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Nice shots....very tricky extercation....one not seen by most people in there lifetime in the fire service....I do have one question....I was wondering how much cribbing and it looks like rescue strut we're needed to deem the structure safe for extercation....I know you probably can't put an actual number on it but I'm curious how you did stabilize both vehicle, trailer, and silo? I can see some of it but for.training.purposes I wondering how much equipment off each rescue was used

Came through I-90 right after the twister hit springfield. Thought we were already passed there till the sign on 90 said Springfield 10 miles. Drove straight through the storm got a photo of funnel cloud as we drove under it. numerous police and fire units headed up 90. Saw what looked to be an entire company unknown who, but 4 engines and rescue and a tower and chief all in a single line headed toward springfield. Cant believe the power of the storm.

Milan Fire Rescue has 3 E-One Engines 1st is the Oldest 48-11 1250 tank/1250 Pump Next is 48-12 1250 pump/1250 Tank The Newest Engine 48-13 1250 pump/1250 Tank

Just my opinion but i never agreed that a chief should take the " chief car" to their private job. the vehicle does absolutely nothing for the memebers operating at a scene when the chief is at work. i feel that if going to work the vehicle should be left in the district to be used as a "command vehicle" as they call it and not a personnel car. id like to hear what other people think about it i myself never saw the original thread.

In my dept we role an engine, rescue, ambulance, and 1 or 2 utilities....depending on the situation or location the engine and rescue will be returned and the utilities used for traffic control or the rescue with manpower will assist with traffic and/or ems duties.

In Milan we run a 1996 Sparten, its a 8 man cab with a command desk in the center of the 2 forward facing back seats, i will get more pictures if you would like. just e-mail me at tcplowing@aol.com and let me know if you want more information

i believe it was around 4700 gallons but not 100% sure

the towing company was great that morning. the towing company wrecker assisted in stabilization of the truck and tank. and was used in a combined effort worker with the extrication team to move the truck as the team performed spreading of the remainder of the cab . a great combined effort between rescue workers and the towing company. Stabilization of the cab was being stabilized by a resce strut system and chain to keep the remainder of the cab from shifting and the tank was being stabilized by air bags, a seperate rescue strut setup and wooden block cribbing. a great job by both pine plains,milan and wrecker crew in stabilizing that truck.

Photos of a rollover tractor trailer accident early this morning in pine plains. DCSO reported with entrapment upon arrival and requested fire and ems to scene. pine plains command requested milan fire dept to the scene with it's rescue for its air bags. An extended and complex extrication followed to free the trapped driver. A helicopter was requested and landed at the pine plains high school. the driver was extricated after an extended time and taken to the awaiting chopper. An excellent job done by all at the scene. a true team effort between multiple agencies at the scene that resulted in a successful rescue photo credit to Ethan McGhee pine plains fd.

Rest in peace brother, my condolences to the family and friends, and the Roosevelt fire dept.

in upper dutchess county ny where my dept is located we have more brush fires then anything other fire. usually on a brush fire call its all of our equipment first with no automatic mutual aid . if an officer or engine sees a large smoke column or anything that might give the impression of a large fire an additional brush unit is either requested or put on standby. that decision is made by the officer or engine requesting it. as far as a dress code. we have a 2 piece including pants and shirt wildland suits. we recently got a wildland grand and we are purchasing new wildland boots and gloves. also we have hard hats that we are required to wear. and all the dress equipment is carried by the individual firefighter.

At a recent search and rescue drill i found that if you take a dog leash in with you and your partner it works well with the search. you clip one end of the leash to your partners pack and put your hand through the loop of the leach at the other end. this gives you a 5-6 foot distance between both of you but also gives you the safety that is you don't feel tension on the leash your holding, you know something has happened with your partner.

Sending 5 up to take fast .... when do you find out if you are accepted into the class you chose ?

i believe it all depends on the town and situation,. if you have a relatively small town and the fire houser is in the center of the district, then yeah respond to the fire house but with volunteer towns covering large areas and roads that take time to travel over, i thinks its nessesary to respond to the scene in your pov. keeping the gear at the firehouse for my dept would never work out and not to mention there are hardly any jobs around here. almost all our memebers work outside of town, therefore it makes it a lot faster and eaiser for them to respond from work directly to the scene. so again it all depends on your town and if the manpower is around and close enough to justify going to the fire house first

I know in my dept if we call in a helicopter 99% of the time they are being flown to westchester. it's faster to go to saints by ground then to call for a bird but if its serious injuries then the patient is flown to westchester or albany but we dont fly them to an in county hospital