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Nice Engine Co. But i wonder why FDNY went back to old school rorators on the light bar?

Most Dept's keep reserves for 5 years.

Let us not forget 9/11/01. Let us not forget the 343 Fire Fighters who gave the ultiment sacrfice on this tragic day. 12 years later lets sound our sirens across this nation to reflect and pray! Please.. Never forget!

If you look at vidios across the nation, at 1pm fire, police and medics sound there siren for 60 seconds. This has happened for the last 11 years. So no, sirens are not just for parades.

Thank you... The Blue fleet is different but looks great. The tanker is a show piece. Thanks for adding the pictures as well.

It's a impresive Engine co. But why Blue? Just curious.

Mount Kisco, what a wonderful new engine. Glad you went with a Fed Q siren on this one. As for Grandma she never missed a step. Nice tradition when approching the station for the first time in a new rig.

Hi Seth, I'LL buy it if you still have it. My email is jim@fireinmotion.net. Can you ship it and i will pay for shipping. Thank you Jim.

I saw on the news last night that the mayor is going to fight for the seasonal F/F familys for full benefits.

More and more depts are running Paramedic engines. With that said you need a bigger cab as the medical cabnet usual sits in the rear crew area. Also some depts have a small refrigerator for drugs that need to stay cool. That's were a custom cab comes in handy. Among many other reasons. According to NFPA.. it's $10,000.00 more to equip a commercial cab than a custom cab with the new requirements.

Again... Training Training Training. I jhave seen Engine Co as long as a tanker many times. But thats not really the issue. A dept who operates Tankers needs to have assigned Engineers to them period. Take a driving course if availible learn how it feels empty, full and half full. Learn the braking distance and even proper accleration. Very Very important is slow and steady turning. If the Tanker has a Jake Brake use it. Be careful in rainy or snow conditions. Also off road conditions like down hill or a slope with a turn. Can you safely make this turn with out flipping? A tanker is only as big as the design from the dept. Lower the tank the better. You do not want a short stubby tanker thats a whole other issue.The tanker i drove was 37ft long. Thats only 4ft longer than most engine co. The operator also needs to be tested for air brakes and tanker. Its no different than asking a F/F to drive a tiller or eng. If he or she has never or very little drive time you are asking for trouble. Training!!

I was a Water tender (Tanker) trainer and operator. I will disagree about Tankers responding Code3 any size. It all comes down to training the operators on driving abilitys. On loads full or half is a whole different way of driving. Most accidents are from non trained operators. You can not put who ever shows up first if a vollie dept or have any F/F drive a tanker. The bottom line is TRAINING period. As for custom over commercial cabs on a tanker i agree you do not need a custom rig. A conventional is usual safer with the motor ahead and not under or behind you. You can have the same specs as a custom with less dollars. As for turning radious again a conventional with a set back front axle will turn as sharp if not sharper then a cabover.Its all about the foot print.

A family member of mine was a cop in Washington. After awhile he noticed the amount of drinking by the local Vollye's. After one accident he started to write tickets or arresting the drunk F/F. He started geting death treats and became a target. After a long period of time he quit. Sad!!

They are also claiming 27000 pluse miles? These rigs are ran hard and seems like they never stop. I wonder what the true milage is.

After reading how the E-Ones fell apart and many issues with them, it is going to be more than a paint job to fix it. Wasn't R2 badly damaged?

Syracuse did order one KME 55ft squrt. A Quint has to have a 75ft ladder 1000gpm pump and 350 gal water tank. I forgot how much engine and truck equip it needs to carry.

May God wrap his loving arms around the family's and fellow brother and sisters.

Sir, i have never heard of anyone dying or a structure burning because a rig has Christmas lights on it. This is a tradition for many dept's and towns who support this.

Guys.. This dept has been doing this for years this is not new. If you look close you will see the lights do not block any doors or equip on the side.As for the cost, the members paid out of their own pockets. And yes, they still respond with this rig. You have dept's all over that install lights for Christmas again this is not new.

Do you an address for this young man. I'm not on face book.

The bottom line is BE SMART. I have seen the video a few times and the rig was simply going to fast for the turn. You always have the next block to make a turn if your travling to fast and not enough time our space to slow down. Everyone was very lucky that day.

Yes please, i truly injoy the pictures. Thanks.

Brothers and sisters, Be safe today and enjoy the bird. Also, thank you to our military for standing strong on foreign soil. God Bless you all!!!!

YES! I will have a card and a patch along with a hat. Story's like this will get me everytime. God bless!

x4093k, Thanks i missed that on page 1.