2016 Pierce Quantum PUC Rescue Pumper

[firedude]

2016 Pierce Quantum PUC Rescue Pumper
Village of Mamaroneck Volunteer Fire Department, Mamaroneck, New York
Volunteer Engine and Hose Co #3

























You can see the truck at 5:43 in this video:

 

[StEaLtH2]

Nice Rig.. very nice

 

[pdk9]

Aside from the color, it's a great looking pierce. The only complaint on the lighting setup is wasting money on 8 M-series for the tank indicator, instead of using a striplite and upgrading some of the rear and upper side lighting to 900 series/M9's (instead of 600s). I also think there should be a 600 on each side in the B-post area (under the village text) b/c that's a large gap in side lighting

 

[LRGJr72]

It seems like I'm seeing more and more police, fire and EMS units in New York state using blue lights not just to the rear but also forward-facing. Were any of these units from New Jersey?

 

[pdk9]

It seems like I'm seeing more and more police, fire and EMS units in New York state using blue lights not just to the rear but also forward-facing. Were any of these units from New Jersey?

It's not unheard of to see blue to the front and sides of apparatus in NYS. In westchester and Long Island, in particular, there are a bunch of depts that epitomize the "give a little, take a lot," with how NYS finally allowed us to starting mixing blue and red (to the rear of authorized EVs) a few years ago and they just do whatever they want with it. There are a bunch of vollies without code 3/RLS privileges (courtesy light FFs) in those areas that have whole rainbows of lights on their POVs (red, blue, clear), so it wasn't a shock when I started seeing it on their dept rigs.

Personally, I think they should allow red/blue on all sides of AUTHORIZED EVs (instead of just allowing it to the rear), but it's not the law so i just spec it to the rear

 

[LRGJr72]

It's not unheard of to see blue to the front and sides of apparatus in NYS. In westchester and Long Island, in particular, there are a bunch of depts that epitomize the "give a little, take a lot," with how NYS finally allowed us to starting mixing blue and red (to the rear of authorized EVs) a few years ago and they just do whatever they want with it. There are a bunch of vollies without code 3/RLS privileges (courtesy light FFs) in those areas that have whole rainbows of lights on their POVs (red, blue, clear), so it wasn't a shock when I started seeing it on their dept rigs.

Personally, I think they should allow red/blue on all sides of AUTHORIZED EVs (instead of just allowing it to the rear), but it's not the law so i just spec it to the rear

I'm in full agreement. All defined emergency vehicles should be allowed to run red and blue in all directions. I recently moved to Colorado. Almost all fire and ems here run red/wht/blue.

I've also been to a few states (Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wyoming) where wreckers are apparently classified as emergency rigs. Seeing red and blue flashers on tow trucks sure threw me for a loop a few times

 

[Hollywood]

I've also been to a few states (Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wyoming) where wreckers are apparently classified as emergency rigs. Seeing red and blue flashers on tow trucks sure threw me for a loop a few times

Red and blue are basically being given away here now. Wreckers are not classified as emergency vehicles, statute was simply amended to allow red and blue when stationary.

Construction and utilities are also allowed red and blue to the rear when awarded a state DOT contract although I am seeing municipalities do it on their trucks in addition to the private sector.

It's a free for all which was started with the needless wrecker changes. Nobody paid attention to red and blue before, now it is worse because the use has become so saturated. The extended use of a variety of colors has been used to address a "problem" that would have been better resolved by better use of the lights they already had.