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Chock the wheels....

The cab and chassis are obviously Spartan Gladiators. I am just curious who the body builder was.

Great pics. Who is the builder?

Already posted: http://www.emtbravo.net/index.php/topic/44899-ford-e-series-to-be-discontinued-in-2013/page__p__256220__hl__ford__fromsearch__1#entry256220

I heard rumors that Mt. Kisco was thinking about this around late December.

Over the weekend I attended at research conference at Harvard. I was pretty busy Thursday-Saturday thus no pictures of any apparatus or fire houses of Cambridge or Downtown Boston but on Sunday before I had to leave to return back to Burlington I had a few hours to walk around. I took the T to Haymarket Square where I picked up the Freedom Trail, a 2.5 mile long path throughout Boston highlighting the historic revolutionary sites along the way. I started at Haymarket Square to Old North Church where Robert Newmann hung two lanterns on April 18th, 1775, alerting Paul Revere to embark on his famous ride alerting the Minutemen of impending raid on Lexington and Concord. I next moved to Cobb's Hill Burying Ground overlooking the Charles River Where I found this gravestone, I found it very striking the incredibly patriotic epitaph: Next I continued walking over the Charles River until I came to the U.S.S. Constitution, the oldest serving ship in the U.S. Navy. On my way to Bunker Hill Monument I came across the quarters of Boston Fire Department Engine 50. Although Engine 50 was at a fire, Engine 4 a 2003 Pierce Enforcer was covering its quarters. I was let in by a very friendly B/C with a very thick Boston accent and was shown around the rig by the tour's chauffeur, Jim. Their new patch (sorry for it being kinda blurry): He gave some history of Engine 50, apparently at one point the city had completely shut down the company, no men, no nothing, so instead of letting an emergency happen and no one respond, the citizen of Charlestown came down to Engine 50's quarters and manned the station themselves. This was just one of several areas that did this in response to their shuttered houses. To show the distinction of being a "peoples" fire company, this sign was made. Final Shot: A man and his rig: (A special thank you to the men of Engine 4, especially Jim (never actually caught the last name) and the best of luck to him and his upcoming transfer to Engine 50.)

Engine 50 was operating at the 2 alarm fire when I was visiting. BFD, I wish I had 1. A decent camera to take fire scene photos with 2. I had any idea the units were operating and where they were and 3. That my schedule was not so busy while I was in the Boston area. All in all Boston is a really cool city and considering its $4 for a round trip ticket from Burlington to Boston, I think I will be visiting more often.

South Burlington Fire Department A-1 2012 Ford F-450/Osage Richmond Rescue, Inc. A-1 Freightliner M2/American LaFrance Williston Police Department 2011 Dodge Durango

I was only in the two bays downstairs, I never got to see anything past that. I was running behind schedule and wanted to check out Bunker Hill and the museum before I had to make my way back to South Station.

If that is true then what happened to all of that money?

RIP

Burlington Fire Department, Car 6 (Training & Safety): 2003 Ford Expedition South Burlington Fire Department, A-2 (Former A-1) 2005 Ford F-450/AEV Cambridge Rescue Squad, 2009 Chevy Express/Braun Barre Town EMS, A-6 Ford E-450

One HUGE mistake I made last year that gave me one of the closest scares of my career was X-Mas 2010 responding to a well fair check at a residence PD discovered a gas leak from a stove whose pilot light was blown out after the resident had used the stove for heating. PD withdrew from the building and called for the FD. We responded and made entry to discover the resident DOA and had been there for several days making a real nice gas condition. FD made entry again for ventilation so PD could investigate, and started removing several windows by hand. I had by accident clipped my pager while it was still on to the inside of the my gear on the suspenders, while in the IDLH environment the pager alerted (went off) to another call in district inside my bunkers. One of the chiefs I was assisting and I just looked at each other. Thankfully nothing happened and I was told the pagers are safe, but honestly I would not risk it. Something else to consider when responding to gas emergencies, leave the pager in the rig. This was a lesson in what not to do that could have cost me and my chief our lives.

thank god and good riddance. My job has begun the process of spec'ing a new rig and the first cab and chassis to be ruled out was the E series. Our current rig is a GMC4500 and our spare is an E-series, funny both cab and chassis models have been discontinued. We are thinking either Ford or Dodge extended cab and chassis similar to what FDNY is going to.

Agreed Sage, reading the warrant will make you sick. I was frankly disturbed reading it and I think I deep investigation into this medics calls dating back years should be undertaken. Who knows if there is a pattern of sexual abuse that exists. Every call where he transported an unresponsive/unconscious female patient should be reviewed and the patient notified. This could shine evidence onto a career's worth of mistreatment/abuse and the forthcoming claims by potential victims or a once in a lifetime, dumb-f***ing-a** mistake. Either way, this guy is a dark, dark stain on our profession and should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law and serve maximum jail time. I have had good friends of mine forward me the article and ask me if I saw it. I hope the victim gets the help and support she needs and deserves.

Read what the capt. wrote. You can get intrinsically safe vent fans for your rigs.

And we say Amen.

I don't know this charlie reporter guy but I like his attitude and style. Clearly blaming the inept politicians before laying an oz of blame on FD/EMS.

I would be curious to know how this occurred. I doubt the inmate was left unsupervised with easy access to the apparatus and open road so it seems that his escape was planned in advance or spur of the moment. Reading about him, it also seemed like he didn't have much time left on a rather minor conviction.

RIP

Looks nice, but how is this a B.R.A.T. and not just another rescue truck. It does not look like it is a "Brush Rapid Attack Truck"

Public health laws may not quality, but worker exposure protection laws still do. OSHA or in NYS PESH can come in and say to the rink "you need to rectify this problem for your workers health". While it would be solely for the benefit for the worker, it would still flow down to the customers. One way of doing this is use a battery powered zamboni as opposed to CNG, however the Pb fumes from the recharging process also cause work place exposure issues. Another is adding air exchanges per hour but it a large climate controlled facility like an ice rink that gets expensive quickly. UVM had an issue with exposure levels in its ice rink and what I mentioned above is how it was informed, identified, and addressed an indoor air quality and worker exposure.

Study: Sleep-Deprived Police Officers Risk Everyone’s Safety http://healthland.time.com/2011/12/21/study-sleep-deprived-police-officers-risk-everyones-safety/?iid=hl-main-lede

He was right, I was wrong. The LAS rig is a Demers Sprinter. http://www.demers-ambulances.com/news/article/top-innovation-award-2010-demers-mirage-ex-sprinter Notice the ribbon in the link and the ribbon on the rig are the same.

-"Dispatch, this is *** A-1, have the other phase units been cleared yet" -"Dispatch on, *** A-1, you were cleared 20 minutes ago, you can return to quarters" -"*** A-1, received, *** A-1 in-service, returning. (In the background, "You've got to be f***ing kidding me, up since 5am for this?")