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From today's Lohud... http://lohud.com/article/20090113/NEWS02/9...18/-1/newsfront My question and confusion is from the perspective of an employer: 1 unpaid shift per what period of time? Per week, month, or just 1 as though they are giving up a vacation or sick day (without actually working)? And if said FF does work on that "free" day" and is hurt during that unpaid shift, is he/she still covered by worker's comp and associated LOD benefits as though he is a full-time employee? Please clarify and forgive the ignorance. Thanks. Donna

I'm laughing too hard to type because this was my same thought!!!!!!! Thanks for speaking my mind, K... So does he get a good raise with this new hat?

Outstanding! Couldn't be more well-deserved or less surprising.

Yeah, but it helps to know the 'hood so well you can call out streets and intersections to ground units even before getting to those streets in question-in the dark-without flir or spotlight! You are SUCH a luckysomonabotch!!!!! LOL!!! Just stay safe and remember... a boring day flying is just, well, non-existant. Uneventful? Yes, sometimes. But NEVER boring.

Aw, come on Chris, you can tell us... it's not like any of us have a dad who loads his own ammo in his basement or anything...

JFLYNN is correct on many fronts. First and foremost, and this applies both on the job and in life.... saying "Sorry, BUT..." negates any iota of remorse on the part of the speaker. Second, the training and qualifications of a 20yr old as compared to those of a 40yr old in the same line of work may be equal but do NOT make those 2 men equals and deserving of the same level of peer respect. The life experience of the latter will make that man exude a level of confidence and security the 20yr old has not learned yet. And yes, young man, QTIP, most definitely. We're not smarter- we're just older, wiser and a bit more battle-hardened. We want to impart our wisdom on those who haven't made as many stupid mistakes as we have (yet). We've earned that right. Chris192 summed it all up perfectly -- "We're all on the same team! So can't we all just get along?"-- and for such an instigator as HIM to want us all to get along, maybe his perspective is one we should ALL be taking right about now...

Outstanding! Thanks! I may be tough but I'm small and just one lone instigator, so any a--kicking back-up is both welcome and most appreciated! LOL!

Someone already mentioned Big Joe's on Central Avenue in Yonkers, but I have to second it. I have 2 done by the same guy named Mike (short, always wears a ball cap, only works Wed, Thurs and Fridays)--- plus I've had them re-done/re-colored/embellished there over the years also. Outstanding work. Very clean and with excellent aseptic technique BTW (I'm an RN- gotta note these things). Even brought my bro-in-law there for a sleeve shoulder to elbow- it came out perfectly.

This was so good I had to share it. God bless America and every one of our troops who have protected us... past, present and future. Merry Christmas. TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, HE LIVED ALL ALONE, IN A ONE BEDROOM HOUSE MADE OF PLASTER AND STONE. I HAD COME DOWN THE CHIMNEY WITH PRESENTS TO GIVE, AND TO SEE JUST WHO IN THIS HOME DID LIVE. I LOOKED ALL ABOUT, A STRANGE SIGHT I DID SEE, NO TINSEL, NO PRESENTS, NOT EVEN A TREE. NO STOCKING BY THE MANTLE, JUST BOOTS FILLED WITH SAND, ON THE WALL HUNG PICTURES OF FAR DISTANT LANDS. WITH MEDALS AND BADGES, AWARDS OF ALL KINDS, A SOBER THOUGHT CAME THROUGH MY MIND. FOR THIS HOUSE WAS DIFFERENT, IT WAS DARK AND DREARY, I FOUND THE HOME OF A SOLDIER, ONCE I COULD SEE CLEARLY. THE SOLDIER LAY SLEEPING, SILENT, ALONE, CURLED UP ON THE FLOOR IN THIS ONE BEDROOM HOME. THE FACE WAS SO GENTLE, THE ROOM IN SUCH DISORDER, NOT HOW I PICTURED A UNITED STATES SOLDIER. WAS THIS THE HERO OF WHOM I'D JUST READ? CURLED UP ON A PONCHO, THE FLOOR FOR A BED? I REALIZED THE FAMILIES THAT I SAW THIS NIGHT, OWED THEIR LIVES TO THESE SOLDIERS WHO WERE WILLING TO FIGHT. SOON ROUND THE WORLD, THE CHILDREN WOULD PLAY, AND GROWNUPS WOULD CELEBRATE A BRIGHT CHRISTMAS DAY. THEY ALL ENJOYED FREEDOM EACH MONTH OF THE YEAR, BECAUSE OF THE SOLDIERS, LIKE THE ONE LYING HERE. I COULDN'T HELP WONDER HOW MANY LAY ALONE, ON A COLD CHRISTMAS EVE IN A LAND FAR FROM HOME. THE VERY THOUGHT BROUGHT A TEAR TO MY EYE, I DROPPED TO MY KNEES AND STARTED TO CRY. THE SOLDIER AWAKENED AND I HEARD A ROUGH VOICE, 'SANTA DON'T CRY, THIS LIFE IS MY CHOICE; I FIGHT FOR FREEDOM, I DON'T ASK FOR MORE, MY LIFE IS MY GOD, MY COUNTRY, MY CORPS.' THE SOLDIER ROLLED OVER AND DRIFTED TO SLEEP, I COULDN'T CONTROL IT, I CONTINUED TO WEEP. I KEPT WATCH FOR HOURS, SO SILENT AND STILL AND WE BOTH SHIVERED FROM THE COLD NIGHT'S CHILL. I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE ON THAT COLD, DARK, NIGHT, THIS GUARDIAN OF HONOR SO WILLING TO FIGHT. THEN THE SOLDIER ROLLED OVER, WITH A VOICE SOFT AND PURE, WHISPERED, 'CARRY ON SANTA, IT'S CHRISTMAS DAY, ALL IS SECURE.' ONE LOOK AT MY WATCH, AND I KNEW HE WAS RIGHT. 'MERRY CHRISTMAS MY FRIEND, AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT.' This poem was written by a Marine. The following is his request. I think it is reasonable..... PLEASE. Would you do me the kind favor of sending this to as many people as you can? Christmas will be coming soon and some credit is due to our U.S. service men and women for our being able to celebrate these festivities. Let's try in this small way to pay a tiny bit of what we owe. Make people stop and think of our heroes, living and dead, who sacrificed themselves for us. Please, do your small part to plant this small seed.

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah and whatever else the readers celebrate.

Wow, graduation and lay-off in almost the same day? Harsh. Hardly the appropriate remuneration for such a hard-earned accomplishment. Nonetheless, congrats to all those survived the County PD academy. A few friends and family-o-mine made your lives miserable the last few months, so I know just how well- deserved this graduation truly is. NICE JOB and congrats in all of your new career endeavours!

Yeah, bring on the snow! I need SOMETHING to get me into the holiday spirit. Nothing else has worked yet and I'm literally running out of time. Ba fricking humbug. LCFD, wher'd you get that photo? It's that HYSTERICAL terrorist puppet guy, right? LOL!

Straight from the files of "you can't make this s@#$ up..." and yet she did, apparently. WOW. That's well, that's just so...Wow. I'm speechless.

WOW. They thought it was a hoax and so treated it as such? How is that possible? I mean, not 1, not even 2, but THREE well-trained minds all get together and unanimously agree NOT to take a bomb threat seriously and actually attempt to open the device themselves? I'm missing something here and it is bothering me... if WHY isn't established then no one can learn how NOT to make the same mistake again. All EMS/police/fire know to train, train, train--- and to never become complacent when responding to anything. It is just so tragic and stupidly avoidable. These devastated families are without dads and husbands now. God bless them all. I hope they get through this. Please, everyone reading, "be safe" sounds flippant and dismissive, especially when it's said by one of your family or friends... but it's NOT. Be safe is not so much a gentle wish as a pointed request for YOU to choose safety and caution with every single call during every single shift you work. Never get so complacent that you forget that. You all have family like me to go home to- so when we say BE SAFE we are pleading with you to come home every night. Without freaking you out or getting too emotional, that's what we're really asking you. I'm done soapboxing. Happy holidays and BE SAFE. Please.

OUTSTANDING! Now THAT'S a hell of a Christmas present! Hat's off to the RN and the custodian. True heroes.

Merry early Christmas, all... I have a 6yr old son who has more toys, trucks, cars, helicopters, balls and games than he could ever need and I really want to donate a few enormous bins of them. Any local FD's and/or PD's designated as drop-off points for the local churches? My own church wants only NEW toys (don't get me started on how much that irks me). Same for my son's school (again, don't go there). All of this stuff is in great condition. Nothing broken, no missing pieces. There's just not enough room in my house and with Santa coming to bring MORE soon, any advice on where to bring it all would REALLY help me out. I'd also like my trunk back-it's loaded to the gills!

Thanks for the link- it was an excellent story. Is this same law in effect up here in New York? I see NYSP (troopers) regularly on the Taconic, half in the right lane, half on the shoulder, when behind a car they have just pulled over. I always move over or at least slow down if I can't but MANY do not.

Secret Svc is certainly a plausible explanation. No, I'm not sure it was a vollie- that's why I asked the officer in town if there had been a call recently. Not only did he confirm the call but he seemed to know who I was referring to by the description of the SUV. I even caught the first 3 letters of the license plate- I reeeally saw this vehicle up close and personal.

Weird- I was just typing my response and the fast reply box disappeared, along with my response! Anyway, thanks, Jack. I'm honestly not sure yet how to proceed. I'm certainly not looking to jam up anyone. That night, I did pull up to a Bcliff PO on the street, and asked if there had been a call and he confirmed there had been one less than 5 minutes prior. I explained my concern about blue SUV's with flicking lights because just before and immed after the armed robbery on the NB Taconic a few months ago, I saw a blue SUV with a single blue light flicking away through town, bullying cars out of his way (though there were NO other blue lights responding to anything both times). Driver even fit the same description. I also explained to him the truck I'd just seen and where I'd seen it and he dismissively said "oh, that's my friend." and walked away from me to resume a conversation I had apparently interrupted. Could the truck with all of the lights have been another police officer? A vollie but also a PO in an unmarked vehicle might explain all the lights and the street officer defending him. For the record, I don't really care either way. He didn't hit me so there's no fight for me.

Very informative and interesting posts. Now, can any of you explain why, last week at 5pm, a local vollie/first responder, racing to a call in Briarcliff, had blue AND red flashing lights in his grill and on his dash? Dark blue blazer or suburban with the double rear doors that swing outward. I noticed him because he crossed over a double yellow line into my vehicle's path. I saw those flashing lights at a much closer range than I would have preferred.

So tragic. My prayers and condolences go to his wife and 2 children, as well as his family on the job. Heaven's got another hero among the ranks.

Any one have updates on the condition of the Mahopac Falls firefighter hurt last week?

HIPAA, unfortunately, applies only to those directly providing the patient care (and are, therefore, directly protecting the patient's privacy). So any POS who listens to a police scanner, gets patient info that way (via a "technically" public, rather than private or in-house source) and then DISSEMINATES that information is technically exempt from the HIPAA constraints. Therein lies the LOHUD rub and controversy- they stayed within that very gray but very inapproriate privacy-not-respecting area by naming Mr. Thomas as the O.D. patient (though that still has not even been confirmed, 2 days post).

While I'd normally agree, I didn't see any negative comments about Mr. Johnson, other than the mo who wrote the article referring to him as Richard. Other than that, I only saw well-wishes. Maybe what you read got removed. I wish half the posts could be removed daily... my BP would appreciate it. Any updates on this man's condition? Last I heard on WHUD this morning, he'd gone through neurosurgery to relieve a hematoma (or some similar bleed around his brain). He's made it this far and he's in great hands- maybe praying hard enough x 10,000 of us all doing it at the same time might get him better...?

After a 10 yr absence I am headed back to the local E.D. bedside as an RN (been there, done that--- at WCMC, Sound Shore & Mt. Vernon E.D.'s). After so long away (and locked inside an office) I am completely out of touch with the good, bad and ugly E.D.'s in my 'hood. I live in Putnam but work in Westchester, so either would be fine. Please, all EMS and even a few P.O.'s... enlighten an old but still buffy and trauma-addicted nurse on the BEST and WORST E.D's around. And of course tell me why you choose best or worst. Thanks in advance!