Squad Support Unit

[tbendick]

Bid out for 7 Squad Support Units.  Looks like the same design as Squad 1's

 

[116ff60]

What about the haz-mat tech rigs? Thought the squads were going to get something that looks almost like the second piece of haz-mat 1?

 

[tbendick]

These are 2 door cabs
25' Max length
3 Compartments on each side
1 Compartment in rear for trench and collapse wood.
5 Compartments on the roof

If you look the at the current Squad 1 TRV, picture it without the 1st compartment.
So you have one large compartment in front of the wheels, 1 over the wheels and 1 read of the wheels.

185 CFM compressor

 

[116ff60]

Does this mean that the squads will not be doing haz-mat anymore if these new support vehicles are going to carry more tech rescue equipment or is there going to be room for all of their haz-mat gear?

 

[anesti]

What are they in size relation to the current piece, as it seems like a tight squeeze already at Squad 61 with the rig and the battalion.

 

[Bulldog]

What are they in size relation to the current piece, as it seems like a tight squeeze already at Squad 61 with the rig and the battalion.

I was reading somewhere that the battalion is going to relocate.  I'll see if I can find the article.

 

[tbendick]

They just changed the spec and put it out for another bid.

 

[BCR]

Did the prices come back way to high?

As for the haztech engines I think there second pieces are all a few years newer than the squad second pieces.

 

[tbendick]

Don't know why the change, It looks like they might have changed from roll up doors to normal doors.
The PTO air compressor was changed

I am sure there was other things here and there.
The vendors also might have made comments and suggested changes.

 

[anesti]

Heard ferrara for 7 units at 34 million any truth to this??

 

[Bulldog]

Heard ferrara for 7 units at 34 million any truth to this??

It wouldn't surprise me if Ferrara got the bid based on recent history but the 7 units for $34,000,000 sounds a bit ridiculous.  That would make them almost $5,000,000 each and I don't believe any single piece of apparatus could be worth that much better how it was equipped.

 

[anesti]

my mistake its about 340,000 each


anyway found this on dcas http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcas/downloads/pdf/ocp/1400002.pdf

 

[tbendick]

Ferrara Building the unit

TRUCK,SQUAD SUPPORT UNIT - FDNY FERRARA FIRE APPARATUS INC 20141201966 2/2/2014 2/1/2017 $2,431,395.00

 

[FDNYBuff97]

Could it be similar to this?

 

[Bulldog]

Could it be similar to this?

There's no telling what they will look like yet but I think that's certainly a possibility.  It would seem like they would want as much storage space as possible and don't really need space for more than 2 crew members.