IzzyEng4

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  1. Thanks everyone for the replies. We used to work 24s/72s. Now we are 2 day, 2 nights, 4 off with 10 hour days and 14 hour overnights.
  2. I can guess why that other 1% he wasn't your favorite player!!!! LOL At least he stayed with an Original 6 team!
  3. Finally, A Conneticut Boy gets into the HHoF!!!! Though I am a Bruins fan, I continued watch Brian while he was with the Rangers and later with my team. One H-E-double hockey sticks of a player!
  4. Hey, how decked out was this guy's car with radios and antennas??? If it wa God-awful then we can place him on the HamSexy website!!!
  5. That's right I forgot about the ALF tiller, it was identical to New London's. Meriden did years ago, long before I could remember and I don;t remember Stamford's either unfortunately. I bet it was a rebuild of an older trailer with the "R" tractor. And Alarmroom is here, good old Keith!!!!
  6. No, they replaced their ALF TDA a while back with an ALF rearmount.
  7. Yes, New Haven has 2 TRACTOR DRAWN AERIAL LADDERS in service (sorry I hate the work "tiller" as it only refers to the rear steering position and not the whole truck). Truck 2 on Howard Avenue was just placed into service this year. Truck 4 on Goffe Street was placed into service about 2 years ago. Both a Seagrave Marauder IIs and are part of the original "Great White Fleet" (Sorry Suffern H & L!!!). Old Truck 4 and Truck 2 are still in the reserve pool as spares (one ins a 1986/7 the other is a 1988 I believe, both Seagraves) New London replaced their well-worn 1977 ALF Century TDA this past years also with a Seagrave TDA, now operating out of HQ as A-25. As far as I know they still have the old ALF as a spare. The Norwich rig, yes it was Norwich Fire's old semi-open cab TDA that was in service until 1996 I believe (I am not quite sure) when it was replaced by their current LTI / Simon Duplex 85-ft tower. It was last in service at teh old FD HQ downtown before they moved into their current HQ. It was kept as Ladder 2 (spare) until the "city" purchased Taftville's old Seagrave rear-mount (ex FDNY rig) for a spare. The only other city's in CT that had ever operated TDAs that I know of were Bridgeport and Hartford but all of thier rigs have been gone since the 1980s / 1990s. Hartford is all tower ladders while Brigeport operates 1 tower, 2 rear mounts, 1 mid-mount and a rearmount engine- quint.
  8. Helllwwwooooo! You have not heard the rast of Kim Jong-Il! I will return! You shall see. I will be back!
  9. Not me, same weekend as the CT State Firefighters Convention in Litchfield.
  10. Thanks all for replying. I'll be checking it out which one to go with. Another concern with me is whether to go with AT&T or Verison if I go the BlackBerry route. I can get discounts with both through work and the local. it just stinks that after 10+ years with Sprint / Nextel that thier service as really gone downhill over the years. If it was anywhere as decwent as it used to be I would probably stay with them. I'll be checking in to see if others have any input as well. Thanks again all!!
  11. So if they award Ferrara the contract, they will be getting a Spartan Chassis, TCM cab and a Smeal aerial for a truck. Yes I'm being a smart you-know-what.
  12. DOH!!! You went there!!! lol
  13. I'm not a member of that department so I cannot answer that question.
  14. Another thing to learn form this, and I'm going off the "can't strech the aerial ladder" you need to know how far your objective is in comparison to how far the reach of your aerial device is. "Is the aerial going to make the objective?" should be the question in mind when pulling up on scene by the driver, the rig's crew and also the OIC. Just because the truck is labled "95 feet" or "105 feet" that is the working height, not the aerial's reach. The reach may be 5 to 10 feet shorter than what the working height is (at 80 degrees). As an apparatus driver you need to remember this and also too those firefighters who are operating on the truck company need to also help set up and know thier rig's limitations.
  15. I have used bith Hurst and Holmatro and like both. Each has its advantage but the Core Technology Holmotro has makes for qucik set up and usage in my opinion. At work we have ou rescue-engine with a full set of Hurst and our primary attack engine with a Holotro combi tool.
  16. lad12derff, First off I am describing what had happened and the quarterbacking was on the other site, not on here and definatley not accusing you of it, nor anyone else here. Second, yes the driver made an error, that is not being questioned. He knows he made an error and he admits he did, he's not saying he didn't or making any excuses. Third, this is an obvious learning tool / reminder about apparaus placement and it should be never overlooked. The brown stuff hits the osculating / rotating metal blades a lot of the time but you should always look and not make any assumptions. Now we all know that all fire apparatus vehicles especially aerials need to be on stable ground and should never leave the road. Aerial devices should not be set up on soft ground or on driveways / parking lots that are not road rated. That is a given when anyone takes andy aerial operations training. This was an obvious oversite and the driver is very lucky that the truck did not fully tip over and someone got hurt. There are more pictures that are not posted on FFCloseCalls.com of this incident and how the tower ladder was set up. This is a case of simple complaintency that could have gone very wrong and could have ended with different results.
  17. The forums up here in CT has been really active on this topic and the Windors Locks FD personnel have been more than willing to discuss this. Unfortunately there has been a lot of Monday Night Quarterbacking on this topic especially by those who have no clue on apparatus operations. What had happened was the rig was set up and the driver had apparently thought he had the side stabilizer pad on the sidewalk. Well obviously he did not and after a while the stabilizer (which the pad was mostly on the grassy area between the sidewalk and the street) began to sink in. One picture I have seen shows the edge of the sidewalk where the pad was was cracked and broken. The tower, which is 95 ft. Aerialscope, was needed to get to the roof for ventilation and fire attack. Unfortunatley this occured and also the driver was a veteran driver of (20+ years with the department and apparatus operations). This goes to show you that anyone can make a mistake no matter how many years of experience you have. This was just bad apparatus placement for the conditions on the firegoround. Things happen and no one is perfect.
  18. I think the chief was there, can you say CHAOS???? LOL
  19. Coming from New Haven I still think getting off at 125th street, hoping the sub up to 161st Street, dropping you off right at the stadium is better and quicker than taking the Metro-North train to the 153rd St. Plus the train to 153rd St doesn't run all the time and when they are it is limited runs.
  20. Just some history on it. It happened in Philadelphia right outside of the company's firehouse and they were getting ready for a parade or some sort of event.
  21. Is she a police officer or does she work with the production team? I'll make sure to watch. I really love this show how they go through the investigation and try and solve the crimes.
  22. Hope you like the concert and did you go see DMB? if you did then why you didn't stop by to have a beer with me??? I am so ashamed of you!!!! LOL Anyway to get back on topic, AMR (Ah, My Ride) HQ is based out of New Haven right off I-91 Exit 7, the old New Haven Ambulance building. They have coverage in the greater New Haven, Bridgeport, Hartford,Waterbury, Southington and I beleive around Somers too (not totally sure on that last one). The great majority of the rigs that were at the Comcast Center were not from Hartford AMR but the other "bases". You can tell this by their numbers in CT. If the car has 1 or two numbers, it is a New Haven area car. If if has a three or four digit number starting with "71" then that's a Bridgeport car, a "9" its a Waterbury car and a "3" usually a Southington car, also Hartford. Most of the comercial services have thier "regional C-MED" number (exception of New Haven since that area uses a "three tier desigation"). What areas in NY do they cover? I wonder if they were sending the cars to another base for use or something.
  23. You are such a tease!!!!! LOL