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Cortlandt-Peekskill Paramedics (35-M/39-M) New Truck 4 2016 Dodge Ram Special thanks to Sympathomedic for the spy shot!

A tragic day indeed. Thank you for posting this. I was never aware of these incidents and firefighters sacrifices. It's important to remember these tragedies to honor the past and learn from them. Never forget.

Some of the renditions of FDNY Rescue 2's new quarters: More photos: http://www.architectmagazine.com/project-gallery/fire-rescue-2_o

Isn't this the old Pleasantville Tower Ladder 5? http://www.texasfiretrucks.com/2272/ladder-trucks/1994-spartan-gladiatoraerialscope-95-tower-ladder-1500/

Greenburgh Highway Department Truck 2 Mack DDM 6x6 with a Hi-Way Speader

Hudson Valley Fire Equipment has posted more photos of the refurb in progress: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.967293126693491.1073741872.116645911758221&type=3

Date: 1-29-16 Time: 15:22hrs Location: Sprain Brook Parkway SB at Tuckahoe Rd Eastbound Exit Ramp MM 1.3 District: Yonkers Weather: 39F, overcast Units: Yonkers FD Engine 314, Squad 11, Ladder 70, Rescue 1, Battalion 2 Yonkers PD Patrol, ESU Empress EMS NYSP Writer: x635 Description: Dispatched as an MVA rolled over the guardrail into water with occupants possibly still entrapped inside 15:27 YFD Dispatch advising PD and EMS on scene confirming a pin 15:30 Battalion 2 on scene reporting vehicle on it's side, in the creek, patient is conscious and alert 15:46 Battalion 2 reporting roof being removed from vehicle, patient being extricated 15:54 Battalion 2 reporting patient has been packaged, in care of EMS

Special thanks to msm232 for the info. The listing I posted must be a very old listing, because the truck seems to be in a very good new home: 5 Facts About Wexford's New Tower Ladder (from 2013): http://patch.com/pennsylvania/pine-richland/5-things-to-know-about-wexford-fire-companys-new-ladder-truck Fire Department website: http://wexfordvfc.com/SMCMS/index.php?SMExt=SMPages&SMPagesId=f8c00670a5cb421e263289e9d534060d

Anybody have any predictions with this upcoming storm on Friday? Are we going to get hit hard, or is this going to be a repeat of that blizzard that was supposed to hit us hard but barely touched us like last year?

Let's keep this going!

From the Purchase FD Facebook page: CLICK HERE FOR THE PHOTOS

RIP. http://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/yonkers/2016/01/27/yonkers-firefighter-mangone/79419236/

Radios and cabinetry are currently being installed from my understanding.

Date: 1-27-16 Time: 21:34hrs Location: 3001 East Main St, Cortlandt Town Center, McDonalds District: Lake Mohegan Battalion: 17 Incident Commander: Car 2261 Channel: Fire 17 Weather: 32F, clear Units: (See rundown below updates) Writer: x635 Description: Fire in the ductwork of a McDonalds restaurant 21:38 Ladder 35 on scene reporting heavy smoke from the roof 21:44 Car 2261 reporting fire in the ductwork of a 1 story commercial 21:50 Car 2261 requesting DPW to the scene for a water main break 22:16 Car 2261 reporting fire knocked down, checking for extension Units: Lake Mohegan FD Ladder 35, Engine 257, Engine 252, Car 2261 (IC) Croton FD Engine 119, Car 2082 (FAST) Putnam Valley FD Rescue 24-6-1 Yorktown FD Engine 272, Car 2531 (Relocate Mohegan FD HQ) Montrose FD Tower Ladder 8 (Relocate Mohegan FD HQ) Mohegan FD EMS 69-B-3 (Fire Scene Standby) Peekskill EMS Rehab Unit NYSP Patrol WCDES Battalion 17, County Car 4, Cause and Origin Team

How he did this was awesome. I wish there was a version for emergency vehicles, that way I don't have to look out my window every time I hear a siren lol. This guy is a genius, look at how he did it. FULL ARTICLE: http://news.yahoo.com/man-devises-genius-airplane-tracker-190009130.html

Date: 1-26-16 Time: 11:11hrs Location: 50 Ichabod Lane Tappan Hill School C/S Union Ave District: Tarrytown Battalion: 14 Incident Commander: Car 2463 (Assistant Chief Goldstein) Channel: Tarrytown Fire/Fire 14 Weather: 38F, clear, snow from previous snowstorm 20+ inches Units: Tarrytown FD Engine 76, Engine 77, Engine 79, Engine 80, Tower Ladder 78, Ladder 37, Utility 61, Car 2463 (IC) Sleepy Hollow FD Engine 86 (Standby in their own quarters) Tarrytown EMS 81-B-1, 81-B-2 Tarrytown PD Con Ed Emergency Commander, Gas Emergency Response Units Writer: x635 Description: Crews excavating to repair a fire hydrant struck and ruptured a gas main next to a school for young disabled children. Precautionary evacuations of 67 students, 35 of which needing wheelchair buses, using special call Tarrytown School district buses to the former Marymount College. FD units assisted with mitigating gas line issues, evacuation, and transport/traffic logistics.

Article: http://www.fireengineering.com/articles/2016/01/ny-probationary-firefighter-blizzard.html?eid=293122599&bid=1290910

There are several departments in Westchester that operate single axle Quints. North White Plains Ladder 47, Greenville Ladder 4, Croton Falls Ladder 68 (Former Ardsley Quint 1/Ladder 50), Chappaqua FD Tower Ladder 27, Hawthorne FD Ladder 56, Katonah FD Ladder 39, Millwood FD Ladder 52, Lake Mohegan FD Ladder 10, Rye Brook Ladder 30, and Somers FD Ladder 48 are the departments in Westchester that operate single axle quints. New Rochelle FD Ladder 12 also used to be a single axle quint, and is now in service with the WCDES Fire Training Center. Mamaroneck FD Ladder 19 also has a single rear axle, but is not a quint, as is Mount Vernon Ladder 2, Rye FD Ladder 25 and Ladder 26 and Scarsdale FD Tower Ladder 29. Pelham Manor Tower Ladder 3 also has a single rear axle Aerialscope.

RIP. Clint Herbert who is the father of 7 children ranging from 1 1/2 to 18 years old, many of whom attend Somers schools, and also leaves behind a wife, was killed in a crash in Somers during Sunday nights icy weather . He was a Con Ed Electric Foreman and was originally from Eastchester. He's responded to many accident scenes, storms, etc in his duties as a Foreman and Lineman. He worked mainly in the Bronx but spent a lot of time in Westchester too. We work hand in hand with the guys from Con Ed now more then ever. Help keep this post on the top of the post list by adding your condolences so the fundraiser info can be seen by more people for a little while. Thoughts and prayers first are with him, his family and friends, and the Somers FD, WEMS, and NYSP responders who tried to save his life against all odds. Was a very hard job to work from my understanding, and obviously so. GoFundMe Page: https://www.gofundme.com/p4k3nup3 LoHud Article: http://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/somers/2016/01/19/clint-herbert-fundraiser/79021860/ From the GoFundMe Page:

Thank you to all the Highway Department workers out there tirelessly working hard around the clock this weekend to keep our roadways clear so life can resume normally

Interesting article: FULL ARTICLE: http://kalw.org/post/whats-beneath-those-brick-circles-san-francisco-intersections#stream/0

Date: 1-25-16 Time: 03:32hrs Location: 3720 Linda Ct C/S Smith St District: Yorktown Heights Incident Commander: Car Battalion: 17 Channel: Fire 17 Weather: 15F, 12+ snow and ice on ground Units: (See rundown below updates) Writer: x635 Description: Chimney fire with extension into walls 03:41 Car 2531 transmitting 10-75 (Working Fire) 04:02 Car 2531 50x400 2 story wood frame residential, fire in the wall, 1 line stretched, reporting fire knocked down, checking for extension Units: Yorktown FD Engine 271, Engine 272, Ladder 51, Car 2531 (IC), Car 2532, Car 2533 Bedford Hills FD Tower Ladder 57, Utility 6 (FAST), Car 2031, Car 2032 Millwood FD Engine 247, Car 2252 (Relocate Yorktown FD HQ) Mount Kisco FD Tower Ladder 14 (Relocate Yorktown FD HQ) Somers FD 1 Engine requested to relocate, unable to fufill Lake Mohegan FD 1 Ladder requested to relocate, unable to fufill Yorktown VAC 86-B-3 Yorktown ALS 34-M-1 Yorktown PD WCDES Battalion 17

LOL. I guarantee the next storm they overhype, and it will fizzle out. I like snow as long as I don't have to go out in it, drive anywhere, or shovel it. I'm hoping to find that out and see photos too. That's quite an undertaking for HPN I assume. What are you guys using to plow?

And one of the first delivered: Carlsbad NM FD New Pierce Enforcer 107' Ascendant Ladder