xfirefighter484x

I find it laughable that politicians always readily look to cut other institutions, yet how many offer themselves, to give concessions such as demotions, salary cuts, or layoffs "for the better good"? As an example, can't (and doesn't) Congress routinely vote on their own raises? Must be nice...

Look what key is right below (slightly below to the left) the 'F' key on a standard keyboard... 'C' Just a hunch...

http://www.accuweather.com/blogs/news/story/45062/groundhog-day-storm-may-affect.asp

First off, just a clarification, there is no such thing as HIPPA... HIPAA: http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/ http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/index.html And then at that point, when someone gets 'registered'/certified, are they still "civilians" or now in a different classification? And if so, then would any Good Samaritan Laws apply, or are they technically "professionals" since registering/signing up with a department? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Samaritan_law#Laws_for_first_responders_only

I by no means meant it as a "challenge" to see who could/would be the IC, I meant it more to the fact that NYS seems to be, as I said, very ambiguous, and, it would be to everyone's benefit to come right out and say who is, as some other States have. BUT, on the other hand, how many things do you have to have spelled out? In this case, yes, it would be nice, but every time an issue comes up, it cannot be expected to take an act of the State Legislature to definitely solve. Everyone needs to learn to play nice in the sandbox, and these things need to be discussed and worked out AHEAD OF TIME. Have the FD officership approach the LE Agencies they deal with (or vice versa if you are a LEO), and explain the need/desire to never run into this issue in the first place, and that no one is looking to play "mine's bigger than yours", but work on a common ground.

This is ICS-100 folks. Isn't pretty much everyone supposed to have this these days? http://www.fema.gov/txt/nims/nims_ics_position_paper.txt I would definitely love to see it spelled out in the Law such as it was for other states in previous posts. Of course, it seems NYS is kind of ambiguous with a lot of it's laws... Always funny, and sadly true. Refer back to my ICS-100 quote from above, as it comes down to the same point(s) in the video.

With reading so many friends posting their statuses about the temperatures in negative double digits, and another thread about the temperatures and equipment, how do you/your department deal with these weather conditions? Are there any GOG/SOG/SOPs regarding how long you can remain out in the elements before going to rehab/being switched out, such as a long duration incident? What about for your equipment? Another thread described removing an AED from a unit, how about drug boxes or other equipment? Do you keep it indoors until the call comes in and run it all out to the ambulance?

There are a lot of "No-No's" in this case, things that got done/said that shouldn't have, but yet again goes to show that the justice system is inherently flawed. There is usually one person that ends up getting the blame in most cases, and, no matter how much the driver of the vehicle that crashed contributed to it, I'll bet there was zero restitution on his part to the victim. Absolutely amazes me...

With reading so many friends posting their statuses about the temperatures in negative double digits, and another thread about the temperatures and equipment, how do you/your department deal with these weather conditions? Are there any GOG/SOG/SOPs regarding how long you can remain out in the elements before going to rehab/being switched out, such as a long duration incident? What about for your equipment? Most of us know about keeping your pumps/tanks circulating, so let's consider that an assumed response, I am looking to see what other things people do to stay warm/keep equipment working properly!

Holy lack of punctuation Batman!

I would also suggest always keeping a spare pair of clothing, including thermals, in a vehicle at all times. If you get wet or anything of the sort, you can at least have something to change into. And by saying "keep them in your car" I meant if you run out the door at least there is something there. When you have a chance, bring them inside to thaw out, so you have something WARM to put on haha!

I heard about some issues they had last night, which is one of the reasons I got to thinking to ask if anyone else has any other policies or anything for incidents such as this weather has presented us with!

With reading so many friends posting their statuses about the temperatures in negative double digits, and another thread about the temperatures and equipment, how do you/your department deal with these weather conditions? Are there any GOG/SOG/SOPs regarding how long you can remain out in the elements before going to rehab/being switched out, such as a long duration incident? What about for your equipment?

Bill, I love how you always narrate incidents along with your photo's. Most fires you attend, the stories are well told through pictures alone, and your words only aid them. Without the actual story here, I would have had no idea what was going on/what someone was thinking when it occurred. For all I knew, I would have guessed it was someone who decided to take it for a joy ride after enjoying a couple "adult beverages"! I guess it could have ended worse...

We looked up the predictions for this potential storm at work last night. Look up the definition of a "Miller Type A Cyclone" (or Cyclogenesis). http://beta.weather.com/outlook/weather-news/news/articles/south-wintry-threat_2011-01-20?page=2 http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/MET/Dept/meteorology/Faculty/businger/PDF/DOC17.pdf http://www.easternsnow.org/proceedings/2006/perry_and_konrad.pdf http://www.erh.noaa.gov/gsp/localdat/NWFS_discussion_group/Call%20Presentations/07-27-2007.pdf Some of the storms mentioned many of you may remember.

http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/national/philadelphia-gas-explosion-ncx-20110118 I think that a lot more people think of a gas leak as a 'routine' incident, because of just such a thing you said, 99% of the time they're nothing, but we have to realize that they have the potential of a bomb. Sad that one person lost their live, I am just glad to hear they did evacuate nearby residents. This could have been exponentially worse...

Do you mean K-9 services? Both DCSO and NYSP both have K-9 Units, as well as Town of Poughkeepsie to the North, and not 100% sure, but I think Town of Fishkill might as well. I highly doubt most any, if any at all, would turn down any request for K-9 services.

The Priority System in DC is a "recommended response level" based upon EMD questioning (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_medical_dispatch). It is up to the individual departments to deem how THEY want their units to respond. Some departments DO run Code 1 on P4 calls, others go lights and sirens to every call. The thought process differs from agency to agency. Some feel that the recommended response level is of sound judgment by the dispatch agency, and follow the recommendations. Some other agencies go by the principle "Well what if... We should co Code 3 just in case...". Personally, I detest the "Request to expedite" call. If someone is already driving Code 3, well, they're already driving Code 3. All that sounds like is requesting responding units to "Drive faster" and increasing their risk of getting into an accident. Besides, it is the vehicle operator's responsibility to safely judge a response level. Say a response to an MVA (accident caused due to inclement weather) and someone requests EMS to expedite, it's already bad weather out, how much more of a risk do you want to put responders at? PS - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punctuation

I am glad the arrest was made John. I want to hear how this whole tale ends, hopefully for the best, for you.

Glad to see ya posting again Bill!! Definitely sounded frustrating just listening to it, can only imagine how it was to battle it in those crappy weather conditions, and, the lack of water. Link to original IA: http://www.emtbravo.net/index.php?showtopic=39908

From Poughkeepsie Journal

Date: 12-26-10 Time: prior to midnight Location: Cedar Knolls Development - 226 Windsor Rd Cross Streets Surrey Ct and the dead end Frequency: 453.900; 453.925; 453.800 Units Operating: Rombout (All Equip); Hughsonville (4531, 4532, 4555 [w/FASTeam]); Village of Fishkill; East Fishkill (3915, 3933, 3934); Glenham (4331) Chelsea (3535 & standby); New Hackensack (5231 & standby); New Hamburg (1 Eng to relocate); Dutchess Junction (373x relocate); Mobile Life; DC FID; CC13; CC17 Weather Conditions: Blizzard ('nuff said) Description Of Incident: Chimney fire - on arrival had fire through the roof Reporters: Writer: xfirefighter484x 0017hrs - Operation switching to defensive 0019hrs- Command requests 3 tankers to the scene - 2 from Hughsonville and 1 from East Fishkill 0021hrs - Additional tankers dispatched - Chelsea to go on S/B 0023hrs- New Hackensack, all equipment requested to go on standby for Hughsonville, they are operating M/A to Rombout 0025hrs- Mobile Life requested to the scene of the structure fire 0029hrs- East Fishkill with 1 engine from Station 1 requested to go on S/B @ Village of Fishkill's firehouse 0030hrs - 2nd Dispatch for New Hackensack all equipment to go on standby 0035hrs - 3rd Dispatch for New Hackensack to go on standby in qtrs for Hughsonville 0037hrs - Dutchess Co. FID requested to the scene 0041hrs - 4th dispatch for New Hackensack to go on standby - New Hamburg with 1 Engine from Station 1 to relocate to Hughsonville's firehouse 0059 - East Fishkill 3933, Glenham 4331 requested to the scene of the structure fire 0100hrs - DC911 to all units engaged with water operations, per Rombout command, switch to Firegrounds 9/10 0106hrs - 2nd dispatch for East Fishkill 3933 & Glenham 4331, 1st Dispatch for New Hackensack with a tanker to respond to the scene 0108hrs - County Car 13 on scene 0109hrs- New Hackensack 5231 responding 0110hrs- Glenham 4331 responding 0112hrs- Chelsea 3535 now requested to the scene, East Fishkill 3933 now requested to go on standby 0114hrs - Dutchess Junction 1 tanker requested to relocate to Chelsea's firehouse 0115hrs- East Fishkill 3933 responding 0116hrs- Rombout 2nd call in the district - Chelsea 3512, Dutchess Junction 3737 to scene - 16 Heath Rd for an inside odor of gas 0117hrs- CC17 responding to the scene of the gas odor 0119hrs- CC17 on scene 0121hrs - Command requests put North Highlands on standby with a tanker 0121hrs - CC17 on scene of Heath Rd - situation under control - blocked vent on a heater

Well I see you already asked the same question in a MUCH better forum - RadioReference http://forums.radioreference.com/new-york-radio-discussion-forum/199159-ulster-county-scanning.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_repeater http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-way_radio#Simplex http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplex_communication http://www.police-scanner.info/scanning/conventional-radio-systems.htm