Ladder 62

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Where is FDNY Ladder 62 located????????????

Is it a rear mount, tiller or tower???????

Who is the manufacturer?   (a) Seagrave   (b) Pierce    (c) Ferrara

No peaking!!!!!!!!!!

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kfd274 said:
Where is FDNY Ladder 62 located????????????


it dependz sometimes its located in yonkers,81/46, once i saw it on the triborough heading into queens
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The Pierce with the striping is now in Miami, or was loaned there in the past few months if I'm not mistaken.  The current truck is yet another loan from Pierce...
 
I remember when this site used to be about things going on in the FDNY...i miss those days....
 
Found an old picture of Ladder 62 before it was disbanded:


 
How about this photo from the Stunad Collection:




By the way, Ladder 62 was the FAST truck at the Triangle Fire.
 
Guitarman - yes - you are right on target, as usual.  That was a picure of E 17 and L 18. 

L 62 used to interchange with L 18.
 
mack said:
How about this photo from the Stunad Collection:




By the way, Ladder 62 was the FAST truck at the Triangle Fire.
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Look at the gold leaf on the left front fender of the Mack L.  When was the last time FDNY sprang for fluff like that?    Also . . . was there such a thing as a FAST truck way back at the Triangle Shirtwaist fire?  Or was that not the Triangle fire you're referring to?
 
raybrag said:
mack said:
How about this photo from the Stunad Collection:




By the way, Ladder 62 was the FAST truck at the Triangle Fire.
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Look at the gold leaf on the left front fender of the Mack L.  When was the last time FDNY sprang for fluff like that?     Also . . . was there such a thing as a FAST truck way back at the Triangle Shirtwaist fire?   Or was that not the Triangle fire you're referring to?
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i think fast trucks didnt come around the late 70's well into the 80's
 
That's what I thought.  They came into being in the OSHA era, when worker/firefighter safety became a priority. Other stuff came with them, like closed cab apparatus with real seats, mandatory breathing apparatus, nomex hoods, etc., etc., etc.  Not that any of that is a bad idea . . . but budget-minded bureaucrats would never have funded such extra-cost items without being prodded by the federal and/or state governments (not to mention the union).  Just compare a 1930's pumper to one that's in service today.  I'll bet that in 2009 dollars, a Mack/ALF 500/Seagrave Model 66, or other rig from the 30's would have cost about a third of what a Seagrave Marauder II does, due to all the safety add-ons.  Sure, the technology has made quantum leaps, but one of those old rigs was really a pretty simple machine. Again, not that this is a bad thing . . . just food for thought.
 
You're right "Anesti". FAST Companies came into effect after several FDNY members lost their lives on the job. They actually started sometime in the 80s I believe. Several fires played into it. One was the tragic fire on Watts St in which three members from Ladder 5 died. Another was the fire that took the life of Al Ronaldson at a fire on Fordham Rd in the Bronx. Up until this time there had been a few years pass by in which there were no LODDs.
  The Fast Company actually started out being an Engine Co called a "Fat Company" (Firefighter Assist Team). An Engine company would be assigned to firefighter safety on the fireground. In the beginning a "FAT Company" was only assigned on second alarms. Later it was decided to respond a FAT Company at the transmission of an ALL Hands fire. In addition the term "Fat Engine" didn't go over very well, so came about a FAST Company. Also, after a few months later it was decided to use a Ladder Company as a FAST Company as they had more of the type equipment needed to assist a firefighter in trouble.
  Alot of other large depts liked to claim fame to organizing the first FAST or RIT Company, but as far as I can remember, it was the FDNY that started the first company assigned to rescue trapped firefighters or those in fireground trouble. And I believe that was before any OSHA Standard or whatever.
 
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