Foam Tankers

I saw two more tankers at the Rock tonight. It didn't look like they were assigned to anyone yet. No company markings.
 
In2theJob said:
I saw two more tankers at the Rock tonight. It didn't look like they were assigned to anyone yet. No company markings.
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Does that mean they are now going to be 7 total foam tankers?  I thought the original order was for only 5?
 
There will only be 5 Foam Tankers within the city.....As South Brooklyn Buff stated they are currently at E 96 in the Bronx and E 260 in Queens.... The other 3 company's that will be getting the Foam tankers will be E 247 in Brooklyn and E 152 & 154 on Staten Island ( E 154 has possibly placed it in.service already..There will be no Foam tankers in Manhattan....E 5s Mack Foam unit is already OOS and is in the Maspeth lot along with E,96 - 154 & 260s Mack Foam.units....All the remaining Mack Foam units will unfortunately also end up in the lot with the 3 that are there already if there not auctioned off before that...
 
G-Man..... The last time l was there with Scott Foam 294 was parked in quarters. My.buddy is a boss in the engine...l.am hopefully stopping there tonight if he's working and will check to see if it's there or not
 
All of the MACK FOAM units are now officially retired.....l passed the 58 St lot on Saturday and some are sitting there. These are the newest ones that recently arrived there....

FOAM  E -  95
FOAM  E -  206
FOAM  E -  294


R.I.P.  TO  THE. MACK. ERA...
 
Happy to say not the end of the MACK ERA yet. We still have the two airport hose wagons which are Mack CK rigs is my memory is still working okay.
 
I highly doubt the engines would get a foam system
Also all the hose wagons, satelites and foam tender are macks along with the pod movers. There is also a spare Mack hazmat and a spare mack rescue that is running as one of the tacs
 
All Engines, if not already received, will be receiving a foam kit, in a Pelican case, that includes an adjustable foam educator with meter, flow gauge, an adjustable foam nozzle, and a laminated instruction chart  made and designed by Task Force Tips and AAA Emergency Supply. This was designed so that Engine companies can get foam onto the fire quickly, ideally within 2 minutes.
 
TacSupport1 said:
All Engines, if not already received, will be receiving a foam kit, in a Pelican case, that includes an adjustable foam educator with meter, flow gauge, an adjustable foam nozzle, and a laminated instruction chart  made and designed by Task Force Tips and AAA Emergency Supply. This was designed so that Engine companies can get foam onto the fire quickly, ideally within 2 minutes.
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I'd like to see some statistics on how many of those are used. I'm guessing that they are very seldom used. Certainly much much less than if they were installed foam systems that all you had to do with pull a lever. Compared to the cost of the engines they buy it would be a drop in the bucket and certainly will provide an advantage to the companies.
 
Bulldog said:
I'd like to see some statistics on how many of those are used. I'm guessing that they are very seldom used. Certainly much much less than if they were installed foam systems that all you had to do with pull a lever. Compared to the cost of the engines they buy it would be a drop in the bucket and certainly will provide an advantage to the companies.
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FDNY Research and Development worked on this for years. It's MUCH more expensive and MUCH more complicated maintenance for an apparatus based system, which would be used the same amount of times. It isn't as simple as pulling a lever. It would also require the inclusion a foam storage tank, intakes, and discharges.
 
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