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Anybody who is minimalizing or brushing off cancer risks needs to read this paper: http://firefightercancersupport.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Taking-Action-against-Cancer-in-the-Fire-Service.pdf Of course, there's no way to avoid everything, but with what's burning in modern day society, we need to do everything to limit or prevent exposure. Especially when it comes to bringing those carcinogens home to our families.

Definitely an interesting read, and very, very good and well written, informative article. By Barrett Dorner, Toledo (OH) Fire & Rescue Department PDF Document: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2d_Use5WcrQMWNiN1B4QU5Db0E/view

If only more people would write honest, open, first hand, real life pieces like this.....this is the best kind of supplement to "theoretical firefighting".

Question: Is a "dual response" considered "mutual aid"?

According to this announcement, unless I'm missing something, it's open to the public? https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/425326300

Notable incident is self defining. We all are way to familiar to all the problems in the local fire service. The title of this thread is "Westchester Run Totals 2015". For stats, curiosity, fun, whatever. If you want to go into the other issues, fine. Just please don't hijack this thread, start a new one.

Wishing you and your family a happy, healthy, and safe New Year!!! Warmest regards, Seth Granville AKA EMTBravo AKA x635 “I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You’re doing things you’ve never done before, and more importantly, you’re Doing Something.” —Neil Gaiman

Date: 1-1-16 Time: 01:30hrs Location: 53 Park Hill Ave C/S Linden St District: Yonkers Units: Engine 306, Engine 303, Engine 304, Engine 307, Ladder 71, Ladder 74, Rescue 1, Battalion 1 Description: Dispatched as heavy smoke coming from the basement of a restaurant 01:44 Battalion 1 reporting 10-29 (Working Fire), main body of fire has been knocked down, checking for extension 01:46 Battalion1 requesting ambulance for a civilian 01:53 Battalion 1 reporting fire is out, units overhauling 02:28 Battalion 1 reporting all units in service **Please PM me with any corrections or updates**

Date: 12-31-15 Time: 19:09hrs Location: 1 Van Der Donk St C/S Main St and Dock St District: Yonkers Units: Engine 303, Engine 306, Engine 304, Engine 308, Ladder 71, Ladder 74, Rescue 1, Battalion 1 (I/C) Weather: 34F, clear Writer: x635 Description: Multiple calls reporting heavy smoke on the third and ninth floor 19:12 Battalion 1 on scene, 9 story Type I, checking 19:19 Battalion 1 reporting stove on fire in apartment in Apartment 311, has been extinguished and removed. Checking for extension and ventilating. 19:29 Battalion reporting this was a 10-29 (Structure Fire), the fire is out, 10-19 (Returning All Companies But) Engine 303, Ladder 71 and Ladder 74, all other units back in service

That's crazy. All that oil money being used to design and build ridiculously large buildings quickly and cheaply, and using poorly trained, low paid labor. And every one has to be bigger and better then the next no matter what. And no life safety codes or standards for high rise buildings. They had another incident like this, one of many, last February. The fire departments answer to these incidents? Fire Safety Systems? Codes? Sprinklers that work? No. Jet packs. Seriously. Read the article: http://www.dezeen.com/2015/11/13/dubai-fight-fires-worlds-tallest-skyscrapers-jetpacks-design/ And this type of incident today is the result.

Which Engine will this be replacing?

Charlie was a part of the AAA Family....an innovator and mentor in the fire hose industry.....and there's a good chance your department uses Key Fire Hose.

Plus they are underequipped and understaffed, and poorly coordinated. They use the "task force" concept now. If there is a big storm that's going to hit Long Island, they'll send crews and equipment from all over the state to that area. If we're going to get a storm, they do the same and on it goes. Last year, 9A and Route 9 in the Peekskill/Garrison was HORRIBLE, and it took plow trucks hours to make their first pass on several occasions. These are dangerous, heavily traveled roads. Same when I commuted on the Taconic a couple years back. I would travel from Yonkers to Yorktown an hour after the first flakes started falling, and the entire stretch of the Taconic was untouched, cars skidded out all over the place and people like me just trying to get through, and I didn't see a single truck in either direction. And, on numerous occasions in Putnam last year, fire departments had to be called out to help close the Taconic and I-84. And the Thruway Authority used to be meticulous about its roadways, quickly and efficiently salting and/or plowing. I don't know what happened to that, but at least they staff a 3-11 "Patrol" shift during the winter to at least have a first response quickly (don't know if they still do that or not) Being a "Snowplow buff", they need some logistical assistance. And, I don't care what it costs, their main priority as DOT is to keep the roads open and clear at all times. Not being able to respond to snowstorms in a timely and efficient manner is unacceptable. If they can prove this equipment works for them, then great. They need any kind of help they can get. But don't leave all the trucks that are intended to pull them broken down with no mechanics on duty.

This is pure gross negligence. What I wonder is if a few years down the line, these guys get cancer, who's fault is will it be? God forbid, and I hope this is not and never the case, will it be considered an "LODD"? Are the same taxpayers who funded the SCBA's to prevent this also going to have to pick up the tab for the consequences of not using them? Sure, there's lots of other ways firefighters can get cancer, but any way we have to lower the risk, we should utilize. The Chief smoking a cigarette while watching his guys do this, that is just horrible. Aside from no discernable sequence of the actions, how can you just stand there, smoke a poison stick, while watching your mostly young guys clearly suck toxic smoke? It appears to be a hair salon in a taxpayer, who knows what kind of chemicals are in that smoke? I agree, he needs to be held accountable for that, and his leadership needs to be seriously questioned before more lives are put in danger by this gross negligence.

Yet another Seagrave coming to Westchester from Hudson Valley Fire Apparatus!

Date: 12-29-15 Time: 17:54 Location: 247 Harris Rd, Bedford Hills Correctional Facility C/S Babbitt Rd District: Bedford Hills Incident Commander: Car 2031 Battalion: 16 Weather: 34F, light rain/sleet Units: (See unit rundown below updates) Writer: x635 Description: Dispatched as a garage fire 17:54 Car 2031 on location, fire showing from a utility building, requesting first due engine to hit the hydrant 18:02 Car 2031 reporting fire knocked down, cancelling mutual aid units 18:12 CC4 requesting NYSP BCI Troop K (Bureau Of Criminal Investigation) to the scene Bedford Hills FD Engine 198, Engine 199, Tanker 5, Tower Ladder 57, Rescue 10, Mini Attack 9, Utility 6, Car 2031 (IC) Mount Kisco FD Engine 103, Utility 13(FAST, upgraded to work at scene, cancelled enroute) Yorktown Heights FD Rescue 16 (FAST, cancelled enroute), Car 2532 w/ High Volume Ventilation Fan (Special Call) KBHVAC 65-B-1 WEMS 45-M-2 Bedford Police Car 36, Car 39 NYSP Troop K BCI WCDES Battalion 16, County Car 4, Cause And Origin Team **Please PM me with any corrections or updates**

Date: 12-29-15 Time: 13:17hrs Location: 9 Marshall Rd C/S Ridge Rd District: Yonkers Units: (Initial Assignment) Engine 304, Ladder 74, Battalion 2, Empress EMS, Yonkers PD (S/C) Rescue 1, Squad 11 w/ Collapse Unit, Building Department Description: Car vs front porch of house 13:22 Engine 304 and Ladder 74 on scene, car vs. house, requesting ambulance, 1 female minor injuries, working on removing her from the car now 13:24 Battalion 2 requesting to start out the Rescue to help shore up the front stairs, Dispatch unsure if Rescue 1 is in service, Rescue advising they are now back in service in Spare Rescue 004 and are responding. 13:25 Battalion 2 requesting Building Department to the scene 13:26 Rescue 1 requesting from Battalion 2 to know how much shoring is needed, they are using a spare and have limited equipment. Battalion 2 requesting to start out Squad 11 with the Collapse Unit. 14:01 Battalion 2 and Rescue 1 clearing the scene to respond to a 4 car MVA on Central Park Ave by the Sprain Brook Parkway, the rest of the assignment is currently all hands working with command transferred to the Squad Lt. 14:31 Squad 11 advising out of service, need to go to the DPW Garage to restock shoring supplies

Passed on by yorktownpastchief:

http://www.lohud.com/story/news/politics/politics-on-the-hudson/2015/12/29/say-goodbye-battery-powered-smoke-alarms-ny/78012340/ Legislation Document: http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?term=2015&bn=S02696

Date: 12-28-15 Time: 14:10 Location: 800 Anderson Hill Rd C/S Lincoln Ave District: Purchase (Town Of Harrison) Battalion: 19 Incident Commander: Car 2414 Channel: Fire 19 Weather: 40F, overcast Units: Purchase FD Engine 240, Engine 239, Utility 101, Car 2414 West Harrison FD Engine 266, Car 2501 (Initially standby in their own quarters, then requested to scene) Port Chester FD Engine 60, Car 2393 (Relocate Purchase HQ) Harrison PD Car 100, Car 106, Detectives WCDES Car 4, Car 2001 Description: Large excavator on fire with extension to a large mulch pile 14:12 Car 2414 on location, reporting large excavator on fire, instructing Engine 240 to lay in 14:14 Car 2414 requesting 1 Engine from West Harrison to stand by in their quarters 14:20 Car 2414 requesting West Harrison Engine to the scene, Port Chester FD Engine relocate Purchase HQ 14:29 Car 2501 instructing Engine 266 to standby the hydrant, send manpower up to the fire 14:31 Car 2414 reporting fire knocked down, overhauling the mulch pile 14:36 Car 2414 requesting Harrison PD for an investigation 14:46 Car 2414 requesting Car 2001 (Haz-Mat Chief) to the scene, Haz-Mat team on standby in their quarters, for a large fluid spill at incident 14:54 Car 2001 on scene

Date: 12-28-15 Time: 11:38hrs Location: 3 Hollis Ln C/S Mount Airy Rd District: Croton Fire (Town Of Cortlandt) Incident Commander: Car 2082 Battalion: 10 Channel: Fire 10, Fireground 3 Weather: 39F, clear Units: (See rundown below updates) Description: 11:41 Car 2082 on scene, heavy smoke, working fire, Tanker 10 is first arriving 12:07 Car 2082 reporting 3 lines stretched, 2 in operation, roof is opened, main body of fire is knocked down, all hands working 12:21 Battalion 17 advising releasing Continental Village Tanker 11, Pocantico Hills Tanker 12, and Yorktown FD Tanker 14, holding Bedford Hills Tanker at Croton FD 12:29 Battalion 17 reporting releasing Tower Ladder 42, situation is under control Units: Croton FD Engine 120, Engine 118, Tower Ladder 44, Tanker 10, Rescue 18, Utility 14, Car 2082 (I/C) Ossining FD Engine 98 (FAST), Tower Ladder 42, Car 2331, Car 2334 Yorktown FD Tanker 14 Millwood FD Tanker 15 Continental Village Tanker 11 Pocantico Hills FD Tanker 12, Car 2381 Montrose VA FD Engine 225, Car 2571 Buchanan FD Utility 12 (S/C Cascade), Car 2551 Bedford Hills FD Tanker 5 (Relocating Croton FD), Car 2032 Somers FD Tower Ladder 18 (Relocate Croton FD) Montrose FD Engine 123 (Relocate Croton FD), Car 2273 Croton FD*EMS Ossining EMS 74-B-1, 36-M-1 NYSP WCDES Battalion 17 **Please PM me with any updates or corrections**

White Plains, NY 12-28-15 0915hrs Tarrytown Rd and Robertson Ave

Date: 12-28-15 Time: 0910hrs Location: Tarrytown Rd/Robertson Ave District: White Plains Weather: 38F, clear Units: White Plains FD Engine 66, Tower Ladder 6, Rescue 88, Car 2512 (I/C), Transcare A-1, White Plains PD, WPPD ESU Truck 1 Writer: x635 Description: MVA w/ entrapment Click Here For Photos 09:12hrs Engine 66, Tower Ladder 6 on scene, 1 car MVA, 1 victim significantly entrapped, tools going to work 09:29hrs Patient extricated, in care of EMS

RIP Mount Marion FD Captain Jack Rose

Some lessons can be learned from the remembrance of this tragedy. Especially now since the frequency of gas calls is on the rise. From "The Secret List":