jack10562

Wow. For some reason Mass. allows them to have state emergency vehicle license plates! That seems to be asking for "trouble" even though they are acting as a "canteen" service. Refreshments don't need a code 1 response

First, what a terrible ordeal! While technically not a LODD, however it happened during the course of the work day, so, he was "ON DUTY." As such, his death should be regarded with the same recognition and honors. Additionally, his family should be afforded any and all support required, as well as eligibility for all State and Federal benefits that may be available to the surviving spouse and children.

For all anybody knows, the Chief could have been upstate on an official visit with an Albany-area FD, for example, and went on a "Team-Building" excursion out at the Preserve...while discussing events related to the Hudson Valley Volunteer Firefighters Association Convention....or not..... People discuss business over Golf, why not Hunting? Personally, I don't have an issue with this. The Middleburgh /Schoharie area has GREAT Hunting opportunities!

Where do they get off calling it a "Hydraulic" Entry Multi Tool??? WAAAY Overpriced, at best.... LOL"porta jonny bar" hahaha, good one..

Here's some you can print out, until the originals arrive!

From a recent Email: Video: http://msunderestimated.com/EnglishSpkgFFs.wmv

From the DES Webpage: Questions or comments on apparatus numbers should be directed to Lieutenant Felix (Hap) Hughes- Records Officer. Email to: ffh2@westchestergov.com Please provide the following contact information: Name of Person Requesting: Title: Department or Agency Name: Phone Contact: E-mail Address:

For whatever reason, they keep leaving out Batt 19 from the Apparatus list, while it's listed in the Battalion Zones webpage. http://www.westchestergov.com/emergserv/Fire/battalions.htm

Thanks, Steve. "Sticky" updated

It's beginning in Ossining. It will start in Mt Pleasant at 23:01

Here is a link everyone should be able to access: http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article...397/1018/NEWS02

That, my friend, is the Million dollar question! And, for what it's worth, pertains to behavior that is not confined just to firefighting. After any OTJ injury or a LODD, there is "much wailing, much wringing of hands, and gnashing of teeth" We come away always asking: Why this, or, How Come that? Then, it's back to work. Consequences of a failure to perform safely for the individual are usually swift, and depending on the severity, quite often deadly. Many times circumstances are out of the control of the injured, then again, many times not. So, the answer to that question remains elusive, like the 'Holy Grail'.

Good points, Joe, Thanks for the heads-up! Additionally, another good housekeeping routine includes periodically dumping all your Temporary Internet Files. These can accumulate quickly, and depending on how much "surfing" activity one does, your computer can become quite bloated. Cookies can stay, if you like, they're harmless.

I doubt there is much else the AG can do, since the corporation(s) no longer exist. Elite's assets were sold under bankruptcy court supervision, and which Wolverine purchased. Proceeds from the asset sale will likely be distributed by the court to secured creditors, first. Elite's liabilities were not included in the sale, Wolverine has no moral or legal obligations to perform any services under Elite's now voided contracts. The only recourse might be for government Securities Regulators to go after Moser Group, the bonding arm under Elite's banner, for possible securities fraud.

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Chief Natkin, Thank you very much for the situation update. The whole thing leaves me, an outsider, with a knot in my stomach, so I can only imagine what you, your committee and department members are going through over this. Not to mention the Village residents and taxpayers. They must be fuming! I hope the solution for replacing your pumper is expedient, irregardless of issues over which you have no control. Jack

OUCH! That was certainly a VERY $$$.$$ mistake! Once you let all the manufacturers smoke out, it never seems to work the same....

I understand what you're saying. However, It's not the Irvington Volunteer Fire Department I have an issue with. The Fire Department (in almost all cases) has nothing at all to do with the financial side of the purchase, where The Village owns the apparatus. All the FD did was draw up a set of specifications for the vehicle they wanted, the village submits the RFQ to vendors, and accepts a qualifying bid, from a qualified vendor. The fact that the Village officials irresponsibly chose not to opt for a bond should not become everybody else's problem. Shame on whoever was responsible.

The "sub-prime" mortgage debacle was caused by a combination of market forces with their rising interest rates, mixed in with unscrupulous lenders, tossed with uninformed and underqualified borrowers. That issue has nothing in common, and is not anywhere near, a questionable (at best!) financial scheme fostered by a handful of local politicos, who are now trying to cover their collective fannies! They rolled the dice, and got Craps! Game over. I doubt the Village's insurance carrier would cover these losses, they probably have a $322,200 deductible, anyway. Two words come to mind: Fiduciary Responsibility

I don't think Homeland Security should cough up any money because of Irvington's failure to include a purchase performance bond from the manufacturer, that subsequently went belly up. They (Lowey and Irvington) have some balls for even considering asking! What kind of deal requires a 75 percent down CASH payment, anyway? If they get screwed, c'est la vie,...so be it. The Village "leaders" who signed the unusual contract should be held responsible for their OWN failures, NOT the United States Taxpayers- ie:YOU and ME! :angry: I DO feel bad for the FD, because they're the ones out on a limb, now, it was supposed to be their new engine, after all.

You either have to lock out or delete the transit talkgroup bank, and set the trunking mode to (closed) ID SCAN If you have it in (open) ID SEARCH mode, it will still pick up any talkgroup in the system.

Usually I go to Incident Alerts first, but My favorite Forum is: "No, the old hat doesn't make the show, but it's business all over. If a brick strickes anywhere on the hat, it bounds right off: but if it wasn't for that heavy hat, where'd you be ?" A fireman 1880

I salute you, Nathan H. Hardy and Michael E. Koch. Your ultimate sacrifice for our country humbles us. ". . . It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." -- Abraham Lincoln The Gettysburg Address November 19, 1863 Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Hey! get better! That's an ORDER!