DCurtis

Im sorry, but if your going to have an arguement, i believe that is something that should be done on more of a private plane as to not destroy the positive environment of the forum. This is a childish thread which both should be ashamed of for perpetuating.

Not to suck up or anything, but this is a really good, well devoped site from which many enjoy its use. And I would like to see it stay that way.

I think its funny how if you say something remotely profane, you get barred from possibly having valuable input on topics. Its kind of like shooting one's self in the foot, blocking the purpose of the site on account of a few expressions.

I dont know, Im not too experienced, but replacing an engine with a quint is fundamentally flawed. Yes you can pump with it and use it as an attack engine, and yes you can use it as a ladder. But you have to choose between one or the other. First issue I could see is manpower, it takes a lot of people to run it as both, you need a full crew to carry out ladder ops, or a full crew to carry out an interior attack (full crew being, 3-4 people). The second thing I see, is positioning. To properly position as an engine you need to pull past, and to be a ladder, you need to be in front, you cant really be in two places at once. Granted rig positioning isnt always a standard thing, but just on the theoretical level. I may be wrong about these, and Im sure there are ways around these issues, but still, it doesnt seem right. Either way, good luck with your purchase!

We originally wanted to call it Ladder-39, which is the number of the stick we had 30 years ago. Unfortunately, that number is reserved and its too much of a deal to change the cad system, or at least thats what I was told. Tower 5 originally went out because none of the boom saftey mechanisms worked, you could move the boom with out engaguing high idle, you could move it with out the outriggers down, stuff like that. They tracked it down to the contact rings on the turntable. Unfortunately, it currently seems that the parts will be on back order for some time. But this replacement is great. It needs some tlc but she runs well. The stick also works great, it moves really fast and is very simple to operate. Shes not Tower5, but she'll do for now

wow, seems like that list is the list to be on. They are probably going to exhuast that one before they even get the latest test sorted out, with all the controversy and all.

Good thing they didnt go with Ferrara, that would have been a world of unnessesary pain.

the 13th?

yup, on march 3rd you can go and put in written protests about specific answers that you disagree with.

All I know is im going to be at the protest session, trying to get every 1/3 of a point that i lost, back

To my knowledge, its going to be kept up at hays and maintained and manned by them as well.

I think its a good idea to have all FFs be EMTs but not to roll the ems and fire all into one, it would unessesarily complicate things.

Whats the best hobby store for RC planes and helicopters, I know a lot of people on here are in to models of firetrucks and what not and must know of some good hobby stores. Thanks

Holy Crap is right! What did he think he was doing?

Personally I'd go with a nikon, for a 35mm camera, they are great, their lenses are better and they are usually well priced.

I to discoverd chipolte in DC a few years ago as well, when I found it and first ate there I thought, how could it get any better? And then I went to Boulder, CO and I found illegal pete's, its similar to chipolte except cheeper and better. The burritos are even bigger and tastyer than chipolte's. But sadly I am moving back to New York in a short while and will have to go back to eating chipolte.

wow, way to rip off BMW styling

I have been wondering about this for a while now, when you are on the nozzle and you are leading an attack into a building, how do you make sure the floor in front of you is safe? Especially with new constuction materials that dont hold up at well in fire, like the wooden ibeam, and their high probablitily of collapse when exposed to fire. For instance there is a basement fire and you are getting to the basement, there is a fairly heavy smoke condition when you enter and there is a likelyhood that this house has this type of construction, while staying low, what is the best way to make sure the floor infront of you is stable?

Thanks

Well, thats pretty much the way it already, and we have an sop as to who goes out on what alarms and who is first due. There has also been a more recent movent back towards the whole man your own rig policy even though manpower especially during the day, is harder and harder to come by. I completely agree, its not a good move

pleasantville

I recently caught wind that my vol. dept. is probably switching to a format where they tone the companies out individually instead of toning out the entire dept. on all calls. First question, I was wondering how many vol depts do this? And second, taking into consideration peoples vast range in training that some people have and lack of man power during the days, do you think this a good idea?

Benz is absolutely correct, its time to get our priorities strait and do things the right way.

It may be another gimmick to sell more gear, but personally, I like the idea of replaceing gear every ten years. I mean, my gear is older than the oldest engine we have in serivce. It has sun damage and whatnot from being so old, now correct me if I am wrong, but I think that sun damage weakens the integrity of the fabric. I may be relatively new to this, but Im not so sure thats a reason to have gear thats far older than I am. I think when it comes to our safety we deserve to have the latest and greatest, what we do in the first place isnt so safe to begin with, but if there is any advantage, I want to take it. As for the helmet thing, I dont know much about that, but I know that any gear that is not maintained well is not going to last as long as gear that is. Just my views

Not that I have ever had the pleasure of wearing a full length coat or 3/4 boots, I am still relatively new to this, but I like the thought of being fully covered, does it make me a daredevil and get to close? No, if you have a sound mind and make calculated risks, your safety will increase. Plus even with the full bunker gear styles, they are constantly coming out with lighter stronger fabrics and creating gear with a greater ease and range of mobility. Who knows, maybe in the future it will be like wearing a wind breaker, who knows? but until that time . . . .

I know that special high pressure hydrants were used to feed the system or water was drafted out of the river. For the super pumper system, The tender truck hooked the hydrants to the pumper it self and then from there the satallites would hook up to the pumper. Also the tender truck had a high capacity deck gun on it as well. the whole original point of the system was to be able to completely surround a structure with master streams. I think these special hydrants are supposed to be OSS, but I'm not entirely sure.

Id go with JetBlue, even though its out of JFK, its not to bad, I've flown out of there 5 or 6 times and have no serious complaints.