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White over Red (1st Pick) Lime Yellow (2nd Pick) Verplanck Irish Green (3rd Pick) Briarcliff White (4th Pick) Sorry, Black on Fire Trucks does not do it for me. I could be wrong but doesn't the Secret Service (White House) have an all black Ambulance and all black Fire Engine? I thought I read something about that.

Yorktown PD I hear pretty active on 154.785. They do have MDT's in the cars and a lot of PO's use Nextel so between the two it does cut down on the radio activity. YPD does have a pretty good repeater, coming home from NJ I was able to pick them up loud and clear. A while back they did change the TX Freq and TX PL. (Disclaimer: Scanner NOT in my car, that would be illegal) haha

You can contact any local sign or lettering shop. Most of the time they are custom made. I suggest: McCaffrey Signs, Inc 48 Forrest Ave. Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567 (914) 737-7979 - Tom Tom McCaffrey does a lot of sign work and vehicle lettering for Fire, Police, EMS. Maybe someone from BHFD will jump in and give you a company they used.

No words I can say will lift the pain of what ALL Jersey City Police Officers, fellow Police Officers, Family, and Friends are feeling right now. VERY VERY sad day in Law Enforcement. May they rest in peace. The loss is deeply felt by all emergency service personnel. Police, Fire, EMS My condolences ~Rob~

Date: 12-17-05 Time: 0251 HRS Location: 185 North Highland Ave. Frequency: 46.26 (FD), 154.115 (PD) Units Operating: Ossining FD, Ossining PD, Ossining VAC, Croton FD Rescue 18 Description Of Incident: Auto Accident w/ Gas Tanker. Per OPD person is trapped in the Car and Car is on Fire. Croton FD Rescue 18 called in for 2nd Jaws-of-Life. Writer: RWC130 0307: Car 2331 requests Stat Fight. 60-Control advises that both Air 1 and Air 2 are unavailable. Medivac from New Jersey dispatched.

Just a lil fun trivia for all the FDNY buffs like me. In 1981, or approx (don't jump on me) haha the FDNY purchased 10 Mack CF series in LIME YELLOW. Do you remember them? What companies had them? I have 7 confirmed. In the early 90s I did see one in the Bronx (hint) driving down E.Tremont Ave. Lime Yellow didn't last long in the FDNY just like the Yellow Gear. haha

Goshen, Cold up there? haha I am gonna take a guess that the FDNY changed the colors to White/Gold Reflective about 1992-1993? I rode a lot with Rescue 2 and Rescue 3 back in the 90's. I remember the Rescue 3 (Spare) was all red at that time.

Do you need 30 college credits and CFR-D for this Academy? LOL!!!

Vista, I stand corrected, I am told that the Mack CF-600 Aerial Scope that was Lime Yellow could have been an old Yonkers rig or FDNY repainted Yellow to match the Engine. Any old school FDNY out there that can confirm if they had any Mack CF-600 Yellow Aerial Scopes? I kinda liked the Yellow look, just like my own Peekskill E130 was once Yellow but FDNY could have done a little better with decals, lettering, and maybe some reflective. I was promised pics of the old Camp Smith Engine and Aerial Scope. It will be interesting to check them out almost 15-20 years later. Guys.. Thanks for all the input!

After completing a "Safety Study" In 1981 the FDNY ordered (10) Mack CF600 Fire Engines (Lime Yellow) They were in service until approx. 1986-87. Some were repainted Red very quickly. Engine 10 - 124 Liberty St. Manhattan Engine 41 - 330 E. 150 St. Bronx (Now Squad 41) Engine 42 - 1781 Monroe Ave. Bronx Engine 45 - 925 E. Tremont Ave. Bronx Engine 46 - 451 E. 176 St. Bronx Engine 58 - 1367 5th Ave. Manhattan Engine 65 - 33 W. 43 St. Manhattan (ALF-Not Mack) Engine 73 - 655 Prospect Ave. Bronx Engine 85 - 1264 Boston Rd. Bronx (E85 Disbanded - Now L53) Engine 277 - 582 Knickerbocker Ave. Brooklyn Engine 263 - 42-08 Astoria Blvd. Queens (E85 was given to E263 when E85 disbanded) IF ANYONE HAS A PIC OF FDNY LIME YELLOW MACKS PLEASE SEND!

PFDLT178, You could ask your Brother FF "RWC130" to run the Battery you have thru my Battery Conditioner for a check. I might have an extra battery for you.

MoFire24, JBE, CPAGE... DAMN you guys are good!!!!! haha I stopped in at E73/L42 when I was a kid and I remember E73 was Yellow. "La Casa Caca" It was quite a site. I remember the FF saying "take a good look at it because it won't be here very long" I remember 2 surplus FDNY rigs at Camp Smith. (1) Mack CF Yellow Pumper, (1) Mack CF Yellow Aerial Scope. This was back early 90's. I am told that the Engine was actually E45 (not confirmed)

How about some EMTBravo members meet up for some HOT WINGS and COLD BEER at the Firehouse Grill? Awesome steaks too! Everyone can stop by except for X635. He never shows up to anything I invite him too! haha I know the owners quite well, I am sure they would love the support of EMTBravo. PICK A DATE! NY Firehouse Grille 50 Welcher Avenue Peekskill, NY 10566 (914) 788-0808 www.nyfirehousegrille.com Route 9 to Peekskill (Welcher Ave Exit) Go up the hill. You can't miss it on the right.

Peekskill FD had Seagraves for a long time. Off the top of my head... Ladder 45 - Cortlandt Hook & Ladder, 100 FT Ladder w/ Open Cab. Engine 131 - Columbian Engine, Open Cab Engine 132 - Coumbian Hose, Open Cab I will never forget the PURRRRRRR... of Ladder 45 as it rolled thru town. It was almost as loud as the Federal Q.

Awwwww "ALS" you are my hero! lol

Breakfast w/ Santa & Frosty Sunday December 11, 2005 8:30 am to 11:00 am $5 per person under 3 free Centennial Hose Firehouse 701 Washington Street Peekskill, NY 10566

In Windham, NY (Catskills) I was on Route 23 West when I passed an old Red Barn. On the side of it was an old faded blue sign that read: "WESTCHESTER COUNTY POLICE ANCHOR CAMP" "FRESH AIR FUND" Had a police shield with "22" on it. Anyone have a clue what this is?

THANKS GUYS! Small world huh? haha

Does that bus have a Federal Q? haha

Wednesday, November 23, 2005 Jennifer DeMarco, 29 died later at St. Francis Hosp. She is the wife of City of Peekskill Police Officer Carl DeMarco. Our thoughts and prayers are with him and the DeMarco family. No funeral information available as of yet.

North Zone System Type: Motorola Type 2 UHF Base Config-1= 470.0000 MHz, Step = 12.5 kHz, Offset Channel = 380 470.3250 470.3500 470.3750 470.5250 470.5500 470.5750**(Control Channel) South Zone System Type: Motorola Type 2 UHF Base Config-1 = 469.5250 MHz, Step = 12.5 kHz, Offset Channel = 380 Base Config-2 = 475.7500 MHz, Step = 12.5 kHz, Offset Channel = 500 470.0750 470.1000 470.2000 476.0750 476.1125 476.2125 476.2375**(Control Channel) as of 01/28/2008

Date: 10-22-05 Time: 0630 hrs Location: 30 High Angle Lake Frequency: 46.18 Units Operating: Multiple FD's Description Of Incident: Working Fire in a Private House Writer: RWC130 0637 17-1 On scene confirming Working Fire 0641 17-1 Requests Paramedics and Ambulance 0645 17-1 Requests Nanuet FD (Dept 8) FASTeam 0646 17-1 Requests Hillcrest FD (Dept 6) with 1 Engine to the scene 0650 17-1 Requests South Spring Valley (Dept 25) with 1 Engine to the scene

Could Be the Brightest Idea in Law Enforcement; Trooper Cars' New Warning Lights Are Red, Blue, and Unmistakable North Jersey Media Group JUSTO BAUTISTA, STAFF WRITER They have been trooper-tested for two years. Day and night. In rain, fog, and snow. And after rave reviews, they will be appearing soon on a highway near you. They're the New Jersey State Police's low-profile light bars, featuring red and blue light bursts. They'll replace 20-year-old, all-red rotating lights on troopers' cars. "We all marvel about those lights," said state police Sgt. Gerald Lewis, who saw the new light bar in action one day while driving to work. "Man, what in the world is that!" he exclaimed. What he saw was the future in emergency warning light technology. "They are a major difference," said state police Sgt. 1st Class Kevin Rehmann. "The way these things light up is amazing. And blue is new for us." Industry tests indicate that blue is more visible than red in various weather conditions. So far, 115 new patrol cars -2003 Ford Crown Victorias - have been fitted with the new light bars, officially called Linear-LED light bars. As older cars in the trooper fleet of 900 are replaced, new cars will be equipped with the light bars, which cost about $1,800 each. Some veteran troopers who remember the chain-driven rotating lights couldn't be happier. They sometimes had to get out of their cars and bang on the old light bars with flashlights to get the cranky lights to rotate after the mechanisms froze or the plastic gears wore out. The new light bar has no moving parts and is the result of a lengthy research and testing process that involved dozens of troopers and technicians. A Weapons and Tactics Committee reviewed emergency light trade publications. Committee members and state police civilian technicians visited trade shows. Road troopers were consulted. Instructors at the State Police Academy were asked for their opinions. "We wanted something to give people more time to react, and these lights do," said Lt. Russ Fleming, head of the Radio, Electronics, and Maintenance Unit. "You see these lights way off. They're brighter than all get-out." Fleming called it improving the "mousetrap." "We always try to avoid problems before they happen," he said. "We're always concerned with the safety of our troopers and the public." The mousetrap in this case is a $24,000 patrol car crammed with a protective cage, radio console, camera, computers, and, soon, scanners for the new digital driver's licenses. The prototype for the light bar was built in a garage at state police headquarters in West Trenton. State police civilian technicians Scott Grilli and Scott Ramage, experimented with a narrow light bar manufactured by Whelen Engineering of Chester, Conn. They started with a "bare" trooper car. "We talk to the guys [troopers] to get opinions," said Grilli, whose technicians also work on the lights on the governor's car, on state police boats and helicopters, and at command posts. "We worked at night, tried different lights, saw how the bulbs went off, tinkered with the console, controls, all the way down to how the whole light bar operated," Grilli said. They built a hands-free console, a sliding switch for the light bar so troopers "don't have to look down" and can keep their eyes on the road when in pursuit. "The first time I saw them [the light bar], I was really impressed," Grilli said. "They were so bright it was almost blinding, to be honest with you. I was worried they were too bright. That's why we even have a certain switch to knock down the front lights." The clear encasement gives the light bar a stealthy look. Its attention-grabbing brightness comes from 50 tiny LEDs - light emitting diodes - packed into eight panels in the light bar. The panels themselves are clear until power is applied to produce split-second blue and red bursts. The technicians wrote up the specifications for Whelen, which then supplied the light bars for further testing. "They were tested in every possible, conceivable condition," Fleming said. Cars equipped with the new light bars were driven around West Trenton, and on interstate highways. In fair and inclement weather, technicians would start at a distance, then drive toward the cars to watch the lights in action, studying their computer-programmed patterns. "With snow, those lights worked perfectly," Fleming said. One strong advantage that the LEDs have over the rotating strobe and halogen bulbs is they are less draining on a car's 12-volt battery. "The biggest problem [with traditional rotating lights] is the high amperage draw," said Robert Squicciarini, a Whelen regional sales manager. "They're hard on batteries. "The lights they were using were in the 50-ampere area," Squicciarini said. "Now, we are dropping down to less than five amps. In police cars, that's the most important issue now, with computers and cameras. All that takes up more electricity." Another important advantage to the new light bar is its "side to side" visibility. "They are bright all around," Squicciarini said. "New Jersey wanted to be able to offset cars in traffic stops to protect the officer," he added, referring to the troopers parking behind stopped cars at an angle. "It is critical to make sure a car with a light bar is just as bright when parked at an angle as when it is parked parallel to the highway," Squicciarini said. The new light bar is such a hit that municipal police departments have begun inquiring about them, Fleming said. Meanwhile, Grilli said he is already busy looking for the next generation of warning lights. "We're always looking at new stuff," he said. "In the summer, we'll get Jet Skis [for the state police marine unit]. We'll have to come up with a package for those."

SIX-ONE-FOUR CONGRATS!!!!!!!!

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