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R.I.P. He was a great county executive. As a Pilot, we all felt he had our back and the vision and initiative to create the County Airport we have today. Otherwise we would still have those quanset huts from WWII. Thanks Andy for a great job!!!

You don't know what your are talking about! The only one to the rescue is Briarcliff saving OVAC's butt, and on regular basis. You don't want me to get into the details because I can document them all1 I might also add that OVAC does not run the Flycar which is a SEPARATE SERVICE. Maybe you should talk to your "Chief" and get your facts straight, because you can be dam sure I will be having a conversation with him about you.

These people are tearing us apart from within! We are all worried about the terrorist overseas, but maybe the real terrorist is our government and those people who are working to dismantle us piece by piece right here on our own soil. I hope this battle continues to the Supreme Court

Chemflex, which has been back on the market for a yearish works very well. You need to cover the top and fireplace opening of the chimney after you place the bomb in the flue. Another method (I have never tried at an actual chimney fire) is to us low power positive pressure fan and use a Dry Chem extingusher and intermittently shoot it up the chimney. The benefit for this method is no personnel needed on the roof, the negative is the pressure can force the fire thru cracks in the chimney. Must use a tic to look for extension.

In Briarcliff, we only dispatch on 46.26. We have our own uhf frequency (Channel 10) as well as a uhf crossband repeater into 46.26. All our apparatus are on Channel 10 and we have been supplying dual band uhf pagers for some time that has 46.26 thru our CB repeater for paging and the secondary frequency has our channel 10 so members can hear communications. It works very well, especially during storms when everyone is fighting for 46.26.

Anyone know the results of the Katonah Parade?

An operating department will ask a neighboring department to standby in quarters instead of coming to their community to provide coverage. The neighboring department will then respond to calls to the operating departments community but will also be available to respond in their own community as well. More importantly, if the neighboring department is needed to the scene of the operating department, the response is immediate, thus the reason for the standby. Hope that answers your question

We use the method most talking about using Chemfex. We learned a new method when the Chemfex company burned down years ago (Chemfex is now available again though) Here is the new method Clear the box Set up positive pressure fan (we have an electric one for this purpose) - use at a low to medium speed. Fan directed to fire place area Use dry chem extinguisher and spray in spurts up the chimney til out. Precautions with this procedure - The pressure of the fan can cause fire thru defects in the chimney into the structure, therefore you must make a thorough TIC inspection of the chimney to the attic. Advantages of the procedure, if roof is steep or snow covered, you do not need FF's on the roof.

We carry 300' of 5" storz attack for our ladder pipe and 200' of 3" We also carry a variety of adapters down from the 5" storz and different appliances to attach multiple hoses of various sizes.

We also use Chimfex but found out a few years ago that they are no longer made. Apparently the factory that made them burned down and was not rebuilt. While we have a supply of them, there are over 20 years old. I read a method in, it think, firehouse mag a couple of years ago where you use a positive pressure fan at a slow speed where you are pressurizing the chimney room. The fireplace needs to be cleaned out of logs, etc before using the fan then using a dri-chem extinguisher, you spray intermittently the chem up into the chimney. The fan pressure carries it up and puts out the fire. The drawback is the potential for extension from holes in the chimney so you must be checking each floor and attic with a TIC and be ready to deal with extension. I have never tried this method so do not know how well, if at all, it works. Anyone out there ever try it?

Hi TCD We had Robinson Roll ups installed in our KME Tower Ladder in 2005, all doors were painted. We have had no problems with the doors Scratching as a seal is placed around the door to prevent dirt from entering the compartment. I have noticed that there is some discoloration from those seals rubbing, but it is hardly noticable. Keep in mind that our truck is White and shows just about every partical of dirt that exists on the planet. Operationally, the doors are great because they don't stick out and we have not had to do anything regarding repairs to these doors. About the only negative I will say about roll ups are the amount of space they take up on the top of the cabinet, we loose about a foot of top space. Hope that helps

Our response protocal is East side first due - E93 & TL40 with E92 as second due. On West side calls E92 & TL40 are first due with E93 second due. TL40 is currently OOS for Maintenance, Ossining ladder was called for primary ladder. A 5" LDH supplied from the hydrant and a 2 1/2 was laid with a wye and two 1 3/4 attack. Fire gutted the kitchen on the first floor apartment.

Personal security is my primary concern when on the internet. If this site is willing to put that at risk, then this will be time to more on.

I do not believe the police should cancel responding units once the button is pushed for their response. Since the fire department would have a response proticol to follow, the FD should continue in regardless. The PD should contact the fire chief or officer in charge of the response, who would make the decision.

Unfortunately, having one agency work on separate channel is just not workable, we tried it. In Briarcliff, we have our own system, one for fire and one for ems. We had ems use there channel except when it was an mva, then they operated on fire. The reverse occurred when fire would go for an ems assist. It just became more confusing to many, where they just did not change channels. Now all operate on our fire channel and use the ems as a secondary or back up channel. Must better now