bigfitz2004

Let us all have one goal is new year in the fire service lower the LODD this year.

how many calls did your department did in 2006?

What advice can you give a Probationary firefighter? I just finished my Firefighter I class in November. What course should I take?

Which fire departments in Westchester County have firefighters trained as Basic Life Support (BLS)? I believe all firefighters should have some type of Basic Life Support trainee because the most dangers time of operation in a fire is the first 5-10 minutes.

I'll be there. anyone else will be there?

I saw a picture in a book of a 1967 Kaiser that was outfitted as a command post vehicle in the City of Yonkers. Does anyone have any information about this command post vehicle such was there it was housed, how long it operation. Does Yonkers still have it? Where is there Haz-Mat Support Unit 1986 Ford Tractor is station? Thanks Fitz

The College of Westchester Associate in Applied Science- Business administration-management/marketing.

Some people told me to subscription to Firehouse magazine which I did. Someone told me to read Safety and Survival on the fireground by Vincent Dunn which is a great textbook of a probationary firefighter like me. Thanks to all for the advice.

I?m going to try to attend the Lt. Andy Fredericks, FDNY Memorial Seminar and Exhibits. Anyone else are going.

I'm missing 4 Hess trucks since 1985.

Does anyone know what happen to the old Ladder 71 1990 Mack CF/Baker 75ft. Tower ladder in Yonkers. Growing up in Yonkers I remember when that was a new truck it has my favored ladder truck in Yonkers.

the book was called Firefighters by National Fallen Firefighters foundation ISBN: 0-88363-106-7

Yonkers fire dept. website does not show a station 15. what the address to the Ridge hill fire station.

Right now I?m reading Safety and Survival on the Fireground by Vincent Dunn. Being a Probationary firefighter is waiting to take the next firefighter survival class this textbook as a lot of information in. Can anyone give me advice about anyone good training book or textbook to read?

I have a radio shack pro-2038 which i need help program i do not have the book can anyone can help me find info how to program it. I reprogram it for a friend. Thanks Fitz

I just want to know if anyone knows the Protocol for any aircraft emergency at the Westchester County Airport and the fire districts around the airport like Armonk, Purchase, West Harrison, N. White Plains, and Rye Brook. What is the Protocol for other department for away from the airport because an aircraft emergency affects every town, village, and city in this country. thanks

Crash landing: Student pilot escapes injury By Mark Langlois THE NEWS-TIMES DANBURY -- A student pilot on her first solo flight crashed her single engine plane at the end of a runway at Danbury Municipal Airport Monday after losing her front wheel in the first attempt at landing. Emerging from the plane, she appeared uninjured. Federal Aviation Administration Spokesman Jim Peters said the student pilot, whom he would not name, smacked a Piper Warrior into Runway 35 upon landing Monday at about 2:20 p.m., breaking the nose gear, before immediately taking off again for another landing without the front wheel. She succeeded in landing the plane on her second try, and walked away from the single engine airplane. The airplane was left near the threshold of Runway 35 with a curled-in propeller and no nose wheel. She landed the back wheels in the dirt within about 10 feet of the runway, so the plane came to a quick stop 50 feet later. "She made her first approach hard, and the nose wheel came off," Peters said. "She had the good sense to power up and go around. This was her first time soloing." The plane is registered in Wilmington, Del., to TOB LLC. As fire trucks surrounded the single engine airplane, drivers passing on Miry Brook Road stopped to watch. The plane didn't burn, but more than a dozen drivers pulled over for the show. "After it hit down, the wheel was going faster than the airplane," said Lorival Figueiredo, who was driving on Miry Brook Road with Patricio Moraes. The plane came in so low, they stopped to watch as it touched down the first time. "The plane was 30 feet over us," Moraes said. "I saw it right through my window. I saw it bang and the tire kept on going. It went faster than the plane." At that moment, people listening to police scanners heard emergency workers talking about a plane circling Danbury Airport without front landing gear. Figueiredo said the airplane seesawed above the runway after it lost the wheel, but before it gained altitude and took off to come around for another landing attempt. Airport Administrator Paul Estefan said the Danbury airport has one or two emergencies a year. He said some are less complicated than this one. He gave as an example of a less complicated emergency in 2005 that involved a licensed corporate pilot alerting the airport that he was on approach, and the plane had lost an engine. The plane had two engines. Estefan said in that case the aircraft was being flown by a trained, licensed pilot. "This one was different," Estefan said. He said he did not know the name of the pilot and didn't know if anyone coached the pilot into the second and successful landing.

Right now I?m reading Safety and Survival on the Fireground by Vincent Dunn. Being a Probationary firefighter is waiting to take the next firefighter survival class this textbook as a lot of information in. Can anyone give me advice about anyone good training book or textbook to read?

Can anyone give me more information on the Westchester Emergency Volunteer Reserves? How often does Westchester Emergency Volunteer Reserves meet and have drills, and training classes. Is there anyone on this board is part of Westchester Emergency Volunteer Reserves. Thanks

Scenario Example: A commercial aircraft is flying over Long Island Sound approach Mamaroneck when the cockpit fills with smoke. The aircraft is direct to land at Westchester County Airport. The plan will would fly over Mamaroneck, Harrison, City of White Plains, West Harrison, and Purchase. What does the county does if an aircraft radios that it is in distress? Would the county tone-out the departments that the aircraft will fly over to standby there quarter? If you were the coordinator DES of Westchester and your heard that there is a plane in what would you do?

Status: Final Date: 11 FEB 1981 Time: 18:40 EST Type: Lockheed 1329 Jetstar 731 Operator: Texasgulf Aviation Registration: N520S C/n / msn: 5084 First flight: Total airframe hrs: 7413 Cycles: 5308 Crew: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 Passengers: Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 Total: Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 Airplane damage: Written off Location: Westchester County Airport, NY (HPN) (United States of America) [show on map] Phase: Approach Nature: Unknown Departure airport: Toronto-Pearson International Airport, ON (YYZ/CYYZ), Canada Destination airport: Westchester County Airport, NY (HPN/KHPN), United States of America Narrative: A major electrical system failure during a runway 16 ILS approach distracted the pilot. The Jetstar descended into a heavily wooded area, 6000 feet from the approach end of the runway. PROBABLE CAUSE: "A distraction of the pilot at a critical time as a result of a major electrical system malfunction which in combination with the adverse weather environment caused an undetected deviation of the aircraft's flightpath into the terrain."

Accident Status: Final Date: 28 JUL 1984 Time: 15:45 Type: Learjet 25B Operator: Panorama Flight Service Registration: N1JR C/n / msn: 25-188 First flight: Total airframe hrs: 3168 Crew: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 Passengers: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 Total: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 Airplane damage: Written off Location: Waterville, ME (United States of America) Phase: Takeoff Nature: Unknown Departure airport: Waterville-Robert Lafleur Airport, ME (WVL), United States of America Destination airport: Westchester County Airport, NY (HPN/KHPN), United States of America Narrative: Pitot tube covers not removed before departure. Takeoff was aborted after a stall warning and the aircraft overran by 100 feet and down a rough embankment which separated the landing gear. PROBABLE CAUSE: aircraft preflight..inadequate..pilot in command remedial action..delayed..pilot in command CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: terrain condition..downhill terrain condition..rough/uneven airspeed indicator..disregarded..pilot in command

Accident Status: Final Date: 11 FEB 1981 Time: 18:40 EST Type: Lockheed 1329 Jetstar 731 Operator: Texasgulf Aviation Registration: N520S C/n / msn: 5084 First flight: Total airframe hrs: 7413 Cycles: 5308 Crew: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 Passengers: Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 Total: Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 Airplane damage: Written off Location: Westchester County Airport, NY (HPN)) Phase: Approach Nature: Unknown Departure airport: Toronto-Pearson International Airport, ON (YYZ/CYYZ), Canada Destination airport: Westchester County Airport, NY (HPN/KHPN), United States of America Narrative: A major electrical system failure during a runway 16 ILS approach distracted the pilot. The Jetstar descended into a heavily wooded area, 6000 feet from the approach end of the runway. PROBABLE CAUSE: "A distraction of the pilot at a critical time as a result of a major electrical system malfunction which in combination with the adverse weather environment caused an undetected deviation of the aircraft's flightpath into the terrain."

NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING SAFETY STUDIES DIVISION, RE-10 http://www.ntsb.gov/Aviation/curr_mo.txt (Most Recent Monthly Statistics) If you look at the site you see that so far in 2006 there was 1,331 aircraft Accidents in which 250 were Fatal. The total Fatalities for this year is 644. GENERAL AVIATION had 1,255 aircraft Accidents that 94% of all aircraft accidents so far this year