From today's NY Post.....
ALARM OVER FIRE PATROL
By ANGELA MONTEFINESE
August 31, 2006 -- Dozens of Greenwich Village residents and businesses are calling on Attorney General Eliot Spitzer to save the 200-year-old New York City Fire Patrol - threatening to file suit if nothing is done.
The patrol, an organization financed by the city's insurance companies, works alongside the FDNY to protect the contents of burning buildings.
In January, the Board of Fire Underwriters voted to disband the group, claiming it's too expensive to maintain.
But it's not going without a fight.
The City Council's Fire and Criminal Justice Committee is holding hearings on the closure in September, and yesterday, residents and businesses near the patrol's headquarters sent a letter to Spitzer, claiming the board violated its charter by eliminating the patrol.
[quote name='SLCPDEXPLORER' post='27779' date='Aug 29 2006, 15:57 ']Nice shots. My prayers go out to the families of the fallen FF's and to the FDNY.
Why did FDNY get a new HAZMAT 1, the Mack is only a 2001?[/quote]
Hazmat 1 is the busiest company in the city. They respond on all suspected hazmat incidents.
[quote name='TL-FF' post='28708' date='Aug 31 2006, 22:55 ']Hazmat 1 is the busiest company in the city. They respond on all suspected hazmat incidents.[/quote]
How so? According to Firehouse Magazine's national run survey:
FDNY's busiest Engine company (engine 75) did 5,790 runs. Hazmat 1 did 1,205.
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[quote name='foxfire' post='28746' date='Aug 31 2006, 21:13 ']How so? According to Firehouse Magazine's national run survey:
FDNY's busiest Engine company (engine 75) did 5,790 runs. Hazmat 1 did 1,205.[/quote]
Im thinking he means that since there is only 1 HAZ MAT 1, they are responsible for all the 5 boroughs which makes them busy running hazmat related calls throughout the city.
People complaining about spam in the spam mail box... Huh, what'll they think of next?
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Rear of 26 Engine...
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Rear of a high pressure engine, in this case; Engine 34 - 2002
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16 Truck using a spare... Looks like a '91
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Craptastic shot of 54 Engine - 2003
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Squad 18 again.
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