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Indeed, this is not new, neither are the enemas. There is also a large obsession with funneling beers up the arse. Kids are not stupid, they know that alcohol has to get into the bloodstream to be effective...why not choose the most direct route. Perhaps vodka IV's will be next. It also does not help that arse funneling was one of the skits in a Jackass movie...

Great news! I'll still be keeping him and his family in my thoughts and prayers.

I'm just assuming based off of the caption on Youtube. It says the firefighter is Trent Bronner. But it is possible that it isn't...

I'm pretty sure that he got what he deserved... I find it funny that in the article surrounding his felony arson charges, people quote him as being a great firefighter, member, etc. One person even says, "He'd be the first guy to sign up for training." Clearly not bailout training... Idiot.

Date: 11-18-2011 Time: 01:17 Location: 40-31 61st Street Frequency: Queens Dispatch Units Operating: (See rundown below) Weather Conditions: Chilly Description Of Incident: Phone alarm received for fire in a house with people trapped. Engine 292 arrived on scene first due and had a 10-75 transmitted for heavy fire in a 2.5-story peak roof PD. Fire building became fully involved forcing the companies to back out of the building and begin exterior operations. Tower Ladder placed into operation on the fire building. Extension to exposures 2 & 4 (See below), hand lines stretched, aggressive interior attacks initiated on both exposures. Command requested a rush on utilities due to numerous live wires down on scene. Building Department requested to check stability of the original fire building. Decided that do to damage in the original fire building, secondary searches would not be conducted. Total of (5) 10-45's, (1) Code 1 (deceased), (3) Code 3's (yellow tag), (1) Code 4 (green tag). No firefighter injuries reported. Fire placed U/C @ 03:11 by Car 4D. Writer: PFDRes47cue Exposures: #2 - 2.5-story 20x40 PD #4 - 2.5-story 20x40 PD Box Assignment: Engine 292, 325, 307 Tower Ladder 163 Ladder 154 Rescue 4 Battalion 46 10-75 Assignment: Engine 187 Ladder 136 (FAST) Squad 288 Division 14 S/C Extra Engine & Truck: Engine 263 Tower Ladder 117 2nd Alarm Assignment: Engine 259, 289, 324 w/ Sat Ladder 128 Battalion 45 (Safety), Battalion 28 (RUL) Safety Battalion Rescue Battalion Tactical Support Field Com Car 4D S/C Extra Engine & (2) Trucks: Engine 260 Ladder 116 Tower Ladder 138

Date: 11-18-2011 Time: 02:00 Location: Sissonville Road Frequency: St. Lawrence COunty Central Dispatch Units Operating: [Potsdam FD; 36-2, 36-3, 36-4, Rescue 14, Engine 80]; [Potsdam Rescue A261, 263]; [sLC: Car 7]; [Potsdam PD]; [NYSP]; [sLC Sheriff] Weather Conditions: Chilly, dry Description Of Incident: One car rollover with car resting on its roof. Occupant of the vehicle requiring extrication. Vehicle stabilized. Patient transported to Canton-Potsdam Hospital by Potsdam Rescue. Reporters/Writer: PFDRes47cue

Agreed, it is total BS. Having units staged rather than operating can be very useful if the unfortunate happens. Obviously, other FF's would most likely join in the search/rescue attempt but if they are doing something else, there will be a delay. I always enjoy hearing reports from post-incident evaluations. More departments should do these more often, especially, if it is just a matter of the Chiefs getting together to do so. Amen to your last sentence. It is so important to not get comfortable with your successes as a department and not continue to make advances.

Not a bad idea. Does anyone know what type of turnout (civilians & department staffers) they had for the first one?

My thoughts and prayers are with the injured LEO and his family, friends, and co-workers. Stay strong! Having to drive nearly 800 miles round trip way to often for the past four years to get to and from school, has made me spend a lot of time driving on roads that are patrolled by NYSP. I have noticed 4 techniques being used to enforce the move over law. The first two are similar, one is having a second car respond to traffic stops, DV's, etc and having the second due patrol position directly behind the first and remain in the vehicle, waiting for someone to not move over. As a variation of this, I have also seen the above done but the second due patrol is placed a couple hundred feet ahead of or behind the traffic stop, DV, etc to wait for people who fail to move over. With there being so many "turnarounds" on the NYS Thruway, often times the traffic stop is visible from one and a second due patrol will wait in a "turnaround" that allows him to see the scene. The fourth approach that I have seen is for an Officer to be positions at the next "turnaround" ahead of the traffic stop. When someone fails to move over, the patrol performing the traffic stop will radio the information to the patrol who is positioned at the "turnaround." I'm sure there are other approaches out there but these seem to be working for now. I'm sure with some google time, and more free time in general, I could find numbers to check the success.

Excellent point! Some of the best volunteers and for that matter people that I have met and had the pleasure of volunteering with have been in a FD that does not and cant really provide much for its members. No Chiefs vehicles, can't afford LOSAP, no gas discount, and despite not getting these, there is a good turnout at alarms and morale is good. In my fairly short experience in emergency services, I have found that the only people who want more are people who know about more. People from areas and departments that cant afford to buy in to the LOSAP program, or where Chiefs vehicles are few and far between and only in paid departments, do not see these things as recruitment incentives, but rather people from this department see helping the community as a recruitment incentive. Surprisingly, there is a good number of people who feel the same way and continue to get trucks out the door and respond to alarms. With that said, I can see LOSAP, tax breaks, etc being useful in areas where people work their as*** off to be able to live in the area (ie: Westchester, Putnam, etc) and where the work day is often much longer than the typical "work day," in helping people to find the time. I have met a significant number of people who say that they really want to join the FD or VAC and have wanted to for quite some time but just cant justify it with their families. For these people, the LOSAP program might be the deciding factor that make the decision seem alright in the eyes of the family.

Since these findings. do they have 18 FF's (15 +3 additional to anticipate 1 out of 5 having an issue) on scene acting as a RIT or FAST? Does anyone have this many FF's on-scene as a RIT or FAST? If these were the statistics that the investigation found to work, then by not at least meeting the number found to be successful you are not operating correctly. I understand that this is the average number, so by having anything less, it seems that a FD is only prepared to deal with the less than average rescues. I find the findings of this evaluation to be intriguing, and personally, if funding was not an issue, I would think that these evaluations should be done more often and in more places to keep things honest. Are there any OSHA regulations that give a minimum number for people to be able to say that there is a FAST on scene? Do individual departments have SOG's/SOP's stating this? Great reminders about the importance of reviewing the fundamentals. As with most skills, once the fundamentals go, everything will begin to go.

I don't have a number but, if I may... PHFD does a great job, especially with extrications. They are always well-trained, professional, and do a great job. Great looking vehicle. Best of luck with it!

Rig placement. Article

Firehouse.com

It is really simple to fit a a new fire truck in an old or small house...planning.

Date: 11-12-2011 Time: 14:40 Location: 101 Classon Avenue (Hercules Heat Treating Corp.) Frequency: Brooklyn Dispatch (482.01875) Units Operating: (See rundown below) Weather Conditions: Chilly, clear Description Of Incident: Working fire in a 1-story, 50x100, brick, commercial warehouse. Ladder 102 arrived on scene and transmitted the 10-75 for the box. Units then discovered that the building contained Hazardous Materials (Salt Vats & HCL) and the CIDS stated not to use water. Haz. Mat. 1 and the Haz. Mat. Battalion were started to the box along with Purple K units. Second Alarm transmitted by Battalion 35 for heavy fire throughout the building. Foam units assigned to the box. Operations went to exterior shortly after the second alarm was transmitted. Primary and secondary searches complete and negative. Fire placed U/C @ 16:06 by Car 11.No firefighter or civilian injures reported. Writer: PFDRes47cue Photos Exposures: #1 - Street #2 - 1-story detached commercial #3 - Unknown #4 - Parking lot Box Assignment: Engine 211, 210, 216 Ladder 102 Tower Ladder 119 Battalion 35 10-75 Assignment: Engine 230 Ladder 108 (FAST) Rescue 2 Squad 1 Battalion 31 Division 11 S/C Haz. Mat Units: Haz. Mat. Haz. Mat. Battalion Sqaud 252 (Haz. Tech. Unit) Engine 228 w/ Purple K Unit, 229 w/ Purple K Unit 2nd Alarm Assignment: Engine 235, 217, 214, 237, 284 w/ Sat 3 Ladder 104 Tower Ladder 111 Battalion 37 (Safety), 28 (Resource Unit Leader) Rescue Battalion Safety Battalion Fieldcom 1 Tactical Support Unit 1 Car 11 S/C Foam Carrier: Engine 206 w/ Foam 206 S/C Engine w/ Sat: Engine 207 w/ Sat 6

Still makes more sense to have the resource ready to go at the scene.

Date: 11-11-2011 Time: 20:40 Location: 10-10 Beach Channel Drive (@ Mott Avenue) Frequency: Queens Dispatch (482.03125) Units Operating: (See rundown below) Weather Conditions: Chilly. windy Description Of Incident: Companies dispatched for a reported basement fire. Fire arriving unites found heavy fire in the basement with fire also on the #1 and #2 floors of a 3-story, 30x60, P/D. (2) 10-45's, (1) Code 2, (1) Code 3. Fire placed U/C @ 21:28 by Division 13. Writer: PFDRes47cue Box Assignment: Engine 268, 265 Ladder 134, 121 Battalion 47 10-75 Assignment: Engine 314 Ladder 137 (FAST) Battalion 54 Rescue #4 Squad #270 Division 13 S/C Extra Engine & Truck: Engine 314 Tower Ladder 158 2nd Alarm Assignment: Engine 268, 329, 285, 324 w/Sat 4 Ladder 173 Battalion 50 (RUL), 51 (Safety) Rescue Battalion Fieldcom 1 TAC 2 Relocations: Engine 232/268, 286/265, 326/311, 310/329, 331/266, 325/331 Ladder 165/134, 140/173, 169/137 Tower Ladder 155/121 Battalion 53/54

What is the deal with a department being toned out for a structure fire (possible, reported, etc) and then a M/A FAST being toned out to standby in their own HQ. Wouldn't it make more sense to just have them start heading to the scene? Worst case scenario is that they turn around and go back in service... I noticed this in an recent I/A, the FAST was requested to standby then 2 minutes later was requested to the scene. Seems like an unnecessary 2 minute delay.

There may be a brief powerpoint presentation in the NYS FF1 curriculum regarding how to use the ERG. If not, it would be pretty simple to create one.

Date: 11-10-2011 Time: 21:56 Location: 1745 East 14th Sreet Frequency: Brooklyn Dispatch (482.01875) Units Operating: (See rundown below) Weather Conditions: Chilly, dry Description Of Incident: Working fire in a 2-story 20x60 Queen Anne P/D. Heavy fire in the cockloft with extension into exposure #4 and #4a (see below). Difficult exposure issues with 10 frame buildings connected. Fire in a total of 5 buildings. Primary and secondary searches complete and negative. 6 L/S/O. No civilian or firefighter injuries reported. Fire placed U/C @ 23:16 by Car 4. Writer: PFDRes47cue Exposures: #1 - Street #2 - Similar attached #3 - Rear yard #4 - Similar attached. Box Assignment: Engine 276, 254, 321 Ladder 156 Tower Ladder 153 Battalion 43 10-75 Assignment: Engine 246 Tower Ladder 150 (FAST) Rescue #2 Squad #1 Battalion 42 Division 15 S/C Additional Engine & Truck: Engine 309 Tower Ladder 172 2nd Alarm Assignment: Engine 253, 250, 255, 284 w/Sat 3 Tower Ladder 157 Battalion 33 (Safety Officer), Battalion 41 (RUL) Rescue Battalion Safety Battalion Fieldcom 1 Tactical Support Unit #2 Command Tactical Unit Car 4 S/C Two Additional Trucks: Ladder 169 Tower Ladder 131 S/C Two Additional Trucks: Ladder 109 Tower Ladder 105

Date: 11-10-2011 Time: 15:03 Location: 399 Prospect Place (@ Grand Avenue) Frequency: Brooklyn Dispatch (482.01875) Units Operating: (See rundown below) Weather Conditions: Chilly, dry Description Of Incident: Phone alarm received for smoke in the basement of 399 Prospect Place. 3 Engine and 3 Trucks responded for the box assignment due to Ladder 132 reporting to be understaffed. Ladder 132 arrived on scene and requested a 10-75 assignment for fire on the #2 floor of a 2-story 25x25 PD. 4 L/S with 3 in operation. Primary and secondary searched complete and negative. Writer: PFDRes47cue Box Assignment: Engine 235, 249 Ladder 132, 113, 122 Battalion 57 10-75 Assignment: Engine 219 Ladder 102 (FAST) Rescue 2 Squad 1 Battalion 31 Division 11 Car 7 S/C Additional Engine & Truck: Engine 220 Ladder 105 S/C Additional Truck: Tower Ladder 131 2nd Alarm Assignment: Engine 280, 226, 211, 207 w/Sat 6 Battalion 38 (Safety), Battalion 32 (RUL) Rescue Battalion Safety Battalion TAC 1 Field Comm. S/C Addition Truck for Relief: Truck 175 Relocations: Engine 222/280, 6/201 Ladder 118/132

Just heard on ESPN that Joe Frazier passed away. RIP, thank you for all the great memories.

Did not proof-read...my apologies. The RIP was for Andy Rooney, unrelated to Frazier. Of course I'm praying for him to pull through. Sorry for the ridiculous mix-up.

Date: 11-6-2011 Time: 14:00 Location: 90-22 155th Street Frequency: Queens Dispatch (482.03125) Units Operating: (See rundown below) Weather Conditions: Dry, chilly, clear Description Of Incident: Working fire in a 3-story 30x50 class 4 P/D. Extension to a garage in the rear of the fire building and to the #1 & 2 floors of exposure #4 (separated by an alley). Primary and secondary searches in the fire building and exposure, complete and negative. Fire placed U/C @ 14:56 by Division 13. No FF or civilian injuries reported. Writer: PFDRes47cue Exposures: #1 - Unknown #2 - Alley #3 - Unknown #4 - Unknown (separated by an alley) Box Assignment: Engine 298, 303 Ladder 127, 126 Battalion 50 10-75 Assignment: Engine? Ladder 125 (FAST) Rescue #4 Division 13 S/C Extra Engine & Truck: Engine 308 Ladder 151 S/C 2 Extra Trucks: Ladder 155, 150 2nd Alarm Assignment: Battalion 54 (Safety) Battalion 53 (RUL) Rescue Battalion Safety Battalion Fieldcom1 TAC 2 Car 17, 6 Relocations: Engine 304/302, 310/308, 292/305, 234/294, 285/294 Ladder 173/136, 111/155, 167/? Battalion 37/54, 45/50