YourMomsBox!

Actually the highest alarm I have dispatched aside from working the 11th, which was about the equivalent of 20 alarms worth of units(approx 200) was the St John the Divine Fire in December of '01 which was a 5th alarm(approx 40 units) with about 5 or 6 special calls for additional units and a staging area set up with 8 fire trucks and 2 chiefs to be used as needed.

As for Rainman, definitely, definitely fun. Happy five minutes to a 10-75.

And If DIG truly lives in some backwater area of Virginia, he has to deal with the volunteers who usually take about 20 minutes to get anywhere, and by then they are saving the foundation and nothing else, so I truly feel bad for you.

someone just placed a large order for about 200 new jaws of life in NYC....... i think someone knows something.

Congrats Jimmy!

I don't see that as knowing anything. Every Ladder company in the city carries at least one full set of those tools. The Rescue Companies carry 2 full sets. They've been standard equipment for at least 15 years. You figure there are 143 Ladder companies in the city and 5 rescues. Not to mention some other special units that carry them, along with fully equipped reserve Ladders and the two or three Spare and Reserve Rescues we have. I think that would account for 200 sets of jaws. Then factor in how many NYPD Emergency Services Unit carries.

new ones these things are expensive 2-5k each

Sounds about right. Considering a pimped out brand new fire truck can sometimes go for anywhere between $250,000 to 3/4 of a mil. Why not ask some of your local guys how much one of theirs went for?? Hell some of the helmets go for over $200 a pop.

The one thing I will miss is not being able to do what I enjoy like talking on the radio, instead having to tell someone what to say and make sure they say it right.

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Congrats Jimmy!

Oh my, a happy response!!

I thought Jimmy couldnt be made because he was half jewish?

only the good side.

You lose. Next?