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Thanks for the info!

How many stations do they have and whats kept where.....I took some pics years back of 2 stations..is that or is there a 3rd....or was there a 3rd one.....

My Dept. on Long Island has a 1980 Mack CF modified a few years back with lift, ect.....if anyone wants to check it out feel free to contact me and you can come over to the station or I can get you details on who did the work.

Any more ifo or updates on this situation.....??

My first car was my Grandfathers blue 1970 Olds Cutlass.......very fast, that car started my love affair for Oldsmobile...I have owned a 1972 Hurst Olds since 1988.....all original, 49,000 miles, 455......super sweet.......and yes the HURST is the same HURST name as in HURST tool.........

Are there any plans for a replacement to this rig...???? Also how do the guys over at truck company like that Sutphen tiller....that is one huge rig.....it looks very hard to see over the ladder, I had heard that there is a video monitor in the tiller cab to help with blind spots?? I had also heard that they wanted to replace that truck as well???? They had a beautiful old Seagrave, I'm surprised they ended up with the Sutphen...I think it's one of only 3 tillers that were made...any info?? thanks again.

Steamer is getting a brand new building? Am I correct that the old ladder 41 is actually the same building but at a higher elevation.......was this always the case or is there some odd history to why this building is like this? My first trip through Ossining I was amazed at the 3 companies all within a stones throw from each other, although my Dept. is like this as well (not sharing a same building) but houses close to each other...common with many older north east departments.

Some history on this Dept. Have they always run with Greenwich? How does the NY/CT funding work out....who does the dispatch, do they switch over to Greenwich once over the county line.....thanks again.

Just curious about the history of this Dept./company....were they an off spring of a surrounding Dept. that separated years back...they must have automatic mutual aide on structure fires....I don't know if I have ever heard them dispatched who do they run with....thanks again.

This is Spinal Tap......"This one goes to 11" It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Mad World....."Did you see the way he just went sailing out there" Towering Inferno....."Cappy whats the eta on those choppers"

Problems with Utilities is common all over....they are simply undermanned when a storm hits and if there is no life threat, like a live wire on a car with occupants trapped or a working fire with wires making attack a problem they don't care...the largest number of outages is what comes first, a live wire down affecting 1 or 2 homes or even a block is not considered an emergency. The best we can do is have a police car sit on the call or activate a fire police squad unit to sit and wait till the utility arrives if your fd is that busy with other alarms.....on LI we have been trying to get the power companies to create true emergency response teams...there are enough firemen that work for the utilities around the counties to really make a good reponse team and an effective one...but again a simple secondary wire down or some primary wires down that are not a life hazzard or represent a large # of homes without power will not get a priority response.

I think it is one of only 3 built by Sutphen.

Earlier today a Mamaroneck Village Chiefs car was spotted at a working fire in Elmont on Long Island...now thats a buff trip....any info????

it had a red and blue light bar, and there was a guy with a very expensive video camera taking pics....

All Volunteer county....excellent box system throughout county where the closest stations go..regardless of district lines..... http://www.buckscountyfire.com

HHMMMMMMmmmmm very interesting I did not know that went on...I did see the name calling stuff.......but your county seems to have it together compared to most we have been listening to you for years on 46.10, 12, 20........

Keith Roma..thank you for posting the name......

There is a great book on the NY City Fire Patrol....I think you can get it at FSP books......or on Amazon....and yes I have heard that they are looking to do away with them.....if I am not mistaken they were a paid service in NY City eevn before the FDNY went paid.....their members were involved with grabs from time to time and have many Line Of Duty Deaths.....also you may hear the #344 for Firefighters killed on 9-11 as there was 1 member of the Fire Patrol killed on that horrible day.....I'm sorry I cant recall his name at this moment...but I always say 344 when I hear 343........they wear red helmets at fire scenes and turnout gear and scba the same as FDNY....the Brothers refer to them as "cousins" really.......be safe all.......

Would like some history on the arraingement Westchester EMS has with dispatching the Somers FD...how did this happen?? Who dispatched prior? Any other FD's approach Westchester EMS for dispatch? Seems it is a very unique setup....thanks.... Happy New Year and a Safe one to all members on this site....

I know LI has gotten a bad rap as of late, but here's some unofficial #'s for Working Fires for 2005. Structures Total for County 299 Individual Dept.s Hempstead- 28 Freeport- 16 Elmont- 14 Long Beach- 12 Valley Stream- 10 Lynbrook- 10 Westbury- 10

Do the dispatchers wear westchester ems uniforms, or somers...or is there some somers designation on the uniforms. Also what type of shifts do they work, are these steady people assigned to dispatch or does everyone rotate through, maybe folks on light duty? Thanks.

Nassau Firecom dispatcher top base pay is about 60,000....and thats without nite diff, holiday pay, overtime, emd pay.....911 pd opps are about the same.....but do 3x the ammount of overtime.

Any info on a new Hastings ladder.....are they still going with a tiller.

easy now..... even we dont have that.

Will Ossining FD be dispatching themselves full time when the new HQ building is up and running? How does the system work with the PD.