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  4. Posted · Edited by DOC22

    I was watching TV the other night, one of those SWAT reality shows - Dallas, KC, or somewhere, and I could swear that there was a quick shot of a vehicle that at least looked an awful lot like this one in the credits - looked more or less like a large bank-style armored car, with a six or eight sided turret on the top, so I wonder if there have been additional units, or maybe just similar ones built.

  10. Posted

    I think I posted on this before in the past, but when i was in college in Tompkins Co. (Ithaca) - their's was pretty straight forward....

    First digits: 1...? Town name in Alphabetical order

    Second digit: Apparatus type

    0 - engine

    3 - ladder

    4 - rescue / utility

    5 - ambulance

    6 - officers

    7 - portables

    ( don't remember after 20 years what the others were)

    third digit: sequential numbering (ok, not always so sequential...)

    so 951 was Ithaca's ambulance (provided by Bang's); 202 was Cayuga Heights' 2nd engine, etc.

  13. Posted

    About the only thing I can think of that MIGHT justify the L&S follow in is if there was a call holding that required the medic to immediately get back in the truck and go - with no other available coverage.

    I spent many years in a system where I would often do the follow in drive, and dont think I ever had to do it L&S.

  14. Posted

    About a year ago I was talking with an Illinois SP trooper at an accident screen - his Lumina had a similar system - but the cameras/enclosures were much, much smaller than the ones in the photos here, and were actually mounted to the car via the same bolts as the light bar mounting brackets - 1 on each front corner of the lightbar (traffinc cameras), and a third on the right rear corner at 90 degrees (parking lot camera). Being smaller - they were significantly less noticable, and also blocked little, if any, of the lightbar output, particularly at the important intersection angles. On the other hand - it was obviously not "car-to-car portable".

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    www.geocaching.com - in 1 sentence - a treasure hunt or hid-and-seek of sorts using handhelpd gps units. people hide a container of vaying sizes, and you try to find it based on the coordinates they post. there are more complicated versions too.

  22. Posted · Edited by wcr20

    When I was running EMS, I can remember plenty of times where we couldn't fill a 3 man shift to cover the town, but getting 5+ people for a parade, fire works, special event, etc. during the same time period somehow didn't seem to be a problem.

    I also recall a (state?) parade in Port Chester about 20+ years ago, where 2 very tall sticks were erected in the parking lot at the end near the beer garden, and what was going on at the top didn't look like a particularly good idea. Now, if, by any chance, I'm wrong about that, then I hereby issue my apology now.

  24. Posted

    Whoops - quick correction to my earlier - the new diesel is a 6.5 not a 5.5 - which makes much more sense - doesn't it?

    Oh, and if it matters, my source is with Medtec which is associated with Pierce - both owned by Oshkosh (as is Jerr-Dan wreckers, McNeilus concrete trucks, and a bunch of other interesting stuff, like BAI (Brescia Antincendi International), maker of Italian fire trucks. http://www.oshkoshtruckcorporation.com/

  25. Posted

    just spoke to a friend at one of the ambulance mfg. - the F 450 will stay - with a new 5.5 L diesel coming out - it meets emission standards

    the e series will no longer have a diesel as the new one wont fit under the sheet metal

    there is story of a GAS!!!???!!! E450 ambulance package in the works, he tells me

    so, the e450 diesel ambulance is a thing of the past, with any available stock to be bought up in the next couple of days