Midtown subway steam explosion... *Pictures and Video Added

[NYCMedic]

Victory Memorial in Brooklyn and Jamaica Hospital in Queens had "Community Resource RVs" that were supposed to be used for community events and things like blood pressure, prostate, cancer, and diabetes screenings, but have been put into action at large scale MCIs(Mass Casualty Incidents). I know Victory had their RV at the WTC for a few days and now it is rotting away by their defunct garage on 7th ave in Bay Ridge. Jamaica also had a Chevy Astro van that was used as a confined space rescue vehicle while the AirTrain was being built along the Van Wyck.

[cancidas]

these are the MERVs that i first saw at the FDNY shops in queens:

http://stevespak.com/apparatus/bronx/emsmerv2.html

i think by that time they were painted in the new post-merger colors but they were just sitting idle and not being used. the new units were already delivered by that time.

[emshighway]

Ahhhh Bronx MERV 2. It was actually one of the better ones. MERV 4 in Queens was similar. MERV 3 was longer.

http://stevespak.com/apparatus/emsvehicles.html

One of my best jobs. Those are my legs in the last picture up in the bus. Pete Rose (yes that's his name) in the center of the picture is now a PD Detective.

CAUTION! GRAPHIC PHOTOS! Not for children or the squeamish!
http://www.stevespak.com/spak/ems/impaled.html

[PhilDernerJr]

Wow. I'm glad you posted that pic! When I was young, there a big house fire in College Point, and I saw all kinds of fire, police and EMS equipment tearing down CP Blvd, and I remember seeing what I've been calling "the EMS school bus". I was just thinking about it the other day actually. Ididn't know that was it.

[T-Bird76]

Ahhhh Bronx MERV 2. It was actually one of the better ones. MERV 4 in Queens was similar. MERV 3 was longer.

http://stevespak.com/apparatus/emsvehicles.html

One of my best jobs. Those are my legs in the last picture up in the bus. Pete Rose (yes that's his name) in the center of the picture is now a PD Detective.

CAUTION! GRAPHIC PHOTOS! Not for children or the squeamish!
http://www.stevespak.com/spak/ems/impaled.html

Wow that website has some rather interesting shots... Def not what you'll see on the evening news.

[Matt Molnar]

Interesting site indeed. All the photos on the Manhattan fire apparatus page were taken at a 4 alarm fire 7 years ago in the building I work in. :shock:

http://stevespak.com/apparatus/manhattan.html

[cancidas]

there are more pix of the current MERVs on this page: http://www.fdnytrucks.com/files/html...lunits/ems.htm

[emshighway]

Steve Spak has been chasing flame for a long time. He is a regular at Rescue 4.

Have you EMS guys been to the Blacksheep website? http://nycemsblacksheep.com/

There is another photog who has some great pixs;
http://www.robsflashphoto.com/

[cancidas]

those are some cool pix. when i was a kid i used to take pix of fire and police apparatus. i've got a pretty decent collection on film, i'll try to scan it all one of these days.