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Andy is a wealth of info and a class act. Great read.

Only you know my pain, Andy....

I guess I'll just have to get someone to print me up some decals and bust out the nail polish remover.

They have model railroad stuff. They moved to a new spot and the size of the store has shrunk to a fraction of what it used to be.

Super Pumper and Tender pix However, some of the info this guy typed up is incorrect, so you can disregard most of it.

305??? Jeeze... Would have been nice to see 308.

From what I have gathered from the European firefighters I have spoken to, the HP pumps with the "pressure washer" type hose are used primarily because most of their residential fires are just room and contents. They use less water to knock down more fire. Lake Carmel had a reel on one or two of their old rigs with the HP set up.

If the incident goes Probably Will Hold, the Satellite and its associated Engine are returned.

I just have a pretty good memory. It's funny, I can remember fires, or events from my childhood, but can barely remember conversations I had with my wife last week.

I've seen video of it, and for lack of a better term, it's an awesome sight. Imagine having the power of a small fireboat on the street.

263 had 85's Mack after 85 was disbanded. 236 was totalled in a wreck on I want to say Liberty Avenue in Queens in the mid 80's. Good catch, 94 was a spare. I screwed up.

It's funny you should mention that, because I quizzed my crew on that today. E-97 is the back up for E-72. There are a number of boxes out there where 72 is either first or second due, and 97 is 4th due. In a situation like this, you assign the nearest available Satellite with its associated Engine. It will usually be 324/Satellite 4.

How did I know that if it was something Jet Blue, our esteemed X635 would know about it??? :-)

OK, Here we go. The Satellite Water System is the second step of evolution from the old Super Pumper System. The Super Pumper would set up at the nearest large diameter main and hook up, then feed the Super Tender or whatever needed to be fed at the time. It could also pump to the Satellites or tower ladders as needed. The Maxi Water System was established when the Super Pumper was disbanded. There were 6 2000 GPM Pumpers and 6 Satellites. On the second, a Satellite would respond with its associated Engine and operate. Upon transmission of the third, E-207/Maxi Water would respond along with another Engine/Satellite. E-207 would advise where the hook up site would be(also a large diameter main nearby) and they would be Water Resource Officer. In 1998, it became the Satellite Water System. Maxi Water became Satellite 6. A satellite responds to certain street boxes with long stretches,like the Brooklyn Navy Yard or the Manhattan Bridge, to 10-75's in Riverdale(had one today), to any All Hands in SI, any Foam Operation, and to any multiple alarm. They can also be requested by an IC. They are manned by the crew of the engine they are quartered with, and there are specific units that are trained to be the back up engine if the associated engine is unavailable. These Engines are only 1000 GPM, but that may change when the new Engines start being delivered. The high pressure hydrants have been out of service for heaven knows how long. The Hosewagons for the airports are quartered with Engine 308(JFK) and Engine 316(LGA). They respond on the transmission of Queens Box 269 (JFK Crash Box) and 37(LGA Crash Box) The JFK Hosewagon is a modified Satellite, and the LGA Hosewagon is a converted pumper(I wanna say Ex- E-33). Hydrants are obviously few and far between over at the airports, so that's why we have them. I am not sure how they operate, but I presume and will check later, that they stretch to either an engine operating on the runways, or to help feed the PAPD crash rigs. I'll double check that and get back to you guys. The Manifold Hosewagon, quartered with E-329 in the Rockaways is used in areas that 329 can't get into, like most of its first due area(lots of sand). It's a 4 wheel drive rig with a manifold and deck gun built into it. When there is a fire in 329's first due area, 329 hits the hydrant and stretches to the MHW and they operate off of that. Most of the time the Satellite is used for the manifold it carries. They'll hook up a few handlines to it and operate off the manifold. The deck gun is used every so often, and can knock down a lot of fire, and walls, when it is used to its full capacity. I hope this answers some of your questions.

Whatever the reasons, just another black eye for the fire service.

The Squrt with the telescoping boom went to 70 Engine, then LCFD(17-5-1) in 1987. It was sold to the Wall, PA Fire Department in 1992, and somewhere along the way ended up in Texas. The lime green experiment was conducted in the early 1980's, the following Engines had those rigs. Engines 10,41,42,45,46,58,65(ALF),73,85,94,236,277. A few of them were re-painted red/white.

Actually, 1129 E 180 Street. In da rear. I heard about that Pelham Manor job, 51 wasn't the only company begging to go. I used to get my hair cut over there, if it's the same building I'm thinking of.

Can you say coast through the turn?? As opposed to gunning it??

The only Macks CF's in service right now are the foam units and a couple of spare TL's. The JFK Hosewagon over at 308 has not been replaced as of yet. It's an old ALF Satellite. The Dewatering Unit was an old Mack Satellite with a Com Coach body from an old Salvage unit. That was replaced a few years ago.

It's amazing that I recognize at least three people I have worked with in my short career. I still don't know how these guys did it.

I just recently got back from the Double O, and I won't be going back there anytime soon. The wait staff was kind of pushy. It was like 4 or 5 times in the first ten minutes we were there, the waiter would ask, "Are you ready to order yet??" Dude, let me take off my coat please. The food was a little too pricey for my liking, and not worth what we were paying. Getting back to the wait staff, could I at least take more than one bite before you come over and ask me if everything is ok?? The dessert stuff looked tasty, but like I said, it isn't worth the trip for me to go back.

Works at the Bronx Zoo but never knocks on our door...I'm sad.

I gotta say, I'm upset but not heartbroken. They had a great run. I'm surprised they made it as far as they did with two of their top pitchers out and the bats being slightly anemic. They got further than the Yanks, and I will say I am disappointed there won't be a Subway Series this year.

I can attest to this. My wife waited over 24 hours in the ER before she got admitted. Sat out in the hallway on a gurney. And the patients just kept on coming in. There's a point where you have to say enough is enough and go on diversion. PS: She worked at this hospital and I was surprised they didn't do the right thing by one of their employees.

The Hudson Line has third rail, and diesels run on those tracks as well. If memory serves me right, they share it with Amtrak. The New Haven line runs on Catenary from I think it's either Pelham or Rye north.