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It was an accident. I love the maybe the Pilot and FO will be looking for new jobs stuff as if youre bullet proof BTW Alaskan Air is one of the best airlines in the country It's probably the first time the pilot has pulled into a gate with a 12ft tall ladder truck waiting. Once he has completed his turn he has no way of seing the wing approaching the turntable. I'm glad no one was hurt and that the airport had the resources to provide swift ALS for the afflicted...

My iPad was not in it's case and driven over by a car and is working fine. They're a lot tougher than their appearance would lead you to believe. The most fatal to them is a 5+ ft drop without a case where they land diagonal on one corner.

Honestly I don't know of any real brush trucks in Westchester. If you look at 90% of the vehicles that are called mini attacks in Westchester, they are way to big and heavy to be considered brush trucks by the rest of the country where true brush firefighting apparatus are needed. The term mini attack or mini pumper is quite fitting for Westchester

Had the spare tire stolen from under my Ford dually on 66th street @ 2nd Ave in front of my wife's apartment building.

Date: 10-25-2011 Time: 1830 Location: Winter Park, FL IAO Winter Park Hospital & Lakemont Ave. Departments: WPFR, WPPD, FHP Description: Bicyclist w/o brakes failure to yield to WPFR E62 Links: www.wesh.com Writer: mfc2257 Man on bike that didn't have brakes attempted to pass E62 while it was turning and was killed. 51 year old fire vet not charged. Many witnesses walking, biking, commuting. May the man on the bike and his family have peace. May the chauffeur of E62 (which is first due to my home) press on in light of this terrible accident. He has been on the job for many years and is a valuable asset to WPFR.

Tear it down. Keeping it willcreate more expense and problems in the future. The point of scrapping it isnt for materials to build the new bridge but to recover some bridge costs.

My brother and I have been racing since the '90's. A fatality is so rare. We often feel bulletproof in our rollcages and safe in our harnesses. I remember when we lost Bob Aiken from Ossining. Seems like yesterday. RIP Dan!

Just passed on my way to our house in the mountains and all the fire apparatus is gone with the exception of a mini pumper and the body of a tanker. The military deuces are still there.

I wish I had the time this evening to get on my soap box about duplication of apparatus in Westchester County and the need for a system that gave departments the ability to specialize in certain services rather than providing every service poorly. I just don't understand why the rest of America gets it and the NYC metro area doesn't.... Let one municipality deliver great rescue services and the next provide great truck company operations... So many places I can go with this. Time doesn't permit With regard to Rescue Trucks.... Don't mistake a rescue truck for a rescue company...

When incidents like this happen close to the border, the scenario that you've described will almost always happen. It's not a bad thing at all. It means that the 911 system worked. Residents in two municipalities called 911 and their department responded. Instead of getting into a turf battle, they got the job done and all worked out well. This happens in the DC area with PGFD and MCDFRS ending up operating with units from the district. Most of the time it goes well. Occasionally the "pack up your stuff and get moving" attitude comes out and that isn't in anyones best interest.

Of the FDNY units with significant petroleum firefighting capability E238 with the Foam Tender turn out of Greenpoint Ave in Brooklyn. It's a hike to Pelham. E96 and their foam wagon turn out of Story Ave in the Bronx and during overnight hours isn't a bad drive. E95 and their foam wagon turn out of Vermilyea Ave in the Inwood section and it's quite the haul. E326 with Purple K is out of Queens close to the Nassau border. E84 and PK84 are out of Washington Heights.

Millwood has been using Class A since 1996. Others surrounding have some capability too.

Not gonna be me. I'd love to hear your thoughts on how to combine water shuttle with your standard operations at a multiple story OMD with similar attached and limited access to the rear in the event of a municipal water supply failure

I think it would be a great idea for a complement of folks from Yonkers or other southern Westchester department for that matter to attend a water shuttle drill. There are so many different scenarios surrounding drafting, relay pumping, uphill water supply (filling the supply line), and apparatus placement that the southern departments rarely have to encounter. When a municipal water system fails however it becomes challenging to provide continuos water supply. I would also love to see how the northern Westchester tankers would interact with Yonkers tractor drawn water tender should a water supply failure occur in Yonkers. I think the down county officers could provide valuable insight for the norther brothers with regard to other operations.

Bell 206 JetRanger

A little weak in the ground ladder complement. Nonetheless, there are some nice ideas/options on this rig.

This pretty much sums up the problem with the fire service in Westchester County.... The vast majority of departments in Westchester have no interest in talking to each other about best practices, resource sharing, and overall brainstorming. With the exception of Yonkers, White Plains, and maybe New Rochelle, there are few fires (even room and contents) that are covered by just one department.... But no one is open to listening to the educated opinion and discussion of their neighboring departments senior members. Most Westchester County fire departments spend more time at other peoples fires than they do their own.... So by that fact alone your statement about spending less time worrying about everyone else is backward. What each department should do is find the departments that consistently run second due into their territory and get a fresh set of opinions on how things go and what can be done to improve. Doesn't mean you have to do what your neighbors say, but wouldn't it be valuable to hear it?

I'm not sure the theme here is necessarily telling SFD what is best. Seth and one of your members have provided some unique discussion points and opinions. Others have discussed the merits of their ideas vis-a-vis the financial impact of staffing and ISO and other discussed items.... If a consultant offered the same type of commentary would it not be valuable or is it just difficult to hear constructive conversation amongst your peers as opposed to a consultant who you don't ever have to see/hear from again after their work is done? You don't have to agree with anything that is said in this forum, but as an elected official of your department use it as a tool for future decision making.

In FL it has really taken hold. The public is aware and doing the right thing and LE is really cracking down on those who don't make an effort to create space between them and the emergency service agency on the roadside.

Followed an Austin Travis meat wagon up I-75 (thats the route they take from the factory to catch I-10 to TX) on my way to Ocala one night and had to back off because the reflection was too bright even from a safe following distance. Sharp looking rigs though.

I-4 through Orlando has variable speed limits depending on time-of-day, weather conditions, and traffic flow. Honestly, it does nothing to help with traffic. People are still texting, picking their nose, or otherwise doing anything they possibly can to slow traffic down.

I am somewhat surprised at the choice of chassis. Rescue 3 is without a doubt one of the busiest FD units in the county. Although Spartan makes a rock solid full sized chassis, this medium sized variant seems to be somewhat of an unknown. The International 4000 series that is being replaced (at least that's what I think it is) has hundreds of thousands of examples running throughout the world and Rescue 3's particular model has stood the test of time. Why the departure away from the seemingly bullet proof commercial chassis? Please note: I am a proponent of function before form. Thus, my opinion is NOT based on the fact that the Furion chassis is somewhat goofy looking. If one could prove that it was every bit as reliable, durable, and efficient as the International that it replaces AND comes with added benefits such as better turning radius, shorter overall length, better crew area etc. than I'm all for it.

That's not your fathers Oldsmobile, uhh JetRanger...

DC just recieved several Pierce engines. Not a surprise as Pierce, just as seagrave, has a very strong showing in the DC metro area.

Sorry my phone died last night... And for some reason I can't get it to open the PM function so I'll post here... My stomping grounds were Gettysburg. I ran my last call there about 10 years ago. With the exception of the ford pickup, they've turned all the apparatus over in the past 10 years. Pretty impressive for a department that pays for it's apparatus by it's own fundraising. Head up to PG county and you'll find some pretty interesting apparatus. Heavy Squad and Tiller at hyattsville station 1 and Berwyn Heights station 14. Tiller at Chillum Adelphi station 34. Heavy Squad's at Glenn Dale station 18, and Morningside Station 27. Kentland station 33 just took delivery of their new tower and both 33 and Bladensburg station 9 have nicely laid out new pumpers and are really compact E331 and E94. If you go home by way of RT81 to RT78 in the Harrisburg area, stop and see Progress (forget the station number) with their awesome seagrave rescue wagon and tower. In Montgomory county, station 8 in Gaithersburg is very busy. In Anne Arundel county Station 23, the jones station, is their special ops facility with a great crew of guys. In the district, E3 has a unique station with bi folding doors just blocks from the Capitol.