Rescue Services Rig

Boston6453 · Dec 11, 2013

Can someone tell me the mission of this truck. It looks like a rescue but it seems to assigned to jobs that Rescue 1,2,3,4, or 5 are already assigned.

http://www.fdnytrucks.com/images/specialunits/specialunits.jpg

4 truck · Dec 11, 2013

Fully equipped spare

anesti · Dec 11, 2013

as of now its running as Tac 1

nfd2004 · Dec 11, 2013

Thanks for the info. I would see it myself and didn't know either.

IRISH · Dec 11, 2013

How many of the old rescues are still on the books??

Saw pics of the Pierce at the Train Wreck and the Spirit of Oklahoma i hear is still around

anesti · Dec 11, 2013

IRISH said:
How many of the old rescues are still on the books??

Saw pics of the Pierce at the Train Wreck and the Spirit of Oklahoma i hear is still around

The pierce is back(or was) at rescue 1. dont know what happened with the ferrara. The spirit of Oklahoma is around, but not sure of it status.

NYBravest82 · Dec 12, 2013

The Spirit was at Rescue 5 a few weeks ago...I've heard from some of the guys that it might go on display at the rock at some point.

BCR · Dec 12, 2013

I would think one of them must have a full load of gear to run as the reserve, anyone know what rig showed up as rescue 6 at the train wreck ?? I would think the spirt and the Mack are probably in better shape than any of the e-ones or maybe even the pierce, they were spares right from new. I guess the only issue with the Mack is it is a little smaller than the other rescues, I remember when they had the convention a fee years back a rescue 6 was in service for a while it started with the Mack and then was traded for the spirt, when 6 went in service the spirt was serving as a spare for a company and was not available.

anesti · Dec 12, 2013

BCR said:
I would think one of them must have a full load of gear to run as the reserve, anyone know what rig showed up as rescue 6 at the train wreck ?? I would think the spirt and the Mack are probably in better shape than any of the e-ones or maybe even the pierce, they were spares right from new. I guess the only issue with the Mack is it is a little smaller than the other rescues, I remember when they had the convention a fee years back a rescue 6 was in service for a while it started with the Mack and then was traded for the spirt, when 6 went in service the spirt was serving as a spare for a company and was not available.

It was the e-one ex rescue 4

TLTruckie · Dec 14, 2013

R-4's old rig (SR-02004) is now R-6 ..fully loaded and ready to go , stored at SOC tools @ 58th street.
The Pierce, The "Oklahoma" and 2 of the other "02" are spares rigs?no equipment on then, used when one of the Ferrara's goes OOS for repair , more then a day or two. If one of the Ferrara's is to go OOS for only a few hours,or just a tour that company will be given R-6 to use ?no rig turn over, no OOS time for that company. A complete rig turnover can take about 3 or 4 hours with not all of the equipment fitting on the spare rig.

The "Oklahoma" and the Mack/General where donated rigs after 9-11. The "Oklahoma" was specced to match the "02" rigs that where order right after 9-11? the only complaint with the "Oklahoma" was that it was just a little smaller then the "02's" and some of the equipment didn't all fit. The "Oklahoma" was a extremely reliable rig and a true work horse for over 10 years. It's a little beat up and very tiered now! Thank you to the people of Oklahoma !!

The Mack/General which is marked "Rescue Services"was never a good "fit". The cab was way to small and the box small then the "02"'s. The interior of the box was of poor design and only carried about 70% of the equipment normally carried The Mack/General was used as a reserve Rescue and stored with Sq-270 for the past 11 years . Both Tac 1 & 2 where lost after Sandy. Tac 2 is using the spare Tac and Tac 1 is using the Mack/General till the new Tac's are built.

JA290 · Dec 14, 2013

TLTruckie said:
R-4's old rig (SR-02004) is now R-6 ..fully loaded and ready to go , stored at SOC tools @ 58th street.
The Pierce, The "Oklahoma" and 2 of the other "02" are spares rigs?no equipment on then, used when one of the Ferrara's goes OOS for repair , more then a day or two. If one of the Ferrara's is to go OOS for only a few hours,or just a tour that company will be given R-6 to use ?no rig turn over, no OOS time for that company. A complete rig turnover can take about 3 or 4 hours with not all of the equipment fitting on the spare rig.

The "Oklahoma" and the Mack/General where donated rigs after 9-11. The "Oklahoma" was specced to match the "02" rigs that where order right after 9-11? the only complaint with the "Oklahoma" was that it was just a little smaller then the "02's" and some of the equipment didn't all fit. The "Oklahoma" was a extremely reliable rig and a true work horse for over 10 years. It's a little beat up and very tiered now! Thank you to the people of Oklahoma !!

The Mack/General which is marked "Rescue Services"was never a good "fit". The cab was way to small and the box small then the "02"'s. The interior of the box was of poor design and only carried about 70% of the equipment normally carried The Mack/General was used as a reserve Rescue and stored with Sq-270 for the past 11 years . Both Tac 1 & 2 where lost after Sandy. Tac 2 is using the spare Tac and Tac 1 is using the Mack/General till the new Tac's are built.

TSU 2 has been using the 2002 rig marked as TAC1...