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This video is making the rounds on Facebook, and I'm posting it here in case anyone missed it or does not use FB.
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?filter=lf#!/video/video.php?v=1834379662196&oid=155360057819436&comments

Newark did indeed purchase some New American LaFrance's and a New Rescue from E-One.
Engine 5 - 2008 American LaFrance Eagle Custom 1250/750 Pumper
Engine 7 - 2008 American LaFrance Eagle Custom 1250/750 Pumper
Engine 9 - 2008 American LaFrance Eagle Custom 1250/750 Pumper
Truck 1 - 2008 American LaFrance Eagle/LTI Custom 110' Rear-Mount Aerial Ladder(Replaces NFD's only Tower Ladder)
Truck 5 - 2008 American LaFrance Eagle/LTI Custom 110' Rear-Mount Aerial Ladder
Rescue 1 - 2009 E-One Heavy-Duty Rescue
Newark also refurbed their main Haz-Mat. rig, a 1986 Spartan/Steeldraulics Haz-Mat. Unit and received a New 2006 GMC Mobile Command Unit. Newark also ordered a New Haz-Mat. Decon. Unit and Spill Unit from Pierce. The Decon. Unit will be on a Pierce Saber chassis and the Spill Unit will be on a Freightliner chassis.

Date: 1/22/11
Time: 00:51
Location: 632 Anderson Hill Road "Full Moon Restaurant"
Frequencies: 46.26 / Fire 19 / 33.96
Purchase Units Operating: 2411, 2412, 2413, E238, E240, TL53, U10
West Harrison Units: 2501, 2502, E265
Town of Mamaroneck Units: 2232, 2233, E36 w/ FAST
Port Chester Units: 2393, E61, E64, L31
Harrison Units: 2162, 2163, E10
Mamaroneck Village Units: 2241, L21
Valhalla Units: 2482, R9 w/ FAST
Elmsford Units: L55 w/ FAST
Westchester DES Units: Bat 15, C&O Zone 2, Car 25
Weather Conditions: Cold (Damn cold!)
Description Of Incident: Fire in three-story frame OMD, restaurant with apartments above.
Reporters: Remember585
Writer: Remember585
Relocated to Purchase HQ: Armonk E286 / White Plains L34 (Changed over the course of the fire)
00:51 - Purchase dispatched for a Commercial Alarm.
00:55 - E238 on location.
00:57 - 2413 reports smoke in building, forcing door.
01:00 - 10-75 transmitted, Purchase retoned, West Harrison Engine, Town of Mamaroneck FAST, Bat 19 dispatched.
01:01 - Port Chester 1 & 1 to relocate Purchase HQ. E61 & L31 assigned.
01:05 - 2501 responding.
01:07 - 2502, E265 responding.
01:09 - E61 relocating. 2232, 2233, E36 responding.
01:12 - 2501 advising E265 to assist with hydrant.
01:13 - 2502, E265 on location.
01:16 - 2501 reports a 3-story frame, restaurant on first floor, apartments on two floors above, bring E61 to the scene. Heavy smoke from structure.
01:16 - Harrison to relocate Engine to Purchase for coverage.
01:19 - 2501 requesting L31 to the scene, backfill with another unit.
01:20 - 2501 advising 2393 to have L31 get the roof.
01:21 - Harrison Engine, Mamaroneck Village Ladder to relocate Purchase HQ.
01:22 - 2163, E10 relocating to Purchase HQ.
01:23 - 2412 responding. 2232, 2233, E36 on location.
01:25 - E10 dispatched Purchase College for water flow alarm at Performing Arts Center.
01:26 - Port Chester units dispatched to an Anderson Hill Road address for a water flow alarm.
01:30 - 2412 on location.
01:33 - Bat 15 requesting a Bee-Line bus to the scene. 2501 requesting another Engine to the scene.
01:35 - Port Chester E64 dispatched to the scene.
01:36 - 2241, 2242, L21 relocating to Purchase HQ. E64 responding.
01:38 - 2163 reports Harrison units clearing the college, 2501 requesting them into the scene, E64 to Purchase HQ.
01:40 - 2162, 2163, E10 on location.
01:41 - 60 Control advising 2501 that 2411 is coming with a delay.
01:45 - E64 out at Purchase HQ.
01:49 - Bat 15 requesting Greenburgh cascade unit to the scene.
01:54 - C&O Zone 2 dispatched. 2501 reports all units still operating.
01:55 - Bat 15 requesting the Valhalla FAST to the scene.
01:57 - Bat 15 requesting L21 to the scene.
02:00 - White Plains Ladder requested to Purchase HQ.
02:02 - 2482, R9 responding.
02:04 - 2411 is on location.
02:11 - R9 on location.
02:24 - Bat 15 reports fire is darkening down, 4 L/S/O, using all hands.
02:26 - L34 out at Purchase HQ.
02:36 - 2393 requesting EMS for an injured FF (eye injury I believe, transmission broken).
02:37 - Bat 15 requesting an additional ambulance to the scene for standby.
03:30 - Elsmford FAST dispatched to the scene.
03:31 - North White Plains Engine requested to cover West Harrison HQ.
03:32 - E64 requsted to the scene and on location.
03:33 - Armonk Engine requested to relocate to Purchase HQ. E62 & TL2 on standby in own HQ in Port Chester.
03:45 - E286 enroute to Purchase HQ. E75 enroute to West Harrison HQ.
03:49 - E75 relocated to West Harrison HQ.
03:54 - L55 on location.
04:08 - E286 out at Purchase HQ.
04:27 - 2411 reports the fire is under control.
04:30 - 2241, L21 in service.
04:36 - E36, L55 in service.
04:51 - L34 released from Purchase HQ.
04:52 - E10 in service.
04:59 - R9 in service.
05:10 - E61, E64 in service.
05:32 - E75 released from West Harrison HQ.
05:41 - Bat 15 in service.
05:45 - E265, L31 in service.
05:48 - E286 released from Purchase HQ.
06:28 - All units in service from the fire scene.
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Finally, Code 3 has started making new molds, but personally, I agree with Seth. I've sort of noticed that myself, as I personally have a large collection. For instance, I just got their model of the SFFD's Truck 4's open-cab ALF, and I noticed that between some of their older models, the newer ones seem to be a little less detailed and accurate, as well seemingly thrown together. I also noticed that some of the details on the rigs weren't as realistic or meticulously done, to where some Corgi rigs look more accurate. I don't know, maybe they got hit hard in the recession and they're trying to cut cost, but to me, some of the newer models aren't the same as those in the past.

This is really a shame. A busy city like Camden losing one of, if not it's most important assets.
Adequate fire protection the city says? The city residents' taxes aren't paying for some other neighboring fire department to come in and put out it's own fires, while it's fire department is being torn apart by the city officials, nor is the neighboring town/city residents' taxes paying for it's departments to fight some other city's fires. And no danger to the city's residents? What happens if the neighboring town/city departments are at another fire in their own town/city, tied up, while there's a fire in Camden that the Camden FD can't respond to? What's the point in Camden having it's own fire department if a neighboring one is doing all the work for it. On top of that, the city's firefighters are getting laid-off, and the Camden Fire Department is losing companies to rolling brownouts everyday. The Camden Fire Department literally being discarded by it's own city. Great job City of Camden! Politicians really know the right way to cut costs.

Date: 01-18-11
Time: 1940hrs.(Approx.)
Area: Fair Haven Heights
Location: 373 Lenox St.(Bing Maps)
Frequency: New Haven Fireground # 2(854.4875)
Weather Conditions: Cold w/Heavy Snow and Ice
Description Of Incident: Engine 17 o/s transmitting a Signal 73(Working Fire) for fire showing from the 2nd floor of a 2.5-story wood-frame OMD. Reports of a handicapped victim trapped on the 1st floor. Car 33(East Battalion Chief) transmitting a Signal 22(2nd Alarm) upon arrival. Victim found and removed from the structure shortly after. Numerous L/S/O's. All other searches negative. No injuries reported.
Reporters: sfrd18
Writer: sfrd18
Units Operating: NHFD; NHPD
Box Assignment:
Engine 17, Engine 5(Quint), Engine 10(Covering Engine 4)
Truck 3
Squad 1(R.I.T.)
Emergency Unit(Ambulance) 1
Car 33(West Battalion Chief)
2nd Alarm Assignment:
Engine 4, Engine 8
Truck 1
Squad 2
Car 32(DC), Car 37(FM), Car 39(AC Operations), Car 50(Air Supply Unit), Car 52, Car 81
2010hrs. - Car 39(AC Operations) reporting main bulk of fire is k/d.

An AED costs, well, nothing. They are cheaper than some iPhone's. Every single person with a pulse should be familiar with CPR and the use of an AED. Every engine co. in NYC has one. Perhaps every patrol car should have one as well. They should be in every single public gathering place and someone who knows how to use one should be within useful distance of it at all times.
It's so easy a child could use one. They're so cheap there's no budget excuse not to have one. They can and do mean the difference between life and death. If more people are trained in CPR and more AED's are available, perhaps they're mean life more often.

If we are dispatched, we will come. If the PD gets there first and it's minor and dispatch tells us so, we would slow down our response. We wont return to quarters unless told by the FD IC on scene, or we get there and evaluate. We trust our PD agencies, but belive in the "trust, but verify" motto.

This is a great discussion topic. It's a sticky question, with many opinions, ideas, views, and experiences linked to it's answer.
In my opinion, I think that the fire department should respond to certain(however most) MVA's in their city/town/district, but not all. I also feel that the decision as to if and or when the fire department should respond should be based on the information acquired and the decisions made by dispatch and or the first arriving emergency units on scene, such as city/state police(I found that the police in my area are usually always dispatched and are also the first to arrive at the scene of an accident, big or small).
If dispatch receives a 9-1-1 call with the informant saying someone rear-ended him/her, and if it's determined that it's minor or a fender-bender, I feel that dispatch should dispatch PD and or EMS first to the scene, prior to the fire department. On any other occasion, whether it be a fire, major fluids leaking, roll-over, ejection, entrapment, car into tree, car into pole, car into building, car into water, or head-on collision reported(as said above), I feel that dispatch should request the fire department to respond, if however, that information can be determined. However, depending on the type of accident, dispatch should determine how many or of what type of fire apparatus to send. For example, if it's a reported fluid leak, the dispatch should be one engine at the least. For an entrapment or any other type of accident where an actual collision or a victim is mentioned, one-two engines and a rescue/squad or any other unit with extrication equipment. I think that a department should have a response protocol for each different type of MVA's, and not just vague and broad minor MVA's and extrications that can be one of many situations. Everything also depends on what type and the number of apparatus a department has(whether it be paid or volunteer), or has available from another department to them, and or if the department operates as the EMS provider, or if it's provided by another, either volunteer or paid ambulance service.
My dept. usually runs an engine and a rescue, or just a rescue on all MVA's, other than fluid spills. On fluid spills and car fires, we usually run an engine, a rescue, or both, depending what the first unit on scene reports. Because our rescue is more like a squad engine(i.e. it has a pump, hose, and engine company equipment on board), it can respond as a rescue, while performing engine company capabilities. For example, say that there's an MVA reported with smoke, or something of that nature. If only our rescue goes for one reason or another, and if there is a car fire, we already have, essentially, an engine on scene. However, most departments around where I live and work operate engines and a straight-forward rescue. This goes especially for cities that don't have squad engines in addition.
Just my $0.02.

You want to know what a real kick in the nutz is? We have almost 50 comments, and 4 pages of replies in a topic about an immature fire chief who hung truck nutz on his rig and defied his boss the mayor when told to remove them.
When we try to get a topic moving on this site about elevator rescue techniques, fire fighting tactics, scenarios, "what would you do" types of discussions, we get......YAWNS.
When we get a photo set of a new rig, some of us go on and on about the rig; where's the hurst-tool, where's the water cooler, we'll get the 50 comments and the 4 pages again.
I'm not sure why, but it seems sometimes the topics that should be getting the comments and the pages of discussion go by the wayside; and the ones that should get a few replies, and move on down the board into category obscurity, seem to go on forever.
What's up with that? I'm not saying conversation about the truck nutz should be over. What I'm saying is the next time one of our truly knowledgeable members comes up with an idea for a good discussion, maybe some of us should make a little more of an effort to participate and keep the really informative discussions going....
Maybe that will start happening?
In the meantime, back to the nutz.

Right! The FDNY would of had ladder companies searching and maybe a few tower ladders hitting the building from the outside closer to the ground. Plus, over here, we would have started an interior attack(why didn't they use the building's standpipe system?), as well as search and rescue.
And, I totally agree with you there. People in this country do take building fire safety codes for granted. Plus, our fire service, as far as (mainly)response times(half of those 100 pieces of fire apparatus should have been on scene long before the video was taken and most of the building was engulfed), amount of fire apparatus on scene, fire attack methods, firefighter safety, search and rescue methods, and even high-rise firefighting in general, is much more evolved and advanced firefighting, as compared to many fire departments in parts of Europe and Asia. Not to say that these departments are still using horse-drawn steam engines, but firefighting in the U.S. is really one of the best firefighting industries in the world.
I guess it also helps in situations like this that our country is a Democracy.

Here are the latest apparatus delivered in Westchester County.
Want to Thank SteveOFD and Seth for assistance today with Ossining.

I wish I could give something if I had it. Everyone who can give, PLEASE do so!!! We can't let this place go!!!

Date: 09-01-10
Time: 1100hrs.
Box:
Area: Greenpoint
Location: 832 Manhattan Ave.(Bing Maps)
Description Of Incident: Heavy fire in the rear of a 3-story 20x50 OMD. Multiple 10-45's reported. Primary searches negative.
Reporters/Writer: sfrd18
Units Operating: FDNY Brooklyn
Box Alarm Response:
Engine 238, Engine 229, Engine 259
Ladder 106, Ladder 146
Battalion 45
10-75 Response:
Engine 221
Ladder 128(F.A.S.T.)
Battalion 35
Rescue 2(S/C)
Squad 252
Division 11
2nd Alarm Response:
Engine 258, Engine 216, Engine 211, Engine 237, Engine 207
Ladder 104, Ladder 115
Battalion 28(Safety)
Battalion 31(Resource Unit Leader)
Satellite 6
Field Communications Unit 1
Rescue Battalion
Safety Battalion
TAC. 1
Car 7
Company Relocations:
Engine 279-Engine 211
Engine 4-Engine 207
1056hrs. - 10-75-40 by Engine 258
1058hrs. - Battalion 45 reports a 7-5 for an All-Hands fire in an OMD.
1100hrs. - Battalion 45 transmitting a 2nd Alarm reporting fire in the rear of a 3-story 20x50 OMD. Multiple occupants being removed from the 3rd and 4th floors. Exposures are: 1 - Street, 2 and 4 - Similar attached, 3 - 1-story set back.
1105hrs. - Car 7 responding to 2nd Alarm
1111hrs. - Battalion 45 reports 1 10-45 is no code.
1113hrs. - Division 11 reported 10-45 is a Code 4.

Date: 08-24-10
Time: 1145hrs.
Box: 1285
Area: Upper West Side
Location: 435 Central Park West
Description Of Incident: Fire on the 5th and 6th floors of a 6-story brick 200x100 OMD. 2 lines stretched with 2 in operation. All searches negative.
Reporters/Writer: sfrd18
Units Operating: FDNY Manhattan
Box Alarm Response:
Engine 76, Engine 47, Engine 58
Ladder 22, Ladder 26
Battalion 11
10-75 Response:
Engine 74
Ladder 40(F.A.S.T.)
Battalion 10
Rescue 1
Squad 41
Division 3
All-Hands Response(S/C):
Engine 37
Ladder 13
2nd Alarm Response*:
Engine 59, Engine 44, Engine 22, Engine 1
Ladder 43
Battalion 16(Safety)
Battalion 14(Resource Unit Leader)
Satellite 1
Field Communications Unit 1
Rescue Battalion
Safety Battalion
TSU. 1
RAC. 1
Command Tac. Unit
Car 6(Manhattan Borough Commander)
*Ladder 48 S/C.