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On October, 9, 2012, The City of Norwalk Fire Department took delivery of a 42' North River Marine Fire Boat. The boat has been named "The Robert Bedell" in honor and memory of one of our own who died in the line of duty several years ago.

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.

Have you always wondered who Mark Twain (aka Samuel Clemens) modeled his tough little boy character Tom Sawyer after?
Please met the real Tom Sawyer: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/The-Adventures-of-the-Real-Tom-Sawyer-169773916.html


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I visited DCFDEMS and thier museum at "Columbia" Engine 3 last summer. They run 33 engines (sequential numbers), 16 trucks (numbered 2 through 17), three rescue squads, a hazmat unit with 2 hazmat suppoirt units, a air unit, brush fire unit, 2 fireboats, 2 foam units, 2 tacs, a command rig, the heavy crane wrecker, a canteen and a rehab unit as their "front line" fire apparatus. EMS has 39 ambulances.
Engine 52 is a hose wagon and carries thier five inch hose. If I remember correctly its about 2000 feet carried. It is station at "Columbia" Engine 3 which is across the street from the "Billy Goat" (great little bar) and not far from the Capitol Building. Now there are six "water supply hose wagons" with one assigned to each of the six battalions. They were manned by the engine company where they are housed in but they can be picked up by another company if the assigned engine company is out on another call. They are the standard DCFD engines just with five inch hose on them. There was talk of fully staffing them 24 / 7 after some pretty significant incidents over the years or at least runing them as a two-piece engine company to all alarms in thier districts. Here are the locations;
Battalion 1 - Engine 12 has WS Engine 51
Battalion 2 - Enigne 3 has WS Engine 52
Battalion 3 - Enigne 19 has WS Engine 53
Battalion 4 - Engine 11 has WS Engine 54
Battalion 5 - Engine 21 has WS Engine 55
Battalion 6 - Engine 16 has WS Engine 56
(Notice the last number of the WSE co-insides with the Battalion number)
DCFD/EMS was traditionally a two-piece engine company (the engine and the hose wagon) due to the lay out of the city. Many of the residential and commercial structures have rear alleyways between the blocks. So when responding, the Engine Comapny hose wagon would lay into the ally way with the engine taking the hydrant while the next due engine and hose wagon would take the front of the building. This was done because of access problems. Though they do not have the traditional two-piece engine companies of yesteryear, they still operate this way by sending an engine into the alleyway and an engine to the front. I think the alleyway engine also has a engine at the hydrant to feed it.
I though I had posted some pictures from my visit to "Columbia" Engine 3 and the fire museumb here on the forum but the thread may be archived. I have to search for it again.
Also the reason I call Engine 3 "Columbia" is because the company traces its roots back to the original "Columbia Engine Company No. 3" of the old volunteer days. this comapny was in charge of protecting the Captiol area. Engine 3 is one of three original fire comanies in DC that have transitioned from the volunteer force into the current career force. The fourth was Truck 1 which was housed at Engine 3 until it was disbanded during the 1980s / 1990s. Also there is talk of erecting a new firehouse for Columbia Engine 3 and giving thier current firehouse over to the fire museum which currently occupies the third floor of the building.
DCFD/EMS website:http://www.dcfd.com/stations.php
IAFF Local 36 Website: http://www.iaff36.org
Friendship Fire Association website (museum): http://www.friendshipfire.org/

I visited DCFDEMS and thier museum at "Columbia" Engine 3 last summer. They run 33 engines (sequential numbers), 16 trucks (numbered 2 through 17), three rescue squads, a hazmat unit with 2 hazmat suppoirt units, a air unit, brush fire unit, 2 fireboats, 2 foam units, 2 tacs, a command rig, the heavy crane wrecker, a canteen and a rehab unit as their "front line" fire apparatus. EMS has 39 ambulances.
Engine 52 is a hose wagon and carries thier five inch hose. If I remember correctly its about 2000 feet carried. It is station at "Columbia" Engine 3 which is across the street from the "Billy Goat" (great little bar) and not far from the Capitol Building. Now there are six "water supply hose wagons" with one assigned to each of the six battalions. They were manned by the engine company where they are housed in but they can be picked up by another company if the assigned engine company is out on another call. They are the standard DCFD engines just with five inch hose on them. There was talk of fully staffing them 24 / 7 after some pretty significant incidents over the years or at least runing them as a two-piece engine company to all alarms in thier districts. Here are the locations;
Battalion 1 - Engine 12 has WS Engine 51
Battalion 2 - Enigne 3 has WS Engine 52
Battalion 3 - Enigne 19 has WS Engine 53
Battalion 4 - Engine 11 has WS Engine 54
Battalion 5 - Engine 21 has WS Engine 55
Battalion 6 - Engine 16 has WS Engine 56
(Notice the last number of the WSE co-insides with the Battalion number)
DCFD/EMS was traditionally a two-piece engine company (the engine and the hose wagon) due to the lay out of the city. Many of the residential and commercial structures have rear alleyways between the blocks. So when responding, the Engine Comapny hose wagon would lay into the ally way with the engine taking the hydrant while the next due engine and hose wagon would take the front of the building. This was done because of access problems. Though they do not have the traditional two-piece engine companies of yesteryear, they still operate this way by sending an engine into the alleyway and an engine to the front. I think the alleyway engine also has a engine at the hydrant to feed it.
I though I had posted some pictures from my visit to "Columbia" Engine 3 and the fire museumb here on the forum but the thread may be archived. I have to search for it again.
Also the reason I call Engine 3 "Columbia" is because the company traces its roots back to the original "Columbia Engine Company No. 3" of the old volunteer days. this comapny was in charge of protecting the Captiol area. Engine 3 is one of three original fire comanies in DC that have transitioned from the volunteer force into the current career force. The fourth was Truck 1 which was housed at Engine 3 until it was disbanded during the 1980s / 1990s. Also there is talk of erecting a new firehouse for Columbia Engine 3 and giving thier current firehouse over to the fire museum which currently occupies the third floor of the building.
DCFD/EMS website:http://www.dcfd.com/stations.php
IAFF Local 36 Website: http://www.iaff36.org
Friendship Fire Association website (museum): http://www.friendshipfire.org/

I visited DCFDEMS and thier museum at "Columbia" Engine 3 last summer. They run 33 engines (sequential numbers), 16 trucks (numbered 2 through 17), three rescue squads, a hazmat unit with 2 hazmat suppoirt units, a air unit, brush fire unit, 2 fireboats, 2 foam units, 2 tacs, a command rig, the heavy crane wrecker, a canteen and a rehab unit as their "front line" fire apparatus. EMS has 39 ambulances.
Engine 52 is a hose wagon and carries thier five inch hose. If I remember correctly its about 2000 feet carried. It is station at "Columbia" Engine 3 which is across the street from the "Billy Goat" (great little bar) and not far from the Capitol Building. Now there are six "water supply hose wagons" with one assigned to each of the six battalions. They were manned by the engine company where they are housed in but they can be picked up by another company if the assigned engine company is out on another call. They are the standard DCFD engines just with five inch hose on them. There was talk of fully staffing them 24 / 7 after some pretty significant incidents over the years or at least runing them as a two-piece engine company to all alarms in thier districts. Here are the locations;
Battalion 1 - Engine 12 has WS Engine 51
Battalion 2 - Enigne 3 has WS Engine 52
Battalion 3 - Enigne 19 has WS Engine 53
Battalion 4 - Engine 11 has WS Engine 54
Battalion 5 - Engine 21 has WS Engine 55
Battalion 6 - Engine 16 has WS Engine 56
(Notice the last number of the WSE co-insides with the Battalion number)
DCFD/EMS was traditionally a two-piece engine company (the engine and the hose wagon) due to the lay out of the city. Many of the residential and commercial structures have rear alleyways between the blocks. So when responding, the Engine Comapny hose wagon would lay into the ally way with the engine taking the hydrant while the next due engine and hose wagon would take the front of the building. This was done because of access problems. Though they do not have the traditional two-piece engine companies of yesteryear, they still operate this way by sending an engine into the alleyway and an engine to the front. I think the alleyway engine also has a engine at the hydrant to feed it.
I though I had posted some pictures from my visit to "Columbia" Engine 3 and the fire museumb here on the forum but the thread may be archived. I have to search for it again.
Also the reason I call Engine 3 "Columbia" is because the company traces its roots back to the original "Columbia Engine Company No. 3" of the old volunteer days. this comapny was in charge of protecting the Captiol area. Engine 3 is one of three original fire comanies in DC that have transitioned from the volunteer force into the current career force. The fourth was Truck 1 which was housed at Engine 3 until it was disbanded during the 1980s / 1990s. Also there is talk of erecting a new firehouse for Columbia Engine 3 and giving thier current firehouse over to the fire museum which currently occupies the third floor of the building.
DCFD/EMS website:http://www.dcfd.com/stations.php
IAFF Local 36 Website: http://www.iaff36.org
Friendship Fire Association website (museum): http://www.friendshipfire.org/

I visited DCFDEMS and thier museum at "Columbia" Engine 3 last summer. They run 33 engines (sequential numbers), 16 trucks (numbered 2 through 17), three rescue squads, a hazmat unit with 2 hazmat suppoirt units, a air unit, brush fire unit, 2 fireboats, 2 foam units, 2 tacs, a command rig, the heavy crane wrecker, a canteen and a rehab unit as their "front line" fire apparatus. EMS has 39 ambulances.
Engine 52 is a hose wagon and carries thier five inch hose. If I remember correctly its about 2000 feet carried. It is station at "Columbia" Engine 3 which is across the street from the "Billy Goat" (great little bar) and not far from the Capitol Building. Now there are six "water supply hose wagons" with one assigned to each of the six battalions. They were manned by the engine company where they are housed in but they can be picked up by another company if the assigned engine company is out on another call. They are the standard DCFD engines just with five inch hose on them. There was talk of fully staffing them 24 / 7 after some pretty significant incidents over the years or at least runing them as a two-piece engine company to all alarms in thier districts. Here are the locations;
Battalion 1 - Engine 12 has WS Engine 51
Battalion 2 - Enigne 3 has WS Engine 52
Battalion 3 - Enigne 19 has WS Engine 53
Battalion 4 - Engine 11 has WS Engine 54
Battalion 5 - Engine 21 has WS Engine 55
Battalion 6 - Engine 16 has WS Engine 56
(Notice the last number of the WSE co-insides with the Battalion number)
DCFD/EMS was traditionally a two-piece engine company (the engine and the hose wagon) due to the lay out of the city. Many of the residential and commercial structures have rear alleyways between the blocks. So when responding, the Engine Comapny hose wagon would lay into the ally way with the engine taking the hydrant while the next due engine and hose wagon would take the front of the building. This was done because of access problems. Though they do not have the traditional two-piece engine companies of yesteryear, they still operate this way by sending an engine into the alleyway and an engine to the front. I think the alleyway engine also has a engine at the hydrant to feed it.
I though I had posted some pictures from my visit to "Columbia" Engine 3 and the fire museumb here on the forum but the thread may be archived. I have to search for it again.
Also the reason I call Engine 3 "Columbia" is because the company traces its roots back to the original "Columbia Engine Company No. 3" of the old volunteer days. this comapny was in charge of protecting the Captiol area. Engine 3 is one of three original fire comanies in DC that have transitioned from the volunteer force into the current career force. The fourth was Truck 1 which was housed at Engine 3 until it was disbanded during the 1980s / 1990s. Also there is talk of erecting a new firehouse for Columbia Engine 3 and giving thier current firehouse over to the fire museum which currently occupies the third floor of the building.
DCFD/EMS website:http://www.dcfd.com/stations.php
IAFF Local 36 Website: http://www.iaff36.org
Friendship Fire Association website (museum): http://www.friendshipfire.org/

Just remember this my fellow vollies...........
If you drive like an 'Hole with a flashing blue light while in you POV when responding to a call, you're a 'Hole fireman driver.
If you drive to a call without a blue light flashing, then your just an 'Hole driver.
I rather be the the second, not the first cause I'll fit in with the other 'hole drivers out there and not make me a target as a fireman!!!

Sorry, had to. Hope you all find the humor in it.

Sorry, had to. Hope you all find the humor in it.

Just remember this my fellow vollies...........
If you drive like an 'Hole with a flashing blue light while in you POV when responding to a call, you're a 'Hole fireman driver.
If you drive to a call without a blue light flashing, then your just an 'Hole driver.
I rather be the the second, not the first cause I'll fit in with the other 'hole drivers out there and not make me a target as a fireman!!!

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.

First of all, I believe that thus far, it is only speculation if South Salem is actually exploring a Ladder/Quint.
Secondly, in the years I have been at my job, I can not recall an instance where the SSFD did not have manpower to cover an incident.
Lastly, I don't see how all of you armchair quarterbacks can say they don't need an aerial device of some sort. Let's assume there's a fire at Four Winds on Route 35.
Ridgefield - 6.08 miles away
Bedford Hills - 8.65 miles away
Somers - 10.98 miles away
Katonah - 6.51 miles away
Croton Falls - 6.46 miles away
You're looking at no less than a 10 minute ride, not taking into consideration travel time to the FD, traffic issues, weather, etc.
If they're doing it, I say good for them.
But I do agree there are some out there that don't need to exist...

I wanted to add that quite honestly, unless they are requested for any alarm by the IC, they shouldn't be responding automatically anywhere. Not saying a canteen is not a good thing, but there needs to be an agreement with any agency they expect to service.

I wanted to add that quite honestly, unless they are requested for any alarm by the IC, they shouldn't be responding automatically anywhere. Not saying a canteen is not a good thing, but there needs to be an agreement with any agency they expect to service.

I couldn't agree more with you Willie. It's one thing going out to buff a department, hand out with them, go to a call and the guys on the rig ask you to take a hydrant while riding with them (if they were to do that). But this idea of paying to be a firefighter for a day there is another reason to remove the top commanders and political appointees who really know nothing of the fire service from their positions.
I hope this was only a tongue in cheek response memo to something else. But watching 'Good Ol' Charlie's" news piece convinced me it was not.
AND I hope that no true firefighter; career, volunteer, private industrial, military or retired brother would ever consider doing such a thing.

Actually, that is a pretty clever sprinkler design if you think about it.

I couldn't agree more with you Willie. It's one thing going out to buff a department, hand out with them, go to a call and the guys on the rig ask you to take a hydrant while riding with them (if they were to do that). But this idea of paying to be a firefighter for a day there is another reason to remove the top commanders and political appointees who really know nothing of the fire service from their positions.
I hope this was only a tongue in cheek response memo to something else. But watching 'Good Ol' Charlie's" news piece convinced me it was not.
AND I hope that no true firefighter; career, volunteer, private industrial, military or retired brother would ever consider doing such a thing.

I couldn't agree more with you Willie. It's one thing going out to buff a department, hand out with them, go to a call and the guys on the rig ask you to take a hydrant while riding with them (if they were to do that). But this idea of paying to be a firefighter for a day there is another reason to remove the top commanders and political appointees who really know nothing of the fire service from their positions.
I hope this was only a tongue in cheek response memo to something else. But watching 'Good Ol' Charlie's" news piece convinced me it was not.
AND I hope that no true firefighter; career, volunteer, private industrial, military or retired brother would ever consider doing such a thing.

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.

$13.95M?!? Jeez. We are lucky if our $5,000 budget passes. Haha

More construction jobs. Let's get these guys/gals some work!

Wow, that's some coin. In fact $13.9 million would cover our FD budget for 7 years, which coincidentally would be how long it would take them to have the same number of incidents we cover in 1 year.

That would cover my old depts budget for 233 years......

Allow me to add that they should be union jobs!