Satellite units

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What?s the difference between a hose wagon and satellite say at engine 308?
 
BCR said:
Nasibova- they usually lay there line out to or from a water source and set up the manifold in the street. There associates engine company hooks up to the hydrant and pumps the LDH. The Manifold creates pretty much a portable hydrant. I believe the manifold has 6 discharges and is then utilized to supply more handlines, tower ladders, etc.. the satellites are more or less used as LDH hose wagons and to supply foam and equiptment for foam operations.
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Thanks BCR.
 
Capthale. The hose wagons are old satellites, the hose wagon has no monitor on it mand carries no foam. It?s only purpose is to carry the 6in hose
 
The Hose Wagons are primarily for Water Relay at the Airports.... 308 for JFK & 316 for LGA.
 
When the Super System came into the FDNY in 65, the system was made up of 5 rigs.  The pumper & tender was known as the Super Pumper Unit. Each of the satellites were assigned to out lying boroughs as the unit was in Brooklyn. Sat 1 started off at E-211, but was moved in to Lower Manhattan (E-31, 30, SQ5, E27, 33, 27, & 9), while Sat 2 went to the Bronx (E83 & 72).  If I remember correctly, before going to E-72 in 1975, Sat 2 spent one or more days at E-43. Those qtrs did not work out for them, & they returned to E-83 & a short time later on they lost their manning & the unit was transferred to E-72.  Sat 3 bouced around a few stations in Brooklyn E242, 330, 284, 330, & again 284. Each of the satellites (1, 2, & 3) originally were manned by two firefighters full time.

In 1983 Sat 4 & 5 were added to where they are currently housed.

Maxi-water was created in 1982 at E207 & became Sat 6 in 1998 after all the members of the Super Pumper System retired. 
 
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