JScott128

Chris- the Pittman schedule is 12hr shifts broken down like this: S M T W T F S S M T W T F S X D D X X E E E X X D D X X X= Day Off D= Day Shift usually 7a-7p E= Evening shift 7p-7a Some depts rotate every week, some rotate between days and evenings every 2 weeks, and some do it longer. I've heard that every 2 weeks is pretty good. The benefit to the schedule is you work only 182 days a year. You are working more hours than the standard "40hr" work week. We are negotiating to get the extra hours we work split between 110hrs in time off and the rest getting paid for. The 110hrs extra you work in some depts are given back to you in extra days off, sometimes called "kelly days". Sometimes the kelly days are assigned to you, some depts you can take them off when you want to. Every other weekend you get Friday, Sat and Sun off, which for my wife and a lot of families, is a nice bonus. Our dispatchers work this schedule now, they do not like the long weekends that you work, they said you are pretty beat by Sunday. But you got to figure it all balances out. Hope this helps. I'd really like to hear from anyone else that works it, we are still trying to decide whether to make the switch, so far, I haven't heard anything negative. Scott

Do you rotate between nights and days and if so, how often is the rotation? We have some officers that are concerned about family life... I assume that the days you are working, you aren't doing much of anything else (like spending time with the family), but you have more days off to do that.

Nice engines and logo. Seth- do you know why they included the registered trademark sign with the logo on the engine? Do other FD's do this? I don't recall seeing this before. Scott

Awesome pictures! Thanks for sharing that! Scott

It does not sound good for Det. Marc DiNardo (JCPD ESU), but let's keep hoping for a miracle. My thoughts are with him, his family, and his brother and sister officers from JCPD. Scott

I know this is not the pic you are looking for, but here is another variation of a patriotic cheveron scheme. Westwood (NJ) FD's rescue. Scott

Who is getting the 3 in NJ?

Is the UN property subject to NYC laws? I always thought the property was considered not part of the US. But I just found this on the web and I guess I was wrong about that: "The UN buildings are not considered separate political jurisdictions, but do have certain aspects of sovereignty." I wonder if the fire codes are one of the aspects of sovereignty.

For the last few days I thought the pictures were not loading, I use IE. Tonight I found the pic at the bottom of the page, you have to scroll down. When I closed my favorites window and maximized the page, the pic is visible at the top so you don't have to scroll down. Scott

Date: 5/31/06 Time: 0915hrs Location: Started in Nanuet NY, Ended in Fort Lee, NJ Frequency: Numerous, SPEN Units Operating: Municipal PD's, Bergen County PD, Port Authority PD, PAPD Aviation Description Of Incident: Suspect stole Chrysler 300 from dealership in Nanuet, NY. Pursuit of stolen MV originated in NY and was picked up in NJ. Pursuit went through Northvale, Norwood, Closter, Demarest, Tenafly, Englewood, Teaneck, Hackensack, Bogota, Leonia, and ended in Fort Lee. Suspect attempted to run over 2 officers on foot in Teaneck. Suspect rammed numerous police units including Fort Lee PD ESU and Port Authority PD patrol car at upper level tolls of the GWB. Suspect MV exited Rt 95 just prior to tolls and crashed on Main Street in Fort Lee. Port Authority Aviation was overhead during pursuit. 1 suspect taken into custody. Writer: JScott128

Here is a pic of NorthSTAR, a Sikorsky S-76 helicopter. NorthSTAR covers Northern NJ and the NJSP also runs SouthSTAR, which covers southern NJ. When they are not on a Medevac mission, NJSP helos are called by their tail number, so this helo would be called "Helicopter 5" on the radio. I believe NorthSTAR stands for Shock Trauma Air Rescue.

Truck6018, you are reading the wrong section of title 39. NJ law is similar to NY. NJSA 39:3-54.12 is very clear: "nothing contained herein is intended to grant to any member of a volunteer fire company or a volunteer first aid or rescue squad any privileges or exemptions denied to the drivers of other vehicles, and such members displaying emergency warning lights shall drive with due regard for the safety of all persons and shall obey all the traffic laws of this state". The statute does also state that other drivers should yield to the blue lights, but you must still obey all traffic laws. Scott

What state are you referring to, NY? I haven't heard anything about it here in NJ. Scott

Mine is also a guess, but when you train, you want it as real as possible. In combat, there is no FD or EMS response to help you out of the tree. As a cop, when we have firearms training, if the gun malfunctions, you are responsible to clear the malfunction, not the firearms instructor, because on the street you're going to have to deal with it yourself. Just my 2 cents. Scott

Suggestion- if you need an address and phone #, can we use our work's instead of home? As a cop, I'm very hesitant to give out any personal info to anyone. Scott

Last shot for this Volvo.

Another shot of the same truck.

Here is a PAPD's Volvo ESU truck. The photo was taken at a 9/11 funeral. I don't know if it is still in service.

I've never seen those pushbumpers before, they do look unique.... There is a good pic of them on this site: http://members.fortunecity.com/nypolicecars/wc.html Scott

Some people are unbelievable..... Thanks for posting that. Stay Safe Scott