Mount Vernon Fire 2/6 and 'New' Engine

[Truck4 48]

Millington X Columbus

[Remember585 815]

Millingotn X Columbus

Nice to see they went all out on the door logo... LOL.

[bronxfireradio 45]

Nice to see they went all out on the door logo... LOL.

Yeah, why does the "Mount Vernon" look like a P-Touch afterthought?

[R1SmokeEater 359]

"Rapid Foam" ?? .....is that supposed to be like the Rapid Water additive on the 70's FDNY pumpers ?

Edited February 7, 2010 by R1SmokeEater

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Unlike many of the new fire engine photos that grace the pages of emtbravo, this series shows an engine actually pumping at a working fire. We can read a lot into these photos, it's amazing what a rig can reflect about a department if you have some knowledge of that dept.

Good luck brothers of the FDMV!

[61MACKBR1 222]

Glad to see that FDMV has a effective working piece of apparatus. Engine 6 (I believe that it is Engine 6, although it could be Engine 5. I can't really tell from the photo) is a nice looking rig in action. I thought that FDMV was also supposed to get a Used Ladder Truck as well? Does anyone know anything about that? (Plus, I see that the Old Engine 5 is now the Spare Engine 1. What did FDMV do with the Mack CF?)

Edited February 7, 2010 by 61MACKBR1

[firefighter-70 27]

Its Engine 5, it old but works. You hit the brakes and it stops, it pumps water and that's what we need. The brothers at FDMV would love to have a nice new engine, its not in our future. This just happens to be the third working fire in MV in the past 3 days.

[jjpinto 297]

Its Engine 5, it old but works. You hit the brakes and it stops, it pumps water and that's what we need. The brothers at FDMV would love to have a nice new engine, its not in our future. This just happens to be the third working fire in MV in the past 3 days.

I photographed Engine 5 this morning, Hopefully this holds up for them until they can order new equipment.

[61MACKBR1 222]

What happened to the New "Used" Ladder Truck that they were supposed to be getting?

[IzzyEng4 427]

What department did the pumper come from in the Island?

[61MACKBR1 222]

What department did the pumper come from in the Island?

SAYVILLE, NEW YORK FD - I heard or read that FDMV was getting a Used Ladder Truck either from Sayville or from some FD in New Jersey and the last time I heard about it was that the FDMV was doing a Ladder Test on it, but nothing since. Does anyone within FDMV know about the status of this?

[jjpinto 297]

SAYVILLE, NEW YORK FD - I heard or read that FDMV was getting a Used Ladder Truck either from Sayville or from some FD in New Jersey and the last time I heard about it was that the FDMV was doing a Ladder Test on it, but nothing since. Does anyone within FDMV know about the status of this?

Here is the photo of the ladder being used as Ladder 2

[jjpinto 297]

Here is the other engine being used as Engine 6

[61MACKBR1 222]

Thanks Joe - So FDMV has a New (used) Engine 5, Engine 6, and Ladder 2. Are they all from Sayville, NY?

Here is the other engine being used as Engine 6

[jjpinto 297]

The ladder is from Woodcliff Lake,New Jersey.

[hudson144 150]

As of this date: Tower Ladder 1 - Seagrave Tower Ladder in service running out of Staion #3 on 3rd street.

Ladder 2- Straight Stick Seagrave in service out of Headquarters on E. Lincoln ave.(originallyFDMV Trk#2)

Ladder 3- E-One - Bucket running out of Sta 2 on South Fulton Ave.

The straight stick from Woodcliff lake will be a spare.

The Former West Harrison Mack Tower Ladder is out of Service, not sure what the plans are for that Truck, maybe a trip to Brookfield for scrap!

[M' Ave 1,466]

It's a real shame that a busy urban FD like 'da Vern has to deal with hand-me-down rigs. Probably seen more fire this week than ever before!

From an operations perspective; both of the "new" rigs seem to have a very long wheel base. How does this work out for you guys on some of the streets you have?

I assume that the top-mount pump panel is the reason for the long wheel base. As far as I know, FDMV is the only urban dept. in the area that operates with one. How does it work out?

[R1SmokeEater 359]

It's a real shame that a busy urban FD like 'da Vern has to deal with hand-me-down rigs. Probably seen more fire this week than ever before!

From an operations perspective; both of the "new" rigs seem to have a very long wheel base. How does this work out for you guys on some of the streets you have?

I assume that the top-mount pump panel is the reason for the long wheel base. As far as I know, FDMV is the only urban dept. in the area that operates with one. How does it work out?

MV has had top mount PP's before...........

[e290l103 3]

and to scrap it would be a shame, especially since they now can do one on a new single axle chassis. Even if Mount Vernon doesnt use it, someone else would.

As of this date: Tower Ladder 1 - Seagrave Tower Ladder in service running out of Staion #3 on 3rd street.

Ladder 2- Straight Stick Seagrave in service out of Headquarters on E. Lincoln ave.(originallyFDMV Trk#2)

Ladder 3- E-One - Bucket running out of Sta 2 on South Fulton Ave.

The straight stick from Woodcliff lake will be a spare.

The Former West Harrison Mack Tower Ladder is out of Service, not sure what the plans are for that Truck, maybe a trip to Brookfield for scrap![img]http://www.emtbravo.net/public/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif