CFFD117

temporary, after may 1 CFFD wont be automatic MA to GBFD

I was watching Braveheart on DVD, right as William Wallace is riding onto th battlefield with his face all painted, power goes out. I can't comment on the emergency services standpoint as I wasn't involved yet. Personally, my family was prepared, we had a generator which enabled us to have water, refrigeration, heat even though it wasn't used, some lights, and most importantly the entertainment center.

during my original cert class we breezed over the topic with a few slides on a power point. It wasn't until I started working for pay in EMS that I actually learned how to write one. In the FDNY EMS academy you have a lecture to familiarize you with the paper acr (when I went through at least, all boroughs are using tablets now except for the Bx) and after each scenario you would have to write up a pcr, which would then be reviewed and critiqued. I had to do a paper pcr for a RMA the other day with my FD, and it was a little confusing because I hadn't filled out one of our paper pcrs in years.

Another thing worth mentioning here is that there really is int enough of a surplus of vehicles to make it work, especially now with the enhancement units on. Its not uncommon to have the nearest available spare come from another division. A buddy at my station (16/10) had to go to station 58 in Brooklyn to grab a spare bus because that was the closest available. There is no way FDNY is going to buy a bunch of new buses so it can have its old buses run by volunteers that have been run through an abbreviated academy and that wear the same uniform as the full time more trained personnel.

I doubt he said anything while on the wire. The people who do that have an ability to focus and a passion beyond anything anyone who isn't a tightrope walker can begin to fathom. There is a movie/documentary about Philippe Petit and his tight rope walk between the twin towers in 1974. That said, to be doing it sans safty harness when you have kids and with one slip will be plummeting 1500 feet to your death is just plain selfish.

Coming from a maritime background, I can definitely see the benefit in having this for shipboard use. One major concern with shipboard fires is the amount of water and its impact on the displacement of the vessel. It can get to a point where the amount of water used and its weight in the bilge causes the vessel to become unstable and/or sink. Watertight compartments on ships also present another issue, being sealed and that the steel would not self vent as say a building would, the heat/gasses are held inside the fire room. Which as you could imagine leads to a greater chance of a back draft upon opening of the water tight door. having the ability to pierce the steel bulkhead and cool the room would be invaluable and absolutely reduce the risk a lot. Aside from industrial, ARFF and shipboard, depending on portability I could see a potential use for this in high rise firefighting. being able to get water in without exposure to the fire would make it that much safer.

Depending on the agency you might not have a problem getting by the privates. I never had to do a physical when empress hired me. FDNY will definitely be more of a challange to get hired. The issue will obviously come up during your medical and in all likelihood you will have to see their cardiologist. As was mentioned there is daily physical training in the academy, you have to run a mile and a half, and be able to do push ups sit ups and calisthenics. There is also training that you will do in the ppe that you are issued, we had to run around in ours as a punishment at one point. Hope that helps.

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Transcare does do 911 in areas of the Bronx and i believe Brooklyn My guess is the vehicle is used for crew or equipment transport to vehicles that may be broken down or having emergencies.

Im at 10/16 and we have 4 at ours

Yes FDNY EMS issued vests to their members. its personal preference whether or not you want to wear them though. Mine usually lives in the car while I'm on my regular tours, and most people don't wear them. They mostly come out more for the special event type stuff, eg the West Indian Day Parade, New Years Eve etc. There are a few people who wear them all the time though. There are a few cases where I think the vests could give a false sense of security, enabling people to get into situations where they may have backed off if they diddnt have a vest (the same could be said in the argument for arming ems providers), but there is no way everyone is going to wear a vest unless it comes down from the top and is put in the ops guide. A huge part of the way we operate on scene depends on our ability or read people, and instincts if something doesn't feel right. And most of the time we are good at using our judgement, but sometimes stuff happens and incidents like what happened in Georgia take place. Not being there personally I can say what happened, but I think we tend to get complacent when it comes to calls that get dispatched as "sick" jobs. I cant count how many I went to in the past week. Most of the time its nothing, but occasionally its something like a stroke or an arrest. Or it could be someone with malicious intent as in West Webster or Georgia. I get enough people calling me officer without body armor, to the point where with a vest I think patients might be hesitant towards giving honest information. I don't think wearing a vest all the time is really a solution for these very low frequency events. A vest is no substitute for using your own judgement/ instincts in determining whether or not your scene is safe enough for you to operate in.

Being able to recline is the best part about those Dodges. And as was mentioned there are plenty of them around, and I did hear that there were more on the way, but that was a casual comment in a conversation so that isn't confirmed. My unit is a Dodge and it has around 15k miles on it and has already had its engine replaced, I'm not sure whether that is a common thing or just some issue with that particular truck. Air ride is hit or miss, its supposed to deflate when both back doors are open and with the engine on, but around 30% of the time nothing happens, even after repeatedly opening and shutting the doors. Not a huge issue but a little consistency would be nice. Driving around is a little different with the extra length but the width is the same on the f350 models. The engine is quiet and really smooth which is nice when you are sitting 89. There are definitely mixed feelings about the Dodges, but personally I like them.

I do recall hearing sometime ago that the trucks carrying the syrup for Coca Cola have to be placarded with a corrosive liquid placard. Given all the acids listed on the back of the can it doesn't really surprise me.

Basically it is designed to hold 700 cadets and take them on yearly cruises for sea term, which lasts around 3 months. There are classrooms and several berthing areas. I was on sea term when the earthquake hit Haiti, and the ship was activated and was going to be sent down to act as an area to house rescuers. This never happened, as we were de activated before we reached Florida ( to offload us cadets) and the USS BAATAN was closer and able to get there faster. As for its use in NYC, I would imagine it could be housing people or it could provide power to the shore using its steam plant. It could also be loading and bringing supplies down using the cargo holds.

It's not a department, but Massachusetts Maritime Academy's training ship T/S Kennedy was activated and will be sent down to NYC once it is up and running.