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No single digits here. My father was #27. Hired after WW II. I think there was a big EFD expansion at that time' Yes, Pauly Gormsen was a gracioous man, but I have heard from more than one source that if you were hesitating in a "hot" doorway, you would probably receive a not-so-graciuous boot in the wazoo. It was kind of a signal to advance the line. As far as EFD originals, remembring them randomly from picnics and softball games when I was a kid: Chief White A/c Wadelton Capt Blackie Capt Catano ( Later Chief) Ed Sorden Dan McCurdy Whoops, my brain just locked in to Gus Fisher's Crystal Tavern, the after-game place to go, so I can't think of any more Pre WW II names that I can be sure of. Attached, though, is EFD's "Emergency Squad," the predecessor of Rescue 5. I now defer to Rick Dempsey. Rick. Please sit in the kitchen and look up at the pictures on the wall for us.

A plaque on my office wall says Eastchester UPFA Established 1932

Showing that we never forget a brother, here's to Tommy Gorman EFD Badge #1.

They are only a problem when they appear under Topics instead of the IA section. Advertise that IA's go in the IA section and have the staff move them if they appear elsewhere.

Sprinklers??? That place barely has columns!!

If you fall out of your chair, at least you are in Yonkers and somebody will come and pick you up. Reading this thread, I'm not sure you'll get this service in every community...you may have to CRAWL back up.

The ground is soggy, Loo, if it sinks, you might have to use a second cop car.

Sounds like the rescue has to be immediate since the victim's position will rapidly become untenable. Lay one ladder on the ground where the butt of a second ladder will be placed. Like an Ice rescue, that ladder on the ground will spread the weight. Use the stirrups at the heel of the climbing ladder to connect to the ladder on the ground. PS NEXT, CALL THE TV STATION AND THE BUILDING INSPECTOR. When the reporter arrives, tell him/her to ask the building inpector "How did this fiasco ever get approved?"

There used to be a place in New Rochelle called Squiggy's Dugout. I don't know of it's still there. Check the phone book or wait a day and Bnechis will reply to this post withall the info on it. OR You could bend them over and using a wooden clothespin, clip them on the fender supports of a one speed Schwinn. Really cool. It makes a noise like a motorcycle. Glossary: Schwinn (SHHH win) Noun a brand name of bicycle Clothespin (Close pin) Noun a part for a solar powered clothes dryer Disclaimer: Old guys like me, contrary to urban legend, DID NOT use the good cards like Mantle, Maris, Robinson, Snyder, Williams, for bicycle motors. We may not have been financial experts but we knew the "good" cards from the bad. I suspect my mother threw them out and blamed the disappearance on me or my brother. You do not question your mother's theories.

As Bnechis said, there is liability with everything you do. If you don't want to do lift assits because your people are not trained in EMS you have options. You could train them. Or you could refuse to respond (that looks good in the newspaper). Or your city can have another agency handle this type of call. I suggest Sanitation, since they are trained lifters.

One more time. Repeat after me: BEWARE THE TRUSS Brannigan

"Why can't we all just get along?" -Rodney King

Yes, it works at the beach, but if George doesn't answer immediately, it's because he's waiting for the Jimmy Buffet song to finish playing. I'm ordering him a turnout coat that says MENTOR on the back. That's better than the ones that say EX CHIEF. Keep up the good work, George

Now, now Bnechis, you know that California is way,way ahead of us East Coasters. Remember that they are the ones who gave us PPV on attack and other great innovations that we don't even dream would work. However, they did give us ICS, which is a good thing. They tell you to use common terminology and when you take ICS courses they give you a Glossary of Abbreviations so you can figure out what the H they are talking about. They are very good at ICS because you can control vast numbers or resources in complex operations like burning down entire cities on a yearly basis. I predict that within a year we will all be equipped with the new iPOD AED by Apple (a West Coast Company) because "If you see it at FDIC, you need one."

Well M'ave, I am in agreement with most of your posts, but this time we'll have to agree to disagree. I still think there is a time and place for onspots. Just a tool in the toolbox but I don't think they will match The Detroit Door Opener. Now that I moved to Virginia, all I hear is "we don't get snow down here." This year we had 2@4" and 1@8" and the world shut sown for a week. I offered to my OTJ sons that I'd come to the firehouse and show them how to put chains on. They don't even own chains. And putting plows on garbage trucks is unheard of. Snow removal here is "wait a week or two."

I remember taking one promotional test in a school in Yonkers. I don't remember why it was given there.

Yes, I meant ONLY the crosslink

Let's not get too happy. We haven't seen the new system in action. It could be worse than the old one.

My issue is not with the women in the class. They are trying to become FFs. My issue is with the numbskull who dreamed this up and thought it was a good idea. Let's now have an all Black class, an all Hispanic class, but no all White class. Next, we take all these grads and put them in firehouses expecting them all to live in harmony. See? There must be a federal judge involved.

I smell EEOC. I'll bet a federal judge had something to do with this one. Now, I'm appalled.

First of all, chains are primarily for ice and slippery packed down snow, not necessarily snow. You can make good progress with no chains of any kind thru virgin snow where traffic has not packed it down and made it icy on the road surface. Even if you are driving your POV and start to slide the first thing you do is get out of the vehicle tracks and on to virgin snow to regain traction. Automatic chains are excellent in urban settings. Main and secondary roads are usuallly salted /sanded to control Ice early and there is no need for chains. When you leave the main roads and encounter slippery roads, you switch to onspots. You need both onspots and reguler chains because at about 4-6" of snow, onspots will build up snow between the tire and the rubber onspot wheel and push the onspot away from the tire. Driving on clean pavement with regular chains has a tendency to "throw a chain" and the loose crosslink will swing and possibly cause significant body damage. So, the use of onspots or standard chains shouldn't have anything to do with laziness (unless your'e too lazy to put them on), or Golf. They are tools in your toolbox and applied as conditions warrant. How do you know when conditions warrant? Take a ride.

The bartender and owner have a right to their opinion and to express it freely(1st Amendment) We have a right to not patronize the place and to spread the word about them. If done correctly, that bartender won't need a mic to talk to the customers any more. You can get them to change their business practices but did you change their mind about cops/ff? Probably not. I'd find another bar to hang out in,

Was the layoff a chess move on the part of the city to get fed funds? If so, it was played at the expense of young cops and ff's with families and bills to pay

Time to process, eh? Have you ever watched a FF type?

Agreed, firefighters are needed on the rigs, and I think the town can request a Fire District to cover unincorporated Fire Prot Districts. Not having NFPA Codes accessable, they may not be able to reduce in house dispatchers from 2 to 1. If a dispatching point has more than a certain number of alarms, they need 2 dispatcherss (I don't have the number and they don't have to be FF's). Bnechis will have the answer by Tuesday am.