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It blows me away at how some vollie departments have such opulent and way better equipment than a staffed 24/7 career department that uses it. Looking at these guys website they've done a grand total of 361 calls for the year to date (July 2024) These guys probably get a new truck when it needs windshield washer fluid and my dept keeps our trucks for at least 12-15 years when they should go in 10 due to how ran ragged they are.
I’m a firefighter myself and last spring we ran a trailer fire and the nearest hydrant was a half mile down the road we had to use the all LDH off our first due engine(which is a 2015 Pierce Spartan) then half of the LDH off our tanker
Nice rig! I’m guessing you guys have another unit that carries all your lumber and shore panels for trench and structure collapse?? I’m wanting to see a rescue rig that carries all this equipment and don’t think I’ve found one yet.
I watch NYFD i must say that you have excellent fire trucks but fire men need to be trained on most call outs or shouts we call it in lreland takes about 15 mins to get a hose line up and runing also 20 min for a full ladder pump to go up attached for a ladder Pump
Here’s why I disagree with the safety of a top mount pump panel. The district I worked at ww had 2 pumpers with top mount pump panels. We had two major highways and the busiest interchange in the state. If the engineer is at the pump panel and the truck is hit from the rear the engineer will be slammed into the back of the cab. Secondly the engineers were senior firefighters so you had to climb up and down to get equipment off the truck. Yes there is some advantages to top mount panels over all sight.
I must say the sweetest engine we ever had in my 35 years of firefighting was the Pierce Dash that short wheel base was sweet in tight spots in the city was as reliable as a timex watch and loved the whole open cab design! You could smell what you had two blocks away !
I love hearing from these “right” coast old school Jakes(fire-fighters)! I know it was a podcast to talk to chief but I wish they’d have shown more of the rig, hopefully there will be a follow on video walk around! Thanks..
