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Truck 22 (Hastings) and Trucks 25 & 26 (Rye) are tillers (at least until a few years ago Rye had two). They are difficult to staff by volunteers. They require two highly skilled operators. Suffern also has one now that I think about it. There are tons of them in the Washington DC, Baltimore area. Owens Mills and PG County Truck 34 (Chillem) are two awesome examples. Edward Smith Captain (2254) Millwood Fire Co.

Maybe this guy would like to look at the old LA County and City of Syracuse way of doing things. They tried these plans and they failed. Both departments ran a Mini Pumper with their engine companies that handled 90% of the calls. Both departments have converted back to traditional engine and truck companies.

Although I've never seen it out of the bay, North Hudson Fire Rescue's staion in Weehawkin at the entrance to the Lincoln tunnel has a converted bus in it. It looks just like the last generation NYC GM busses before they went to the new low profile CNG/Hybrid units a few years ago. Not really sure what it's assignment is. It is quartered with a Seagrave 100ft rear mount and an engine.

Amen.

Yup... Car 2253 was towed. Alternator went while two Millwood FF's took the car to assist Hawthorne with traffic for a biker who went down on the TSP. It was a great way for us to spend the afternoon. E-245 (old TS-2) and Mt. Kisco TL-14 displayed the Stars & Stripes on the Pinesbridge Road overpass while MA-10 and T-15 flew the flag at the Pinesbridge and Rt100 on ramps, R-36 had the flag at the turnaround in the middle of the district, and I had E-247 on the grass at the bottom end of our district. The State Police and an unknown police motorcycle escorted over 1000 bikes from Mahopac to Ground Zero. The bikers loved it, as did just about every motorist who honked on their way past. Edward Smith Captain (2254) Millwood Fire Co.

I was at work, but spoke with 2252 briefly this is what I got. TSP SB b/t Rt 134 & Pinesbridge Rd Millwood R-36, E247, E248 Yorktown E270 (possibly R-16 & MA-8 ) SB Vehicle hydroplaned @ excessive speed hit large tree. All tools / hands working At least one pt critical. Possible original dispatch as vehicle into Croton Res. Edward Smith Captain (2254) Millwood Fire Department

Below is a message I returned to somone who posted some pretty nasty stuff on the Millwood FD web page last summer. It all but stopped the complaints regarding the siren. It's just a FYI. Edward Smith Captain - 2254 Millwood Fire Dept. Sir/Madam Thank you for your inquiry with regard to the siren alert system that is utilized by the Millwood Fire District. Please let me first say that the system is used as a supplement to the radio and digital paging system that is utilized and is NOT used casually just because we can. Second I am confused as to why you use the term "single point of failure" in your inquiry. I would question why it is a "failure" at all. - We have implemented more modern techniques such as radio and digital pagers (so YES we have done better as you say) - We do not get dispatched to medical calls (I agree that siren alert systems for a one victim, one ambulance call is unnecessary) The Siren provides several benefits for us: - During blackouts, members pagers will eventually run out of battery power. The fire stations have "stand alone" power systems run off powerful diesel generators that can power the siren and alert our members. - County radio coverage of the western portion of New Castle is spotty at times. If a pager fails to "trip" for one or more members the siren can be heard. The same can be said for a member who is recharging a pager at home and may be working in another room in the residence. He or a family member can hear the siren and respond in a timely manner. - In times of an elevated emergency state, such as last weeks blackout OR Hurricane Floyd (the MFD ran 80+ calls in 36 hours) the county can become overwhelmed with 911 calls and many general alarms will come directly to the fire station. We can dispatch ourselves however our radios are not as powerful as the county's and the siren is a tremendous supplement. - The siren is a means of letting trucks that may be making deliveries to local businesses know that they may need to move their vehicles so that fire apparatus may exit the station in a timely manner without being blocked or impeded. - Finally, as a point of safety... The Millwood Fire Department is located in an urban area. The siren system also alerts members of the public to the fact that there is an emergency in the area thus letting them know that multiple emergency vehicles will be on the roadways in their vicinity either immediately or in the near future. In addition, it alerts those members of the public that are near the fire station that they should use caution to avoid costly incidents or injury. We are aware that the siren is loud enough to wake our neighbors up at night and we are sensitive to the issue. However living next to a rail station or rail crossing, freeway or busy roadway could produce the same levels of noise from time to time. We are open to constructive and educated commentary as to how we can better use our siren system as a supplement to the primary dispatch technology that is significantly more advanced than the siren BUT not yet a 100% perfect means of dispatch under all circumstances. Thank you. Edward Smith Captain, Millwood Fire Company.

Ladder 72 has been removed from the FDNY roll from what I can see. Ladders 62 to 75 AND 88 to100 are not in service as well as Engines 98 to 150, 168 to 200 and other random closures between.

If you encounter the problem that Doug was talking about there are a few other ways to gain access... If you need to work quickly try using a sledge or haligan to gain entrance throught the tail light assembly. If you simply need to extinguist a fire this will usually give you enough room to flow water. If you need more complete access, drive a hole through the sheetmetal and use a sawz-all or air chisel to cut the top of the trunk off. If you can gain access to the back seat of the car, see if the seats fold down or if there is a "ski bag" pass through. Often times the rear deck has weak spots near the speakers as well. -2254

Funny... I just cleaned my gear so it's fresh in my head Cairns New Yorker (Leather forever !) helmet with an old tractor inner tube as a band with a pair of leather work gloves (for everything except structure fire) in it and a sprinkler wedge and door wedge Turnout coat has a Streamlite, my portable and a spare hood inside. Pants on the left have a leatherman, Remington Shooting/Saftey goggles (my bourkes are usless at MVA's and those ski goggles suck that come with helmets these days), folding spanner, latex gloves, yellow hazmat guide, 1 roll of 1in electrical tape. Pants on the right have 30feet of 1in webbing with a figure 8 on a bite already tied into one end with a steel beener on it. Also 50 feet of 3/8 rescue (bailout) rope with figure 8 on a bite/beener on it too. 100feet of utility (1/8 inch 200lb rated) rope. Each length is neatly wound up, easy to undo and identifiable by touch with a glove on. Pants on outside have firefighting gloves attached to the waist via two beeners and a glove strap (easy to get to once you have already packed up.

Don't hold me to this. I believe that the law changed and now states something to the fact that you can only collect benifits from 1 benevolant association but that you can be a member of more than one department.

Find some old carpet (1/2inch) that has a good glue fiber backing. Cut a piece about 6 inches long by 3.5 wide. Take a scrub brush and cut all the bristles off and apoxy carpet upside down to the bottom of the carpet. Apply Mothers or whatever you use liberally to surface and work it with the carpet. Have someone else follow right away with a good towel to get excess. Buff after drying as ususal.

Get over it. It's a support vehicle. Order a red dash light for it sot that it can clear routine traffic and be done. How many rural departments are doing just fine with "run whatcha got" apparatus. There's nothing in the fleet available so they solved the problem. Function comes before form in the fire service.

Date: 7-27-04 Time: 1321hrs Location: 96 Dale Ave. Cross - Linden & Pine Ave.'s Units: OFD + R-36 (Millwood Cascade) E-119 (Croton FAST) Description: Structure Fire Frequency: 46.26 + Nextel iPage Writer: MFC2257 (Millwood Capt. 2254)

I ran in Southern PA (on the Emmitsburg MD border) during college and spent a decent amout of time in PG county. The volley/career system is great. Some stations (33, 34 etc) are all volley. Others are mixed (Station 12) others are all career. What it comes down to is that the level of training, motivation and the amount of action that these guys catch is in a totally different league than we are. Westchester county (both from 60 Control's standpoint AND that of the individual departments) could stand to learn a lot from the Volleys down around the DC / Balitmore metro area. Other places with GREAT systems include Montgomery County MD and Anne Arundel County MD.

Well... If height of apparatus isn't a problem, and the MPO is capable and willing to back into the scene, the rear mount allows you to put the most "stick" on the building. HOWEVER, most drivers of rear mounts don't take the time to consider how much length they are losing by pulling in forwards and often times (especially at residential fires) they leave the truck near useless for performing roof operations. With a mid mount, you can pull in forwards and you only lose the distance from the turntable over the roof of the cab. In addition, if it is some form of a Quint, it keeps the turn table and the pump panel closer to each other with helps with communicatoin b/t the pump operator and aerial operator.

If you are a volunteer dept. and there are enough people to staff the engine, and the truck has a driver, let the truck roll out the door first driver only.... Staff the engine and fill the truck at the scene later. This way the truck gets its proper spot to set up and the engine gets to go to work right away. SOP's that one goes before the other are great, but when the tones drop and some days we have 4 people on the first rig and others we are bumping people off because it seems like the whole department made the first rig the SOP needs to be flexable. We should always strive to have the truck in front of the building. If we don't have career staffing to have a full engine follow a full truck down the road then we have to make it work based on each individual response with the SOP to help guide us not handcuff us to something that might not work one day versus the next.

Anyone know who had the portable pump in the stream just north of the barn. Was that a killer trash pump OR a real portable fire pump. If so what are the spec's on it.

Bedford Center Road just west of the I-684 overpass. BH E-199 supply from 4 drop tanks. Tankers 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 14, 15 on location as well.

Now that the Old E-248 has successfully changed hands to the Witts Springs, AR F.D., It is time to announce that the New E-248 has arrived and is now in service running out of Millwood Station 2. It's a 2004 Sparten/Sutphen 1500gpm/755gal 6man custom pumper with an AMPs Hydraulic generator, Class A/B Foam, 1250ft of 5in (maybe more to be added soon), a Lucas combi tool, and a 475hp Detroit 60 Series. Eventually this truck will rotate with E-247 (it's fraternal twin) between Station 1 and 2, and will carry our F.A.S.T equipment when responding out of Station 1. Thank you to The Truck Committee for you efforts over the past two years! http://www.millwoodfire.org/images/New248-...inal/index.html

Put the engine on the street first. If the rescue arrives first they may not be able to extricate before the fire overcomes the pt.

Chris... Are you sure of the accuracy of that photo with the Sutphen. I don't doubt that is was a FDNY piece, but the Ladder 14 that was purchased in the 1980's was a LaFrance / LTI 100ft tower quint. See the link below of it operating in 1996 in Midtown. http://www.nyfd.com/manhattan_ladders/ladder_14.html

MA-10 Loves to be ridden hard and hung up wet.

As far as ALF Tower Quints in service, I belive Truck 14 was in service somewhere in lower Mid-Town as recently as 1999. They were rear mount 100 footers with the bucket hanging out over the cab which was a lo-pro late model Century Cab look. http://www.nyfd.com/manhattan_ladders/ladder_14.html

Plenty of Chassis will work but to be honest, the Ford Super Duty (F-250-F550) have long proven to be the most popular. The new 6.0 Liter Powerstroke is the best diesel engine in the class as far as power and fuel economy goes. There is nothing wrong with Chevy's and Dodges but the Fords seem to have the best total package. Chevy's interiors are more comfortable and the Duramax is a quieter motor. I rarely see Ram's in emergency service. One note on the Fords though... They're rock solid, HOWEVER the automatic transmissions that came with the old 7.4L Powerstoke were prone to failing if they became overheated. If you buy a used Ford have the tranny looked at with a fine toothed comb and if you are going to use it to plow or tow, I suggest a larger tranny cooler and a larger finned aluminum tranny pan to add more fluid and help cool more. Also add a tranny temp gauge. Anything more than 220degres for 5 or so minutes and you're getting into trouble.