Super Pumper System

[lad72der]

I don't know if these pictures have been posted somewhere else but here are a few pictures with the Super Pumper, Super Tender and Satellite 1. (It does take a while for all the photos to come up though).

www.flickr.com/photos/21007163@N00/sets/72157634889546733/with/9417016779

Thanks for sharing the Superpumper pictures from the Rock Real great stuff that I haven't seen before . I would love to here what the Superpumper sounded like . I see people who have heard it say it had a loud distinctive sound I'm sure some of the retired guys who post on here heard it and saw it in action many times. Hell, as a very young child living in alphabet city in the mid to late sixties I might have even saw the Superpumper in operation

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[memory master]

It had to be early on a Sunday morning that the photos of the SP pulling out of quarters were taken.

 

[Disp51]

 

[mack]

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=FDNY+Super+Tender&Form=VQFRVP#view=detail&mid=27BD48A2BAED2C0D92E127BD48A2BAED2C0D92E1

 

[mack]

RUNS AND WORKERS SUPER PUMPER and TENDER

YEAR    RUNS    WORKERS

1965      46            7
1966      163          59
1967      114          41
1968    *237          67
1969      219          56
1970      234          78
1971      206          66
1972      165          54
1973      190          81
1974      231        114
1975      216      *134
1976      99            63
1977      41            28
1978      24            17
1979      38            26
1980      25            12
1981      26            11
1982      11            4

TOTAL    2285        918

The last response made by the Super Pumper occurred on April, 24th, 1982.


Super pumper system concept:

 

[mack]

Good summary and statistics:

http://fireengines.net/reviews/sp/history.htm

 

[diablo_fire]

Any idea what houses the Satellites were stationed out of.

 

[fdhistorian]

Any idea what houses the Satellites were stationed out of.

Sat 1 - E211, E31, E30, Sq5, E27, E33, E27, E9
Sat 2 - E83, E72, E97, E72
Sat 3 - E242, E330, E284, E330, E284
Sat 4 - E324
Sat 5 - E159
Sat 6 - E207

 

[diablo_fire]

Any idea what houses the Satellites were stationed out of.

Sat 1 - E211, E31, E30, Sq5, E27, E33, E27, E9
Sat 2 - E83, E72, E97, E72
Sat 3 - E242, E330, E284, E330, E284
Sat 4 - E324
Sat 5 - E159
Sat 6 - E207

Hey thank you for the information.

 

[svd385]

Just a few links for the Superpumper System:

http://www.fireengines.net/reviews/sp/history.htm

from Tim wildey page:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/timothywildey/sets/72157621855744673/