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Snowstorm last Halloween, hurricane this Halloween... I can only imagine what comes next year!

Date: 10/21/12
Time:1120
Location: BOX 2-23 1135 Sugartown Rd, Easttown Twp
Frequency: CC 800TRS East Ops, East FG1
Units Operating:
Initial Box Berwyn E2-2, TWR2, Radnor E15, AMB15-7
WFD Balance of Station 2, DC R15, Paoli E3-5(pumper-tanker), Malvern L4 (RIT), King of Prussia (MontCo) Squad 47
2nd Alarm E3-1, TWR3, E4-1, 4-5, R4, Newtown Square (DelCo) R41
Weather Conditions: clear, cool, 44 F
Description Of Incident: large barn attached to house, barn well off w/ extension to house
Reporters: Ed Angiolillo

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I took the picture with my iPad, but the information came from Mike Leary, a well known Fire Photographer in CT. Unfortunately I do not have a "before" shot to show you, but just take my word for it.
This 1970 International / Ansul was originally quartered with Engine 16 (Lighthouse Point) and was moved to Tweed-New Haven Airport when they first had firefighters on staff there. Its original designation was Fox 1. Tweed has gotten some much more modern apparatus since then and it was taken out of service a while ago.
Sometime last year it was brought to NHFD's shops last year sometime to be refurbished. I saw it when I was down at the Fire School for a live burn and it was in sad shape. I don't believe the NHFD mechanics did the paint or striping but there was a lot of body/mechanical work to be done. Since the refurb the rig has been renumbered as Car 44 and its currently quartered in the Training Support Building at the New Haven Fire School along with the NHASH Team Prime Mover and Decon Trailer. It may be relocated later on but no details as to where yet.
I carries somewhere in the area of 400-500lbs of Purple K Dry Chem. Personally I think it came out pretty awesome.

One of two new marked police interceptors for White Plains we have a highway patrol one with ghost lettering as well as a new police interceptor suv with ghost lettering as well. I do not know how many of these White Plains is getting but we have three for right now.

I do not want to create any problems or cause a fight, but those first few photos show a lot of people standing around, and each picture has more and more people showing up and standing around. I know they have their own fire department, but how long did it take for the first piece of apparatus to arrive on scene?

Code Red was horrible (Lorne Green and Adam Rich - Yuk)

The latest addition to the Irvington PD fleet, provided by Specialty Warning Systems, is a 2013 Ford Interceptor Sedan, replacing a Crown Victoria patrol vehicle.
As with virtually every vehicle we are upfitting today, the lighting system is Whelen LED based including a WeCan Liberty lightbar, split red, white and blue 400 series lightheads on the front of the Setina pushbumper with LINZ6s on the outer faces. Split red/blue IONs are installed in the rear window with Vertex HideAways in the reverse & brake light housings. Red/blue Sidekick IONs replace the OEM side fender trim panels. System control is by way of an A6 controller.
The Interceptor specific center console houses the department radio, A6 controller, power outlets, cup holder and armrest with integral printer. The upper platform also contains the laptop computer mount.
Prisoner containment is a Pro Gard system which includes an ABS transport seat and floorpan. The radio chassis and required electronics are installed on a full width sliding trunk tray. The outside graphics, adapted to the new body style, mirrors the rest of the IPD fleet vehicles.
The Irvington PD has placed their confidence in us for several years to provide their new vehicles and maintain the rest of the fleet. We appreciate this confidence and look forward to working with them for many years to come.

For the County Parade

Of A revolution or OAR's song "heaven" off there album King is on promo's for the show. FYI they are a great band to see live if you get a chance.

Correct. A pipeline is a engine comapny with 5 inch hose on it. If it ran with only 3 inch, then it would be classified as and "Engine" insetad of a "Pipeline". One of my co-worker's father was a Philly firefighters for over 25 years, I checked with him.

So they're like hosewagons, or Pipelines, like Philly has.

State: New York
County: Westchester
City/Town/Municipality/Dept: West Harrison Volunteer Fire Department (Harrison Fire District #1)
Unit designation/identifier: Engine 266
Chassis & Body (or Aerial) Manufacturer and model: 2012 KME Predator Rescue Pumper
Pump size, tank size (water/foam), aerial type & length: 1500gmp/500gal
Estimated delivery date: Early October
Status: Delivered, Not yet in service
Notes: Replacing Ex-R35 (http://www.emtbravo.net/index.php/topic/42456-west-harrison-fire-truck-fire/)

Photo From: http://westharrisonfd.org/

The vehicle is actually run for the New York Organ Donor Network by CJK Enterprises aka CJK Ambulance of Sussex, NJ which explains the use of the NJ commercial tags.

Here is another one of their trucks today at Holy Name Hospital ER, Teaneck NJ.
Scott

Hey Guys, thought you guys might like a couple of photos from Australia. Here as one of the main pumpers from the city of Melbourne attending a bin fire.
(BTW; iPhone Images)

What I like about the Australian fire engines is that they take the North American and European designs and combined them to fit their needs.

Found some pics on there web site nice looking car.
http://www.goldensbridgefd.org/apps/public/news/newsView.cfm?News_ID=80

The Pleasant Valley Fire Department took delivery on September 21st of a Sutphen SP70 Remount Quint. 1500 GPM and 500 Gallon Water. More pictures to follow in the upcoming days.

EMTBravo Spy Shots-Special thanks to our spies!
Yonkers PD's newest patrol car, a 2012 Chevrolet Caprice Police Package, featuring a new paint scheme. Another neat feature.....the plate readers are built into the lightbar.

Seen outside The Children's Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM) in the Bronx.

Hi guys,
I've had a rough couple of months.
I became critically ill in June while on a trip to Chicago, and was hospitalized in ICU intubated for several days.
A few days after I got home to Texas, same thing happened, I had a procedure to corrrect the problem, but while I was intubated I aspirated vomit somehome and came up with severe double pneumonia. Physically, I can only use the computer for a limited amount of time right now, and am still extremly weak but am getting better by the day.
While I was in the hospital, I had no access to my phone or computer. I lost my job because I wasn't elegible for FMLA yet and I ran out of time that I could use, so I'm on a very tight budget. I can reapply for my job, but read on to find out why I won't.
My PayPal account that I use to pay for this site was hacked, and I was cleaned out of all the funds for this site. Although PayPal will be reimbursing me, it will be several weeks. I'm on a limited budget right now, and bills for the website are due soon and I can't bill, sell, or design any ads right now to raise money, nor will I be soliciting donations.
Earlier this week, my luck started to turn around the best it can at this point. A very awesome longtime friend and great person helped me out, big time. I am thankful for him and his bosses because his actions and concern gave me great motivation to keep going and renewed my passion. For right now, all I'm going to be saying is that I'm moving back to NY in the next week.............................I think I'll be much happier back there, especially because I miss all my friends from NY and working there. I LOVE Austin and Texas and will miss it (I've lived here for 4+ years already), and have been succesful and had awesome experience with the agencies I worked for , but at this point I need to start taking care of myself. After I was no longer healthy enough to be a career firefighter anymore, my heart was broken and I really wasn't the same-it destroyed me, but I've finally had closure on that and want to have the old pre-2007 Seth back.
There is MUCH more to this story, but please don't speculate.
I also apologize for not getting back to all those who hae been calling and emailing, it just gets a little overwhelming right now as I recover.
I have over 1,500 emails personally from friends, collegues, and EMTBravo members and related to me since May 26th, and eventually I will get to them all.
I traded in my car and sold off a lot of my things and bought a small 2005 Ford F-350 Super Duty/Winnebago Aspect 23' RV with only 7,000 miles on it. It's got all the comforts of home, and is cheaper and easier for me to live, especially since I will still have the home in Texas.
Does anyone know of RV Parks in the NY/CT area that are affordable and have electric and water hookups?
I was hoping I could park it at an FD or EMS, and in exchange join that agency and they would technically have a driver in house. I am stilll a certified Firefighter and Paramedic, and am capable of driving, operating, and maintaining any type of emergency vehicle. I can drive ambulances, midmount and rearmount aerials and tower ladders, engines (I am certified in pumping and water supply), rescue trucks, tankers, brush trucks, etc. If someone knows of an agency that could work something out with me, I would greatly appreaciate it. Email me at seth@emtbravo.com if you know of anything, even if short term.
I hopefully will have a job lined up, but I am looking for a second job, if anyone knows anything that's open and pays decent. It doesn't have to be emergency services. Email me at seth@emtbravo.com .
I wish I never gave up some of my Westchester jobs I had, I always thought the grass was greener and kept moving up jobs, but I look back now and had it great right where I started.
Thanks guys for your concern, and whatever help you can offer me. I hope that some of you guys can come up and hang out with me when I get back.
There is more to what I am going through, but please don't speculate or comment on that.