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How many EMS crews carry gas detection equipment?

My family's thoughts and prayers are sent your way Sam. God Bless You!

http://fire.kovatch.com/gsoprint/8948

Try fultonhistory.com and see if you can find newspaper articles.

Village worker drove small tractor on ice, fell through ice, fellow workers pulled him out.

So how often are these in the air?

PEARL HARBOR DAY! NEVER FORGET! THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR VETERANS AND THOSE CURRENTLY SERVING! GOD BLESS AMERICA!

So, How's the operation going? I see some Westchester Units are there. It looks like two separate fires for the Channel 5 news helicopter. What units are there? Is the plan to let the fire burn itself out? Or????

I'll be there. Not sure where the seats are. Present from my Daughter.

Can someone list for me the "for profit" companies that cover 911 calls and the response areas they cover?

Transcare - white plains

911 wise. ---- Empress handles Yonkers. Teams are - white plains Who covers where else?

We have ALL had issues. But how we address the issues set us apart from one another. Having lost a number of key members there was a time we would have paid personnel at night. And yes, they would respond to our neighbors, but then again, are we not in this business to serve the public? Because of a line on a map, I should complain for crossing that line? Let's look at the way the fire system works - The fire departments get a real job and they back fill right away. EMS doesn't unless there is a fire and there is an extended standby. So, does being out for an hour on a call justify calling for mutual aid to standby? Thereby reducing response time? As I stated earlier, we always have a primary duty crew. Being dispatched by our PD, they don't wait for 5 pages to call for mutual aid. If no calls are received right away, they go mutual aid. I do think it's time for an open and honest discussion about EMS in Greenburgh. The question is, generally, not who we help first, but how do we handle the second and third calls and help those people. And, I think it's highly unfair to think a crew would "hang out" a Phelps to miss a call.

Tarrytown started per diem personnel in 1995 or 1996. TVAC has never had to call for mutual aid due to not getting a primary crew out. Only when the first crew is on a call, is when TVAC has needed mutual aid. I joined about that time and from that time Dobbs and Sleepy Hollow would go through good times and bad. Stories always centered on both corps not getting out the primary crew. But Irvington has always had the reputation of always getting out. Even getting two crews out during the day. I've been on maybe three mutual ais calls to irvington in all these years. And I really wouldn't expect any neighbor to "charge" any neighbor.

So, Westchester, you've been a member here for a month or so , welcome. How many years have you been around Irvington? What about the 15 years prior to Dobbs Ferry hiring paid personnel when Irvington covered more calls in Dobbs than they did in Irvington? Maybe Irvington can back charge Dobbs for all of the calls and they would have enough money to hire paid personnel?

A few more: http://211844.homepagemodules.de/t504662f11743902-Interschutz-Interpolice.html http://www.bordenau.de/Vereine/TSV/Events/2002/FestWochenende/loeschzug.htm

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I offer my condolences as well. Rest In Peace Trooper Martindale

my heartfelt condolences to his family and friends!

If you look on Scotland's website, the one new department covers 4 major areas but not the entire country. The less populated areas have some combination of paid on call, paid per call or volunteer departments.

I hear the rescue of the driver was complicated and that doctors were preparing to amputate the mans legs to get him out. But that's heresay. Is there anyone that can fill us in on the rescue?

AGAIN........Are you guys still pissing at each other over the traffic situation. If, there was nothing wrong with the truck, because we are all blaming the driver; If, the truck driver wasn't driving so fast; If, the truck wasn't overweight; If, the driver didn't get trapped; If, the fire department worked faster and extricated the driver faster; If, the EMS personnel could have gotten the surgical team there faster to cut off the drivers legs; Maybe, just maybe, the world would be perfect! But answer this................. If a dalmation had a square ass, would he poop dice?

When I started this topic, I was looking to hear about the rescue. "The man's legs were stuck under 50 tons of truck, caught between the blah, blah, blah....and we did this and did that and sent for the surgical team,etc. etc. etc." BUT, Instead I got to read a pissing match between "adults" about whether the police handled the traffic duties correctly. Sorry I asked a question and got everybody upset!

If photos are the payment received for going, does it matter? Take pictures, have as good a time as possible while there. I'm sure when the alarms come in the cameras are put away.

Rest In Peace