Settle down there guy-
I'm sure its different on your side of the lake, but let's justify a few things. (And if you're too illiterate to read this post, I can create pictures instead of words)
(Background- I come from a LI Dept, with 125 members, 2 Eng's, 2 Amb's, 1 Tower Ladder, 1 Heavy rescue. Newest rig is a 1999. 1300 alarms a year, covering 7.5 sq miles and population of 35,000)
If you think LI is made up of "Hick Towns", then maybe it's time to look on a map. The majority of LI is heavily populated, covering major highways such as the LIE (RTE495) and 6 major parkways. With the exception of 2 paid ENGINES... Yeah, engines not departments, everything is volunteer. But unfortunatly, with the buildings that are up, in order to keep
ISO ratings prestine, departments are forced to purchase arials and rescues to meet spec. For example the tallest building in my town is only 6 stories, but a few miles away is a 16 story hospital.
Also, in most "non-hick" areas of the country, there are paid departments, with, you guessed it, larger budgets in order to pay salaries. So one nice thing about being a volly on LI, is where you would pay 10 guys 1 Mil+ on salaries, plus benefits etc..., we can spend half of that on an engine that will last 15 or more years.
In conclusion- your head is obviously impaled too deep in your rectal canal to smell the outside world around you, but before you preten to know it all about every area of the world, why don't you open a map, or even Google
FYI- "Congers
FD" is nowhere NEAR Long Island. It is upstate in Rockland County. Before you pick up that 3 day old slice of pizza and type on the forum, why don't you go on a site like LNBN.smugmug.com, or k2mphotography.com, and see what LI incidents are really like. Not taking any of this personally, just can't stand clueless idiots on this forum.
And PS to all others- The only reason I wrote out a reply like this, is this troll did the same thing in other threads, with no justification past his own opinion. (Which we are all entitled to)
http://elightbars.org/forums/f80/awesome-squad-38235/#post324560
Snibsey said:
Long Island Fire Departments living up to their reputation for chrome plated extravagance - courtesy of John Q Taxpayer.
Why does every hick town need a 100ft aerial and a monster rescue truck?
For example: the Congers Fire District covers just three-and-a-bit square miles and a population of 8,000. The hamlet (not even a town or a city) has two fire stations and five fire appliances. Crazy!
