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Has FDNY ever considered "quints" the type that are used in St. Louis with 75' ladders. I know that in the early 80's FDNY had two Sutphen's Ladder 14 and 119.
grumpy grizzly said:Has FDNY ever considered "quints" the type that are used in St. Louis with 75' ladders. I know that in the early 80's FDNY had two Sutphen's Ladder 14 and 119.
I think E70 was a two piece company then with a regular engine and the rig with the boom. The manning might have been 7 or 8mmattyphoto said:If I'm not mistaken when E70 had that rig L53 had been closed and they rode with 7or 8 members. maybe someone can verify.
Squad2 said:Quints really equal Problems.
If you have a quint 1st due into a box, what are they going to do? Engine work! Now what is the next in engine doing? The truck work the quint should have been doing. Now what does the 1st due ladder company do? Stretch the backup line!
Leave wellenough alone. No pumps or tanks on Ladder trucks..... Let the trucks do truck work and the engine guys get all the glory ;D
Richmond's Department of Fire and Emergency Services won the 1999 Fire Service Excellence Award for its Total Quint Transformation and the 1998 Public Service Excellence Award from the Public Employees Roundtable for its Total Quint Concept, which dramatically increased performance while reducing costs.
The Richmond Department of Fire and Emergency Services is the only fire department in the United States that operates under the Total Quint Concept.
grumpy grizzly said:Has FDNY ever considered "quints" the type that are used in St. Louis with 75' ladders. I know that in the early 80's FDNY had two Sutphen's Ladder 14 and 119.
johnd248 said:The Sutphens at L 14 and L 119 were classified as tower ladders; never thought of as quints.