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I have suggested this very idea on other posts related to volunteer response. Day shifts, rotate whose house responds and at least there will be no question that a rig is on the road responding.

So it seems that even with all this consolidation talk, that Stamford placed a paid engine to respond within the TOR response district. It looks like it was done simply and cost effectively by using a pre-manufactured Butler style garage bay and an accompanying pre-manufactured home as the living and staging quarters. So are both City and TOR dispatched together for all alarms with City provided immediate response and TOR coming in first of second due depending on staffing and call location? I wish NY would change its rules and allow the County to do stations like this which would cover multiple volunteer districts to ensure that there is an immediate response to all calls while the local volunteer department assembles and responds.

Don't leave us in suspense. Was it a bee sting or a bee swarm with multiple victims?

An $85K contribution would raise their taxes by 2% ? They lost more than $400K over the last four years ? They must have had a hell of savings account to work from.

This is important because this is political cronyism/corruption at the most local level. Granted there may be equally qualified candidates, but here is a qualified candidate with some extra bells and whistles going for him that is being denied purely for political, not practical, reasons. Despite apparent overwhelming department and community support, the politicians refuse to deviate from their desired course. Politics must trump all. From a local town council to the Congress of the US, politics is destroying this Country.

It already went to the scrap heap. "They stopped using it 15 years ago" It sat in a parking lot for years. I don't understand why, when they have been used up, they aren't sold for reasonable prices to interested parties rather than left to rot in fields and parking lots. Think Engine 626. But one of my trucks went that way. From active duty to the DPW to scrap. Is it just too hard to sell municipal equipment?

It looks like the car that just missed him might have obstructed Stewart's view of the track as they were very close and still racing. Getting out of your car and encroaching on the track with cars still racing obviously did not have a good outcome. Condolences to his family. Sometimes ego, macho and speed don't mix well.

When I first started the 1948 Mack I responded on was truly open cab. No doors, No roof. I also responded on a 700 Series LaFrance, No roof. Nice for driving training in the Summer, not so nice in rain and snow. Both rigs were retired in the early 70's. I always considered it as tradition in that the first rigs were horse drawn, all open, then they became motorized but the emphasis was still on the function of the apparatus, not the personnel. We used to ride the open jump seats and rear step. Creature comforts and personnel safety were not part of the mix then. Think pre-OSHA.

I worked in Bridgeport for over 20 years. During that entire time it was a City trying to hold on or in decline and I believe it still is. Bridgeport's hayday was pre and post WWII when the City was a major manufacturing center with GE, Remington and many other major corporations operating there. The company I worked for sold the building they built and operated from for 70 years and moved to Stratford. Wherever the money goes, it sure didn't go toward fire apparatus. They operated a mix of some pretty old pieces as front line apparatus with the newer and they are a busy department with a steady stream of workers in some pretty old buildings.

How true, this guy finally got what he deserved. Sharpton is busy with the cigarette salesman.

"Nothing Showing" YET

Pull up rubber boots, riding the back step, open cabs, SCBA for a few, not all. Please don't post any more photos, I feel old enough already.

I don't believe it is common, widespread, public information when a person dies after a prolonged (two or three to mutual aid) response. Perhaps if there was more information on the relationship between dispatch, response and outcome it would prompt, if necessary, some changes.

I know this has been brought up before, but I don't recall the answer. If the County can absorb police services, why can't the County absorb fire services as part of its 'Department of Public Safety' umbrella? Barry?

Since I saw this story I have been waiting for this outcome. I am not surprised. I am fortunate to have two pistol ranges and several skeet/trap fields nearby and Florida is still, for now anyway, a gun owner friendly State.

The first time you treat a technical rescue, or any function we perform, as not a big deal, watch it become one. Nice job.

Is the Darien tower ladder pictured a remount of their aerialscope to a new truck?

Very common problem that often is overlooked. Older stations are simply not able to accommodate current apparatus. There should really be a check off with either or both the truck committee and the manufacturers to make sure the specified apparatus is capable of being housed in the designated firehouse. If not, costs to retrofit the station need to be taken into account in the total cost for a new apparatus.

I don't know the answer, I am just asking, how far from the Millwood sub-station on 134 was this proposed station to be located? Any possibility of putting a Yorktown engine in with the Millwood apparatus and sharing? And I couldn't help notice that the plans for the new Yorktown station did not include a bunk room. It seems none of the new plans or renovations for the volunteer stations I see include any accommodations for overnight duty. I believe my old firehouse was renovated for over $1M and no provision for a bunk room, yet this past winter there were more weather related overnight standbys than any time in the past. NY was lucky this week, Arthur, a category 2, stayed East. But not by much. Whether for future combo or paid or just now for standbys why do we not make allowances for bunk rooms? Some of the new builds have been huge and yet they can't find 150 sf for a room that can fit two bunk beds so four firefighters can be comfortable for an overnight.

Fracking. I have actually heard of farms whose property taxes were increased commensurate with the value of the underlying resources which can not be recovered. I also know of many farms whose owners work long distance in other states to pay the taxes necessary to keep the land for which they can find no buyers. Much needs to change, I don't expect it will any time soon.

Speaking of leather helmets, I miss mine. I was fortunate enough to have my own 'state of the art' turnouts before the department had nomex and bunkers. My first department had rubber coats and aluminum helmets. My New Yorker helmet was with me at all the memorable workers at the various departments I served with and then one day it went "missing". It never turned up and I never replaced it, just went with department issue plastic. I'd like to have it on my shelf now, it's on somebody else's instead.

"numb nuts" is not constructive and apparently erroneous. According to vfd173 the owners vented the structure prior to the departments arrival. That's how these discussions deteriorate and opportunities for learning go awry.

This is what I was referring to when I talked about constructive criticism. Valid observations which can be used to effect a different and possibly better outcome at the next alarm. I also agree, notwithstanding a later post, that a 2-1/2 would have been my choice. We have become too reliant on the easily accessible cross lay 1-3/4. If you have the manpower, again if, three guys with a 2-1/2 can put out a lot of room and contents fire quicker than a 1-3/4. Time change, at one time for basements and first floors, you always put a 2-1/2 into service. I can't ever recall an alarm over my 37 years where an after action analysis wouldn't produce something that could have been done differently to achieve a possibly better outcome. Sometimes there are valid reasons for doing something in a way that does not translate to a video viewing as the entire scene can not be taken into account. That is why we should engage in constructive criticism not critical analysis. There is a difference.

Well, rather than taking the 'ripped apart' road, maybe it can be used for constructive criticism that may benefit all concerned at future incidents. Emphasis on the constructive.

I'm still trying to figure out why there is still a Greenville FD. Or for that matter Fairview or Hartsdale. It seems many of their calls requires mutual aid from one or the other, If ever there was a case for consolidation it would be these three folding in with White Plains. And, yea yea yea it probably has something to do with some antiquated BS laws that nobody ever seems able to change so this is just a throw away comment. With regard to Squaaaad, maybe the dispatcher is a fan of Two and a Half men and this is a variation on Squaaaaaaab if you're familiar with that episode.