This & That from Here & There

[John Kenealy]

[quote name='GA_Dave' post='329297' date='Aug 12 2009, 22:56 ']To be honest, no. This one came fully equipped, plus some extra stuff that is now on other rigs. I was given a budget amount and all I had to do was stay below that amount, which I did by about $167. Admin didn't change the original spec at all. They plan to put another one in the 2010-2011 budget to replace Engine 2's Quantum. We should have it around May, 2011, just before I retire.



Justification wouldn't have been too difficult, even if I'd had to do it. We are in one of the highest traffic areas of the State and those lights were listed as "Traffic Clearing Lights". We have already have several positive comments on them and the guys who drive it have noticed a difference in the reaction of the traffic when they are responding. I'm even working on a proposal to upgrade Truck 1 and the Squad with the same package.[/quote]



Since it's rare to get to ask a question of one who works on apparatus specs, I was wondering, since it seems that everyone around CNY is going with the LED lightbars, (which from this buff's viewpoint they are ugly when unlit) why did you choose the lightbar you did?