This & That from Here & There

[GA_Dave]

Tanker 32, Sumter County, FL

2007 Kenworth T-300/Deep South

1250/3000

[upstatefire31]

   From there, we headed over to Citrus County to get a couple slightly newer rigs.  The weather was not helpful.....

 

Engine 2, Citrus County, FL

2014 Pierce Impel

1250/1000/30F

#27735-01

Tell me how the Sheriff part fits into Fire Rescue..always wondered how this worked?

[GA_Dave]

Tell me how the Sheriff part fits into Fire Rescue..always wondered how this worked?

From what I understand, Citrus County merged Fire-Rescue, 911 Dispatch, EMA, Animal Control, and law enforcement into one Public Safety Department, under the direction of the Sheriff, like a public safety director.  Fire-Rescue is a combination of paid, on-call and volunteer staff, led by a Fire Chief who reports to the Sheriff.  Unlike many P.S.D.'s, there is no cross-training between divisions, although Sheriff's Deputies can be volunteers.  Every Firefighter I have talked with seems happy with the arrangement.

[GA_Dave]

  We continued in Sumter County on Saturday morning, but the weather wasn't much better.

 

Engine 28, Sumter County, FL

2006 Kenworth T-300/Pierce Contender

1250/1000

#18037TR

[GA_Dave]

Engine 29, Sumter County, FL

2007 Kenworth T-300/Pierce Contender

1250/1000

#18607

[GA_Dave]

Tanker 14, Sumter County, FL

2006 Kenworth T-300/Deep South

1250/2000

[GA_Dave]

   As the weather cleared a bit, we went back to the antique truck show as there was supposed to be more apparatus on display.

 

x-Engine 90, D.P.Hays Hose Company, Pleasantville, NY

1970 American LaFrance 900 Series

1250/300

#8-1-1933

[GA_Dave]

   This 1926 American LaFrance 750 GPM Type 75 pumper , #5811, served Orlando, FL.

[GA_Dave]

x-Engine 401, Bogota, NJ

1981 American LaFrance Century

1500/500

#7434

[GA_Dave]

   I found this former Florida Forest Service rig over in the antique truck display, a Dodge Power Wagon.

[GA_Dave]

After leaving the show, we headed to some Lake County stations.

 

Tanker 59, Lake County, FL

2004 International 7400/Pierce Contender

1000/3000

#15912TR

[GA_Dave]

Engine 52, Lake County, FL

2001 International 4900/Pierce Contender

1250/750

#2148298

[GA_Dave]

Lake County also maintains this Breast Cancer Awareness truck.

 

1988 Ford F-800/F.M.C.

1250/750

#8040

[GA_Dave]

Engine 54, Lake County, FL

2013 Freightliner M2/Pierce

1250/1000

#26875-01

[GA_Dave]

Brush 54, Lake County, FL

1991 Ford F-350/LCFD

250/300 4x4

[GA_Dave]

We finished up Saturday in Ocala.  Two of the stations we stopped at were using reserve pumpers.

 

Engine 2 (reserve), Ocala, FL

2001 E\-One Cyclone II

1250/500

#123238

 

 

[GA_Dave]

Rescue 2, Ocala, FL

2008 Ford F-550/19?? E\-One

[GA_Dave]

Rescue 3, Ocala, FL

2014 Ford F-550/E-One

#138800

[GA_Dave]

Engine 3 (reserve), Ocala, FL

1995 E\-One Sentry

1250/500/50' Teleboom

#15440

[GA_Dave]

Engine 1, Ocala, FL

2014 E\-One Typhoon

1250/780

#138797