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Re: New Apparatus in the Suburbs! « Result #1 on Dec 22, 2009, 8:36am »
Wilder, KY has received their new Sutphen rescue pumper. Engine 1403 has a 2000 GPM pump, 750 gallon tank and 30 gallons of foam along with bumper mounted extrication tools. Pics of the new apparatus are up on the NKY site. Also, Sharonville has received their new Spartan / Summit rescue pumper for Engine 87. I do not have spec info or images yet.
Joined: Sept 2001 Gender: Male Posts: 500 Location: Edgewood, Kentucky
Re: CFD Type II Ambulances « Result #2 on Dec 12, 2009, 7:30am »
I'm not aware of any photos other than a shot that appeared on the 1987 (?) annual report. The burned up ambulance sat in Engine 12's quarters for a long while as the lawsuit was being negotiated. I believe the other ambulances were either traded back or sold. I saw a photo about 5 years ago of an ambulance that a department in western Kentucky had been using as an equipment truck. I thought that the vehicle was one of the former CFD pieces as I couldn't see anything that differed.
Build it in Clintonville, paint it red, and make sure it has a pair of steering wheels. Truck 1 - 1967 Seagrave Visit these firefighting web sites. Box 13 SPAAMFAA Youngstown Fire Message Board
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CFD Type II Ambulances « Result #3 on Dec 11, 2009, 6:54pm »
Back in the mid to late 80s, I remember that CFD ran a small fleet of Ford Econoline Type II ambulances. Unfortunately, the experiment didn't go so well with one of the samples immolating itself somewhere along Columbia Parkway. So with that in mind, a few questions:
1. What happened to the rest of the samples? I'm pretty sure there was a lawsuit against Ford, but the actual vehicles seemingly disappeared overnight; never to be seen again.
2. Are there any photos out there? I do remember they were all-red, with the yellow city seal on the door and not much else. I tried Google and came up with nothing.
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Fire chief: Budget cuts too deep « Result #4 on Dec 7, 2009, 10:52pm »
Cincinnati.Com » Government Last Updated: 9:29 pm | Monday, December 7, 2009
Fire chief: Budget cuts too deep
By Jessica Brown jlbrown@enquirer.com
Cincinnati Fire Chief Robert Wright said Monday that cutting more than $5 million from his $73 million budget - as the city manager has asked him to do - will force him to lay off 47 firefighters.
Those layoffs will mean longer response times and may lead to brownouts in certain neighborhoods.
"We will not perform at industry standards when it comes to emergency response," Wright said. "The reduction of 47 firefighters takes our department back to 1998 levels. We were understaffed in 1998."
City Council's finance committee spent more than four hours Monday hearing from department heads about how proposed 2010 budget cuts would affect city services. Department heads also fielded questions from council members and took comments from the public. The city must close a $51.5 million budget deficit next year. The proposed $332 million operating budget includes a $10 trash collection fee and more than 300 layoffs, including 112 police officers and the 47 firefighters.
Monday's 1 p.m. finance committee meeting, at which all nine council members were present, started late and moved slowly. After about four hours, Finance Committee Chairwoman Laketa Cole rescheduled the last half of the meeting - which will include the police and parks departments - to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. She noted the administration had scheduled the marathon meeting without consulting her and some council members had family obligations. Discussions about the proposed trash fee may also continue at Tuesday's meeting.
Of the departments discussed Monday, the fire department's proposed cuts would have the most noticeable impact for residents.
On any given day, Wright said, the fire department could have 20 percent fewer fire companies on the street. Hardest hit: the West End, Fairmount, Corryville, the East End/Lunken Airport, Oakley, Northside and Avondale. Those neighborhoods may be subject to periodic brownouts if sickness or other issues cause too many firefighters to be off on a single day.
"What are the consequences?" asked Councilman Jeff Berding. "More deaths? Have you determined the real life-and-death consequences of a $5.7 million savings?"
Wright didn't know. He said personnel accounts for 90 percent of fire department costs, leaving him without much else to cut.
"We don't' possess the capacity to predict whether they'll be one, or two or three deaths as a consequence of our actions," he said. "Absolutely it could happen. But I can't tell you in absolute numerical terms that that will happen."
Cole wants the committee to be ready to present a revised 2010 budget Dec. 15. She hopes council will pass the budget Dec. 16 or Dec. 23. Council must pass a budget by Dec. 31.
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money spent on fire apparatus « Result #5 on Dec 5, 2009, 12:13pm »
in todays paper the online version there was an article about what the city spent in the last 4 years. i put the link to the articlr herehttp://news.cincinnati.com/article/20091....ending+revealed and if you follow the link on the thing that takes you to the database and in the vendors space put in seagrave, syutphen, or rosenbauer it lets you see what the apparatus cost if you type in command seagrave you can see what the city bought price wise
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Spare Apparatus « Result #6 on Nov 25, 2009, 6:13pm »
after seeing that engine 7 is running in engine 21s sutphen, i am guessing the 7s frontline has some serious problems i was wondering how many spare pumpers does the city run with? Also spare ladders ,how many and trucks 17 and 20 both had wrecked their apparatus what are is the status of the rigs, on youngstown fire they have apicture of apparatus 21653 looking like a spare ie no numbers
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Engine 51 & Ambulance 51 « Result #7 on Nov 24, 2009, 6:16pm »
For the record...
Engine 51 moved into the new station on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at approximately 17:30 hours. The first run from 5801 Hamilton Avenue was at 17:36.
Ambulance 51 (formerly A-212) moved in on Monday, November 23, 2009. Their first run as A-51 was at approximately 09:50 hours.
While looking at the new additions to CFD History, I was reminded of a story my Dad told years ago. He grew up in Bond Hill & witnessed a crash involving E-48 & another vehicle. He told me the 48's hit a light pole after being struck by the vehicle & part of the pole came down & killed one of the fireman riding on the back. There was a crowd of people who witnessed this. My Dad stated that this was a popular corner for hanging out. Sadly, the group who witnessed this crash included the dead fireman's kid/s as they were from Bond Hill also. This was May of '42. My Dad had enlisted in the Army Air Corp & was on his way to Patterson Field in Dayton. This WEB site verifies that John Nehus of E-48 was killed at the corner of Paddock & Laidlaw. Ironically, there is a picture of this intersection taken 12 years prior, that is in the Dispatch portion of Support listed under Fire Companies. Thanks to all for the old pictures. Keep up the great work!
Build it in Clintonville, paint it red, and make sure it has a pair of steering wheels. Truck 1 - 1967 Seagrave Visit these firefighting web sites. Box 13 SPAAMFAA Youngstown Fire Message Board
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