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Over the wheel compartment tool board front and rear as well as rear wall of compartment with 36" hook and boxes for the SCBA masks

passengers side rear compartment
combo cutter/spreader and slide out hydraulic pump and lines, fuel can and auto cribs



Auto fill controls

Rear of Engine
A tribute to 3 of our members that passed away during the construction of the vehicle and as always a tribute to them and the FDNY, Assistant Chief Jason Whaley, Life members and siblings Jill Caldarelli and Randy Ackerman.


Ladder, hooks, shovels and small suction

Generator and cord reel

and around we go on the drivers side
Cab step compartment


Speed lays of 2" and 2 1/2" and 1" dead lay of forestry hose on top

Pullout steps they're the same on both sides of the Engine

Front compartment with various NST and Storz fittings and adaptors as well as strainers and donut rolled hose

Over the wheel well compartment, two saws, fuel, bar oil, broom and air hammer and hose in box


Rear compartment, mini frig, cones, RAM mini monitor, Pro pac foam unit and small garbage can

The blue beast and Engine # on both rear compartments

I love it.

Thanks Dan, stop up Saturday morning if you're available, we're doing some training with Firematic starting at 9am

and some random exterior shots, thanks to all that watched the build with us!

foam pail compartments that are on both sides under the speed lays, they hold two pails each and have the foam pail wrench in the compartment for easy access and the CAFS trash line/reel with 200' of hose under the rear cab step

Got a few more from today.

Wrong there...Mt. Vernon once had an excellent fire department. That was when the city cared.

Ok,maybe I'm confused,if there is no emergency,such as driving to another one's quarters,how do you justify going Lights and siren's? If and only If, another call comes in,than it's an Emergency,and you go lights and sirens. God help the driver,officer ,chief and taxpayers of the municipality,if that rig gets into an accident,relocating to stand-by in another FD. Not only will the Dept get sued,the officer or Chief and driver may get sued personnally,and if the lawyers can prove negligence on anyone's part,you could be held liable and if punitive damages,that come out of your pocket,not the Department.Sure wouldn't want that headache..
With all the comments on here about let's be safe and what-not,how anyone can advocate screaming to another town to sit in the firehouse,lights and sirens,is mind-boggling..
For that matter,why do we still respond to CO (No Symptoms) calls,and other nuisance non- emergency calls,lights and sirens? That's for another day though....
Just my thoughts...Cover your A$$.....

635 - 585 = I was told there would be no math......

I do believe that all Chiefs have a chance to review to their running card or rather now it might be called their CAD and decide before the S**t hit the fan just who they want responding to their department.
Then it is all laid out for the dispatchers. All the IC has to do is say give me a second or a third or cover my quarters, its all laid out. The coordinators on arrival to a multiple alarm fire, informs the IC as to what he has at the scene(in mutual aid) what he has covering(in mutual aid) and if he requests and additional men or equipment. He then becomes a liaison between the IC and the County for any additional equipment or apparatus or other recourses that the IC may require.
In conclusion it is pretty simple the Chiefs just have to keep a current CAD, but having said that-- there might be alarms in other places which then we would depend on the professionalism of the dispatchers to make correct decisions and keep everyone informed.
That's my two cents on the situation

Took a few today, I need to do a compartment by compartment now that it's completed.
President John Kelleher from last October when we went to see the chassis and today with the completed Engine.


sitting on the pad outside the main older part of the fire station

Got a few more from today.

Here is a photo of the crew at the Firematic BRAT shop that built the Engine, it's amazing how such a small crew working in a small shop can turn out such quality built vehicles as Seth can attest to.

Bob, Jules, Tom, Dan, Dylan, Manny, David and Kevin

Took a few today, I need to do a compartment by compartment now that it's completed.
President John Kelleher from last October when we went to see the chassis and today with the completed Engine.


sitting on the pad outside the main older part of the fire station

Here is a photo of the crew at the Firematic BRAT shop that built the Engine, it's amazing how such a small crew working in a small shop can turn out such quality built vehicles as Seth can attest to.

Bob, Jules, Tom, Dan, Dylan, Manny, David and Kevin

Looks great!!! Congrats to the "Blue Crew" on a beautiful looking engine. May she serve you many years of great service.

Here is a photo of the crew at the Firematic BRAT shop that built the Engine, it's amazing how such a small crew working in a small shop can turn out such quality built vehicles as Seth can attest to.

Bob, Jules, Tom, Dan, Dylan, Manny, David and Kevin

Here is a photo of the crew at the Firematic BRAT shop that built the Engine, it's amazing how such a small crew working in a small shop can turn out such quality built vehicles as Seth can attest to.

Bob, Jules, Tom, Dan, Dylan, Manny, David and Kevin

Most departments have multiple alarm preplanned procedures dispatchers will follow. If the incident is that big and goes above what's written, a Chief or IC can just say "cover my station with 1 and 1 from wherever" and then its the dispatch center who can move around what's needed.
The dispatch center should be next in line to assign units. When incidents get that big even the best Chief or IC running the show has no idea what's going on elsewhere in the county, who's available and who's not. The dispatcher will know what's out of service, what dept. is at a funeral, what dept. has had a problem all morning covering their own alarms, etc...

Nope, they are the responsability of the fire chief

Got a few more from today.

the old girl had to be moved to another bay, now located in the main part of the station in the front bays where she used to sit for many years