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Up here in Ulster, they are back ups to all BLS agencies when mobile life has no ALS units available and they run ALS to ellenville rescue when they have no medics available. As far as I know that are station in Kingston near the roundabout. And they mostly run transports to and from nursing homes from the hospital.

They have five engines and a truck. A first alarm breakdown goes like this depending on the location: engines 1,3,5 truck 1 and salvage. When a second alarm is called is brings call backs and an additional engine. It also bring ulster hose in as a fast team with an engine and a truck. But essentially on a first alarm they have around 6 ffs and a driver on each engine

I believe Kingston runs 3 on an engine and two drivers on the tiller. Volunteers are dispatched on second alarms and in all actuality Kingston only has one to two volunteer stations that even respond to calls on the alarm. Off duty paid Kingston members don't respond to the scene so if its anything then call backs are given. As for the HAZMAT team that came to the drill, they were a division from the Army that is based out of Brooklyn if i remember correctly not a division of the National Guard. If they were needed for an incident up here they would have an approximate E.T.A of 6 hours. I wasn't personally involved in the drill but my chief was head of the civilian EMS portion of the drill.

This training also helped to find the differences between the Army and us as civilians. The termonology that we use (ie ALS) is what the army considers to be BLS. Also this showed the difficulty that the army has setting up in an urban area and that they need to consider adding a holding area because of the limits of the civilian resources.

A mutual aid request went out today in ulster for our of county mutual aid. There was no notice of where were being deployed to. But since helicopper said that they are breaking down operations up north then it must be out west.

State:New York County: Ulster City/Town/Municipality/Dept: Accord fire department Unit designation/identifier: 15-10 Chassis & Body (or Aerial) Manufacturer and model: Stuphen monarch Pump size, tank size (water/foam), aerial type & length: 1250, 1000/30 Estimated delivery date: Delivered Status: Notes:

State:New York County: Ulster City/Town/Municipality/Dept: Accord fire department Unit designation/identifier: 15-10 Chassis & Body (or Aerial) Manufacturer and model: Stuphen monarch Pump size, tank size (water/foam), aerial type & length: 1250, 1000/30 Estimated delivery date: Status: Notes:

I may have a department down here by me. I'm not sure how soon they want to get rid of it but I can ask. It's an older cab-over ford.

I'm looking to take the specialist trainee. I hope it goes well

If we can staff it we run our ambulance for rehab and also have mobile life come in. Depending on how hot the day is we also have mobile life respond with their SORT truck.

Great Video. Its sad when people make assumptions about our efforts to save their family members

In my department back home we got personal bail out systems. We have had them for about two years now. All our interior members are given bail out harnesses that we got from rocknrescue.com. I'm not sure what kind of turnout gear you guys have (i.e if you planned for this earlier and have bunkers with harness loops). This company offers personal bailout harnesses for firefighters. We also give our members around 35 feet if rope with a carabiner. I'll be heading home tonight so i'll try to get you a copy of our SOPs for our bailout system. If not i'll be home this weekend and i can get a copy and send it to you

I have an led survivor light on my jacket and i have a smaller survivor led light held on my helmet by a rubber band

My location isn't far from schenectady. We are able to operate pretty well. We train Monday's but we only have about 2 left. Message me if your interested in coming out for a visit. I'm sure I can set up a meeting with at least the officers.

Depends on your location. My school is located in a very rural county. If for some reason the ALS providers are out on multiple calls then we have to wait for a mutual aid ambulance from a neighboring town and for an ems coordinator. And in such a rural county who knows how long that can take. So in my opinion it depends on your layout. If you lucky enough to have a transporting agency then I'd say no but if your located in a rural place then yes because quick pt care is priority.

Im currently a member of the squad firemoose is talking about. we aren't a state agency so no lights lol thats ok. i do enjoy running with the squad but i have some conflicts with the officers. We run EMTs and trainiees and a fly car. As for transporting paitents, the town rescue squad is both ALS and BLS and there is an ALS commerical company right in town. Anyone can join and we provide basic training like CPR/AED and getting to know where the gear is in the bag. If we can do it we try to get students who are interested into an EMT class. We provide service from 6pm to 7am M-F and24 hr coverage on the weekend. Members meet the crew chiefs before we start our shift to get our portables and check over a gear.

I'm not sure how many of you out there have had to deal with incidents involving children but in sure it's a few and unfortunately I have to admit that i'm apart of that group. I know the feeling that come with the loss of a child. My heart goes out to the NFD and NPD members that had to respond to this tragedy. It was a senseless taking of three young and innocent lives. My thoughts and prayers are with the family and the first responders.

Im from kingston. When im home from school ill have to make a trip over to visit

My department is currently looking into upgrading our air packs. On our current packs we have a three led red light (kinda like a bike light). I want to get some opinions on switching that light to blue. Any opinions would be helpful. Thanks everybody!

I only recently heard about the searchsleeve. Seem like a very smart and cool thing to have. You guys have given me quite a bit to think about. Thanks for the info!

As a member of the Hurley FD I want to pass along mine and my departments condolences to the Zgrodek family and the Plattekill Fd

I carry bail out rope, a five in one tool (spanner, o2 tank wrench, seat belt cutter, window punch, and something else lol) gerber rescue knife and a chock on my helmet

I have an led survivor on my coat and a streamlight on my helmet attached with a rubber band My department is looking into getting new turnout gear. I'm interested in the new bullrad helmet that head the 8 LEDs in he front and the blue led in the rear

We run both international and mack. We've had the internationals for a little over 9 years and they run great for us. Our mack which is our tanker is 17 years old and still runs strong. I have heard some negative things about kenworth from a neighboring department and they got rid of it. If a commercial cab is what your department wants to run with, I would say ask some surrounding departments what they think of their commercial chassis' and go from there. Everyone has an issue with what they run and every truck will have some sort of bug even if it's brand new.

And that is a sad thing. After our EMT class we are thrown into the real world. When we respond as a BLS agency and we are given very little for a patient history we lose out. We can delay urgent care in some aspects if we have to take the time to try to pin point the problem the patient is having. If we are unable to get a patient history we have to do the very basics until an ALS agency arrives and in some cases those minutes are critical.