Ach67-1A

I am talking to our one guy thats on the scene protecting houses via cell phone and there are bambi buckets in service as well as belly dump choppers. The fire is moving towards several homes at this time and is 2000+ acres according to him.

Here are some pics of the smoke as of 2ish yeserday afternoon when we were getting ready to go racing..... These are from about 2-4 miles from the fire. We(woodstock, ulster county) sent a crew this morning and we are a good 45 Mins. + away from the fire. Also been listening to the scanner up here and the fire is starting to get close to some homes. Last one they called for was active fire 150 yard away.

I hope the results come soon. I am waiting on the Jan. 17th EMT exam.

I have a question, how do you get multiple members O/S if theres only 3 people max in this piticular truck? Do you allow personals O/S? Do you have other trucks with more seating or just take all the trucks to calls?

Yes we allow personal vehicles o/s. Depending on incident type a standard response is Engine,tanker, mini. Thats seating for 7 if they make it to the station in a reasonable amount of time to catch the rig.

Yes the ladder is on a drop down ziamatic bracket. The truck was delivered tonight and underwent our pump test. Hope to have it in service in a week or two. Once the weather is a little better(snowing now) ill get it cleaned up for some good pictures. Heres a Camera phone pic I took the day I applied the graphics in albany

We have 5 stations all together.

Company One (woodstock)

2 Engines

Tanker

Mini

Rescue

Utility(pickup)

atv

Light tower

Company 2 (wittenberg)

Engine

Tanker

Mini

Company 3 (Lake Hill)

Engine

Tanker

Mini

Company 4 (zena)

Engine

Tanker

Mini (i think thats what you think is our new rescue)

Utility/rope resue (old ambulance)

Hover craft

Company 5 (rescue)

2 Ambulances

Medic flycar

I have a pair of ringers long cuff extrication gloves. I have had them for about three years. They are very comfortable and I still have good dexterity with them on. I have not had any problems whatsoever with them. No ripping or unusual wear and nothing has ever come through them no glass or anything. I would recommend them to anyone.

Thanks guys. The truck is only 2wd. We had the same concerns about mounting the q under the bumper. The original plan was to have it mounted in the bumper but there wasnt enough room to do so. We cannont run extended front bumpers due to size restrictions at our other stations. This truck will get rotated out to station 4 in a few years and they do not have the room to accomidate the extra length. It does not really look like it in the picture but it is actually off the ground quite a bit. We would need a hell of a snow to burry it. Once it is delivered and we get the final graphics applied ill get a few better pictures up.

Hi, I'm Mike. I am the captain of Woodstock fire dept Co. 1 in ulster county NY. Ive been a member since 16 and I was always around the station since i was old enough to walk. Im a 3rd generation Volly.