Sevierville, TN "Engine 8"

SOLD to ??? VFD of Crossville, TN (2010)



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Pittman Center, TN "Wildland 72" (Possibly soon to be replaced)



2008 Dodge 3500/C.E.T.

250/250/20A



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Pittman Center, TN "Quint 71"



1994 KME Renegade

1250/750/55' FireStix

GSO # 1989

X: City of Asheville, NC



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Pittman Center, TN "Tanker 72"



2001 IHC 4900/1972 Kidron/2008 Wynn Fire Apparatus refurb

250/1850

S/N # OYK99854

X: ???



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I went to this station to catch a new engine they'd recieved from an FD in New York, only to find out that the engine was parked at a members house. I tried calling the member, but he wouldn't answer. I hadn't shot this truck from CCRCFD yet, so I figured I'd make the best of the situation and leave with one pic rather than none.



Catons Chapel-Richardson Cove, TN "Rescue 115"



1993 Ford F-250/Stahl

Light Duty Rescue (future plans include a small skid unit in the bed)

X: Sevier County Utility District, TN



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I FINALLY found a helpful crew at Pigeon Forge!!



Pigeon Forge, TN "Engine 21"



2009 Spartan Gladiator/4Guys

1500/1000/30A

S/N # F-2664



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These next two definitely aren't new deliveries; in fact they are the oldest trucks in PFFD's fleet now; I'd just never found anyone willing to pull them out for me until yesterday. This tanker is due to be replaced in 2011 with an IHC 4400/4Guys 1800gal tanker that is already in production. Also, for those of you who have visited PFFD before, Tanker 29, the 9000gal "tractor drawn tanker" that PFFD operated, has been sold. The truck went somewhere, and the tanker trailer went to the street department. Also "Engine 22", the ALF Pioneer is now serving Waldens Creek, TN as "Engine 64", and PFFD "Engine 21", the Ford C/ALF, was scrapped.



Pigeon Forge, TN "Tanker 24"



1982 Chevrolet C-70/Slagle's

300/1000



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Pigeon Forge, TN "Wildland 23"



1986 Chevrolet C-30/Slagle's

300/250



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