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Nah. Hook that bad boy up to a small portable air tank. Reminds me of an episode of "Pimp My Ride" "Oh, good morning Garrett" HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONK "Hi there Ray." BrWWWWWWWWWWWWWWwwap! "Al, my man!" BLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSST :twisted: =D> ROTFLMAO! Ya wanna do it? We're working opposite each other tonight! I'll bring the air tank!

Bump for this weekend....I'm very excited, I love this show and missed it last year. I'm probaly going on Sunday if anyone is interested. Is anybody from here planning on going?

Check out Greenwich, CT's new E-One Monster rescue: http://www.nefirenews.org/ne/GreenwichCTSO1.jpg Photo from www.firenews.org, and photo by Ron Arnow First Cos Cob, now this. This one is hot too. Except for the PowerArc lights, I wonder why GFD is so in love with these department-wide. Does anybody know what the staffing will be for this unit?

The truck was manufactured by E-One. It appears to be on an "FDNY Style" Cyclone II chasis. The lights AFD65 is referring to are called "brow lights". They are halogen/quartz perimiter scene lighting and I think thats an excellent idea. The lights I was reffering to are the PowerArc, or the brand of warning lights they use. The lightbar and grill light rotators are powerarc. I'm just suprised GFD doesnt go with Whelen or storbe or LED.

Now there's an idea......a German car with a German siren!! LOL. Actually, I should mount it on my 45-M-1 truck...now that would be interesting. Except WAS967 would probaly have too much fun with it.

I'm just curious how departments and firefighter and EMS personel are dealing with the extreme cold and snow???? Has the county or your department made available a readied and warm Bee-Line bus or other type vehicle 24/7 to respond to working fires for rehab/rewarming? How arre hydrants thawed? Do you carry buckets of sand/salt?? Dress in extra gear?

Watching Channel 5 News at 10 infuriated me tonight. What was the top story?? The weather. The airport delays. And this isn't the only station, all the TV stations websites, the weather and Johhny Carson's passing come before the firefighters, which is mainly just small blurbs. Kinda shows how important FDNY is those ratings-hungry newscast directors and producers. Absolutely disgusts me. Should have been the top story, with team coverage. I guess firefighters aren't really important to the general public anymore, and the "fad" is over. :sad: How selfish! We'll see what Ch 2, 4, and 7 will do at 11p for their newscasts, and which ones are the truly caring human beings.

Thumbs up to Channel 4 for making it top story, and doing it with some class. Anybody catch what Ch 2 or 7 did? It'll be interesting to see what the papers do in the AM.

I like Johhny Carson, and the weather definetly is important and interesting story to me, but these 7 guys died and were severly injured serving the citizens of New York City. A storyof this magnitude should always come first. More time is alloted for a drug dealer who got shot in a deal gone bad, and other BS stories. As I said, I'm going to wait to see what 2,4,and 7 do. I do enjoy Ch 5 news, but they will do ANYTHING for ratings, and there news is like a fast-paced consensed version. So, I'll wait for the more respectable stations. Anyone see what Ch 9 or 11 did @ 10???

Over a foot in my driveway in Hartsdale/Ardsley....and when I left Lincolndale Firehouse in Somers, it was approx the same. Way too much in my opinion, lol!

OK. As said by another member of this board, I am not a buff, I am an enthusiast.

Sorry to make another thread about this, but this photo and plane is so awesome it deserves its own thread: http://www.airliners.net/open.file/761932/L/ From the AWESOME website, www.airliners.net

Check out this month's (Jan 2005) issue of Fire Engineering. On Page 67 is an article by Yonkers Fire Capt. Doug Leihbacher (Head of YFD's probie school/NYS FI) regarding operating safely on peaked roofs. Not only is it an well written article full of information and points to know, but it contains photos of Yonkers Firefighers as well as the WCFTC's Roof simulator.

Got the camera helmet, now just gotta affix it to 2441's head (shouldn't be a problem, the valium comes in dart form,lol) and mount the reciever in Lincolndale. J/K... Have a great trip home JA3KFD and family!!!

OOO...OOO, I have an idea for a series!! I'm going to pitch this to Fox.......ALSFF and RES20CUE put Paris through FF1 and get her certified, and then for season 2, she becomes a Paramedic with WAS967 and mikerabbit as teachers!!!!

Can't wait to see you guys....the weather will be a typical Northeast welcome....I'm glad you guys are coming home and your white gold will be coming down.......I will be trapped behind the console, but I'm working on getting 2441 a camera helmet to mount to his head so I can watch the whole event live. If anybody goes, be sure to bring your digital camera and submit photos to EMTBravo if you can!!

Nikki HOT, Paris NOT! Actually, Nikki really, really hot!!

Thanks P'ville!!

That's the new 45-M-3...it's at Specialty now.

I would NOT like a date with her....her sister maybe, lol! Although, except for her ugly face, she has quite a hot body, I'd much rather date an intelligent hot brunette girl (or a legitamate blonde), lol....a majority of pretty blondes are a dime a dozen. And looks, although very nice, can get old and boring if theres not much else behind it. So, Paris Hilton is a LOSER! She doesn't even have her high school diploma! If she didnt have the money, she'd be nothing. She is a waste of space and quite annoying.

On-Spots are nice to have. So are chains. The best way to get to a call in a snowstorm is to have a good, experienced driver in a well maintained 4x4 vehicle with proper tires. Everything else is just a luxury, lol. As for standbys, absolutely essential. Anybody who doesnt do one in volly agencies at the appropriate time is risking both the lives of their members and those of the people they serve.

Why doesn't anybody know anything about this? This is like top secret or something? LOL!

Because the county has the money. Because the county spends tons of money on other frivolous programs outside the fire service. They can invest in all these other programs, and it would be nice to have a central physical fitness initiative at least At the least, the county should provide some sort of physical training component to Firefighter I. Have a class on the core fundementals of excercise, and offer a session with a personal trainer to set up a regiment that would work for that person. I'm not a musclehead, so a gym is quite confusing to me, and took a lot of time for me to figure out. As I said before, I feel that the gyms on the local level are underutilized, underequipped, and used inappriately. Why have 52 or so gyms run half-assed, when we could have two or three that are run right, used appropriately, and may make people more people inclined to go? Whether it be my gym idea or not, the county NEEDs to do something to promote both FF and EMT/ Paramedic fitness. The shape some people are in is quite scary.......The benefits of fitness can really benefit this county.

Looks like Greenwich FD- Cos Cob Station got a new Pierce Rescue recently, different paint scheme than the rest of the fleet. Looks pretty good. Check it out here: http://www.nefirenews.org/ne/CosCobCTPat2.jpg If anybody has their own pics of it, feel free to send 'em in!

Today was a great day for us commecial aircraft fans. Airbus rolled out the A380, the worlds largest passenger aircraft. It has two full length passenger decks, plus a cargo deck, and holds 500-800 passengers. This will definently revulutionize a lot of things. I hear airlines will have some awesome interior layouts, some of which never seen in commecial mainstream jets before. Airports have to make modifications, including double-decker gates and runway modifications. I love Airbus planes. My favorite airline, Jetblue, uses the A320's. They're also getting 100 new Embraer 190's, which will be awesome. Boeing's cool too, and I can't wait to see the rollout of the 7E7. I can't wait to ride on the A380, E190, and B7E7! And of course, I love the A320 and look foward to my next trip with Jetblue. And also check out this awesome airplane site, www.airliners.net