Two and a half hours of Sandy responses (Vision SLR ITT)
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MESDA6
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nerdly_dood said:
Out of all that - the driver who backed the ladder truck in that bay at 2:16:44 get my vote for being a "Real Driver."
Didn't see much sense in the use of the lights in 90% of the video.
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MESDA6 said:
Correct me if I am wrong, but I see no aerial device at the time marker you quoted, only an Engine Company backing in.... :weird: :duh:
MESDA6
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Zapp Brannigan said:
Sorry - quoted the wrong time but it's all in the video shot at the same station- it was immediately after that in the 2:18:xx range. Ladder 12 - looked like he's done that about half a million times in his sleep.
The reasoning for lights was for easy identification, I know pd units were told by dispatch constantly to have their lights on.
I'm guessing it was specifically for the time immediately before, during, and immediately after the storm - sort of a "this is an emergency situation, I don't know where I'm going yet but wherever it is, there's an emergency there" kinda thing.coopers said:
Quentin
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lafd55
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Amtrak Police, but with the older graphics. I think they switched to a "swoosh" type graphic on newer cars. Probably would have been better to just remove the light before it fly's off when taking a turn and nails someone, lol.nerdly_dood said:
Volunteer said:
where ever anyone on my FD went we went with lights on during the hurricane, we were in a state of emergency so noone else shoulda been on the roadways anyway.
those visions are so nice. saw a few when i was in the city in november, real eye catchers.
what's up with the NYSP dump truck looking thing with the 2 suburbans at the 40 minute mark? interesting light mounts too, looks like theyre just swinging around haha
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Zapp Brannigan
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THanks for posting this. I had an interest in the topic as I was part of the Pa Strike Team Task Force from PA (medical) SCTF. We went to NJ and I served in Toms River, Brick based out of Egg Harbor. I did find that after this I still find LED only rigs boring, they just flash.
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Amanda said:
My DPW has the same type of mounts on their dump trucks, it keeps the light level and visible 360 when the bed is raised.
lafd55
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That's so when the dump is lifted, that the lights will stay level as the dump raises. I think PENNDOT has a similar setup, I think.Amanda said:
Almost every single dump truck around here with a warning light has that kind of mount with an amber tin-can strobe beacon on it. There are about two that have the beacon just mounted on the front of the dump bed.lafd55 said:
It'd be useful to see a mount like that for a full-size lightbar so that flatbed tow trucks wouldn't lose their warning with the back lifted...