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Various vehicles from ESU and Aviation as seen this past weekend.

Various vehicles from ESU and Aviation as seen this past weekend.

Various vehicles from ESU and Aviation as seen this past weekend.

Various vehicles from ESU and Aviation as seen this past weekend.

Some of Schenectady County's vehicles.
SCSO304 by witkowski.andrewb, on Flickr
Schdy County Sheriff 303 by witkowski.andrewb, on Flickr
Schdy County Sheriff 305 by witkowski.andrewb, on Flickr
Schdy County Sheriff 312 by witkowski.andrewb, on Flickr
Not part of the Sheriff's Office but this is one of the County SPCA's vehicles.
SchdySPCA by witkowski.andrewb, on Flickr

Albany International Airport(ALB) Airport Fire/Rescue Engine 8 (Their structural Engine).




It replaced a 1980 Maxim (formerly Troy FD)

Albany International Airport(ALB) Airport Fire/Rescue Engine 8 (Their structural Engine).




It replaced a 1980 Maxim (formerly Troy FD)

Just some light refurbishment and maintenance work, such as repairing some blemishes in the paint caused by years of wear and tear, installing a new generator and replacing the DOT lights with LED, amongst other things like thorough preventative maintenance.
E-271 is the workhorse of YHFD. You'd never know it's 18 years old!

WCPD New ESU/Haz Mat response truck

Looks awesome!
http://www.ford.com/commercial-trucks/f650-f750/2016/

G201 needs a bath

Not the bomb squad but NYPD also recently took delivery of this 2014 Sartin Services Medical Ambulance Bus

The Town of Colonie is a suburb of Albany to it's North, home to Albany International Airport.
Old graphics:
Colonie, NY Police Department by witkowski.andrewb, on Flickr New graphics:CPD111 (2) by witkowski.andrewb, on FlickrCPD111 by witkowski.andrewb, on FlickrCPD 125 by witkowski.andrewb, on Flickr Interior of Caprice:CPD111 (1) by witkowski.andrewb, on Flickr

Anyone have $60,000 they want to give me?
Tahoe (1) by witkowski.andrewb, on Flickr

The Town of Colonie is a suburb of Albany to it's North, home to Albany International Airport.
Old graphics:
Colonie, NY Police Department by witkowski.andrewb, on Flickr New graphics:CPD111 (2) by witkowski.andrewb, on FlickrCPD111 by witkowski.andrewb, on FlickrCPD 125 by witkowski.andrewb, on Flickr Interior of Caprice:CPD111 (1) by witkowski.andrewb, on Flickr

The Town of Colonie is a suburb of Albany to it's North, home to Albany International Airport.
Old graphics:
Colonie, NY Police Department by witkowski.andrewb, on Flickr New graphics:CPD111 (2) by witkowski.andrewb, on FlickrCPD111 by witkowski.andrewb, on FlickrCPD 125 by witkowski.andrewb, on Flickr Interior of Caprice:CPD111 (1) by witkowski.andrewb, on Flickr

The Town of Colonie is a suburb of Albany to it's North, home to Albany International Airport.
Old graphics:
Colonie, NY Police Department by witkowski.andrewb, on Flickr New graphics:CPD111 (2) by witkowski.andrewb, on FlickrCPD111 by witkowski.andrewb, on FlickrCPD 125 by witkowski.andrewb, on Flickr Interior of Caprice:CPD111 (1) by witkowski.andrewb, on Flickr

The Town of Colonie is a suburb of Albany to it's North, home to Albany International Airport.
Old graphics:
Colonie, NY Police Department by witkowski.andrewb, on Flickr New graphics:CPD111 (2) by witkowski.andrewb, on FlickrCPD111 by witkowski.andrewb, on FlickrCPD 125 by witkowski.andrewb, on Flickr Interior of Caprice:CPD111 (1) by witkowski.andrewb, on Flickr

Campbell Supply (an independent dealership) used to be the Seagrave dealer for FDNY, until they were offered an ALF dealership that came with a lucrative high volume Freightliner dealership. Several years ago when ALF started failing, they became a Crimson/Spartan ERV dealer, and was recently awarded Spartan ERV dealership of the year. They also were losing money doing FDNY warranty work and Seagrave wasn't holding their end of the bargain financially.
No dealer wanted to take on the volume of work that a Seagrave-FDNY contract would be, so Seagrave was forced to open their own service facility in East Brunswick, NJ. A few years ago, this facility made the news when FDNY was having issues and it was taking forever to turn around warranty work and to repair problems on brand new trucks. Some apparatus sat there for months, while 15 year old spares were being used for weeks at a time. Two of the new at the time rigs caught fire due to mechanical issues. It got so bad that FDNY re-bid a contract for Tower Ladders, and threatened not to buy any more Seagraves due to the shoddy workmanship at the time. Seagrave claimed a lot of things, including the lack of qualified technicians.
And during this time, other departments that were interested in purchasing Seagraves in the NJ couldn't even get a salesperson to come meet with them.
Nowadays, Seagrave is mostly into building high-end, handcrafted, and rugged rigs for individual departments, as well as selling proprietary products, such as the Aerialscope II. They don't bid as competitively anymore, especially with large contracts.They bid at what the apparatus is actually worth, knowing that departments that want Seagrave will get Seagrave (FDNY up until recent years), and have dealers that will support them. Hudson Valley Fire Equipment is the Hudson Valley dealer for Seagrave. Santo Curro. the President of the company, personally spends hours upon hours with the client and engineers at Seagrave to design a custom rig that will fit the department well, and he backs it with 24/7 service and support. The proof of their success is the orders are coming in and you'll start to see more Seagrave's in the Hudson Valley over the next several years.

LAFD chose KME for a few reasons. The main reason low bid and like FDNY KME will build to LAFD specs. Seagrave would like the contract but complains how LAFD and FDNY are to picky with what they spec. Now for those who will say otherwise, this came from a sales rep at Seagrave in LA. As for the amount of KME's in service in the LA and surrounding areas. Its more in the neighborhood of 400. Remember, LaCo Fire has over 200 alone. The service center was opened after LaCo told KME, if you want to keep us you need to build a service center here with the amount of issues we have with your'e product. Also, a LaCo employee retired and went to work for KME. So the sales began. Even though LaCo is satisfied with KME they are still having issues with new deliveries. Such as.. rear ends dog leg to the right or left, wiring to name a few. But then again, i'm sure any builder will have the same issues. With the new NFPA requirements that includes much more electronics you are going to have new and comprehensive problems. Bottom line, as long as the rig performs and everyone goes home. As for Boston,Philly,LAFD, LaCo, Maui and FDNY low bid long waranty with a multi year contact for add ons. Or, a dept could be like Orlando FL and have the union have in its contract that the city will only purshase Sutphens. No bidding at all.

They chose. Trust me. LAFD is not going to do business with anyone who's not going to deliver a quality piece. With this contract, if they didn't like the product they have the option to go out to bid again. Both Seagrave and Pierce come in A LOT higher, because they know the departments that really want them will pay the price, so they bid high. And the city's been financially turbulent when this was awarded, so of course they want to get the best price for the best apparatus that will meet their needs.
Also, KME has a KME-owned factory sales and service center just outside LA, and they provide excellent service. They also did their homework, and looked closely at the over at the KME's of Los Angeles County. TLAFD is very specific in what they want, and KME fit the bill. They could have chose who they wanted, low bid or not.

Sorry guys but... The KME's for LAFD and LaCo fire are doing pretty good.

This photo is all over the internet, don't know who took this particular one, there are a lot of similar ones floating around. This will be at on display at the LI Buff Show at Nassau Coliseum this weekend.
2014 KME

I have advice.......Just pay the ticket, it's one of the cheapest tickets. It's probably like a 25-50 dollar ticket plus whatever the court fee is.

On spots are intended to get you to a place you can safely chain the rig. Too many people are relying on them full time. They come in handy when you find icy little spots or get caught in a fast storm. That's about it. Gimme a good old wrap any day.