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Come on now, who's going to publicize it? Same problem with blacks speaking out against violence in their community, democrats preaching fiscal responsibility, and republican's backing progressive social reforms. They exist in much greater numbers than anyone would suspect watching the news because they go against the stereotypes the media tries so hard to reinforce. The need villains to keep people engaged in the story. This is a gold mine. They've got both cops and Muslims to inflame their readers.

Take the ride up to VT and Mass for their trails. Not too far away and incredibly extensive.

No matter how critical the patient is, airbags or proper chocking are integral to preventing further injury and in the end would have resulted in a faster extrication. Spend seconds to save minutes. Isn't that why we don't run into situations. You move quickly without rushing. These officers rushed when at the very least they should have waited for the cribbing to be in place before the lift. Motorcyclist hit by a car and dragged 30'. I've seen enough pedestrians and motorcyclists to take a pretty educated guess at the injuries and I'm sure the kid was circling the drain. This is where professionalism matters most. To react calmly and think clearly. He needed to be extricated quickly, stripped and properly immobilized for rapid transport. This goes along with why perps do better than cops in shootings. The cops are shoved in the back of a car and hauled off to the ER with no treatment enroute. The perps are left on scene where they're treated by EMS. A while ago in the Bronx PD threw the victims of a fire into the RMP and dumped them at Jacobi. Too bad the medication they needed most, hydroxycobalmin had been exhausted and the hospital had to contact FDNY for more. While that took a couple of hours, every paramedic unit, EMS command car, and MERV in the dept carries at least one dose and could have had treatment initiated faster.

Asside from people rafting in flood waters, where would you draw the line?? Mountain biking in a county park? Buying a fast car or motorcycle? Even people taking leisurely strolls through the woods get themselves into trouble.

Back when Pleasantville bought their Ferraras Seagrave was a close second in the open bid if I remember correctly.

Are you serious? ? A few RIP posts on some message board is how you gauge the support? You should have gone to his funeral. Then you would have witnessed the turn out of redponders from all over the region.

How is anyone surprised by this?? Transcare has a responsibility to their bottom line. No profit, then no transcare. Municipal based is the only way to responsibly provide emergency services.

When I first joined up fogs were popular for their small droplet size and ability to "push fire". The smooth bore camp sought fat dropplets of water that could absorb heat and proved good penetration. It seems for nozzles are bragging about becoming more like smooth bore. Bigger droplets and more penetration. So why not just go with smooth bore? As for the newer nozzles, if they can achieve 175gpm @50psi, then what is the trade off? To get the same volume moving at the same pressure through a smaller hole you're going to lose in reach.

With the volume of water they were flowing could they have effectively built a dyke with hand tools?

Does Hastings have a pre piped foam system? If not, starting with water before you can get the foam flowing is often a good idea. Many years ago I had a car fire that had burned down to and through the top of the fuel tank. As we added water the fuel would spill out and just like this fire, flow downhill under the car. About 20 minutes into this futile effort someone got the idea to bury an old piercing nozzle into the side of the car next to the fueling tube. Flowed the foam through that line and had the fire out 5 minutes later.

If you're on your game and the officer is readonable, the actual inspection takes 2 minutes. The issue is the time it takes for the entire procedure. Sure its only 10 minutes but its the repeated stops. Imagine a seatbelt check point in every community along 9A. Is it a bad idea, not really but its annoying and doesn't really address the issue. If you want to do safety checks all day, get boats as they leave the Marinas. There's a no tech way to reduce the number of redundant stops.

No one is complaining about stopping reckless boaters. Any sign of unsafe operation should be investigated by PD. Myself and other responsible boaters are sick of the multiple safety checks and boat inspections.

The victim was down minutes after arrival. Squad was just setting up and I don't think rescue had arrived yet. Plenty of tech involved in securing the vehicle while awaiting the cranes, but really not a lot in the removal. The truck made a gutsy call. Set up the truck at a distance and utilized multiple spotters to watch for movement. They were set up and completed the rescue in 5 or 6 minutes. Really well executed.

Not much tech. Driver was more than willing to be assisted into the TL bucket. On the ground the patient was initially treated by the engine company and immobilized. Patient care then handed off to EMS.

As much as I hate this, in all seriousness what are the city's options?? Go down there and take a look at the site. They will already be shutting down construction on the 10th through all of the 11th and resuming, I believe during the day shift on the 12th. Go down there and look at the site, the changes in the last year alone are staggering. If they just allowed the municipal responders your talking over 3,000 people plus the victim families. Then there's how many other people that responded in to work on the piles and in the landfill? The 10 year anniversary is going to bring out far more people than normal. So where would you draw the line? What about all the survivors?? Who better deserves access that day, the Cantor Fitzgerald trader who lost friends and co-workers of 20 years or the 20 y/o volunteer firefighter who knew a guy OTJ with FDNY that went from a few hours cleaning rigs at Red Square to handing out tools and body bags on Liberty Street (me)? I'm lucky, none of my friends or family have been killed or sickened by that horrible day. That has sadly not been enough to insulated me from the horrors of that day and the deaths that continue to stalk the people who selflessly served in the ensuing months. Technically I'm a 9/11 responder. On of the thousands indignant over the city's snub. However I absolutely in no way shape or form am more deserving of a spot there than the families of people like FDNY Medic Deborah Reeve, EMS Lt Brian Ellicott, FF John McNamara, FF Roy Chelson, Det Joseph Vigiano, PO Stephen Driscoll, and Detective James Zadroga. Worst of all, these are just a small portion of the members who have died and most are still not recognized. Where is that outrage?! That these brave men and women are still fighting to get their illnesses covered and benefits transferred to loved ones. Where is that thread?? Instead everyone who showed up and was lucky enough to walk away unscathed and maintain their health is up in arms over this perceived slight. Sorry for the long rambling thread, but my point is there is truly a finite amount of space. In recent years it wasn't much of an issue as attendance has dropped, however restrictions to maintain focus on the families have always been in place. So what alternatives do you propose? A three day ceremony so that all can attend? Relocate the ceremony to a venue that can accommodate everyone? This is an emotional event but lets try and act with logic.

But every time a politician stays away they get s*** on for forgetting or not caring.

DOA tends to work for on scene and in the ER for the media.

"After God had finished the rattlesnake, the toad, and the vampire, he had some awful substance left with which he made a scab. A scab is a two-legged animal with a corkscrew soul, a water brain, a combination backbone of jelly and glue. Where others have hearts, he carries a tumor of rotten principles. When a scab comes down the street, men turn their backs and Angels weep in Heaven, and the Devil shuts the gates of hell to keep him out." - Jack London A scab is a strike breaker. Not a volley in paid community or a paid guy volunteering in another community. A scab is either a union employee who works in defiance of the strike or a worker hired during the strike to maintain productivity. For all the evils associated with union workers; the garbage that can't be fired, the "union break", 1 guy digging and 5 guys watching, etc.. there are mountains of benefits that we would not have whether you're a union or non-union worker. Benefits gained in union jobs often later become industry standards and benefit all workers. Nearly every major protection and safety standard has a union backing against employer resistance. Absolutely unions ask for more than they probably 'deserve' or is feasible, but the employers aren't exactly jumping at the chance to increase employee compensation. So both sides negotiate down from their unrealistic demands to a palatable middle where no one is happy. If we don't stick together and try and get every penny we can it becomes a race to the bottom. Who is willing to work the longest, the hardest, and the fastest for the least amount of money. For every union that has essentially priced themselves out of a job; UAW are the easiest example. There are dozens of others that recognized the coming problems and acted in concert with management to keep everyone working. This site has closely followed several, and one of the biggest was the construction unions in NYC at the start of the recession. As for the UAW, as much flack as they've gotten they have made substantial changes in recent years most notably a complete shift allowing GM to produce the Chevy Sonic. The first actually made in America sub-compact in decades.

There are very few temporary structures capable of withstanding 60 - 70 mph wind gusts. I don't know the details of the other incidents, but this was a storm that was unexpectedly much stronger than any of the forecasts predicted.

It amazes me how little people understand about these issues. In Verizon's case they have a fairly easy time of cutting their work force. They can lay off workers any time they need to. This fight is about a wholesale gutting of worker benefits because the wired segment of Verizon is not as profitable. Rather than transfer the cost burden of maintaining the wired assets to the divisions that use them they insist on trying to keep the wired division profitable as landlines become an increasingly unpopular option. They're playing with the numbers by lumping their poorer performing assets under one label and blaming labor costs for their losses. How can the union bargain with that? I love how the EMS members are first to jump down the throats of the unions. That is why we are so far behind Fire, PD, and Nursing as a career.

Pete it looks like your basing your opinion based upon a slightly skewed timeline. Officer Hess was crossing the street when another officer was attempting to get Henry to move his car. I don't know why officer Hess didn't get out of the way. He froze, he didn't have time, he's a nut, it doesn't matter. Danroy had the responsibility to not strike officer Hess. I don't believe he intended to hit the officer, but whether it be fear, intoxication or just stupid he drove directly at the officer and continued driving after striking him. It was only after being struck by an out of control car that the officer opened fire. As far as the investigation, that is standard practice. Larger departments handle the entire investigation in house. Pleasantville, due to its size utilized outside resources without the personal ties to the involved officers. Everything was above board as evidenced by the DOJs decision to decline involvement.

All of those state hospitals are from an extremely different era of mental health services. Everything from autism to major personality disorders were treated with little differentiation in care. Today's services are much more diverse and intensive allowing the majority of those patients to enter society. While some in group homes with direct supervision and little day to day social function others are now living normal lives.

Without the combative berating, what is your problem officer Hess and his actions?? Media hype and rapper bullshit aside in face to face conversations I've met people plenty critical of that night, but few willing to discuss it some place like this forum where you are absolutely facing an opposing mob. What should have happened that night?

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2011/08/09/2011-08-09_father_of_kids_who_drowned_when_mother_drove_into_hudson_plans_to_sue_city_count.html He's suing Newburgh for operating boat ramp with reckless and dangerous access to the water. Its a boat ramp. Water access is kind of a requirement. I'm curious to see what responsibility Orange County DPCS is alleged to have. Was there a history of instability that they were aware of??

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