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The Ring Saw is still carried by many Rescue's and USAR Teams for concrete cutting.

There’s plenty of manpower that are on duty 24/7 ( New Rochelle, White Plains, Greenburgh, Scarsdale, Stamford etc.) and a hell of a lot closer than Bedford or Yorktown. I guess given PC’s history it wouldn’t look good to call paid firefighters to your scene after they laid off 8 of them.

Yorktown - 31 miles to the relocate for an Engine Bedford Hills - 21 miles to the scene for a "Special Call" Tower Ladder Mount Kisco - 20 miles to relocate Ossining - 20 miles for a Tower Ladder This fire should lead to a study on mutual aid in Westchester. I guess New Rochelle or White...

The area dealer for Marion (Neville) used to sell Ferrara before REV/Ferrara yanked their dealership and gave it to Hendrickson (along with E-One and Spartan). I know many departments stayed loyal to Neville due to their relationships and their service capabilities. As a side note, Marion...

Does anyone know if the Burn Foundation still runs their annual seminar at The Rock? They always put on a great show.

I believe there was talk about putting Rescue 1 in a new house capable of housing the frontline & spare rescues as well as the collapse rescue (similar to Rescue 2 & 3's new houses). Not sure how serious that discussion was.

Does anyone have a pdf of the manufacturer's drawings for the 2nd generation Ferrara rescues?

I believe they added Paccar as an alternative option to Cummins when Detroit bailed on the fire apparatus market. Pierce has an exclusive partnership with Detroit up until then.

They are scrapping the Quantum too. My guess is low demand. I think the Velocity has become a far more popular option for the 100" wide cab.

The icing on the cake is that there will be another EPA update for exhaust emissions around 2026. Cummins has already announced the new X10 motor to replace the L9 and X12 as a result. Pierce has unofficially retired the Arrow XT chassis due to the new motor not being able to fit. They've...

That's not true. Yonkers can call whoever they choose to. Most of the career departments in Southern Westchester, including Yonkers, have mutual aid plans in place so there is a specific order of who gets called and what house they get assigned to on the relocate. In Yonkers, usually 2 & 2 are...

Looks like it ran 4-5 stories. So much for being a "Fire Resistive" building.

Many older cities had their own threads as they were developed before National Standard became a thing. I think after the Great Baltimore Fire was the turning point where the need to standardize was identified. In Westchester, there's National Standard, NY Corp and FDNY plus a few other odd...

The Collapse Rescues are getting up there in age but that would only be 5. Rescues and Haz Mat all have new rigs. Maybe bigger rigs for the SOC Support Ladders? Otherwise, maybe it's something for EMS.

And to think, my most surreal moment was watching a homeless man piss off the sidewalk onto 5th Ave at 42nd Street in broad daylight. Must have been a victim of Mrs. Deblasio's billion-dollar mental health heist.

Interesting. Keep in mind that while the building was vacant, the initial dispatch reports stated people were trapped. I'm sure it's a fairly common occurrence in Baltimore. It's also worth noting that they were in the process of pulling the crews out when the collapse occurred and that it took...

The FDNY does a much better job of documenting their jobs by tracking and publishing not just run numbers but also All Hands fires. Take the Li-Ion battery fires over the past year or so for example. In the past some of the smaller e-bike fires probably wouldn't have made it to the board here...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1520_Sedgwick_Avenue 1520 Sedgewick Ave - "The Birthplace of Hip Hop"

The BlitzFire's max out around 500 gpm. It's good for a quick knockdown if you have a lot of fire showing in a small area but not so great for a surround and drown operation. I see a lot of jobs putting them on the end of larger diameter (2.5"/3") preconnects. It allows the chauffer to pull it...

I saw a news clip of the fire where they were spraying down a 55-gallon drum that was smoking outside of the building. I assume that's what they put the batteries into until hazmat could deal with them.