This & That from Here & There

[GA_Dave]

Ladder 1, Rincon, GA

2000 Seagrave TR44DA

1250/500/75'

#85054

[GA_Dave]

Engine 4, Rincon, GA

1989 Pierce Dash D-8000

1250/500

#E-4971

[GA_Dave]

Engine 7, Rincon, GA

2001 Seagrave TB40DD

1250/750

#78986

[GA_Dave]

Engine 9, Rincon, GA

2008 Pierce Arrow XT

2000/2500/40F

#20370

[GA_Dave]

Tanker 15, Effingham County, GA

2006 International 7400/E-One

500/2500 6x6

#131543

[GA_Dave]

Engine 62, Effingham County, GA

2010 International 7600/Pierce

2000/2500

#22731

[GA_Dave]

Tanker 67, Effingham County, GA

2005 International 7400/E-One

500/2500 6x6

#129073

[GA_Dave]

Dan returned to Georgia again in May for his granddaughter's graduation. We made one trip, but it was a long one! Dan wanted photos of a KME that he missed at the factory.



Rescue 1, Philadelphia, MS

2011 KME Predator

GSO-8346

[GA_Dave]

Ladder 1, Philadelphia, MS (Runs first out of Station 1)

2009 Pierce Velocity

1500/710/40F/75' (This is what I've been told, I haven't verified yet)

#21262

[GA_Dave]

Engine 2, Philadelphia, MS

2005 E\-One Typhoon

1250/1000

#130930

[GA_Dave]

Last one for today.....



Engine 3, Philadelphia, MS

2001 Spartan/E-One

1250/1000

#123130

[GA_Dave]

This past Wednesday, I headed to south Georgia, in an attempt to locate and photograph an old PemFab/Grumman pumper from Hughesville, MD that was supposed to be in Nashville, GA. Unfortunately, after conversations with members of three different FD's in the area, it isn't there, nor has it ever been there. Bummer! The guy at Nashville, a City employee/FF, stated that he was "too busy" to pull their six rigs out for me to photograph. In the twenty minutes we talked, we could have done all six! They run three pumpers, including a very well-preserved Ford C/Pirsch, along with an F-550 rescue and two Knockers. Bummer again!



I next went to Ray City, about ten miles further south. They operate from two adjoining buildings, one with three rigs and a singe rig in the other. There was no one around and both buildings had "anti-buff" doors. The PD was just across the street, so I headed that way, only to spot two of their members talking in the parking lot. Minutes later, I was shooting these.



Engine 61, Ray City, GA

2011 Freightliner M2/Pierce Responder

1250/1000

#24241

[GA_Dave]

Engine 63, Ray City, GA

1985 GMC/E-One

1000/750

#4569

[GA_Dave]

They also have this GA Forestry knocker that was transferred to a newer chassis that was obtained from the Florida D.O.T.



Tanker 62, Ray City, GA

1996 Ford F-800/GA Forestry

250/1000

[GA_Dave]

The guys at Ray City told me about the next FD, located about ten miles north of Nashville, in the small town of Alapaha. They said that Alapaha had a "bunch of trucks". Crammed into one building are eight pieces, five that were donated to them from New Jersey and still lettered for their former FD's. A Ford C/Hahn and a Ford F/Cherefko, both from East Freehold, along with a Duplex/TASC from Whitesville, all had dead batteries. A Hahn from Jackson Mills fired right up, but would not budge. The brakes were frozen. The driver immediately called the mechanic. This is their front line engine! The only x-Jersey rig that I was able to shoot was also a former Whitesville rig.



Tanker 1, Alapaha, GA

1984 GMC General/Hamerly/Gibson/Wilson refurb

2000/2800

[GA_Dave]

Truck 1, Alapaha, GA

1985 International S-1900/GA Forestry

140/1250

[GA_Dave]

Heading back north, I stopped at a Houston County (pronounced House-ton) station.



Engine 21, Houston County, GA

1995 Ford F-8000/E-One

1000/100

#15160

[GA_Dave]

My last stop for the day was at Macon-Bibb County Station 7, to get directions to Station 12. Engine 12 was sitting on their ramp, so all I had to do was get them to turn it around.



Engine 12, Macon-Bibb County, GA

2010 Pierce Arrow XT

1500/500

#22911

[GA_Dave]

The guys at Macon had told me about a few more rigs that I didn't know about, plus I had missed a stop the day before due to increasing clouds, plus I wanted to hit more Houston County stations (they recently added paid staff during the day). I headed south again.



Engine 101, Forsyth, GA

2012 Pierce Contender

1500/750

#24975

[GA_Dave]

Macon-Bibb has finally retired the twin 1975 Ward LaFrance Governor crash trucks and replaced them with this refurbed unit from Company Two Fire Apparatus.



ARFF 2, Middle Georgia Regional Airport, Macon, GA

1994 E\-One Titan III

1250/1500/200F

#13697



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