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Wish I could, but no money, or place to store. My Homeowners Association would flip their lid (it was bad enough when I had the chief's car)

Passed in on Route 22 in Pawling. Looked Great!

Passed in on Route 22 in Pawling. Looked Great!

1994 Smeal/LTI out of Redmond OR.

For those of you who remember the classic American LaFrance Century series, and who were as deeply disappointed as I was by Code 3's awful attempt to replicate them, have I got a "kitbash" for you!
To my eyes and many others, the Code 3 model wasn't even close to the original LaFrance. In fact, Code 3's botched Century, followed by an even worse 900 series tiller, are what put the first nails in their coffin. The most obvious flaws with the Code 3 were that the cab had a flat roof, a flat nose, and a straight windshield. A friend on a hobby board that I belong to suggested "squeezing" the Code 3 cab in a vise to get the roof curve. So I figured "why not?" and tried it.
The vise certainly improved it, but I had to fashion a brow over the windshield to catch the tapering effect of the Century's classic lines. Next, I had to grind down the original cab (the Code 3 was too tall) and widen the doors by filling the gaps in the casting, and scoring new ones with a razor saw. Finally, I had to scratch build a whole new windshield. Anyway, I have been pecking away at this master for a while, and it's just about ready for resin casting.

This is a factory-fresh Code 3, which any old time buff can see is a disaster.

This is after I stripped one and gave it a squeeze in a vise, then added the stiffener around the rear of the cab and the brow to the roofline, over the windshield.

The cab is beginning to look better. I filed down the original windshield, but ultimately would replace it with a scratch-built one.

This is the new nose and roofline, and the new scratch-built windshield. I am going to vacuum-form a new windshield from this one, and thus have a nice clean copy. The crappy one-piece clear parts that were headlights have been removed and the holes filled in. The front nozzle and trash line tray have also been removed. I dumped the clunky and out of scale original bumper, the new bumper is scratch-built.

A lot of adjustments were necessary to get the modified cab to work with what's left of the original Code 3 model. With installed wipers and new body mouldings, the cab is ready for casting. The windshield with the wipers will be vacuum-formed as one piece.

These are 2.4mm Swarovski crystal rhinestones, which on the final casting will serve as headlights. They are a big improvement over the plastic parts that Code 3 originally used. The "jewelled headlights" were one of the things about the old Corgis that really charmed me as a child.

I haven't cast or painted it yet, but I was curious to get an idea of how it will look. This is a simple photo manipulation using Windows Paint.

Renssealer County Sheriff's Office going with Ford NGPI.

Federal Vector, all LED with LED pop up bars

Ex-Ladder 79
Yonkers?

Ex-NYPD ESU Truck 10

Truck 12

Unknown late 80's/early 90's Sutphen in Bedford Hills.

Another unknown FDNY Tower Ladder meets its fate a Brookfield. With the single front jack, it looks to be one of the 1994-1997 Baker/Saulsburys

Hope things work out in a positive way for him. Remember this when someone says unions are not needed and part of the problem.

http://msn.foxsports.com/other/story/fox-sports-1-presents-being-the-finest-documentary-nypd-fdny-football-team-090613

It would never work in Westchester, there is no bucket.

Hope things work out in a positive way for him. Remember this when someone says unions are not needed and part of the problem.

Hope things work out in a positive way for him. Remember this when someone says unions are not needed and part of the problem.

Hope things work out in a positive way for him. Remember this when someone says unions are not needed and part of the problem.

The next generation of FDNY ambulances. 2013 Ford F-350/Wheeled Coach
Special thanks to Anderson Fland for the awesome spy shots!

here she is.

Pretty fitting here I think......

Do you recognize this man? Do you know his name?

Lots of people know he’s an actor, and that his name is Steve Buscemi.

What very few people realize is that he was once one of New York’s Bravest.

In 1976 Steve Buscemi took the FDNY civil service test when he was just 18 years old. In 1980 Steve Buscemi became a New York City Firefighter.

For four years, Buscemi served on one of FDNY's busiest, Engine Co. 55 in Manhattan's Little Italy. He later left the fire service to become a successful actor, writer and director.

After 9/11/2001... Brother Buscemi returned to FDNY Engine 55.

On September 12, 2001 and for several days following Brother Steve worked 12-hour shifts alongside other firefighters digging and sifting through the rubble from the World Trade Center looking for survivors.

Very few photographs and no interviews exist because he declined them. He wasn't there for the publicity.

In 2003 he also gave a speech at a union rally supporting higher wages for firefighters and to stop fire houses from closing. He got arrested along with other firefighters.

Also not very well known is that in 2012 Brother Buscemi showed up in Breezy Point, NY and quietly assisted in the clean-up efforts of the damage and mass destruction left by Super Storm Sandy.

Once a brother, always a brother!

Just so we're clear… this guy is a Badass !!!

Tip of the helmet Brother Steve!

Jonathan Lusk
Publisher ~ Brotherhood of Fire
Captain ~ Fresno Fire, CA ~ E18C

“Brotherhood Strong”

Thank you cogs, you beat me to it.
I never knew that about him, but I will watch all of his movies now and respect him a lot more. That to me is a true test of brotherhood...here you have a famous actor, successfull, he could have very easily made a big spectacle out of it with video cameras and taking pictures of him in his gear shaking babies and kissing hands and "helping" his former work buddies dig through the pile. But he didnt. He kept his identity secret and did what he knew was right and went to look for the guys that were lost and never made it public. THATS brotherhood.

I'm not sure about that dept on the news clip but I know in another article a few months ago also in Saugerties it stated the same thing. However the FD was participating by providing the use of the district light tower and members to operate it. It is of the big tow behind Wacker style.
I feel that if you want to let them use the light tower, give them a tutorial and off you go. But by guys standing around I feel it sends the wrong message. Many guys on here can relate to showing up to a EMS run and say "we don't care we're not cops, what's wrong with them?". After people seeing this it maybe harder to gain the public's trust, especially in some communities.

Below is a link to a short video of the front flashing LEDs, kind of looks like they have amber in the video but they are all red/white, it's not the best quality but you'll get the idea
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10201711323014725&set=o.43159977621&type=2&theater
A few more shots of the front, the pump panel was off as it was out to paint,

Took a few from our visit today and got the delivery date of September 21, 2013

Tilt down shelf showing the layout with chain saw, the vent saw with be on the shelf as well just mounted the opposite way of the chain saw.

Adding more items to the front strainer compartment, the upper part of the compartment will have all three sides of pac trac for the various adaptors, the Engine has all yellow colored adaptors/strainers and suction ends, we started to color code our apparatus when we purchased the BRAT in 2009

Part of the console area with two cigarette 110 plugs and a USB port and also showing the GPS which also function as the monitor for the back-up camera and the 10 switch panel for the flashing type lights

The charger unit for the Scott TIC

The electronic valves for the CAFS speed lays mounted under the cab

A clearer shot of the front of the tool board


The CAFS appliance and the EZ fill foam unit

The controls and hook-up for the foam EZ-fill unit

Piping completed for the speed lays

Its not the state that feels that way its the volunteer fire service.
The NYSPFFA (Unions) fought hard to get minimum standards for entry levelfirefighters AND for 1st line supervisors.
FASNY (the lobbying organization for volunteer fire) fought hard to prevent any standards, including career ones.
Albany comprimised and gave both sides what they asked for....2 standards.
Actually the volunteer fire service believes that their lives are more valuable. I base this statement on the lobbying efforts over the past 4 years to change the standards of who gets on the LODD memorial. NYSPFFA wants it to be true LODD (i.e. killed at an incident, returning from or responding to or in some cases training) with no volunteer or career status attached. FASNY has fought hard to include any activity, so a volunteer who is drunk & high and falls off a picnic table at a pancake breakfast and dies should be on the wall next to the 343 FDNY Heros who died on 9/11. Its not the same and everyone knows it.
If you die in the TRUE line of duty, you should be honored. Thats not a volunteer or career issue.