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Dutchess County Firefighter Exam Includes the following departments: Arlington Fire District City of Beacon Fairview Fire District LaGrange Fire District Pleasant Valley Fire District City of Poughkeepsie Announcement: http://www.co.dutchess.ny.us/CivilServiceInformationSystem/ApplicantWeb/frmViewAnnouncement.aspx?AnnouncementType=2&AnnouncementID=1323&ExamType=2

Date: 1-17-16 Time: 12:26hrs Location: 139 W Sanford Blvd C/S S 11th Ave and S 10th Ave District: Mount Vernon Battalion: 18 Incident Commander: MVFD Car 2 Channel: Mount Vernon FD, Fire 18 Weather: 35F, overcast Units: Mount Vernon FD Engine 3, Engine 4, Engine 5, Engine 6, Ladder 1, Ladder 3, Rescue 1 Car 2 (I/C) Eastchester FD Ladder 16 (Relocate Mount Vernon FD Station 3-cancelled enroute) Transcare EMS MV-A1 (Fire scene standby) Mount Vernon PD WCDES Battalion 18 Writer: x635 Description: Working Fire in a 2 story taxpayer, Floor 1 commercial, Floor 2 residential 12:30 Car 2 on scene, working fire 12:38 Car 2A 1 line stretched and operating, Eastchester Ladder requested to relocate Mount Vernon FD Station 3 12:42 Car 2102 advising 60 Control to send Ladder 16, take Engine 30 out of service 12:42 Car 2A Primary search of the 1st and 2nd floor complete and negative 12:53 Car 2A reporting main body of fire knocked down, overhauling 12:55 Car 2A cancelling Eastchester Ladder 16 enroute 13:07 Car 2A holding with Engine 3, Ladder 1, Rescue 1, all other companies picking up **Please PM me with any updates or corrections**

VERY cool video on Tillers and FDNY Chauffeur School by ABC 7 Eyewitness News. VIDEO: http://abc7ny.com/society/ride-along-to-find-out-how-the-fdny-navigates-nycs-toughest-intersections/1160367/

Date: 1-16-16 Time: 17:16hrs Location: I-684 SB to I-287 EB Ramp District: Purchase Battalion: 19 Incident Commander: Car 2415-Car 2413/Car 2502 Channel: Fire 19 Weather: 49F, overcast Units: Purchase FD Engine 240, Engine 239, Car 2415, Car 2414 West Harrison FD Engine 266, Utility 25, Car 2051, Car 2502 Harrison EMS 61-A-1 Harrison PD NYSP Writer: x635 Description: Dispatched as a tractor trailer rollover with entrapment 17:24 Car 2415 on scene confirming rollover w/ entrapment 17:26 Car 2415 reporting single vehicle, tractor trailer rolled over, driver is pinned 17:28 Car 2415 directing Engine 240 to pull in front of the ambulance and deploy extrication tools 17:32 Car 2502 reporting extrication in progress 17:34 Car 2415 reporting patient has been extricated, in care of Harrison EMS 61-A-1 17:40 Car 2415 requesting tones for Purchase members to standby in quarters 17:50 61-A-1 enroute to Westchester Medical Center with one patient ALS 18:00 West Harrison units going back in service, Purchase holding all Purchase units

Date: 1-16-16 Time: 03:52hrs Location: Nepperhan Ave/New Main St District: Yonkers Units: Yonkers FD Engine 303, Ladder 71, Rescue 1, Battalion Empress EMS Yonkers PD Patrol, ESU Description: 3 car MVA with 1 victim pinned. 04:12 Battalion 1 reporting occupant has been extricated and is in care of EMS

They should let people in to use that very cool video tiller simulator during the off times and charge. They'd make a lot of money off me lol! It would also be cool if they made a home version.

Date: 1-16-16 Time: 09:04hrs Location: 31-37 Spring St C/S St Pauls Place & Maple Place District: Ossining Battalion: 12 Incident Commander: Car 2331 Channel: Fire 12 Weather: 40F, rain Units: Ossining FD Engine 96, Engine 97, Engine 98, Engine 99, Engine 100, Engine 101, Ladder 41, Tower Ladder 42, Rescue 14, Car 2331 (IC), Car 2332, Car 2334 Briarcliff FD Tower Ladder 40, Car 2053, (Standby in quarters for Ossining) Writer: x635 Description: Dispatched as a structure fire 09:19 Car 2331 reporting fire burned through the third floor, negative extension, opening up, units will be operating for a little while 09:37 Car 2331 1 line stretched an operating, fire under the floorboards, under control at this time 10:04 Car 2331 releasing Briarcliff Tower Ladder 40 from standby, Tower Ladder 42 available from the scene **Please PM me with any updates or corrections**

Boston, MA New Rescue 1 2015 KME Severe Service PHOTO: http://www.massfiretrucks.com/Boston_Rescue_1_2016.jpg Links from photos at MassFireTrucks.com

Date: 1-15-16 Time: 15:04 Location: 620 Sleepy Hollow Rd, Brandywine Nursing Home District: Briarcliff Manor Battalion: 12 Incident Commander: Car 2052 Channel: Fire 12 Weather: 44F, overcast Units: Briarcliff Manor FD Engine 92, Engine 93, Tower Ladder 40, Car 2052 Writer: x635 Description: Originally dispatched as a commercial alarm. Upgraded by another caller as smoke coming from the basement 15:21 Car 2052 reporting fire knocked down, overhauling and ventilating

This was on the "Today Show" on NBC this morning. To those who watched the UL Lab demonstration, and put aside the sensationalism in the video, I don't think they were exaggerating the old school room? What do you think? Sensationalism may be warranted when it comes to fire prevention activities when presented to civilians like this. Thoughts? VIDEO: http://on.today.com/1Ok28eS

Great article, and very applicable to our area. ARTICLE: http://www.fdic.com/articles/2016/01/dave-topczynski-rapid-intervention-for-the-understaffed-company.html

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Date: 1-15-16 Time: 08:08 Location: Croton Lake Rd in area of Taconic State Pkwy Overpass District: Yorktown Heights FD Units: Yorktown Heights FD Engine 270, Rescue 16, Car 2531 Yorktown VAC 86-B-1 Yorktown ALS 34-M-1 Yorktown Police Writer: x635 Description: Dispatched as rollover, occupant reporting they are pinned 08:12 Yorktown FD dispatched to second call in district while responding to this incident 08:24 Car 2531-holding with Rescue 16, all other units can respond to the other call 08:32 Car 2531 reporting patient has been extricated, in care of EMS

Date: 1-15-16 Time: 07:25hrs Location: 73 Old Deerpark Rd C/S Cross River Rd District: Katonah Battalion: 16 Incident Commander: Car 2211 (Chief Dean Pappas) Channel: Fire 16, Fireground 2 Weather: 29F, partly cloudy Units: (See rundown below updates) Description: Dispatched as a structure fire Writer: x635 07:30 Car 2211 on scene, smoke showing from the roof, 2 story center hall style colonial, balloon construction 07:32 Car 2211 requesting Engine 115 lay in from the bottom of the driveway 07:34 Car 2211 10-75 07:36 Car 2211 advising Engine 115 to stretch a line through the front door, go to the left, fire in the bathroom, contained to the bathroom at this time 07:37 Car 2211 advising Tanker 5 or Tanker 6, whoever is on scene first to feed Engine 115's 5 inch which is at the bottom of the driveway 07:38 Tanker 5 on scene, supplying Engine 115 07:39 Battalion 16 reporting 1 line stretched, water on the fire 07:43 Per Car 2143, Goldens Bridge FD Engine unavailable for response due to manpower, Tanker 1 is responding 07:45 Battalion 16 reporting main body of fire knocked down 07:46 Somers Engine 183 requesting tones for additional manpower 07:46 Car 2211 reporting good on water supply, any additional resource responding to stage at Old Deerpark Rd and Deerpark Rd 07:48 Katonah base advising no need for relocate, crew standing by in quarters 07:56 Battalion 16 releasing Engine 104 and Utility 13, and 45-M-1 07:58 Car 2211 reporting situation under control 08:08 Battalion 16 back in service, all mutual aid units released 08:10 Car 2211 requesting Bedford Highway Department to sand in area of fire scene Units: Katonah FD Engine 115, Tanker 6, Car 2211 (IC), Car 2212 Goldens Bridge FD Tanker 1, Car 2143, Engine 140 (Engine requested, unavailable for response) Mount Kisco FD Engine 104, Utility 13 (FAST), Car 2282, Car 2284 Bedford Hills FD Tanker 5, Car 2032, Car 2031 South Salem FD Tanker 2, Car 2452 Somers FD Engine 183 (Relocate ) KBHVAC 65-B-3 (Standby) WEMS 45-M1 (Standby) Bedford PD Car 36 WCDES Battalion 16, Cause And Origin Team

An EXCELLENT thread and series of posts on nfd2004's LA City/County trip in 1984 on EMTBravoWest. Well written and a great read! One of the best threads ever on any EMTBravo website. Read it here: http://www.emtbravowest.com/index.php?/topic/71-my-la-citycounty-trip-in-84/

I just saw on the WNBC 4 News a story about the newest illness linked to 9/11. Neuropathy, and it's not covered by the Zadroga Act. A large group of 9/11 responders, many middle aged males, are getting weakness, numbness, and pain from nerve damage, all symptoms of neuropathy. A study by Winthrop Medical Center shows that 9/11 responders are at a 15x higher risk of severe neuropathy then the general population. It's tied to some of the toxins in the air at Ground Zero. A CDC Spokesperson is saying that the illness is now being considered for inclusion in the Zadroga Act, but it's far from a given. I can't find the link to anything online just yet to link to a Channel 4, some things in the past couple years about the beginning of the study but not much more.

Excellent article on what's been a hot topic on this forum recently. It's written by Lawrence Shultz, Retired Assistant Fire Chief Of Operations from the Washington DC Fire Department. It should be a must read for everyone. Article: http://community.fireengineering.com/m/blogpost?id=1219672%3ABlogPost%3A625148

After a dispute with the State Of Connecticut over taxes, General Electric announced the move of their worldwide corporate headquarters from Fairfield, CT, where it's 68 acre campus has been for 42 years, to Boston, MA later this year. today. The company, which is in a diverse variety of industries, reported earnings of $149 billion last year, and employs 800 people at it's Fairfield Headquarters. Fairfield is very close to Westchester. I-95, the Merritt Parkway, and several Metro North stations transverse the town. Fairfield sits adjacent to Bridgeport, and just east of Norwalk, where it borders Westport. It's bordered on the south by the Long Island Sound. The property alone is worth $76.5 million. Along with the jobs it takes and people moving out of town to stay with GE, the local economy is going to take a giant hit all around. I wonder how Fairfield Fire Department will fair, I would assume GE is a major tax base for them. http://www.ctpost.com/business/article/Boston-lands-GE-headquarters-6755956.php http://www.courant.com/business/hc-boston-ge-moving-20160113-story.html

These were some fun stats from todays visitors to EMTBravo, gathered by Google Analytics. Due to the infinite ways you can compile stats on the site, I may make this a regular feature featuring fun information gathered about the site. "Like" this post and if I get enough "Likes", it'll become a regular feature. Today, we'll be looking at sessions and locations. These numbers fluctuate daily. Total number of Sessions within the date range. A session is the period time a user is actively engaged with your website, app, etc. All usage data (Screen Views, Events, Ecommerce, etc.) is associated with a session.As of 21:46hrs today, we've had 42,348 total sessions today. As reflected, people visit EMTBravo.com from around the world. These numbers fluctuate widely daily, and if I get enough likes to this post to continue the series, I'll break down even more stats from EMTBravo members from around the world visitsTop Ten Sessions by locations: 1. United States 41,788(98.68%) 2. Germany 137(0.32%) 3. Canada 96(0.23%) 4 (not set) 52(0.12%)1 5. Mexico 48(0.11%) 6. United Kingdom 30(0.07%) 7. Brazil 16(0.04%) 8. China 15(0.04%) 9. France 12(0.03%) 10.Australia 10(0.02%) And some who didn't make the top ten but are still interesting : 13. Japan 9(0.02%) 16. Italy 6(0.01%) 17. Russia 6(0.01%) 22. Ireland 3(0.01%) 24. Myanmar (Burma) 3(0.01%) 27. Aruba 2(0.00%) 61. Saudi Arabia 1(0.00%) 52. Jamaica 1(0.00%) 48. Croatia 1(0.00%) 34. Guatemala 2(0.00%) 25. Poland 3(0.01%)

The use of the "Like" button has skyrocketed since JetPhoto made this post! Thanks all!

From the Empress EMS Facebook page:

The ambulance of the future is here. Not "conceptual", an actual in service ambulance(s). I got to see this rig first hand last September when it was still a prototype. It is awesome, and the numerous and extensive redesigned features are hard to sum up and are going to make lives for the crew much easier, safer, and more efficient. Some industry changing standards on these rigs. One of the first ambulances in the US to be designed with DHS and CAAS reccomendations in mind. I hope to see some ambulances in Westchester going to these trends. Read the article and see the photos at the link below for full details. http://www.austintexas.gov/sites/default/files/files/EMS/New_Ambulance_Design.pdf

As far as carrying two patients goes,I can't remember which Code it may be in (City Of Austin, Travis County, State Of Texas), but I think the capacity to transport two patients may be required, or was a requirement for an MCI grant. It's mainly there should a mass evacuation be necessary.

Date: 1-12-16 Time: 20:26 Location: 75 Hirst Rd C/S Long Hill Rd East District: Briarcliff Battalion: 12 Incident Commander: Car 2051 Channel: Fire 12 Weather: 30F, partly cloudy Units: Briarcliff Manor FD Engine 92, Engine 93, Engine 94, Tower Ladder 40, Car 2051, Car 2052, Car 2053 Writer: x635 Description: Dispatched as a chimney fire 20:34 Car 2052 on scene reporting active chimney fire 20:36 Engine 93 has the hydrant 20:43 Car 2051 reporting 200x50 two story wood frame single family dwelling, active fire in the chimney with possible extension, truck going to work 20:55 Car 2051 reporting knocking it down and dealing with embers, aerial is in operation. Holding with Engine 93, Engine 94, and Tower Ladder 40. 21:06 Car 2051 reporting fire is out, all companies in the process of picking up