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within next few weeks

Take a look at wappingers new ladder picture on this site ... also 100' ladder rear mount ...single axle .. but with bucket

Here is a bit about the new ladder in Wappingers Body Model:100' Platform Sidestacker Body Material:Aluminum Cab Make/Model:E-One / Cyclone II Engine Brand/Model/Horsepower:Cummins / ISX-500 / 500HP Transmission Brand/Model:Allison / EVS4000 Water Pump Brand/Model:Hale / QMAX200-23 Pump Capacity:2,000 GPM Water Tank Capacity:300 Gallons Aerial Model (if applicable):100' Platform / Sidestacker Generator Make/Capacity:Onan / 6 KW

I sent the information to the Fellowship of Christian Firefighters International

Join the Community Baptist Church, 226 All Angels Rd Wappingers Falls; Sunday November 4th for our annual Firefighter's Sunday Service and Luncheon

We area looking to start a Chapter of the Fellowship of Christian Firefighters, International in the Hudson Valley area. It is a very worthwhile group and helpful to our fireservice. If anyone is interrested please message me here or on my Facebook page. http://fellowshipofchristianfirefighters.com/

Rear mount will give us a shorter length, plus we will be able to "back" it in to be under wires.

It's a Village. On the Apartments when you are on Route 9, By double O Grill you can see some of the apartments behind there. Just for a history fact, one of the Newburgh FD is our sister company, started by the same person who started or fire company.

You left out that Wappingers also has a tall apartment complex and many medium size ones. We also have strip malls and the market place complex, near the river. Most of the buildings are balloon construction.We also have four large churches. Plus at least every other year we do a rescuse from some one who fell or jumped off the bridge by the falls. The need for the ladder truck is there, and trust me, if it wasn't. the village would not allow us to go get one.

As stated before, Wappinger's did have a ladder before the rest. More so you need to remember, that ladder builds are a bit different. It has to do with where the ladder is mounted, front or rear. The neighboring FD's have mid-mounted ladders. Because of the lay-out of the village, with the narrow streets, homes built on hills, etc. A rear mounted ladder is more important.

Ok let's look at this how the legal system will look at it .... the memo from the NYS DOH mentions while working in a EMS system. So we need to define EMS System first. And that will be: "a network of services coordinated to provide aid and medical assistance from primary response to definitive care, involving personnel trained in the rescue, stabilization, transportation, and advanced treatment of traumatic or medical emergencies. Linked by a communication system that operates on both a local and a regional level, EMS is a tiered system of care, which is usually initiated by citizen action in the form of a telephone call to an emergency number. Subsequent stages include the emergency medical dispatch, first medical responder, ambulance personnel, medium and heavy rescue equipment, and paramedic units, if necessary." Notice the it says trained in rescue. Next they will look at Standards. Standards are enforcable in court. Such as AHA CPR Standard. We will look at the grandaddy of standards NFPA. Let's look at NFPA 1001: Standard for Fire Fighter Professional Qualifications. Before we get that some are volunteers, the word professional in this case don't mean paid. 1.1 Scope. This standard identifies the minimum job performance requirements (JPRs) for career and volunteer fire fighters whose duties are primarily structural in nature. 1.2 PurposeThe purpose of this standard shall be to ensure that persons meeting the requirements of this standard who are engaged in fire fighting are qualified. It shall not be the intent of the standard to restrict any jurisdiction from exceeding these requirements. 4.3* Emergency Medical Care. Minimum emergency medical care performance capabilities for entry-level personnel shall be developed and validated by the AHJ to include infection control, CPR, bleeding control, and shock management Next they will look into your fire dept. Go pull out your by-laws or charter and I am sure it will state something very close in protecting life. Now for an example for you. You get toned out to an auto accident with person ejected. You FD is there before the ambulance, you being a firefighter/emt where are you going to go 1st? Hope this now helps

It says EMS System ..... thats the catcher

While we are at it, this gets into case law https://www.iaff.org/tech/PDF/Monograph3.pdf

Maybe this will help solve all this http://www.health.ny.gov/nysdoh/ems/pdf/98-05.pdf

The term is firefighters "are not trained"; you are a firefighter that IS trained. Let's think of it this way, if your department has the Jaws of Life on the engine and a firefighter operates that equiptment that is not trained on it and the patient gets injured more because of this, then you FD has a liability. Now even if they took the collars off the rigs, you still have a Duty to Act, with what you have, and in this cas ehold C-Spine.