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Date: 7-30-14 Time: 20:37hrs Location: 148 North Bedford Rd C/S Barker St and Preston Way District: Mount Kisco Units: (See below) Description: Working fire "Petworks" store Updates: 20:40 Car 2283 on location confirming 10-75 21:01 Battalion 16 reporting fire knocked down, overhauling Units Operating Mount Kisco FD Full department response Bedford Hills FD Tower Ladder 57 Yorktown FD Rescue 16 (FAST) Mount Kisco VAC WEMS 45-M-1 Mount Kisco PD WCDES Battalion 16, C&O Zone 5 Units Relocated Katonah Engine 116 (Mount Kisco HQ Green St) Millwood Ladder 52 (Mount Kisco HQ Green St) *Please reply to this thread with any corrections or updates*

Great work! FULL DETAILS: http://www.nyc.gov/html/fdny/html/events/2014/072914a.shtml

I'm looking forward to it....anyone else on here going?

From the Empress EMS Facebook page. GREAT WORK BY ALL!

I didn't say the public should be censored, I more meant about the people taking the video getting in the Police Officers face, for example, questioning the arrest while the officer is still dealing with the suspect, and other "aggressive" forms of getting the video. And what are the consequences when the video is presented without any context? Also, on the side of the suspect or victim, what are their rights regarding the video being posted? Has social media changed the game? Again, these are only discussion points I obtained from reading several different articles.

I was simply presenting a topic for discussion. Notice the question marks in my post.

Date: 7-30-14 Time: 00:30 Location: Saw Mill River Parkway Northbound @ Ashford Ave bridge District: Dobbs Ferry/WCPD Units: WCPD, Dobbs Ferry PD, Dobbs Ferry FD, Dobbs Ferry VAC, Greenburgh PD EMS Medic Description: 2010 Chevrolet Camaro went off Ashford Ave bridge head on and fell 25 ft to parkway below. Driver was only occupant and was DOA. *Please reply to this thread with any corrections or updates*

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Love these photos! Thank you so much for sharing them with us here!

Some very dramatic photos of the very heroic work in the Daily News: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/children-hospitalized-fire-breaks-brooklyn-apartment-article-1.1883996

I read an article a while back, pondering the term "Nothing Showing". It was an interesting point, when you arrive, what does the term "Nothing Showing mean? Are you at a place at the structure where you can't see fire blowing out? Does your department say it after doing a walk around? Now, there are departments that say "Nothing Showing, Investigating." Are you investigating nothing showing? Or would it be better to say "On Scene Investigating"? Have you ever been to a fire where nothing was showing, and upon hearing that from the first due, become complacent that nothing was going on and let your attack readiness go? There are a lot of factors in the response depending on this term, how do you or your department interpret it?

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Looks great, thanks for the photos! What will this Engine be first due on? And is it replacing TL-12 in the bay?

Exactly! It evens happens in busier VAC's too. Then usually after the mutual aid musical chairs is finally settled, another call always comes in and the game is started again.

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Did a little homework on this with some credible sources and here's what I came up with: -Dispatcher is a promotion for Danbury Firefighters, one that comes with Lieutenant's pay. . -PD and FD Dispatch, which are still separate centers, were both supposed to move together into the new PD on Main Street when it opened, but the Police Chief didn't want Firefighters in the secure areas. -Police Officers fully staff the PD Dispatch Center, taking Officers off the street. Basically, the jist I get is there's no reason to be paying a Police Officer or Fire Lieutenant to sit behind a radio in two separate dispatch centers when their are so many other qualified candidates for professional civilian dispatchers in the City Of Danbury who can do so without having to contract with a private company for staffing (management maybe).

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Here are some photos I took at the Verplank Parade this afternoon,

Do County PD Officers working Mount Kisco (Or Ossining or Cortland for that matter) have to have specific knowledge or special training (through a memo or whatever) of the sometimes intricate and specific local laws and ordinances? And will Mount Kisco get a preference for Spanish speaking officers, since a portion of the area they serve is Spanish as the first language?

I don't want to hijack the topic, but I had to respond the above. I was homeless for a period recently. Literally living on the streets homeless in Los Angeles. I was treated MUCH differently then someone who is a "high end taxpayer"....especially when you consider those "high end taxpayers" were living just a few miles away in Beverly Hills. I walked..no at that point dragged myself.....several miles to a hospital, making my condition/injuries significantly worse, because I was embarrassed and worried of the EMS stigma of homeless people abusing the system. I've paid both income and properties taxes for many years.....but unfortunately, I was down on my luck for a period of time....why should response times be any different for me when I was homeless then a "high end taxpayer"? Shouldn't response times be the same for EVERY human being, despite whatever stigma blankets a group of people? And maybe if we are worried about the "homeless drunks" abusing the system stereotype....maybe we should blame our healthcare and social services system....or even sadder, our VA system. Or, maybe our EMS systems not interfacing with a social service system to get people long term help. It's not as easy as you think for a homeless person to get the consistent long term help him/her needs. </rant>

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Is it acceptable for a mid mount tower ladder to fully extend in the center of the rear of the truck?

Date: 7-24-18 Time: 16:53 hrs Location:Hudson River south of Croton Point Park District: Croton On Hudson Units: (See Below) Description: Croton Rescue 18 Marine 12 and County Police aviation responding to the Hudson River south of Croton Point Park for a possible overturned white boat with another white boat possibly rendering Updates 17:07 County PD has visual on the boat 17:08 Hudson River Command established 17:11 County Police reporting boat has been uprighted 17:15 Hudson River Command confirming sailboat has been uprighted and is underway to Haverstraw. County PD verifying. All fire units can take up. Units Croton Rescue 18 Marine 12 Car 208(?)(IC) Montrose VA Marine Unit County Police Aviation, Marine 17, ESU *Please reply to this thread with any corrections or updates*

The first time I saw it, I thought it was a police car. And I question the safety of arriving on the scene as EMS and being perceived as PD, as well as the color choice. At least go with blue.