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Was this Mitsubishi another City car hooked up last night also ?

I wonder how they extinguished the fire in only 23 minutes. My impression from reading about electric vehicle fires is that they take hours to extinguish.

I understand that Super Pumper1, 5,500 gpm from Ferrara, went into service recently. Is there any documentation or Department order available regarding the scope of its mission ? Where is it housed ? What areas of the City will it respond to ? Alarm levels ? Types of alarm it will respond to...

Did I read correctly that E260 responded with the Super Pumper ? Is it in service ?

What happen to the 5th man ? Reassignbment ?

How does someone physically move an ebike that is on fire inside a building to the outside ? I thought that ebike fires were so intense that this would be impossible. Perhaps the person carrying the bike was super lucky that they were able to move the bike before it reached "thermal runaway". I...

How can a car just "blow up" without any type of explosive involoved ? There had to be some type of explosive force given the scattering of debris shown in the pictures.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/19/nyregion/nypd-police-scanner-radio.html

My question about Adams is why Turkey of all places ? The number of NYC residents with Turkish ancestry is not very large.

Who are the Chiefs currently assigned to Div 8 on SI ?

What is the difference between a high pressure pumper and the standard 2,000 gpm pumpers ?

See article in NY POST https://nypost.com/2023/10/29/metro/fire-safety-woes-found-at-planned-floyd-bennett-field-migrants-encampment/

Ok. I thought they might help for toxic emissions. I did not realize that they would melt in this kind of a fire !!

This is a Citywide issue because these facilities are being placed in all five boroughs. I am by no means an expert but the following are some thoughts about operational issues for the FDNY if one of these Lithium Ion Battery installations caught fire. There has been alot of coverage in the...

Ok.But if there was atmospheric interference on the 400 mhz channels, and they are still used, how does the 800 Mhz system solvbe the problem ?

Thanks. I was still able to listen to Staten Island on the normal 482.04375.

Anyone know what frequencies the dispatcher was referring to for the switch ? 800 mhz ? Encrypted ?

https://www.silive.com/news/2023/10/fdny-shuts-down-st-john-villa-shelter-over-faulty-sprinkler-alarm-systems.html Other shelters may also be targetted. https://www.silive.com/news/2023/10/impending-fdny-inspection-may-force-closure-of-st-john-villa-shelter.html

Do we know if this rescue was in Staten Island waters ?