I like how people just walk by the station as the trucks are all lit up and they don't really care or find it interesting. ME, it's like running down the stairs as a kid on Christmas morning!
I remember Engine 1 used to have a small Empire State Building with a King Kong on the top cab near the front. Father Mychal Judge, FDNY Chaplain, who was killed on 9/11/01, his church is across the street from this house.
to bad they put the FD is put before the city ...its even in the name. Every dept is the best in its own way..each city has a special challenge it has to face.
Modified response the FDNY is using now. Since they were responding to a natural gas leak and the engine was 2nd due, they responded non-emergency. The truck was 1st due so it went emergency.
Department choice, preference. It depends on the the city or department. Some do it out of respect, support. Believe it or not, some find it a nuisance or in the way of getting out tools, distraction, etc. Maybe the Department protocols say they're not allowed, etc. I know bigger cities like Chicago have them on their rigs. They're out there, not just cities, small suburbs, towns, etc. They're not required. I personally love them and think they're not complete without one, but that's just me.
Over here at least in New York State and NYC, we are by law able to put Blue on the back now due to the better visibility over Red at a distance. I like it.
Michigan State Police did a study on color of lights. Clear (white) is the most visible, but can blind you. The next most visible are in this order; amber, green, red then blue. The advantage of the blue light in the rear is it differentiates from the brake lights. You see some DOT trucks now with green to the rear on highways.
Their depart was kind of confusing. Why did they not stop traffic so the truck could leave the street without any car in the way? And that 1T52 taxi needs a ticket 4 following an emergency vehicle to closely.
I don't know about the salary of a Probie, but RIT is short for Rapid Intervention Team. The box is the location of a fire box nearest where the call is put in.
Nice video, The blue lights look weird on FDNY or American trucks at first is didn't like them but now I'm getting used to it, over here we have all blue, Ff from Northern Ireland
@FL92002: Now that the latest Ferrara and Seagrave have four months operational experience, how have the Rigs performed? PS: Pass by your Firehouse many times on the way to Penn Station.
Have always been curious what kind of MPG's do these trucks get, I am going for a real long shot here and say 10 or under both City and Highway.....and if I'm correct the city pretty much pays for the gas of all these trucks right? all the trucks really look fantastic....
Ladder 24 has the steer horns too. I have the Code3 model of. Ladder 120 that has the steer horns above the windshield. Up till now thought that was their trademark! Wrong! Again!
there is one fire truck or a ladder that has a cabin on his rear part to control the back side of the truck because of its length.. what is the name of this truck?
Hey, my name's Shawn Fanslau, I am 14 years old a Junior FF and Thorofare Volunteer fire company in south jersey, my dad Wayne Fanslau was best friends with a guy named Alexander "Al" Budd who worked for this company and died of lung cancer a long time ago, I was just wondering if anyone currently working for this FDNY company knew Al. My middle name is Alexander named after him I was just curious to find more stuff about him if you know anything please comment back, thanks
Kind of hard to get to a call quickly when people don't move out of your way. Also can't really go fast when you have a pedestrian crosswalk every 100 or so feet
