This & That from Here & There

[GA_Dave]

Rescue 2, Dawson County, GA

2008 Ford F-550/Southern Fire (Jasper, GA)

4x4

[GA_Dave]

Tanker 2, Dawson County, GA

2008 Peterbilt 340/Freedom Fire

1250/1500

[GA_Dave]

Saturday would be a great day for blue skies, but frustrating for getting apparatus shots.  We headed northwest to an area around Jasper, TN.  There are numerous Volunteer FD's in the area and we'd hoped to find people available.  We were wrong!  The first few stations we tried without any luck.  At our third stop, we hit paydirt.

 

Engine 1227, Sequatchie, TN

2011 Peterbilt 337/Southern Fire

1750/1000/30F

[GA_Dave]

Marion County, TN is a very rural area and visiting there is like taking a big step back in time.  There are numerous older fire apparatus there and those were the gems we were hunting. 

 

Engine 1226, Sequatchie, TN

1971 Maxim F

1000/500

#2948

 

x-???, PA

[GA_Dave]

Engine 1229, Sequatchie, TN

1972 Maxim F/1986 Gowans-Knight refurb

1250/300 (4" LDH reel)

#2979

 

x-Stepney, CT

[GA_Dave]

Engine 1225, Sequatchie, TN

2005 Kenworth T-300/Southern Fire

1250/3000

[GA_Dave]

The guys at Sequatchie were extremely helpful, giving us contacts to several area departments.  We set out and spent the next several hours making calls and visiting stations, but without one bit of success.  Targets had included a Mack CF Aerialscope, a Hahn 84, a WLF tandem-axle pumper-tanker, rigs painted white/kelly green, and another pair of Maxim pumpers, an F and an S.  Very frustrating!  After a miserable ride of over 20 miles on a narrow, winding, hilly road that hugged the west bank of the Tennessee River, we ended up at Signal Mountain.

 

Engine 2, Signal Mountain, TN

2012 Rosenbauer Commander

1500/750/30F

#1555012

[GA_Dave]

Ladder 1, Signal Mountain, TN

2014 Pierce Arrow XT

2000/300/75'

#27479

[GA_Dave]

The next stop was Soddy Daisy.  Jon was able to shoot several rigs here that I already had, but I did manage to add a few.

 

Reserve Engine 2, Soddy Daisy, TN

1991 E\-One Protector TC

1250/750

#9510

 

 

[Guest]

Any plans on hitting Rhea County TN ? I've been trying to track down Elverson PA's 1980 CF Mack pumper last seen at Rhea County Fire Station 750 - Frazier. 

 

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Frazie...76b87f4ae3

[GA_Dave]

Any plans on hitting Rhea County TN ? I've been trying to track down Elverson PA's 1980 CF Mack pumper last seen at Rhea County Fire Station 750 - Frazier. 

 

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Frazie...76b87f4ae3

We did go to Rhea County, but only to the City of Dayton.  Rhea County is very rural and all volunteer, making finding someone to pull apparatus out for photos a near impossibility or just sheer luck!

[EMS 12]

Marion County, TN is a very rural area and visiting there is like taking a big step back in time.  There are numerous older fire apparatus there and those were the gems we were hunting. 

 

Engine 1226, Sequatchie, TN

1971 Maxim F

1000/500

#2948

 

x-???, PA

Harrison Twp., Potter County????

[Roto-Ray]

One of the guys at Signal Mountain FD (Jody Meeks) is the owner of 5-Alarm Fronts and Leather Work and has done some really nice leather work for me.  Thanks for showing his rigs!

[GA_Dave]

Soddy Daisy recently replaced the above Engine 2 with this rig purchased from somewhere in NY or PA.  I didn't write it down for some reason and I can't recall where.  Perhaps Jon will chime in....

 

Engine 2, Soddy Daisy, TN

1989 E\-One Hurricane

1500/500

#6689

 

x-???

[GA_Dave]

Next up is "Beulah", a 1950 Ahrens-Fox HC, sedan-cab, 1000/350, that originally served the Freindship FD in Royersford, PA.  I first photographed her in the late 1980's.  She has recently been refurbished and looks incredible!

[GA_Dave]

Engine 1, Dayton, TN

2009 International 4400/Pierce Contender

1250/750/50F

#21205

[GA_Dave]

Ladder 1, Dayton, TN

1998 Spartan/Quality

1250/500/75' AI

#M-1225

 

x-Arlinton, TX

[GA_Dave]

Squad 1, Dayton, TN

2002 Dodge 3500/1975 E\-One

250/250 4x4

[Guest]

We did go to Rhea County, but only to the City of Dayton.  Rhea County is very rural and all volunteer, making finding someone to pull apparatus out for photos a near impossibility or just sheer luck!

 

I appreciate the effort. Those guys still talk about that Mack today. 

[GA_Dave]

Engine 2, Dayton, TN

1996 International 4900/Pierce

1250/1000

#E-9828