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Fairview (West) had a squirt that we trained on with some live burns in urban renewal areas. One I recall was a freestanding Carvel store which we were able to get going pretty good ( No exposuress to contend with. It worked well using it the same way you would use a TL...get low and shoot upwards toward the ceiling. It was small enough to get in close, unmanned, in small places where a buckket won't fit. Virginia Beach has 1 Squirt out of 21 Engine co's. It is located in an area with those beach style houses on stilts, with narrow streets and alleys. It seems to fit well in this type of neighborhood where full sized aerial devices won't fit. Some of you might have seen their 1st due district. It is at the southern end of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel. If you drove that way on a trip, it's where you said "Boy, I bet those places would make a good fire." And you were right...several times.

Osha started in the firefighting business with the Fire Brigade Standard. There was no public employee standard. When the time came for oSHA to apply a standard to publically employed firefighters, OSHA simply pulled the Fire Brigade Standard off the shelf, blew off the dust, and used it for FD's without a single change.

Like, Dudes...like those pictures are all like green and fuzzy. Is that what the '60s were like? Knarly fire! Sorry, but couldn't pass up that chance to revisit the '60's. I missed the good stuff though. I was working for my Uncle Sam.

Also, the test is usually given statewide in the same day. If other municipalities ( hypothetically Binghampton, Ithaca, Rochester) you are usually able to file for these exams using different test numbers,and take one test for several FD's. You must file for each test separately pay each fee, and go thru the procedure for taking multiple tests with NY State civil service.

No, George, I have almost nothing of EFD.

It is for all Towns (although there is no such thing as a town FD), Villages and Fire districts in the county. You don't have to be a resident to take the tesst, but to get the job, many agencies take residents first.

Me too, Cap...me too?

Use a tower ladder. It will get not only inside and out on the windows, but curtains, drapes, and carpets. Use your smallest tip and crank up the NP to clean that shelf full of knick knaks two rooms away. (can't spell chach keys)

I just put a sign on my front door that said SORRY WE'RE NOT HOME.. PLEASE USE THE HONOR SYSTEM. Under the sign I put a bowl...empty.

Check out VPIKE.com Give it an address and POOF! You're in front of the building. You can walk, turn360, look up/down, zoom. I've used when EMT-B gives IA's. Why I'll bet terrorists use it too.

I don't know the year, but I believe the Specs were the same as FDNY's rescue. I believe EFD saw FDNY's and said "Gimme one of them" Here's a bit of history: My father and R-5 responded to the USS Constellation fire at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. SCBA were just coming into use at the time and I believe the Mutual Aid request was for SCBA's. Westchester rounded up all available Scotts (in their suitcases, of course) and sent them to Bklyn on R-5.

In the time of horse-drawns, firehouses had high ceilings so that horses harnesses could hang. When Hartsdale Sta 1 was built, the era of motorized apparatus was upon us. An Engine was about the size of a large SUV. Who'da thunk that Engines would grow but door openings would remain the same? And no, it isn't photoshopped.

After initial knockdown with ABC as described above by 16fire5, a combination of chains and a AFFF can fromm the top works pretty well on the remaining glowing creosote. A second AFFF can at the bottom is a good addition for the hot chunks coming down. No chimney chains? Any chains will do. Get them out of your Hurst stuff or other tools and tie them on to a utility rope. Spin them gently. Smoke not going away after extinguishment? Could be the fire got thru flue/masonry cracks and is now into wood frame members. This could be BIG! Use Tic and feel for heat. Check entire length of chimney including underside of fireplace. Check attic. Have lines in place before opening up anything.

I know that....but that's what the martyrs say.

Don't drop your guard...the bad guys will be back yelling "Allah Acqba" louder than ever.

In case EMT-B is terminated. Those interested should make every effrt to communicate important info by another means, and also to possibly resurrect EMT-B. Off the top of my head, facebook is a possibility and can be done by creating a group onFB. We would have to use our real names, and cut out some of the BS, but it at least it will keep us in some semblence of communications. It wouldn't be anything near the caliber of EMT-B but at least it is a communications system. My Facebook is Bill Raftery, my e-mail is raftmoll@msn.com. If anyone else has a better plan, now's the time to throw it on the table. I see this as only a temporary measure. I picture Seth making a comeback somewhere in the future. It must be the IC in me, but we need to maintain comms while we are in this "Defensive Mode" and account for our members lest we lose touch.

YES

No, it means "I'm Confused" Our other organiation is Shift Commanders United for Mutual Benefit And Guidance (Spell out the capital letters)

I went OTJ in 1971. We had wood that required more maintenence and they were heavy. The 50' Bangor raise took 6 men working hard to put it up. It also needed an officer to coordinate the effort. Along came the super lightweight Alcolite, put together with bent aluminum plates and pop rivets. A little bounce when climbing, in fact sometimes you had to stop so the bounce stopped, then start climbing again. OSHA and NFPA came along and beefed up the specs for ground ladders. Now Aluminum weighs pretty close to wood, I would say.

The original CPR was to hold him by thhe ankles and roll him face-down over a barrel. It was used on nearly drowned sailors. (Hence the saying "They had him over a barrel") It would probably work too in a percentage of arrests. If it makes a comeback, the Barrels-of-Life will cost about $1500, have a 10 page protocol for use, a 5-year lifespan, AND if you use the barrel to actually perform CPR, yo[ must dispose of it and buy a new barrel.

How 'bout "Return to quarters when ready" Does the guy think his company is going to leave 800' of LDH in the street because he said to return to quarters?

All you long time EMT veterans get ready. I predict one more year and the "precordal thump" wiil be the next change in cpr. Just like when you learned CPR in the 70's.

You beat me to it. That's exactly what I was going to say. I always liked the guys who said it by 10 Code and then in Englsh as in "Car 3202 10-2, returning to quarters."

Note to IC's: The first thing you should do the morning after you have been interviewed is read the paper. It's important to know what you didn't say.

In most comp;aints of this nature. the time line at the Comm center will show no delay. It's important to keep good records. When you are waiting for help, a minute seems like an hour.