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on Firepics, I was told this has Luverne bodywork, and is more than llikely from Minnesota.

Found this Ford/Ward Lafrance at the Thunder Ridge Ski Area in Patterson, NY. NYS Registration sticker on windshield says 1969 with a VIN of C85LUD98788, a plate on the pump panel said 1968. Obviously was a snapple advertisement, but it looks like it was originally red, and later repainted yellow. 1000gpm pump/500 gallons water(estimate). Inside the cab, on a sunvisor KEH-912 is written in marker. Google search comes back to Ulster County Emergency services. Does anyone have any ideas on who this previously served? on the pump panel

Here is the link: http://www.firetec.com/detail/RS-9341.html asking $30,000

The Mack is still here and still for sale. IIRC the price was lowered recently. When I get home I will post the link to the site it is listed on

Yes the final fill is usually pond water. As long as the draft site is not pulling in rocks and mud it should not be a problem. Although we do have a couple sources I would not leave in the tanker for an extended period of time because it starts to get a funky smell. Floating strainers and properly maintained dry hydrants also cut down on intake of foreign objects.

The old and new 22-6-1 Compartments on top store speedy dry for hopper, stokes basket, rope rescue, confine space fan and duct, additional cribbing, and other items not regularly used The truck committee was assisted by East-West Fire Apparatus Consultants http://www.ewfac.com/ , and was sold by New England Fire Equipment & Apparatus http://nefea.com/delivery.aspx?id=357

Officer side close ups(front to rear)

Rear Compartments Close up

Driver side compartment closeups

IIRC I heard 5000 feet total

Kent, CT hose reel At the other water source At the dump site. Each source engine had three ponds set up for them. As you can barely see the outer ponds where set up turned to diamond shape to allow room to dump from side or rear as needed.

Wassaic 69-31 and tanker from Kent, CT behind them Millbrook 49-31 Sherman, CT Engine 5

Here are some of the photos I took.. Gaylordsville Tanker Pawlings 54-31 Pawling's new 54-31 2010 Ferrara

Hehehe open the pump recirculate!! Run pump to heat and mix. Yeah the water out the water system was full of who knows what.

Water is taken from wherever we can get it. Lakes, ponds, rivers, Underground tanks, etc. Todays drill utilized two water sources a lake about two miles away and a water source in the former psychiatric hospital grounds. The portable ponds where set up just off Route 22 near the Harlem Valley - Wingdale train station. Metro North Fire Chief and MTA PD were on scene to assist with the railroad crossing

Nice photos. I was too busy driving Patterson's tanker to come say hello. I will add a few photos later tonight.

I am strapped for cash lately but I know I could afford something like $ 10 to $ 15 for the year. Might also cut down on some off the members that like to stir the pot just for the sake of stirring it.

Thanks Capt. that was one thing discussed in the class, manpower. A lot is going to been needed, especially for long operations. A discussion ensued into other trained resources in the Putnam/Dutchess area, including mention of Yonkers, Danbury, Ct, and resources in Orange County and the Albany area.

Removing the victim to gain more room to operate, whalers can be installed with more struts, and then the original struts may be removed With the whalers in place, there is a lot more room to work in The second evolution was a done using timbers in place of the Paratech struts. Thanks for looking

On Sunday October 10, 2010 the class involved two scenarios. The scenario was a worker in a trench laying a pipe, and the trench sloughed in, partially burying the worker under some dirt and the pipe. Size up from the end of the trench Inserting the panels and struts Working in the trench , note how crowded the area is with the struts and panels in place A come along and a sling, anchored to a 6"x6" on top of the panels was used to move the pipe

The next evolution utilized the air driven Paratech rescue strut system The struts where lowered into place using webbing and the driven to 200psi, and the collar locked in place by using either the webbing or a pike pole. The strut, once secure is the nailed to the upright. Two struts in place.

Setting the panels in place With the top wooden brace installed the second piece wooden bracing is installed An overview of the entire site.

First members begin to prep the site to put down ground panels while other members set up power tools and struts in the background. Assembling the trench panels at the site The Paratech Rescue Struts Various power, air and hand tools carried on 22-6-1

Wasn't Bloomburg and Scopetta threatening transfers of officers a few years ago if response times didn't decrease? guess they realized that a slow response costs less than the lawsuits from firetruck involved accidents.

Once the public finds out that response times for service calls will be longer, I can almost guarantee they will start calling things in as structure fires or other emergency, in order to get quicker service.