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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.

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[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.

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[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.

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Ladder Co 21 - 1997 Seagrave/AerialScope - 75' - ST9704

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Engine 26 - 2003 Ferrara - 1000gpm(HP)/500gwt - FP04001

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Rear of 26 Engine...

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65 Engine - 2002 Seagrave - 1000gpm(HP)/500gwt - SP02004

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Fire Patrol 1 - GMC

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Rear of a high pressure engine, in this case; Engine 34 - 2002 Seagrave - 1000gpm(HP)/500gwt - SP02007

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Rescue Operations Bn (RO Bn) - 2003 Ford Excursion - FM03091

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Engine 74 - 1998 Seagrave - 1000gpm/500gwt - SP98037

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Engine 40 - 1997 Seagrave - 1000gpm/500gwt - SP9718

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16 Truck using a spare... Looks like a '91 Seagrave 100' RM

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Battalion 11 - 2003 Ford Excursion - FM03032

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35 Truck - 1998 Seagrave/AerialScope - 75' - ST98005

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Craptastic shot of 54 Engine - 2003 Ferrara - 1000gpm(HP)/500gwt - FP03001

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Squad 18 again.

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Ford Stepvan (Acting TAC 2) - 2001 Ford/Utilimaster - FM01089

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Division 8 - 2002 Ford Excursion - FM01288