Steve

Hillcrest FD - New Sqaure area of district. 2 story frame well involved upon arrival.

Have all yonkers companies been put back into normal service. ( regarding the closing of companies).

I recently paid a visit to the Benicia CA. FD Benicia is a suburb of San Francisco, 30 minutes to the East. They operate two firehouses. 2 engines 1 aerial truck 3 brush trucks 1 tanker 1 Paramedic rescue

If my memory serves me correctly, I recall back in the 1980's that Engine 11 was disbanded, and that Ladder 14 (current ladder 70) was moved to station 11.

How old is the current ladder 72 and what are the futures plans for the old truck?

Happy Birthday from Nelson and the family. He wants to buy you a beer, but only from the tap. (The bottle beer is to expensive)

I would think that they would call in Mount Vernon before FDNY.

Date:03/20/2010 Time: 0852hrs Location: 7 South Pascack Rd X Route 59 Frequency: 46.18 Units Operating: Spring Valley, South Spring Valley, Hillcrest, Nanuet, Monsey, West Nyack, New City, Pearl River; RC Haz Mat, 44-4 Weather Conditions: sunny Description Of Incident: Fire in a 1-story self-storage facility involving approx. (48) units Writer: Steve http://www.lohud.com/article/20100320/NEWS03/3200369/Fire-in-Spring-Valley-storage-facility-closes-Route-59--injures-one-firefighter 0852hrs- Spring Valley (Dept. 17) responding to the area of 7 South Pascack Road for an unknown type fire. 0853hrs- 17-2 on scene reporting heavy smoke showing from a unit in a storage facility. 0900hrs- 17-Command requesting a retone for a working fire at the Storage Company. 0903hrs- 17-CMD reports fire in 3 units ATT. 0904hrs- Operations to Frequency 3. 0908hrs- 17-CMD req. M/A South Spring Valley (Dept. 25) FAST to the scene. 0924hrs- 17-CMD req. M/A Hillcrest (Dept. 6) and Nanuet (Dept. 8) for a pumper & manpower to to the scene. 0928hrs- 17-CMD req. a new FAST from Monsey (Dept. 7) to the scene. 0955hrs- 17-CMD req. M/A West Nyack (Dept. 24) with 24-Rescue for air bottles to the scene. 1001hrs- 17-CMD req. Rockland County Hazmat Team to the scene. 1003hrs- 17-CMD req. M/A Monsey 7-E.Q. to the scene. 1020hrs- 17-CMD req. M/A New City (Dept. 9) 9-Rescue and Pearl River (Dept. 12) for 12-E.Q. to the scene. Suffern (Dept. 19) for pumper & manpower to cover 17-101. 1028hrs- 17-CMD req. M/A Nyack (Dept.10) for ladder to cover 17-100.

The Rockland County Volunteer Fire Assoc. Parade will be held on Sat. Oct 2. at 2:00 PM. The David B. Roche Vol. Fire Co. located in Thiells will be hosting the parade this year and celebrating the fire companies 50th anniversary as well.

Welcome to VATF1.org VATF1 Deploys to Haiti January 13, 2010 Virginia Task Force 1 (VATF-1), Fairfax County's urban search and rescue team was activated by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Tuesday evening, January 12, 2010, to the earthquake near Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The task force is composed of 72 personnel, 6 search and rescue canines, search and technical rescue personnel, physicians, paramedics, structural engineers, other support personnel, and approximately 48 tons of rescue equipment and supplies. The team is self-sustaining for approximately 14 days. The task force left from the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department’s Academy at 8:15 a.m., January 13, 2010. The team will depart from Dulles International Airport late morning today. The task force deployed to the Haitian town of Petionville, near the capital of Port-au-Prince for a school collapse in November of 2008. The task force has also deployed nationally to the Oklahoma City Bombing, The Pentagon, Hurricanes Katrina and Isabel. Additionally, they have deployed internationally to the bombing in Kenya, earthquakes in Turkey, Taiwan, and Iran. Additionally, as a part of the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department, the task force maintains constant operational readiness, and is a local resource for residents of Fairfax County.

I am kind of surprised that this country is only senting one team of USAR to such a large scale disaster. Does anyone know if the northeast is sending any resources? I have a close friend that is from Haiti. He would tell me how the fire service is basically non-existant in Haiti. Very poorly trained with minimal equipment, usually hand me downs donated from other countries.

JFLNN, What positive changes would you like to see in the volunteer fire service?

Can anybody advise me what the ISO classification is for the City of NY?

On the new FDNY engine companies (Eng 79 or 81) there is a stainless steel box above the cab. What is carried in that compartment?

A member of the FDNY sang god bless america at the 7th inning. He did an excellent job.

Great video. This is worth checking out.

What company was FF Joyce assigned to?

Most NY news stations did a story on this video. It is incredible how they praised the civilian as being a hero, but made no mention of the FF entering a burning apartment with no hose line, in terrible conditons, to save this boys life.

Can anybody provide me with a list of combo (paid & volunteer) departments in Westchester County.

What fire department covers Westchester County Airport? Do they have any specialized equipment for the airport?

Oh so true. I was a detective that retired five years ago. At that time ALL reports were done by typerwriter.

On 6/8/09 the Nanuet FD was dispatched to Route 304 North at Route 59 for an overturned truck with entrapment of the driver. The truck was carrying a full load of mulch.

I read yesterday that the FDNY now intends on closing 16 companies. Does anybody know what companies are on the chopping block?

I recall around 1978 Yonkers PD ESU had a hurst tool in there ESU station wagons. The PD was the first agency to carry hurst tools in Yonkers.