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Engine 2 's a 2008 E one Clyclone II Chassis 2000/750/40 low style crosslays & hosebed 

Here's Englewood Truck 2 A 1995 Eone Hurricane Chassis 110 foot Rear mount Aerial Unit was Refurbished by E One unsure of year it was Refurbished  complete Refurbished  New lighting & brow lights New White /Red Paint  some roll up doors  added as well as a steel bumper & My favorite add on A federal Q mechanical siren  Something the original did not have

Not The best pictures but here goes Here's their soon to be replaced  Rescue   Featuring Spartan Gladiator 10 person Custom Chassis with walk in box Box featured a fold down bench seat witch was removed for extra storage space This unit slated to be replaced some time in August with a Spartan Rescue 1 walk around body on a Spartan Gladiator 6 person chassis 

Ex Fort Lee Ambulance 1999 Freightliner  Medic Master  Now in service with Fort Lee DPW electrical division  it's not been repainted But  The bar light on the cab has been changed to yellow  I was told it's a work in progress so you never know They once placed a Vac All unit on the Chassis of their 1971 Howe Heavy Rescue Ex FL R

Got a picture of FL A 9 Their 2015 Ford intercepter Captain 's SUV

Engine 2 's a 2008 E one Clyclone II Chassis 2000/750/40 low style crosslays & hosebed 

Here's Englewood Truck 2 A 1995 Eone Hurricane Chassis 110 foot Rear mount Aerial Unit was Refurbished by E One unsure of year it was Refurbished  complete Refurbished  New lighting & brow lights New White /Red Paint  some roll up doors  added as well as a steel bumper & My favorite add on A federal Q mechanical siren  Something the original did not have

I generally do not like the idea of any markings on a former rig that would make one think it was still in service. That being said I once was part of a discussion about converting an old engine into a tailgating rig for a football team.

 

From LAFD's Facebook page:
 
 

21 Grand Ave behind the building it's located near Route 46 3pm to 10 pm Yeah I know it's the same day as Franklin Lake's Wetdown  Fog Streams only Lets see if New City shows up again

Yeah, Europe has its compartment organization on point.  Granted their line deployment and pump set ups are entirely different, but I'd like to think that at some point Rosenbauer would find a way to fuse the ideas of Europe and US together into one impressive rig.

 

I'll see if I can dig up some of my favorite compartment shots.
 
In the meantime, I'm in awe of European rigs and how they organize things:
 
 

Best place for truck pics is on firepics.net.  you have to pay a few bucks for a membership, but it's worth it.  There is one guy down in Texas who takes walk around pictures of the trucks he photographs.  Sometimes he is able to get open compartment pictures. 
 
LA City keeps their packs and gear on the outside, and there were some good pictures on the thread. 
 
Up here, South Burlington, Vermont spec'd their rigs to have exterior compartments holding gear and packs. 
 
We are mid process for a new Ascendant Ladder, and having just visited the factory for our pre-con, I can tell you to be prepared to spend some coin on custom compartments.  If you can think of it, they can build it. 

Next up - Person gets suspended for showing up after a fire is out and eating a sandwich made for the crews that battled the fire and is now suing for $50 million

Prayers for a speedy recovery to the injured WP brothers....
 
Sounds like they made an aggressive interior attack and conditions got s**tty. Unfortunately, from what I've heard, they are far understaffed. Knowing that, these men still went all in and gave it their all. This is what they're trained to do and they do so for the residents and visitors of WP. 
 
Hopefully, the powers that be will see this as a wake up call. Now is the time to properly staff your FD! 
 
Again, hope for the best for the injured members.

With a residential fire it is often better to control the door and give it a quick dash thru a side window or enter thru a bilco style door if available. The under side of these stairs are often totally exposed to fire and can collapse with or without the weight of a fire fighter or firefighters.. 
 We were always taught to get down the cellar stairs as quickly as possible to get out of the flow path, but perhaps taming the tiger a little bit and going down in a safer mode, for final extinguishment might be a saner approach.
 Commercial cellars you often do not have simple options, who remembers Bresnan distributors, Hart and Baker cellar pipes ? God I love the classics
 
 Seriously, I hope the WPFD guys are OK and mend quickly.
 
 
 
 

 
Funny thing about that, one of the proposals I am dealing with is that lights be turned off once you arrive at the scene.

 

Date:6/27/17
Time:03:06 
Location: NJ Turnpike Vince Lombardi Service Atea
District: Company #1
Battalion:
Channel:154.355 501.7602
Weather: partly cloudy 
Units: All 3 Ridgefield Fire Companies Cliffside Park Ladder 1 Palisades Park Engine 2 Ridgefield Ambulance Corps New Jersey State Police
Writer:  vodoly

Description: At approximately 03:06 am Bergen county. communications received a call about a Tractor Trailer possibility into the building & on fire Ridgefield  Chief of Dept RF9 reported he had a good coloum of smoke showing as he made way down the Turnpike to scene Once on scene he confirmed that he had a fully involved Tractor Trailer extending into the truck stop area & Requested  an in town 2nd alarm (retone & 1 ladder & Engine Mutual Aid) to the scene RF 2 1st engine on scene began to fight the fire in the cab of the tractor & then Trailer was joined by RF 3 witch laid bed of LDH Engine 4 stretched line off of engine 3 into the truck stop  There was auto exposure damage to the truck stop but no fire made. It inside Cliffside park  ladder 1 went to roof confirming negative extension to roof   Units had to cut holes into the trailer to get all of the fire knocked witch took about 2 hours  news article on the fire itself http://www.nj.com/bergen/index.ssf/2017/05/truck_fire_temporarily_closes_vince_lombardi_servi.html#incart_river_home Another story with  aftermath  pics http://englewood.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/vince-lombardi-service-area-reopens-following-early-morning-truck-fire/712129/

Date:6/27/17
Time:03:06 
Location: NJ Turnpike Vince Lombardi Service Atea
District: Company #1
Battalion:
Channel:154.355 501.7602
Weather: partly cloudy 
Units: All 3 Ridgefield Fire Companies Cliffside Park Ladder 1 Palisades Park Engine 2 Ridgefield Ambulance Corps New Jersey State Police
Writer:  vodoly

Description: At approximately 03:06 am Bergen county. communications received a call about a Tractor Trailer possibility into the building & on fire Ridgefield  Chief of Dept RF9 reported he had a good coloum of smoke showing as he made way down the Turnpike to scene Once on scene he confirmed that he had a fully involved Tractor Trailer extending into the truck stop area & Requested  an in town 2nd alarm (retone & 1 ladder & Engine Mutual Aid) to the scene RF 2 1st engine on scene began to fight the fire in the cab of the tractor & then Trailer was joined by RF 3 witch laid bed of LDH Engine 4 stretched line off of engine 3 into the truck stop  There was auto exposure damage to the truck stop but no fire made. It inside Cliffside park  ladder 1 went to roof confirming negative extension to roof   Units had to cut holes into the trailer to get all of the fire knocked witch took about 2 hours  news article on the fire itself http://www.nj.com/bergen/index.ssf/2017/05/truck_fire_temporarily_closes_vince_lombardi_servi.html#incart_river_home Another story with  aftermath  pics http://englewood.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/vince-lombardi-service-area-reopens-following-early-morning-truck-fire/712129/

First, it's nice to see someone return to their roots and help the people of his/her hometown.  It's definitely a heartwarming story.  More importantly, this is not just someone who lucked out and got the job.  This is someone who cares not only for the city that employs him, but the firefighters that he commands.  Commissioner Thiel seems like someone that we should pay attention to for guidance and ideas.

Date: 05-23-2017
Time: Around 0030 hrs
Location: Dock Hill Rd x Strom King Ave
District: Strom King Engine Co. 2  (Cornwall-on-Hudson FD)
Battalion: OC 4th Batt.
Channel:
Weather: Clear 
Units: Cornwall-on-Hudson Police, Newburgh City Police, New Windsor Police, Cornwall Town Police, COVAC , New Windsor Medic, Strom King Engine Co. 2 (COHFD)
Writer:  ace84

Description: Police Pursuit that proceeded through the Village of Cornwall-on-Hudson.  Vehicle Rolled over in the area on Dock Hill Road. Pursuit reported to be started in the City of Newburgh.