Thread: New FDNY Mid-mount with new lights!

Saw this today. A new FDNY Seagrave Aerialscope with Federal Signal Vision SLRs.... Looks sweet, a little better then Aerodynamic Pods.

Looks awesome, but I think their floor broke...

Originally Posted by nerdly_dood

Looks awesome, but I think their floor broke...

No that's the new thing. They're going to start building trucks and tilted floors, lol... No that's just a tilt table, checks the vehicles center of gravity.

Originally Posted by lafd55

No that's the new thing. They're going to start building trucks and tilted floors, lol... No that's just a tilt table, checks the vehicles center of gravity.

I assume the other side is anchored?

Originally Posted by dusty

I assume the other side is anchored?

God I sure hope so. Would sure suck if it wasn't and the rig tipped over. LOL

Do the SLR pods have rotators or LEDs?

I like the Vision SLR on the truck, only thing I would question is, with the low height of the pods, and high up mounting and high roof, how much of it do you see?

Originally Posted by Wailer

Do the SLR pods have rotators or LEDs?

rotating LEDs

I'm sure it's visible enough... The truck might just be a test vehicle too. We'll have to wait for a video...

looks perty darn snazzy

Originally Posted by Wailer

Do the SLR pods have rotators or LEDs?

SLR stands for Solaris LED Rotator, so the answer to this question is...

Yes.

The LEDs are stationary with a rotating mirror.

Originally Posted by dusty

I assume the other side is anchored?

You assumed wrong. That would defeat the purpose of the test.

I would hope that there were safety straps or chains, otherwise if it started to roll over during the test...

I have seen safety straps/chains on most tilt tables, so I'm sure that this one has them too.

Nice.. ladder

Originally Posted by WS224

You assumed wrong. That would defeat the purpose of the test.

Not sure if this is satire or not, but yes, there are chains on the other side.

i like the GO LIGHT mounted ABOVE the center vision SLR

Originally Posted by 7d9_z28

rotating LEDs

Nope, test truck was Hazmat 1, they just added the colored pods to the final version. The bars are also all raised to compensate for being lower profile.
Here was the truck- FerraraFire.com
FDNY also has had SLR around about as long the NYPD, its testing on a few of the GMC trucks, all red/white with the extra flashing takedowns and alleys. I think division 11 or battalion 1 on tillary has one.

HAZMAT 1 got a new truck already!?!?!? They just got one not too long ago...

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It appears the FDNY finally got what it wanted- rotators and LEDs mixed, a Federal Signal product, and it's the most expensive light out there!

I was gonna say about the "new lights" on HM-1. Cause i was at FRI in Atlanta (my home town) and i dont recall it having the new vision bar on there. I love it though.

lafd55 said: "Hazmat 1 got a new truck already?! They just got one not too long ago...."


FDNY wears out rigs like a mofo. That and an unlimited budget. If I had the cash they do I'd buy new trucks all day long too.

They don't have an unlimited budget, actually Mayor Bloomberg is thinking of cutting 20 companies... If they did, their FOAMs, squads, SOC units, etc would all be newer but FDNY still has a lot of older rigs out there depending on where in the city you are. I always thought the life for apparatus in NYC is usually 10 years. With HAZMAT 1 only six years old and not something that makes numerous runs a day is making me believe they had something wrong with it.

Originally Posted by 7d9_z28

rotating LEDs

If I'm not mistaken, the LEDS are in the pod base facing up and the rotating reflectors are angled to reflect the signal horizontaly, possibly in 2 different directions simultaniously.

Originally Posted by Storm4200

i like the GO LIGHT mounted ABOVE the center vision SLR

Back in the late 90s my steady RMP had the all-light streethawk lightbar, working late tours (midnights) I mounted a GO LIGHT on the top of the center dome, was a fantastic asset.

Originally Posted by CHIEFOPS

If I'm not mistaken, the LEDS are in the pod base facing up and the rotating reflectors are angled to reflect the signal horizontaly, possibly in 2 different directions simultaniously.

That is correct.

Originally Posted by lafd55

They don't have an unlimited budget, actually Mayor Bloomberg is thinking of cutting 20 companies... If they did, their FOAMs, squads, SOC units, etc would all be newer but FDNY still has a lot of older rigs out there depending on where in the city you are. I always thought the life for apparatus in NYC is usually 10 years. With HAZMAT 1 only six years old and not something that makes numerous runs a day is making me believe they had something wrong with it.

From what I was told, Hazmat rigs carry equipment that needs updating the most often, and that to spec out a new truck was cheaper and safer than retro fitting the old one, since there is no spare for the spare. Other city agency Hazmat units are generally also replaced every 5-6 years too.

Oh, here in NYC these mid-mount ladder trucks are called Tower Ladders

Here's a question about FDNY lights- why do they still use 5MM lower lighting?