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As much as I hate Bloomy most of the 3 billion is money already dedicated to cleaning up NYC's waterways. The cityi s regularly fined for water quality violations and has hundreds of millions more in penalties hanging over the city's head if they fail to "quickly" mediate many of the problems.

How about this, which EMS agencies in Westchester have trained their members and officers in ICS? Do any mandate leadership training for their officers? Do any have their members practice triage protocols and procedures? Is there a VAC that can post their MCI procedures so maybe some that haven't developed one can get a head start?

That photo is from the dealer. Delivery is set to begin sometime in April with 3 a week until the order is complete. A week or two after delivery they should start hitting the road.

eferman I believe that 17.5 hour study is an evacuation of just NYC. There was a complaint that a true natural disaster would also involve the evacuation much of the surrounding area pushing NYC's evacuation well past 24 hours.

No one is saying NYC has the monopoly on tragedy. The question is, how would Westchester do? Last week there were 60 patients after 2 buses and a motorcycle collided in the Lincoln tunnel. Between the Ct commuter buses, beeline, private charters, the discount buses, and then all the long distance bus lines this is a very real potential on Westchetser's highways. Unless this happens close to where FDNY would be accidentally dispatched help from the city can take a while. Every time there's a major incident that has a strong potential for occurring in Westchester the same question comes up... "What would happen here?" Every time its the same results. The southern paid depts have all hazard plans, have drilled various major emergency scenarios, and have a scalable response matrix. No one else has a real MCI plan. I've participated in the airport drill once and watched the last one. Westchester does not have a functional major MCI plan.

Its a very different City and very different FD from 1980 to 2011. FDNY didn't do anything to keep Westchester units out. The calls came in identifying the accident in the Bronx. When accidents are received identifying accidents in Westchester they are forwarded to 60. I haven't been to work yet to catch a rundown of the EMS units assigned however if they're hustling and at their assigned location there are 4 ALS units that can be there in 5 minutes and another 5 that can be there under 10. In 20 minutes you can have just about every ALS unit in the Bronx. Then there are the 17 BLS units in the surrounding area. Even on the busiest Friday night buy 5 or 6 am things have quieted down and most crews are available.

Wasn't there a recent MCI on the highway in the Sound Shore area? How long would it take Westchester to mobilize 10 transporting units? Luckily available units are not hard to come by in the North Bronx early on a Saturday morning. On a Monday afternoon when jobs are already holding it'd be a very different nightmare.

I don't know if any of you were watching the near constant news coverage of the siege on the capitol, but the footage from the night after they closed the building to anymore protesters so they could begin cleaning was telling. The savage Libs were actually cheering on the janitors and getting out of the way as they swept and mopped. ANIMALS the whole lot!!

Unions have not been burying their head in the sand and saying too bad, you agreed to it, now go screw. All around they've agreed to pay reductions, furloughs, reduced benefits and increased contributions. In Wisconsin for example, a balanced budget proposal without the collective bargaining changes was available, but the governor wanted collective bargaining rights stripped. The budget was just an excuse. In Newburgh the union came up with an alternative to staffing cuts and the city said no. In Yonkers the union pushed the city into the SAFER grant. These are not greedy unions acting without regard to reality. This is politicians pushing a political agenda. Vizio is headquartered in the US but is essentially a Taiwanese company (king of like Anheuser Bush but in reverse). Then there's Olevia, an American company assembling TV's here with foreign components. Thats about as good as it gets. Costco sells or sold some TVs that were assembled in the US.

This will go down in flames in the courts. There are already laws on the books regarding anyone interfering with operations wether they be photogs, oglers, or just plain PITA's. Plain sight protection has been afforded to photogs over and over again including looking into private property and people's homes.

I've been to these job fairs and spent hours trudging to interviews with friends and I can assure you private schools pay better than public schools. The recent surge in charter schools has only served to substantially increase the divide. Where public school teachers come out is in pensions and benefits. No public school anywhere is posting 6 figure salaries for starting teachers, but two charters in NYC are. These are absolutely an extreme case and are experimenting to see if more money for teachers equals better education. The education system is hugely flawed and increasingly ineffective. Some of that is absolutely the fault of teachers and their unions, like the longer work day and longer school year. I don't know a single teacher who's opinion I respect that wouldn't agree to a massive overhaul of tenure. Their only concern is some form of protection to prevent arbitrary and capricious firing. You're grudge about DPW workers seems to be about your community's dept. In Pleasantville they guys work. Yeah, they absolutely have their easy days, just like everyone but I wouldn't accuse any of them of getting over on the taxpayer. In many fields the public sector has absolutely caught up with the private, but thats not because of generous compensation packages. Its because the public sector wage and benefits have been gutted. The middle class has been decimated. Look at your teachers, nurses, cops, firefighters, public workers, and factory workers from 30 to 40 years ago and the quality of life they had. Some estimates say that it takes upwards of 80% more income to match what families had back then (these were a bit left leaning for my taste). I'll go with a slightly more moderate number of 40 - 50% that I've seen thrown around. Even one conservative think tank put it at 15%. (I know this is all hear say, but I'm not on my comp and to look this all up now is going to take too long). So do we blame the workers for fighting to keep their rights or the corporations who's bottom lines have never been better and executives who make proportionally more now than ever before??

Thats a rough lunch. If he survives that, there's the Triborough Ammendment to peruse during your "union break" and then the State Employment Relations Act when you're feeling up to it.

Well... yeah. The principal idea of Republican tax theory is that giving the rich more money would get them to spend more and bring us more jobs and stimulate the economy. So if they're not spending it, they are to blame.

Because in exchange for pay raises and other perks the people in these positions chose pension benefits. Traditionally public employees took less cash up front in favor of better benefits. Still today, private school teachers kill public school teachers in their paychecks. The municipalities made these deals and knew the math going into it. When you buy a house, you know what the mortgage is going to be. If ten years down the road you realize you aren't happy with the deal you can't just call the bank and say sorry I'm keeping the house, go screw. You lose the house and your credit rating. For every fat slob sanit worker getting paid to sleep I can find you a fat slob cop emt or firefighter not pulling their weight too. While were at, every day we pay firefighters to sleep in a warm not so comfy (unless you're staying in Casa de Nechis with the matching cutain/bedding combo) bed. We're also paying teachers to only work 7 months a year. But anyone who really knows and understands these jobs and what the real compensation works out to knows that these pensions are worth every penny. Hell I got paid for 7 hours of OT last night to watch "Married with Children" and sleep. Didn't do a single call. I'll go line up to give my pension back too. Then I'll go join my cousin who's first job out of college at Morgan Stanley is paying more than I'll make at top pay. He's working so hard forwarding e-mail and retyping memos for 4 hours a day. Or I could go back to my degree and return to quality control sampling supervisor at Wyeth Pharmaceuticals. 70k to start just for micro pipetting and labeling at the most 5 hours a day. Myself and just about every other municipal employee didn't pick these careers to get rich. We chose them for long term stability. Paying some idiot 70k because his thumb works and he can read is where money is being wasted. Paying another idiot (I love my cousin but he's dumb) 60k to read and type is still more waste. All this bullshit is paid for by us. The same taxpaying bums funding the pensions are paying for over priced pharmaceuticals and all of Wall Streets largess. Please excuse this post if its a little tough to read, but I'm doing back to back to back doubles because I only take home 48% of my check after taxes, health insurance, pension, union, 457 retirement plan, and my metrocard. Out of that I have to pay more for my little one bedroom, nearly double the electric rate, 10% more for food and 10 to 20 cents more per gallon for gas all for the privilege of living amongst New York's most elite... in Washington Heights. I'm sorry if my pension has caused you to lose any sleep 99subi.

Seriously?? OSHA, PESH, 40hr/5 day work week, holidays, health benefits, retirement plans of all types, and just about every other perk enjoyed by both public and private sector employees is the result of a union victory ultimately at the expense of the consumer and taxpayer. Nothing is free, but at time the cost is worth it. You're young so I'm guessing you haven't been involved in a municipal contract negotiation. A few highlights from the emergency service side. We cannot strike, slow down, or perform any other organized job action without massive penalties thanks to the Taylor Law. The TWA got off fairly lightly for their Taylor Law violation and it nearly crippled their local. As a result we have very little leverage with which to force the city to negotiate with us. Our ace (more like a 9 or 10 card) in the hole is binding arbitration. We explain why we need and deserve a raise while the city argues why we don't deserve the raise or that they cannot afford it. Then a mutually agreed upon panel decides and awards the contract. However to get there the city can delay and stall and generally screw with the employees to its hearts content. For example the 5th man staffing on FDNY's engine Cos. The city claims its not negotiated the union claims it is. While the courts decide wether it falls under binding arbitration the city drops the agreement and along with it the 5th man. If at some point the union wins, they get the 5th man back, but not all of the lost wages. During our last contract negotiation the city dragged its feet for over 2 years after our contract expired. Once the economy went south they came running to the bargaining table knowing that no arbitrator would award us more money with the nations economy heading into the toilet. The Wisconsin legislation doesn't just end collective bargaining, it effectively cripples the union by ending automatic checkoff, requiring regular union re-certification by the members, and turning the state into a "right to work" state. Kill the unions and small things like a secondary emergency egress that the city is paying $7,000 a week in fines to not provide to an EMS station disappear too. After the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire killed nearly 150 workers it wasn't the city or the businesses that got safety standards implemented and changes made. It was the unions, other industries and professionals stepping up and rallying in support of garment workers to force changes.

I never heard of the airbag being called a space case either. Thats always been the patient. I have yet to see a real space case survive to the ER. Once they open up that gap, if the patient was alive they quickly exsanguinate. Man unders on the hand run the gamut. Metro North is very accommodating with training and information. I suggest reaching out to them first.

Seth, most of you're gripes about PDs becoming too distracted with the additional duties of EMS and other specialties are staffing issues. The same problem crops up when you give all these roles to FDs. You need the manpower to do the job.

I'm pretty close to a bleeding hart liberal, and even I can't deal with Moore any further. I saw this story a day or two ago and I just can't get up the desire to read it. That being said, if American's spent an additional 2% on household items to buy American made products we'd create 200,000 more jobs. Republican and Democratic economic theory du jour all agree that creating jobs and spending money is good. 200,000 more people at work paying taxes and not receiving handouts has a much broader impact beyond the initial 200,000 jobs. How about people start there?? But then again the sale at WallMart saves me 50 cents on my milk and only costs me $12 in gas.

I agree with Stepjam. I found it by accident a few years ago walking around. It really is a beautiful monument.

You missed a ninth soldier. Piere L'Enfant was a Frenchman wounded during the revolution who would later as a civilian serve Washington in laying out some of the initial plans for Washington DC. Between Piere and the unknown soldiers enough of a precedent has been set to allow this rare honor for a truly unique situation.

This isn't a freedom of religion case. They could be a Westborough Baptist Church or Westborough Jackasses. Their 1st amendment right is protected. Prayer or religious displays go down with the separation of church and state.

They're very good about not actually interfering or causing damage. They stick to public access areas and always follow to the letter any of the funeral protection ordinances applying to their protests. If you get the chance, listen to the daughter debate. While crazy she is very intelligent and they know exactly What they're doing. If want a chuckle Google Kevin Smith's WBBC comicon counter protest. A comedic twist on their lunacy.

Bush really did care about our troops. He did the right thing for Buckles and always tried to show his support for the men and women overseas. Bohner cares only for himself and his own agenda. He typifies many of these tea party candidates and Its disgusting.

Sutphen doesn't have a chance at the TL order unless they can come in remarkably cheaper and take no other exceptions. 1,000lb tip load while flowing water was and probably still is part of the bid spec.

A practical and effective standard based on mileage or age is impossible. Compare a 5 year old anything in NYC vs its suburban counterpart at 10 years. Too many factors in road condition, highway vs stop and go, miles, and running hours to set a real standard. This is where civil court plays a roll. If you allow your fleet to become so run down as to be unreliable you will get cleaned out when that vehicle failure results in patient injury or death.