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OK - So what about the Guardian Angel ice sculpture? I have seen that image on apparatus. The angel is a religious symbol. Anyway the story said that the department bought the truck as a demo, so it already had the mural on it. If they paid to have the mural removed, someone would find fault with that. It is becoming a sad commentary on the state of our society where a perceived religious image can cause such a controversy, however someone can blast music full of expletives, talking about beating women and killing cops in a public area where there are families and children and that is considered acceptable. IMO - bottom line, I don't care what religion you are, what race you are, what sex you are, what sexual orientation you are, as long as you have my back when it starts getting hairy because I will still have yours.

I also am not a "PC" person, however those people being critical have never seen the things or performed the duties that we have. There are basically 2 things that help us keep our sanity - a really warped sense of humor and some kind of faith. I would be willing to bet that if a firefighter is Jewish, Muslim, Sikh, Atheist, or whatever; they would not have an issue with it.

On our Marion Heavy Rescue, we have 2 100' reels for our Amkus tools. We keep a Combi-Tool pre-connected. There is also a 300' electric reel with a pre-connected sawzall. We have a rear roll up in which we keep our gas unit, heavy duty spreaders, cutters, and rams. The setup works well. http://www.marionbody.com/products/finals/combo/CopakeCombo2010/index.html

I have heard this also. They are nothing more than a mail order ministry.

I'm not sure ministry is the correct word. In most sane people's minds the term ministry will relate to the teachings of the Lord (or God, Mohammed, Allah whatever your religion be) - namely tolerance and forgiveness. I think domestic terrorist is a better description.

I remeber when it burned in the late 80's. 87 I think.

We are still evaluating the systems. We were lucky enough to get a grant for all new turnouts, so they will all have the internal harness in them. We started planning for this last year and we got the local telephone company to donate some telephone poles and plant them behind the firehouse to construct a bailout training tower. We are just about done with it. I will post some pics soon.

Very nice truck We are in the process of building one now. Say Hi to Joel Hahn, Tave Graham, and Mike Loblanco for me. I was a former member of Highland Engine and West Point.

Mike LaForge

Capt. Truck Co.

Copake Fire District.