This & That from Here & There

[GA_Dave]

Booster 61, Needham FD, Conroe, TX

2010 Ford F-450/Turnkey Industries (T.K.I.)

250/350/10AF 4x4

[GA_Dave]

Engine 62, Needham FD, Conroe, TX

2005 Ferrara Igniter

1500/750/25F

H-3078

[GA_Dave]

Engine 61, Needham FD, Conroe, TX

2012 Ferrara Ember

1750/1000/25AF

H-4973

[GA_Dave]

Reserve Engine 6, Needham FD, Conroe, TX

1975 American LaFrance Century

1500/500

#5247

[GA_Dave]

I have previously visited Cypress Creek.  They have several new rigs since my last visit, but some were duplicates of those I already have.  Here are the different ones. 

 

Tower 23, Cypress Creek FD, Cypress, TX

2005 Pierce Dash 2000

2000/300/100'

#17181

[firescooby]

Where's all the Sutphens?

[GA_Dave]

Rehab 23, Cypress Creek FD, Cypress, TX

2009 Ford F-350/Turnkey Industries (T.K.I.)

[GA_Dave]

Booster 23, Cypress Creek FD, Cypress, TX

1999 Ford F-350/C.E.T.

250/250/20AF 4x4

[GA_Dave]

Engine 31, Klein, TX

2008 Pierce Enforcer

2000/1000/25CAFS

#19881

[GA_Dave]

Tanker 31, Klein, TX

2002 Kenworth T-800/E-One

2000/3000

#126063

[GA_Dave]

Tower 31, Klein, TX

2002 E\-One Cyclone II

2000/300/95'

#126282

[GA_Dave]

Engine 36, Klein, TX

2002 Pierce Enforcer

2000/1000/25CAFS

#13980-01

[GA_Dave]

Ladder 36, Klein, TX

2002 E\-One Cyclone II

2000/550/100'

#126279

[GA_Dave]

Where's all the Sutphens?

Still in Ohio I guess.  I didn't see any this trip.

[CAPTFBFD]

I think I saw where Klein has several apparatus on order.

[photog999]

Rescue 14, Webster, TX

2012 Pierce Velocity P.U.C.

1500/500/50F

#25041

Nice shot Dave. I tried to get a decent shot last year when it was at Municipal Fire School but it was never in the right spot.

[GA_Dave]

Nice shot Dave. I tried to get a decent shot last year when it was at Municipal Fire School but it was never in the right spot.

Thanks!  I had to wait almost two-and-a-half hours to get that one.  They were very busy that day.  When I got there, their Quantum pumper was behind the station, cab up, radiator hose pouring coolant everywhere.  The rescue was in the shop and the quint was headed to some flag ceremony at NASA.  The Chief posed the Booster for me, then had to leave, but told me that the rescue would be there shortly.  It showed about 30 minutes later, but the shop guys parked it in a bad spot and left before I could ask them to pose it for me.  Meanwhile, the guys from the Pierce dealer were working on the pumper and I kept hoping that they would get it fixed before long.  It turns out they were unable to repair it without a new hose, which they could not locate locally and had to have shipped from Pierce, so I never did get the pumper.  Later on, the Fire Marshall posed the rescue for me, after he had returned to the station near quitting time.  The quint arrived about thirty minutes later and the crew posed it for me.  Since I really had nowhere else mapped out to go on that side of Houston, I just waited. 

[e290l103]

this one was originally St George VFD in Baton Rouge, LA

Reserve Engine 6, Needham FD, Conroe, TX
1975 American LaFrance Century
1500/500
#5247

[GA_Dave]

this one was originally St George VFD in Baton Rouge, LA

Thanks, Mike!

[GA_Dave]

Heavy thunderstorms rolled through the area on Thursday night, but Friday showed up with partly cloudy skies.  I continued with the area on the northwest side of Houston.  First up is Spring, where my niece lives.  The Spring FD runs from seven stations.  Until recently, each was assigned a rig similar to the one below, but three have now been placed into reserve, replaced by pumpers.

 

Ladder 72, Spring, TX

2001 E\-One Cyclone II

2000/400/40CAFS/40BF/75'

#122865