what exactly does nycta transit haz-mat do? i was reading the press release on the mta site and it just seems like an unnecessary duplication of services for a few reasons. I know there was a discussion about duplication of services a few months back with PD ESU and FD. but what about the PD and...
mostly 1980s with a few early 90s pictures.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/av8pix/sets/72157600318948308/with/563371813/
NYC EMS 995 (just scroll around the line of pictures towards the right)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/44700898@N02/sets/72157624528649061/with/4860807418/
i noticed that there are differences in the cabs of the 1993/1994 seagrave engines. some have grilles and others don't is there any reason they were ordered this way?
heard pd call in a 10-59 at 0138
switched to FDNY staten island channel and heard E167 call in a 10-18
i must have just caught the tail end of it. anyone have anything more?
is there any way they decide whether to assign a tower or rear mount to a company? and what are the advantages and dis advantages to each type of truck?
i find it very interesting that the worlds fair units are running all blue lights. i wonder what happened to those trucks. and does anyone know what corrections is using now? considering that those pictures are 11 years old I'm guessing that there fleet would have changed quite a bit since then...
i didnt know fdny ran ambulances prior to 1996. any info on these?
http://www.emsclassics.com/details.php?PhotoNumber=13237&Catalogue=Full&Search=&limit=50&offset=0&Year=All&CoachBuilder=All&ChasisBuilder=All&VehicleRetailer=All&Type=All&Theme=All&Country=All&Province=NY&Town=New%2BYork#wrapper
i noticed that the current foam rigs are getting pretty old the newest ones are 22 years old. and the last foam rigs were retired at about the same age as these currently are so are there any plans to replace them? and if so what would replace them?
i have a few questions about apparatus from the 70s-80s
1. were the ALF engines well received by firefighters?
2. what sirens did FDNY use before the pa300s?
3. did FDNY get any mack rearmonts?
4. when were seagraves phased in?
5. what SI companies got ALF engines?
6. is it true FDNY tested...
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