IzzyEng4

I think a lot of people are missing the point here. This is a quick option to consider when trying to open this type of a door. Also too on these types of doors (remind you there is no hardware on the outside portion) you may or may not be able to use a halligan deepening on how the door if framed. As for watching the video showing the point end of the halligan going through, that too depends on the construction of the door it self. Also that is more time consuming and realistically not a fast process. So is trying to try an pry a door open from the frame with a halligan. By using the fork end through the door, yes it does work but with these new fire rated doors that are coming out, the process takes too long because of the thickness of the door. Since I work at Foxwoods, we have a lot of these style security doors leading to the outside egresses. If you get an egress full of people and you need to pop a door quick from the outside and don't have time, this is a good option to have in your bag of tricks. Think outside of the box, forcible entry is becoming a lost art form in the fire service in my opinion. We are too quick to smash and knock everything down and out in the fire service. Realistically this does less damage than trying to go an pop it from the frame and is a quick alternative. There is a time a place for everything, safety being key. And of course "TRY BEFORE YOU PRY" is the most important thing. As for the comment about carrying around a framing square, is the person that is performing the forcible entry going to really carry it into the build - NO. I would leave it in the door. Why? What if the door closes because it wasn't properly secured open and someone from the outside needs to get in again? I'm from the school where if you buy or make a tool and use it once, its worth is waht you paid for. You can never have too many tools or tricks in your bag.

HOLY BEJEZZUS ITS RED!!!!!!!!!!!

I still believe that a booster line still has a place on a fire engine depending on its use. But here is a new twist on the old booster reels, I have seen many departments use them with 1 1/2" or 1 3/4" lines on them. The town next to me has a 1970 ALF Pioneer Telesquirt with dual booster reels. Since they did not have a crosslay, they put 1 3/4" on it and I think it has 200 feet (have to check with the capt I know there). Nichols Fire Department in Trumbull has a rescue engine equipped with two reels of 1 3/4" on the front bumper and also on the rear of the truck. The advantage is that you have a good quick attack line that can be pulled by one person but the disadvantage is that you have to pull the whole load off before you charge it. Another twist to this is the setup used by the Mortlake Fire Company in the town of Brooklyn, CT. There ET-190 has two 1 3/4" reels set up in a compartment at the rear of the truck and are precharged! They fill up the lines (not to pressure though for safety reasons) prior to reeling the hose back. This facilitates a quick knockdown by one person pulling the line and not having to worry about pulling the whole thing off before you charge the line. Its an interesting concept.

I believe this engine when it was serving Vernon it was at station 3 but I'll have to look it up.

On the hose yah that is what I mean. Working out in eastern CT has me saying stuff weird now LOL. My vollie engine (which also has tow outboard, forward facing non scba flip downs) and the new rig we just got at my career job have the forward center seats. I like them and adds a little more leg and elbow room instead of being bunched up on one side of a tilt cab. I hope they work out for FDNY and I hope I can see one of them up close soon.

That sign is great!

I would assume its not all for hard suction. FDNY did at one time use those style racks for their high-rise standpipe kits. Maybe the fourth one is supposed to be for this purpose. Yes, FDNY is going away from the 1000 gpm pump the last report I knew of and what was reported in a Fire Apparatus Journal article. These are not high pressure pumpers since they are not equipped with a three stage pump which the high pressure units are equipped with. This style is the new pumper for standard engine companies that I understood from the press articles. The window is standard like any other type of cab for the officer's side. As for the driver's side, that is a compartment for the driver. I would assume that is for the driver's gear and other small equipment say a gas meter or something. This compartment is an option offered by many manufacturers and usually only place it on the driver's side of the cab and is not that deep and not to restrict vision. You can get this cabinet on both sides if a department so specifies it. But the FDNY pumper does have a small window next to the cabinet on the driver's side. I would assume its 2 and 2 like yo say and yes the guy facing backwards does have a window opening, its the door window (not trying to be smart with you here). That cabinet on the driver's side is in between the rear of the backwards seat and rear of the driver seat. Thus the backwards rider is far out enough towards the door. Even if it was four across backwards, there would be still room. My company looked at this option when we spec'd out our new engine but decided against it since we had decided on a LFD cab configuration. Many manufactures don't recommend the window between the front and rear door to be an opening one, but the option is available with certain cabs if desired. I'm only going by the information that I have read and researched but what I have said is not confirmed. - Izzy

Pretty impressive. Hope they have good luck with them. I like the fact that the cab as no ABS in it.

Where I work, my department is part of the CERRIT unit. The name means Connecticut Eastern Regional Response Integrated Team. Each member department has a specific duty and vehicles, my department you need to be HazMat Tech 472 level trained. We have one of the CT prime movers with a decon trailer and also a Hazmat / rescue unit that was purchased with the CT Department of Homeland security funds. Each department, career and volunteer, have a staffing availability agreement on a response. Here is the link for all those who want more detailed information. http://www.nlcfca.org/cerrit.htm Since a great number of personnel is needed for an active incident, I beleive that a county or regional based system is more beneficial.

Date: 5/13/08 Time: Reported at 2:47pm Location: no address at this time Frequency: ??? Units Operating: Danbury Fire Department Description Of Incident: Elwood Blues from the CT-FireEMS site is reporting More information to follow Writer: IzzyEng4

All I can say is PLEASE PLEASE CALL BEFORE YOU DIG!!! Back in December of 1985, the City of Derby witnessed a terrible accident when the River Restaurant on Main Street (Route 34) collapsed after a natural gas explosion, killing several people, a few of whom my family knew well. The cause of the explosion was linked to a near by construction site at the Route 8 interchange. The construction crew was digging and unknowingly struck a gas main. The natural gas leak saturated the ground and eventually collected in the basement of the old 3 story building. A spark ignited the gas and caused the explosion, leveling the building and damaging several others. If the incident occurred a few hours later, the banquet hall of the restaurant would have had many more people in the structure. This incident was the last straw and started the Call Before You Dig program in CT. Remember to do so! http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html...753C1A960948260

If in fact theses "test" are being conduct, technically these descriptions are very unethical. There are other ways to conduct integrity tests.

I know this cool little thing you can do to the throttle to make the cart go faster but not to stretch out the spring. Years of experience on working a little C. C. in CT.

No Ferrara and Seagrave have no interests in each other, both are separate companies. The Ultra cab was introduced by Ferrara so they could enter into the fix cab market and go for FDNY bids. All I know is the cab was introduced in 2002 / 2003 and Ferrara built four or six pumpers for FDNY who at the time required a fix cabs for their spec. Now I can't remember if they built the pumpers as the high pressure three stage pumpers or 2000 gpm pumpers. The body style looks like FDNY spec but it is hard to tell just from this picture. The only company that works with Ferrara is Smeal who supplies them with aerial ladders and ladder towers. But that too is rumored to come to an end soon.

Scannermaster.com has some outside battery packs, or at least they used to. Even try looking at HAM radio websites for some to run a mobile / desktop also. HAMs when they have their field days have some unique setups. Best bet is to go the portable scanner route with both rechargeable and alkaline batteries.

GL man!

I agree, definitely the Mack CF needs either a 2QB, electronic siren speaker, oscilaser, Mars 888 or a set of numbers dead center to make it look good. Without them, its bear looking. AND NO ROTO-RAY WOULD LOOK GOOD THERE!!!!!!! (I had to say it )

Not my photos, so here are some links: A Mack C canopy cab: http://www.odhfs.org/images/Club_trucks/19...85F_Dubus02.JPG A bunch of Macks from CapeCodFD.com: http://capecodfd.com/pages%20special/Macks5.htm On the above link you see the early CF cab from Lynnfield that has a painted front face "grill" (for lack of a better term). This style was available from 1968 up until the 70's correct? I know that the early CFs did not have the body mounted warning lights until the 1970s but had the warning flashers mounted on chrome arms near the base of the window along the sides. Still they were great looking trucks and workhorses. My town had a 1968 and a 1971 pumper in service for years.

I don't think its necessary for the dispatch center / dispatcher to be added in. Focus more on the incident, we know who are dispatch centers and dispatchers are.

I think that is what they have been trying to do but it was hard to get the funding. Mainly I think its about alerting the public that a major upgrade is needed. I know the city and the PD have been working on it for quite sometime but its a money issue.

I'm not blaming the state, first of NY, I'm pointing my reaction towards the NYSP brass. Sorry about the misunderstanding I should have been more clear. I agree totally with you, NYSP should have a policy in place for line of duty injuries if a trooper can't meet the physical requirements for "street" duty. The academy, that would be a great position!!! Talk about a mentor that will have an impression on new recruits. I feel that the politicians in NY won't shrug this off at all and hopefully there will be some changes made not only for this trooper but for all of them in the future. last year was one trying year for the NYSP.

This is ridiculous!!!! 1, he put his life on the line to do what he was trained to do, protect the public! I know exactly where the house was in Arkville / Margretville line. The guy wanted to make a difference now the state says "tough luck!" Unreal and I though CT was messed up!

I was at work (MPFD) when the call came in and my crew was surprised our tower didn't get called up top Norwich. They got inundated pretty fast and when the first unit arrived on scene, they stuck a 2nd and a 3rd alarm. At the same time, NFD was fighting a brush fire (as I was told) up in the Greenfield section of city (NFD's district). They did have a water supply problem up there and they were mainly concerned about getting everyone out of the building. As of right now, this is a suspicious fire and the investigation is continuing.

I think they have a place in the fire service, but they should not replace any tool we already use. Combination tools are good in some situations but not in others, comes down to training and finding out it advantages / disadvantages. That's my opinion.

Stanley has made a plethora of tools supplied to the fire service over the years mainly axes, pry-bars, sledge hammers, ect. I know they have made some tools geared towards the fire service but in the end everyone developed found its way in the construction / demolition trades.