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55 units likely means the only ones left with Ferrara would be the companies with the 2017s. Few that come to mine are 2, 82, 83, 167. The 10 remaining 2011s (Superstorm Sandy damaged a few as well as a few lemons) will be overdue for replacement. Think 4, 24, 29, 81, 137, 169 all had 2011s...

They were the only hazmat engine to have a rescue style engine.

The five boroughs are grossly understaffed when it comes to hospital beds. We saw this highlighted during COVID but sad to say this happens all the time. Staten Island has a total of around 1100 hospital beds for a population of 475,000 or 2.3 per 1,000. The national average is around 2.9 per...

Correct. Saw them today in their dedicated spare. Is R5 still OOS from the accident or did something break on it? As for the original post... this definitely is for S8... sad thing is they are likely always going to be off cycle with the rest of the squads now when it comes to getting new...

FDNY engine 313 lives near Great Neck just off Northern Blvd.

What's the minimal stocking for the reserve engines. Always thought they were fully equipped like a front line rig. Seems like that is not the case. Missing ground ladders and varied lengths of hose in the hose beds. Interesting to see all three reserve engines were hooked up to hydrants as well.

Marine 9 to assist with providing the water for the Neptune system. Supposedly there is close to 4 miles of supply hose on the ground. Would be a good test for that new Ferrara rig... just saying

Hopefully less than one day :D

Busy day for those engines and ladders. Had the second alarm earlier in the day. This definitely explains the low flying NYPD chopper I saw from the belt parkway

Looks nice and shiny. Wasn't 77 getting a 95'? That looks like a 75' unless I'm seeing it wrong

They were told to demobilize on Tuesday late morning /early afternoon. They had been staging in Alabama and proceeded immediately back to NJ. Not sure if they made it back before the storm hit us.

SI definitely busy tonight. SI expressway flooded both directions (worse east bound) near south ave. Wouldn’t be surprised if Oceanic started taking up a few calls as well. Anybody know if there was anything on the Verrazano? Upper level was closed and I thought I saw some activity on that...

Was able to talk to a few EMTs and Medics. Sounds like a handful of BK units get assigned or called into SI everyday now. Wonder if in the new division or contracts we will see an increase in units on the street?

Another large incident and another big showing of spare apparatus: Ladder 135 with a 2010 spare which is basically the same age as their present rig. Ladder 44 operating Ladder 114s 2006 aerialscope (can still see all their personalization on the truck) Ladder 154 operating around a 20 year...

FDIC international; indianapolis IN

Doubt you’ll really ever see them pull stuff from SI. Anytime there’s an all hands or greater SI needs relocaters from BK or further…

Yes and no… it was not originally purchased to be a squad but it was built off the same exact spec. The current 2013/2014 squads are identical; they just served as squads from day one in service. I guess this brings up an old point that was probably discussed and beaten to death… squad 1 was...

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Surprised PD didn't launch a helicopter to try and help locate.

I know this is a little off topic but ST17002; TL 120s rig on the back of a heavy wrecker headed towards the Seagrave dealer this afternoon. Was next to it in traffic on the SI Expressway