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Alex, the boat purchase though a grant is the first I have heard of and would be great to see a joint once for the town, New Haven needs it without a doubt.
As for the contract, I believe that was a concession to disband an engine company and it was only for the formation / re-organization of two Emergency units, I'm not sure about the wording about another squad. The last I had hear was that NHFD had one transporting unit and three non-transporting ALS units on order for the Emergency units. E1 & E2 would remain at their current stations (Woodward Ave and Howard Ave.) while the one would go to Fountain Street and the other would go to either Whitney Ave or Ellsworth Ave (don't remember). I think it is still a crap shoot there and yet to be played out, no one can afford to loose anything in my opinion.
Chief Flynn, just like Wille D. stated, the Deputy works the entire shift. The upper management (chiefs) are the Chief of the Department, Assistant Chief of Operations, Assistant Chief of Administration, 4 Deputy Chiefs (shift commanders) and eight battalion chiefs (2 per shift). There is also an EMS officer (EMS-5) who I believe is the rank of captain (might be a chief level officer now, I am unsure) in charge of the paramedic / first responder operations. Each company (with the exception of the Emergency Units I believe) have a captain and three lieutenants. The department currently works a 3-day/3-off/3-night/3-off rotation with for shifts.

I need to make some corrections here. You are slightly off track, the Wiki that most of your information was copied from is a little inconsistent. The majority of the information correct. Just gonna breakdown your explanation where the corrections are needed.
You are correct for the most part with the apparatus. However the department's two ambulances are called "Emergency Units" staffed with a paramedic and a EMT-Driver, they are not utilized as an ambulance in the traditional sense. 99% of the time Emergency 1 & 2 are utilized for paramedic intercepts and vary rarely transport patients. When an ALS call is received, New Haven ERS (Emergency Reporting System) sends out the closest engine company for BLS first responder (EMT level), one Emergency Unit (nicknamed E-Units) and contacts New Haven C-MED for an ambulance (AMR is the primary transport for New Haven (or who ever the mutual aid ambulance service if AMR is not available). Which brings me to the next point, Emergency 1 & 2 have transport capabilities so they could transport the patient to the hospital if need be. The Emergency Units also respond to every box alarm / working fire in the city. If a firefighter needs transport (on or off duty in the city) or a family member, the E-Unit will transport them as well if requested. Also the E-Units though the state's OEMS plan is available for mutual aid as a paramedic intercept if necessary.
New Haven's current fireboat is trailered and not of the classic bearthed fireboat design, it is more of a rescue style boat with firefighting capabilities and does the job needed for the department. New Haven did operate a full size fireboat for many years, the last being the Sally Lee which was bearthed originally down at Long Wharf and supplemented with manpower from Engine 5 or Engine 4 (don't remember the history to well). With New Haven's tank farm and deep water port, it would be nice to see a full size fireboat in the city again, the Sally Lee went out of service in the late 1980s or early 1990s.
The Hazmat unit is operated by Squad 1 and is stationed out of the Whitney Avenue station. The current Hazmat 1 is a ALF / Sterling walk-in rescue style unit. Also stationed with hazmat one is the state foam trailer (one of several throughout the state) and a pickup truck (I think its a GMC, may be a Chevy) that is owned by NHFD to pull the trailer. The department also operates a state issued prime mover and decontamination trailer, which is stored at the fire training center / NHFD repair shops. And also it is one of two apparatus that is not all white, the prime mover and decon-trailer are solid red (one of the Emergency units is red and white as it was purchased as a demo). The state foam trailer is also all red and a few staff vehicles are not white (not many) but they all don't count! The mask service unit is operated by the shop mechanics and is stored their as well.
The Hose wagon is a recent addition that the NHFD shops converted from one of the department's old Pierce Arrow pumpers. Basically they took out the water tank and re-configured the bed for LDH. I believe the pump on the rig is still operational. (New Haven shop mechanics come up with some interesting concepts throughout the years!)
Except for one, all of the engines and squads are made by Pierce however the entire fleet is not. Like I said before Hazmat 1 is an ALF / Sterling rig. Engines 4, 6, 8, 9, 10 & 11 are Pierce Quantums without the fold down steps. Engines 15 & 17 and new Squad 2 are Arrow XTs. Squad 1 and reserve Squad (the current Squad 2) are Pierce Lances. Engine 5 is the department's 75' quint is a Sutphen that was refurbished around 5 years ago (Engine 5 ran a Quantam triple combination during this period waiting for their rig, then that triple became Engine 8). Two of the spare engines of the department are Pierce Dashes that served Engine 15 & 17 (they may only use one of these rigs now, unsure) and I beleive there is still a Pierce Arrow spare engine. Engine 16 is a pierce pumper with the same body style as the rest of the engine companies on a Kenworth four-door chassis. As for the trucks, Truck 1 and its spare are both 95 (maybe 100) foot Sutphen mid-mount tower ladders. Truck 2 and 4 are new Seagrave Maurauder chassis 100 ft. TDAs, there spares are also 100 foot Seagrave TDAs. New Truck 3 is a Pierce Arrow XT 100 foot rear mount aerial ladder, Truck 3A spare is a Seagrave 100 ft. rear mount aerial ladder. The two E-Units I believe are Hortons on Freightliner chassis however I know one of the spares is on an International and one of the in service ones may be also, I have to check that out because I know one E-unit box was re-chassied a few years back due to an accident, don't quote me until I got the correct info on that one. As for the rumor of the department going towards all Arrow XT rigs, that has yet to be confirmed but seems logical with the recent purchases. The only reason Truck 3 was not a Seagrave (which was preferred and so as I was told) was because of the cost of the rig and Pierce came in lower and was able to construct the rig the way NHFD needed it to be (Truck 3's district has a few low railroad overpasses). They also have a mini-pumper that serves as the department's brush truck, designated Car 47. This unit came from the Hotchkiss Hose Company of the Derby Fire Department and is a Pierce / Chevy 750 gpm rig). The department also at one time operate an International ARFF vehicle out of Engine 16's firehouse to cover Tweed-New Haven Airport. The airport now operates all ARFF operations and receives a dual response from New Haven and East Haven (as it sits on the town line).
The Deputy Chief (Car 32) is the shift commander with two Battalion chiefs (Cars 33 & 34) and I believe they are now operating GMC Suburbans for vehicles (unsure). The Battalions are called East Battalion and West Battalion. Currently each battalion has 5 engines, two trucks and an emergency unit. Both Squad companies are stationed in West Battalion firehouses (Squad 1 at Engine 8 and Squad 2 at Engine 9) and I think its only done this way because of city's geography and for administration purposes, not operations (I need to ask why as I have heard several reasons why they are in the same battalion).
All of New Haven's apparatus were red up until WW-II. With the rolling air-aid blackouts during the war, the department painted their apparatus white so they could be seen better at night since they could not use lights. And so the tradition stuck after the war and they are one of a few departments that have white rig in the state.
The current Squads were organized around the end of the 1990s / beginning of 2000. The origins of NHFD rescue rigs started with the original Emergency Unit that was part of Engine 12 (which has long been disbanded), established in 1941. In the 1960s, two Chevy vans were purchased and became Emergency 1 & 2 staffed with EMS trained firefighters, thus if I read NHFD's history correctly the orgiinal Emergency "rescue" unit was disbanded. The tactical units came in after the disbanding of two engine companies in the 1970s to staff them and were established long after this period. Tactical Unit 1 & 2 remained into service until for a few years until they were disbanded due to concessions, the current squad concept is technically not related to the old Tactical units as they were disbanded for several years before the current squads were organized. Also, the department saw the addition of two more emergency units around the time the TAC Units were in service, only one was staffed with medics, the other three with EMTs and the engines did not run as first responders.Tactical Unit 1 became the second piece of Engine 8 shortly after if memory serves me correctly and was placed at this station mainly due to the locality of the station throughout the rest of the city and also Interstates 91 & 95. During the early 1990s, the current Pierce Lance rescue pumper was purchased for Engine 8 and served in that capacity for many years. Truck 2 in the Hill section also had extrication tools on it as its station is located near the western portion of 95 through the city. Also during the re-organizational period, the three BLS Emergency units were disbanded and the ALS E-unit remained in service. A few months later a second ALS E-Unit was re-activated due to call volume. In the near future it looks like they will be back to four E-units but staffing them is another discussion with the possibility with the disbanding of an Engine Company to staff them (another discussion for a later time).
Now the New Haven Squad concept is more than the FDNY model as in New Haven, THEY ARE THE HEAVY RESCUE COMPANIES IN NEW HAVEN, and also an engine company. New Haven had only ten engine companies at this time and there was a need for two more, as well as a heavy rescue company, ect. ect. It was decided to make Engine 8's rescue pumper a separate company thus became Squad 1 while Squad 2 was organized to be stationed at Engine 9 to fully cover the city. Like I said before Squad 1 runs Hazmat 1 and I am not sure if Squad 2 has a "second piece" it runs. Both units respond to hazmat and technical rescues throughout the city (like in the recent cliff side rescue at East Rock Park). With regards to fire responses, the squads are likely to be the second,third or fourth due engine on the assignment and when the engine they are stationed with is out on another call or out of service, the squad becomes the first due engine for that district, same with medical responses as they will cover on a second call in their district.
As for the "Red-ball boxes" (I love that term) just like you said it was just an upgraded response on the assignment. The reason they were called "red-balls" was because of the red dot on the run card.
The information located here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Haven_Fire_Department - is not fully correct. I went to college in New Haven and buffed the department for many years. I also use to work at C-MED New Haven and have been associated with several of NHFD's members and dispatchers as well as being a former member of the Box 22 canteen buff group for a couple of years.
NHFD is a very progressive department and in my opinion has some of the best firefighters in our state.

I need to make some corrections here. You are slightly off track, the Wiki that most of your information was copied from is a little inconsistent. The majority of the information correct. Just gonna breakdown your explanation where the corrections are needed.
You are correct for the most part with the apparatus. However the department's two ambulances are called "Emergency Units" staffed with a paramedic and a EMT-Driver, they are not utilized as an ambulance in the traditional sense. 99% of the time Emergency 1 & 2 are utilized for paramedic intercepts and vary rarely transport patients. When an ALS call is received, New Haven ERS (Emergency Reporting System) sends out the closest engine company for BLS first responder (EMT level), one Emergency Unit (nicknamed E-Units) and contacts New Haven C-MED for an ambulance (AMR is the primary transport for New Haven (or who ever the mutual aid ambulance service if AMR is not available). Which brings me to the next point, Emergency 1 & 2 have transport capabilities so they could transport the patient to the hospital if need be. The Emergency Units also respond to every box alarm / working fire in the city. If a firefighter needs transport (on or off duty in the city) or a family member, the E-Unit will transport them as well if requested. Also the E-Units though the state's OEMS plan is available for mutual aid as a paramedic intercept if necessary.
New Haven's current fireboat is trailered and not of the classic bearthed fireboat design, it is more of a rescue style boat with firefighting capabilities and does the job needed for the department. New Haven did operate a full size fireboat for many years, the last being the Sally Lee which was bearthed originally down at Long Wharf and supplemented with manpower from Engine 5 or Engine 4 (don't remember the history to well). With New Haven's tank farm and deep water port, it would be nice to see a full size fireboat in the city again, the Sally Lee went out of service in the late 1980s or early 1990s.
The Hazmat unit is operated by Squad 1 and is stationed out of the Whitney Avenue station. The current Hazmat 1 is a ALF / Sterling walk-in rescue style unit. Also stationed with hazmat one is the state foam trailer (one of several throughout the state) and a pickup truck (I think its a GMC, may be a Chevy) that is owned by NHFD to pull the trailer. The department also operates a state issued prime mover and decontamination trailer, which is stored at the fire training center / NHFD repair shops. And also it is one of two apparatus that is not all white, the prime mover and decon-trailer are solid red (one of the Emergency units is red and white as it was purchased as a demo). The state foam trailer is also all red and a few staff vehicles are not white (not many) but they all don't count! The mask service unit is operated by the shop mechanics and is stored their as well.
The Hose wagon is a recent addition that the NHFD shops converted from one of the department's old Pierce Arrow pumpers. Basically they took out the water tank and re-configured the bed for LDH. I believe the pump on the rig is still operational. (New Haven shop mechanics come up with some interesting concepts throughout the years!)
Except for one, all of the engines and squads are made by Pierce however the entire fleet is not. Like I said before Hazmat 1 is an ALF / Sterling rig. Engines 4, 6, 8, 9, 10 & 11 are Pierce Quantums without the fold down steps. Engines 15 & 17 and new Squad 2 are Arrow XTs. Squad 1 and reserve Squad (the current Squad 2) are Pierce Lances. Engine 5 is the department's 75' quint is a Sutphen that was refurbished around 5 years ago (Engine 5 ran a Quantam triple combination during this period waiting for their rig, then that triple became Engine 8). Two of the spare engines of the department are Pierce Dashes that served Engine 15 & 17 (they may only use one of these rigs now, unsure) and I beleive there is still a Pierce Arrow spare engine. Engine 16 is a pierce pumper with the same body style as the rest of the engine companies on a Kenworth four-door chassis. As for the trucks, Truck 1 and its spare are both 95 (maybe 100) foot Sutphen mid-mount tower ladders. Truck 2 and 4 are new Seagrave Maurauder chassis 100 ft. TDAs, there spares are also 100 foot Seagrave TDAs. New Truck 3 is a Pierce Arrow XT 100 foot rear mount aerial ladder, Truck 3A spare is a Seagrave 100 ft. rear mount aerial ladder. The two E-Units I believe are Hortons on Freightliner chassis however I know one of the spares is on an International and one of the in service ones may be also, I have to check that out because I know one E-unit box was re-chassied a few years back due to an accident, don't quote me until I got the correct info on that one. As for the rumor of the department going towards all Arrow XT rigs, that has yet to be confirmed but seems logical with the recent purchases. The only reason Truck 3 was not a Seagrave (which was preferred and so as I was told) was because of the cost of the rig and Pierce came in lower and was able to construct the rig the way NHFD needed it to be (Truck 3's district has a few low railroad overpasses). They also have a mini-pumper that serves as the department's brush truck, designated Car 47. This unit came from the Hotchkiss Hose Company of the Derby Fire Department and is a Pierce / Chevy 750 gpm rig). The department also at one time operate an International ARFF vehicle out of Engine 16's firehouse to cover Tweed-New Haven Airport. The airport now operates all ARFF operations and receives a dual response from New Haven and East Haven (as it sits on the town line).
The Deputy Chief (Car 32) is the shift commander with two Battalion chiefs (Cars 33 & 34) and I believe they are now operating GMC Suburbans for vehicles (unsure). The Battalions are called East Battalion and West Battalion. Currently each battalion has 5 engines, two trucks and an emergency unit. Both Squad companies are stationed in West Battalion firehouses (Squad 1 at Engine 8 and Squad 2 at Engine 9) and I think its only done this way because of city's geography and for administration purposes, not operations (I need to ask why as I have heard several reasons why they are in the same battalion).
All of New Haven's apparatus were red up until WW-II. With the rolling air-aid blackouts during the war, the department painted their apparatus white so they could be seen better at night since they could not use lights. And so the tradition stuck after the war and they are one of a few departments that have white rig in the state.
The current Squads were organized around the end of the 1990s / beginning of 2000. The origins of NHFD rescue rigs started with the original Emergency Unit that was part of Engine 12 (which has long been disbanded), established in 1941. In the 1960s, two Chevy vans were purchased and became Emergency 1 & 2 staffed with EMS trained firefighters, thus if I read NHFD's history correctly the orgiinal Emergency "rescue" unit was disbanded. The tactical units came in after the disbanding of two engine companies in the 1970s to staff them and were established long after this period. Tactical Unit 1 & 2 remained into service until for a few years until they were disbanded due to concessions, the current squad concept is technically not related to the old Tactical units as they were disbanded for several years before the current squads were organized. Also, the department saw the addition of two more emergency units around the time the TAC Units were in service, only one was staffed with medics, the other three with EMTs and the engines did not run as first responders.Tactical Unit 1 became the second piece of Engine 8 shortly after if memory serves me correctly and was placed at this station mainly due to the locality of the station throughout the rest of the city and also Interstates 91 & 95. During the early 1990s, the current Pierce Lance rescue pumper was purchased for Engine 8 and served in that capacity for many years. Truck 2 in the Hill section also had extrication tools on it as its station is located near the western portion of 95 through the city. Also during the re-organizational period, the three BLS Emergency units were disbanded and the ALS E-unit remained in service. A few months later a second ALS E-Unit was re-activated due to call volume. In the near future it looks like they will be back to four E-units but staffing them is another discussion with the possibility with the disbanding of an Engine Company to staff them (another discussion for a later time).
Now the New Haven Squad concept is more than the FDNY model as in New Haven, THEY ARE THE HEAVY RESCUE COMPANIES IN NEW HAVEN, and also an engine company. New Haven had only ten engine companies at this time and there was a need for two more, as well as a heavy rescue company, ect. ect. It was decided to make Engine 8's rescue pumper a separate company thus became Squad 1 while Squad 2 was organized to be stationed at Engine 9 to fully cover the city. Like I said before Squad 1 runs Hazmat 1 and I am not sure if Squad 2 has a "second piece" it runs. Both units respond to hazmat and technical rescues throughout the city (like in the recent cliff side rescue at East Rock Park). With regards to fire responses, the squads are likely to be the second,third or fourth due engine on the assignment and when the engine they are stationed with is out on another call or out of service, the squad becomes the first due engine for that district, same with medical responses as they will cover on a second call in their district.
As for the "Red-ball boxes" (I love that term) just like you said it was just an upgraded response on the assignment. The reason they were called "red-balls" was because of the red dot on the run card.
The information located here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Haven_Fire_Department - is not fully correct. I went to college in New Haven and buffed the department for many years. I also use to work at C-MED New Haven and have been associated with several of NHFD's members and dispatchers as well as being a former member of the Box 22 canteen buff group for a couple of years.
NHFD is a very progressive department and in my opinion has some of the best firefighters in our state.

I need to make some corrections here. You are slightly off track, the Wiki that most of your information was copied from is a little inconsistent. The majority of the information correct. Just gonna breakdown your explanation where the corrections are needed.
You are correct for the most part with the apparatus. However the department's two ambulances are called "Emergency Units" staffed with a paramedic and a EMT-Driver, they are not utilized as an ambulance in the traditional sense. 99% of the time Emergency 1 & 2 are utilized for paramedic intercepts and vary rarely transport patients. When an ALS call is received, New Haven ERS (Emergency Reporting System) sends out the closest engine company for BLS first responder (EMT level), one Emergency Unit (nicknamed E-Units) and contacts New Haven C-MED for an ambulance (AMR is the primary transport for New Haven (or who ever the mutual aid ambulance service if AMR is not available). Which brings me to the next point, Emergency 1 & 2 have transport capabilities so they could transport the patient to the hospital if need be. The Emergency Units also respond to every box alarm / working fire in the city. If a firefighter needs transport (on or off duty in the city) or a family member, the E-Unit will transport them as well if requested. Also the E-Units though the state's OEMS plan is available for mutual aid as a paramedic intercept if necessary.
New Haven's current fireboat is trailered and not of the classic bearthed fireboat design, it is more of a rescue style boat with firefighting capabilities and does the job needed for the department. New Haven did operate a full size fireboat for many years, the last being the Sally Lee which was bearthed originally down at Long Wharf and supplemented with manpower from Engine 5 or Engine 4 (don't remember the history to well). With New Haven's tank farm and deep water port, it would be nice to see a full size fireboat in the city again, the Sally Lee went out of service in the late 1980s or early 1990s.
The Hazmat unit is operated by Squad 1 and is stationed out of the Whitney Avenue station. The current Hazmat 1 is a ALF / Sterling walk-in rescue style unit. Also stationed with hazmat one is the state foam trailer (one of several throughout the state) and a pickup truck (I think its a GMC, may be a Chevy) that is owned by NHFD to pull the trailer. The department also operates a state issued prime mover and decontamination trailer, which is stored at the fire training center / NHFD repair shops. And also it is one of two apparatus that is not all white, the prime mover and decon-trailer are solid red (one of the Emergency units is red and white as it was purchased as a demo). The state foam trailer is also all red and a few staff vehicles are not white (not many) but they all don't count! The mask service unit is operated by the shop mechanics and is stored their as well.
The Hose wagon is a recent addition that the NHFD shops converted from one of the department's old Pierce Arrow pumpers. Basically they took out the water tank and re-configured the bed for LDH. I believe the pump on the rig is still operational. (New Haven shop mechanics come up with some interesting concepts throughout the years!)
Except for one, all of the engines and squads are made by Pierce however the entire fleet is not. Like I said before Hazmat 1 is an ALF / Sterling rig. Engines 4, 6, 8, 9, 10 & 11 are Pierce Quantums without the fold down steps. Engines 15 & 17 and new Squad 2 are Arrow XTs. Squad 1 and reserve Squad (the current Squad 2) are Pierce Lances. Engine 5 is the department's 75' quint is a Sutphen that was refurbished around 5 years ago (Engine 5 ran a Quantam triple combination during this period waiting for their rig, then that triple became Engine 8). Two of the spare engines of the department are Pierce Dashes that served Engine 15 & 17 (they may only use one of these rigs now, unsure) and I beleive there is still a Pierce Arrow spare engine. Engine 16 is a pierce pumper with the same body style as the rest of the engine companies on a Kenworth four-door chassis. As for the trucks, Truck 1 and its spare are both 95 (maybe 100) foot Sutphen mid-mount tower ladders. Truck 2 and 4 are new Seagrave Maurauder chassis 100 ft. TDAs, there spares are also 100 foot Seagrave TDAs. New Truck 3 is a Pierce Arrow XT 100 foot rear mount aerial ladder, Truck 3A spare is a Seagrave 100 ft. rear mount aerial ladder. The two E-Units I believe are Hortons on Freightliner chassis however I know one of the spares is on an International and one of the in service ones may be also, I have to check that out because I know one E-unit box was re-chassied a few years back due to an accident, don't quote me until I got the correct info on that one. As for the rumor of the department going towards all Arrow XT rigs, that has yet to be confirmed but seems logical with the recent purchases. The only reason Truck 3 was not a Seagrave (which was preferred and so as I was told) was because of the cost of the rig and Pierce came in lower and was able to construct the rig the way NHFD needed it to be (Truck 3's district has a few low railroad overpasses). They also have a mini-pumper that serves as the department's brush truck, designated Car 47. This unit came from the Hotchkiss Hose Company of the Derby Fire Department and is a Pierce / Chevy 750 gpm rig). The department also at one time operate an International ARFF vehicle out of Engine 16's firehouse to cover Tweed-New Haven Airport. The airport now operates all ARFF operations and receives a dual response from New Haven and East Haven (as it sits on the town line).
The Deputy Chief (Car 32) is the shift commander with two Battalion chiefs (Cars 33 & 34) and I believe they are now operating GMC Suburbans for vehicles (unsure). The Battalions are called East Battalion and West Battalion. Currently each battalion has 5 engines, two trucks and an emergency unit. Both Squad companies are stationed in West Battalion firehouses (Squad 1 at Engine 8 and Squad 2 at Engine 9) and I think its only done this way because of city's geography and for administration purposes, not operations (I need to ask why as I have heard several reasons why they are in the same battalion).
All of New Haven's apparatus were red up until WW-II. With the rolling air-aid blackouts during the war, the department painted their apparatus white so they could be seen better at night since they could not use lights. And so the tradition stuck after the war and they are one of a few departments that have white rig in the state.
The current Squads were organized around the end of the 1990s / beginning of 2000. The origins of NHFD rescue rigs started with the original Emergency Unit that was part of Engine 12 (which has long been disbanded), established in 1941. In the 1960s, two Chevy vans were purchased and became Emergency 1 & 2 staffed with EMS trained firefighters, thus if I read NHFD's history correctly the orgiinal Emergency "rescue" unit was disbanded. The tactical units came in after the disbanding of two engine companies in the 1970s to staff them and were established long after this period. Tactical Unit 1 & 2 remained into service until for a few years until they were disbanded due to concessions, the current squad concept is technically not related to the old Tactical units as they were disbanded for several years before the current squads were organized. Also, the department saw the addition of two more emergency units around the time the TAC Units were in service, only one was staffed with medics, the other three with EMTs and the engines did not run as first responders.Tactical Unit 1 became the second piece of Engine 8 shortly after if memory serves me correctly and was placed at this station mainly due to the locality of the station throughout the rest of the city and also Interstates 91 & 95. During the early 1990s, the current Pierce Lance rescue pumper was purchased for Engine 8 and served in that capacity for many years. Truck 2 in the Hill section also had extrication tools on it as its station is located near the western portion of 95 through the city. Also during the re-organizational period, the three BLS Emergency units were disbanded and the ALS E-unit remained in service. A few months later a second ALS E-Unit was re-activated due to call volume. In the near future it looks like they will be back to four E-units but staffing them is another discussion with the possibility with the disbanding of an Engine Company to staff them (another discussion for a later time).
Now the New Haven Squad concept is more than the FDNY model as in New Haven, THEY ARE THE HEAVY RESCUE COMPANIES IN NEW HAVEN, and also an engine company. New Haven had only ten engine companies at this time and there was a need for two more, as well as a heavy rescue company, ect. ect. It was decided to make Engine 8's rescue pumper a separate company thus became Squad 1 while Squad 2 was organized to be stationed at Engine 9 to fully cover the city. Like I said before Squad 1 runs Hazmat 1 and I am not sure if Squad 2 has a "second piece" it runs. Both units respond to hazmat and technical rescues throughout the city (like in the recent cliff side rescue at East Rock Park). With regards to fire responses, the squads are likely to be the second,third or fourth due engine on the assignment and when the engine they are stationed with is out on another call or out of service, the squad becomes the first due engine for that district, same with medical responses as they will cover on a second call in their district.
As for the "Red-ball boxes" (I love that term) just like you said it was just an upgraded response on the assignment. The reason they were called "red-balls" was because of the red dot on the run card.
The information located here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Haven_Fire_Department - is not fully correct. I went to college in New Haven and buffed the department for many years. I also use to work at C-MED New Haven and have been associated with several of NHFD's members and dispatchers as well as being a former member of the Box 22 canteen buff group for a couple of years.
NHFD is a very progressive department and in my opinion has some of the best firefighters in our state.

The accepted nationwide APCO (Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials) standard is from the time the 9-1-1 or standard phone call for service is answered to the time the first unit that was dispatched announces his / her arrival on scene.

Before any public safety position is ever eliminated, all non-vital positions such as Mayor, Deputy Mayor, Commissioners, mayoral aides, secretaries, etc, should be eliminated.

Hartsdale and Stratford, CT should write a book about their apparatus problems in recent years! No department should go through this!

Hartsdale and Stratford, CT should write a book about their apparatus problems in recent years! No department should go through this!

It seems if you pay the meter you can park in front of the hydrant.

I am just saddened I didn't think of it sooner!! I REACT!!!! I use 2 way radio communication during emergency situations!! Oh wait, that's right, SO DO WE!!!
:rolleyes:

Damn it! Beat me to the REACT comment.

As a HAM I am totally offended that you posted a picture of my well equipped Mobile Radio Emergency Field Communications Vehicle (Callsign "Car Lightning-Rod"). I've been featured on HAMSEXY.COM but this picture is before I added the all important CERT, ARES and SKYWARN reflective id signs on my vehicle..............
OH GOD I CAN'T CONTINUE!!!! Laughing too hard when trying to type this out.
But goes to show yah when a good thing goes totally bad!!!!!

YES I am! I REACT to the local watering hole when that happens!!!

As a HAM I am totally offended that you posted a picture of my well equipped Mobile Radio Emergency Field Communications Vehicle (Callsign "Car Lightning-Rod"). I've been featured on HAMSEXY.COM but this picture is before I added the all important CERT, ARES and SKYWARN reflective id signs on my vehicle..............
OH GOD I CAN'T CONTINUE!!!! Laughing too hard when trying to type this out.
But goes to show yah when a good thing goes totally bad!!!!!

OK, Who's the buff?

Okay BIG BONE to pick. Eli, freakin' awesome camera, and great shots. BUT, fellas, he gets THREE REPS for TWO Toyota Prius's, one with a dent in the door? What is this site coming too? LOL
Kidding aside, I know you travel far to get these shots, and most of us appreciate them very much, so thank you Eli.

The department has a uniform policy plan and simple, just like every other department. Where I work we cannot wear a pink shirt or do red shirt Fridays. We have to wear our standard uniform shirt and a navy blue work t-shirt under it. That is our policy, yes we would like to be able to do wear the shirts in support but rules are rules. There are other ways to show your support like with a ribbon or pin on your shirt, obviously with permission. I'm assuming somewhere down the line their uniform policy was a problem and they began enforcing it.
Also the quote "We were under the impression it was improved" pretty much can make you take it both ways; either they had permission to make up a shirt for presentation or they just had them made up and began wearing them with out proper permission.
If there is an agreed uniform policy between the local and the management well it has to be followed. Sounds like both sides didn't follow up properly.

We never knew what happned to them either.....it was only years later I found out who bought 100 of them, and He happened to have 234, which I manged to buy from him. I still have a list of #'s I want to buy off him some day!
Central Falls RI, the city is going through bankruptcy and is selling their street boxes on ebay. There are always many on ebay at any given time, prices range from $75 for a shell to $500 plus for older model boxes. 3 Dept.s in Nassau County still use a Gamewell box system.
Bellerose Village box #25

Remnants of my Departments box system still remain if you know what you are looking at.

Pretty cool, I own the Gamewell box that was 2 houses away from my house growing up. The Gamewell boxes were taken out of service in 1986. Replaced with King-Fisher slime green boxes that just went out of service last year.

On Friday October 14, 2011 I was invited to tour the Gamewell-FCI facility in Westwood, Massachusetts
with some guys from my Gamewell Fire Alarm Box Group on Facebook. "TR54" and I had a great time!
Below are some photos I took that I wanted to share with EMTBravo
(I do apologize the photo quality is not the best - taken with a Blackberry)








This is a brand new cast iron shell just off the line made for the NYC Subway System

If you would like to join my Gamewell Fire Alarm Box Facebook Group below is the link:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/gamewellfirealarmbox/
I do have another tour in the works for April at a Gamewell facility in Connecticut that
I might open up to some EMTBravo members who are genuine Gamewell collectors and enthusiasts
If you ever had a Gamewell system 10 years ago or 100 years ago they still have the Keys
City of Peekskill, New York

I HOPE YOU ENJOY THE PHOTOS!

Ensure he gets ample time in General Population first so that he may feel plenty of pain and fear.

They should do the same to him as he did to that poor family. Hopefully this brings some peace and some closure to Dr.Petit. God bless the Petit family may they suffer no more.

Great news. Fry him indeed. I still don't understand how the first Jury could only reach a verdict on 16 of their 17 counts? I'm curious what their qualm was about that last charge.

Fry him!!!!

Verdicts are coming in!
Komisarjevsky guilty of murder,kidnapping and capital felonies so far!!!!
http://www.wtnh.com/
GUILTY ON ALL 17 COUNTS!!!!!!!