Ladder44

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  1. He will be missed by many people, Bernie was the first of 3 generations in the Hastings FD
  2. So can someone tell what this and used for it kinda looks like some type of mainfold......... here
  3. ha ha ha thanks alot your too funny but im more intrested in why you would need this in a city whats wrong with one single engien and its discharges, i never seen one till we used one up here in the sticks to do tanker shuttles filling tankers.
  4. when we go to a hartford county hospital (hartford, childrens, bristol) and use C-Med we use "Mike" 1 or 2 pending what ambulance were in. our ambualnces are 66-1 and 66-2
  5. Here are a few pictures of our new ambulance we that we are taking delivery tonight (3-12-09), more pictures to follow
  6. Ha ha yea lets not get stared with that, lets say there was a heated argument over it and the extra $1200 for a Q and air horns but we "cant afford it" right now.
  7. Will there be a top 10 events list this year for 2008?
  8. Cool shots brendan, this at the bottom of darwin near chauncey ln?
  9. National Registerd*
  10. I took it on 1/12/09 and thought the test was very different from my class test and text book questions and study book questions, remember when your answering questions your looking for the answer the state wants you to have no what say you would acually in the field. I made it to question 124 and had 55 mins left and it turned off on me and i passed.
  11. Is there a bench seat on the opposit side of the ambulance not pictured or is there not one at all? How would you tarnsport a second person?
  12. Its sad to say that if these plans go through its going to take a death or something due to these plans to change them and wake up the politicians. How about a few security gurads get the boot, why need all those men the mayor rarely has attacks rights so what could happen?
  13. Date: 10-25-08 Time: 2311hrs Location: 82 Orchard Hill Rd Frequency: LCD-155.1075 Units Operating:Harwinton WestSide FD Car1,Car3, E-12, U-6 (acting rescue, R7 OOS) Tanker 10, Harwinton FD Car1, Car2,E-1,E-2,E-3,Tanker 5, East Litchfiled E-24 requested per HWSFD Car-1, Burlington Tanker and Eng. Dispatch automatically. Description Of Incident: 2 Story wood frame fire said to be located in kitchen, smoke showing from rear upon arrival of HWSFD Car3, Fire K/D quickly by E-12 Writer: Ladder44
  14. It was waterbury, they had a water main break and southern litchfield county's tanker strike team cover a hospital down there and they had a n engien pump water in to the hospital.
  15. In your gear?
  16. umm deffinatly not........dad does when im short $$$
  17. That was as well a school house prior to being a fire house, Are we seeing who has the oldest building thats now a fire house or oldest firehouse from time of construction?
  18. Hastings on Hudson's Protection Engien 44 fire house was built in 1876 and still in use today.
  19. I think most of them dont care as much about where they live or what an impact they can do but volunteering, like voting why so many young people not vote? the just dont care, most kids just wanna go to college and make 6 figures a year sitting in a office or just dont have a guts to do it
  20. Everyone have a cutting torch with them readily available? not really sure that would work for eveyone
  21. i think 3/4 are only good for basement pump outs. cause bunkers you only have a 12''-16'' before your foot is filling with water.
  22. we got 32 square miles with 2 highways (CT RT4 and CT RT8). We have two departments yes two seperate DEPTs not companys, one in the dead center of town and one off to the west side of town. Center dept has 3 engines a tanker and brush truck. the west side has an engine, rescue, tanker, utility and brush truck
  23. Hastings Engine 44 is a 1991 Pierce Lance
  24. Would a 2 1/2'' attack be better or overkill in this situation?