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enigmedic

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I have a question re: Squad 61's front stang / deckgun.  I noticed that the other squads have 1 stang over the pump panel, while 61 has 1 over the pump panel and 1 on the roof near the lightbar. So, is it removable and is it prepiped? While I am here, does anyone know why the have the additional stang? By the way, I am not sure what FDNY calls them, i.e. stang, monitor, deluge, deckgun, etc. In New Orleans it is referred to as a stang.
 
The deck pipe is over the pump panel and is prepiped. The other is called an Akron New Yorker, a ground based monitor, which is removable. Most companies keep the New Yorker in a compartment. This was mounted on the roof to free up compartment space.
 
There is also a mini demo one which Engine 54 had. Think they also had they mounted on the top of the rig some place.
 
Deck pipes first came in use in the FDNY on the fire boats of the 1870s. in the 1890's they were mounted ( and kept the name) on the hose wagons to provide a high volume of water at land fires. They were pre piped and fixed to the apparatrus and later to motorized pumpers. They were generally effective, particularly in protecting exposures. The drawback came in the positioning of the apparatus. there are many historical photos walls collapsing on pumpers or hose wagons due to their proximity to the fire building while operating the deck pipe. the FDNY began to replace them with the arrival of the 1958 Mack pumpers, which had a removable device, called a multiversal, mounted on the roof of the cab to provide greater flexibility in positioning the stream. Later pumpers were (are) outfitted with smaller devices called a stang. All of these terms, deck pipe, Multi versal, and Stange, remain in use, sometimes interchangeably.
 
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