bigfitz2004

I?m not sure if this was every talk about this board. I just would like to know why some of the member of the join the Fire service or EMS. You can Be paid or Volunteer

Built in 1939, Mulford Gardens is one of the oldest public housing projects in the country. July 2, 2004 Blighted Yonkers Project Will Not Go Quietly; Debate Over Segregated Housing Is Rekindled by Demolition Plans This link is about a story on Mulford Gardens from July 2, 2004

Seeing the pictures of Lime Continental Compac just got me thing of a fire that I remember as a kid(5 years old) in Yonkers Morris St. X Elliott Ave. I think in was in the summer of 1989 or 1990. I remember it was very Smokey on South Broadway. I remember a Lime Continental Compac parked in the Key Food Parking lot. Channel 7 News parked in Lincoln Park on South Broadway.

Stardust casino imploded to make way for Boyd's Echelon mega-resort. All that's left of the Stardust now is dust. The once-glitzy casino on the Las Vegas Strip known for its bargain rooms, friendly service and mobbed-up past was imploded early Tuesday morning in a hail of fireworks. The implosion is to pave the way for Boyd Gaming's $4.4 billion mega-resort complex, Echelon. Hundreds of guests partied beneath tents and on makeshift patios before Boyd chairman Bill Boyd's four grandsons pushed a plunger. That set off a pyrotechnics display and detonation that generated a massive dust cloud, chasing revelers into cars, buses and nearby casinos. The property opened in 1958, billing itself as the world's largest resort hotel with more than 1,000 rooms. It is credited with being Las Vegas' first mass-market casino, thanks to cheap rates and loss-leading food and drinks. Bob Boughner, Echelon Resorts' chief executive, said while the Stardust was a favorite of the nostalgia crowd, it was missing out on younger patrons and those who come to Las Vegas for conventions. He says Echelon will offer Boyd customers a more upscale product. (Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

Date:3/12/07 Time:22:00 Location:Mocksville, N.C. Departments: Description:Fire at a nursing home killed one person and injured 19, 4 were in critical condition, Links:13ABC Writer:Bigfitz2004 Marfch 13, 2007 - 1 death, 19 injuries reported in fire at North Carolina nursing home, officials say MOCKSVILLE, N.C. (AP) - A fire at a nursing home killed one person and injured 19, authorities said early Tuesday. The fire, which occurred just after 10 p.m. Monday at Davie Place Residential Care, was first reported to authorities as an explosion. However, Beth Dirks, assistant county manager for Davie County, said that was not immediately confirmed. Of the 19 injured, four were in critical condition, Dirks said. The injured were sent to area hospitals while others were taken to Hilltop Assisted Living in nearby Davidson County, she said. In addition to the residents who were injured, two police officers were treated for smoke inhalation, she said. About 50 residents were in the home when the fire broke out, along with staff members, she said. No staff members were injured. The cause of the fire was not immediately known. "We're getting ready to conduct an investigation," Dirks said, adding that local authorities were waiting for the State Bureau of Investigation to arrive to handle that investigation. Dirks was uncertain about the amount of damage to the building but said it was still standing. (Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

Date:3/11/07 Time: 2340hrs Location: Hundall St. X Cedar Springs Road "Harvey's Racquet Club Apartments" Departments: DFD Description: (1) Dead, (12) injured with (2) burn victims in OMD fire. Writer:Bigfitz2004 http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dw...re.5057d6c.html By CYNTHIA VEGA / WFAA-TV Firefighters were digging through rubble and pouring water on hot spots early Monday after a fire swept through a Dallas apartment complex near Love Field, injuring at least 12 people and displacing more than 90 families. Firefighters said the blaze at the Harvey's Racquet Club apartments at Hudnall Street and Cedar Springs Road broke out just before midnight Sunday and eventually went to seven alarms. At least two people were badly burned, according to Dallas Fire-Rescue. No details were immediately available about their conditions. Firefighters said at least 40 units were damaged. Black pieces of wood, charred like toothpicks, littered the grounds. Chunks of burned debris were scattered across the parking lot, and at least a dozen cars sustained damage like shattered windows, body damage or scorching. Firefighters said a number of people jumped from balconies to escape the flames. "I went to the door and I couldn't even get out," Priscilla Johnson said. "I had to jump down from the third floor, slide down on the wood to get out. I saw my whole apartment go up in flames." Firefighters said the fire was quite advanced by the time the first trucks arrived and the flames spread quickly. "Our real challenge right now is to make sure that we account for everyone that's inside the apartment complex," Dallas Fire-Rescue Lt. Joel Lavender said. "Basically our No. 1 priority is not so much putting out the fire, but it's about saving lives." The complex contains approximately 300 apartment units. Public records show the complex was built in 1975. Firefighters said they were slowed in learning the identities of possible missing victims because a number of the families living in the apartments were away on spring break. Structural engineers were called in to help ensure the safety of rescue teams looking through the debris for possible victims. More than 150 firefighters were involved in the operation. The cause of the fire was under investigation. The American Red Cross established a shelter for the victims at the Grauwyler Recreation Center, 7780 Harry Hines Blvd. "It's really emotional; you can imagine," Red Cross spokeswoman Anita Foster said. "That's 93 families who, in one fell swoop, have lost everything they have." She said displaced families will need immediate help with housing, food, and clothing. Many will require mental health assistance to deal with the magnitude of the tragedy. "It's going to be a big job for the Red Cross and for the community to come together to help," Ms. Foster said. Dallas Morning News staff writer Kimberly Durnan contributed to this report.

Date:3/12/2007 Time: :700 Location:Wampsville NY Frequency: Units Operating: Description Of Incident: tanker car derailed with propane with explosion Writer: Wampsville (WSYR-TV) - Emergency crews are responding to the railroad tracks in Wampsville, Madison County, where a tanker car derailed exploded around 7 AM. Residents living near the explosion are being evacuated. Durhamville Elementary and North Broad Street Schools are closed. The evacuation area is between Elm Street, Cobb Street and Canal Road in the City of Oneida are closed and Route 46 on the North Side of the City of Oneida. A caller says the explosion is located behind the Wal-Mart on Route 5. Students who have already been picked up by their buses are being taken to Oneida High School. There have been no reports of injuries. Residents living several miles away from the explosion said they could feel it. Black smoke continues to billow into the air. Stay with 9WSYR.COM and NewsChannel 9 for updates throughout the morning. http://www.9wsyr.com/news/local/story.aspx...2f-cdff3b5d9507

Tonight Mega Millions jackpot is now over 370 million dollars. I got my ticket.

I wish You can save the tones

White Plains also got one

I think West Harrison is 472.250

If they tear down Yonkers Fire H.Q. to build that minor league ball park where would the temporarily Fire H.Q. would be to housed Ladder 71 and Rescue 1? This is the one Question that I did not seen post on Emtbravo. I have seen post that say it my have 6 Bay Doors. I think know what they may do with personal and the respond time with city fire is more main concern then where the Location or how many Bay Doors or the design of it would be.

Hot dog lovers rally for Mickey's By REBECCA BAKER THE JOURNAL NEWS (Original publication: February 2, 2007) GREENBURGH - Mickey's snack bar may live to relish another day. News of Michael DiFate's struggle to reopen his father's popular hot-dog stand on Jackson Avenue has caused a groundswell of public support and led to a pledge from Town Supervisor Paul Feiner to help the family. The Greenburgh Building Department closed the 78-year-old snack bar late last year because it violated town zoning codes banning roadside food vendors and businesses in residential neighborhoods. Feiner originally told The Journal News that he felt bad for the family but was hesitant to change the zoning rules. After reading about the DiFates in The Journal News yesterday, Feiner said he would personally go to the Zoning Board of Appeals with the DiFates to help them apply for a variance. "I was sort of annoyed with myself," he said, referring to his comments in the newspaper. "It is a landmark." Getting the variance could be difficult. Building inspector John Lucido said the DiFates would have to prove they could not get a "reasonable return" on their half-acre property for anything other than a snack bar. Feiner said he would try to rally support for the hot-dog stand to help the DiFates make their case to the zoning board. He got a number of e-mails yesterday that lambasted the town for cracking down on Mickey's and urging the town to put it back in business. He had asked for public feedback about Mickey's on his blog, www.pfeiner.blogspot.com. The elder DiFate, who founded the hot-dog stand in 1929, was overwhelmed with the public show of support. "I got 10 to 12 calls today supporting me," he said, his voice cracking. Yesterday, people vividly recalled their experiences at the hot-dog stand. Tim Kaiser, a 36-year-old warehouse manager from Bergen County, N.J., said Mickey's was a favorite hangout for him and his older brother about six years ago. "I worked construction in White Plains and he worked construction in the city," he said in an e-mail. "We would get outta work and that was our meeting place during the summer on Fridays. We get a couple of dogs with sauerkraut and mustard with black cherry sodas. It was so delicious. It just hit the spot on a hot day. Those were good times." Kaiser, who works in Nyack, said he was sad to hear the truck closed and planned to call his brother, who now lives in Florida. Not all memories of Mickey's were fond ones. Peter Zucker, a 42-year-old schoolteacher from Mount Vernon, has resented the elder DiFate since he was 12, when he and a pal were found trespassing in the snack bar. "We just wanted to peek inside," Zucker said. "The minute we stepped a foot in, he pulls up in his truck, and we bolted. He chased us all over the neighborhood. He pushed down my friend's 4-year-old brother and called the cops on us. He lied and said we threw a box of Milk Duds all over the yard, and we never did." Zucker said he was going to confront DiFate a few years ago, but changed his mind when he saw how frail his childhood nemesis has become. DiFate said he couldn't remember the incident. "I will never forget it," Zucker said. Paul Kane, a 51-year-old electrician from Yonkers, had been a Mickey's patron for 30 years. He described the snack bar as one of the few places left in Westchester to get a hot, cheap lunch. "It's like an ice cube in the desert," he said. "The working man who wants a $5 lunch can't get a $5 lunch anymore. You have La Chateau du Fontaine for a $10 sandwich." Not only was Mickey's cheap, Kane added, "the hot dogs are excellent." "It was the best hot dog I've had in the area," he said.

what is a Flashover Survival class all about. where can I take this class?

December 1, 1958 a fire broke out in a Catholic elementary school in Chicago, Illinois. That fire claimed the lives of 92 children and three nuns at Our Lady of the Angels school. If I was school superintenden I would use is deadly fire in U.S. History to make a point to the parents. That a FIRE CAN HAPPEN AT ANY TIME. we as a school District we need to be prepare. To me it is sad that parents complain about this. To me it look like the PERENTS does NOT CARE ABOUT THERE OWN KIDS SAFTY. We need to learn from the Past.

On this board I have seen topic such as Sending Firefighters Mutual Aid- Requirements and is Firefighter I Enough? I see one problem in the county there is no unity on what classify an interior Firefighter. If one department says that you only need Firefighter I to be an interior firefighter and different Department requires both FF1 and Survival. This creates a problem. I believe that we can fix this by having Westchester County Government make a proposal to make one standard in Westchester County. By have one standard in the Westchester we can we can remove Department Requirement like what you need to be classify as an interior firefighter & requirement it sent firefighter on mutual aid. By have on standard an IC at the Fireground does not have to worry about the skills is firefighter have. I want like to hear like to hear what Volunteer and Career Firefighters think about this.

I have not yet took Flashover training I want to.

Did the county plan you build a flashover simmulator at WCFTC I have seen it in a old budget of the county?

I have seen past post about Westchester Technical Rescue Team does anyone have updated information. Did the receive funding from Westchester county. Do they still drill what are the requirements to join? Thanks Fitz

Today I was trying to look on-line some fire history of Westchester County like fire, LODD and building of The WCFTC. They are so much information about NYFD, Chicago Fire Dept, and fires like Iroquois Theater Fire, The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire and Our Lady of the Angels School Fire. I want to know if anyone has any information about big fires in Westchester County. Does anyone know of any book that was writing about Westchester County Fire History? The only book that I can find close that has great picture of Yonkers fires is called ?Fire In Focus An Action Portfolio? by Thomas K. Wanstall. How many people would love to see a book about Westchester County Fire History?

THe book was copyright in 1984. I look like most of the photo are from the early 80's. The book was printed before my time (1985).

who can you contact about joining?

Date:Tuesday January 16,2006 Time: Location:BROOKS, Kentucky Departments: Description: Train fire forces evacuation in Kentucky Links:http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/16/train.fire/index.htmlCNN Writer: CNN -Train was carrying cyclohexane, an inhalation hazard, authorities say -Fire crews pulled back due to risk of another explosion -Huge fire closes down part of interstate BROOKS, Kentucky (CNN) -- Authorities evacuated residents within a one-mile radius Tuesday after a massive train derailment south of Louisville sparked an explosion and a huge fire. No injuries have been reported, but authorities asked residents within a one-mile radius of the accident in Brooks to evacuate to get away from the heavy black smoke blanketing the area. Authorities have determined that cyclohexane is the chemical burning in the blaze, according to Jason Keller, a spokesman for the Kentucky Department of Emergency Management. "It's flammable, explosive, and an inhalation hazard," he said, adding that officials have decided to let the flames burn themselves out. Cyclohexane is a solvent used in the production of paints, nylon and resins. It can affect the central nervous system if inhaled or ingested. There were some other chemicals in some of the train's 80 cars, according to another official with the Kentucky Emergency Management office, but the three cars burning contained cyclohexane, which breaks down when it burns. Seven air quality monitoring stations have been set up across Bullitt County, the official said, and so far none are showing signs of contamination. As many as five tanker cars jumped the tracks, video from the scene showed, and were left jumbled perpendicular to the track. A team from the National Transportation Safety Board will go to the scene later in the day to investigate the accident, the agency reported from Washington. Gov. Ernie Fletcher flew over the scene a few hours after the derailment and told reporters at a news conference that a team from CSX would also inspect the cars and their contents. "We're doing everything we can first to make sure we're managing the fire in a safe way," the governor said. Bob Sullivan, a spokesman for CSX -- which operates the train -- said the company's first priority is helping emergency responders protect the public. "We regret what has happened here, (and) we want to find out what caused it," Sullivan said at the news conference. He added that CSX would also work with affected residents and businesses in the area to help get things back to normal. The blaze lit the dark morning sky, sending black smoke billowing into the air, while orange flames lined the railroad track for hundreds of yards alongside the derailment. It's not known what caused the accident, which occurred around 9 a.m., according to Keller. Fire crews -- which at one point were trying to douse the blaze with water -- were asked to pull back from the site due to the risk of another explosion, according to Kentucky Emergency Management spokeswoman Nikki Ploskonka. The only school in that area, Brooks Elementary, has had its students moved to another school in a safe zone, Ploskonka said. A unit from the Kentucky National Guard was called in to assist with the scene and help determine exactly what chemical is burning, Ploskonka said. Members of the 41st Civil Support Team are trained in biological and chemical detection, she added. A one-mile stretch of Kentucky Route 1020 is closed due to the smoke, and part of nearby Interstate 65 is shut down in both directions, the Bullitt County Sheriff's department said. Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said a temporary flight restriction is in place in a one nautical mile radius of the derailment due to the smoke, and planes at Louisville International Airport are having to use another runway, she explained. That airport is home to a huge UPS hub.

I finish my Firefighter I class which start in September and ended in November and I?m still waiting for Firefighter survival already for 4 months has past since my Firefighter I. I believe that the county should have classes like Firefighter survival like once a month. I think waiting 4 months is too long to wait.