IzzyEng4

Just think of that thing being used in FD Racing!!!!!!!

Andy I was thinking the same thing. More along the lines of a Diamond T front end.

YOU MOTHER!!!! I just finally got that image out of my mind!!!! Ugggggggggggg................... LOL

Charlie about time you did something!!!!! Actually I was thinking on stopping down but then again I would have jinxed you all from having work!

Date: 4-16-09 Time: Aprrox 9:30 am Location: 33 Louis Pasture Rd - Merrck Building Frequency: Units Operating: N/A Description Of Incident: Reported Level 3 Hazmat at the Merrck Building chemicals on fire - Reported on NECN.com Writer: IzzyEng4 NFI

Technically I'm still a member of the corps, not the association (long story). I haven't rode down there in years mainly because of my former duties as an officer up at Charters Hose. Took a lot of my time plus too I rode up in Seymour back in the day too. I'll see you around town when I'm home from work and we'll grab a pint together soon. Hope you had a blast last time. PS, does you girlfriend have an older sister? (Yes folks I have no shame!)

Kensico is where they had the infamous "Cannon Ball Run" correct?

SICK SICK SICK!! I would take them in if they needed a home.

GOOD THING YOU LIVE IN HUNTINGTON!!!!! IF YOU WERE TRUE VALLEY-ITE YOU WOULD HAVE BOOKED OFF AND STARTED DRINKING AT DANNY'S ALREADY!!!!!!!!! Just joking man, Happy Birthday! If I wasn't working I would make the rounds with you since I'm only on the "Hilltop".

Really? I though they had only a few 800's. must have been a misprint what I was reading.

Since we are just having a little blerb about curb-sid pump panels, I beleive the only ALF on the east coast with this style set up is Cosgrove Co. 4 in Harvestraw. I beleive is a Century 2000 cab. I know New York City ran a bunch of 700 and 800 series pumpers with set up too back in the day.

With the national push for pre-ambulance arrival instructions dispatchers are already doing it. When I was still dispatching here in CT we gave pre-arrival instrutions for all incidents. Remember an emergency call begins when the caller dials 911 and teh sooner the patient gets help, the better.

How did I know you would know?!?!?!?!?

I agree and looked up some info on those models and you are correct. By '49 / '50 ALF changed over to the "flat" bumper style. I would assume this is 1948 model. On a side note its not an open cab, this is a semi-open cab forward rig. It has doors, full open cabs do not. Also according to the 100 Years of ALF book, pump sizes varied from 500 gpm up to 1500 gpm but there is no information what tank sizes were available. Looking at the pump set up, I would assume this is either a 500 or 750 gpm if I was to guess.

Hopefully I can stop donw that weekend. Question, the NH steam engine is it modeled after a 4-6-2 or a 4-6-4? I can't tell by the picture.

Sage, those are the SouthWest call sign number for the rigs. Listen to Med 9 when you skip class!

This is not the first time this has happened in recent time. There have been other fires (structure, car, ect.) where remains have been discovered some time after an incident. If I'm not mistaken, one occurred late last year at a structure fire somewhere in the mid-west where the remains were discovered a day or two later. Before that there was a car fire where the same thing happened and remains were not recovered until a few hours after the car had been towed because the remains were so disintegrated they look like they were part of the vehicle's interior. Anyone who has come across remains after serious fire knows sometimes it is hard to identify and locate them if it is not obvious. We'll see what happens.

I like the fact that Bridgeport AMR (there is not actual "valley" cars as they all come out of B-port.) is actually utilizing the November designation again. When I was still at C-MED New Haven we were trying to push it instead of B-AMR using the 71** desigations. American Ambulance out of Norwich utilizes a uniques syste, Their cars are named like "Aries", "Jupiter", "Saturn", ect. New London County Ambulances use the "100" series. For example in Montville, each fire company has an ambulance so thier numbers would be Station M-1 has "100", M-2 = "200" ect. In the case if a station has more than one ambulance then its M100, M101, M102, ect. When I was working C-MED New Haven, if say Durham was comming into the region, they would sign on as 14-4. 14 is the town code where as 4 is the Middlesex County / Valley Shore designation for an ambulance. The Northwest region uses the town code / car number system. Like the picture of Litchfield's new rig, thier Car 9 is C-MED 74-4 (if I remember correctly). The Hartford area C-MED region also has a unique system as well. They use town code(or agency code) - level type - unit number. So say an AMR out of Hartford would be 300-Alpha-1 (agency number - ALS unit - Car 1). I know back in the day there was a discussion about OEMS tring to make a uniform statewide numbering system but I don't know if they are still trying to persue that. Medic 25 You guys covered the South Central system correctly. Back in the day FOX used to be Woodbridge until they disbanded thier ambulance service, Novembers were the old New England Ambulance Service out of Shelton, and Gulfs were both Milford Fire and Chamberlain Ambulance (now AMR). Also I thought the Serria designation is no longer being used again? It wasn't in use when I "left" again in 2007.

Another reason why we all need to play nice together. The public is watching folks! http://www.newhavenindependent.org/archive..._probes_fir.php

YEPPERS!!! LOL Are you still mad at me for mistaking your helmet crown's red paint job for fire below me????

At work we have a Garmin on the HazMat trucks since we are part of regional team. We also carry the good old stand-bys as well, street maps. So far no real problems but a lot of newer streets in the area have not been updated as yet.

Sorry Christ didn't realize I hit the center of the doughnut, I mean bran muffin (your one of those healthy law enforcement types I forgot!!!! LOL!!!) Besides Chris, your just jealous that CT has had blue lights on their cop cars for years now!!! Just joking of course brother! Yah now I wish I didn't type the last statement Like I did 'cause I just read another article from another paper that their is a lot of finger pointing going on here between both the LT and the PO. But at the same time NHPD is under a very watchful eye since they had the major problems with their drug unit and the corruption that went on. Then on the NHFD side, well you have their problems which have been all over the papers as late too.

Why don't the business have incentives for those attending the parades???? They'll still make money and everyone would be happy. HEY HERE I GO THINKING AGAIN!!!!!

This would be okay only if you know how well the pressure is from your hydrants or assuming they are not damaged / plugged up, ect. Sorry but not having a pump and / or water on a truck and everything starts going to the brown stuff on the osculating & rotating metal cooling device. "Cancel the engine, the truck can handle" 3 minutes later: "Ummm, start the engine back here, we can't handle. the car /trash fire extended to the structure." It may work in some areas but and yes is out of the box, but the days of hooking up directly to a hydrant to try an battle a blaze are gone. That is why triple combinations and quints were invented.

Yes you are correct in your thinking BV, however this is not a matter of who is in charge, the patient was going to the hospital per NHFD and AMR and the NHPD cannot stop them obviously because medical supersedes the situation. However because their is a crime involved, drug charges, the PD has to follow the patient to the hospital. The problem is the cop basically berating the patient while getting medical treatment from the FD and also the ambulance on scene. The Lieut said something to the cop, who has conflicting reports of being a good cop and a bad cop, basically to back off (going by the article). Being a former dispatcher for the area the Fair Haven section of New Haven is a rough spot, a lot of drug and gang activity unfortunately. In New Haven, usually the PD does not respond to medicals along with the FD (CFR and medics) and AMR (transport ambulance). Since this was an OD case especially in a "bad" section of the city known for the drug problems, the PD automatically goes to the scene (EMTs remember Scene Safety?). This is another unfortunate case of a public servant abusing their power and not thinking before they open up their trap! By what is being said too there have been other problems with this officer.