Newburgher

I was going to ask the same thing.

I am curious to see if Winona's engine will still be in that cream/ivory color, the exact name of which escapes me at the moment. . Packard Ivory is the color.

Not being very familiar with FDNY procedures, are these high pressure pumpers a regular engine company? Or, are they a special piece of apparatus that are staffed by the company they are quartered with when needed? My guess would be, they are staffed like all other engine companies, and have first due areas just like everyone else, but I don't know if that's the case. Thanks

Very nicely done!

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You mean the TANDEM axle new E-One they just got? Yes, it does have a bucket...

There will be two new firemen going to the fall academy. Hopefully, there will be more to follow

My job tried it for a day. Mixed reviews, E-One is new to us, so nobody knew what to expect. . It turned like our pumpers, and we had no trouble setting it up on streets where we frequently have to shortjack now. A few of the concerns were the inability to set up on hills that we can now, ( the bubble gauge has either green or red, no in-between) and the vertical stack wouldn't work for our exhaust vent system, unless we converted our reserve rig somehow to match Set-up time was maybe a little slower than our ALF/LTI light duty aerial. The cab was OK, however, there were concerns about the huge hump that was present to accomodate the AC unit and low profile roof. You couldn't see out the front of the truck or communicate with the Company officer from the back seats, unless you bent way down. Likewise, the company officer couldn't see the fireman in the backseat for the same reason. We currently use ALF/LTI aerials

Yes, without a doubt!

Not far at all. Marlboro is the next fire district to the north. They were used for stand-by in Middle Hope

I think I see zombies........oh wait, one of them just got up for another cup of coffee. Never mind

If you look close, tell me how it can go down the road, or better yet, operate the aerial device without the delay of removing some of it. Just because they've been doing it or years, doesn't make it right. Departments "all over" that do this, and make the rig unusable for the duration they play dress up with the rig, tell me the really shouldn't have spent someone else's money to buy the apparatus in the first place. Is it an in service piece of fire apparatus, or a big toy? Can't be both

I'm not criticizing the video or department. I have a problem with a piece of apparatus, that the fire depatment has because they "need" it, being used in this way. The only way that it doesn't affect the "utility" of the rig, is if it is completely removable. How long does it take to remove all of that? There is no way that thing is functional at a fire the way it sits. There are decorations in the basket, wires on the boom, lights on the rims, etc. Can it be raised, rotated, and extended? Can the rig respond at a speed faster than a crawl without getting those wires and lights flung off the rims and tangled or whipping against the body? How about compartments? Is access difficult because of the wires and crap all over that thing? Ground ladders? How manywires are going to get tangled there? I guess the fire can wait, it always waits

I didn't realize we could say anything on here that criticized a fire department, especially if the word volunteer is in the original post..... At least that Tower Ladder wasn't needed to respond to an emergency in the 40 plus hours it was decorated (and presumably out of service) "Sorry Mr. Taxpayer, that $1,000,000 fire truck you bought for us wasn't available to come save your family because, well, it was Christmas time and we needed to make a kick-ass video with it. How were we to know there would actually be a fire in our district. There wasn't one last week. Can't those dispatchers schedule these calls a little better?

I don't think you can get the diesel without the Allison, or at least, looks that way on the website

Yup. Still in service, and we still get legitimate calls off of them, not just false alarms. Master boxes are still in all the schools and several factories and high hazard occupancies as well

Sorry it doesn't meet with your approval. So what should the solution be? You seem to know what's best for us. BTW, is it any different than mutual aid coming through the city to get to a fire in your district?

Just to clarify, the context I used the word in, doesn't include the word paycheck.

Sorry, I can't seem to figure out this quote feature

I don't know about other departments, but we pick up our own hose. I don't remember any time we didn't.

Why would you classify them as a Firefighter?

Come right out and say who you're talking about. When the department with the "20+ minute response time" can be on the scene quicker than the one that has a firehouse just outside the city limits, it should help paint the picture of what is going on here.Before you say it'll never happen, it already did. This business isn't a game, and if you think it is, you're cheating the citizens who deserve a professional fire department as well as your Brother Firefighters and their families who are expecting the firefighters to come home in one piece.

They should, but they won't. Good question. Why are exterior members going too? Why not admit there is a manpower shortage, and respond with what you have, or don't go.

I was typing the same response, you beat me to it. The other issue I was adding, which goes along with training is, the volunteer rig shows up with six people, of which, 2 are junior members, 2 are exterior only, and 2 are SCBA trained with several courses, that equals a t man rig in my opinion.

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