conman

Please keep your thoughts and prayers with the victim and his family. His brother is a member of Ulster Hose.

Please keep your thoughts and prayers with the victim and his family. His brother is a member of Ulster Hose.

I think it looks great. Apparently a lot of people don't read through a thread. It's repeatedly stated that the tax payers money was NOT involved with this. As many have said, there are hundreds of dept's nationwide that decorate their rigs during the holidays. Are you 100% certain that this truck can't operate with the lights attached to it? No. Why can't something expressing the spirit of the holidays be shown without a bunch of negative nancies griping about it. Yes....a lot of us may see it differently but damnit, enjoy the holidays for crying out loud.

Congrats Moose

Thanks for a small rural dept we do ok

Happy thanksgiving and stay safe if you get a call

Me and four other guys from my department went down to the Rockaways to help a battalion chief your his house. He was very grateful and we were excited to lend him a hand in his time of need

Date: 8/8/12
Time: appx 5:45
Location: 166 wittenberg rd
Frequency: 46.46
Units Operating: Woodstock all equipment, West Hurley 1 tanker, Phoenicia 1 tanker, Centerville - Cedar Grove FasTeam
Weather Conditions: clear hot
Description Of Incident: working barn fire with extension to additional structure
Reporters: connan1288
Appx 17:45 - Woodstock companies 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, Centerville - Cedar Grove with 19 - 11 and the FasTeam for a reported barn fire
Appx 17:50 - Woodstock chief on scene with a working fire
17:58 - Woodstock command requesting second alarm
17:59 - Woodstock all equipment, West Hurley 1 tanker, Phoenicia 1 tanker to the scene for a working structure fire
18:00 - Woodstock S/C for 67 - 17 ( ladder truck) to the scene. Two structures involved
18:01- UC 911 dispatch for cars 56 -1, 56 -3 and ATF to the scene
18:03 - Woodstock additional dispatch for all companies with manpower to the scene. UC911 advising Woodstock command all mutual aid on the road, central hudson enroute
18:08 - Woodstock 2nd dispatch for 67 - 17 to the scene
18:11 - UC911 advising car 67, per 67 - 1 ladder no longer needed only man power.

Date: 8/8/12
Time: appx 5:45
Location: 166 wittenberg rd
Frequency: 46.46
Units Operating: Woodstock all equipment, West Hurley 1 tanker, Phoenicia 1 tanker, Centerville - Cedar Grove FasTeam
Weather Conditions: clear hot
Description Of Incident: working barn fire with extension to additional structure
Reporters: connan1288
Appx 17:45 - Woodstock companies 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, Centerville - Cedar Grove with 19 - 11 and the FasTeam for a reported barn fire
Appx 17:50 - Woodstock chief on scene with a working fire
17:58 - Woodstock command requesting second alarm
17:59 - Woodstock all equipment, West Hurley 1 tanker, Phoenicia 1 tanker to the scene for a working structure fire
18:00 - Woodstock S/C for 67 - 17 ( ladder truck) to the scene. Two structures involved
18:01- UC 911 dispatch for cars 56 -1, 56 -3 and ATF to the scene
18:03 - Woodstock additional dispatch for all companies with manpower to the scene. UC911 advising Woodstock command all mutual aid on the road, central hudson enroute
18:08 - Woodstock 2nd dispatch for 67 - 17 to the scene
18:11 - UC911 advising car 67, per 67 - 1 ladder no longer needed only man power.

Date: 8/8/12
Time: appx 5:45
Location: 166 wittenberg rd
Frequency: 46.46
Units Operating: Woodstock all equipment, West Hurley 1 tanker, Phoenicia 1 tanker, Centerville - Cedar Grove FasTeam
Weather Conditions: clear hot
Description Of Incident: working barn fire with extension to additional structure
Reporters: connan1288
Appx 17:45 - Woodstock companies 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, Centerville - Cedar Grove with 19 - 11 and the FasTeam for a reported barn fire
Appx 17:50 - Woodstock chief on scene with a working fire
17:58 - Woodstock command requesting second alarm
17:59 - Woodstock all equipment, West Hurley 1 tanker, Phoenicia 1 tanker to the scene for a working structure fire
18:00 - Woodstock S/C for 67 - 17 ( ladder truck) to the scene. Two structures involved
18:01- UC 911 dispatch for cars 56 -1, 56 -3 and ATF to the scene
18:03 - Woodstock additional dispatch for all companies with manpower to the scene. UC911 advising Woodstock command all mutual aid on the road, central hudson enroute
18:08 - Woodstock 2nd dispatch for 67 - 17 to the scene
18:11 - UC911 advising car 67, per 67 - 1 ladder no longer needed only man power.

State: New York
County: Ulster
City/Town/Municipality/Dept: Ulster Hose Fire Department, Town of Ulster NY
Unit Designation/Identifier: Unknown
Chassis & Body (or Aerial) Manufacturer & model: Seagrave Marauder II
Pump size, tank size (water/foam), aerial type & length: 2000 gpm pump, 750 gal tank
Status: On order
Notes: A new station 3 is going to be built to lower their ISO rating, unknown to which station this engine is going to. will update when I have more info.

Rest in peace and safe travels brother. The nypost article said his dream was to be a firefighter. I hope FDNY makes him a firefighter in his honor.

It's sad that stupid people caused this company to go out of business.

Very well said George. The simple fact is that the Law Enforcement field is one of the most scrutinized, Monday morning quarterbacked professions out there. The media sensationalizes stories involving Law Enforcement to sell papers which turns the general public against us. "Community activists" love to blame the PD for all the issues that support their own personal self-righteous agendas without using their influence in the community to address the real problems that plague low-income neighborhoods. And every Bob, Dick, and Harry who watches some Hollywood cop on the big screen and plays Call of Duty 20 hours a day is all of a sudden an expert marksmen and a tactical genius who can shoot a gun out of the hand from a fleeing felon at 50 yards and then questions why we don't do the same when confronted with a real life deadly force encounter; not some BS video game encounter while sitting around in the living room wearing nothing but a pair of stained tighty whities.
Then I have to come on here and listen to a couple FD guys who always have something to say about LE? It's the hypocrisy that kills me with the whole thing, plus it sounds like a bunch of bratty crybabies alot of times. I'm sorry to say it, but it is what it is. Simple fact is when FD screws up, how often do you see an LEO on here chime in with some stupid comment? So far I've had nothing but good working relationships with FD guys, and I hope to keep it that way. I don't have the time, the patience, or the desire to cry about every little thing. Now I love my job and I take a lot of pride in it; but in the end it's just a job that pays the bills.

You have read about these. Were you there or are you just going off what you saw and heard in a Fire magazine or on the internet? I ask the question, were the write ups objective or were they written up by someone with an anti-PD agenda or anti-PD sentiments? Obviously video doesn't lie but even a video may not catch the whole scene and just pieces of it.
I have seen first hand and read the other side of the fence, with FD members doing ridiculous things at rescues to jeopardize their own safety and the safety of others. Difference is PD doesn't run to the media, a Law Enforcement magazine, or EMTBravo to b**** and mock FD about it.
I personally have no problem with Firefighters. They're there to do a job just like everyone else in emergency services. My issue lies with the minority of Firefighters who have the biggest mouths and have nothing better to do but troll the internet and b**** and complain every time they perceive someone else is doing their job. The facts have been exhausted here numerous times, so I'm not going to waste my breath, but many local PD's (including NYC and WCPD) were tasked with performing rescue work long before many FD's. Bitching about PD continuing in the rescue field is like EMS bitching about FD's encroaching on their "turf" when all these FD's want to get into the EMS first response business. Is the arguement valid? As an EMS provider, personally I'd rather not have FD show up on my jobs, but I'm not going to knock them for it because in the end it's what's best for public safety.
Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/queens/close_broken_traps_rescues_family_80AKsFrKholGJ2Cy3YvSKN
Based on certain peoples sentiments here, I guess they should have just sat around and waited....
Kudos on a great job well done

Why so much hate for the cops on this board? I can never understand it. These guys were asked to help out by THE FIRE CHIEF and they're still wrong in the eyes of some. It's almost like some guys would rather see the structure burned to the ground before they see PD being cast in a postitive light for helping out when REQUESTED by the fire chief.
Maybe, just maybe if that particular fire district was squared away, the cops wouldn't have to be doing their jobs.

I think its just a simple matter of everyone helping to achieve the same goal...helping someone in need, whats wrong with that? I believe your example is a bit far fetched and over dramatic, an electrician performing open heart surgery is no where near accurate enough to explain two state troopers answering a call of help from a local volunteer fire chief whom they probably know from working together in the field anyway and were all too happy to help. These guys held a hand line, outside the building, away from the heat and smoke, and allowed other trained firefighters to do the more important work in the hot zone such as overhaul, salvage, and final extinguishment.
I think we are all over reacting a little here...
Not for nothing, but in your previous post you were supporting the help offered you by the local PD when short handed, and now you are against it? Which side of the fence are you on here? LOL
I agree with these comments, we are all here for the same reasons, helping others in their time of need. If I was working a large fire and operating exterior lines for hours and was asked by a local cop or state trooper if I needed help holding the line I would gratefully accept their help and guide them as to what they could do to help.
On the flip side, If I saw a PD Officer getting attacked by a group of people, I would grab the nearest hard object and start swinging, or do WHATEVER I could to help them. I did just that one evening when working my FT EMS gig years ago. Our station is within minutes of the local SUNY campus, one evening we were jsut sitting down for dinner when the scanner came alive with a screaming SUNY cop saying he was being chased by a mob of college students through the quad and was calling for all available help from village PD and State Troopers. My partner and I jumped into our rig and started for the campus, lights and sirens blaring in hopes that the sirens would alert the students and make them run. When we arrived on scene, the SUNY cop was being held down and maced with his own mace by a group of 5 students. They saw us and ran away, giving us time to pull up next to the cop and pull him into our ambulance and drove away to safety before the kids realized it was only an EMS rig and tried to come and finish what they started.
We flushed his eyes and took him to the local ER for evaluation. What would have happened to this guy if we didnt show up? What if we just simply said "To hell with that, our pizza will get cold."???? Does any of the law enforcement gang here think we did wrong and wish to tell us to do our jobs and let them do theirs or did we do the right thing??
We work together, we have to, no one else will help.

Date: 5/3/12
Time: Appx 1740
Location: West Fulton Rd X - st Mickey Hollow rd & I - 88 overpass
Frequency: 46.18, 46.22
Units Operating: Cobleskill; Car 5002, Car 5003, 5011, 5061, 5092, Lifenet 7-2
Weather Conditions: Sunny, Warm
Description Of Incident: One car MVA reported as car into the pond
Reporters: Conman o/s
All times are approximate
1740 hrs - Cobleskill fire, Cobleskill rescue, EMS coordinator for a one car MVA, car into a pond
1742 hrs - 5011, 5002, 5003 responding
1745 hrs - Cobleskill fire, Cobleskill rescue 2nd transmission, 5061, 5092 responding
1747 hrs - 5011, 5002, 5003 arriving. 5011 reporting one car involved not in pond, serious injuries
1750 hrs - 5061, 5092 arriving. 5051 responding
1751 hrs - Extrication in progress, Schoharie 911 advising 5011 EMS coordinator not available.
1800 hrs - 5011 requesting medivac to be launched.
1801 hrs - Schoharie 911 advising Lifenet 7-2 has been launched. Appx 5 min ETA
1815 hrs - Lifenet 7-2 on the ground
1820 hrs - Extrication complete. Pt being packaged.
1823 hrs - Lifenet 7-2 in the air, enroute to Basset Hospital
1830 hrs - Cobleskill units clearing scene, in service

Date: 5/3/12
Time: Appx 1740
Location: West Fulton Rd X - st Mickey Hollow rd & I - 88 overpass
Frequency: 46.18, 46.22
Units Operating: Cobleskill; Car 5002, Car 5003, 5011, 5061, 5092, Lifenet 7-2
Weather Conditions: Sunny, Warm
Description Of Incident: One car MVA reported as car into the pond
Reporters: Conman o/s
All times are approximate
1740 hrs - Cobleskill fire, Cobleskill rescue, EMS coordinator for a one car MVA, car into a pond
1742 hrs - 5011, 5002, 5003 responding
1745 hrs - Cobleskill fire, Cobleskill rescue 2nd transmission, 5061, 5092 responding
1747 hrs - 5011, 5002, 5003 arriving. 5011 reporting one car involved not in pond, serious injuries
1750 hrs - 5061, 5092 arriving. 5051 responding
1751 hrs - Extrication in progress, Schoharie 911 advising 5011 EMS coordinator not available.
1800 hrs - 5011 requesting medivac to be launched.
1801 hrs - Schoharie 911 advising Lifenet 7-2 has been launched. Appx 5 min ETA
1815 hrs - Lifenet 7-2 on the ground
1820 hrs - Extrication complete. Pt being packaged.
1823 hrs - Lifenet 7-2 in the air, enroute to Basset Hospital
1830 hrs - Cobleskill units clearing scene, in service

Date: 5/3/12
Time: Appx 1740
Location: West Fulton Rd X - st Mickey Hollow rd & I - 88 overpass
Frequency: 46.18, 46.22
Units Operating: Cobleskill; Car 5002, Car 5003, 5011, 5061, 5092, Lifenet 7-2
Weather Conditions: Sunny, Warm
Description Of Incident: One car MVA reported as car into the pond
Reporters: Conman o/s
All times are approximate
1740 hrs - Cobleskill fire, Cobleskill rescue, EMS coordinator for a one car MVA, car into a pond
1742 hrs - 5011, 5002, 5003 responding
1745 hrs - Cobleskill fire, Cobleskill rescue 2nd transmission, 5061, 5092 responding
1747 hrs - 5011, 5002, 5003 arriving. 5011 reporting one car involved not in pond, serious injuries
1750 hrs - 5061, 5092 arriving. 5051 responding
1751 hrs - Extrication in progress, Schoharie 911 advising 5011 EMS coordinator not available.
1800 hrs - 5011 requesting medivac to be launched.
1801 hrs - Schoharie 911 advising Lifenet 7-2 has been launched. Appx 5 min ETA
1815 hrs - Lifenet 7-2 on the ground
1820 hrs - Extrication complete. Pt being packaged.
1823 hrs - Lifenet 7-2 in the air, enroute to Basset Hospital
1830 hrs - Cobleskill units clearing scene, in service

So, I am studying abroad with my school in Rouen France, which is a little more than an hour north of Paris. Last week, I went to one of the 3 fire houses in Rouen and got a tour by one of the Officers there It was interesting seeing all of the similarities and differences between departments in the US and here in Europe. In this particular department, that I got a tour of, its a paid department with at least 30 firefighters working at once, including a Hazmat Team and Rope Rescue Specialists. They are on 24/48 hour shifts with dispatchers in the firehouse.
Some of the pictures are attached.

Their turnouts, which are significantly different. Their slip on their pants over their regular clothes, but do not have firefighting boots like the ones that at least I am used to. Part of their uniform is workboots, which they wear in fires. While I was there, there was an alarm, and putting on their gear did not look very efficient, keeping their boots on and slipping into the pants.

Due to the nature of the call they will take the necessary equipment and leave others behind in other trailers.

One of the trailers that they can attach to the trucks

Our equivalent of a brush truck...the brush guards actually have holes to flow water while driving through the fire.

Some of their apparatus including one of the Aerials which can go 30 meters up

Small Aerial to go through the skinny french roads. Picture is of me and the Officer who showed me around.

On site training facility...The property also has a private gym for firefighters, which include a basketball court, sauna and weights. The property also has a private soccer field. In the main building of the firehouse, there are bunk rooms, which are nicer than my dorm rooms that my university offers, including a cinema area with flat screen tv's, and a dining hall where they have paid chefs prepare food for you.
Wanna see everyones reaction from this. Has anyone traveled internationally and have found similar departments like this?

I have the same opinion. Looks way too good to ba taking into the woods to get scratched up.

Just signed up also, my user name is conman1288

As someone who had a heart attack at 44, I want to tell you that it can happen to anyone. I was 200 lbs and 5'11", no family history but had high cholesterol. I went to the doctor but never took medication for cholesterol. I am now 190 lbs and eat better, snack on fruits alot. Our job is stressful and being in relatively good shape does not cut it all the time. I take meds, work out and go to the doctor and actually listen now. I am self motivated because I never want to go through that again. I hate to run so I try to mix it up alot, one thing I enjoy is climbing stairs in the firehouse, sometimes with the weight vest on. It isnt as boring as running and is actually useful at a job. I was like you in that I needed motivation now I am motivated by fear of it happening again. My Cholesterol has gone from 300 down to 120. It is all a combination of diet, exercise, for me meds, and self control. Everything in moderation now. I have a second chance but I hope that we can get this problem reduced to zero, wishful thinking I guess. Stay safe and listen to your doctor.