Rick: Minneapolis just canceled the process for a new TDA, due to lack of funds. With the budgets in both cities being in trouble, I doubt if we will see new trucks anytime soon. I did not know about one of the Sutphen aerials being for sale. The department probably can not afford to get rid of anything, as the spare fleet is not in good shape. The Quint concept was brought about by a Chief, who still is in the City Management structure. As every quint sales job goes, there were claims made that did not pan out. They will be around for a while, I suspect. I can't answer about the Q situation in Minneapolis.
In St. Paul, Q sirens were taken off the rigs by a Chief, who's name escapes me, because of the perceived noise issue. The story goes, that they were all put on a pallet and sold to a collector, for a song. With the 2 Squads in 2002, the department started putting E-Q's on the rigs. There is a new Chief in St. Paul, and I am pretty sure that the A shift Captain on Engine 8 is busting the Chief's chops about getting real Q's put on the new rigs.
Rest assured, if something happens we will photograph it.
In St. Paul, Q sirens were taken off the rigs by a Chief, who's name escapes me, because of the perceived noise issue. The story goes, that they were all put on a pallet and sold to a collector, for a song. With the 2 Squads in 2002, the department started putting E-Q's on the rigs. There is a new Chief in St. Paul, and I am pretty sure that the A shift Captain on Engine 8 is busting the Chief's chops about getting real Q's put on the new rigs.
Rest assured, if something happens we will photograph it.
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