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Then its entirely possible that's 10s rig. Didn't think theyd paint a unit before it goes to the spare pool but stranger things have happened.

Probably not 10. They went from an 89 to an 01 had a large American flag mural painted on both sides.

I'd have to look again but there are several rearmounts with aluminum rims. Its entirely possible that it is 10. The diamond plate was easy. Theres maybe 6 rigs in the entire city that has diamond plate. 2 or 3 engines and the 3 rearmounts. Which is how I narrowed down the diamond plate.

Www.fdnytrucks.com look up ladders 11, 156 and 169 and you can see the differences. Mike Martinelle photographed just about every unit in the city, multiple times over the years, so you can see the progression a unit goes thru and see how much is customized vs FDNY delivery. Here's 169s page...

Jp06da might have been 169s truck. Still looking. The diamond plate over the front tires are fairly unique. I know there is 1 truck that did that but not sure if there are others. The site I'm looking at shows 169 in a 99, but depending on which year there using ( contract date vs delivery year)...

Eother that if you can get close to them that looks like spray paint, you may be able to see the unit numbers or shop id

If there still in FDNY colors with the names removed you should be able to see the shop numbers, which there is a site either here or somewhere else that you can see what shop number was what unit.

I have a shirt that says exactly that.

MSU is bigger then just the trucks. Theres members who repair and maintain the paks and bottles, compressors and everything that goes with it. Each battalion has a scba depot. For the 51 it was at 308, then moved to 285. Not sure where it is now. The msu units will go to each depot and swap...

I think but I could be wrong but didnt the Twin Towers have to be structurally reinforced after or while they were being built? I remember one of the other towers in NY had an issue just dont remember which off hand.

The other 2 problems with drones, are size and signal. A building, especially under construction may block the signal the drone needs to operate. In which case it's useless. They typically need access to a.certain amount of satellites to operate effectively. The other problem is the size of the...

I think though I could be wrong that its an optical illusion based on whatever or whoever was taking the picture. If you look at the opposite side of the picture, the perspective seems to be the opposite. Where the right side seems to slope down, the other side seems to slope up the same amount...

Gerritsen, BC, and WHB seem to have a loose mutual aid agreement. Ive seem all 3 names mentioned for certain fires. WHB and GB seem to support each other with brush trucks, and BC and WHB stand by for each other. Which is a good thing.

3rd due. 331,285,225 then 236 or 308. Depends on which side of the blvd. New Howard side is 236. Old side/Hamilton Beach is 308. The blvd seems to be the rough dividing line.

Probably West Hamilton Beach. Looks like the back of 944. The E-1 Hurricane.