FiftyOnePride

To be honest I thought maybe one would have been popular here. I suppose I am wrong. It's all good either way.

Love the writing on the side of 37 truck. Thanks for those!

Is anyone else getting excited?

Nice!

Wal-mart sells these little mints that have a little amount of caffeine in them, they do the trick too. What class are you taking?

Great - it looks like quite the operation.

I was thinking this for a while - but the pawling incident got me thinking about it - because the site was particularly slow and I want updates besides what I already knew.

Just received a text from my faithful LT. They are on their way with our 14 to bring some Foam to the fire. Best of luck to everyone operating on the scene - wish I was home to run with them.

Wow. That some fire right there.

Thanks - I was fixing my realized mistake when you posted, I appreciate it though! And to add the OP - I have never driven a gasoline powered ambulance - our ambulances were converted before I was a certified driver - but if it lacks in the power ours have now, I prefer the diesel.

Care for illustrative examples? Type 1. Type 3. Credit to an awesome MFC member, Dave, A.K.A. Bogey. EDIT: Realized Type 2 is the EuroVan style - fixed for effect.

I didn't realize he was out riding with something - I thought he was alone - that makes it even worse.

3-8 here at school in Albany, maybe more. Congrats to the new Dad in the thread!

She looks fun to drive.

No problem!

Agreed - Stay safe brother.

Great looking truck - always been a fan of these sized units since Wassaic received theirs.

Date: 02/28/09 Time: 1604 - Present Time Location: 32 Harmony Hill Rd. Frequency: Firegrounds 11 responding, 12 on-scene. Units Operating: DC-54, Pawling St. 1 All Equipment, CC-16 Weather Conditions: 32 Degrees, Mostly Cloudy Description Of Incident: House Fire. Writer: FiftyOnePride 1609 DC-54 Reports smoke in the residence. 1614 DC-54 Confirms fire on the second floor - all occupants out. 1616 Second Dispatch for Pawling St. 1, 54-11 and 54-61 have responded. 1625 Third Dispatch, Pawling to respond with remainder of st. 1 equipment, Dover St. 2 with 1 engine to cover Pawling St. 1, Patterson with 1 engine to cover Pawling St. 2, CC-16 is responding.

I'll remember it.

I agree, but if it weren't in that space, and since we have no aerial here in M-town is why I would prefer ground ladders. I thank everyone for their advice because this isn't something I had really put in-depth thought into previous to this post, so it has been very insightful. Not to say I haven't thought about it - I hope y'all understand what I mean.

Ground ladders, try to open it up without getting on the roof - via what x129k described.

There's a lot more to the story than what they are writing - that's just odd.

My truck has the keypad on the door - that makes things much easier when I want to leave it running while I am stopping somewhere quick. Some doors can't be locked with the keys in the ignition so that could be a pain.

We tend to use both, on our last few chimney fires they have been using the chains. The last chimney fire I caught, the chains didn't do so well, they just couldn't hit the shelf in the right spot to knock out the debris. I am a fan of the bombs though and prefer to use them - and I definitely do not like the flares.

Hey Richie, I was told we are way too busy to use the text message system like Litchfield county does. I wish we could though - that would be great for me when I am at college.