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Hunter's Ambulance is based out of Meriden, CT and have a white and maroon color scheme. I beleive they are part of the CAG (Certified Ambualnce Group) and I know through the CT forum they have been asked to help out with coverage to the affected areas. As for photos, you also have to look at it from a historical and research point of view. Yah we all may be taking ome shot down there and it may look like "photo ops" per-se but on the flip side, those photos are documenting everthing that happened to all the affected areas. In do time, researchers are going to look at these photos and try to come up with a plan what to do to help prevent this disaster or worse from happening again. Its also a documantation of the fact others travled so far to help other out in thier time of need.

That is why you need more than two lifting points just for that! All I can say is wow!!! I wonder how the damage is to the dock structure with all that weight coming down?

All the vollie departments took a Hit down in Queens. Broad Channel lost bot ambulances due to the flooding and the Hahn pumper they got from Malverne during a fire in their district (as i was told). Breezy Point I think was okay but Far Rockaway lost a couple rigs I think too. I think FDNY also lost a few rigs during the storm too or had to abandon them.

Last night, the Easton FD suffered an LODD. Reports are a truck was responding to an alarm when a tree struck it. The firefighter suffered major head trauma. No other information is available at the time. Information will be and should be posted here when official word has been released. Please pray for the family and the members of Easton in their time of need. (*)

The firefighter who lost his life was Lt. Russ Neary. May he rest in peace. http://weston.dailyvoice.com/news/easton-mourns-hurricane-sandy-firefighter-casualty-1 (*)

Easton, CT has suffered a LODD. A tree struck a truck while responding to an alarm. The firefighter had major head trauma through reports. No other information is available at this time. When its available it will be reported. (*)

A few shoreline towns in CT have been rumored they are having residents sign a waiver if they decide not to evacuate stating the town is not liable an the warning was given. (*)

They are calling Sandy a hybrid storm and not an a-typical hurricane due to the barometric pressure being as low as the 1938 storm. New London, CT is getting flooded near the shore line like back then. (*)

CT has banned trucks on the highways at 11a and closing all highways at 1p. I'm at work, three shifts on since yesterday afternoon. (*)

Accoring to sources in the NHL, NBC4 and ESPN are reporting the Islanders are moving from Nassau to the Barclay's arena in Brooklyn.

I haven't been there yet but they say its nice. They do have to do a slight modification of the floor and seating area so that an ice rink can be properly put into place. (*)

Words cannot describe what I just read. Shocked is an understatement. I still have pics from when I first met him at HHH&L wet down for the stick. Always had a pleasure hanging with him when I stopped by on a Thursday night. I'll miss Charlie!! Excuse the hand jesters. (*)

Saw this from another site, had to share the link. Its worth the time to watch................... AND Good Ol' Charlei LeDuff was also in attendance!

Hey Cogs, Billy and Fred still maintain Ansonia's but it sounds like eventually the system will become silent. With only the diaphone above Farrels and the siren at Co. 5 (when it works) it becoming harder to hear it and find parts. Even though they finally got a digitizer a couple years back. (*)

Don't hold me to it but I belevie Westinghouse was the only comapny who built the horse drawn gas powered fire engines. I don't not beleive any other manufacturer actually produced any that were practical for use.

Alex, you know quoting Mike will cost you a beer or some wings from Archie's!

This is one if only a few existing Westinghouse gas powered fire engines that were drawn by horses. It is a beautifully restored piece of equipment. (*)

How long di d"Code Red" last? 2 seasons maybe?

I feel bad for the DFD guys and gals, a lot of the crap they are going through is redicuous!! Tahnkfully they have a good reporter in Charlie (which I think we all should have as a friend in the news media) who is exposing the problems and keeping it out there for them!

Wraferty and Gamewell thank you for the info! (*)

You can always tell a system with diaphones / sirens verses a system without. Systems with "horns" run slower so it can pronounce the "blasts" where as a fast running system like in the first video would be utilized at a manned firestation with a watch desk. I love to see that there are people who collect the boxes and accessories and get them up and running. It may be an antiquated system but it is STILL THE MOST RELIABLE ALERTING SYSTEM OUT THERE! Now if I can only find a 477 cog or a 292 number plate for my boxes!

I met "Bud Bud' a few times at a hand full of MVA calls. By what I've been told by my friends who worked side-by-side with him, he was a hell of a guy and a great medic and teacher.

Have you always wondered who Mark Twain (aka Samuel Clemens) modeled his tough little boy character Tom Sawyer after? Please met the real Tom Sawyer: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/The-Adventures-of-the-Real-Tom-Sawyer-169773916.html Read more: http://www.smithsoni...l#ixzz28TblpEXx

Correct. A pipeline is a engine comapny with 5 inch hose on it. If it ran with only 3 inch, then it would be classified as and "Engine" insetad of a "Pipeline". One of my co-worker's father was a Philly firefighters for over 25 years, I checked with him.

I visited DCFDEMS and thier museum at "Columbia" Engine 3 last summer. They run 33 engines (sequential numbers), 16 trucks (numbered 2 through 17), three rescue squads, a hazmat unit with 2 hazmat suppoirt units, a air unit, brush fire unit, 2 fireboats, 2 foam units, 2 tacs, a command rig, the heavy crane wrecker, a canteen and a rehab unit as their "front line" fire apparatus. EMS has 39 ambulances. Engine 52 is a hose wagon and carries thier five inch hose. If I remember correctly its about 2000 feet carried. It is station at "Columbia" Engine 3 which is across the street from the "Billy Goat" (great little bar) and not far from the Capitol Building. Now there are six "water supply hose wagons" with one assigned to each of the six battalions. They were manned by the engine company where they are housed in but they can be picked up by another company if the assigned engine company is out on another call. They are the standard DCFD engines just with five inch hose on them. There was talk of fully staffing them 24 / 7 after some pretty significant incidents over the years or at least runing them as a two-piece engine company to all alarms in thier districts. Here are the locations; Battalion 1 - Engine 12 has WS Engine 51 Battalion 2 - Enigne 3 has WS Engine 52 Battalion 3 - Enigne 19 has WS Engine 53 Battalion 4 - Engine 11 has WS Engine 54 Battalion 5 - Engine 21 has WS Engine 55 Battalion 6 - Engine 16 has WS Engine 56 (Notice the last number of the WSE co-insides with the Battalion number) DCFD/EMS was traditionally a two-piece engine company (the engine and the hose wagon) due to the lay out of the city. Many of the residential and commercial structures have rear alleyways between the blocks. So when responding, the Engine Comapny hose wagon would lay into the ally way with the engine taking the hydrant while the next due engine and hose wagon would take the front of the building. This was done because of access problems. Though they do not have the traditional two-piece engine companies of yesteryear, they still operate this way by sending an engine into the alleyway and an engine to the front. I think the alleyway engine also has a engine at the hydrant to feed it. I though I had posted some pictures from my visit to "Columbia" Engine 3 and the fire museumb here on the forum but the thread may be archived. I have to search for it again. Also the reason I call Engine 3 "Columbia" is because the company traces its roots back to the original "Columbia Engine Company No. 3" of the old volunteer days. this comapny was in charge of protecting the Captiol area. Engine 3 is one of three original fire comanies in DC that have transitioned from the volunteer force into the current career force. The fourth was Truck 1 which was housed at Engine 3 until it was disbanded during the 1980s / 1990s. Also there is talk of erecting a new firehouse for Columbia Engine 3 and giving thier current firehouse over to the fire museum which currently occupies the third floor of the building. DCFD/EMS website:http://www.dcfd.com/stations.php IAFF Local 36 Website: http://www.iaff36.org Friendship Fire Association website (museum): http://www.friendshipfire.org/