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how's this a John Kenealy photo taken from cnyfiretrucks.com/uv/verplanck.html

One note worth stating, GPD your observations are very good.

I figured that I would share this article from today's poughkeepsie journal, great job done by our ladies auxilary, that not only help out families in our community but several surrounding ones as well. http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article...WSFRONTCAROUSEL

Yes they are and as the article says there has been alot more applications and people in need this year.

To make this simple, my company as well as all the others in our battalion all use the same tag system. Our first engine has an accountablity board with several rings attached and is divided into section (assignments). So if I am M/A the system is the same, hand in the tag and it gets placed to where my assignment is. Our Operating Guideline for reponse to M/A is also pretty simple. Only the apparatus requested and one officer is supposed to respond to the scene, if followed then there really should not be any arrivals in thier POV. All others are supposed to respond to our station to man the other equipment or if manpower is requested to the scene, if the manpower is requested those responders then would report to our officer on the scene for accountability. I myself routinely respond with one of our M/A depts as I actually live in their district. I have permission from my Chief and their Chief to do this and I go directly to the station which is about 1 mile from my house, if I don't make a rig, then I go back home, my avatar photo was from a garage fire last week when I responded with the M/A dept. (JHK).

I will talk to you about this, when is a good time?

Exactly CK, I came across some WHALE stickers the other day in the office at the firehouse. This is surely something that we can get rolling with.

The present owner will only give it back to the company at this point, kinda a long story that is better to tell you in person than here.

Were you one of the luck ones that joined me in the decon trailer with the damn cold water before making the trip to the Sharon Hospital ER

Yeah I mentioned them yesterday Dan, but in the event we can't wait that long it would be nice to have options, like a vets task force where we can get them to be available on certain days after hours. Most of the towns around us have vets so we may be able to pull this off. I nominate Dan, aka x129 as our contact, any second!!! Seriously as I stated my wife works for one vet, my sister works at another so maybe this is workable.

Dutchess is only until 19:00 hours

The latest is that we had a board of directors meeting this AM and it was decided before the truck can be taken back to her home it needs to be approved by the membership regardless if the company or us privately get her. The meeting is Thursday night so I will keep you posted.

It seems that at least you guys have options that are available, something we here in Eastern Dutchess surely need to look into.

Hey that's my back and FF Mirande's mug.

Y Building arson fire was the same week as the tunnel fire on the WDC grounds, Dover's truck was also requested to the scene. You go SIGNMAN, love that full stash you were sportin then!!

I was reading something awhile ago about Brewster's snorkel going to Pawling for a fire, might have been at Trinity Palwing School????

Thanks for sharing, nice and simple and very easy to see and find the equipment, well thought and laid out. Great Job Putnam Valley FD.

Wow that is some extension in the front, I thought ours was bad.

excellent posts, agreed this is something that clearly needs work, I will call our local NYSP barricks and DC Sheriff office on Monday to see what they have for guidelines. Yeah I know Pizza without cheese = :angry: , they make the "fake" cheese too.!!!!!!

Here are some shots of the FWD in service. And no that is not Eric Clapton on the right

Here some shots of good old 69-45 in action, some are from newspapers and from the x129 collection

Nice action shot of the EF snorkel in action

Jrs you are talking about these mirrors correct, if so I can't say they are real appealing either

Still waiting for word whether 36-C1 tow truck will be large enough to pull her home, hopefully we will know Monday evening