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We're carrying the following hooks now. Two 6' Steel NY Roof Hooks Two 8' Steel NY Roof Hooks One 3' Fiberglass Pike Pole w/ D-handle One 3' Fiberglass Pike Pole One 8' Fiberglass Sheetrock Hook One 6' Fiberglass Pike Pole The steel hooks were a recommendation I made when we got the new rig. Its great for the FAST plus gives us something more versatile and stronger for pulling and smashing things. Some of the fiberglass crap out there is a joke and shouldn't be used for anything more then pulling crap off shelves in the firehouse.

Seriously......

I believe it is called Linex. We have it on the pump panel of E119. As others stated, it's not only easier to clean but it doesn't have that "overwhelming" effect for the MPO. Their Website We almost had that whole Anniversary package but we opted for the traditional stuff, except the mudflaps. They put it on everything during the NYSAFC Show in June. Good luck with the rig - I'm sure it will do it's job just fine!

Why did he jump over the barrier? Explosion? Oncoming traffic? Just curious.

Eh....I've seen better. Seth, you're only human (I think). You're entitled to snap or tell people off from time to time. You run a great site where most of the time visiting it is educational and/or entertaining. It's too bad that there is so many people that thrive on stupidity and feel it is their responsibility to dumb down these forums. Like always, keep up the good work and holla' at me if I can help with anything.

Another thought... Sometimes you can actually get a little purchase on the door near the jam. If you can sometimes you luck out and can see what's going on behind it before pulling or pushing it open. On our Hydra-Ram we keep a piece of webbing...about 36" with a simple loop in it to grab the door knob so when we pop it, it doesn't fly open on us.

We carry two piercing nozzles on our Engine. One is a steel pipe, about 5 feet long that connects to the 1 3/4". The other is that Amkus Car Fire tool - the one that looks like a sledge that you can drive through the hood of a vehicle fire. We recently used our long one (no puns) at a railcar that was full of garbage and smoldering at the bottom. We had the bucket of the Truck up and used a length of 1 3/4" to use this. We drove it in from the top of the garbage pile from the bucket to get at the seat of the fire. Between that and the ladder pipe, we were able to snuff the stubborn fire. In the nearly 15 years I've been a part of my FD, I have seen the long piercing nozzle used at a garbage compactor fire, car fires and a house fire. As for the other one, it's been trained with but not actually used at an incident yet.

Carry door chocks. Carry a light.

My opinion - if it isn't already on because of smoke / heat conditions in the hall, then put it on prior to popping the door. The rush of air, heat and fire can come at you too fast to have to fumble for your air.

Good topic! Our SOG is pretty simple. The meter is to be warmed up and zeroed out prior to entering the building. Personnel entering must be in PPE w/ SCBA on their back. The officer of the crew must bring in the CO checklist, and document readings in various areas. Should their be a reading above 35 PPM personnel are to don their SCBA. After the incident, all meters are to be zeroed out before shutting down. Findings are to be reported to the occupant / owner. Apparatus for CO Calls No symptoms - Rescue & 1 Engine With Symptoms - Rescue, Engine, Truck, EMS Keep in mind that CO is very, VERY present during overhaul. Make sure you have a meter with your personnel and if the levels are high - WEAR THE SCBA. There's no reason nor any glory in going home with that "awesome" headache courtesy of the CO we ignored.

Don't forget too... "Thumb-TAC" channels. They're the ones that don't exactly get paid any attention to and end up sitting on a shelf somewhere....

And 60 Control!!!

I'm convinced - I gotta see it!

The Charger looks like a decent car. But that's a good point - too much power. If it's anything like the Duranogos when they first came out, good luck driving them in the rain - controlling them when accelerating was a little bit of a pain in the arse. I did notice one thing - I think (JMHO) that the lightbar is too far back and should be moved forward another 2-3 inches for better forward-facing warning. As for the Camaros - still out there, except the one a few of us saw crash on the TSP last June on the way to the HVVFA convention..... luckily he was OK.

What kills me is if you look at a Department running a Rescue, that rig has all the tools, cribbing, chains and other goodies needed to carry out this job. And that's good. BUT... How many departments (GUILTY) carry a "jaws" on another rig, but NOTHING ELSE TO GO WITH IT?! Who are we kidding? I also get a kick out of hearing departments take their Rescue out for service and put the JAWS ONLY on another rig. Or even better, leave it on the floor of the firehouse or leave it on the rig. WHAT GIVES?! If you take your Ladder out of town, in most cases you have an automatic response or a will-call in place to cover it. But so many of us don't do squat about covering our jaws calls. Why is that? If you go to any parade in Westchester, you see a buttload of rescues - so what's that leave in town? As for training - everyone considers themselves "qualified" when they take AVET. It can't end there. Periodic training is the only way to become proficient in this skill. Every Chief should see to it that any member of theirs responding to a pin job, whether on the Rescue, Engine, Truck - whatever - is trained and proficient in this skill. As one of my instructors once told me, vehicle extrication is an art. Knowing vehicle dynamics, tool capabilities and proper stabilization techniques isn't something that can be taken for granted. *And - for the record - the two Holmatro manual tools carried on Engines 118 & 119 are for backup use and don't get utilized primarily. They actually are on these units for the FAST.*

Still $2.54 a gallon at Croton Exxon this morning. Is their gas special? Does it make you smarter?!

All of these politicians care about the environment, right? Then why do they post a crapload of signs and send us so much mail? The other hyprocracy that drives me batty is their stand on how great it is to have free speech, but when you bring up their history or some other information about them - they go nuts. I hate politicians, politics and all this election crap. I am tired of the commercials, tired of the mailings, tired of seeing the signs and more so - tired of the BS. It's finally safe to watch TV again!

A good topic and a lot of good opinions. We can't blame the lights themselves - we are the morons that over-do it and load vehicles to the gills with a million lights. LEDs are by far the way to go for most because they are bright, and more importantly create a low power draw. You guys remember all those rotating lights and 100 watt halogen flashers that used to adorn so many rigs - they're almost a thing of the past. I remember many times when we would be responding to a call at night and the warning lights were dimming the headlights so bad we couldn't see!! Speaking of energy loads - I also notice to this day (well, 3 nights ago) that when you have a ton of halogen and rotating lights going when parked on scene, other important things - like headlights and scene lights - dim to the point of uselessness. The best thing we can do is utilize scene lighting for our night ops. What are we achieving when we are on the scene of a call on a relatively slow and/ or dead-end road and we leave everything on?! I strongly oppose leaving warning lights on at scenes AT NIGHT when proper traffic control, scene lighting and apparatus placement is there. During the day I still think our warning lights couples with apparatus placement and traffic control is our best approach.

Whatever you get B-rad it better have enough ground clearance for train tracks....

I really don't think there is anyway to kill this piece of $hit that will bring actual justice. BUT...... We could torture the hell out of him to the end of his days by locking him in a room where he gets no sunlight, no fresh air, stale bread and warm toilet water every single day. Once a day, you walk in and fire off roman candles at him to remind him what Baghdad looked like when we went after him BOTH TIMES. Every fifteen minutes, you send in a family member of someone this low-life is responsible for killing or ruining the lives of and allow them to spit on him and eiher punch, pinch, kick, knee, elbow, bite or pull the hair or nails off of him. And once every day you send in someone from each branch of our military to sing that putz our national anthem to remind him once again, we are the best. Now that would be nice!

Man, if that isn't a reason to get verified I don't know what is!!! PS - best party suggestion!!! Sounds like a bachelor party I coordinated last year...with a trip to the Castle at 0300....

Well, at least the Stokes looks the same as ours.....

Texron?!

So where do I apply??

Sweet. Gotta love NPH....