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I dunno, this sounds like a bit of a fluff piece to me. I'll have to read it this weekend. But, I presume that in areas where there is a distance between firehouses and sometime a long response times for whatever reasons, this is probably the trend they are speaking of. Sometimes, no matter how fast units get to a scene or how fast knockdown/VES is commenced, it isn't enough to save anyone, regardless of circumstances.

I don't have times on this but I will give you the assignments and relocators. These are current as of 1900 when I left work. Engines 321,246,276 Ladders 169,153 Battalion 43 Battalion 33 available, takes it in as first due chief. 10-75: R-2, Sq-1 Batt 43 10-75 Chief Ladder 156(FAST) E-309, Ladder 159 S/C additional Engine and Truck All Hands: Rac-5, Division 8 2nd Alarm: Engines 330,245,323. Ladder 172, Battalions 41,42, E-284/Satellite 3. Safety Bn, Rescue Bn, Tactical Support 2, Field Comm 1. Mayday Transmitted as per E-321 Chauffer and Chief Jones(Good buddy of mine, I have never heard her screaming like this ever) of the 33Bn, Rescue 5 S/C 1841: 10-60 transmitted as per Division 8(Still responding) Division 15 and Squad 1's second piece assigned. 1842 3rd Alarm: Engines 255,248,282, Ladders 161,157, Battalions 37,38. Mask Service. Battalion 58 to Floyd Bennet Field as Air Recon Chief. Filling out 10-60: Rescue 3 w/Collapse Unit, Ladders 132,131(SOC Support) Haz Mat 1, Haz Mat Battalion, Battalions 32,57,58. 1917 Probably Will Hold 1935 Under Control Relocations: Engines: 281/254, 231/321, 202/330, 216/255. 205/248, 285/245, 236/323 Other Manhattan to Brooklyn relocations made, however I wasn't able to record them all. The 21 Battalion and Engine 152 came over from SI, which is pretty rare that any SI engine or truck or battalion for that matter come over the bridge to relocate. Ladders: 149/153, 107/159, 113/156, 176/169, 126/176 Chiefs: 45/38, 50/33, 51/58, 21/42, 4/57, 53/51(Backfill) If this is in the wrong spot please move it with my apologies.

1041 Engines 96, 45, Ladders 54,58, Battalion 18 1042 Engine 82 on 10-14 1047 10-75 by Bn 18, Sq-61, R-3, E-94, L-31(FAST) Bn-3 1047 Division 6 responding 1049 All Hands Rac-3 Assigned 1049 S/C Engine 90, Ladder 48 Additional E&T 1054 2nd Alarm Engines 64,46,88,Ladder 41, Engine 72/Sattelite 2,Battalions 26,20, Rescue Battalion, Safety Battalion, Field Comm 1. 1113 L-47 S/C Searches delayed due to warehoused apartments. 1127 3rd Alarm Engines 50,73,42,92 Ladders 27,38 Mask Service, Battalions 14,17 Staging area set up at Harrod Avenue and E 172 St. 1145 S/C Hazmat 1 and Haz Mat Battalion, tank was later determined to be Acetylene 1210 Probably will hold 1234 Under Control Relocators: Engines: 83/96, 79/45, 43/90, 84/82, 80/42, 59/73, 258/92, 289/88, 313/64 Ladders: 17/54, 33/58, 61/47, 136/48, 49/27, 28/38 Chiefs: 27/18, 53/20, 45/26

I would presume the alarm truck is used to perform maintenance on the overhead wires for fire alarm boxes, that is if Hartsdale has them.

This seems to be the new tool of amateur hoodlums. I do remember an incident before I got promoted where they had a couple of kids burned on a slide when a Drano bomb was set off nearby.

It's also known as a Drano bomb. I don't want to give the ingredients, as I don't want to encourage any younger impressionable viewers, but that's some nasty stuff.

I pick up some cab company on the FDNY handi talkie channel.

If she was on my platform I would have gone Gunnery Sergeant Hartmann on her. THEY DON'T SERVE CAVIAR AND FOIS GRAS IN MY CAFETERIA!!!! WHAT'S YOUR NAME??? HOLY DOG $#@% ONLY SNOBS AND SKANKS ARE NAMED PARIS!!!! ARE YOU ROYALTY??? Then move on to golf balls and garden hoses and other assorted nasty things.

Fear not, some truckie or rescue guy WILL find a way to get into it and cut it up with a set of Jaws.

Ahhh tis a nice boat, ain't it?? A former USCG(much like myself) 41 foot Utility Boat. Powered by two Cummins VT-903 Turbo charged Diesel Engines with a pto driven pump rated at (I think) 250 gpm. Top speed of 30 knots(Approx. 35 MPH). Twin fixed pitch 13 inch props. Deep V planing hull. Draft of 4' 1" if I remember correctly. Normal crew of 3, Coxswain, Engineer, Crewman. Max Range of approx. 300 miles. Built in the early to mid 70's and slowly being phased out. Yours truly had the opportunity to be a crewman/engineer on CG 41300, the first one built of approx 210?? I would presume the monitor is now prepiped, whereas we had a 3 or 4 inch line supplying it. the monitor could be stowed in the void of the bow, and attached to the front tow bitt, which is where the anchor chain and line was stored. It was cool, you could pull the cap off the tow bitt and there was the anchor chain attached to it by a hook. There's a bracket adjacent to the towing reel for a barrel that carried the portable dewatering pump. The steering linkage was just aft of the towing bitt, and could be easily taken apart with the push of a button if the rudder got jammed. Just have to be careful with the strainers because if you improperly seat the cap to the strainer, you will burn out the freshwater cooling and smoke the muffler. It's also got a nifty little valve that pumps hot water from the exhaust into the freshwater intake so it doesn't ice up. If I remember correctly, it can carry 17-21 passengers on top of the crew, and has ample space below decks to accomodate 6 seated people. The only drawback is that engine room is tight and royally cramped, the engines and fresh water cooling systems leak like sieves and the bilges fill up quick. Not bad for a guy who took his last ride on one of these things almost ten years ago. By any chance, did they mention where it was last stationed before being retired by the CG?? And if I am not mistaken, NRPD has one as well.

Waste of space, dumb @#$%$#!!!! Words can't describe how much I despise her.

I was doing some photos of rigs one day, and got my balls broken for it. Just be courteous about it, and use some common sense.

Call the Manhattan dispatchers and ask to be connected to Engine 3 or Engine 39. High Rise 1 is in with E-3 and High Rise 2 is in with Engine 39.

There are no plans to do Emergency! as a Movie, or anything to that effect. IMHO there are quite a few of those shows that should just be left in the past. Besides, LA County now has a Squad and Engine 51, so you'd have to make up new numbers.

standardized. with subcode for specific things. 10-1 to 10-11 administrative messages 10-12-10-14 response messages 10-20 respond with caution 10-21to 10-32 fires 10-33 to 10-40 emergencies 10-44 Request for ambulance 10-45 Fire related injury/death 10-46 request for coroner 10-47 request for PD 10-48 PD for FD being harassed 10-49 Request for Tow 10-50 generic request(DOT DEP Con Ed) 10-60 Major Emergency 10-65 Firefighter Mayday, transmit the next highest alarm with additional Rescue, Heavy Rescue and FAST team. 10-70 dead hydrant water relay required 10-75 working fire 10-76 Hirise commercial fire 10-77 hirise multiple dwelling fire 10-80 Haz Mat emergency 10-84 at the incident 10-86 Request for foam 10-88 Condition of fire/emergency, this is an inhouse code to let us know if the fire is doubtful, will hold, or under control. 10-91 Emergency with no FD Action needed, 10-92 False alarm 10-99 Units will be operating for 30 minutes or more. Yes, I know they are paraphrased from FDNY radio codes, but they work for us. Clear text at times is very useful. This is where those in charge of setting the standard should be able to make a standard comm policy for all. I could think of a few that would come in handy when requesting MA etc. I'll save those for later.

It's it's it's BIIIIG!!!!

I'm looking at this from two different views. Example: Say I'm with Lake Carmel and we get relocated to Carmel, it's pretty much a straight run down Route 52, and will take no more than ten minutes, regardless of time of day. This is a situation where there really isn't a need to use lights or sirens. View numbah too:Lake Carmel gets relocated out to Brewster or Put Lake. That's kind of a haul regardless of traffic considerations/time of day. You also want to get there quickly and safely so if something pops up during the course of the incident that caused you to get relocated, you can be on the road and responding almost immediately. This is a situation where I would pop the lights, and maybe the siren to get thru some of those more congested intersections. Is there a need to have your chauffer/mpo driving like they're rolling in first due to the mutha of all jobs?? Of course not, But, you want to get to where you're going in as expedient an amount of time as possible. To sum up, I think it depends on how far you're going and how long it'll take you to get there, taking traffic conditions and the possibility you'll be needed either at the scene later or for something else during the course of a relocation. And as always drive safely and smartly.

Engine and Truck one way, Engine and Truck the other way. If in Rescue companies first due area or a specific battalion, they go. If a confirmed pin job the nearest available Squad is started out. This gets tricky when you get into other limited access routes such as bridges/tunnels.

Awwww dude, such a waste of nice cars.

I was wondering what you folks think of this type of apparatus. I see a mid mount, such as Greenwichs' aerial, Carmels' old 12-5-1, Somers' former Ladder 18. I think two things, either, it's mounted in the wrong spot,(I prefer rear mounts) or, they didn't finish the rig(tiller). Does anyone else share this sentiment?? Before I get flamed, I do understand the constraints of budget and fit in the firehouse. For the sake of agument, let's throw budget and fit out the window and look at aesthetics and maneuverablity. Discuss.

Kenny's a good guy, Brewster will be well served having him as chief.

Oh I forgot, as previously mentioned, Hollis Hogs?? How could anyone except for a pig find that offensive?? And as for E-89/TL-50, there was talk to rename them Hurleys' Heroes, after the local gin mill down the block, but after recent events, I do hope they reconsidered.

It boils down to this, public perception. You may be the sweetest guy on earth with a heart of gold, much like myself, :wink: but one of your colleagues gets locked up for possesion of cocaine, or possesion of kiddie p***. It's all over the news, and there will be people out there who will then make the blanket statement, oh (insert occupation here) are a bunch of line snorting kid touchers. It does happen. IMHO this has already happened. Look at some of the news articles where the locals get interviewed. Read the negative comments. Nevermind everybody else in the firehouse or any place of business is a stand up person who would gladly give a stranger the shirt off of their back. The broad brush has been taken out and you've been painted as a dirtbag because someone else was an idiot.

I'll find out and get back to you.

I was discussing this with someone earlier this evening, and they brought up a point. Mind you this person is not in the job. This is a punishment for all the garbage that has gone on in the past year. This is downtown saying, there are certain elements in this department that have made all of you look bad, now, we're going to do something to spruce up our image. As for E-62/L-32, that image, as you probably know, is of the two cartoon bad guys, Rocky and Muggsy, made famous from a couple of Bugs Bunny Cartoons "Shut up shuttin up!!!" dressed up as firefighters, In and of itself, it's a pretty humorous logo. Although I doubt it is one that would offend. Maybe scream copyright infringement, but that's another story.