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Would be nice to re-acquire it and make it a fire museum!!

Here is the link. Sorry for the delay. http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_171993529514212

Oneeye, yes we know both sides of the story as it was witnessed by the person who told me as well as many of the firefighters in attendance. Also management and staff of the New Haven location was involved and still refused to let him in. He was wearing the same style jeans as many of the Caucasian firefighters in the establishment. There is a facebook page up now about this, all the information is there.

By what I am hearing, the event was going on when it happened and many didn't hear of it until after the fact.

Nice photo! Christie was actually the name of the manufacturer who made the auto-tractor. Was there any other information who made the steamer Capt?

Just received my Technician License today. I'm KB1VFE, looking to make contacts with members here who are licensed HAMs.

Hopefully they will go to a good home.

On FLFD's Website, FL-3 (located at CO. 3) was a Simon-Duplex tanker / foam unit ( http://fortleefire.org/FL-3.jpg ) and the old FL-3 before the Duplex ( http://fortleefire.org/Old_FL3.jpg). I would assume like Seth said, this was set up for the highways.

Hey you have to do what you have to do. Very heads up, stayed outside and kept it in check. Smart thinking.

Nothing like a classic looking firehouse!

"Ooooffff!"

Long time Explorer / Mountaineer owner, I don't like the new looks. Looks too much like the Edge.

That is one feature of the E-one aerials that I like is their jacking system. That is the main reason why Boston loves them so much.

I think Esopus has a similar color scheme on their new pumper as well.

Engine Co. 4 covers the north end of Meriden and the Pratt Street (Engine 2 / Truck 1) station is about a mile away. Engine 4's firehouse was built in the 1960s on the same lot were their old station used to be located (originally a volunteer firehouse until it became staffed with career FFs). Engine 3 is also located not far form this firehouse so the area would be covered fully while E-4 is re-located.

Getting back to the Engine Co. cuts, if they loose the 5th man, then an Engine Co. will lose the "Control FF" position correct?

They are finally replacing the old Mack huh? Sad to see another one go................

How does it feel to be in 14 degree weather????? LOL Just saw Dallas - Forth Worth's weather forecast. Its colder down there than in Green Bay!!! I'll post a pic later at my house.

lt441, I was, I couldn't remember the actual acronyms for the locals. Was on my mobile when I typed it. Thank you for the correction.

There was a report out later today saying the UPF and the UPO filed an injunction to stop the cuts.

Also remember folks that this section will be use for photos of the new rigs when they are delivered so that we don;t have to have a bunch of different threads as well. That was some of the intentions of this new section.

Is that because of experience or the lack of confidence of a company captain or lieutenant running the scene? Sorry, a volunteer chief that steps down is back on the line and the company captain and lieutenant out ranks the "ex". To me that is a plan lack of respect for a line officer having someone without rank running the scene over them, unless they are asked to by the company line officer.

I'm a past captain from my vollie house. I have a marker plate from the company labeled "past captain" as it was an honor and a privilege to lead my company, which the company gives to its former captains. I have a small gold badge on my dress uniform that says "past captain" on it as a reward, placed next to my regulation silver member's badge. However there is no need for me to have a "billboard" on my turnout coat nor the words "past captain" on my helmet shield. The guys and gals from my company and throughout the department know that I was a captain for a few years, they know I am the senior man in the company. that's all I need for respect. Quite honestly, NJMedic is right in my opinion, it is EGO for most people. You don't need to flaunt it, heck half the people that have that posted on their gear don't deserve it. "To get respect is by giving respect" - Unknown.

Unfortunately though yes the only who is ultimately responsible is the driver of the offending vehicle, the person who utilized the blue light is also held liable, as well as the town / department who issued the permit to that person as per CT laws. For example I was the captain of my volunteer company and with the authority of the chief of the department and the police chief, to start the process of issuing a permit for my members who wants to operate a "blue flashing light" (that is how the law states it). I get all the proper vehicle information and issue the member all the laws pertaining to its use, basically training of it through discussion. The copy of the information is then forwarded to the fire chief and police chief of the town and also sent up to the Motor Vehicle department and also CSP HQ. Now when the light is activated while responding, your POV is a legally responding marked vehicle to a fire in my town or where we are called mutual aid to. It is not to be used for anything else. If that member uses it illegally like in this instance, my department (which is funded and incorporated by the town), my fire chief, the police chief and the town government are now legally bound because we issued it, also I am held accountable because I was the one who issued the permit to him / her. Though the person who was driving the "chased vehicle", the firefighter who was flashing his light following the car at a high speed is acting as a responding firefighter for that town, not a cop. The firefighter was impersonating a police officer in this state as written in the law! If he had turned off his light and followed the car for the scene, well this could have been a totally different outcome. By the word of the law, the unfortunate passenger is legally entitled to sue the town / department because the catalyst as found through the police investigation was caused by the firefighter who made a very poor decision. As I also have worked as a dispatcher for the state police, the first thing we are trained to do at the tele-communicator class sponsored by the state is that dispatchers are to encourage the driver of any vehicle to stop following a person and slow down! We are trained not to encourage motorists to "chase" an offending vehicle. If you have the plate, the cops are still gonna find out where the perp is even if they elude the police from the scene. The dispatcher in this case (if my understanding was correct) encourage the firefighter to continue on. The dispatcher should be disciplined for this if he / she has not. A dispatcher has no authority to engage a pursuit over the phone or a two-way radio. If a pursuit happened, the desk officer takes over radio control of the pursuit and the dispatcher is to keep the record of it according to the CSP (not sure about local since they usually only have a civilian working the desk). Once again this is a case of another yahoo in the state that is a cop-wannabe. I feel bad for the individual that had his life ruined by the entire event, but there is more to come with this case.

Police departments in the State of CT all operate a combination of blue and red for front and back warning, with yellow flashers facing the rear also for added visual safety. CT police departments have not utilized all blue police lighting since the 1980s through there were some holdouts like Derby and Hamden who retained their all blue light bars until the early 1990s. Even before that there were no standard what color lights emergency vehicles could have. Some town pd's had all blue, some red, some red and white, some red and blue. All undercover police units with a single light are required to have a red light or combination red / blue. When installed in a POV, blue is reserved for Firefighters and green for EMS. Chief officers of fire departments and EMS can run red and white, but it is limited how many POVs per department are issued. CT has issued blue light permits for volunteer firefighters since the regulations were changed in the 1980s when emergency lighting laws changed, before that there were not concrete regulations. CT's laws are not like NYS'. Our laws are very concrete and black and white. The way the VF's lights were utilized in this instance were illegal as the written law states. Blue lights for fire fighters are a courteous light and recently our state legislature along with the help of CSP has made changes to help protect VFs when responding but also tightened the laws to prevent illegal use. There have been many case in the past were idiots, like this guy, pulled over people and they have been sentence to either a long probation and a few have seen jail time.