Putnam County Foam Team?

[WHarley3 23]

How is the Putnam County Foam team comprised? I just heard them being called for at a fire in Patterson.

[LCFD994 8]

The Putnam County Foam Team is comprised of about 10 members from different departments throughtout Putnam County.

We are operating a Oren Pumper, the old Mahopac 18-2-3, and it is stationed at Patterson Station 2.

We have a limited supply of Foam and Equipment at this time. Always looking for more.

[MPACE2-299 0]

Its accutaly Our old 18-2-1 which is a 1966 Oren Super Pumper

[EJS1810 7]

Just a little information on the FOAM Engine. The current Designation is BOES-8. It is a 1966 Oren Pumper. It has a 1250GPM pump and a 250 Gallon tank. It was designed as a water supply engine and worked at many Structure Fires in Putnam County in it's day.

The hose bed held approx 2000 feet of 5" hose. it was delivered with 1500 feet of 4" double jacket cotton hose with brass couplings . It had a specially designed mainifold on th eback that took in 4" and went to 4-2.5 outlets. It was nicknamed the "Super-Oren" after some Engine in NYC. The origial "Super" emblem was from a Ford pickup and is on th eengines palque on Mahopac Station 2.

It orginally had a Wakashua (sp?) gas engine with a 5 speed manual transmission. It was converted in the mid 1970's to a Detroit 6V71 with a Allison Automatic. The Original County Designation was Engine 55. When Putnam County changed to the current numbering system it was designated 18-2-2. It was re-designated 18-2-1 in 1989 and served Engine Companies 1 and 2 until it was retired in 2001 when we donated the Engine to the County.

Edited April 25, 2006 by EJS1810