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It says location: New Rochelle lol

Yeah? Plus amber with a blue lens would make a green.

I love this show! My favorite parts are in Episode 1 where he comes outside and goes "County....Smitty, Cancel the truck" and in episode 3 when his pager goes off and he can't start his car because of his asthma attack and the whole alcohol sensor thing!!

Don't see how posts about the ghost lettering or about the car was against the rules but ok. Your board.

I'm confused, are people not allowed to discuss the car? Is this topic only for nice looking car comments? I'm just curious not trying to start anything. Thanks

I got my entrance letter from Putnam yesterday

I highly disagree with you posting the department's name for starters. Second what agency are you in let's see how good you guys are. Everyone has issues there is atleast one dept in that same area that's worse than the one you listed, but everyone has issues no one can be as perfect as your agency.

No sir I am not involved with the armed forces. I did think that they did some form of training but figured most was geared towards combat and so on. Thanks for the info I stand corrected thank you. About the sirens and not using them like these older members do is against the law and when I approach them they say f the law and stuff like that but ironically will not let anyone off the truck until he goes and surveys the scene because it is a liability for him even if a chief is already there and it does not matter the type of call its always stay on the truck. I just find that very interesting. One day it'll bite them in the a** and I can do my I told you so dance!

I disagree, they are both the same age and yes one is a soldier and has tons of training (but honestly how much is driving), who says that Johnny Smith doesn't have a certain level of dedication to the fire department just as the soldier does to the armed forces? Every fire department can qualify and certify a younger member just the same, you have to sit on the member and make sure he or she can do the job right, you can also send them to classes as well for this. We also send these same younger members like yourself into a burning building and say hey go rescue those trapped people and how many hours of training did you get 100? Also driver's only spend the time enroute to and from a call worrying about the other drivers really, then once on scene the driver worries about the same things you do and maybe more (hazards, residents, assignments and size up) and you as the crew should also be keeping an eye out on the road too incase you see something the guys up front dont. The biggest issue is how much training the department mandates the driver no matter what age, if the trainer doesnt think the person is ready they don't get put on the list until they are. Make a mandated and a curriculum for driver training and those that you know wont act and operate safely dont get the ok. I also have question for all those regarding fire calls, your the first piece of apparatus from your station responding aside from the chiefs to a residential alarm, or an inside smoke or an mva w/ injuries when do you use the siren when do you not? My fd there is a few that refuse to use the siren and upon intersections controlled by a stop light will give the air horn a tap or two, why I have no idea but lemme tell you it is very frustrating and nerve racking when your going through multiple stop lights in the middle of the day for an mva or a inside smoke and a tap of the air horn is all you hear because the officer and driver both "can't hear the radio".

I took my test the same day I got my results but oddly enough I heard the same thing about failing and hearing before everyone else, but a friend of mine failed by one point and got his today as well.

Was that really needed?

No one said they have to stop for every single car that was stuck and kill themselves getting these dopes who drove out that night out of the snow banks. I can see stopping and helping those ambulances but not joe shmoe.

I agree with Cpt., but for those like seth says are volunteers for the true reasons as he states they could get an agreement b/w the other departments and start going on there calls to assist them as well of course following that receiving department's sops and what not.

I saw a video on tv about this too. Is there anyway to get that posted on here, very good video.

Why on earth would you want to rescue a bear lol

I meant nor and didnt mean ?. My bad yesterday was a long day.

Somers doesn't cover the interstate. I remember reading something saying the paid crew does not go out of district it is soley for those within the district.

WEMS has the contract for a 24/7 staffed ambulance with 2 EMTs, as well as automatic mutual aid for certain places in the district and then if Somers ever needs to go mutual aid for a call, say for a 2nd or 3rd call in district WEMS will respond. I'm pretty sure that's how it works.

They are talking about the ability to lock and unlock any of the fire houses including opening bay doors and what not. Not the actual dispatch center being locked.

Wouldn't it be better to train on your own rigs? Say for driver training and just for principle? Plus how are your guys going to get down to the training center, you wouldn't make them all drive down there on their own gas/cars would you?

Bro relax!! I'm with PFD you don't buy rigs that won't fit on your roads in your district.

Believe it or not I heard rumours of a possible tiller.

Elightbars is a good site to check out for this kind of stuff.

No I don't sorry.

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