JohnnyOV

Lemme guess.... they all sign on responding too

For those who have never seen it before (either in class, or out on the streets....) edit: this is just for arrival on the initial alarm... not for a full operation

You forgot the attached tractor drawn lawn chair on wheels and cooler- o- beer

Pretty sure this is how it works down in Prince George County, and it works very well....

+1 for reading my mind.... but hey, to each his own now-a-days

I'm not one for semantics, but does it really matter when they come out, just as long as its before the new list goes into effect? Even if we got them 6 months ago, or even on the date of the exam, we still need to wait for the current list to expire. However well you did on the test should not effect your life until your name is called to attend the academy. You might want to be a career firemen (as it is my dream as well) but make sure you have a well thought out contingency plan. Set yourself up with a job doing something different, and settle your life. View the exam as "whats done is done," and totally forget about it. Don't put all your eggs into one basket and be severely let down, when there could have been a better opportunity laid out right in front of you.

http://www.lohud.com/article/20111026/NEWS01/110260309/Brewster-man-trench-collapse-Somers-school-will-fine-?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|Frontpage|p

We're currently going over some of our technical rescue procedures, and we're wondering how the scene was handled prior to the arrival of the TRT? What tools did you have at your disposal prior to the collapse team arriving? -more specifically, did you have plywood to place along the trench walls? How deep was the trench the workers were operating in both before and after the collapse? How was the victim positioned in the soil? What was done to secure against additional cave in? Were the medics down in the collapse area prior to it being secured? Once TRT arrived with their equipment, everything looked like it went smooth with an easy transition, and it looked like it was going smooth prior to the arrival of TRT as well. Kudos to Somers and the TRT for safely removing the victim. This is an operation we can all learn from, and shows that no community is immune to any type of technical rescue.

ho man.... that's one hell of a fixer upper

I'd just like to wish the brothers of Somers Fire who were involved in yesterday's accident a speedy recovery. From what it sounded like on the radio, an urgent call for assistance came out from 80B3 / 45-Medic ? who was fighting with the patient in the back of the ambulance on Rt 100. Somers dispatch advised the ambulance that SP were enroute and 5 minutes out. Less then 3 minutes later, we overheard a Somers unit stating they had been involved in an accident and needed medical aid on Rt 100. We could only assume that they were on their way to assist the ambulance crew with their patient. If anyone has any other information on the status of their members, please let us know. Your bothers to the West wish you guys a quick and healthy recovery. Link to IA: http://www.emtbravo.net/index.php/topic/43522-somers-mva-w-pin-10-19-11/page__pid__248861#entry248861

Maybe he'll be the next Red Barron...... I need to get my mind clean

Glad we have the 2nd amendment... That "Right to 'bear' arms" might come in handy when you get caught in a hand to hand death match

Beat me to the punch. I cringe every time I see an operation where rescuers are tied off to the shore line in attempts to wade out into the current. The last LODD that occurred was in NJ during Irene, and that member was tied of to another rescuer who had to eventually cut him loose. http://www.firefighterclosecalls.com/news/fullstory/newsid/147219 Stay Safe

You can barely see it hit the person, but it gave them one hell of a ride... video edit: fixed broken link

I think he's saying that what is a few extra seconds to undo a hose cover, when you're already taking 15 minutes to get to a fire. At that point, all is pretty much lost already, depending on the scenario.

Not one rig has been painted... they've all ripened

Best thing I ever did was get a college degree, in a field completely unrelated to anything fire. If your civil service tests don't work out, which they haven't so far for me, then you have a degree to fall back on. Taking civil service exams, are like dropping your resume off at businesses; don't limit yourself to just one option.

Chief, I'd like to completely ditto this post. verbatim. We work exactly the same way, only with a designated time we allow for us to get on the road with the minimum manpower. Calling FAST early has reduced their response times to our district, and I strongly urge other departments to implement policies like this as well. It is probably one of the most proactive, and smart moves we've made in a long time.

How about a couple peaches...

It all comes down to the NYS training requirements which are an absolute joke. Include FF 2, survival and FAST as the basic FF course. If the training is too much, go join the Elks lodge. My department encourages everyone who is an interior firefighter to train with the FASTeam and eventually join. However, you cannot put non-FAST trained members on a FAST assignment though, which is why it comes down to a special team in volunteer departments in NYS. Unless you require every interior member to be certified with survival and FAST, then it is going to have to be a special team.

I was unaware that they were part of the town... That is just Hawthorne, Valhalla, Pleasantville and Thornwood based off of previous posts I may have to recant my prior statement.... foot, please meet mouth...

I completely agree. Absolutely a move in the right direction.

Mount Pleasant - According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 32.7 square miles (85 km2), of which, 27.7 square miles (72 km2) of it is land and 5.0 square miles (13 km2) of it (15.26%) is water. Demographics As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 43,221 people, 13,737 households, and 10,522 families residing in the town. The population density was 1,560.5 people per square mile (602.4/km²). There were 13,985 housing units at an average density of 504.9 per square mile (194.9/km²). total apparatus (from departments websites): 10 Engines 2 Rescue Engines 4 Tower Ladders 1 Ladder 1 Rescue 2 Utilities (not including SUVs) Now if you take the city of Yonkers, as strictly a comparable geographical size: The city occupies 20.3 square miles (52.6 km²), including 18.1 square miles (46.8 km²) of land and 2.2 square miles (5.8 km²) (11.02%) of water, according to the United States Census Bureau with a population of 195,976 (according to the 2010 Census). 10 Engines 4 Ladders 2 Tower Ladders 1 Rescue 1 Squad Just because the apparatus residing in Mount pleasant are stationed in different districts, does not mean they are not needed. Sure you can consolidate into one department to increase manpower, while maintaining different companies, but I'm pretty sure the apparatus requirements would stay the same, maybe a reduction in rescues or rescue engines on the replacement cycle, and a reduction of chiefs cars possibly. Mount Pleasant has its fair share of large commercial properties, as well as residential sections. Consolidation may lower or raise taxes from one district to another, and a serious study would have to be pursued on whether or not a true savings would actually occur. edit: sure they run a heck of a lot less fire then Yonkers, and their population density is less then 1/3ed that of Yonkers, but response times need to be taken into consideration when reducing the amount of apparatus in a district

holy sentence batman

hopefully they "stitch" up a safer remedy edit: man, I can't believe no one got a chuckle out of this