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Thanks Seth and Happy 6th B-Day to the site.

Sure why not, but it would of course have to be BLUE!

Thanks Chief for sharing that, nice to see the support.

An update from the secretlist: Troopers from the Collision Reconstruction Unit at Troop 2 formally charged Joseph Taye, 28, of Bear approximately one hour ago with Murder in the first degree. This charge was upgraded from Manslaughter due to Michelle Smith of the Delaware City (DE) Fire Company losing her life while performing her duties. Edward Reiss' injuries (the motorcyclist she was treating) charge of Assault 2nd was changed to Assault 1st due to the severity of Mr. Reiss' injuries. The charges of Driving while Revoked, Leaving the Scene of a Crash and Failure to Report a Crash remained the same. Mr. Taye was committed to Howard Young Correctional Institute without bail. This case is still very much active. Investigators are seeking to identify the operator of the Honda as well as locating that particular vehicle that fled the scene of the crash with Taye in the car. At the time of this release, Mr.Reiss is still in Christiana Hospital in stable but serious condition.

Yep, I will check with 69-1 elect, aka Butter and the crew, I are sure they will come. Location of the next officers meeting there SIGNMAN.

Thanking for adding that for our viewing pleasure.

ok not a problem, maybe it will just the two of us?????

I found out today that I got the night off too, Cooperfields here we come and Dan the offer still stands as the DD.

What the hell are these people thinking when they post this crap, damn that is the lowest of the low. Great job again guys!!!!!

I was just thinking the same thing, Wow there is alot of hate there in the relies. Good save!!!!

thanks for all the kind words and support.

easy there Joe, remember I know where you live!!! All kidding aside, the hose was nasty indeed, there was some other colors other than green mixed in there too.

Nice rig and it is my preferred color scheme. The building looks great too. good luck with both; nice job and thanks for sharing

The best part of the day was trying to get off that 2000' of 2 1/2" that has been in the bed since we guess 1988 or so, it was all frozen too, tons of fun.

That's it for now, I will post more as we make progress with the project.

Signman, Birdie, Don Cummings and Dan Killmer. The signman taking her to the back of the station

And Yes the roof light actually worked The bring her home crew The empty hosebed

A true Redneck Fire Company Shot here

Back home, getting ready to be unloaded and yes they are trees growing out of the hosebed. Pulling off the hose, yep that's me in the shorts! An EMTBRAVO promo shot from the SIGNMAN

Firefighter Brian Whalen after driving her onto the trailer Getting chained down Our kind donor Marty Rahilly On her way back to Wassaic, nice shirt Signman!!!

yes it did, holy crap, they actually drove it around the firehouse parking lot, no brakes though.

Asst. Chief Bergfels Her ride home Craig Elderkin Free @ last

Well she is home, YESSSSSSSSSSS. The crew got her running right where she was sitting for the last 11 years (off the road). We sold it in 1990 when we got the Pierce Dash, the FWD and our 67 International went up for sale. With alittle help from a chain on a pickup to get the front wheels loose, she took over from there and came to life and came right out of the holes from sitting for so long. The holes were about a foot deep. Man hearing that Detriot come to life was AWESOME!!!!! I want to thank Deputy Chief Scott Boardman, Asst. Chief Bergfels, Firefighters Lester Herow (Signman), Matt Marshall, Brian Whalen, Life member Danny Killmer and explorer Bradley Whalen for going there and helping bring her home. Also a special thanks to Craig Elderkin (FDNY2817) and Al Kaehler for coming down to assist and lending some great advise. Now the fun starts for us and it should be great to see this project through. I joked at the firehouse that when we got back, people it seemed came out from everywhere to see her arrive. It seemed that there were more people there today then when our new tanker arrived. CC-14 Lenny Morrison, Amenia Fire Commissioner Peter Deister came by also. Again thanks to the members of EMTBRAVO for the support and push to get this done. THANK YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Several pics to follow.

It is with deep regret that we inform you of the death of Major John Pryor, MD, a member of the JEMS Editorial Board who was killed by mortar fire on Christmas Day in Iraq while serving as a trauma surgeon in the United States Army Reserve Medical Corps., 1st Forward Surgical Team (FST). Dr. Pryor was a trauma-critical care surgeon at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and served as Penn's Trauma Program Director and the Director of the Office of Life Support Education for the Division of Trauma. He joined the U.S. Army Reserve Medical Corps. after the attacks of 9/11 and served two active duty tours as the trauma surgeon for the 344th Combat Support Hospital in Abu Ghraib, Iraq, during 2006, and then with the 1st FST in 2008. Here is an article from JEMS' AJ Heightman related to this tragic loss: http://www.jems.com/news_and_articles/columns/Heightman/JEMS_editorial_board_member_killed_in_Iraq.html posted with permission from the secretlist Rest in Peace Major Pryor