[quote name='edburke' timestamp='1332783507' post='478866']
The ladder company in the station was disbanded as a result of the Proposition 2-1/2 cuts, and the residents made noise....this was to appease them.
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New Haven (CT) runs a similar rig. The rig, equipped with a 65' aerial appeased the residents of the East Shore neighborhood. The residents complained that the nearest ladder company was too far away. The city has never used it as a ladder company, but occasionaly uses it as an elevated master stream.
The ladder company in the station was disbanded as a result of the Proposition 2-1/2 cuts, and the residents made noise....this was to appease them.
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New Haven (CT) runs a similar rig. The rig, equipped with a 65' aerial appeased the residents of the East Shore neighborhood. The residents complained that the nearest ladder company was too far away. The city has never used it as a ladder company, but occasionaly uses it as an elevated master stream.