IzzyEng4

Hey Phil, Didn't they just recently change the refilling air bottles? I though 16 & 17 yo's could if monitored by a active firefighter and the bottles being filled are enclosed in a NFPA / OSHA approved filling frag station? I might be thinking something else on this though.

That is nothing new to me. New Haven's Truck 2 out of Howard Avenue is a 100 foot Segrave tiller and had rescue and extrication equipment on it since it was closer to I-95 and at that time Engine 8 out of Whitney Avenue was the city's extrication / rescue unit. New haven now runs Squad 1 & 2 (rescue pumpers) and I think T-2 still has extrication equipment on it.

You're right, took below the rear window, looks like the lines where the truck rounds up. I used to own a Mercury Grand Marquis so I know the style. Definitely custom job job

Here is the transcript from WTNH 8 TV last night on the news. Two fired, five suspended after death of man in police custody Two fired, five suspended after death of man in police custody-story by Alan Cohn (Milford-WTNH, Dec. 1, 2006, 5:47 PM) _ New developments in the case of two Milford dispatchers fired for the way they handled a 911 call. Five other officers have been suspended and police have released a surveillance video of what happened. * by News Channel 8's Alan Cohn Police Chief Keith Mello is clearly disturbed by the actions of his officers. In an effort to get out in front of the story he is releasing the video and every report on the investigation into the incident. The surveillance video shows 24 year old Nicholas Brown in the minutes leading up to his October 19th death. He is shown talking on his cell phone in the lobby of Milford Police Headquarters after being arrested in the parking lot of a local motel. Police had tasered him three times to get him under control. What they didn't know was that he swallowed a lethal amount of cocaine before they were able to take him into custody. Later in a holding cell, surveillance cameras capture Brown taking off his socks and then his shirt. He then gets on and off the bed and begins shaking. At this point, Police Mello says, an officer who is watching on a monitor makes the first of several inappropriate statements. "If you want a good laugh look at the guy in M1," said police dispatcher Steven Gifford. Gifford then called EMS and described Brown as "doing the funky chicken right now." "It was insensitive. It was inappropriate. And it's not the kind of conduct we want by our police officers or anyone else working here," said Mello. "Mr. Gifford was terminated based on his insensitivity and his unprofessionalism." Five officers face a one day suspension for not adhering to strict department policies. The officers are required to physically check on those in custody every 15 minutes. "They are good officers but in this case they violated policy and I think discipline was fair, it was just and it was appropriate," said Mello. Chief Mello says despite the officers mistakes there was no delay getting Brown medical attention. He died on his way to the hospital. A fire dispatcher was also fired for making inappropriate comments.

I have some red Krylon left............................

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Though they don't make those???? Must be a special order or someting.

Branford is Chrome yellow, or sometime called "Crash Truck Yellow" since it was the same paint color used by the Navy for their tows and deck trucks on an aircraft carrier. The too are going back to a red and white scheme. And actually, lime is not the safest color, white is. That argument was something that was started by Ward LaFrance back in the 60's and 70's to sell the new color as an alternative to the popular all red, all white and red & white schemes. Its never been officially proven and they again had a recent study that more people notice red fire trucks simply that is what we are all taught they area at an early age. As for visibility, if you can't hear the siren and see all the flashing lights, then something is wrong. Seth I think you got to let those trucks of yours "ripen" a bit! LOL

Could be Derby too. But are you sure it's not going to a private contractor? Hines Bros. does do a lot of DPW style sales to contractors.

I think it was locked because the way the discussion was going and it was going towards the negative, not towards the constructive.

They look Yellow, not orange compared to the left and right light bars.

Trying to get the night off, hopefully I can hang with all you "Westies"

A lot of CT fire companies have blue in the light bars up here. It is very common. We don't have local rules like New York, we follow NFPA for apparatus.

Rescue 3 (5 Gulf 3 for those C-MED buffs) was originally Rescue 1 back in 2000 when it was replace by the current Rescue 2 in 2002 / 2003, which in return was replace by the current Rescue 1 (5 Gulf 1) fairly recently. Milford is going to white over red and the last yellow truck purchased was Engine 5's Sutphen 75' quint out of the Woodmont Borough station. The red trucks are Engine 1, 6, 7, Tower 1 (Smeal / HME's) and Rescues 1 & 2 (Internationals) The yellows are Engine 2 (Smeal /Spartan spare), Engine 3 (Smeal / HME), Engine 4 (Pierce), Engine 8 (Ex E-7 Pierce), Engine 11 & Engine 12 (Ford C/ Pierce the last I know. The designations for Engine 8,11 & 12 might have changed recently, I 'm not sure but those were the designations we got when I worked at South Central C-Med to match up with the C-MED radio designations. Milford's yellow was unique, had almost a bright greenish hue and you could tell they were Milford's trucks when West Shore (W. Haven) and Stratford's yellow trucks were on scene next to them from a distance. I remember Milford had red trucks left over from the 60's when the volunteers were still around and then went to a white and a white with lime stripe paint scheme. I have fond memories of Milford's old American LaFrance ladder truck, open cab 100 foot rearmount, painted white with a lime stripe along the bottom of the body and the truck had a powerful Wakashaw engine zipping by when my uncle used to work at the court house.

A little secret about the New Haven washer, they have to back into it instead of driving through it the last I heard. There was a problem with it and I think it is being fixed.

There were a few in CT with this but all new buses do not have it. I think it was a federal DOT idea to make buses carrying school children more visible and the strobe off when no riders were on the bus being out of service of transport. Of course like no one knows that a chrome yellow and black stripe bus is a school bus.

Me and my ex used to go there when she lived in Valley Cottage, but i have to say.............................................................................................. NEW HAVEN PIZZA IS STILL THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A really old UFO?????

I though Firematic was the dealer for Pierce up that way? Nice rig, I like the gray cab roof.

The true story is there was too much white in the red paint!!!!

It will get thrown out of court and the chief will be exonerated.

Date: 11 - 29 - 06 Time: 0545 Location: I-84 Exit 23 EB Frequency: 800 Mhz LTR Multinet trunking (unable to truck scan) Units Operating: WFD HazMat Team, CSP Troop A Description Of Incident: Rollover of a tractor-trailer carrying several 55-gallon drums of Sodium Hydroxide (reportedly) Writer: IzzyEng4

Ok guys, you wanted a history major, here I am. (Graduated in 1995 from Albertus Magnus College in New Haven with BA in history and Political Science.) First off I have not seen this documentary yet since I don't subscribe to HBO currently. There have been election tampering all over the country, especially in our beloved NYC (remember Boss Tweed? Past Captain of Americus Engine 6). Election fraud or tampering has happened many times before. Up until the 1960's, party bosses really ran the elections. One example is that Nixon won the 1960 election by popular ballot but JFK won all the electoral college, kinda like the Bush / Gore campaign a few years back (there is more to this present one I know, but for sake of argument, I'll entertain the question later.) It is easier to mess with a local election than it is with a national but at the same token anyone can mess with any sort of voting machine, just like computers nothing is fool-proof. Yes you area correct there was a lot of "tampering" with elections but not with voting machines, it was more intimidation and also as it was depicted in the fictional "Gangs of New York" (certain names and time periods were intermixed but it give you the jist of the time) many men were sent in to vote and then again, changed their look and dress and voted again. Remember it wasn't until the 1920's that women could vote, you had to be a 21 year old male property owner, originally. There are many ways of tampering with elections, a mis count can also be conceived as tampering. Look at the 2nd congressional district in CT Simmons vs. Courtney. Courtney initially won by 190 votes lets say (i don't remember the number exactly) but during the re-count, Simmons gained 100 of them back. This could have been called tampering easily but it was an error. There was another incident in another state this past election where there was a major foul up and the proctor admitted fault, that is what should be done if there area errors, in a perfect world everyone would do it. There has and always been a dispute surrounding elections since Thomas Jefferson ran for president, Washington was the only unanimous choice and uncontested (per-se) presidential election. Just remember, politics is a game of control, just like Risk or Monopoly and the things people would think about to have it. That is why there should be more checks an balances but where to begin and where to end is the question.

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Who's 635??? Never heard of him. LOL