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TL - much easier to VES from a properly placed TL bucket then a stick, especially when and if a rapid exit is called for. Victim removal is easer and safer too. Also must TL bucket‘s tool bin should have most any tools you may need at your finger tips , hooks , halligans , axe, maul, bolt...

more like the “Engine heavy triangle “!

Bottom line the overall length is all about the same. If you shorten the wheelbase , the swing of ass is increased which effect the turns on the back end. It’s a blanching act between a short wheelbase and the swing of the ass end on turns. have to find the ”sweet spot“. The new Seagrave...

SOC Compressor, Logistic , Dewatering , all maned 24/7 with light duty FF. Also light duty FF in the SOC tool room doing repairs , picking up & delivering tools. Nobody is “just sitting there “. The rolloff truck ,hook truck and spider truck also at SOC Island ,NOT manned 24/7. Skid steer &...

That’s an awful amount of rigs that are parked/ stored outdoor exposed to the weather. SOC truly needs a large warehouse to store all their specialized equipment , central located in the city easily accessible to major roads and highways in the western Queens area.…Astoria , LIC, or Maspeth. SOC...

All the engines housed with all four of the trucks on this box never moved either

Please Stay on topic …this is a tread is about the “New Rescues”. You can always start a new topic. Ty.

Sqd 800 isn’t a spare it’s a reserve unit being that it’s fully equiped and can be in service in a fairly quick time line. They do have spare squad rigs , not truly sure on the number of squad spares. A spare is a rig that has no equipment on it. When a company‘s rig goes out of service for a...

We used call it “SOB”. Sunrise over Bushwick. Some times it was pretty spectacular from a TL bucket ! Starr st , Troutman St and Jefferson STREET from Evergreen to Irving were alway great blocks for fire duty , especially when the Latin Kings had a strong hold on the neighborhood. As far...

E-271 didn’t move either. It’s the ” Engine heavy triangle “. 112 & 124 all into that area with a very reasonable response time probably under 4 mins Or less. Plenty of areas of SE Queens or Staten Island with first due company’s with normal response times over 6 , 7 mins !

And NYC /NYS just approved lowering the city speed limit to 20mph. totally ridiculous, more red light camera infraction …more money for the city , just a simple money grab . unregistered E-bikes and scoter little,or no enforcement!

“Same circus …different clowns”. I’ve use that phrase many many time over the years ! True word have never been spoken describing most FDNY firehouse kitchens. And probably could be said country wide !

TL-111& 124 where set up on the exp 1 side early on in the operation. With 124 operation directly in front of the original fire building , their bucket spent plenty of time on the sidewalk driving the water stream up into the cockloft and deep into the building. Then above the parapet hitting...

You truly believe R-1‘s tool inventory has not changed much in 13 years ? I’m sure it has!

One word …..LIBERALS !

That’s funny ….never heard of “East Williamsburg “ till about 20 years ago , till the hipsters started moving in.

And all this time I thought the left couldn’t identify what a woman is …..🤔

How’s the saying go ….”Read your audience “ ! Metro Tech turn the event in a political event with DEI ! When they made the appointee more important then the promotes !

“Till the arrival of the nearest ladder company”. The first due ladder still does first due assignments .

If the Rescue is closer then the nearest ladder company then the Rescue is assigned and act as first due truck till the arrival of the nearest Ladder company….thats for phone alarm for a structure fire only. All the Rescues have “first due fire boxes.“.