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yeah, as mentioned I want better photos of PLeasantville TL-5, and some pictures of Thornwood's new Sutphen Engine, E-88. I saw one cell phone picture, its black over yellow. Anyone from Thornwood OTA? PM me to set something up

Lucky they heard some noises and were able to investigate and then get out. Imagine the impact if it had collapsed on an unmanned station, or worse yet just collapsed on to the crew.

spread of the outriggers officer's side hope these are a nice teaser until better weather and better placement

rear 3/4 shot showing the width of the boom

The guys running look to be from the truck.I've seen that in a couple of other FDNY videos on youtube.. Probably trying to get upstairs and begin the search and venting. Here is another good video from 2008, with Engine 54 showing the stretch off the rear of the engine. See a few truckies running , but the engine guys move swiftly, but with a purpose. Begins a little slow, first Engine on scene about 1:30 into the video. Video credit to Dustinmharris

Not from today's storm, but 01/12/11. Pictures taken in Cornwall Meadows, Patterson, NY running out of room to put the snow

Plenty of other waste Bloomburg could have cut before he got the Fifth man....City Time, parks, or his favorite idea...bike paths. Just saw this article for a bike path to connect Queens to the Bronx via the Hells Gate Bridge.http://gothamist.com...h_to_connec.php Bloomburg has been anti-civil service since day one. Can't wait until this tool is no longer in office. Last time Iooked, not to many South Bronx residents listened to Dave Matthews.

The chauffeur is counted as one of the four firefighters.

The more things change the more they stay the same. 7602 (the 1981 Ford) was always the snow rig, with a full set of chains with single rear tires (bouncy unless you hit just the right speed). E259 has On Spots, IIRC it was the first to get them in Pleasantville, and I remember the department looking to add them to all the first due apparatus at the time( The old R47 did not have them as it would have necessitated cut the fuel tank. .. IIRC E260 has them as well since it has the wheel chair(power door steps) lift for the older members up there. Most of the time I have used ON Spots, it has left me wishing I had full chains on. They maybe good in more Urban settings, but not for much else.

Patterson just bought a set of full chains for our new Rescue (2010 SVI), which has no On Spots (good thing), and a full set for our first due engine (1993 Sutphen) which has On spots. IIRC a set is on order (or about to be) for the engine out of station 2, (2000 Sutphen)

Good point. Onspot chains are good up to about 6 inches of snow (from their website My linkhttp://www.onspot.com/ ) . Personally I prefer a full set of chains on the tires as they work above 6 inches, and are not that hard to put on if you know what you are doing.

nothing special, only see the side of the truck and gear rack My linkhttp://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/photo.php?fbid=10150096234403889&set=a.448961388888.236149.500133888

Just saw a picture on Facebook of the new TL-5 in its bay in PLeasantville. Not sure if it is going back to Ruscon for additional work.

Nice catch Brian!!! Would love to see some more of Pleasantville if you can get them

IN addition, what I am seeing, and hearing from others in my department, is that a lot of the violence is coming from the younger set, 15 to 18. They have that feeling of invincibility to begin with, but add in a poor economy with more gang recruitment, and problem is that much worse. Gangs are getting stronger, add in kids with no jobs, whose parents (if they are in the picture) are working longer hours, are in the home less. These kids are looking for something to do and somewhere to belong. Gangs fill that void. Gangs also see that we (the police) are shorthanded and cannot be everywhere at once, and if we are in the area, could care less.

Thats all fine and good, but how about enforce the laws already on the books. Take the Plaxico Buress case, Mayor Bloomburg (being nice since it is EMTBravo) had he not 'personally got involved' Plaxico would have gotten a slap on the wrist like everyone else. One case where I recovered a loaded 9mm, spent more time in trial prep, than the perp got as a sentence, since he ended up taking a plea. Every moe I stop knows this. There is no respect for police officers on the street anymore. People seem to have the need to constantly watch and interject in situations where they feel we (the police) are being to heavy handed. When I worked in Midtown Manhattan I used to carry a folding knife that I could open with a strong flick of the wrist, not for protection but to get the goddam LIBERALS away from me. More than once I had someone stopped, when he come some LIBERAL DO GOODER who felt I had stopped the wrong person. I would always be respectful and would ask" Do you know this person?" if the answer was "no", the next question was always "Do you know why I stopped this person?" If the answer was again " NO", then I would snap out the knife, and state"this is what I stopped them for.." 9 times out of 10 Liberal do gooder was running away. I would then explain to person I originally stopped that the other person had no right to hear there information (name, address, birthday, etc.) and that I only did that to get them to leave.

10 police officers shot in the last 24 hours. There are many reasons poor economy, short staffing,etc. Be safe out there. Always watch the hands.

Not sure what held up the change. I know right before the Republican National Convention a lot of work was done on the transit system radio network in 2004. Some of the planning started when Bill Bratton was Chief of the Transit Police in 1990. Over the years, various changes were made to the plans, including the ability for FD and EMS to use their radios underground. Part of the work 2002-2003 involved string new antenna cables through tunnels and additional repeaters. The changes made resulted in little change in capability or quality of the radio network. In fact the new system was rejected by both the NYPD and FDNY. Here is one article from 2007 http://www.correctio...ed-down-to-use/ Not sure what ever happened with this project, if they ran out of funding or just gave up. Either way Transit police radios suck, lots of dead spots, and often are affected by the weather, with rainy days the worst. FD still uses the "relay" method each member with a portable spread out through the underground stations....one on the platform, one member on the stairs, another in the mezzanine, yet another at the booth area, and one at street level depending on how big the station is.

Right now I would be happy if we retired the typewriter first. There was a plan about 4-5 years ago to reorganize the current frequencies (IIRC the citywide frequencies) to allow the Transit Bureau to join the rest of the department on UHF. Right now the 4 Transit Bureaus operate on VHF, which does make it hard on interoperability at details and events. The newer Vertex Radios in the precincts have the transit frequencies in them but, but are often receive only for some reason. On the other hand transit is still using the old Motorola Sabers, which do not have the citywide frequencies in them. i guess it was only a plan, because 4 frequencies were freed up for Transit, but we were never moved to them.

If possible see if you can get a salesperson/distributor bring several sets to your firehouse for the members to try on. As you can see there are different opinions. I also have worn Globe G-Extreme and Morning Pride. The G-Extreme feels thicker, especially in the crotch area of the pants. It felt like I was wearing a diaper. Then again others feel Morning Pride is too thin. Get a consensus of he officer's staff/senior members, and see what fits your budget as well.

Yes he was. To this day I can still remember the smile on his face as he held my son (now about to turn 16).

Awesome photos Bill! Thanks for shring

Great Photos Eli. Must have been frustrating knowing it could have been stopped quicker, but for a bad hydrant/ water main.

In NYC, yes 8 minutes is a long time. Thanks to things like Bloomburgs pedestrian malls that have closed streets permanently,garbage trucks making pickups and delivery trucks blocking road, its not totally empty. When I was still assigned to NYPD Transit District 1, we had an officer call a 10-85 (officer needs assistance) at Times Square (West 42 street/ 7 Avenue) at 2320 hours, shortly after Bloomburg closed Broadway . I was assigned to the sector car that night, and since it was at the end of tour we were at our command at W 59 Street/Columbus Circle (closer to 60 Street) about to give the midnights the car. We responded immediately, as we were already in the car. With traffic, street closures, and traffic lights every block it took almost 5 minutes to drive lights and sirens those 17 -18 blocks. Thanks to not being able to take the direct route of Broadway, we had to go one block over to 7 avenue, down to 42 street. We arrived just about a minute after precinct units that were closer, but on different radio frequencies. All while this one officer was fighting a drunken Mexican. No imagine your house is burning, and your in it. How fast will that fire grow in intensity in those 5 minutes? Granted in a maybe a little slower at night, but not by much. In Manhattan you have tons of clubs, restaurants, theaters, etc that are open late every night of the week. The outer boroughs are mostly residential, which at night have greater occupancy levels, as most residents are home sleeping. Not all these residential buildings have things like smoke detectors and sprinklers installed or working. In the case of a fire, you may be looking at a delayed notification to FD, plus a greater need for manpower to search these buildings and effect any rescues. Your response times maybe a little quicker do to lower traffic volume, but the number of intersections, and traffic control devices (stop signs, traffic lights) is the same. You can not blow through intersections in NYC like in suburban areas, there are people out all hours of the day, and most have no regard for emergency vehicles responding with lights and sirens.

Just another clear example that the general public doesn't care/doesn't know what we in FD/EMS/PD do on a daily basis. They really don't give a s*** if our staffing is cut, our apparatus is not replaced as needed, as long as their taxes don't go up, and it doesn't personally affect them. "They're not supposed to put water on that.." maybe they should have used snow shovels to clear the street and put the fire out at the same time.