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We recently put into service new Scott Air Packs.  One of the most notable things about it is that the PASS alarm volumes are lower than our older units.
 
We put the packs in different locations in the training house and sent members in to locate them.  The volume of the older units would drown out the sound of the newer SCBAs.
 
To get more of a side by side comparison, we'd put the packs next to one another - both inside and outside the building - and noticed a marginal difference.
 
This is in no way a knock on the new units, and in no way is this a real "study," but this is definitely something we all should be weary of.

We recently put into service new Scott Air Packs.  One of the most notable things about it is that the PASS alarm volumes are lower than our older units.
 
We put the packs in different locations in the training house and sent members in to locate them.  The volume of the older units would drown out the sound of the newer SCBAs.
 
To get more of a side by side comparison, we'd put the packs next to one another - both inside and outside the building - and noticed a marginal difference.
 
This is in no way a knock on the new units, and in no way is this a real "study," but this is definitely something we all should be weary of.

We recently put into service new Scott Air Packs.  One of the most notable things about it is that the PASS alarm volumes are lower than our older units.
 
We put the packs in different locations in the training house and sent members in to locate them.  The volume of the older units would drown out the sound of the newer SCBAs.
 
To get more of a side by side comparison, we'd put the packs next to one another - both inside and outside the building - and noticed a marginal difference.
 
This is in no way a knock on the new units, and in no way is this a real "study," but this is definitely something we all should be weary of.

We recently put into service new Scott Air Packs.  One of the most notable things about it is that the PASS alarm volumes are lower than our older units.
 
We put the packs in different locations in the training house and sent members in to locate them.  The volume of the older units would drown out the sound of the newer SCBAs.
 
To get more of a side by side comparison, we'd put the packs next to one another - both inside and outside the building - and noticed a marginal difference.
 
This is in no way a knock on the new units, and in no way is this a real "study," but this is definitely something we all should be weary of.

We recently put into service new Scott Air Packs.  One of the most notable things about it is that the PASS alarm volumes are lower than our older units.
 
We put the packs in different locations in the training house and sent members in to locate them.  The volume of the older units would drown out the sound of the newer SCBAs.
 
To get more of a side by side comparison, we'd put the packs next to one another - both inside and outside the building - and noticed a marginal difference.
 
This is in no way a knock on the new units, and in no way is this a real "study," but this is definitely something we all should be weary of.

We recently put into service new Scott Air Packs.  One of the most notable things about it is that the PASS alarm volumes are lower than our older units.
 
We put the packs in different locations in the training house and sent members in to locate them.  The volume of the older units would drown out the sound of the newer SCBAs.
 
To get more of a side by side comparison, we'd put the packs next to one another - both inside and outside the building - and noticed a marginal difference.
 
This is in no way a knock on the new units, and in no way is this a real "study," but this is definitely something we all should be weary of.

We recently put into service new Scott Air Packs.  One of the most notable things about it is that the PASS alarm volumes are lower than our older units.
 
We put the packs in different locations in the training house and sent members in to locate them.  The volume of the older units would drown out the sound of the newer SCBAs.
 
To get more of a side by side comparison, we'd put the packs next to one another - both inside and outside the building - and noticed a marginal difference.
 
This is in no way a knock on the new units, and in no way is this a real "study," but this is definitely something we all should be weary of.

Did the new one arrive and go into service yet? Good luck AFD - and I don't see more than $9,500 for it.

This isn't an issue isolated to this company / municipalities.  I spent much of my six years as a Chief Officer trying to get this information and to convince the village to paint the hydrants to comply with the NFPA Flow Color Code.

This isn't an issue isolated to this company / municipalities.  I spent much of my six years as a Chief Officer trying to get this information and to convince the village to paint the hydrants to comply with the NFPA Flow Color Code.

This isn't an issue isolated to this company / municipalities.  I spent much of my six years as a Chief Officer trying to get this information and to convince the village to paint the hydrants to comply with the NFPA Flow Color Code.

This isn't an issue isolated to this company / municipalities.  I spent much of my six years as a Chief Officer trying to get this information and to convince the village to paint the hydrants to comply with the NFPA Flow Color Code.

If you're in emergency services and you're complaining about actually helping someone who needs help - you might need to rethink what you're doing with your life.  If you don't like waking up and going to a call that isn't "juicy" or "salty" enough for you, cry me a river. It's what you signed up for.
 
 

If you're in emergency services and you're complaining about actually helping someone who needs help - you might need to rethink what you're doing with your life.  If you don't like waking up and going to a call that isn't "juicy" or "salty" enough for you, cry me a river. It's what you signed up for.
 
 

OMG!
THANK YOU, MR. MUNSON!

If you're in emergency services and you're complaining about actually helping someone who needs help - you might need to rethink what you're doing with your life.  If you don't like waking up and going to a call that isn't "juicy" or "salty" enough for you, cry me a river. It's what you signed up for.
 
 

If you're in emergency services and you're complaining about actually helping someone who needs help - you might need to rethink what you're doing with your life.  If you don't like waking up and going to a call that isn't "juicy" or "salty" enough for you, cry me a river. It's what you signed up for.
 
 

I wish I could afford it...

I wish I could afford it...

Croton FD does not have any antique apparatus. Croton is a municipal department, not a fire district, so all funding,  equipment and firehouses are through the village government, run by the board of trustees. Apparatus are managed by the DPW fleet mechanics. FD just makes sure that they're ready for calls, DPW handles actual maintenance. The village fought the addition of U14 to the fleet and keeps pushing back the replacement of R18 and E118, both over 23 years old. There's no money for an antique apparatus, no where to put it and there are higher priorities. I'd love to get the '63 Mack R18 back as an antique or the '84 Mack CF E119. Unfortunately, it isn't feasible at this time. 

If only we utilized our Field Comm here in Westchester... it - and the people working in it - have so much to offer...

If only we utilized our Field Comm here in Westchester... it - and the people working in it - have so much to offer...

If only we utilized our Field Comm here in Westchester... it - and the people working in it - have so much to offer...

If only we utilized our Field Comm here in Westchester... it - and the people working in it - have so much to offer...

If only we utilized our Field Comm here in Westchester... it - and the people working in it - have so much to offer...