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Wouldn't a simple and inexpensive alternative be to have a form that is completed by the officials doing the checks which can be presented to any other agencies who stop the vessel that day. Let the form be good for 24 hours. Boat is checked once and the next time it's approached by LEO's then present the form and continue under way.

They've come to mean several things to different departments over the years... Purportedly introduced in the early half of the 20th century by Chicago Mayor Kelly, it is in its most simplistic form an extra day off at a predetermined point in your normal shift schedule. Some do it to avoid overtime, others to comply with labor laws, some just because it was lobbied for by the union. The department that I was formerly involved in scheduled a Kelly day following your 6th consecutive shift worked to account for what should have been a Sunday off.... So if you took no vacation or sick leave and worked 24 on 48 off starting on the first of the month you would have an extra day off on the 19th which would be followed by your regularly scheduled 48 off.

Thats a tough schedule... There are plenty of 24 on 48 or 72 off career jobs that still have kelly days.....

Replying to the earlier comment about Psych services not making much money... It is actually the way the hospital allocates cost to the unit. Here is an over simplified example: A hospital has a 20,000sf psych unit. It's cost is relatively low because it requires very little specialty equipment, the staffing costs are low, and the overall amount of resources that are dedicated to the unit are low as well. Lets say the average daily census translates to a 90% occupancy which generates $10mil a year in gross revenue. The same hospital has dual MRI machines that take up 5,000sf. The cost is excessive due to the cost of the machines, specialty staffing, maintenance etc but they generate $10mil a year in gross revenue. Now the crux of it all... The hospital has determined that its overhead allocation per SF is going to be $400/SF which is applied pro rata to each unit in the hospital. So they allocate $8mil in costs to the Psych unit (20,000 X $400) and $2,000,000 in cost to the MRI (5,000 X $400). The hospital CEO says to the CFO why do we keep operating Psych beds when they only made us $2mil last year compared to MRI which made us four times that..... If the hospital had allocated cost in a more equitable manor the true story of cost vs revenue would show that psych made more money than originally depicted. Many NFP hospitals do it this way because its easier and they're not playing with their own money. In the FP world cost accounting is a much more thorough process and that is why companies like Psychiatric Solutions (recently purchased by Universal Health) have no problem making money in the free standing psychiatric hospital business. You don't see many in NYS because its an over-regulated service area.

I have to apologize to those reading this thread... When I read that firemoose was from the Carlisle fire department I assumed it was Carlisle, Pennsylvania. This being said I responded with information regarding apparatus that might be available from my old stomping grounds in Adams County (Gettysburg) and surrounding areas which is a short drive from the Borough of Carlisle. If you are still in need of leads, I'll make introductions for you down in that area.

In PA, Borough and Township boards can choose whomever they want to provide fire protection. In the cases I mentioned Company 21 lost it's area via a no confidence vote by the township board of the handful of townships it had been covering. The response area was divided up amongst several other companies. Company 24 lost their response area when 4 companies that surround them chose to merge into a single agency. Company 24 was invited to join the new, larger, more efficient agency but chose not to. Township board didn't agree with this move and removed Company 24 from their box cards in favor of the new entity.

We gave our reasons now you give yours. You have made an unsolicited statement without offering any supporting information as to why you would make such a comment Real men do not offer opinions about others without giving a reasonable amount of supporting information to enlighten the audience as to how they reached their opinion. So speak up or take your "I know things but I'm not going to tell you" attitude back to nursery school.

By saying Officer Hess is "far" from a hero you are implying (in the impersonal world of Internet chat) that he did something wrong. So... Tell me sir, what would you do if someone ran you down and you were lucky enough to end up on the hood of the car and not under it and your sole means of neutralizing your life safety situation happened to be your firearm.......? Are you saying that you wouldn't pull the trigger? Officer Hess is a hero because he chose a job that requires him to protect people like you and I every day. Officer Hess didn't jump on that car like Bo and Luke Duke but rather he was struck by the driver who was intoxicated and leaving the scene of an incident that Officer Hess was called to as part of his sworn duty to respond.

Sorry that I'm not PMing you but on my mobile the messenger doesn't work well.... You also may want to check with Midway (Adams County Co 24) who lost it's response area and had two rigs one of them being a newer HME or KME. Also Adams Co 21 who also lost their response area an had an International Commercial pumper and a Darley pumper tanker. Finally Adams 7 had an old Hahn that they just replaced and not sure if it's been sold.

Call Jere Lady at Lady & Taylor in Heidlersburg / Gettysburg he may have some ideas.

The question I believe didn't really revolve around the 95ft vs 100ft ladder as it was meant to ask why Somers didn't choose the SPH100 which has a bucket that doesn't hang as low in the back and allows for ground ladders to be stored through the rig as apposed to on the officers side of the rig. The SP95 does not have those options. It is essentially a two man job to get a ladder off of the SP95 where as one man can remove and throw ground ladders from the SPH100 by them selves.

Hopefully they are selling it. With two engines, a mini attack, and a pumper tanker they are covered and don't need a spare.

The customs presence would be limited. As mentioned before, many non US airports have US Customs Agents and a process to pre-clear those flying to the US. Many flights originating in Mexico, Bahamas, Canada, BVI, etc are not really international when they leave the ground bound for the US. They land and disembark passengers just like a domestic flight because everyone on board has been through customs already. I believe that these are the types of international flights that HPN will be accepting... Not a 300 passenger flight from Dubai that requires all passengers, luggage, and pilots to clear customs on this side of the pond.

Humor... It's something that more and more members of this site are losing the ability to recognize in typewritten form.

Bullets travel at close to or above the speed of sound and thus it is impossible for him to have heard the shot and then been struck.... Case closed.

Folks are just having a little summer fun... Maybe asking one to PM you would have limited the humor.

I am surprised that there isn't a delay on the transmission of the signal from the pull station. In many of the facilities that I am involved in, especially those with secure units, there is a delay that first alerts the nurses or supervisor's station while maintaining locked doors. If the nurse/supervisor doesn't override the pull station then the life safety door closest to the pull station opens in whatever the state mandated time is (20 seconds or so depending on location) and the alarms transmitted to the appropriate 911 center. The other life safety doors open shortly thereafter. So, there should be ample time for staff to investigate and limit the dispatch of units if they aren't necessary. Does Lincoln Hall have behavioral health beds or just juvenal delinquency residents

Indeed!

And the aerialscope and heavy squad are relatively new also. Seems like over the past 5 years there has been a new heavy squad, new aerialscope, 2 new ferraras, 2 used engines, a used truck, new mask service, and now two more new engines and a new truck.... It would be nice if the FDMV boys could count on that type of purchasing becoming more frequent. They have suffered too long with garbage equipment. They still aren't out if the woods.

This is tragic. RIP. Our entire state has been in a haze of smoke and ash for weeks. Just the other evening the fires in Volusia had made conditions here in Winter Park (40 miles away) pretty intolerable.

I'm not sure why an A321 would represent such an issue for HPN. The A318, 319, 320, 321 are essentially variants of the same airframe with the 318 being the shortest and the 321 being the longest. They use the same tube to form the cabin and add or remove sections depending on the model. Avionics will be similar and pilots can be certified across the model line (not on A330, 340, upcoming 350, or double decker 380 which are unique airframes not related to the 318-321 series). Fuel capacity and engine choice most likely vary between them. I suspect a 321 is about 20 feet longer than a 320.

Typically when the term wheelbase is used, it is referring to the length between the midpoint of the front wheels or axle And the same of the rear, not width as you hypothosise with regard to the taxiway.

I know some folks that have owned them over the years. They work in the right environment. They can work in urban areas. The key is how fast can you see the patient and what are your outcomes. They don't work if you are trying to create a trauma center without the associated support services. There are a million variables that go into the success or failure. How much charity care will you provide? How much bad debt will you carry? What will your Medicare utilization be? Who else will you contract with. Is it a CON state? What is the cost of acquiring your CON which varies widely by state. What is the payor mix? Would it be better to license a few beds and become a critical access hospital and get cost based reimbursement?

Honestly, I've never seen a better post that describes firefighting as a whole in Weatchester let alone a plane crash.

Loving the fill site for the bird!