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2007 FL/ ALF "Medicmaster"

2007 FL/ ALF "Medicmaster"

Very interesting story....
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A friend of mine had the chance to attend FRI 2014 in Dallas, TX this past week. He took photos of the apparatus on display there, and there are some unique pieces in the several page photo gallery
Photos by Ben Saladino
http://www.bensware.com/photos/FRI2014/index.html

Yonkers purchased a used 85ft American LaFrance tiller from the Great Neck L.I.'s Alert Hook and Ladder and Hose Co 1 on Feb. 28, 1979.
Richard Smith and Joe Kelly drove the truck back to Yonkers from Long Island with Sam Locatelli on the tiller. The truck went to Station 12.

Photo by Ron Frehm of YFD Engine 8 operating at 88 Buena Vista Ave 2 alarm fire on Feb 1, 1970

We cannot discount the possiblity that it may have been there for some other sanctioned department/district business. Unless someone actually approached the operator of the vehicle and asked questions, there could be a million explanations that we don't know about.

Yes, there is a valve.
I'll answer your questions in the order you've got listed.
1. The top three are flexible hard suction, for drafting. That's why they're stored higher up, in the less accessible position. The bottom, smaller length isn't really suction. We CALL it soft suction, but it isn't rigid. It's is our go to hydrant connection, at least here in the Bronx and the areas of Manhattan I'm familiar with. It's 10' long and is flexible and foldable. It's easy and quick for the engine chauffeur to hook up alone. Once the hydrant is open, that 4" diameter length will expand to maintain its shape regardless of how it's bent.
2. During high pressure ops, the chauffeur will use either the officer side discharge or the rear, whichever is more conducive to stretching to the Siamese. Never on the panel side, there is no HP discharge there.
3. This was answered, but again, it's just a meter showing the position of the valve. I find them to be useless. What does it matter what position the valve is in? You have the pressure gauge and the flow meter and the numbers they show are what determine whether you have to gate down or open up......or up the master on the pro-pressure governor.

Some cool new tools.

PHOTO GALLERY: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fdnyhome/sets/72157637133411574/

From FDNY.gov:


PHOTO GALLERY: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fdnyhome/sets/72157637133411574/

1) So where is your proof? Everything you have referenced is failure of comunities to not follow NFPA standards. Which industry is that? "the fire service"? If thats the case you have barely scratched the surface of what NFPA does. They have 1,000's of standards, but only about 3 dozzen that have anything to do with the fire service.
2) Yes we do and why? Is because of NFPA or the lack of effort from NFPA? No its because of the U.S. Constitution. Every American has the right to keep the government out of their home (where most fires occur). The Fire Department (read government) may not come into my home and tell me not to do things that are unsafe, or to mandate many things that might save me, my family and my property, They can in most other developped countries. I have the right to be a horder, the right to run extension cords under rugs, the right to leave unattended candles burning, the right to go shopping with food cooking on the stove, but in other countries the FD can come in and fine me for it.
Also in the U.S. our culture is so concerned with short term gain, that we do not worry about next month or next year. Developers fight to not put in safety features to save $$, municipalities want short term development so they generally will let the developpers get away with it.
Also, the US builds most homes of wood, and lots of void spaces. Much of the devellopped countries use NONCOMBUSTABLE materials with few voids.
3) Yes we have a horrible firefighter death rate, but of the of the 81 firefighter LODD in 2012 only 22 were killed during fires, cant really blame NFPA for failure to stop at intersections when responding or heart attacks (since we lead the rest of the world in those also). Its also interesting that 4 of the 5 states (including NY) with the highest LODD have the least training requirements and the lowest use of NFPA standards.
4) Can you define ho-hum? NFPA 703 Standard for Fire Retardent Coatings has been around since 1979 and has been updated 8 times since.
The FIT device is still very contraversal and is unlikely you will see a standard anytime soon since you need to use it in an unihabited space. Currently extingushing systems are either fixed (and warn occupants to get out if hazardous) or are extingushers, which require an operator to be able to see the seat of the fire, FIT is neither.
5) So thats NFPA's fault? NFPA standards require both. If your village, town, city, county or state refuse to follow the standard why is it NFPA's fault? Some communities in NYS wanted mandatory sprinklers. Did the FASNY lobby for this...NO. The state said no...because the building industry lobbied against it. What about inspections in new constructions?
It is required by NYS that ALL new construction must be inspected, so either it is or the municipality is violating state law. Now does your fire dept do this? Most FD's do not do inspections! Is this NFPA's fault?
And we already covered the constitutionality of inspecting existing properties.
6) You see little proof, because clearly you have no idea what NFPA does. While I see some issues with some of their process, it is far from disfunctional. In places that fully accept the Standards, there fire loss is close to zero. To bad most communities and the state are more concerned with many other issues.

Yonkers Engine 306, a 1992 Mack CF, the actual last one to be produced by Mack, has returned to Yonkers after a spa treatment, and it's looking good! It currently holds the designation Engine 298, and is a reserve piece.
For those Mack fans keeping track, it is chasis # CF688FC 1460. Delivered August 1992 from Mack's Allentown, PA plant.
Photo by me, taken this morning. A very special thanks to ALL those on duty at YFD Station 8.

They originally had a 86 Mack/Aerialscope which they sent to Pierce last year or late 2011 for remounting and refurbishing of the boom. Here is the almost final product, just missing some decals.

Stiloski's has reached into social media and started a Facebook page, so you can keep up on all the interesting jobs his trucks and staff take care of daily, and all the work that goes on in the heavy duty truck and fire apparatus repair facility in Tarrytown.
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MTA PD command post outside

Parting shot of Grand Central Terminal

The Transit Authority also ran part of its museum fleet on the Time Square shuttle
Car 9306,a R-33 Worlds Fair built in 1963

Car 6239, a R-15 built in 1950

and Car 5760, a R-12 built in 1948

The last car on display was the "Montana", built in 1947 for the Milwaukee Road's 'Olympic Hiawatha".

The interior

Detail in the woodwork

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Exteriors of some of the cars I bypassed

Observation Car "Babbling Brook" built in 1949 for the New York Central's 'New England States' train

Example of railroad china inside of the Ohio River, which can also be chartered http://www.mepassenger.com/railcars

NYC Dining Car 448, can seat 48 people.

The kitchen on the 448

the GCT FIre/EMS cart was out and pre-staged at Track 36.

Red Carpet treatment

The Hickory Creek, a 1947 observation car for the 20th Century Limited

the Tonawanda Valley built in 1928 for the New York Central

Parts of Metro North's Inspection train, which were buil;t in 1949 for the Erie Lackawanna "Phoebe Snow" train

BL14 built by Brookville in 2008 fro Metro North for use in yard and work service. It uses several smaller more efficient gen-sets as opposed to one large engine