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Just a heads up, the 2005 edition of the FDNY Operational Reference is now available. I think it's quite comprehensive, and interesting read, as I have the older editions and find the massive amount of logistical information in the book fascinating. The book is usually a sell-out. http://www.fire-police-ems.com/books/bf1116.shtml And if anybody's looking for the Sept-Oct edition of Fire Apparatus Journal, they have it in stock and available too.

I've been hearing rumors swirling about this for months now, but I guess it's really heating up. If you watch the video, there is an interesting aerial shot of a ton of FDNY rigs, a ton of them newer looking, sitting in the yard at the dealer. It's also interesting to hear the union president call Seagrave "Inferior". Should be quite interesting to see what happens with this!! Maybe this is all just a ploy to get Seagrave to straighten up their act? It would be very sad to see Seagrave leave NYC.

Bump, premieres tonight. Yes 121, I am posting, then going to study, eat dinner, watch the show, then bed!

Just a nicely-detailed written article from the LAFD blog about how/why an RIT-FAST team was put into action at a fire the other day. From http://lafd.blogspot.com/

That's actually a great point...I actually suprised I overlooked it.....and I'll take it further.....I don't see how any tool on a rescue company makes it a rescue....I think what makes it a rescue is the training of personel on board. I personally feel training, as well as a full compliment of general rescue equipment, should have to factor into the rescue designation as well...otherwise, make it a utility. I wonder how many Rescues, or Rescue Engines, actually have appropritely trained personel on board. Rescue is FAR more then automotive extrication capabilties...... But I guess that's a whole seperate subject, lol.

As far as my knowledge goes, and I'm sure there are several people on here more knowledgable, one of the reasons why Smeal won the bid and ALF did not was due to the greater angle/grade ladder jacking specification which was unique to the city....ALF could not meet that spec and Smeal was one of the very few who could and bid. As far as my hopes with the ladders, which I know won't happen but I can still hope.....an ALF Tiller!! As far as the E-One/Saulsbury, there is no more Saulsbury. E-One ate them and destroyed them. In my opinion, I know the Yonkers FD apparatus people will choose what works best for the city and will be looking far beyond the superficial brand......and will choose something that will serve the city well. As far as my hopes, I'm hoping that will be a Pierce Arrow XT!! Let's not unreasonably speculate and let's listen and discuss the accurate information presented!!

That poses an interesting question. If a FD is to designate a engine as a Rescue, and that is that unit's primary role, whereas being an engine is only going to be an auxillary and secondary function of that unit, and the department wants it to be known that they have a Rescue and it responds as such, is that Engine a Rescue??? For instance, if a department has a quint, but it functions primarily as a Engine, is it an Engine or Ladder? Should apparatus be classified by its primary function, or by more classic terms????

Thanks for the info Chief. I wonder if the current status of ALF will affect the bidding process on either end? As much as I like the Yonkers ALF's, I'd love to see a couple of Pierce Arrow XT's cruising the city, lol.

What a cool idea!!

Just picked up on this story, even though it happened a couple weeks ago. Just goes to show the dangers are everywhere....thankfully it was only a BB gun. Unfortunely, with the Journal News, after 7 days you have to buy the rest of the story, so this is the only info I could dig up for online. The print story says they were responding to a medical emergency, and his turnout gear prevented injury.

Just one more thought by me. Chances are this car was already ruined, and no one was entrapped. In fact, that was the case, as all occupants were obviously out of the vehicle as the photographer stated in another forum. Why would you risk your personal safety over something as relatively minor and controlled as this??? I mean, there was no threat to the exposures, no life or property risk....even if there was, still not an excuse for their actions.

It's scheduled to premiere at 2000hrs on Tuesday, September 20th (Next Tuesday).

Thoughts and prayers remain with the Arena's.

Got this from the Greenburgh Town Supervisor's updates. Does anyone from Ardsley FD know what kind of a temporary facility will be built on the site, and how it will be done??? Hopefully this will be the last step for them, and maybe the new firehouse wil begin construction in the spring......finally.

Image and Burger from: http://www.dennysbeerbarrelpub.com Denny's Beer Barrel Pub Clearfield, PA 11lb. Burger Over 6000 a year served 684Eng119 emailed this to me, why he didn't want to share it with all of you on here as well is beyond me, lol! This thing looks GREAT! I think this may warrant a road trip, if I can muster up a few hungry people to go with! It's $23.95. Dubbed the Beer Barrel Belly Buster, the burger comes with 11 pounds of ground beef, 25 slices of cheese, a head of lettuce, three tomatoes, two onions, a cup-and-a-half each of mayonnaise, relish, ketchup, mustard and banana peppers — and a bun. And for perspective, here's a photo I found online of the burger being eaten: http://www.digitaltoast.co.uk/albums/denny...ml_6df85013.jpg

Anyone see "Reunion" on Fox. It's aabout a group of friends since high school.....and 20 years after, of them is murdered...and you dont know who or how...each episode is one year in their lives leading up to that murder. The girls in the show are hot, but that's a whole seperate issue. Anyways, it takes place in Bedford, NY, which on the show is reflected as a very wealthy communitys with underlying problems. During the first episode, the opening seen there is a title on the screen during a helicopter shot of a church that says "Bedford NY". In other scenes throughout the episode, they showed the "Bedford Courhouse", "Westchester Womens Clinic", "Bedford High School", "Bedford Police" etc.....however, none of these locations were actually anything in Bedford NY, nor did they look anything like it. Just they used the name. And there were some other little Bedford details portrayed as well, leading me to think that someone is very knowledgable about Bedford who is involved with the show. Interesting little community connection there....wonder who on the writing or producing staff is from Bedford???? Oh yeah, the Hollywood Reporter magazine describes Bedford NY as a "fictional, rustic town"

I'm not a proponent of complelty refusing to transport patients, but I like the idea of Paramedics being able to use the ALS assesment skills to triage a patient to a taxi or other means of transportation. However, I don't think you'll ever see anything like that, due to liability concerns, unless there is serious structure and safeguards put into the program. And we cannot forget us, along with the ED, are first line primary healthcare for many we servce. Something is going to have to be done of these days about the rampant abuse of EMS, and the Emergency room all over the US...it destroys EMS and healthcare in general. It's a problem much bigger then us.....

On the follow up, just read the article about this in the Enterprise. It seems that there are several legal issues with the current and past property owners that may delay the FD using the land.

Date: 9-9-05 Time: 1459hrs Location: Glenshaw St, C/S Route 303 Orangeburg (Rockland) Frequency: Units Operating: Orangeburg FD, multi department M/A response Description Of Incident: Large fire in a plastics warehouse Writer: x635 14:59hrs Caller rpts visible fire 15:31hrs Fire placed U/C

On the West Coast, CHP has call boxes at certain intervals on their freeways. Since the freeways out there are so massive and can be confusing, even to those who travel it everyday, the call box locations are a common way to locate a caller and dispatch a call. The box system definetly has some pros in some communites, as it does its drawbacks (dangers from false alarms, I believe this was a huge issue, and a FF was even killed because of it in the '70's). Another aspect of this issue is a great backup system. In the event that the cellular network, telephone network, 911 etc goes down, this system provides an effective means to report emergencies. When NYC was considering removing these several years ago, there was quite a hot debate. As far as them being popular in New England, they still are. FD's have employees dedicated to this, in their "Fire Alarm" division. Additionally, many MA dept's call their dispatch "Fire Alarm" because of this system. And in regards to Fire Alarm in the WC, Hartsdale still has a Fire Alarm Truck for maintainence of the fire alarm boxes. There are still a couple in the older neighborhoods by my house. I remember as a kid visiting the fire station, and seeing the tickertape these alarms came in one. It was one of the neat things I always remembered, how this system worked. I also remember a firefighter telling me that public buildings and other facilities were also tied into this system. Here is a photo of Hartsdale FD's Fire Alarm Maintainence Truck. I love this truck! (Photo by x635):

Foamy, the extremly opinionated cartoon squirrel, commenting on the Katrina coverage by the media. http://www.friendsoffoamy.com/index.php?id=279 (PARENTAL ADVISORY-EXPLICIT CONTENT) I must say, I agree! Thanks to AndyC3 for the link!

I know this has probaly been around for a little while now, but this is the first I am seeing of this, and it's quite hot!! Here's a photo: http://www.campbellsupply.com/Resources/Pi...Actual/93-A.jpg (Photo from www.campbellsupply.com, Unknown Photographer) Get to work getting photos Rockland people!

Found this on another forum I belong too....Quite a funny-interesting story!!! Apparently, the PD got to the scene of a minor accident, and found one of the subjects involved walking around the scene, uninjuredd. The officer, to get the subject out of traffic, placed him in the back of the patrol car. He later complained of back pain. The ambulance people told the FF's that the subject had to be put on a backboard, so the FF's under a medics advice cut the roof off the brand new patrol car to get the patient onto the backboard. Do they not have KED's in England, lol!!! http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/story....3A30%3A21%3A007