New Rescues ?

Rescue 1 must be cursed cause their present rescue didn't go into service until last year
 
Skyler Fire said:
R6 is kept for emergencies as these Ferraras are always out of service. R4 R5 are both in there spare rigs.
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If I remember correctly, Rescue 6 was formed with a grant in 04 for at least 1 if not more political functions. They had the Spirit of Oklahoma which was donated after 911, so they used that rig so they didn't interfere with the day to day of the regular rescues. The only thing at the time 6 couldn't do was dive rescue.
This is my supposition, after it's time was up as 6 after those few months it was meant to be similar to the 500/700 series engines, where all they had to do was throw a crew on it for say a natural disaster, July 4th etc. Now with the regular rescues having so many issues, it's a 2nd tier spare.
 
grumpy grizzly said:
I thought that each Rescue had a ready to go spare in their quarters?
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They do. Im just throwing out the idea maybe they've thought of getting a new rescue rig to be a reserve kinda like how Squad 8's rig went into squad reserve and is used as a spare.
 
-Fdnyrigs said:
They do. Im just throwing out the idea maybe they've thought of getting a new rescue rig to be a reserve kinda like how Squad 8's rig went into squad reserve and is used as a spare.
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Squad 8s old rig isn't being used as a spare. Sq-18, 61, 252, 270 are all in 08-09 pumpers. it was used by SQ-1 a month or so back because they just needed the spare for a few hours
 
FDNYLover said:
Squad 8s old rig isn't being used as a spare. Sq-18, 61, 252, 270 are all in 08-09 pumpers. it was used by SQ-1 a month or so back because they just needed the spare for a few hours
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Squad 41 had it for a couple weeks as a spare.
 
FDNYLover said:
Squad 8s old rig isn't being used as a spare. Sq-18, 61, 252, 270 are all in 08-09 pumpers. it was used by SQ-1 a month or so back because they just needed the spare for a few hours
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-Fdnyrigs said:
Squad 41 had it for a couple weeks as a spare.
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Squad 800 is for emergency use (few hours to I believe 48 hours tops) It’s some kinda thing where they require a Reserve Squad Ready to go same-thing with a Rescue. R6 has older equipment than the Ferrara Reserve Rescues.
 
Hate to add to the problem but when is FDNY going to consider the idea of getting a Large High Ladder Tower or Ladder for use at High Rise fires?
London bought TWO 64 meters = Over 200 ft., ladders with buckets after examining the need to reach the upper floors at major fires in High rise Building Fires such as the Grenfell Towers, disaster. Captain Bob Rainey FDNY Engine 26 retired

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Captain784 said:
Hate to add to the problem but when is FDNY going to consider the idea of getting a Large High Ladder Tower or Ladder for use at High Rise fires?
London bought TWO 64 meters = Over 200 ft., ladders with buckets after examining the need to reach the upper floors at major fires in High rise Building Fires such as the Grenfell Towers, disaster. Captain Bob Rainey FDNY Engine 26 retired

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Bronco Skylift was already tested. There is nowhere in Manhattan to store it. It was going to cost too much to maintain.
 
those to ladders are actually a good idea and might work well with fdny too...they are also alot lighter then the bronto skylifts... they are about 210ft and they have a second bucket that travel upp and down with victims and personel so you don't have to lower the tower bucket each time or risk a civillian falling down the ladder from fatigue while trying that climb...
 
Capttomo said:
Ye

the maintenance costs on the brontos are exorbitant and the down time waiting for parts is insane
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Curious but what is the weight of those units? And what about manuverability, didn't FDNY have a problem with those 2 100' ALF apparatus.
 
Been 3 years since the floor was supposed to be done at E260… been how long since they are supposed to add a tent to SOC island…. Finally got paved after so many years
 
Can't speak to the Magirus elevator ladders (which FDNY tried but rejected in the 1960's, replacing the sticks on the two units they had bought), but the buckets on Morita elevator ladders cannot be compared to those on tower ladders, whether the single telescoping booms that FDNY has or the end-of-ladder style made by Pierce, Sutphen, E-One and others. The Moritas hold only one or two Asian firefighters, who are mostly much lighter weight guys than the average FDNY member . . . and that's without considering equipment weight. Also, the operate in a totally different manner . . . you climb into the bucket at the bottom of the ladder, and it then rises along the ladder to the top. The weight limit on the Morita bucket pretty much rules out using it for rescues, too. I don't see how they would fit into FDNY operating procedures.
 
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