F.D.N.Y.

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[Marc]

[quote name='crashresq21' post='328542' date='Aug 10 2009, 09:45 ']Can anyone located a photo of the old Ladder 179 (Mack CF Tower) working a job. One of my guys at the airport has the rig and was looking for a shot of it actually doing the deed.[/quote]



There has never been a L-179

[Chasselber1]

Are there any stats out on how many jobs the Super pumper system actually took in and operated on?

[Roto-Ray]

[quote name='Chasselber1' post='328880' date='Aug 11 2009, 13:38 ']Are there any stats out on how many jobs the Super pumper system actually took in and operated on?[/quote]



According to Harvey Eckart's Mack Fire Trucks 1911-2005 book, it took in 2200 alarms before being removed from service in 1982. I'm sure some others might have more information, though....

[R1SmokeEater]

According to Chief Calderone's book, The Super-Pumper System, SP-1 & Tender-1 between 1965 and 1982 did 2285 runs

[R1SmokeEater]

Ex-Battalion car

[R1SmokeEater]

Ex-Military, USAR

[R1SmokeEater]

One of the 1983 well beaten up ALF's, Training

[Marc]

[quote name='Chasselber1' post='328880' date='Aug 11 2009, 13:38 ']Are there any stats out on how many jobs the Super pumper system actually took in and operated on?[/quote]





From John Calderone's book "The F.D.N.Y. Super Pumper System"





-------------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

[Guest]

[quote name='Crossbronxxpress' post='328908' date='Aug 11 2009, 14:43 ']From John Calderone's book "The F.D.N.Y. Super Pumper System"





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[/quote]

Great way to see when the "FDNY WAR YEARS" were and when they started to calm down.

[Guest]

thanks for posting the super pumper info. how about some more vintage mack Seagrave and lafrance pictures. just can't get enuff of the older pics

[R1SmokeEater]

TL-163 in a tired, beaten up 1982 Mack tower................

[R1SmokeEater]

Engine-317, St. Albans Queens in a 1985 Mack/Ward 79 #MP-8501

[R1SmokeEater]

TL-124, Bushwick Brooklyn 1985 Mack/Baker #MT-8505D "Tonka Truck"

[R1SmokeEater]

The Utility Support Unit, a 1994 shops conversion of a 1983 Mack Satellite #MS-8302 and body off a 1980 GMC/ComCoach Salvage rig. We (YFD) were almost able to obtain this rig as a spare Rescue when NY Dx'd it.......... <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/shrug.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

[Marc]

[quote name='R1SmokeEater' post='328918' date='Aug 11 2009, 15:57 ']Engine-317, St. Albans Queens in a 1985 Mack/Ward 79 #MP-8501[/quote]



I remember this rig being in the rap video for the song "Check the Rhime", by the group "A Tribe Called Quest". Found the video on Youtube and watched it. At 2:13 the rig drives by the video shoot. You can't really tell that it's 317 from the Youtube video, but I remember watching this video on MTV in the early '90's and it was definitely 317.

[R1SmokeEater]

TL-15, Manhattan 1987 Mack/Baker #MT-8701

[R1SmokeEater]

Ladder-56, Fordham Bronx 1991 Seagrave RMA #SL-9103

[R1SmokeEater]

TL-162, Queens 1986 Mack/Baker #MT-8603

[anesti]

[quote name='R1SmokeEater' post='328891' date='Aug 11 2009, 14:02 ']Ex-Battalion car[/quote]





i know it says foam but does anyone what was this used as??? foam carrier or foam cordinator???