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The City of Stamford has an exclusive contract with HME. If the volunteer companies want the city to pay for it, it has to be HME. The individual companies paid themselves for all extras on top of the base engine. That is why the SFRD engines are pretty basic and the volunteer companies are loaded up with options.

I cannot find it now, but I remember in 1990, 2 firefighters from Waterbury CT, FD were killed in a MVA, while sitting in the jump seats of an open cab engine. I believe one of them took an axe to the face. Maybe Izzy knows more, he lives up that way.

Stamford Fire & Rescue has a Ford Excursion with a diesel motor. It's a lot louder than the older gas vehicle (obviously) but mechanically as far as I know runs very well. It is assigned to Car 4, the on-duty Deputy.

Like someone else said, I have never seen a cat skeleton in a tree or up a pole. It'll come down eventually.

As I am sure there are other members on this board who have a very strong opinion about this (you know who you are...), I will keep this brief. First off, there are several wrong, or misquoted, facts here. Springdale firehouse is staffed by a fully staffed Stamford Fire & Rescue Engine company. That is 3 firefighters and one Fire Captain.

Let us not forget that 3 ADULTS were killed in Seton Hall because they were lacksadaisical about going outside for fire alarms. While it is cold out these past two weeks or so, there is no snow on the ground, as in years past. Snow drills in winter with snow on the ground do have important aspects. One, are all of the emergency exits shoveled clear of snow? Many times fire exits are not cleared of snow right away, putting lives in danger. Secondly, with large amounts of snow, like in the heavy snow years of 96(?) and a couple years ago, all that snow is put in the same place students are supposed to assemble for a fire drill/alarm. What do we do now? Put elementary school children in the street? In the event of a long term incident, school buses and the like will have to be brought in to move/shelter students and staff. Will they be able to access the area with fire apparatus parked all over the place? These are just some of the concerns that winter weather puts on fires in schools.

All good points about seat belt usage. As I have posted in a previous thread on the topic, I once got scolded (!!?!?!?!) by an officer (!!!!) for WEARING my seatbelt while responding to an alarm. He said I did not trust the driver by wearing it! But I digress, I always wear it, usually by flipping the shoulder straps of the SCBA over my shoulders before strapping myself in with the belt. Or, I wait until we arrive on scene if we are already on the road.If you are not carfeul, you can accidentally tangle yourself in the waistbelt of the SCBA and the seatbelt. On another safety note, I remember seeing in Fire Engineering a manufacturer is producing a cab with air bags(both front and rollover/side curtain). I cannot remember the manufactuer or find the ad. Either way, if anyone knows about this, did they do studies to see the impact (no pun intended) of a helmet being worn while an airbag deploys? My main concern would be the brim and bourke shields.

A guy I work with is looking for a toy SCBA. I looked around on the web and could not find any, does anyone have any leads for me on this one?

My condolences go out to the Knoesel family, both immediate and extended. Remember, the Blood Drive is still on though, folks.

Thanks for all the hard work you put in here! Keep up the good work.

These two lines are probably some of the most inane thoughts I have read. I think that those "older members" are hurting the dept. by potentially sending untrained, unskilled and/or ill equipt firefighters to a fire or other emergency in nice, shiny, Mother'd up diamond plate-covered engines. This member is probably the one that cares the most about the true aspect of the Dept. Shame on this Dept. for punishing someone for encouraging training. This goes against the basic tenets of firefighting. Every new firefighter, career or volunteer, as far as I know, is told on the first day of the Academy or FFI, that this is the first day of training that will last your entire career.

2 Company in Stamford has fully compliant wheelchair access in the second floor bathrooms, but they forgot to install the elevator.

Does anyone know what Yonkers paid for Squad 311? It looks like a very well thought-out rig, with lots of custom features, which is unlike most career Depts. in the area.

Stamford Fire Rescue FFs are allowed to wear them in station only.

J- I agree with you and I read an article a while back about a Dept. ( or actually, the municipality) that REQUIRED some kind of symbol ( a yellow triangle I believe) next to the front door of all buildings that have truss construction, lightweight or otherwise. I believe this would take a great deal of work on someones part to undertake, especially in a district like ours. Along the same lines, some FDs, I think FDNY included, have a policy of nobody on a pitched roof. Maybe someone more in the know of FDNY SOGs or another dept with similar SOGs can fill me/us in on this. Just remember, also many people use attics as storage, with plywood boards down on top of the flat rafters, so, unless the fire is in the attic space, venting the roof may be of little help. Aggressive horizontal ventilation is key in these buildings.

Hey Jim, The house looks wonderful! I was watchin it at work, hoping for no calls. In one of the commercials (I think Sears or something), they showed the back yard and a nice butterfly, but it did not appear in the episode. Can you post a few more photos on here of the stuff that didn't make the final airing? It was so amazing how many people turned out for the weeks work! Nice job to all involved!

There are many good points being made about silent approach here, but, on another front, I remember an address that, at least 5 years ago anyway, had someone who was very prone to seizures, especially from strobe/blinking lights. We were supposed to turn off our lights as we neared the building. As the building is located on a dead end street with no other properties (ie no other traffic flow), no lights on while driving up the narrow dead end street was never a problem. I do not know if the resident is still even there. I don't know of any other addresses or "frequent flyers" that have this condition, but just be aware of some of the other reasons people may request response to be quiet/strobeless.

Just read this on Firehouse.com Passing of Tom Brennan Tom Brennan was a longtime member of FDNY and retired as a Deputy (or Battalion, can't remember...) and held the position of Chief of Waterbury(CT) Fire Dept. and was a longtime editor at Fire Engineering.

I took the IS 700 Class yesterday and I brought up the topic of 10 codes and 'signals' (as we use in my Dept), to the instructor, and his response was that the guy who said they could keep the 10-codes got backed into a corner at a conference, and later revised his statement, and the way NIMS now works, is that apparently you can use whatever terminology you want on a day to day basis, but the minute it gets to a state or large scale, multi-agency operation, you shall use NIMS approved(ie Plain English) language. So basically, everyone should just get on board with the NIMS terminology just in case the s#!t hits the proverbial fan.

We are soon to arrive at 50,000 Posts here on EMTBRAVO.NET! Congratulations (slightly early....)Seth (and the rest of the staff) on reaching yet another milestone with what started off as a little website for some photos!

The .01 ringgit at the end of that number is the real kicker!

For the same reasons a Dept. gets a tillered Ladder over a standard 100' straight body. Manueverabilty, space, increased weight allowance, etc.

Most TLs only have a lifting, or anchor point, capacity of 600 pounds total payload, as far as I know. The exception to that is the Metz Aerial. It has , I believe, a 10,000 LB(!) capacity.

I've never seen a cat skeleton in a tree (or on a roof). It will find a way down when it damn well pleases.

My thoughts and prayers go out to the Malone family & The Fairview Fire Dept. May he rest in peace.