lad45der

That was a very nice affair last night. Congratulations to all of belltowns members for their efforts in those two calls ..
Thank you for inviting us as well.
Mark Kuhar
Sfrd Rescue 1 group 4

What kind of Bunker gear do you wear over there???. I'm sweating just thinking about what answer your gonna give me.
I'll send a Colony pie over to you...I bet you don't want Hot peppers or Hot Oil!!! C'mon 130 degrees that's child play!!!!

I'm white all I ask for is they drop the age requirement.

That was the style back then.
One of my old vollunteer company's had 2 maxim's that had no doors and no roof. In fact they are the only 2 ever built from maxim.

That was the style back then.
One of my old vollunteer company's had 2 maxim's that had no doors and no roof. In fact they are the only 2 ever built from maxim.

I just voted again. We're getting spanked thoe come on guys keep voting. I hope we can go there for dinner someday if they win!!!!!!!!
Come on Yonkers!!
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Just answer the question and tell the truth 100%. If you have seen a Psychiatrist in the past for what ever reason thats ok.Just answer the questions to the best of your knowledge don't leave anything about your medical history out or say you forgot.Don't listen to what others are saying about the exam 7/8 of them don't even have a badge.
I took the exams several years ago in hopes to cross the floor to the Fire Department some day because of the fact that i was older than 27 and could not take the FD test anymore.
The Invetigators do make the rounds so you better be living where you ssay on that application.
At the time they were waiving the college credits around so you could get hired if you were short credits. You had to get them when you were in better position after the Police academy thoe.
Still a great job with plenty of avenues to transfer to different jobs once you got your sea legs.

Just answer the question and tell the truth 100%. If you have seen a Psychiatrist in the past for what ever reason thats ok.Just answer the questions to the best of your knowledge don't leave anything about your medical history out or say you forgot.Don't listen to what others are saying about the exam 7/8 of them don't even have a badge.
I took the exams several years ago in hopes to cross the floor to the Fire Department some day because of the fact that i was older than 27 and could not take the FD test anymore.
The Invetigators do make the rounds so you better be living where you ssay on that application.
At the time they were waiving the college credits around so you could get hired if you were short credits. You had to get them when you were in better position after the Police academy thoe.
Still a great job with plenty of avenues to transfer to different jobs once you got your sea legs.

I guess talking about lights is off track my fault I'm sorry.

When you do replace your hose carefully pay attention to the outside and inside diameter's. Each manufacture is slightly different. You get slightly different flows. I don' t wanna devulge the name of the hose we use other than it packs in the mattidale like ----. It kinks it' s heavy and we ( my company only) use a vacuum to suck all the air out of the hose to get it to lay flat.
I did some testing we used the task force digital flow meters it was interesting to see the change in flows from one brand to the other. Nothing earth shattering but none the less.
The way the hose is made with different materials changes the inside diameter.

All of our rigs have roll up doors. I would say that unpainted doors are better. The problem is that the doors take a beating in the rolled up position, when your moving tools about the inside of the compartment.The door when rolled up on the drum tends to get scratched from the tools. In a busy company you can tell which compartments are opened the most by the scratches. Example ems compartment or the compartment with the irons and can ect. Also I notice we tend to over wash the rigs and leave a lot of swirl marks from the brush. We wax the rigs once a year. Boy do I wish we had non painted Doors then. Cleaning wax between the slats blows!! Big time.

All of our rigs have roll up doors. I would say that unpainted doors are better. The problem is that the doors take a beating in the rolled up position, when your moving tools about the inside of the compartment.The door when rolled up on the drum tends to get scratched from the tools. In a busy company you can tell which compartments are opened the most by the scratches. Example ems compartment or the compartment with the irons and can ect. Also I notice we tend to over wash the rigs and leave a lot of swirl marks from the brush. We wax the rigs once a year. Boy do I wish we had non painted Doors then. Cleaning wax between the slats blows!! Big time.

All of our rigs have roll up doors. I would say that unpainted doors are better. The problem is that the doors take a beating in the rolled up position, when your moving tools about the inside of the compartment.The door when rolled up on the drum tends to get scratched from the tools. In a busy company you can tell which compartments are opened the most by the scratches. Example ems compartment or the compartment with the irons and can ect. Also I notice we tend to over wash the rigs and leave a lot of swirl marks from the brush. We wax the rigs once a year. Boy do I wish we had non painted Doors then. Cleaning wax between the slats blows!! Big time.

4 Years ago me and my buddy's were in Datona Florida at bike week, We were waiting in Hooters to get seated for dinner, when in walks Vinny behind us in line. He was by himself we were bullshitting with him in the line when our table was called we asked him if he wanted to sit with us so he said yes. We were all talking about the show and he did say in so many words without dissing senior that the Guy is impossible to be around. Most not all of the fighting you see on TV was for real. Vinny is as down to earth as you can get just a normal guy happy to be working on a cool show not caught up in the drama.

Well here in the city of Stamford In Rescue 1 we felt the shaken but once again in Group 4 nothing happended except one guy fell out of bed!!!
Bridgeport must have 7 fires by now!!!

Stacked Tips SHOULD be the Prefered method of extinguishing a large volume of Fire. IT'S MY OPINION that I belive the problem of Smoothbore vs Fog streams starts in the Firehouse from the top of the food chain. Some of.. Not all Senior Firefighters and Chief officers that were crawling down hallways of the past say 30 years ago (cir 1981) have not yet FULLY UNDERSTOOD the Fire Today is not the same Fire they fought "back in the day". Today were fighting Fires in Several types of Construction that are not able to withstand a fire. Buildings basically are built on a Concrete Footing and then Doused in Gasoline (Synthetics)
Fighting Fires was never Rocket Science but we do have to change with the times.
Remember "KISS"... Keep it Simple Stupid
We could debate this all day. The Leadership has to FULLY UNDERSTAND the Fire behavior changes.
Some examples of light reading among MANY others would come from the Following:
Brannigan Building Construction.
ANY of the Reading's from the "Great" Late Andrew Fredericks (RIP)
How to read Smoke by Dave Dobson (great seminar).... fund raiser idea
FDNY Lt.Ray McCormack.
FDNY Lt.Timm Klett.
Lt.Chip Chapman Milford CT FD.
Wind Driven 7 story Building Experiments Fire Study by NIST.
Just some of these readings alone should (I hope) open up some eyes.
Back to those Masterstream nozzles.
The Tip sizes starting from the largest size to the smallest are as follows. 2inch, 1-3/4inches 1-1/2inches 1-3/8inches.
I see no reason but to use only the 2inch or the 1-3/4inch MAYBE the 1-1/2 size.
I hear it sometimes and it drives me nuts "We use the smaller tip size to get the reach of the stream??"
Move the Master Stream device closer to the Fire (Respect your Collapse zones). Dont use a smaller tip on the nozzle your waisting precious time..Your making the Large GPM Master Stream a Useless low GPM Handline on a Million dollar Ladder truck.
Another "Myph".. We need the Fog Nozzle for Exposure Protection by forming a Water curtain???.
Put the BIG GPM on the Fire FAST as possible and you wont have Exposures.
Look at Buff Pictures of the past ..What do you see 15 Handlines flowing low GPM results. Use bigger lines with matching Tips and you will use less hose. Great idea for the up and coming 3 man Firefighting team in a Chevy Tahoe idea coming out of Townhall.

Stacked Tips SHOULD be the Prefered method of extinguishing a large volume of Fire. IT'S MY OPINION that I belive the problem of Smoothbore vs Fog streams starts in the Firehouse from the top of the food chain. Some of.. Not all Senior Firefighters and Chief officers that were crawling down hallways of the past say 30 years ago (cir 1981) have not yet FULLY UNDERSTOOD the Fire Today is not the same Fire they fought "back in the day". Today were fighting Fires in Several types of Construction that are not able to withstand a fire. Buildings basically are built on a Concrete Footing and then Doused in Gasoline (Synthetics)
Fighting Fires was never Rocket Science but we do have to change with the times.
Remember "KISS"... Keep it Simple Stupid
We could debate this all day. The Leadership has to FULLY UNDERSTAND the Fire behavior changes.
Some examples of light reading among MANY others would come from the Following:
Brannigan Building Construction.
ANY of the Reading's from the "Great" Late Andrew Fredericks (RIP)
How to read Smoke by Dave Dobson (great seminar).... fund raiser idea
FDNY Lt.Ray McCormack.
FDNY Lt.Timm Klett.
Lt.Chip Chapman Milford CT FD.
Wind Driven 7 story Building Experiments Fire Study by NIST.
Just some of these readings alone should (I hope) open up some eyes.
Back to those Masterstream nozzles.
The Tip sizes starting from the largest size to the smallest are as follows. 2inch, 1-3/4inches 1-1/2inches 1-3/8inches.
I see no reason but to use only the 2inch or the 1-3/4inch MAYBE the 1-1/2 size.
I hear it sometimes and it drives me nuts "We use the smaller tip size to get the reach of the stream??"
Move the Master Stream device closer to the Fire (Respect your Collapse zones). Dont use a smaller tip on the nozzle your waisting precious time..Your making the Large GPM Master Stream a Useless low GPM Handline on a Million dollar Ladder truck.
Another "Myph".. We need the Fog Nozzle for Exposure Protection by forming a Water curtain???.
Put the BIG GPM on the Fire FAST as possible and you wont have Exposures.
Look at Buff Pictures of the past ..What do you see 15 Handlines flowing low GPM results. Use bigger lines with matching Tips and you will use less hose. Great idea for the up and coming 3 man Firefighting team in a Chevy Tahoe idea coming out of Townhall.

Stacked Tips SHOULD be the Prefered method of extinguishing a large volume of Fire. IT'S MY OPINION that I belive the problem of Smoothbore vs Fog streams starts in the Firehouse from the top of the food chain. Some of.. Not all Senior Firefighters and Chief officers that were crawling down hallways of the past say 30 years ago (cir 1981) have not yet FULLY UNDERSTOOD the Fire Today is not the same Fire they fought "back in the day". Today were fighting Fires in Several types of Construction that are not able to withstand a fire. Buildings basically are built on a Concrete Footing and then Doused in Gasoline (Synthetics)
Fighting Fires was never Rocket Science but we do have to change with the times.
Remember "KISS"... Keep it Simple Stupid
We could debate this all day. The Leadership has to FULLY UNDERSTAND the Fire behavior changes.
Some examples of light reading among MANY others would come from the Following:
Brannigan Building Construction.
ANY of the Reading's from the "Great" Late Andrew Fredericks (RIP)
How to read Smoke by Dave Dobson (great seminar).... fund raiser idea
FDNY Lt.Ray McCormack.
FDNY Lt.Timm Klett.
Lt.Chip Chapman Milford CT FD.
Wind Driven 7 story Building Experiments Fire Study by NIST.
Just some of these readings alone should (I hope) open up some eyes.
Back to those Masterstream nozzles.
The Tip sizes starting from the largest size to the smallest are as follows. 2inch, 1-3/4inches 1-1/2inches 1-3/8inches.
I see no reason but to use only the 2inch or the 1-3/4inch MAYBE the 1-1/2 size.
I hear it sometimes and it drives me nuts "We use the smaller tip size to get the reach of the stream??"
Move the Master Stream device closer to the Fire (Respect your Collapse zones). Dont use a smaller tip on the nozzle your waisting precious time..Your making the Large GPM Master Stream a Useless low GPM Handline on a Million dollar Ladder truck.
Another "Myph".. We need the Fog Nozzle for Exposure Protection by forming a Water curtain???.
Put the BIG GPM on the Fire FAST as possible and you wont have Exposures.
Look at Buff Pictures of the past ..What do you see 15 Handlines flowing low GPM results. Use bigger lines with matching Tips and you will use less hose. Great idea for the up and coming 3 man Firefighting team in a Chevy Tahoe idea coming out of Townhall.

Sqd47bfd Dont you charter that Boat called Captain Stabbin????

I think the apparatus looks terrible. Do I think the Chevrons are helping?? Lets see My Engine 1 got hit by a Tractor trailer, Then there was Stratford shortly (2 rigs) therafter so I'm gonna go with no on this one. as for the vest we have to don they get a BIG thumbs down.
Lets stick with two rigs taking the lane of traffic and leave the striping and the vest back in the store where they belong.

I think the apparatus looks terrible. Do I think the Chevrons are helping?? Lets see My Engine 1 got hit by a Tractor trailer, Then there was Stratford shortly (2 rigs) therafter so I'm gonna go with no on this one. as for the vest we have to don they get a BIG thumbs down.
Lets stick with two rigs taking the lane of traffic and leave the striping and the vest back in the store where they belong.

I think the apparatus looks terrible. Do I think the Chevrons are helping?? Lets see My Engine 1 got hit by a Tractor trailer, Then there was Stratford shortly (2 rigs) therafter so I'm gonna go with no on this one. as for the vest we have to don they get a BIG thumbs down.
Lets stick with two rigs taking the lane of traffic and leave the striping and the vest back in the store where they belong.

I think the apparatus looks terrible. Do I think the Chevrons are helping?? Lets see My Engine 1 got hit by a Tractor trailer, Then there was Stratford shortly (2 rigs) therafter so I'm gonna go with no on this one. as for the vest we have to don they get a BIG thumbs down.
Lets stick with two rigs taking the lane of traffic and leave the striping and the vest back in the store where they belong.

I think the apparatus looks terrible. Do I think the Chevrons are helping?? Lets see My Engine 1 got hit by a Tractor trailer, Then there was Stratford shortly (2 rigs) therafter so I'm gonna go with no on this one. as for the vest we have to don they get a BIG thumbs down.
Lets stick with two rigs taking the lane of traffic and leave the striping and the vest back in the store where they belong.

I think the apparatus looks terrible. Do I think the Chevrons are helping?? Lets see My Engine 1 got hit by a Tractor trailer, Then there was Stratford shortly (2 rigs) therafter so I'm gonna go with no on this one. as for the vest we have to don they get a BIG thumbs down.
Lets stick with two rigs taking the lane of traffic and leave the striping and the vest back in the store where they belong.