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Quote from article- "The accident occurred at around 9:30 a.m. at Snail Road and Route 6, during a routine test run of the 75-foot-long truck, Trovato said. The intersection is near the town line with Truro and is often deserted" LOL.. 75 foot long truck! Seriously thoough It was a neat truck.. I saw it a few years ago when I was up in the cape. Perhaps they can buy Orleans' old maxim mid mount and do the same refurbishment or similar. That truck was spec'd for years before built secondary to Provincetown's cramped streets.. a replacement will be tough if they want to go new.

Heres another one for you- Just picked her up last week.. similar console I'm sure you'll see more as the NYS OGS price on these is rediculously low

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Gianna Elizabeth Muellerleile 9/16/08 - 2114hrs - 8lbs 3oz, 20 in long, full head of hair, and full of energy and poop. Mom feels great and is doing well.. Dad needs a beer... -Rich

Man, do I miss working Putnam...great calls and great people. Best of luck to all in future endevours.. Tom, seems like yesterday we were down in P-town "swoopin' the loop" Have a good shift and hopes that all stays well "down south". -"Turbo" P.S. You missed Seth!!! If anyone is "SENIOR" he is LOL! BTW he owes me a beer..

Four killed and one critically injured is the preliminary from my source in MSP. The helicopter was returning from an MVA in Charles County with 2 patients and another medic from Charles County. The lone survivor is a patient. The crew encountered bad weather while enroute to Prince George's Hosptal and diverted to Andrews to meet with ground units for the remainder of the transport however crashed about 3 miles out. Our prayers go out to the flight crew, other patient, and their families. Unfortunately this is a seemingly increasing trend in aeromedical services this year.

Do You Feel Like We Do by Peter Frampton.. 13 mins. 30 secs. Some awesome guitar riffs and that cool "wahwah" mouthpiece thing he has that goes to his guitar.. greatest song EVAAAAR They'd be finished with overhaul and taking up at that point!

Thank you for all the kind replies Gianna came home last Friday and has been up ever since it seems..LOL! The lack of sleep is definately taking the "Turbo" out of me.. hence the reply at 2AM, I think she just pooped again actually. ..And I thought the pager tones woke me up abruptly.. the crying in the middle of the night definately takes the prize... ..wouldn't trade it for the world, she's the greatest! We'll worry about the "anxieties" at a later date however I will need opinions on the most efficient handguns and a pistol permit application just in case You guys are great!

As per Arlington Animal Hospital following the incident the cat was under observation however stable and was either released last night or today An Excellent job by all and looking forward to the post incident review. It was pretty intense pulling the line to the misting fan.. LOL.. damn rotation

.. got sharked in the last 13 seconds of the auction. I've been looking for one of these for a LONG time... better luck next time I guess.

Just keep the Longhis out of that rig and you'll be all set.. LOL!

Nope... It's Space with hair!!!!!!!! ROFLMAO!!!

Really the only reason I wrote that was so I could post the term "longitudinally extending member" multiple times in one post... really..

Ok, so technically speaking a true Ladder Tower device consists of a pair of longitudinally extending, laterally spaced apart truss members and a plurality of longitudinally spaced ladder rungs interconnecting the truss members. Each truss member includes an upper hand rail, a lower rung rail being spaced below and lying in a common plane with the upper hand rail, and a plurality of braces extending between and interconnecting the upper hand rail and lower rung rail of each truss member. The ladder rungs of each section extend between and interconnect the rung rails of the truss members thereof. A bucket with a capacity for firefighters/ potential victims is hinged to the end of this structure. Most conventional aerial platform devices are of this type and examples can be seen in the E-one '95 mid or rear mount platform, Crimson, Pierce, ALF, Metz, a whole lot of others....eg. Arlington's tower, Tarrytown TL78, Peekskill's tower, Yonkers' tower(s)...etc so, the ladder looking from the turntable appears to look like this - [___] However, in a true Tower Ladder the longitudinally extending members are solid in a boxed beam type of construction traditionally consisting of telescoping sections with solid exterior which generally do not incorporate a truss design (Sutphen aerials are the only exception to this rule as the telescoping box beams incorporate a trussed design with a "huckbolt" assembly, but that's an entirely different soapbox). These aerial devices generally have a small "escape ladder" built on the top of the beam which may or may not have siderail protection (except Mount Vernon which has no ladder for some reason). These vehicles were pioneered by Baker/ Aerialscope and were made wildly popular by FDNY. eg. Hartsdales tower, Mount Vernon, Bedford hills, Rombout, New Hamburg, Hyde Park.. blah blah... so, the ladder looking from the turntable appears to look like this - I-------I I____I Hope this clears things up. Rich *Note I said longitudinally extending member at least once or twice..

Is the old 97 Freightliner/ Kenco for sale or did they trade it in?

Hey, we're around.. just alot of us are afraid to admit it I believe there is also a guy from Woodstock and one from New Paltz as well. I have only seen a few alerts posted from Ulster and they have been in the regional section. If the alert volume increases then I could see that happening... I'll certainly try to contribute more. Rich Co. 45 Co. 78

Where is there a Hooters near the show?

I wonder if the 1,000,000th was reduced as a prize or something...

Yup... that must be it.. 67-42.. was @ the NYS Chief's show but didn't have a chance to look closely at it. Saw it again on 28 @ MVA and figured it was a second rescue LOL. Wouldn't mind getting more info on the engine for apparatus committee PM if you have the info. Thanks Rich

Ach- What else do you guys run out of the other stations? I'm right up near you in Phoenicia and have always wondered what you ran out of your 4 stations.. nice new rescue also!

OK..OK.. I'll tell ya what... why don't you guys just sell the Tech Rescue truck and Utility to Arlington and then with that money you guys can go and buy your big-a** tanker trucks mmmmk ... Whatever figured I'd give it a try.....

85' Young Crusader I - Now owned by "Rusty Goat" tree company? In PK area Vly- Atwood Engine 62-11 in Ulster County is a 1969 Young Crusader I These are my favorite trucks of all time.. I have a library of factory photos which I will try to upload at some point. I will own one some day!

Another "Rock-ism" He's my hero... 'Ol Roto-ray was never the same after he made fun of 63-45's FU light! I almost bought the farm at that fire too... some jackass left the bottom my ladder that he was footing while I was breaking out one of the gable vents... didn't work out too well... ladder shifted 4 feet on the concrete (which felt like 20 at my end). Man, I show up in tan gear and you guys try to kill me!?! ROFLMAO!

E-one introduced the design in the late 80s/ early 90s with a modified Hush chassis (rear engine truck) with a set of stretcher "antlers" on the officer's side of the cab and cabinets for equipment on the backmost wall of the doghouse. Other manufacturers followed suit. Phoenix was one of the first to experiment with these (as well as big medium duty ambulances with firefighting capabilities ie. pump/ tank/foam) however were not recieved well and were abandoned. Here's one for sale- Hush Transport Pumper This department in particular in addition to their 3 ambulances run these as a backup. Here's a department that has Seagrave transport pumpers and really bad taste in color- Green like baby poo transport pumpers Whatever works I guess.. Fredric would turn in his grave if he saw those monstrosities. HAHAHA 22truck and I were writing @ the same time!

Those wheel well compartments are an AWESOME idea as long as they are sealed tight (granted the wheel wells are going to get the most exposure of all on the truck.. I could see an issue if over time the elements were able to seep through and deteriorate the airbags. I am curious to see the results if the department took the truck out in a torrential downpour, snow, or even drove through a big puddle with nothing but paper towels in the compartments and checked the towels afterward to see if moisture/ dirt/ whatev. got into it... anyone have resources in that dept. to possibly set that up??? I've seen some underbelly compartments in my own department leak like crazy so it would be a nice alternative in a new vehicle to spec such if they work well IMHO. A nice truck overall with good use of space.. it's obvious the pump size is more geared for the rural water supply operational aspect or "worst case scenario" given the demographics of the district. If anything it gives a nice platform for truck commitees to look at real life options for their specs. Bad a** over the top truck.. I like it