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Post by thelurker on Jan 4, 2008 0:48:57 GMT -5
Guys in the 2-7, I have a question about your rig. The Chevron Pattern on the back, any comments about it? Positive or negative reactions from traffic, other units, other responders? I see you have them and 4399 does not, does this have to deal with the differing response areas? I know you guys deal with 295, 541, and the NJTP, is this why you went with this pattern? Give me info.
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Post by WebBoss on Jan 4, 2008 7:24:06 GMT -5
Guys in the 2-7, I have a question about your rig. The Chevron Pattern on the back, any comments about it? Positive or negative reactions from traffic, other units, other responders? I see you have them and 4399 does not, does this have to deal with the differing response areas? I know you guys deal with 295, 541, and the NJTP, is this why you went with this pattern? Give me info. Thanks. Dean, While not on the actual truck committee, the Chevron pattern was chosen mainly based on the major highway areas we cover. The new 2729 also has this pattern on the back of it, just at a smaller scale. Personally, while there is no real hard evidence in our case as to which is better, I can tell you that seeing is believing. On several occasions, I've either been following 2723 or arriving behind it with either the Ambo or the Engine, and at night it is absolutly amazing how vivid that pattern is from great distances. Being that we have the Yellow reflective chevrons, at night when it reflects back at you, it's actually bright enough that you loose sight of the arrowstick. Too add to it's effectiveness, we are constantly taking "Blocking Positions" with the Squad, and have the tools set up to work well when the truck is in such a position. (That's why they're not in the back compartment) IMO, the chevron design is something no modern apparatus should be without. This far outwhieghs an abundance of irritating blinky lights that like to draw rubber-neckers towards your truck. I actually forsee any furture purchases for 272/278 to have the chevron pattern as well. I'm actually looking forward to it when we get our next Ambo as the current 2782 leaves alot to be desired in the area of rearward visability. Also, a point of interest, the newest revision of NFPA 1901 requires any suppression apparatus built after 2007 to have a certain amount of Red/Yellow reflective striping in a chevron pattern towards the rear of the rig. Now, I strongly disagree with the Red/Yellow requirement, however any contrasting colors in such a pattern will add a lot to the rear visability of any apparatus. I just can't see a 121 or 302 rig with Red/Yellow anything, anywhere.  |
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Post by thelurker on Jan 4, 2008 22:44:14 GMT -5
thanks sean, that is exactally what I was wondering
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cfd200
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Post by cfd200 on Jan 4, 2008 23:24:16 GMT -5
sean, how did the cutter even break? im not very good at math but i can do this one since i was there... extrication I class+out of county guy+seatbelt bolt in B post+cutter=snapped cutter blade... thats some very good math there kramer. i remember it. i believe me you and polumi were talking while he was cutting and we looked over and he put it on the ground and half the blade was missing. kramer wasnt he supposed to be doing a b post tear too? and the worst part was that they had like a community appereciation day that morning like 30 minutes after it happened and they were doing a cut job to display. |
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Post by Kramer on Jan 4, 2008 23:41:41 GMT -5
im not very good at math but i can do this one since i was there... extrication I class+out of county guy+seatbelt bolt in B post+cutter=snapped cutter blade... thats some very good math there kramer. i remember it. i believe me you and polumi were talking while he was cutting and we looked over and he put it on the ground and half the blade was missing. kramer wasnt he supposed to be doing a b post tear too? and the worst part was that they had like a community appereciation day that morning like 30 minutes after it happened and they were doing a cut job to display. yea...ive never heard inst. farnsworth so quiet...it was not a good day |
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tootall
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Post by tootall on Jan 5, 2008 7:48:02 GMT -5
Me quiet...never....  |
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Post by WebBoss on Jan 5, 2008 8:01:14 GMT -5
Me quiet...never.... DAMN IT! You beat me to it... |
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Post by division2 on Jan 5, 2008 17:55:56 GMT -5
Kramer's description of the event is fairly acurate. As far a Craig being quiet, I think that was because he was counting to 100, 10 would not have been enough. Needless to say not the high point of the day.
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Post by Kramer on Jan 5, 2008 22:01:43 GMT -5
naaaa, the highlight was when the guy got there with 3119 and told us not to break anything, and we all looked at that guy and told him not to touch anything...
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tootall
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Post by tootall on Jan 6, 2008 13:53:57 GMT -5
100 probably was not high enough. I had to be in three places at once that day one of which was 2 states away and the squad needed to be in 2 placed at once....talk about recourse management.
The guy from 3119 told you not to break anything cause he also works for the West. That would have been a really bad day.
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Post by Kramer on Jan 8, 2008 10:19:56 GMT -5
yea, that would have been really bad, so thats why we only let that guy crib for the rest of the day...
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