Guest Twix623 Posted February 6, 2008 Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 the units where I live are slowly going to NFPA standards... Just like LAhttp://farm2.static.flickr.com/1082/115080...pg?v=1201494526http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1401/114975...5a7ef0b.jpg?v=0Hah, I see that exact Rockville Ambulance every morning when I head out to school. Montgomery College Rockville Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firemanzac Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 Sorry My Friend, your wrong. Pierce did distribute Bronto's for quite a number of years (Since before I became a firefighter in 1994). Several departments bought them (like the one one in the pic) and I think in ILL or NV. You are correct in that It (the Bronto/Boom piece) did come from europe, but as far as the US goes, Pierce was the first to distibute it. It never really caught on so they stopped making it. Incidently, the one in the picture I attached, after It flipped, it was bought by a company who supposidly fixed it and resold it to another department. Ive been doing this for quite a number of years so I know what im talking about.Bronto Skylift is actually an E-one model. E-one picked up the Bronto Skylift idea from engineering in Germany. Bronto Skylift has been made by E-one since the mid 80's and is popular seller in Canada. Now other companies such as Pierce, Sparatan, and ALF have made their own versions of an articulating boom but Bronto Skylift is a trademark of E-one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dizza Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 How do you know glen?You take those photos with Glenn... or did Glenn take them?-d Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hanover Firefighter Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 Sorry My Friend, your wrong. Pierce did distribute Bronto's for quite a number of years (Since before I became a firefighter in 1994). Several departments bought them (like the one one in the pic) and I think in ILL or NV. You are correct in that It (the Bronto/Boom piece) did come from europe, but as far as the US goes, Pierce was the first to distibute it. It never really caught on so they stopped making it. Incidently, the one in the picture I attached, after It flipped, it was bought by a company who supposidly fixed it and resold it to another department. Ive been doing this for quite a number of years so I know what im talking about.No Pierce may have distrubuted their own model of an articuilating boom but trust me Bronto Skylift is a registered E-one model. Bronto Skylift has been made since the late 80's by E-one. I know this because I have been an E-one sales rep for quite a number of years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FirstResponse Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 Don't ya think this is getting a little of topic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoppah Posted February 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 Yes, it's going a little bit offtopic. Why not create a new topic about the aerials? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firemanzac Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 I agree it is off topic, my apology's. Hanover. check this link out: http://books.google.com/books?id=mpU6ov3PL...-PoLI#PPA102,M1Page#103.And then this one: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FZ..._65/ai_58062914Hoopah, this link is an excellent refrence and has some great pics of of the different types of Aerials in the US. The book itself is pretty killer as well. Looking forward to 1.5!! :1046275747_biggthumpup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hanover Firefighter Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 Indeed we are going off topic. I appologize Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firemanzac Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 Bad Day in L.A. for the SWAT Team. My thoughts to the Familly's. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,329246,00.html"WINNETKA, CALIF.  A man barricaded himself in a house after telling police he had killed three relatives, then opened fire on a SWAT team Thursday, killing one officer and wounding another, police said. Ten hours after he initially called police, the house was on fire." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LAPDguy Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 Hoopah I would Greatly appriciate if you could dedicate V1.5 to LAPD Swat officers Randy Simmons and James Veentra and there families. It is a very sad day in la today.Heres a link to a news artical.http://cbs13.com/national/la.cops.shot.2.648089.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emergency4freak Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 Just thought you guys might want to see some of these....http://www.flickr.com/photos/southerncalif...57600579466326/http://www.flickr.com/photos/southerncalif...57600579466326/and Mike I see that you are part of flickr...my account is copcarman12 btw... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 Hoopah I would Greatly appriciate if you could dedicate V1.5 to LAPD Swat officers Randy Simmons and James Veentra and there families. It is a very sad day in la today.Heres a link to a news artical.http://cbs13.com/national/la.cops.shot.2.648089.htmlI don't think a mod is the right place for doing such favours even though I respect the job of the officer that has been killed in action. And what would you udnerstand under "dedicate a mod to"? How would you think to do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hanover Firefighter Posted February 8, 2008 Report Share Posted February 8, 2008 I don't think a mod is the right place for doing such favours even though I respect the job of the officer that has been killed in action. And what would you udnerstand under "dedicate a mod to"? How would you think to do that?I agree with Stan. Although it is a very sad loss in the emergency services community worldwide. I feel that perhaps a memorial should be made via website but as Stan said a mod is not the right place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter111 Posted February 8, 2008 Report Share Posted February 8, 2008 Hey Hoppah, sorry for posting this here but it isn't really a glitch. In La Mod 1.4, both the National Guard Humvee and National Guard Truck are called National Guard Humvee. That can easily be fixed(and you probably have already). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikesPhotos Posted February 8, 2008 Report Share Posted February 8, 2008 @ MikesPhotos: are you able to get a picture of the bar without the colored tops? I like that style consistent with the fact that LEDs do not require a colored lens to produce color. Thats one of the huge pluses, clear lens with color LEDs provide brighter lights with a lower profile.Haha, very sad that CA doesn't light up there fleet like those videos. There's no fun in a just a few lights. Heres 2 pictures from an area department...hard to find, i would say that in MA, 75% of the departments that upgraded lightbars went to the Liberty.The liberty and whelen in general is very popular in the south and east compared to the west coast. Federal Signal and Code 3 have had a lock on the equipment out here for quite some time now, especially with the reluctance of many departments to go all strobe. In regards to the colored tops, all of the bars have them to distinguish the cars from similar model and style security firms. With LED, you can no longer instantly see the amber of non-police vehicles, and the red and blue of Law Enforcement which is troublesome in and of itself. By keeping the colored tops, it allows one more piece for instant recognition for the public and everyone else.Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hanover Firefighter Posted February 8, 2008 Report Share Posted February 8, 2008 The liberty and whelen in general is very popular in the south and east compared to the west coast. Federal Signal and Code 3 have had a lock on the equipment out here for quite some time now, especially with the reluctance of many departments to go all strobe. In regards to the colored tops, all of the bars have them to distinguish the cars from similar model and style security firms. With LED, you can no longer instantly see the amber of non-police vehicles, and the red and blue of Law Enforcement which is troublesome in and of itself. By keeping the colored tops, it allows one more piece for instant recognition for the public and everyone else.MikeYea, if I was a betting man I'd say that by 2010 overhead strobes will be obsolete. They draw a hell of a lotta amps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Posted February 8, 2008 Report Share Posted February 8, 2008 I agree with Stan. Although it is a very sad loss in the emergency services community worldwide. I feel that perhaps a memorial should be made via website but as Stan said a mod is not the right placeWell maybe if he posts his idea on how he would do that we could change our might on that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helljumper51 Posted February 8, 2008 Report Share Posted February 8, 2008 maybe change a skin on one of the swat vehicles or add a sign or flag ingame for it at the police station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Baz Posted February 8, 2008 Report Share Posted February 8, 2008 fly the flags at half staff in the game maybe? and have an empty LAPD slicktop decked out as a memorial car? Parked near the flagpole at the police station? Maybe even have a "sign" with the pic of the officer and flowers around it, like a memorial... Or maybe make an area near the PD a "memorial area" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emergency4freak Posted February 8, 2008 Report Share Posted February 8, 2008 fly the flags at half staff in the game maybe? and have an empty LAPD slicktop decked out as a memorial car? Parked near the flagpole at the police station? Maybe even have a "sign" with the pic of the officer and flowers around it, like a memorial... Or maybe make an area near the PD a "memorial area"Thats a great idea! Or maybe somewhere around the station make like a cenetaph and have the memorial there...just a thought... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madman Posted February 8, 2008 Report Share Posted February 8, 2008 No disrespect to the fallen officer at all, he was truly a hero. But I also fail to see the worth in making a tribute inside the mod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dizza Posted February 8, 2008 Report Share Posted February 8, 2008 No disrespect to the fallen officer at all, he was truly a hero. But I also fail to see the worth in making a tribute inside the mod.I'd agree. A website would be a better idea and would get more attention.-d Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lala Posted February 8, 2008 Report Share Posted February 8, 2008 I have a suggestion..In my game.. I see that like when I tell a cop to drive quickly to a place with sirens, it does.. but if it's unlucky, some ambulance that is on patrol is blocking is way and the cop car won't just drive beside the ambulance and infront of it.. this way.. it takes a lot of time.i think you should make the pathfinding for cars etc better and quicker and more effective so they can arrive on scene more quickly..also.. what exactly is the point of that PD chief car? by the time you send that you can just send trucks to that place to take care of the situtation then anything else neccessary.. it would be fun if PD chief car had a better use.. like a freeplay mision.. it's about to collapse or something a building.. and you gotta call that and it bring sunits n stuff...dunno.. sorry for the way of writing i feel like shit today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoppah Posted February 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2008 Hey. Since when does my mod has a Police Chief? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LAPDguy Posted February 8, 2008 Report Share Posted February 8, 2008 Oh yeah and hoopah just another little thing for 1.6 LAPD swat has phased out the Mp5 for quite some time now. They now use an assortment of of shotguns, pistols, and of course the m-4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
