I hear horror stories daily from the couple friends I have working in the city. The most recent story being one of the medic rigs not being able to stop do to bald tires & no brakes sliding into an intersection t-boning another truck. On that same night another crew hit a pot hole, one of the...
Buffalo is the same way, nightly you will hear fire dispatch say no ambulance available and most of the time there are a ton of calls holding, though our response times are slow there "normally" is never more than a 20 minute wait. But then there are "those" nights when you might wait up to an...
Rochester and Syracuse also have contracts with RMA, it most likely was one of theirs as they all have new stuff. I dont think any of out junk would make it out to Binghamton with out turning into a fireball on the way.
Our newest and most used truck is a 2009 Ford.... Towtruck ^_^
We have been slowly weeding out the junk and getting better stuff. I know RM-Rochester just put a fleet 0f like 30 2010's in service. We have been seeing new stuff the problem is it doesn't come into the city but stays out in the...
I agree for the most part. I worked for Southwest/RMA in AZ, and now work for RMA-WNY. Its a decent job with good people, however management has this company so messed that most people hate it. If its anything like Buffalo, run away far far far away.
It was a 2006 Braun III with about 100K+ on it. Metro decided to send the crew on a ITF run in one of Buffalo's southtowns, needless to say the rig decided to light up, burn and then explode on the middle of the interstate. http://www.ecfwire.com/page1087.html
I share with you some of the fine high "quality" rigs in B-Lo.
#1: 2006 (572) - 217,000
#2: 2003 (590) - 421,000
#3: 2000 (568) - 588,000
#4: 2003 (M12) - 127,000
#5: 1998 (525) - Put to sleep after 615,000 (The body came off on the way to a call)
#6: 2000 (512/268) - 302,000 (Donated to us...