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You may have a loose connection with the squelch nob or it could be something else. Is the scanner still under warranty? Let me know before I have you open it up. Also does this happen on all programed frequencies?

We got plenty of snow up here in CT left over from last week! Nice to see a white Christmas again.

Do you have your scanner hooked up to the fuse box inside of the car or directly to the car's battery? Any radio communication or receiving equipment should not be hooked up directly to the fuse box as that is your major source of electrical interference. What everyone here said about strobe packs and such are true, but if everything is hooked up through the fuse box and going through the alternator then you are going to get interference. Now having that said, if you have your lights hooked up directly to the battery like the proper installation instructions suggest and also have your scanner hooked up this way, then you may / will still get some interference. Grounding is a must and also you may have to put in a ground loop isolator and maybe a choke in the power lines and also the ground lines of your scanner. If you connect your scanner up to the battery directly, then you negative should be also connected to the negative side of the battery. I would advise against grounding the equipment close to where it is mounted as that may not be the best grounding location in a vehicle. The best place to start looking is the wiki on Radio Reference, ARRL and Strong Signal's websites and follow the way HAM radio operators and also professional communication installers set up radios in emergency and commercial vehicles. Also another major thing to look ate is where your antenna is located and where the co-axial cable is running. If its is running near the power supply or even the cables to the strobes, that will also give off enough RF to drive you N-V-T-S NUTS! If you have any pics how everything is set up now, it may help all of us here in trying to give you a better explanation how to try and correct the problem.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Dang I feel sorry for the folks who live there, but that is the result with some of this new pressboard construction out there.

Great to hear!!!!!! Stay strong and keep on track!!!

"Nothing but a can job!" The "can" or "PW" depending what slang you use is a very useful tool. I have seen it used in various ways, mostly to hold the fire in check while the first line is being deployed. Just like the old saying about a nozzle-man, it's usage depends on the experience and training the operator has. A lot of times we may roll up to a scene and report a "nothing showing from the outside, going in to investigate." This is the ideal situation where at least one member going into the structure should carry a water can along with a hand tool. With this tool, if their is a fire (large or small), it can be utilize to hold it in check or to help you protect your crew get out if need be. Now its not a lot of water and you can quickly expel it, you need to practice and and train with it. Even adding a cup of AFFF or Class A foam into it gives you a very powerful tool. I'm a firm believer of bringing and using a water can when it is warranted.

Mashantucket (Foxwoods) CT had about 20 to 23 inches and my group in the midst of it had a heavily involved coach bus fire on the complex.

Hudson, I did a search of the original and it was so far back that the forum software closed the topic since it was inactive for awhile. It's better to just continue the topic here with the new thread since people began to reply here. As for my stance on this, a TIC is a great tool and any first in personnel should have it with them Though many departments don't have a TIC on every apparatus, one should be going in at least with the primary search team or Inside vent team together. Now before anyone says this may create a bottle neck, tactics have to be practiced and coordinated for it to work. With building construction the way it is, a fire below grade can have a major headway before the first arriving unit. Just like any military battle, it would be foolish just to rush in and attack. You a general need to know what you will be facing and depending on the size of the building, you will need to determine how many people will have to do that "size-up". Each situation is different and has to be handled differently but there is no need to rush in.

When I too my aerial operator's class I got to use a wide variety of aerial devices and construction types. My department we have a 102 LTI ladder tower that I operate. In the class I got to operate a Stuphen 70' mid mount tower, a 55' tele, our tower ladder, Norwich's old 1970s era Seagrave rear mount aerial (ex-FDNY) and a new Pierce 100 foot aluminum aerial ladder quint. (only truck I didn't get to play with was an Aerialscope, none were available in the area where I took the test.) The Pierce aluminum ladder took some getting use to in both operations and also the sound. The best way to describe the sound when the cables or something hit the aerial device, it sounded like someone waving a piece of aluminum foil in the air! But the operations was a breeze and the overall feel was interesting and smooth. Compared to a heavy steel aerial, the feel of the truck set up was quite different as well, you can actually feel how much lighter it was. I know Boston has operated with E-One's aerials for quite some time and many prefer them over the Pierce steel aerials they also have. It was interesting to operate one and wouldn't mind if our department purchased one. each type of construction has its advantages and disadvantages.

Wait do I hear that "N" word coming???????? NEGLIGENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Been at MPFD since 5pm yesterday and heading home tommorow at 7am. The casino is still open!

Did Engine 42 come with the half doors originally or was they added during the refurb?

Take a look at this: http://wardlafrance.net/?q=node/2

Seems to be some confusion on what constitutes an open cab / semi open cab. I'll try to explain it as best I can. A fully open cab is a truck that has no roof an no doors at all surrounding the front seats. These fire trucks were built for many years like this up until the 30's and 40's. There were some trucks built fully open during the 50's and 60's, I know that there was a Seagrave Anniversary series pumper in New Jersey built in the 60's that just recently has been retired. A semi-open cab truck is one without a roof and has doors where the front seats are. It doesn't matter if its a conventional (engine before driver) or cab forward like the picture above with Harvestraw's TDA (sad to hear it failed its testing). Even a fire truck with out a roof and has doors for all the seats is considered a semi open cab. Any fire truck built with a roof, doors around the front seats and has open jumpseats is called a "canopy cab". This was the most common way apparatus was built up until the early 1990s. And now, all apparatus are fully-enclosed, engine forward cabs. Hopefully I explained it correctly.

The Mack is a canopy cab, not a roofless cab. Just an FYI. I think there is a semi-open cab ALF still in service with Monroeville, PA or they might have sold it though.

So what are you getting at here???? I live 2 miles from the crash site and know people who knew the victims of the crash. You trying to say that just because it was a cop there are no comments??? Case and point: The cops were traveling down Route 1 which has a speed limit of 40 MPH. The cops were coming back from a brawl in West Haven on a MA request for help, one going 90+ MPH, the other around 70+ MPH. The car with the two kids, who might have been impaired after coming from a party, took a left hand turn onto another street, which the light for the left turning lane is blinking red. The cop doing 90 MPH T-bones the other car, the girl was ejected from the car and the guy was killed instantly. The girl later died at the hospital from her injuries. So what is their to comment on?????? BTW, Officer Anderson was terminated by the Milford Police Department the other day, so no he's not above the law! Also looks like the other officer is on the way out too.

PS, KME actually ownes the rights to the old F cab design now if I'm not mistaken.

It was discussed here awhile back when the demo was built. Greenwood (who is an E-One dealer in MA) purcahsed the rights to the Maxim name only. After this they started building a mini attack pumper called the Maxim. Now they are trying to create a line of full size pumper using the Maxim name. They are building only stainless steel pumpers as if they went with aluminum, they break thier sales deal with E-One. As of right now, there does not seem to be any plans with a link to the apparatus of old at all. Just bought the name like it was previously said like HME did with Ahrens-Fox. Its not the same product!!!! :angry:

There was something awhile back with the new compliance the desiel engine manufacturers that Detroit (Dailmer Benz) said they would only provide engines to manufacturers with exclusive rights deals. If I remember correctly this was in response to the added cost, ect. ect. ect. to make the engines compaired to taking a loss by selling them outright to all manufactures. I'll see if I can find the article later on, I though I might have posted it here on the board. I'm at work so I'll search for it after I get home.

http://www.boston.com/news/health/articles/2009/12/14/states_er_policy_passes_checkup/

There is an age limit of 31 in the hiring process. There is also a residency requirement to live withing a certain mile radius of the district / town. Make sure you read the application information fully.

When I worked for C-MED New Haven, the hospitals in our region could go on diversion regardless of the reason. However, we could end a hospital's diversion in a crisis such as an MCI or if we felt that the hospital was abusing the policy, which occurred a few times while I was there. Also in CT, if a hospital was to go on diversion, another hospital much be able / willing to accept the diversion patients at their facility. If no hospital accepts the diversion, there is no diversion place in effect. If the receiving hospital ends the diversion on their end, then the diversion is over. If the original hospital still needs to have the diversion, then they have to find another receiving hospital otherwise the diversion is no longer in effect. Also diversions are check upon every 1 to 2 hours by C-MED. Also too, certain medical emergencies such as cardiac arrests, traumatic arrests or any transport where a patient need immediate attention and cannot go to a further out hospital, the hospital that is closest has to take the patient for stabilization regardless of the diversion. Usually diversion status allowed up in my region are usually for psych / ETOH, telemetry, equipment failures and rarely, full no acceptance diversions.

Nice site!

http://necn.com/Boston/New-England/2009/12/14/MA-police-search-for-man-after/1260786865.html This was a case of sever road rage and a reminder we all should be careful out there while on duty or off.