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This serves as an important reminder to anyone who works in an emergency communications center: Everything is recorded! If you want to talk about something personal/unofficial/funny then you should use the Nextel or the un-recorded line in the break room...

$249.99... Thanks, Code 3, for stooping to the level of other holiday price-gougers... and it won't even ship till a month after the holidays have passed.

The look of that cab would put it anywhere from a 1999 to a 2002 International chassis.

635- Some guy named Seth, I hear he has a website....

"Burn-out" ...that phrase makes me think of physical fatigue. Clearly, on your average day in your average fire department, the volunteer corps is not going to be physically tired due to call volume, work details, etc. You have your few times a year when you wake up sore and remember the job that called you out of bed at some odd hour, but usually if you're tired it's from something else in your everyday life. The type of stresses that plague the volunteer fire service are more on the mental/emotional side of the spectrum. Members may get sick and tired of dealing with the same problems around the firehouse and on calls, whether they are firematic or political in nature. We can all think of examples within dept's that we are familiar with. I ask: What is done to keep members happy? ...and I don't mean big-screen TV's and pool tables... ...When new members join, are they assigned a veteran member to be their sponsor/mentor? Do the company officers make themselves available to new members? When your company holds a meeting, and complaints are voiced, are those complaints forwarded to your chiefs/wardens/commissioners if warranted? Members who are worth their weight in gold are the ones who don't just want to see fires and car crashes, they want to see that they belong to an organization that is forward-thinking, resourceful and goal-oriented. This all relates to new member retention, which is paramount in this day and age.... It's no secret to anyone who reads these boards that there are manpower problems in the volunteer fire service throughout the US. When you are the small fish in the big, salty, crusty, charred-leather pond, it is easy to be scared away and decide to devote your free time to other ventures. We have to remember that we were not all born into this service, we have not all actually wanted to be firefighters since we were kids... There are many dedicated volunteers who decide to join without knowing a thing about the service, without being buddies with half of the department... People who join after settling into a new community, or after changing jobs or lifestyles... These are the people we need to pay special attention to as they join the firefighting community. If not, the volunteer fire service is going to face the consequences of in-breeding that plague our old friend the Dalmation... Let's not become blind and deaf.

Happy Thanksgiving to all... especially to everyone who won't be able to eat dinner with their families because they will be at work keeping other families safe! And to ryefd192 and NWPFD05... Try to avoid another oven fire!

The Westchester County Department of Emergency Services, Fire Services Division, recognizes the following apparatus designations, according to their website... http://www.westchesterny.com/emergserv/app.../validunits.pdf ...there are still Fire Companies in Westchester that are named "Patrol", however the actual apparatus have all been re-designated as a Rescue or a Utility, depending on what equipment they carry.

On a related note, it is important to make sure that MTA PD is notified any time a RR bridge is struck by a wayward over-height truck so that they can report it to their Engineers. This is one of those simple things that can easily be over-looked... and accountability goes hand in hand with liability. I can think of bridges in Rye, Port Chester and Stamford that are struck dozens of times a year.

In Boston it is quite common to see entire "T" cars wrapped in advertisements, but not on the inside... I imagine they are only running these MSG cars on high-traffic lines, and are removing them from service at night to prevent vandalism.

D'oh, beat me to it! Can't wait to see the "Clam" logos...

Define "Lower Westchester"... You talking anywhere south of I-287?

Tonight... Anonymous location

True story... Ambulance arrives on scene at a Halloween party for a medical call. Medic goes over the air with the following (more or less): "Dispatch, we're gonna need police here, wait, no, here's one now... Wait, no, that was someone dressed as the police. We're gonna need the real police." Happy Halloween to all.

Perhaps you should Google "Fire apparatus Ocala" and then click the "I'm feeling lucky" button...

Date: 10/22/06 Time: approx 1700 Location: 50 Country Club Road (Cross Street: Mayapple Road) Frequency: 154.310 Units Operating: Long Ridge FD E71, E74, R77, K78; Turn-Of-River FD E61, T67; SEMS M3, M901; SPD Description Of Incident: Long Ridge units dispatched to activated automatic fire alarm. Heavy smoke condition upon entry, re-tone requested for manpower. Shortly thereafter Turn-Of-River units and EMS toned out for working fire in the basement. Writer: 242steve (Note: Stamford's CAD system uses designator "K" for Tanker and "T" for Truck)

I also thought of...

E193 is the "Yellowbird"

Rye E193 is a Hahn... Retired L26 was an 85' Maxim TDA

Just putting in my 2 cents on the "10-4" issue... Old Stamford Police Radio "10" Code... (We now use plain english.) 10-4: Assault With Weapon ...on the Fire side, if the "Signals" got confused with "10" Codes, then "10-4" would certainly not mean "message received". (SFRD "Signal 4" means "Fire")

Dunno if your teachers will allow this as a source, but... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9-1-1

Code 3: Port Chester TL2 FDNY L26 (100th Anniversary) Baltimore Truck 7 (Ladder 49 rig) Jack Daniels Fire Brigade Ladder Tarrytown TL78 ...oh, and don't forget the Hess firetrucks!

It makes sense for EMS personnel to be familiar with the EMD system if they are going to be dispatched using the protocols... They should know the difference between a 26-A-1 and a 9-E-1, and the appropriate level of response that is required for each code.

They wanted to use it, but it was already being used as a wheel chock for a Chevy Avalanche for some reason... But, seriously, this drill was apparently very realistic... we were getting calls all day from concerned/frightened citizens who thought it was the real deal. And while the drill was unannounced, there were no delays of emergency calls in Stamford due to units being involved in the drill.

The SFRD Truck 2 looks great, just wondering if any other area departments are using HME aerials? I know I've seens other companies' sticks on HME bodies, but can't recall seeing one of their own ladders.

Saw this at Home Depot in Port Chester last year... [attachmentid=1209]