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LMAO STFU and get out of here you post whore!!!!!!

http://www.emtbravo.lunarpages.com/NewDeli...es/EFFDEMS.html And yes, 39-6 is the Assistant Chief of Wiccopee Fire Co. #4 in a white Ford F-150.

EFFD Station 2 has no open bays. EFFD's ambulance rotates on a weekly basis between stations, and when it is Stormville's turn, the Rescue truck goes to EFFD Station 1 to make room for the ambulance. When Route 52 is backed up from the flea market up to the TSP and backed up ON the TSP, going through that area for ANY alarm (company assist in Stormville's area) is treacherous.

Oh wonderful. Hours of traffic delays, and a response nightmare. We have tried to get to calls there on the grounds before, and it sucks driving in the opposite lane for miles just to get around the bumper to bumper gridlock.

I started out a lowly guest, only mainly going onto EMTBravo.com to look at picks of recent incidents, usually close to me, when friends told me they were up on the site. It took me almost a year to sign up and start reading the forums (once I figured out out about the Forums that was.) From there, I was quite and seclusive for the first few months, posting an IA here and there, but I started seeing some really good stuff being discussed, and my curiosity got the better of me, and I began posting. Its all been downhill from there, lol!!!

I think Ulster Co. has the same/a similar numbering system as Dutchess. I know Milton's department number is the same as East Fishkill in Dutchess, 39. Also, when I have heard Highland running mutual aid to the City of Poughkeepsie (standby during fires), I hear 31-20 on the air.

Duhh! Lol, I am embarrassed that I didn't think of that for myself. Thanks for the info, I am definitely going to check it out!

Ok, so at the least I will be moderately prepared for the first day, having the basics. Whats the schoop with hydration packs? Are they worth it? How much would one of these Camelpack/Blackhawks cost? From what ALS said in another post, it is a wise choice, since you will be sucking down H2O. And, where can you find them the cheapest?

Ok, I will probably give him a call on Monday, see what the real deal is! Thanks for you help tho.

Just a short and sweet promo. The New Hackensack Fire Department in the Town of Wappinger will be hosting its 2nd Annual Fire Expo this coming weekend, Saturday, May 12, from 9AM - 5PM. http://emtbravo.net/index.php?showtopic=17840 Link to thread that discusses the Sam Oitice Heroes Remembered Memorial, which will be present. Last year this event featured over 50 firematic vendors; rigs, extrication equipment, radios, shirts, food, etc. I missed out last year due to work, but this year I will be manning the booth for the DCC Fire Science program from 11:30 - 2:30, I hope to see people come and check this event out. It was a big success last year, and they are expecting even better this year! Also, the weather is supposed to be gorgeous, so maybe any of our meteorological experts can help us out here and verify this *cough emt301*

So ALS, the $150 fee I paid for the TEMS kit, what does it actually include?

No, I used the paypal thing, and initially it was $550, but they asked if I would need the basic kit, which is an additional $150.

When I contacted NYTEMSA, they included the basic "kit" for both classes, for an additional $150. Don't know if that was a good price or not, but whatever, i threw down for it too. I don't have a "boo-boo bag" or trauma kit either. I hope the additional $150 covers it all, because in the e-mail, they said "It is all the minimum requirement of gear for both classes." So here's hoping!

Just signed up for it today, both the Basic and the Advanced courses. 66Alpha1, can't wait to meet you, and ALS, can't wait to see you again (if you even ever remember meeting me, lol), as well as anyone else who ends up taking this course/these courses!!

EFRS has a t-shirt that on the back reads: IF IN DOUBT, FLY EM OUT EFFD does get some very serious MVAs, for example one on Route 216 last year, which required 3 medevacs.

Ohhhhhhhhh, yea, I happen to know 14-25. Haven't seen you in a while, how have you been Kyle?

Ok, in the true spirit, I highly recommend an admin or someone step in and officially kill this thread. It is pointless, and more or less getting annoying. Amazing how many times people can post in this thread, but not participate in threads that actually promote ideas, or controversial topics.

Haha, I had him for FF Survival. Didn't know he enjoyed hot air balloons. Pretty funny flying them into AFD HQ! Its sometimes confusing when the times are close to the dispatcher ID. "Millbrook you're in service, 1427, 1431."

Unfortunately, I don't know any of the dispatchers. For those of you who don't know, at the end of the dispatch, the dispatchers all speak the tiem, and their identifier. "Pleasant Valley, 56-71 and Alamo, respond for a cardiac arrest, the ..... residence, #348 Blah Blah Road. Repeating to Pleasant Valley...... time now 1527, 1443." Since Dutchess County's ID for the State OFPC is 14, all dispatchers IDs are 14-xx. The county apparatus is also !4-xx, i.e. 14-59 is the County FIU, 14-69 is the County HazMat truck. 14-1 is County car 1, the director of DC911. Also, zone "cars", county cars, like CC13 (14-13) cover zones, usually around 5 or 6 department areas, and on large scale incidents, usually structure fires, and any time mutual aid is dispatched, respond to the scene, and assist in communications with DC911 to arrange mutual aid, FIU, etc. Whenever mutual aid (other than for EMS calls, unless and MCI), the directors tones, county car tones, are put out to inform them of the mutual aid assignments. It is the county car's discretion whether to go or not. Most times, the county car will go, just to assist and hopefully make operations go smoother with outside help. They do not have county issued vehicles, they use their own vehicles, but are authorized red lights and sirens only for the purpose of running as the county car. Their role is not to take over the scene, they are merely an intermediary, supposed to take that burden off of the IC.

I would say you have to assume it is a truss roof! Don't be complacent and assume otherwise. Unless an engineer, or architect, or someone who knows what the hell they're talking about can verify otherwise, but even then, why would you take their word for it?? Even with a stick built roof, there are still advanced, heavy fire conditions present in the cockloft, why risk the guys? ASSUME THE WORST, HOPE FOR THE BEST!!!

This thread Keeps going, and going, and going.........

There is no uniform system. East Fishkill Car 4, 7, 10, etc... Town of Poughkeepsie operates their own frequency (800mHz trunked) DC Sheriff - DC10, 42, etc..... NYSP - 2K64, 2K46, etc... Fishkill (forget if town or village) - Fishkill 607, 606, numbers in this range Farther up north I have heard some units, like 1K37 There are no department IDs, only unit numbers, and like I said before, there is no unity for the numbering system.

Fire conditions presenting from the cockloft, I would not put any firefighters up there.

I guess after getting used to the numbers, you can relate "Oh, yea, Rescue 378, that belongs to ......" At least up here, we can easily say "Oh, 52-32, thats New Hackensack's tanker." I don't know, it seems to make sense to me at least. Keeps numbering low, and all numbers are uniform. Not saying one is wrong, or better than the other! I don't want anyone thinking I am criticizing another numbering system. Although ours is better LOL

Lol, KED348 to XYZ FD, Engine 1 respond for a..... Probably leaves some room for restructuring should some company be created/disbanded??? Not quite sure the real reason for that though, interesting question. If someone else here knows and beats me to it, cool, but I will attempt to find out the same thing myself!! City of Pk has their own 911 system, which is the backup DC911 center in case 911 up on Creek Road has an issue, or God forbid an emergency of their own. For M/A, DC911 will contact and put out the County tones for City of Pk, and upon dispatch, they are referred to as "City of Poughkeepsie 57-11, 57-12, 57-14, -45, and -46" etc..., and I'm not 100% sure, but I believe they also get dispatched by City 911. Either way, they call out to both 911 centers to inform them of response. Not quite sure how the m/a refers to them, whether as Pk E1, etc.... or as 57-11, etc... I guess that depends on the person who is talking to them. For example, in Fairview, not sure if their career staff (who work along with Pk often) would refer to them by their DC designation, or their normal City designation