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I'm seeing rumors on other boards about a new FDNY Tractor-Drawn aerial that was ordered. Anybody have any info?

Yeah the Seagrave Sales in Jersey is very slow....our tiller was there for over a month once for just a minor issue and we don't have a spare ladder truck to use. That is probably why Seagrave cut them as a dealer and moved to 1st Priority.

As far as I know, they are not part of any mutual aid agreements with surrounding towns because of their limitations and the need for protection in the sports complex.

Date: 9-30-09

Time: 23:15

Location: 75 Challenger Road and Overpeck Creek

Frequency:

Units Operating: Ridgefield Park FD, Ridgefield Park Heavy Rescue, Ridgefield Park Ambulance, RPPD, Bergen County PD, NJ State Police, Ridgefield PD, Little Ferry PD, Ridgefield FD, Leonia FD, Palisades Park FD, Wallington FD, Lyndhurst FD, Teaneck Box 54, NYPD

Weather Conditions: Clear, low 50's

Description Of Incident: RPPD notified of EDP possibly in river. Numerous agencies including NYPD and NJ State Police aviation units to aid in search. Search called off at 3:00am when family member notified RPPD of location of missing 17-year old.

Reporters:

Writer:

If you go to Ferrara's website and look at trucks in production - I would say that the Elmont, NY rig is a pretty good indication of what they will look like if they go with the Ferrara cab instead of the Spartan cabs.

AP is saying that a Yankees player was on the airplane....well that rules out terrorism.

Sad day in the history of that Yankees

Pierce is getting rid of the Dash, Saber, Lance, and Enforcer chassis. They are just about done now, and will last only until the non-2007 EPA compliant engines are used up, which will probably be quite soon. (Info from Kent Parrish firepics.net)

My town, Ridgefield Park, NJ (Bergen County) runs a Rescue Squad separate from the Fire Department. The rescue squad handles situations that we would not. For instance, the rescue squad re-fills SCBA bottles, boards up windows, water rescues, MVAs, etc. There is somewhat of an advantage to this. The members of the rescue squad are not FF1 qualified, so there duties at a fire scene are limited.