[quote name='rjtoc2' post='38715' date='Oct 1 2006, 09:29 ']This can probably be verfied through any CFD buffs here but wasn't the pump removed due to a stipulation that an Engineer would need to be assigned to it if the pump remained? I seem to recall reading that only apparatus with pumps have Engineers assigned to them?[/quote]
TL5 was a ALF Demo at FDIC and did have a pump on the truck. The pump was removed when CFD made the emergency purchase of the rig.
It is true that all engines must have a Engineer assigned who runs the pump and tank and there were discussions in the past about this when the City bought the Seagraves and Wards with booster equipment that resulted in Engineers added to the companies due to this.
Regardless, when you look at the fleet today, CFD does not have any towers or rearmounts that have pumps or tanks and the rigs are operated as straight truck companies so this truck having a pump did not meet the specs for towers or ladders and the pump was removed. However, I do understand that the truck now rides rough because it was designed for the weight of the pump and it is no longer there.
TL5 was a ALF Demo at FDIC and did have a pump on the truck. The pump was removed when CFD made the emergency purchase of the rig.
It is true that all engines must have a Engineer assigned who runs the pump and tank and there were discussions in the past about this when the City bought the Seagraves and Wards with booster equipment that resulted in Engineers added to the companies due to this.
Regardless, when you look at the fleet today, CFD does not have any towers or rearmounts that have pumps or tanks and the rigs are operated as straight truck companies so this truck having a pump did not meet the specs for towers or ladders and the pump was removed. However, I do understand that the truck now rides rough because it was designed for the weight of the pump and it is no longer there.
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