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Today (6/10/2011) was Fleet Demo Day at Playland. Here are some of my pictures. If you enjoy my photos please comment of give me a rep, it would be greatly appreciated. Thank You.

Attached are a few more recent deliveries and a few others caught in good locations

WPFD apparatus as they appeared in 1973 - Chief Of Department John W. Weir , Photographer Dr. Ralph A. Slater

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below 1957 American LaFrance Ladder

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The event is scheduled for Saturday, July 9th, from 10 AM to 4 PM at LA County Fire Station 127
2049 E. 223 Rd. Street
Carson, CA 90810
http://www.clafma.org/51InQuarters.html Here's the link!!!

Truck 58

St Barnabus ambulance

ESU

Engine 45

The 5th man on the back step of Engine 45. A silent protest, or a sense of humor?

Rescue 3

Members of R3 and the squads used a grip hoist to remove the SUV from the hood of the pick up. Engine 45's front bumper and a steel post near the building were used as anchors

Some of the apparatus on scene, Squad 41 and their Haz Mat unit

Squad 61

A general overview of the scene after the SUV was placed on the ground. This also gives a rough idea of the height involved

Driver's door skin impaled on the fence

Initial impact to the red pickup

Code 3 has released FDNY Ladder 46, operates a new 2010 Seagrave Marauder II/Aerialscope II 75'. There are 4,000 made, with the price being $89.00 for non Code 3 club members, and $79.00 for club members.
I don't know, from the photo and maybe it's just the photo, the detailing seems..well, quite plain and generic, compared to what Code 3 had been getting better at a few years ago, but this seems like they jacked the price (a lot) and lowered the quality.
I would still want to purchase it, but at $90.00 and 4,000 made.....I think I may wait it out a bit.
Take a look for yourself:
http://www.code3.net/product/detail.asp?item=13059
And, for reference, this is the actual apparatus:
http://www.fdnytrucks.com/files/html/bronx/e81.htm

This week was the Final inspection of Engine #21. It will be heading east next week.

Nope, just a removable storage box for future needs. Similar to the FDNY Squads.
They do swivel out.
They are called I-Zone Hooks (interface zone hooks). They were a west coast design used when you have a couple hundreed feet of attack hose out and need to move the rig a couple 100 yards to hit the next fire or protect the next exposure and you do not want to repack the hose, you van just throw a few loops over the hooks (like your garden hose) and go. We thought it was a good idea when on I-95, it would be faster to get off the road and repack it in a safer loacation. Also good in bad weather or if the hose was muddy and we didn't want it in the bed.
A number of different variations are out there:

Attended my FDNY Honorary Fire Officers Business Meeting and Dinner last evening at the FDNY Fire Training Academy.
Got there earlier enought to photograph some apparatus.

What about NYC incidents?
2nd alarm or higher?

Here are some photos taken by Gus Stretz and myself of new apparatus deliveries received in Westchester County.

Sorry photos aren't better but it was very overcast and the rig was sandwiched between a dump truck & Verona, NJ's new KME.






Mamaroneck E.37 on the left & Verona, NJ E.14 on the right

Happy Mother's Day To All The Mother's!!! Also To All The Father's That Have To Be Mother's For Whatever The Reason!! Happy Mother's Day!
Thomas

A couple of months ago I happened to drive by this house and was unable to snap some pic's. This week I finally got them, so here they are.

The quarters of FDNY Ladder 47.

The quarters of FDNY Engine 64.

And their relation to each other.
They are located on Castle Hill Avenue, Bronx.
This firehouse was mentioned previously in this FDNY E45/L58 Firehouse thread.
Here are a couple more pics with some more detail.

Some additional detail of the L47 house.

Some additional detail of the E64 house.

Was able to get a shot of it with the statue of liberty as a backdrop.

finally was able to grab some shots of it, i was just hanging around with friends at the north cove marina when i noticed come around governours island.

With the mind set of today, responders need to be cognizant of so called soft-targets with strip malls and placed of public assembly fitting the bill. People think of terrorist targets as midtown Manhattan or mass transit and not downtown Anytown, USA. This allows for the guard to be let down just enough for the unspeakable. The fact that this is an unmarked box truck with no driver to be found should raise a "red flag" to responders to use added caution approaching the vehicle as it may not be as simple a vehicle fire. A quick question of the store owner with the hose if he was expecting a delivery may increase that "red flag" issue if the response is a no. A proactive, cautionary, and defensive approach can mean the difference between going home in the rig or a bag.

1- Yes I do. Here they are:
2161

2162

2163

E13

E12

E10

TL24

R19

U20

2- Check out this link: Why does NYS certify ambulances?

Just thought I would share some of my photos from the 1st quarter of 2011.


















and two from my Tampa trip,


Comments and/or a rep are always greatly appreciated. Please do not take any of my photos without permission.