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Below from this month's edition of "American City and County." Find this article at: http://www.americancityandcounty.com/pubsa...0908/index.html

55, eh ? Got them 30 years yet ?

You've got to be kidding !

I just read two of your posts and can't understand either one !

I beg you.......don't use the Stamford model !!!

Could the headline writer from the JN possibly have thought of another word than "Joint ?"

Somebody wake me up. I think that I went back to the future. Perhaps CHIEFHAC can provide some info on the rigs. Some of the photos show rigs that are actually the same but were moved around as new rigs were received. The photo of "Engine 7" is a 1958 Mack and was originally Engine 5 for a good many years. Engine 7 was the spare. There never was more than one foam truck in service. As rigs were retired, ocasionally they would bump down and become the foam truck. The foam truck was never manned unless there was a box or a spcial call for it. The "back step" career firefighter assigned to Engine 5 would drive it. There were two ALF tillers, Trucks 1 & 2. Truck 1 was a 1967 and Truck 2 was a 1968. They were both identical, 100' aerials, except for some hand tools and Truck 1 carried a 50-foot extension ladder with tormentor poles) and Truck 2 had a 45-foot extension.

Ether bottles ? Wow.....haven't used them inside. All of the hybrid buses will be stored indoors. Starting is easy.

You're asking a very small vehicle to perform many jobs. Think of the mission of the rig. Then size and design it accordingly. $$ should be a consideration.....but not the ultimate one !

Trainers going down to the factory soon. Training coming to a firehouse near you this fall. Two quick things to do if there is an incident with a hybrid bus: 1. Turn off the fuel with the "Emergency Fuel Shutoff Valve" in the engine compartment on the right hand side. 2. Turn off the batteries with the disconnect switch in the curb side rear compartment. The new hybrids (bus # 205 - 299) utilize "parallel" hybrid technology. Simply put, the engine will run at a constant RPM and the batteries, located on the roof, are charged and add supplemental power to the propulsion system.

Yep, me too.

The children.....Oh my God.......the children !!!

Will this EVER end ?

.....including a central 911 answering center ?

It has and all FD's and EMS agencies who want to be there, are !

14 have been delivered and 8 are in service as of yesterday.

Oh boy ! Here we go again !

What a mess.

Work begins on new public safety HQ in Scarsdale SCARSDALE - Exactly 100 years after the village hired its first police officer to arrest speeders along the newly paved Post Road, the 1922-built red brick Federal-style police headquarters is set to undergo major renovations. Bringing the Scarsdale Public Safety Building - which houses the headquarters of both the police and fire departments - to 21st century standards has been in the works for six years. http://www.lohud.com/article/20090720/NEWS...323/1018/NEWS02

Officials: Conn. firefighter suspended - played college football while on sick leave June 12, 2009 FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) - A 42-year-old Connecticut firefighter is challenging a suspension for allegedly playing college football while on sick leave. http://www.lohud.com/article/20090612/NEWS/906120395

Engine 70 was one of the "combo" units that FDNY had in the late 70's/early 80's to save manpower and $$. Lake Carmel FD purchased the rig from FDNY in about 1988. I remember travelling down to the shops and picking the rig up. Drew Hanson, retired Lt. FDNY, and I drove the truck back to Lake Carmel. The automatic transmission had 2-speeds.....Low.....and semi-low ! Was quite an experience going up 684.

This is a former Bee-Line ParaTransit van.

Amen !

........so much for NIMS !

.....and that's part of the reason why rigs are so expensive in the City. The City also capitalizes the 5 year warranty which is expensive and tends to keep away prospective vendors. FDNY must get what works for them, though. The City is unique and the apparatus designers are keenly aware of the fleet's needs.