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The carry some place around 2500' of 5" LDH. Unknown why the Mack, but it only needs to carry two people. Also as far as the size goes they carry a lot more then just hose. Here are a few photos: Rear of Sat-2 MPO at the pump of Engine 72

The way the Sat's work is with the two units it's done this way for a reason. The 2000gpm Engine will go setup at a hydrant (Note that there are special "Red" hydrants around the city) and hook up and obtain a water supply. The Sat rig will then conect to the Engine and lay 5" LDH to the incident. This LDH could supply the manifold or the large deck gun.

If this is what they are doing then it's no a good idea at all.. The unit is Engine 312. Everyone knows what Engine 312 covers. The members had 312 on thier helmets for a reason. It helps to know who is who. Now you have a miss match of numbers and it can lead to confusion. This is the same reason when someone is detailed to another company they place something in the front of the helmet to show what company they are working on. As far as them using a spare. There are other ideas. "Engine 312 reserve" or something of the sorts got me. But 312 is 312 no 3xx

Fire Lieutenant Curtis W. Meyran of Battalion 26 Firefighter John G. Bellew of Ladder Company 27 Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta today sadly announced the deaths of Fire Lieutenant Curtis W. Meyran of Battalion 26 and Firefighter John G. Bellew of Ladder Company 27 in the Bronx. Meyran, age 46, a 15-year veteran of FDNY and Bellew, age 37, a 10-year veteran, were both fatally injured battling a 3rd-alarm fire in a four-story apartment building at 236 East 178th Street this morning. Lieutenant Meyran and Firefighter Bellew were treated at the scene and transported to St. Barnabas Hospital where they both succumbed to their injuries. Four other firefighters from Ladder 27 and Rescue Company 3 were also critically injured at the fire. The six firefighters were searching the rear of the fourth floor for reported trapped occupants. Firefighters Joseph P. DiBernado and Jeffrey G. Cool of Rescue 3 and Firefighters Eugene Stolowski and Brendan K. Cawley of Ladder 27 jumped from a fourth floor rear window along with Lieutenant Meyran and Firefighter Bellew after they themselves became trapped above the fire. Firefighter DiBernado was transported to Jacobi Hospital. The other three firefighters were transported to St. Barnabas Hospital. The fire was reported at 7:59 a.m. and was brought under control at 10:13 a.m. Thirty-five units and 150 firefighters were called to scene. Lieutenant Curtis W. Meyran was appointed to the Fire Department on November 12, 1989 and was currently assigned to Battalion 26 in the Bronx. During his career he was twice cited for bravery in 1991 while working at Ladder 161 and in 1997 while assigned to Ladder 123. Both units are in Brooklyn. A resident of Malverne, Long Island, Lieutenant Meyran is survived by his wife, Jeanette, and their three children; Dennis and daughters Dineen and Angela. Firefighter John G. Bellew was appointed to the department on July 17, 1994. During his career he has worked at Ladder 10 and Engine Company 23. He is a resident of Pearl River, N.Y. and is survived by his wife Eileen and their four children: daughters Brielle and Katreana, and sons Jack and Kieran. Lieutenant Meyran and Firefighter Bellew are the 1,129th and 1,130th New York City Firefighters to make the Supreme Sacrifice in the Department's 142-year history.

This is a real video. It's used by FDNY as part of a new training program. The act of shaking the bottle made the process speed up and cause the thing to blow up sooner then the kids had thought. As far as the drano Bomb. Big issue there is that the scene post blast is also very dangerous and can harm you. NYPD has delt with many of these.

Memo for UHF Firegrounds Quick chart The information on the county site is now corrected. Now all they need is a list for EMS with PL Tones the Mutal aide plan is missing some info and doesn't have PL tones listed. http://westchestergov.com/emergserv/EMS/MAPlan.pdf Page 10. Also on line with this.. I am working on a list of fireground that are in use.. So far I show the following depts using the new system: Bedford hills - F1 Somers - F1 North White Plains - F5 Yorktown - F7 Mohegan - F1 Peekskill - F8 Valhalla - F8 Briarcliff Manor - ? Ossining - F3

Firefighter Richard Scorfani Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta today announced the death of Firefighter Richard T. Sclafani of Ladder Company 103 in Brooklyn. Sclafani, age 37, a 10-year veteran of the FDNY, was fatally injured this afternoon battling a second-alarm fire in East New York, Brooklyn. Firefighter Sclafani and members of Ladder 103 were among the first firefighters to arrive on the scene of the fire located in a private dwelling at 577 Jerome Street, which was reported at 1:36 p.m. They entered the basement where the fire started and began searching both for the location of the fire and to rescue any trapped occupants. During these search operations, Firefighter Sclafani became separated from his colleagues. He was found minutes later unconscious and in respiratory arrest on the cellar staircase. Firefighter Sclafani was transported to Brookdale Hospital where he died a short time later. Firefighter Sclafani was appointed to the Fire Department on October 23, 1994 and was currently assigned to Ladder 103 in East New York, Brooklyn. During his career, Firefighter Sclafani also worked in Squad Company 18 in Manhattan. A resident of Bayside, Queens, Firefighter Sclafani is survived by his mother, Joan and his sister, Joanne. Firefighter Sclafani is the 1,131st New York City Firefighter to make the Supreme Sacrifice in the Department's 142-year history

FDNY Runs two "Hi-Rise units" they are staffed by Engines and respond when needed with both rigs. The Hi-Rise units are big tool boxes with power equipment, chargers for all sorts of stuff and things to run a hi-rise fire. There are also the Hi-Pressure Engines which are designed for Hi-Rise Fires.

As far as the "Walk Through" design rescues if you remember FDNY tried to get away from the guys hanging around in the back of the rig and place them in seats but it didn't work and went back to the "Walk Through" with the guys riding in the back. If Yonkers likes the style they have then they should stick with it. Not sure what they carry but if they are carrying Hazmat stuff then that takes up a lot of room. FDNY rescues limit that kind of stuff.

There is no clear answer to that one. For the most part FDNY relieves about an hour early. So then at 5:50pm it should be the night crew riding. However if the day crew is riding then yes if it were a job then they would at some point report to the scene and send the day crew home.. There are a lot of things that can change this such as awaiting reliefs and other things.

Can someone confirm that they also agreed to spliting up EMT's into EMT/CFR Ambulances? I know this is in the FDNY books, but was told it came up at the meeting.

Seth, I stated with the Kit Lens and a 70-210 zoom. Between the two of them I got things done for the first year I have the Rebel. I just recently added a 50mm 1.8 lens for Night stuff. As well I added a Tamron Zoom 28-300. Reason for the upgrade was to prevent lens changes at Fire scenes. I still use the kit lens for Rig shots and stuff like that.

There also could be a lot more to this that meets the eye. For example FDNY Engines ride as CFR-D units. Most have only 4 FF's and one Officer. Maybe the 5th person will come back but as a FDNY Medic (Not a FF/Medic). Now you have an ALS response unit. Also EMS LT's and Capt's can do ALS care in the field if they are alone. Now they would be able to do so. Also what wasn't stated is that they are not planing on reducing the amount of medics (atleast they say so) what they want to do is put out extra ALS units with only 1 Senior Medic. Jr. Medics will still have to ride on a 2 person ALS unit. ____________________________ Fire Department City of New York Phone: 718-999-2770 9 Metrotech Center Fax: 718-999-0112 Brooklyn, NY 11201 Maximizing ALS Response A Proposal to Change the ALS Staffing Requirements FDNY's Plan to Maximize ALS Response A Change to the REMAC ALS Staffing Standard Introduction The New York City "911" EMS system responded to 1,109,287 requests for EMS assistance during calendar year 2003. Of these, 402,652 were categorized as potentially life threatening medical emergencies (priorities 1 through 3) through the use of EMS dispatch prioritization algorithms. Furthermore, 329,914 of these were determined to require the response of an Advanced Life Support unit. During 2003, an average of 315 Advanced Life Support (ALS) tours (34%) were fielded daily of the 922 total tours fielded. The Problem Ideally 100 percent of patients who have medical conditions that would potentially benefit from ALS would receive an ALS ambulance to the location rapidly. Our goal has been to have an ALS ambulance on the scene in less than ten minutes. According to statistical reports compiled by FDNY, only 96% of the nearly 330,000 ALS calls were assigned an ALS unit. That means that over 13,000 potentially life-threatening assignments that required ALS units did not receive one. Only 81% of the ALS recommended assignments received an ALS ambulance on-scene within 10 minutes. It took 12 minutes and 31 seconds for an ALS unit to get to 90% of all ALS recommended assignments. The stated goal for FDNY is to have 90% of ALS assignments to receive an ALS ambulance on-scene under 10 minutes. Current State of ALS Response in the NYC 911 System There is a shortage of paramedics, both in the City and throughout the Nation. Recent articles in national EMS journals (JEMS, EMS Insider, EMS Magazine, etc.) describe that every major city is having difficulty recruiting paramedics. There are discussions, at both the State and Federal levels, questioning the impact of the training curriculum on paramedic staffing. This shortage of paramedics is taking its toll on staffing in NYC, and the Department is having difficulty recruiting trained personnel. The Department has employed the following strategies to increase the number of ALS units to respond to ALS calls: 1) A nationwide advertisement campaign to hire paramedics, 2) A scholarship program to pay EMTs employed by the Department to attend paramedic programs to upgrade members to paramedic status. 3) A review of current ALS responses to ensure that ALS units respond to the most appropriate calls, 4) An increase in the number of Voluntary ALS units participating in the 911 System, and 5) Reinstatement of the full time paramedic program to train members to become paramedics. Even with all of these efforts, the Department is unable to achieve the goals for ALS units to ALS recommended assignments, and will not be able to in the near future. It is estimated that an additional 100 ALS tours are needed to achieve the ALS response goals. With current ALS staffing requirements (two paramedics per ALS ambulance), it will take more than seven years to sufficiently increase the numbers of paramedics available to staff enough units to achieve these goals. ALS Staffing Arrangements Since 1974, the City has utilized Advanced Life Support (ALS) ambulances to enhance the level of pre-hospital medical care that can be provided to the public. The current REMAC ALS staffing standards have guidelines for the provision of ALS care for both 911 generated calls and non-911 generated calls. Currently two EMT-P's per ALS unit are required for 911 generated calls. Throughout the country there is no set staffing level of ambulances. Below are some examples of staffing levels that are seen in the industry: 1) One EMT and one chauffer, 2) One or two EMTs, 3) One Advanced Emergency Medical Technician-Critical Care who is met by a police escort who drives the ambulance from the scene, 4) Two Emergency Medical Technician-Intermediates, 5) One paramedic and one EMT, 6) One Emergency Medical Technician-Intermediate and one paramedic, or 7) Two paramedics. There is no published data that shows improved clinical effectiveness by ALS ambulances that are staffed with two paramedics. The NYC REMAC has previously discussed changing the staffing requirements for 911-ALS ambulances. The most recent TAG to put forth recommendations on this topic was chaired by Dr. Kevin Brown (dated 5/7/2000. It is now clear that changing the staffing requirements would allow for substantial benefits to the 911 EMS system (as stated above). A Three Pronged Approach The Department is proposing a three-pronged approach to changing the staffing standard. This approach was designed so that some needs could be addressed immediately while allowing for discussion of other points that may be more involved. The three-pronged approach includes: 1. Allow for staffing of ALS Units with one paramedic and one EMT when a disaster occurs or there is a significant threat of an impending incident that may require a sizeable increase in ALS resources. 2. Allow for the staffing of ALS First Response Units (ALS-FR) with one paramedic and one EMT. 3. Allow for the staffing of ALS transport units with one EMT and one paramedic. The Department requests that the Regional Emergency Medical Advisory Committee approve all three of these standards; however, each standard should be evaluated on its own merit so one isn't delayed pending discussion of the remainder. Disaster Response/Terrorism Response Large Scale Multiple Casualty Incidents (MCI) can strain the resources available to the point where the mission of providing pre-hospital care cannot be accomplished. For ALS response, this means that there will not be sufficient ALS resources to respond to the disaster and the normal 911 calls received. In times of MCIs, the Department needs to field additional ALS Units to handle the increased demand. Because of the limited supply of paramedics, the only alternative available to the Department is to modify the staffing requirement. Also, when the Department receives credible threats, additional units may be staffed to ensure proper response. The Department will make a decision based on the capability of the system to provide ALS resources to the incident, the nature and credibility of the threat, and the availability percentage of ALS units in the "911" system. First Response ALS Units The Department is currently reviewing plans to deploy specialized ALS First Responder Units. These units would be staffed with one EMT and one Paramedic. These units would be assigned to incidents where specialized training may be required to access patients and provide appropriate treatment unusual circumstances. These incidents include, but are not limited to: collapse, contaminated environment, and high-angle rescue. Normal "911" Ambulance Units In light of the staffing difficulties discussed and the need to increase ALS resources in order to achieve performance standards already established, the FDNY is seeking to increase ALS resources through implementation of a modified staffing model. A portion of the ALS ambulances in the 911-system would be staffed with one EMT and one Paramedic. These units would be assigned to ALS assignments and when necessary, would receive an additional ALS resource consisting of a traditionally staffed ALS unit, an ALS-FR unit or another single medic ALS unit. Presently, the FDNY requires that its paramedics complete a 960 hour field internship before being permitted to work with one another. All Paramedics on these single-medic ALS units would have successfully completed this internship. Traditionally staffed ALS units would continue to operate and be staffed with two Paramedics. A portion of these would be utilized as training units for paramedic field internships. Protocol Review The NYC REMAC allows for the use of Advanced Life Support Protocols for five different staffing models: 1) An ALS Service, operating in the 911 System, staffed by two paramedics, 2) An ALS Service, not providing care in the 911 System, staffed with a paramedic and an EMT, 3) An ALS Service, not providing care in the 911 System, staffed with one EMT-CC and one EMT. 4) A BLS service that operates with ALS personnel, providing limited ALS care. There is no difference between the protocols used by a two paramedic unit operating in the 911 System and a single paramedic unit responding to calls outside the 911 System. There is no difference between the care provided by a single paramedic operating for a BLS service and the current care provided by a single paramedic operating on a BLS unit in the 911 system. The only staffing model with any difference between protocols is the dual paramedic and the single EMT-CC. The EMT-CC protocols use the skill set and formulary. The only difference between the EMT-CC and paramedic protocols is the point in the protocols when contact with medical control is required. Based on this review of protocols used by all providers and the knowledge base of the paramedic, there is no adjustment to the current protocols needed in a single paramedic system. Quality Assurance Review As each component of the plan is implemented, the Department will conduct a Quality Assurance review to ensure that quality of care is maintained. Some specific areas to monitor may include: 1) ALS response time and the fractal ALS response time. 2) On-scene times. 3) Patient condition upon transport. 4) Successful completion of ALS interventions. These markers would be under constant review to determine if the program is succeeding. Any negative indicators will be analyzed and the program will be adjusted for improvement. Summary The FDNY is evaluating our performance objective as it relates to ALS assignments and would prefer evaluating performance based upon the ability of an ALS unit to respond an ALS assignment 90% of the time in under 10 minutes. For 2003, 81% of the time an ALS unit responded to an ALS call in under 10 minutes. To achieve this goal, roughly 100 additional ALS tours would be necessary. Present staffing requirements call for two paramedics to staff an ALS unit, this would require nearly 400 additional paramedics. Because of the shortage in paramedics, the need to increase our ALS response capability, and the lack of evidence supporting any staffing model, the Department is requesting a change in the ALS staffing requirement. By approving and implementing these proposals in a coordinated and controlled manner, we believe that the number of ALS tours could be increased and that the performance standards discussed could be achieved in a timely manner.

Well I have no picture this time. However while I was do some extrication training we had a discussion on opening the trunk of cars. So here is the topic: 1. When do you open the trunk? All the time, Car fires, MVAs, etc. 2. How do you accomplish this task? for MVA, Fire, etc. 3. Any new tools or unusual techniques you have. After you get some time to read this and post, I will post what we felt was an interesting way of getting the trunk open.

I will say me New Year came in with some fun. 2 Minutes before midnight report of fire in a parking garge. Could hear the people in Time Square counting down as they were giving the 10-75. Only a block from the ball and people all other the place blocking the Engine and making it hard to get a hydrant.

Doc take a look on the web and see if you can find some reviews. Also see if the lens you have will work with the new Digital SLR's.

Ok. here is the low down on all this staffing stuff. At the start of each tour FDNY staffs as follows. All Ladders = 1 Officer and 5 FF's 11 Engines = 1 Officer and 5 FF's All other Engines 1 Officer and 4 FF's Now people say whats the big deal. Here is what is going on. Engine XXX has a fire and 3 FF's go sick. The Engine will remain in service with the Officer and the Driver until other manpower replaces the 3 FF's. These 3 Replacement FF's will be the 5th FF from 3 of the 11 Engines. Now you have 8 Engines left with 5 FF's. Now lets say Ladder XXX and Engine XXX have a fire and all 9 FF's go sick now you are short one FF. So they will start taking away FF's from Ladders and have them ride short. So with the New rules and unit with a Driver and Officer will respond to all Reported Building fires and Verbals. Any unit with a Driver, Officer, and FF will remain in service for ALL runs. This has been going on for sometime now and there have been plenty of times that units ride real short. Remember FDNY won't hire anyone after the start of the tour...

Now lets look at this again.... What about the person who is in Cardiac Arrest and needs a Defib to save her life. Wouldn't that be a meaningless death if the FF's didn't respond when she could have been saved? So are we saving one life is more important then the next?

This lawsuit could also come back in hit the FF's in the a**. If they say that they shouldn't have been at the nursing home because the nursing home has Defibs and trained people at or higher then the CFR-D Level then the issue could change. "In response to needless calls, the FDNY devised a procedure to remove such facilities from its response system, Gribbon said. A removal is requested by the local firehouse and approved by headquarters." So if they run a report on the address and see that the company has been there on a few occasions and never filed paperwork to have it removed from the CFR-D program then who's fault is it? "Since it started 10 years ago, the "First Responder" program has repeatedly sent fire engines racing to nursing homes that call 911 "because they don't want to pay for an ambulance," Nursing homes know very well that they have to pay, They all have contracts and all know that any ambulance is going to cost.

I use the 420EX from Canon it's the best for your money. There are many others out there. The add on flashes are much better. You will see alot of things talking about using the addon flash over the popup flash. Just picked up a new zoom lens and it states no to use a popup flash when you zoom in all the way because the lens will block the flash. The photo above was with the Digital Rebel. As far as setting all that stuff you need a camera with some form of manual operations or might try a "Scene mode" such as night mode. But you will need to read the book. Most basic Digital Cameras can be used. As well you should have no problem on a 35mm slr

You can also link the NYS EMS Mobile Field guide at http://www.nycfire.net/pda/ A demo Westchester verison is also on the site http://www.nycfire.net/wcems Some other good programs epocrates for the drug database PEPID:EMS is also pretty good

FDNY Engines do and are trained in the use of the Hard Suctions. Most units only carry one section while others have two. There is currently some updated training and interest in this equipment and key engines near water sources are being retrained and issued all the needed equipment if they don't have it already.

daday49 not sure what you mean. but lets see if this helps, also I only use digital when I take the photos. 1. Tripod nice and strong one. 2. Remote trigger 3. Set camera to a low ISO, less grain 4. Open the aperture up all the way. 5. Set a slow shutter speed Take a few shots while changing the shutter speed. ISO=200 Aperture = F3.5 Exposure time = 1 Second Flash Used

Also if you were to use the motorola dual band setup you run into a big $$$$$ factor. It only works with the top of the line radios.

FDNY has switched to a new style of the Fernon ProFlex Model 35P. It was suppose to have some changes from the normal production model but couldn't tell you what. Look for the Ambulances with the LED lights and blue Veh numbers.