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On my way home for work I heard Arlington get toned out for a reported fire at Cherry Hill Apartments. I had to buff some photos......
I must say for the amonut of staffing, Great Stop by AFD..... Anyone who questions staffing should have been there. There was plenty of hose to be pulled and fed as well as ladders to be put up.
Awesome stop AFD, this could have had a very poor ending if it wasnt for the quick and agressive attack.
The chaueffur on Tower 2 put that Tower in some tight place.

NYC/Westchester are slowly starting to get their mass transit systems back online. Metro North is running on an hourly schedule on the lower Harlem Line (North White Plains-Grand Central). Grand Central re-opened to the public at 2 pm, Newark and JFK each re-opened to flights on a limited basis at 7:00 am this morning and NYC subway is getting back into operation. The 7,B,C,E,G,Q trains are all still suspended but the F,J,A and M trains are running with limited service.
For continuous updates follow Gov. Cuomo on twitter. https://twitter.com/NYGovCuomo

Ah, yes, the Math. Forget any complicated formulas, you will be too shaky to punch in the numbers correctly on to your iPhone, and you will wind up with numbers like a million gallons.
Try this: Do a few foam drills and get a feel for how much fire surface area 10 gallons of foam will cover. (Use 10 gallons because it's easier to do the math in your head) When you get to the real fire, wing a guess at how many times your 10 gallon drill would take to fit into this big fire and multiply. If your fire is 10 times bigger than your 10 gallon drill, then you would need 10x10gal, or 100gal of foam. (Of course if the real fire is smaller than your 10 gal Drill fire, then just use the two cans that are on the rig....Duh!) Now, take that answer you got and multiply it by 10 again. It sounds like over-ordering foam but you will surely have enough to do the job. Even if you over-ordered, you will have to re-stock anyway because you used a lot of foam.
It's like the old NFA Fire Flow Formula. If you have a 2ft x 2ft couch cushion burning in a 1 1/2 residential dwelling that is 25 x 35, by using the formula, you will need about a gallon of water to complete extinguishment. This is normally done by the Can Man with 1 1/2 gallons left to cover rekindle. However, to put this fire out, and to comply with standards we must amass 1- 1 1/2" attack line, a backup line, a 5" supply line, and 17 people.
While you guys were out working on the hurricane, I had time to think this up. Thanks for all your hard work.

Rye Brook PD just lost all power and phone service, including 911.
This is the photo of the Rockaways after the 6 alarm fire...

Not my photo, from: https://www.facebook..._count=1&ref=nf

Satellite View of Post-Tropical Cyclone Sandy on Oct. 30 by NASA Goddard Photo and Video, on Flickr
Con Ed using FDR, Saxon Woods and Playland Parks for Staging Areas.  The Space Shuttle Enterprise on the Intrepid has sustained damage.
Following Photos from MTA FLick Page, Links bellow photos

MNR Croton Harmon Station by MTAPhotos, on Flickr

Boat On Tracks At Ossining by MTAPhotos, on Flickr

Thanks X4093k. Its a 2012 Quantum, with a 70 gallon CAFS system run off the cascade system.

Rye Brook PD just lost all power and phone service, including 911.
This is the photo of the Rockaways after the 6 alarm fire...

Not my photo, from: https://www.facebook..._count=1&ref=nf

Satellite View of Post-Tropical Cyclone Sandy on Oct. 30 by NASA Goddard Photo and Video, on Flickr
Con Ed using FDR, Saxon Woods and Playland Parks for Staging Areas.  The Space Shuttle Enterprise on the Intrepid has sustained damage.
Following Photos from MTA FLick Page, Links bellow photos

MNR Croton Harmon Station by MTAPhotos, on Flickr

Boat On Tracks At Ossining by MTAPhotos, on Flickr

Here's a video of the Breezy Point fire.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88ucQzm1RS4&feature=player_embedded

Rye Brook PD just lost all power and phone service, including 911.
This is the photo of the Rockaways after the 6 alarm fire...

Not my photo, from: https://www.facebook..._count=1&ref=nf

Satellite View of Post-Tropical Cyclone Sandy on Oct. 30 by NASA Goddard Photo and Video, on Flickr
Con Ed using FDR, Saxon Woods and Playland Parks for Staging Areas.  The Space Shuttle Enterprise on the Intrepid has sustained damage.
Following Photos from MTA FLick Page, Links bellow photos

MNR Croton Harmon Station by MTAPhotos, on Flickr

Boat On Tracks At Ossining by MTAPhotos, on Flickr

Video of Con Ed Explosion...

Yesterday, I had a chance to go on a "photo hunt", and had a pretty decent day.
Here are the photos:
http://www.x635photos.com/photohunts/storm2012.php

photo's brought to you by our members from Florida Fire Trucks on FB

Wildland rigs from Cal Fire and the US Forest Service, and the contracted Medic unit from AMR M17.
1) Cal Fire Engine 3382-HME/Arhens Fox Type III Engine
2) US Forest Service E347-2011 Boise Mobile Equipment Type III Engine
3) American Medical Response M17-Ford f-350/AEV Type III Ambulance

Next was the Alpine Open House in eastern San Diego County...
1) Alpine Fire Department Engine 17-2004 KME
2) Alpine Fire Department Chief 4701-Dodge Power Wagon
3) Viejas Fire Department Engine 25-2011 Crimson/Spartan Engine
4) San Miguel Fire Department Engine 14-1997 E-One Engine

Also at the Poway FD Open House Santee Fire Department Rescue 5, a 2000 Pierce Saber

also from the Poway FD Open House, San Diego County Sheriffs Department Copter 12, a Bell 205A1 used for fire suppression/rescue work.

I've gotten back to shooting apparatus photos, so I thought I would share some recent ones from through out the Southwestern part of the United States where I have been traveling lately.
First up, from this month, is from the Poway Fire Department Open House here in San Diego County.
1) Poway FD E 3711-Pierce Arrow XT
2) Poway FD Medic 3798-Ford F350/Horton Type III Ambulance
3) Poway FD Division Chief 3704-Chevy Suburban Command Vehicle

FIRST AND FOREMOST - TO OUR EMERGENCY RESPONDERS: "STAY SAFE AND WELL, WHILE YOU ARE OUT THERE PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO THOSE IN NEED DURING THIS UPCOMING STORM"
I would suspect that some of the Fire Departments in some of the major cities in our area (YONKERS FIRE DEPARTMENT, MOUNT VERNON FD, NEW ROCHELLE FD, WHITE PLAINS FIRE DEPARTMENT) will be bringing in off duty personnel to man reserve and spare fire apparatus to support some of the historically known flood areas in those cities.
Does anyone out there, who are tied to either the YFD, FDMV, NRFD, and WPFD, know what plans they have in place? (such as, for example, say for Yonkers, putting Engine 317, Squad 21 and Ladder 77 in service; in Mount Vernon , putting Spare Engine 1 and Spare Ladder 4 in service, and say for NRFD, putting Engine 19 and Ladder 14 in service)
Any and all information would be appreciated

Rear View

Interior

Photos taken today during the Wet Down for the new 7602 (76-B-2) a 2012 Ford F450/Lifeline 4x4 ambulance
Officer side compartments

7602 of the past.
The most recent was this 1996 Ford E350/Braun

The original 7602, a 1981 Ford E350/Braun

7605
1980 Chevy/E-One
ex-Hawthorne FD Ma 27

7603 (76-B-3)
2006 Ford E350/Lifeline

7601 (76-B-1)
2001 Ford E350/Lifeline

Driver side compartments

The "reserved's" without a Department name are only in the Ladder & Tower Ladder lists. The list reflects that there should only be either a Ladder or a Tower Ladder with any single number. When Ossining FD got their TL, the previously assigned L42 designation was placed into "reserved" so that no future L42 would be assigned as long as OFD has TL42. This is not always the case, the lower numbers still reflect when both TL's & Lad's were assigned the same number.