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Without a doubt, E-One has the best jacking system on the market in my mind. They can safely operate with a smaller footprint than nearly all others. My issue with rearmount towers is the retracted length being problematic on narrow streets. So no issue if your getting up in the air, but try to place the bucket on the deck 90 degree off the side with a  four section 100 ft aerial. Alas, they've been pretty damn successful so I'm sure they know what works for them, just a different view of similar issues.

Here's Edgewater NJ EWA1 's Ford E350 PL Custom This unit served with Leonia NJ VAC Before they were disbanded & unit was sold to Edgewater  Unsure of the year of this rig  Leonia  had a newer PL Custom rig  (2002?) that was turned over to the fire department & converted into a field comm unit

Here's Edgewater NJ EWA1 's Ford E350 PL Custom This unit served with Leonia NJ VAC Before they were disbanded & unit was sold to Edgewater  Unsure of the year of this rig  Leonia  had a newer PL Custom rig  (2002?) that was turned over to the fire department & converted into a field comm unit

As far as I know the area VAC's welcome it  They use direct billing here Englewood hospital provides full time EMS to  Palisades Park Leonia & Englewood Cliffs We took over their areas when these squads disbanded  We cover City of Englwood VAC 6 am to 6 pm Monday to Friday We also back up squads needing extra BLS units @ scenes  All dispatching handled by MICOM Double Medics on both units working Our unit #. 's are ALS 211 & 213 Tour chief 's are 294 /298 BLS are # 231/236

Do all the trucks respond from the hospital, or are there stations or posts?

 
  Its a bargin at $6900.00!!!!!!

What exactly is that 6-7-3 rig with the twin monster monitors?

  
I wonder about that too. Chicago has some very interesting apparatus, they must have a reason...it would be interesting to know.  But the new E-One's are more nimble then I thought. Along with the links I posted in the next post, here's one that shows one of the new TL's set up on a narrow street, gotta love those E-One jacks! Click here for that photo
 
Any Chicago people on here?

It's always interested me that CFD utilizes all rearmounts and the snorkels. With city street widths I'm surprised they've not got a few midmount towers? Maybe the snorkel squads have the same water tower capabilities, but it seems like the ability to put a tower bucket on the sidewalk to use the gun would be a big benefit there.  

This was the first day in service for Chicago's New Tower Ladder 14, a 2016 E-One Cyclone II 100' which I really, really like. It's one of three delivered, and was purchased using the HGAC Buying Cooperative, of which Yonkers and White Plains have both recently purchased off of.
 
Here's of photo of it posed with the old TL-14 during the swap over yesterday:
http://chicagoareafire.com/blog/2016/03/new-tower-ladders-for-chicago-more-11/
 
And of it in action today:
http://www.trbimg.com/img-56df1f65/turbine/chi-fire08-ct0037063900-20160308/1250/1250x703
 
 

 
Just out of curiosity, are the local VAC's OK with this? I think it's a great arrangement, and should be done here in Westchester, but I can see some anti-progress people around here not liking this or viewing it as competition, along with some billing issues. (Although I think WEMS may have a 40-A-1 that can do this?)
 
Also, is it staffed double medic, or medic/EMT?

 
 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-extra-alarm-fire-west-humboldt-park-20160308-story.html
 

Well done, Seth.
Keep up the good work.

It's great that Paramedics are being trained to be on a SWAT team or Active Shooter response, as it brings medical care to those who need it immediately in a very dangerous situation.
 
My only issue is non-Civil Service Paramedics who work for private companies. If they get shot and injured, or god forbid, killed, they do not get the same benefits as a firefighter or police officer who is injured or killed in the line of duty. If they have a family, that family is not provided for like they would if he/she was in civil service.
 
If private service Paramedics are going to be part of tactical teams, is there any way to give them some sort of LODI or LODD benefit that is parity with FF's and LEO's?
 
Am I wrong?

Rest in peace, Brother. May his memory be a blessing.

Rest in peace Ira I had met him @  fire matic events very knowledgeable on Jersey city fire history

I notice fewer & fewer people using the "Like This" button, now of course everyone is not going to "Like" everything but consider the contribution the person made to the topic.
As an example if a person creates an "Incident Alert" and they really take the time to put some details in the story please consider giving them some credit. I have seen some people who no longer post them because it appears no one cares.
If people post some photos of an incident and you like them let them know by hitting that "Like" button.
Good conversation started or comments you agree with in a topic give them some credit hit the button.
Just my opinion
Jim

Sharpe looking Spartan I like low profile rescue box

To be authorized at the Ardsley Village Board meeting on Monday.

 
 

Here's our ambulance ER entrance  It's a 5 bay  enclosed ambulance drop off/pick up area  This area features a heavy duty exhaust ventilation system

Ford E 350 wheeled coachUnsure of year  but here's thier special care transport unit @ Englewood 's ER

If anyone wants to read the specs:
 
http://www.fairfieldct.org/filestorage/10726/13912/15829/17604/22777/24109/2015-37_Heavy_Rescue_-_City_Service_Apparatus.pdf

Here's our ambulance ER entrance  It's a 5 bay  enclosed ambulance drop off/pick up area  This area features a heavy duty exhaust ventilation system

Great video! VERY COOL prop!
 

https://youtu.be/p9BHgQ2xNXM

*Spy Shot*
Fairfield new Rescue 1.  Just arrived from Marion (builder) to New England Fire Apparatus for final preparation.
 
Fairfield CT FD New Rescue 1 is a 2015 Spartan/Marion
 
Photo courtesy of and thanks to Fairfield CT FD.