Uniondale Ladder 7544 Wet Down [9-7-14]
On the night of June 6th, 2014 the Uniondale Fire Department was dispatched to 750 Jerusalem Avenue for a reported apartment fire. Upon arriving on scene units were met with smoke showing and soon after the signal ten [working fire] was transmitted. This would be the first fire for the new Ladder 7544 – a 2014 Seagrave Marauder II Aerial Tandem Quint. Nine days after Ladder 7544’s inaugural working fire it was among units dispatched to a reported house fire on Locust Avenue. Ladder 7544 was the first unit to pull first due to what was a working basement fire and went on to stretch the first two lines at the Father’s Day operation. Less than a month later Ladder 7544 was on the scene of a Union Drive working fire in Uniondale. On that scene the ladder was able to take to the front of the home and begin taking out windows to assist in venting.
The new Uniondale Ladder 7544 saw at least three working fires before it could be properly wet down and dedicated. However, the time would come for this ceremony and the day was Sunday, September 7th. On that day members of Uniondale Protection Company 4 who operate the ladder were present along with members of their department and various other departments. At the ceremony the older Ladder 7544 [a 1996 Seagrave] was officially retired after a long and busy tenure with the Seventh Battalion based department. The new ladder was dedicated, blessed, and then given a proper wet down in front of its Uniondale Avenue firehouse. Among the departments on hand for the event were: Roosevelt, Hempstead, East Meadow, Syosset, Merrick, West Hempstead, and South Hempstead among others. The new ladder was made possible by a truck committee and board of commissioners who worked tirelessly to ensure the rig’s completion. The best of luck to the Uniondale Fire Department going forward with this new piece of apparatus.
Read MoreThe new Uniondale Ladder 7544 saw at least three working fires before it could be properly wet down and dedicated. However, the time would come for this ceremony and the day was Sunday, September 7th. On that day members of Uniondale Protection Company 4 who operate the ladder were present along with members of their department and various other departments. At the ceremony the older Ladder 7544 [a 1996 Seagrave] was officially retired after a long and busy tenure with the Seventh Battalion based department. The new ladder was dedicated, blessed, and then given a proper wet down in front of its Uniondale Avenue firehouse. Among the departments on hand for the event were: Roosevelt, Hempstead, East Meadow, Syosset, Merrick, West Hempstead, and South Hempstead among others. The new ladder was made possible by a truck committee and board of commissioners who worked tirelessly to ensure the rig’s completion. The best of luck to the Uniondale Fire Department going forward with this new piece of apparatus.
