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In the early 1940's, FDNY had a couple of Squad companies. They were manpower units only. They reported to incidents and were utilized for whatever was needed. In the 1950's through the late 1960's FDNY Squad Companies were equipped with step vans. They carried basic truck company tools and were again utilized for whatever functions were needed. In the late 1960's, The squads were assigned pumpers and responded as engine companies. Eventually the Squads were disbanded. In 1977, Squad Company 1 was reestablished in the former quarters of Engine 269 which had been disbanded. They were assigned a pumper and also carried Truck Company Tools. They were used for whatever the Chief needed when they arrived at a fire scene. In 1990, Squad 41 was established in the former quarters of Engine 41 in the Bronx. They were assigned a pumper and they along with Squad 1 were part of Special Operations Command. in addition to engine company equipment, they carried truck company tools as well as Hurst Tools, Air Bags and some other rescue related gear. In the late 1990's Engine 18, 61, 252, 270 and 288 became Squad Companies and all squad personnel were trained to the Haz Mat and Rescue Technician level. All Squads were then assigned a second rig (step van) designated as Haz Mat Support Units.

It is unfortunate that some are not "officially" remembered, but like Alan I don't believe that's because there's a concerted effort to omit them. Some may have been overlooked but the thing is they can really only be forgotten if we let them be, so let us promise ourselves that we will not let that happen. Of course the 343 hold a well deserved special place for us as firefighters and we should honor their sacrifice and their heroism until the day we die. But so too must we honor the other 2653 who perished along with them that day. All had their lives cut short for no other reason than they were at the WTC or the Pentagon or on flight 93 that fateful day. Every one of the 2996 people who were murdered on 9/11 had a family and friends and colleagues who were left with a huge unfillable void in their lives by these senseless deaths. Each and every one of those people deserves to be remembered not just as a statistic, but as a person with hopes and dreams and a destiny left unfulfilled. Kieth Roma is one of them and if he cannot be "officially" recognized so be it, but he and all of the victims can be remembered by each of us here. Whether we do it in public or in private, as long as we remember those lost they will all continue to live on.
 
What we do now, how we remember, becomes more important with each passing year. There will come a day when no one alive was alive on Sept. 11, 2001, so how we remember the events and victims of 9/11 today will be all that future generations have...let us be sure to leave them with something worthy of the lives that were taken.
 
 
 
 
 

Unsure of the year but here’s Paramedic Unit 94  A Ford F 350 4wd  extended cab With Space Cap Pod  This color scheme is a throw back to the late 80’s

Former home of Coytesville Protection Company #2 located at 187 Washington Ave   Fort Lee NJ Now a Locksmiths shop This was a single bay Firehouse 

Old Tarrytown firehouse was originally a Masonic Lodge building. House Hope Hose on left as you faced the building. To the right was Conqueror Hook & Ladder. The police were located in the rear of the building. Detectives got a lot of drives! Lodge was located on 2nd floor.
 

The new Engine 131 for the City of Peekskill is in production should be arriving in the next month or so

New Troop NYC Cars.
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The miniaturization continues. What will they shrink next?

 
Industrial rig at Merck in Darmstadt Germany. Merck is a German chemical  and pharmaceutical corporation 
    Year: 2006   Manufacturer: Mercedes-Benz   Country: Germany   Merck Darmstadt Mercedes Rosenbauer

2-27 TroTLF Mercedes-Benz 3535/Rosenbauer DA-EM 241 1993

One of two Industrial Engines. The nickname is Iguana Here's some basic info:

Chassis: MB 3535
Bodywork: Rosenbauer (the cab itself was modified by Eller GmbH)
Manufactured: 1993

Water tank: 4000 l
Foam tank: 4000 l
ABC dry powder: 3000 kg
CO2: 300 kg

Pump output: 6000 lpm @ 8 bar

The crew cab in the middle of the bodywork has 4 seats (facing backwards, with BA sets fitted into the backrests). One additional BA set is mounted in the driver's cab. The water tank (and presumably the foam tank as well) is situated behind the crew cab, above the rear axels. A hosereel is mounted in the pump locker, above the pump's control panel. The powder and CO2 tanks are installed above the two front axles. There are 4 hosereels behind the driver's cab, 2 for each agent, on both sides (the smaller one for CO2 and the larger one for powder). There are two roof monitors. The vehicle is also fitted with a 'shower' system (decontamination purposes? the German description didn't say what it is for exactly!).

Ex Montrose engine is done from it's 2nd life in upstate Summit New York

It is a "temporary replacement" (company's words) for E-920, the 2008 Pierce Velocity, until the new one comes in.   Not sure what all is exactly on order, but they had a legal notice a while back regarding the sale of four engines as "surplus", plus they have the two tankers that are 21 years old now.   
 
New tanker is currently under construction - Pierce Contender to be built on a Peterbilt chassis - which, based on the colors listed on the instructions, I am guessing will go to the Sugar Loaf station.   

Finally caught Demerest’s New Freightliner M2 King cab Braun unit 427  at The ER this am  This is Their new color scheme also  A member of the crew commented back LED lights bright  no need for Chevrons !!!

Check out this unusual color scheme on this  Ford F 350XLT (unknown manufacturer of box) unit ID 55-31 Believe they were doing Inter Hospital transport

Any dept needing pagers and radios we just up graded to new radios we have a few minitor 5's and kenwood radios that we are willing to donate to a dept in need of these. please no personal donations. we are trying to help out some depts that may not have a large budget. most would probably need new batteries. the radio's and pager are in good condition. if any one is interested pm me and i will get you my e-mail address and we can go from there. 

Elmsford PD Car 37, a 2018 Tahoe sporting their new graphics package.
 
Graphics designed, printed, and installed in house by M Power Window Tint & Wrap of Elmsford.

Chester Fire District

The 2 East Bergen Dept’s  Ridgefield & Fairview Are specing Pumpers For Engine 4 (Ridgefield) & FV 3 (Fairview) Ridgefield’s waiting on 2018 Capital Budget (they were shot down for this year) Fairview is specing But believe almost ready for it to be put out for bid  Will be interesting to see 3 big Tower Ladder orders coming in the next 3 years in east bergen Edgewater Cliffside Park & Englewood Cliffs  All up there in age

Our dept. has 3 shifts of 6 and a very small "call division" of 8-10. Recalls occur fairly often about an average of 30 times a month but we can go days with none and have 6 another day.  These used to be by platoon a few decades ago when our call division was much larger, but now they are "all come" recalls. I track call payroll and FT recall attendance and on average we get 2.2 FT personnel per recall. We are paid a min. of 2 hrs OT for all recalls 0600-2300 and 3 hrs OT from 2300-0600 or anytime on holidays. Sadly only 3 of our career personnel live inside the city limits, so it does affect turnout and the speed at which the station is covered.  None of our call division personnel are EMS licensed, so that makes recalls a bit more difficult, as of course this is 75% of our work. Most are fully certified FF2 and driver operated certified annually, but alas, the call force is dwindling to the core group and there is very little outside interest to join.
 
I know that over the years recall attendance by career staff ebbs and flows. Younger guys tend to have other jobs off-duty, then there are guys with families that have childcare responsibilities during time off, those who get somewhat burned-out tend to not respond to routine recalls. On the plus side, we have one Lt. who lives in town who takes as much OT as possible come to most callbacks, and one or two other personnel who are pretty regular.  With structure fires being down, we get decent turnouts for most first alarms. My own personal situation is that I used to be 'Johnny on the spot" even though I lived about 15 min. away, but  as I've aged, I find getting back to sleep much more difficult and operating with less sleep much harder, thus I pass up more recalls at night than before even though I live closer. 
 
The one thing that seems to motivate career personnel  in our dept. is that your off-duty attendance of training and recalls can be a factor in promotions, as personnel who are "always" there tend to be favored when other things are on par between candidates. With a large percentage of our officers eligible to retire in the next 3 years this likely will result in some making a greater effort.  

a dealership? most likely resell for around 300k+. well thought out rig, too bad the decisions at pcfd haven't been as well thought out.

Date: October 30, 2017 
Time: 13:00 
Location: 303 Heritage Hills Dr - Heritage Hills Security HQ Building 
District: Somers- #224 
Battalion: 13 (All Units Are operating on Fire 13 in the county trunked system) 
Channel: Somers District Wide (154.22), Fire 13 (Trunked) (151.1225), 60 control dispatch (46.26) (453.5625), Lewisboro EMS (151.535), County Fireground 1 (453.0375)
Weather: 53 Degrees F, Partly Cloudy, Humidity: 53%, Wind: 12-15 MPH, Storm Just Passed, Power Outages town wide
Units On Scene: C2442 (Command) ,C2445 ,E183, E185, TL18, A80B1, A80B2 (Somers) & 45M3 & TL57, U6 (Bedford Hills F.A.S.T) & C2531, E272 (F.A.S.T) (Yorktown) & C2261 (Mohegan) & Bat 17 & Cause and Origin Zone 4 
Units In Standby in Somers HQ: C2075, E148 (Croton Falls) & C2211, L39 (Katonah) & E140 (Goldens Bridge) & A40B5 (WEMS)
Writer:  TheNickyp0

Description:
10-75 Transmitted @ 13:00. Working structure fire @ 303 Heritage Hills- Heritage Hills Security Building (HQ). Car 2442 had command at  the scene.  Fire was approx. 100x100 and has reached to the roof within several minutes of dispatch. The fire was extinguished within 20 mins. 
The Call was initially reported as a generator fire by fire personnel on scene and then was upgraded to a 10-75 (Working Structure Fire) by C2445 later on. Within Several mins the fire reached the roof and the ceiling collapsed. Multiple other agency's responded to the 10-75 scene and also stoodby in Somers Fire HQ. Multiple Ambulances transported civilians to Northern Wes. Hospital and one firefighter injured when the roof collapsed (Minor Injuries) . Heritage Command had reported that the Fire was knocked down @ 14:35 . An additional Wires down with a small brush fire had been reported at the scene @ 14:42. The brush fire was cleared @ 15:00. After the small brush fire was knocked down the remaining units were in the process of raping up and clearing the scene. 
Somers IC (Incident Command) had begun releasing units from the scene and from Somers HQ. C2442 reported himself and all other Somers units in service with command terminated @ 16:12 and the scene was turned over to Heritage Hills Personnel. 
 
Units In Service: C2442 (Command) ,C2445 ,E183,E185, TL18, A80B1, A80B2, A80B3 (Somers) & 45M2, 45M3 & TL57, U6 (Bedford Hills F.A.S.T) & C2531, 272 (F.A.S.T) (Yorktown) & C2261 (Mohegan) & Bat 17 & Cause and Origin Zone 4 & C2075, E148 (Croton Falls) & C2211, L39 (Katonah) & E140 (Goldens Bridge) & A40B5 (WEMS)
 
 
 
 

Date: 10/27/17
Time: 1714hrs
Location: Rt 52 & Rt 17K
District: Pine Bush/Town of Crawford
Battalion:
Channel:
Weather: Rain
Units: PBFD C1 (IC), E226, Walden (tools) & Fire Police, 36-12, Mobile Life EMS, Town of Crawford PD
Writer: BFD1054
Description: MVA w/Entrapment 
1714hrs (approx)-OC911 altering Pine Bush for the reported roll-over MVA, Route 52 and Route 17K.
 
1716hrs-OC911 re-sounding Pine Bush, confirmed MVA w/Entrapment.
 
1718hrs-PBFD Car-1 on scene advising multiple patients entrapped, requesting Walden to the scene for additional tools.
 
1721hrs-Command advising (3) adult patients, (1) pediatric patient, (2) of which will be ALS.
 
1725hrs-Walden Rescue responding. OC911 advising (2) ALS ambulances en-route.
 
1729hrs-Command advising (1) adult and (1) child extricated, working on extricating the remaining victims.
 
1731hrs-Walden Rescue on scene.
 - Command advising (2) additional adults extricated, working on the last.
 - 36-12 and Walden Car-1 on scene.
 
1732hrs-Command advising that Mobile Life EMS is on scene.
 
1740hrs-36-12 advising the last patient has been extricated, extrication now complete.
 
1751hrs-36-12 advising Waldens Rescue has been released, their Fire Police remaining for road closure.
 
1758hrs-36-12 in service from the scene.
 
1809hrs-Command advising all patients have been transported, PB E226, as well as Fire Police from PB and Walden remaining on scene.
 
1816hrs-Command advising all Pine Bush and Walden units in service, returning, scene turned over to Crawford PD, Command terminated.

 
Reports are that BFD was accusing Scott for causing back injuries to the members and wanted Scott to pay the medical costs and disability costs. Apparently wearing the packs without the waist strap puts undue weight on the upper back. Well hello....if you use a product in a way that the manufacturer says you shouldn't, the liability falls on you not the manufacturer 

The Community VFD is just outside of Houston, TX.  Their new Engine 91 looks like it was thoroughly thought out, especially when it comes to the health and safety of its firefighters.  I thought I'd share the video walk-around:
 
**This video was originally posted by Churchville Fire Equipment of Churchville, NY through Pierce Manufacturing**
 
Never mind the use of space in the compartments, there are few other things that really stuck out to me as I watched the video.  The first is the painted bumper edges, giving firefighters extra grip when stepping up on the bumper and tailboard.  The next is the stepped tailboard, allowing easier access to the roof and hosebed.  The last, and the major point of the video, is placing the SCBA in an exterior compartment, keeping firefighters seated and belted while the rig is in motion, and keeping the dirty packs outside of the passenger compartment.  Oh, did I mention the air conditioning that runs while the rig is plugged into shore power?

The Town of Mamaroneck has an ambulance district. The district provides the medic and the Ambulance Corps (for the Town of Mamaroneck and (Larchmont) and Mamaroneck EMS for the village of Mamaroneck provide the ambulances.