Lieut2

Thanks, It is a huge undertaking, starting a rescue company from scratch. The equipment to be ordered and training that needs to be done is a little overwhelming. The company started riding in July 2004 and they are in pretty good shape. There is still more equipment on order that should be in shortly, and then we can finalize the apparatus inventory. The fire fighters that man the rig all volunteered for the duty and they have really gone above and beyond in all areas.

When attempting to pick a number for the new rescue we looked at the county Roster and most of the numbers for rescues were taken up into the 40's, if I recall correctly. The County also advised us not to duplicate a number that was already assigned to one of our other company's (ladders 32,33,34, TL6, Engines 65,66,67,68,69,70,71,72,73,210) So as you can see our choices were limited to start with. We read aloud the remaining numbers to the committee and #88 just sounded good, we stuck a big Mars 888 light on the front nicknamed them "Crazy Eights" and the rest was history although not very scientific.

Engine #5 was (temporarily) closed approx. l969 due to a lack of work, if I recall correctly they did less than l00 ride a year. Engine #4 rode out of the house during the day shift for approx. a year during the early eighties while they were reconstructing the Main Street bridge.

the last time a engine ran out of station #4 was approx. l978, when the new Station #2 opened on ferris ave. then Engine #4 was relocated to run out of that station.

ESU Truck #1 will be on patrol but this will be there base of operations

I see you posted this a while ago, and although the plan is still in place the project has not yet been funded. The plan is to renovate the second floor of station #2 on Ferris Ave and move the fire prevention offices to that location. Once this is accomplished and fire prevention is moved out of station #4, that station will be renovated. The new Tennants will be Rescue #88 and WPPD ESU Truck #1. The Building will actualy be the White Plains Department of Public Safety Special Operations House.

The truck was headed to Katonah. They are really interested in a new tanker, but the saleman wanted to show them the new Tak 4 independant front suspension set up that Pierce offers. The next day the Truck was headed to White Plains Fire, as they are in the market for a new truck.