Telesquirts (Telesqurt)

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9th-generation SFD engine: A temporary budgetary crisis for the City of Syracuse resulted in my being told that I could have the two engines my Capital Improvements Plan called for - but without booms - or nothing at all. Well, that was a relatively easy choice - you get what you can get, while you can get it. So two Sutphen engines were acquired in 2011 - following the standard SFD pattern (2000 gpm/500 tank) but no booms. They were "fairly" well received, although our fireground commanders (including me) missed having the boom.  The deck gun did provide a decent master stream - but that elevated stream is tough to replace. In actuality, the fact that we were willing to "play ball" with the city administration and not carp (too much) about it enabled them to find sufficient funding the next year for us to do a third Sutphen engine as an add-on.  But don't worry - the booms will be back!