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Let's be perfectly clear about this: the so called "logistical mess" was confined to the Westchester side of things last night. So the incident was going on for approx 45 mins before other Westchester agencies were dispatched. And Westchester was the mess? Verplank was the only Westchester agency on the initial dispatch and they were dispatch by 60 Control. I'm failing to see what was wrong there. Rockland units (Sheriff's marine unit, Stony Point FD marine unit, EMS on land) were all coordinated very well through 44-Control on Rockland's trunked system, including all involved agencies in direct communication on the Interop 1 talkgroup when necessary. The Sheriff's marine unit was in constant contact with Coast Guard Sector NY on Marine 16, and also had direct contact with the tugboat. They were also the first unit to board the vessel to provide aid. Stony Point's fire chief and marine unit were in direct and constant contact with the Sheriff's marine unit. Notwithstanding the fact that the location was initially mis-reported and it took some time for the correct location to be determined (it happens, especially at night on the river), there were no issues otherwise with the Rockland side of things. Then why call in Westchester? Note that this incident was on the Rockland shore, and that 44-Control notified 60-Control more or less as a courtesy than anything else. Somehow, that turned into 60-Control dispatching just about every fire dept marine unit in the county, along with the WCPD marine unit. 44 Control requested Westchester to Dispatch Verplank. It wasn't until approx 45 mins later that everyone else was dispatched to help find the "missing tugboat". You forget that someone was in distress? Perhaps the real issue here is that it appears that Westchester units are allowed to self-dispatch, with no one actually managing resources. That does not happen in Rockland. If 44-Control doesn't dispatch you, then you do not respond, plain and simple. Not sure where you get your information but you should research more. I was monitoring Fire 10 on the Westchester trunked system, and it was painful. You have a fire chief assuming command on the opposite shore 5 miles away from the actual incident? Really? Yes there should be a IC on both sides of the river when multiple agencies are working the incident. Are you joking me? Next time maybe Rockland doesn't bother to notify Westchester at all when the incident is on the Rockland shore. If garbage like last night is the norm for Westchester, and no one can control the response, then just stay home. Hey instead of trying to Monday morning QB this why don't you be part of a solution instead of the problem. Jybehofd and Bnechis like this Like this Quote

Not anymore bud, Erik finally got out and sold to EMstar. Went back to Israel.

where is the Parade ending?

Just wondering if anyone has some information on how to get in touch with this organization? I am not looking for Tri-state which most get it confused with. There is Tri State and there is Tri County and County is who I am looking for.

Agreed, it could hardly handle the GM plant Traffic

To bad that Tarrytown held that up in court, cause it was one of the 3 sites that the New York Jets put a bid in to buy the land to build a stadium

Thats not the Verplanck Parade thats the Wounded Warrior Memorial. I was hoping someone could fix the page since it went wacko. For some reason I can not.

Did you talk with Bill Losier from TZB he does a lot of those parades?

Dont know why my post came out like that but I cant edit it either

Heres what I know of as of now Saturday, May 18 Hughsonville Hughsonville 100th Anniv 3:00 Sunday, May 19 Verplanck Armed Forces Day TBA Sunday, May 26 Hastings Memorial Day Parade 2:00 Monday, May 27 Tarrytown Memorial Day Parade 8:00 Monday, May 27 Irvington Memorial Day Parade 10:00 Friday, May 31 Pleasantville Annual Parade 6:00 Wednesday, June 5 Katonah Annual Parade 6:00 Saturday, June 8 Montrose Annual Parade 5:00 Saturday, June 23 Glens Falls HVVFA Convention 11:00 Wednesday, June 26 Yorktown Annual Parade 6:00 Thursday, July 4 Peekskill Annual Parade 8:30 Thursday, July 11 Mahopac Annual Parade 6:00 Friday, July 12 Mt. Kisco Annual Parade 6:00 Saturday, July 13 Millbrook Annual Parade 5:00 Wednesday, July 24 Brewster Annual Parade 6:00 Friday, July 26 Bedford Village Annual Parade 6:00 Sunday, July 28 George’s Island Town of Cortlandt Day PICNIC Georges Island 2:00 Friday, August 2 Ossining Annual Parade 6:00 Saturday, August 10 Freeport, LI Annual Parade TBA Saturday, Sept. 7 Catskill Green County Conv. 12:00 Sunday, Sept. 22 Port Chester Westchester County Con 1:00 Saturday, Sept 28 Highland Falls Orange County Conv. 1:00 Saturday, October 5 Nyack 150th Anniversary Parade TBA

Beefed up security should have been for the JV game they canceled, as far as the V game it was fine, as Pete said we have seen worse. And I happen to agree as a former coach the "parent coaches" are the worse when it comes to a kids game!!!

My point is for once I would like for someone to take a stand and maybe beef up security and let the other kids play instead of always giving in to a bunch of hooligans. Right away the first reaction is to cancel the "event" for safety concerns. Well why not do just the opposite in cases like this to send a message saying were not going to tolerate this kind of nonsense anymore. Problem with these kids nowadays is that they understand that they can pull this kind of crap and get away with it.

3 JV players from Ossining were sent to the hospital after being attack by 15-20 kids from Ossining after the Varisty game where Sleepy Hollow snapped a 9 Game losing streak. So what did they do? They canceled the JV game between the two.

We did know they were closed, but did not know why.

Dept: Croton Tanker 10 Chassis & Body (or Aerial) Manufacturer and model: Seagrave/Seagrave Pump size, tank size (water/foam), aerial type & length: 1500 GPM, 3000 Gallons, seating for 4 Notes: Replace 1990 Tanker