fireguy43

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    I'd certainly take into consideration the family's wishes IF I KNEW THEM. But I don't so I can't. Perhaps, if they are chosen and express what you think are their views and wishes, the show will accomodate them and build elsewhere. Thanks for the input.

    First of all, and before I get tagged as a malcontent, I have no problem with doing something for the family. If they had wanted a house rebuilt on the site, fine. I just think that it should be with the family's input, and not just slapped together without thinking about it first. Don't forget that some family members were in the house when the plane hit, and managed to escape. There will no doubt be bad memories of that incident among the survivors for quite a while.

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    While I understand your efforts and applaud your concern, how about listening to what the family wants instead of going off on your own? The house has been leveled and carted away, the foundation has been dug up and the site has been filled with stone. In the spring, the stone will be overlaid with top soil and seeded. The wife of the man killed in the house has indicated that she DOES NOT want to rebuild on the site, at least for the time being. If you are proposing a home on another site, fine, but perhaps the woman who just lost her husband on that block can't stand the thought of returning there and living, no matter how the house gets built. As I said, commendable of you to want to help, but how about taking the family's wishes into consideration here?

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    Glenham was indeed 360, 361 and the brush truck was 362. The guys in Glenham wanted to maintain the "old numbering system" that predated my time there. Back when I started with them (mid '70's), I only recall Glenham, Beekman, Millbrook and Unionvale still using the number sequence. Although they were the only ones using them, all departments were apparently assigned the numbers at one point. I can remember that Glenham's running cards for pre=plans used the three digit numbers for engines from Village of Fishkill and City of Beacon. I believe Beacon was numbered in the 350's, don't recall Fishkill's number range.

    Allow me to self correct- the brush truck was not 362. That designation was given to the GMC Top Kick foam unit that Texaco donated to Glenham. If I remember correctly, both the foam unit and a new utility arrived during the same year. The Foam unit became 362 as it functioned as a full engine, and the new utility (a Saulsbury), became 363.

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    I like the idea. But, Where is the pump??? The hose??? The gear??? Who is he driver??? Or is this the truck to clear the way for traffic??? Or shut down the road with it???

    Thomas

    Tommy boy, go back to sleep, it'll all be okay in the morning...... just a bad dream.........

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    I remember that system and Glenham was 360,361 and I forget what the brush truck was. They were the only ones in Southern Dutchess that used it back then . I thought it had something to do with the old computers KED-348 had

    Glenham was indeed 360, 361 and the brush truck was 362. The guys in Glenham wanted to maintain the "old numbering system" that predated my time there. Back when I started with them (mid '70's), I only recall Glenham, Beekman, Millbrook and Unionvale still using the number sequence. Although they were the only ones using them, all departments were apparently assigned the numbers at one point. I can remember that Glenham's running cards for pre=plans used the three digit numbers for engines from Village of Fishkill and City of Beacon. I believe Beacon was numbered in the 350's, don't recall Fishkill's number range.