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Does L40 have a lot of tight streets they would need a tiller for?

Will the reduction in staffing per apparatus effect their participation in the mutual aid system? Most metro mutual aid systems have a minimum staffing per apparatus to allow departments to be in the plan.

This is "The Hole" right?

Thanks AuxCap, hope all is well and you're enjoying Florida. Seems with the move of 287/136 they'd be closer to this box near Yellowstone and QB and further from 319's area. Did their boxes change with the move?

Surprised 319 isn't in the mix. Pretty easy run for them.

If the first 3 trucks left quarters at the same time, I'll bet they all arrive within seconds of each other.

While it's only 2.5 blocks from E9/L6 that's a tough run for them. If they don't go against traffic on that short block of Canal where the Manhattan bridge dumps off, they have to go around the park. Navigating that area during the day can be quite a challenge.

Was 319 unavailable?

Has this area always been upscale or were these brownstones cleaned up like the park slope area?

Can you give signals (IE. 10-84, 10-18) on the iPad?

Does E324 have 4th due boxes?

Chief, assuming in the days of the bells when a 3700 tapped in, everyone had to listen up?

105 to 138 and 172 to 136 are some long relocations.

Wonder if it is as big a dump now as it was in the early 90's. I always look back and think of Woodhull as the epitome of how bad an inner city ghetto hospital could be.

Back when I was still working as a paramedic for 2 separate hospitals in NYC I was a buff. I used to try to get assigned to 10-75 fires and many times the dispatcher would tell me to remain in service that the call type did not require an ALS unit. I could never understand this. If you're a...