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you can take the test regardless of your in county or out of county status. however once the results are out and the FPAT ( Dutchess county's version of the CPAT) has been taken, the county list is created and ranking begins. The only time residency matters is when a department is going to hire. At that time the department has the option to go right to the county list right off the bat, or have the counties list broken up into only canidates who reside in their district. once the department goes to the residency list, they have to exhaust that list before they can go back to or change to the county list again.

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T-SHIRTS HAVE ARRIVED!! FIRST COME FIRST SERVE, STOP BY THE FIRE STATION (258 Violet Ave. Poughkeepsie, N.Y. 12601) WITH A $20 DONATION TO CLAIM YOURS! THEY GO FAST.

Fairview Professional Firefighters Local 2623 would like to preview our 2012 St Patricks Day T-Shirt. Shirts will be available for a donation of $20 for short sleeve and $25 for long sleeve. Shirts will be at the station in less then two weeks! (3/2/12) Fire District Headquarters located at 258 Violet Ave. Poughkeepsie, N.Y. 12601. Stop in soon to claim your own. Shirts goes quick so don't hesitate. Larger orders will be considered for local delivery.

Roosevelt (Dutchess) Rescue 63-51 1996 E-One Hurricane Full walk through. Roosevelt Engine 6 63-16 1989 E-One w/ Ford cab. 1000gal 1250gpm Hale pump Roosevelt's Newest Engine 1 63-11 2009 E-One Typhoon 1000gal 1500gpm Hale pump Detailed interior photos on the website http://rfdco1.com/multimedia.html Almost all of Roosevelt's in service apparatus among the 3 stations are E-Ones from years 1984-2008. With the brush truck and of course their Ambulance being the only two exceptions. You can check them all out on these websites http://rooseveltengineco3.com/apparatus.html http://www.rooseveltfiredistrict.com/districtvehicles.html Two of the more unique apparatus are 63-45 1988 (refurbished 2004)(former City Poughkeepsie Ladder 2) E-one Hurricane 110' straight stick Ladder. and 63-83 Their Air & Light Support truck(Formerly Danbury Conn.s) 1988 E-One with a Ford cab. On-board Air compressor w/ 6 cascade banks and multiple fill options for assorted equipment, also 2 command lights and other lighting equipment run buy an on board hydraulic generator. Also assorted rehab, fire police, and haz-mat supplies.

Has anyone on here ever paid for, and gone to the state fire academy before being hired? I've heard of a hand full of instances where this has happened around here where volunteer depts. will host / sponsor a member to go. However the member pays the expense. People who do this are then supposedly given preference over others when canvassed, because they now already have the needed training, thus saving the hiring department from having to pay for the academy as well as pay the individual. If by chance anyone on here has done this or heard of it; how did it, if at all, work out?

Sorry to reply so late, but I've been with Transcare Hudson Valley Division since '07 and actually love it. like stated above, its the lazy people, or those who like to cut corners and that kind of thing, that generally complain or dislike Transcare. Some administartion practices can be a little hard to understand, but thats all the politics side of things. But the job itself. is pretty decent.

Haven't heard much, but Transcare has like 6 different paint schemes so who knows. Usually they change by the contract/region.

Outta look interesting all green and silver come August.