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Does anyone have a pdf of the manufacturer's drawings for the 2nd generation Ferrara rescues?

I believe they added Paccar as an alternative option to Cummins when Detroit bailed on the fire apparatus market. Pierce has an exclusive partnership with Detroit up until then.

They are scrapping the Quantum too. My guess is low demand. I think the Velocity has become a far more popular option for the 100" wide cab.

The icing on the cake is that there will be another EPA update for exhaust emissions around 2026. Cummins has already announced the new X10 motor to replace the L9 and X12 as a result. Pierce has unofficially retired the Arrow XT chassis due to the new motor not being able to fit. They've...

That's not true. Yonkers can call whoever they choose to. Most of the career departments in Southern Westchester, including Yonkers, have mutual aid plans in place so there is a specific order of who gets called and what house they get assigned to on the relocate. In Yonkers, usually 2 & 2 are...

Looks like it ran 4-5 stories. So much for being a "Fire Resistive" building.

Many older cities had their own threads as they were developed before National Standard became a thing. I think after the Great Baltimore Fire was the turning point where the need to standardize was identified. In Westchester, there's National Standard, NY Corp and FDNY plus a few other odd...

The Collapse Rescues are getting up there in age but that would only be 5. Rescues and Haz Mat all have new rigs. Maybe bigger rigs for the SOC Support Ladders? Otherwise, maybe it's something for EMS.

And to think, my most surreal moment was watching a homeless man piss off the sidewalk onto 5th Ave at 42nd Street in broad daylight. Must have been a victim of Mrs. Deblasio's billion-dollar mental health heist.

Interesting. Keep in mind that while the building was vacant, the initial dispatch reports stated people were trapped. I'm sure it's a fairly common occurrence in Baltimore. It's also worth noting that they were in the process of pulling the crews out when the collapse occurred and that it took...

The FDNY does a much better job of documenting their jobs by tracking and publishing not just run numbers but also All Hands fires. Take the Li-Ion battery fires over the past year or so for example. In the past some of the smaller e-bike fires probably wouldn't have made it to the board here...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1520_Sedgwick_Avenue 1520 Sedgewick Ave - "The Birthplace of Hip Hop"

The BlitzFire's max out around 500 gpm. It's good for a quick knockdown if you have a lot of fire showing in a small area but not so great for a surround and drown operation. I see a lot of jobs putting them on the end of larger diameter (2.5"/3") preconnects. It allows the chauffer to pull it...

I saw a news clip of the fire where they were spraying down a 55-gallon drum that was smoking outside of the building. I assume that's what they put the batteries into until hazmat could deal with them.

I wonder how rare it is to end up in a spare that was originally your company's rig.

Unrelated to the incident, but does anyone know what the bay labeled "Storehouse" was used for at 227's quarters?

Up until a few years ago, blue lights were strictly limited by NYS law to volunteer firefighters even though many emergency vehicles had them anyway. I think the state changed the law to allow them on emergency vehicles a few years back. There's been a push recently on rethinking warning lights...

I wonder if it they were spec'd out by 2 different groups. I would imagine members of the Rescue's spec out the Rescues and members of the Haz Mat gets a say in their rig but that's just a guess.

https://galleries.ferrarafire.com/2022/In-Process-Trucks/Ferrara/2022FerraraDirectHazmatNYH-6419 Came across this gallery on Ferrara's production site.

Foam has a limited impact if any on a Li-Ion battery fire. What is occurring is essentially a chemical reaction within the battery called thermal run away where the battery rapidly overheats and ignites. I should also add that the smoke is significantly more toxic than most carbon-based...