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eric adams will open his big mouth and fit all the snow in it.
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The firefighters are responsible to shovel the snow from the front of the firehouse as well as from around hydrants if the snow is deep enough.
My 1st year in the F.D.N.Y. I walked into the firehouse of my unit at the time Engine 27, the senior man said to md "Kid, can you play the Bango. "
I didn't know what he meant, until he handed me a big snow shovel and said dig the sidewalk in front of quarters clear and keep it that way.
I spent the next hour or so shoveling snow and went out every hour or so to do more shoveling.
Sometimes the biggest job is to keep the hydrants clear of snow. When I was Captain of Engine 26, we had a huge snowstorm and I had to go and buy 10 foot 1" by 2"s, we dug the hydrants out and then attached the 1 by 2's to the hydrants so we could find them again after the snowplow piled up snow around them again. I you live in an area where there are hydrants get some exercise and dig hydrants out of the snow for your local firefighters. Captain Bob Rainey FDNY Engine 26 retired
My 1st year in the F.D.N.Y. I walked into the firehouse of my unit at the time Engine 27, the senior man said to md "Kid, can you play the Bango. "
I didn't know what he meant, until he handed me a big snow shovel and said dig the sidewalk in front of quarters clear and keep it that way.
I spent the next hour or so shoveling snow and went out every hour or so to do more shoveling.
Sometimes the biggest job is to keep the hydrants clear of snow. When I was Captain of Engine 26, we had a huge snowstorm and I had to go and buy 10 foot 1" by 2"s, we dug the hydrants out and then attached the 1 by 2's to the hydrants so we could find them again after the snowplow piled up snow around them again. I you live in an area where there are hydrants get some exercise and dig hydrants out of the snow for your local firefighters. Captain Bob Rainey FDNY Engine 26 retired
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513 first "new" Seagrave?
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Idk if it was the First?
What does that mean?
What is the other ENGlNE company that runs from an EMS house / station ?
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168 is not a high pressure engine . the pump can put out 600 psi but they don't have the equipment to do it safely
Seems like it would make more sense to give everything to the SSL’s and just do away with the CPC’s altogether
ladder tenders would be the way to go. they used the concept very well in Arizona but as way, as a cost, saving measure not to run the ladders all the time. The FDNY can use it more as a second piece and then use it as a separate apparatus in times needed. just my opinion.
I mean that’s more or less what the SSLs are already
It just seems to me that the CPCs are kinda unnecessary when the SSLs already pretty much carry the same stuff and seemingly do more…Give the SSLs the rest of the decon stuff and the fans, and just do away with the CPCs altogether 🤷🏼♂️
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CPC members are not Hazmat Level.
Exactly. That’s why I’m saying it makes more sense to just do away with the CPCs and give everything to the SSLs
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The SSLs lost funding not the CPCs
They're call HazTech engines, there is not the volume or funding to justify more.
that’s ridiculous… there’s less of em and they do more.
The SSL‘s fall under the Rescue Ops of SOC . the CPC’s fall under the Hazmat ops of SOC. Two different budgets and more importantly two different Federally funded grants. It’s all about the federal grant money...or in this case the lack of federal grant money for the SSL anymore.
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