vodoly

 

Hartsdale has ordered 2 Engines from Spartan ERV.

Last night I drove one of our engines to the Liberty State park for to have it photographed with the tower lights in the background. This was my first year participating although my department has sent vehicles in the past. The site affords an amazing view of the city and the lights emanating from ground zero. While looking at the lights, I had a chance to reflect on the events both of that day and every September 11 since.  The tribute in lights reminds us what and who we lost. Sometimes “we shall never forget” simply is not enough.
 May all of those who were killed on 911 and have died since rest in peace knowing that you are not forgotten and we have picked up the torch and will carry on!  
Also a special thank you to the organizers and volunteers that made this happen. It was well run and a worthwhile endeavor. Not to mention the site chosen afforded an amazing view of the tribute in lights.

Our Ladder Tower was there for at least 6 months to get the bucket replaced when it was damaged. Not only did they take that long but we had to keep following up for updates, no communication from them. There were still other issues that should have been resolve while the truck was there but were done after it was returned, took a while to get it back in service. Because their customer response was so poor we are now resolved to the fact that we will never buy another KME. Since they have been taken over by the E-One parent company their customer service has gone in the toilet. Good luck with your issue and I hope it works out for the best.

Saw this on KME's Facebook Page
 
  Stephen Altieri > ‎KME Fire Apparatus
So just last week several staff from the Town of Mamaroneck traveled to the KME plant to check on the status of our 2017 KME engine 36 that has been at the factory for warranty repairs since March 19 2019. With seven items to be repaired only four of the seven items were repaired in the four month period and three new defects were identified
This seems to be poor performance on the part of KME. To the management of KME how does the Town get its truck back in service?
Stephen Altieri
Town Administrator
 
There appears to be no response for KME.
 

Date: 07/05/2019
Time: 12:51
Location: 124 Seaton Rd
District: SFD 1
Battalion: Central
Channel: Ground 1
Weather: 81 & Partly Cloudy
Units: SFD: E1, E6, E4, T1, R1, C4 (IC), E5 (RIT), U8 (Safety), FM103 (C&O), FM112 (C&O), C3 (AC)
          SEMS: M2
          SPD: 3C18, 3C30
Writer:  AFS1970

Description: Initially reported as oven fire, then kitchen fire. E1 arrived on scene and reported smoke condition and stretched attack line. C4 arrived, established command and declared working fire. EMS responded and treated 1 patient. Police requested to block road. Recall holding all units other than RIT transmitted by C4 at 13:11

Caught EA-2 at the ER  Early this morning They cover city of Englewood during the overnight hours of 6 pm to 6 am weekdays and  i believe all weekend long  Not sure on the year of this rig but it’s a Horton 

New Rochelle has ordered a Spartan er/svi rescue to replace Rescue 54 the collapse unit
 

Date:6/22/19
Time:04:16
Location:616 Elm Avenue Ravenhill Place To Shetland lane 
District: Company 3
Battalion:
Channel:154.355 153.445
Weather: clear
Units: Ridgefield Companies 1,2,&3 Cliffside Park Ladder 1 Palisades Park Engine 2  Fort lee Engine 4 Hackensack MSU Teaneck Box 54 (rehab) Ridgefield Ambulance Corps Englewood Health Als 
Writer:  vodoly 

Description: At approximately 4;16 hours county communications received a Spen message from  Cliffside Park Police Reporting a possible House Fire form a Resident at the rear of 616 elm Ave Ridgefield Police confirmed  Heavy Fire from the rear of the home First Chief enroute requested a retone for a confirmed working fire and an in town 2nd Alarm ( Cliffside Park Ladder & Palisades Park Engine) Command Reported Heavy smoke pushing from front and fire out the rear First Engine In  to leave room for the Ladder and take a hydrant He also requested an extra engine from Fort Lee they in countered heavy hoarding conditions but attempted an interior attack they had most of the fire on the first floor knocked but heavy smoke and heat in the 2nd floor and attic at that point Ladder 1 (Ridgefield) begins to vent roof conditions got worse and command ordered Evacuation tones heavy fire began to blow though the roof and vent operations were stopped exterior lines then went to work including a Ladder pipe from the Ladder heavy fire was knocked in About 20 minutes no injuries were reported and no one was home at the time The home was vacant it was later learned  Firefighters remained on scene over two hours hitting hot spots I  believe there’s a u tube clip from homer 218 up

Buffal Airport is putting specs together for a quint to replace a 2004 International/ALF engine and a 2004 International rescue.

I believe they are going the Squad route in Teaneck unsure of if Ramsey picked up the rescue We’ll have to wait and see

 Rescue 40 Port Chester Fire 2019 Pierce  Arrow XT   leaving  factory for New York . 

High Falls, Ulster County is expecting delivery of a Rosenbauer Tanker any day.

They're at Fire & Safety.  Mike Martinelli and Ron Jeffers have both shot them, and pics are posted both on Mike's site and 1st Responder News, respectively.   

Fort Lee Nj 2018 Ford Explorer  Chiefs Suv assigned to deputy chief  unit Id FL8

First of three new Pierce pumpers to be delivered to Eastchester
 
 
 

Item 1: those are Squad 8's numbers. I mixed up 8 and 18. 
 
Item 3: Another typo. It should have been 48. 
 
They're all fixed now and thanks for nitpicking. (After a few hours of typing all those numbers I tend to get cross eyed.) 
 
 

No worries. I had no idea you did it manually. Thought it was a cut & paste thing. I am a numbers guy and I work part-time as a copy editor. All good stuff, thanks for posting it. 

I look forward to this list every year. To see the workload & breakdown the stats can keep me busy for hours!!
 
Couple things I picked up on:
 
1) It shows Squad 18 as having responded to 120 runs all year. I am wondering if they mean Squad 8 and the stats for that company in December when it opened and then accidentally skipped over Squad 18. ???
 
2) Engine 62 in the North Bronx sees a lot of work. From listing to the radio and reading the rundowns, it sounds like Division 7 (North Bronx) had a very busy year. It seems there were many "All-Hands or greater" within 1 mile of the Westchester County border. The Bronx in general seems to get their fair share of work.
 
3) I was surprised to see that Battalion 43 in Brooklyn, only responded to 18 "All-Hands or greater". I would have guessed more than that just based on the numbers for the surrounding Battalions (42, 33, 58).  They are far below the 2nd slowest Battalion (47) which had 44 "All-Hands or greater".
 
4) You've got to love the City Island (Bronx) pieces that turn a wheel maybe once a day at best. But if they weren't there, along with what would be long-runs for any other unit going in first-due, you could lose 1/2 of City Island with one fire! It's a small area but the fire load is compacted pretty tight and you need to protect it. 
 
5) Battalion 50 in Queens was the busiest with 200 "All-Hands or Greater" and they are always up there which makes sense because they are so centrally located and if they aren't the first chief in they are the 10-75 chief for many abutting Battalions. 
 
That's my VERY UNOFFICIAL first glance impressions.  
 

A new stat this year: Special Units now have a column for All-Hands or Greater. 
http://www.fdnewyork.com/rnwindex.asp
 

The department in which you are giving mutual aid to, not your original department 

Very good information GBFD111. But to clarify, which department would be covering your insurance? The last sentence isn't clear to me. Thanks

A few more pictures  Englewood Cliffs Engine 1 Flowing water from  the back parking lot  And Ridgefield Engine/Ladder 1 Ladder pipe up front Also Cliffside Park Engine 5 feeding a ladder pipe unsure witch one