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The last open cab truck is soon gone. Its been long overdue.

Anyone know what manufacturer they would like or leaning towards? Are they happy with the last order? How are they used rigs working out?

I flew from Stewart to Orlando on Jet Blue 2 years ago with the wife and kids and I loved it.

Westchester aside, I'll tell you, once you fly out of Stewart, you'll never want to travel into LGA/JFK/Newark again! It is, in my opinion, the best hidden secret. From parking your car, to sitting at your gate in 10 minutes, every time!

Chief Phil, I bet your dad had some great stories for you . Those guys made us what we are today as a dept.I miss the old days of automatic boxes,watching the ticker and listening to the horn.

With 23 yrs of FF experience, I believe these guys should have ridden this out. I've seen people come and go. Either the senior guys will shoot themselves in the foot or done their job. Either way these guys one day would have been in a position to change things if needed.

If you're looking for only one place to go to Kellys is located near three major roads so that makes it easy for everyone. Its on Route 22,84 and 684 are nearby and the food is good.

44 I agree with you, I prefer steel also.

They are actually 135s. They add the extra 2ft as the tip. Ferrara does this as their 103ft. The aerial is actually a 100ft Smeal with a 3ft bolt on tip.

E One is Quality?

Well this should bring lots of jobs to NY given E-Ones reputation for quality apparatus......

Second FDNY rig was E288 from Brooklyn.

Rest in Peace Bruce, it was a joy to know you.

So Byram was way up King street?quote name='tlenartjr' date='08 June 2010 - 09:27 AM' timestamp='1276003628' post='212339']

Not totally sure but heard that the first and second due houses were at an automatic alarm way up King Street. Engine 1 from headquarters was first due.

I would like to hear everyones opinion of the new Caprice and the Taurus. I think I like the Ford because of the AWD availability.

I loved the first ones, they worked great.

Awesome shots. I was able to get a tour there when I was in town and meet up with IzzyEng4 while I was there. Great group of brothers and sisters working there!

Watch out for Izzy, he get you drunk!

Jones Beach Air Show this weekend, 10AM-3PM both days

http://www.jonesbeachairshow.com/index.html

This is an annual event for some members of the Port Chester Fire Department. We sit directly in front of the tower near the water. Get there early and dont forget your sunblock! If you have never seen The Blue Angels, you dont know what you are missing! This is a great show, especially for the little ones.

Does anyone now if its $600 a year or a month?

You guys should get it back

Boy it's nice to see this truck again! This was a great engine in our company. It's what I learned to drive and pump on years ago - when you really had to know what you were doing. As George mentioned, it served our company well until it was replaced in 1989. I still remember the final ride with it, George driving back up 128 from Armonk - with about 20 guys hanging off the truck. What a blast from the past!

One of our great members purchased this truck in 1989 and kept it for a few years before selling it himself. And yes, the 7 meant that it was the 7th engine purchased by the company.

When my dept was in the process of looking at a new ladder,we saw the capabilities of the old L72 with its front A frame jacking system. We also prepiped our waterway. It was exactly waht we were looking for and are very happy with our Smeal. God luck with the new rigs.

*prepiped waterway

*remote control TFT Deck guns

*folding light towers

*1500 GPM pumpers

*First time for YFD

Squad & Ladder

= XRT power system for extrication

= Lukas outlets recessed in front bumper

= 10K harrison generator

= 200' cord reels (2)

= 100' Hyraulic reels (2)

Dealers and service are a big part of any purchase. An out of service piece is of no use to anyone.

Damn, whining about a $620K engine? Get a real problem. While many of us wouldn't want a Beta model engine, Crimson has built plenty of apparatus to be a significant contender. Having looked into them a bit for our last purchase, the only downside I ever heard of was regarding local dealers, nothing about the builder.

My mistake I thought you were also the consultant sorry for any confusion on my part

NO, YOU DID NOT READ IT RIGHT! The person quoted in the article, me, does not, did not, work for Crimson or another apparatus manufacturer. I was contacted by the reporter doing the story because my department has purchased two Crimson apparatus. Nothing fishy here I have been involved in the specification and purchasing of apparatus here for 30 years. The Village has very stringent fiscal policies which were followed, as always. Crimson apparatus was purchased because they were the low bidder.

I informed the reporter in the process of answering his questions about our experience with Crimson that I have done some work for the consultant. I felt it only fair that the reporter knows that, and I have nothing to hide.

Wait, did I read this right? The consultant worked for Crimson and his department purchased 2 Crimson rigs? Why did Tarrytown FD even have this rig brought to their station in the first place? Something smells fishy here.I don't have a preference either way but I know that Seagrave is a better rig, you get what you pay for.

I must agree they are for the kids

This is the BEST reason for being in a parade!!!

Nice bike but why did they get rid of an 08?

What were the real emergencies? I was on standby at PC HQ ans all of a sudden the drill was over.

I was at this years airport MCI drill, it was my first time going to this. Members of my department have gone in the past and said there was a lot of confusion, and several things apparently didn't go as they were planned including transporting the mock patients to real hospitals. This year, again being my first, in my opinion was not that confusing. Unfortunately I did not know there was a meeting at Purchase FD to discuss the drill. Unfortunately there were not many ambulances this year from what I could tell, and that is partly why patients were taking a while to be seen and transported. Also another thing, there were two "Real World Emergencies" the second of which resulted in calling off the rest of the drill. From what I saw, it went fairly smoothly compared to what I've heard about drills in the past. I personally was called from my rig to assist another unit in loading patients and then I road to the "hospital" on that unit. In the real world that could very easily happen..and from what I saw there was a large amount of teamwork; nobody said I don't like that agency so I won't help them but I'll help that one. Everyone worked together including the fire departments involved; they were asked to help load patients and did so without question. There was a little confusion at random points throughout the drill; but I'm sure that, and anyone who's been involved in a real MCI of this scale or similar can add more. That in the real world there's going to be confusion, there's going to be personnel from agencies riding on other agencies ambulances; nothing will go smoothly or perfectly as planned. Things may have gone wrong this year that were planned, or things happened that weren't planned. Those in charge of planning and organizing the drill I'm sure are aware of all that went wrong, and are already working on correcting it, and what went right and are ensuring that happens the next time. The point of drills like this are to train on what could happen so that all involved may be prepared for it if it ever happens for real. In my opinion, an all around educational useful drill.