[quote name='JFong' post='23645' date='Aug 17 2006, 05:09 ']Im curious though, is it federal regulations due to the tunnel or something else? I find it strange to mandate a foam engine although I did notice that fire departments in my area are getting foam on their newer engines especially if they are near the freeway.
Oh BTW does anyone know what the TCU unit does? Is it a interoperability communications unit? Also what became of the Ford/Pierce Mini Rescue?[/quote]
They had to re-write the specs and reassign the engines that were being replaced because they were unaware of it, and the Feds wouldn't allow full opening until the pieces were in place. It was originally going to be Engines 7, 21, 49 and two others to be replaced, but they got hand-me-downs instead.
Oh BTW does anyone know what the TCU unit does? Is it a interoperability communications unit? Also what became of the Ford/Pierce Mini Rescue?[/quote]
They had to re-write the specs and reassign the engines that were being replaced because they were unaware of it, and the Feds wouldn't allow full opening until the pieces were in place. It was originally going to be Engines 7, 21, 49 and two others to be replaced, but they got hand-me-downs instead.
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