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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/07/nyregion/07camden.html

I believe a wheel fell off a GEMS ambulance in the past week en route to 95, and they run new ambulances! You can't prevent everything.

Very cool photos! I assume the whole ship is standpipe'd. Do you know if they use sea water or use a supply of freshwater?

That could become a factor if said maintenance is kept up very well and the vehicle lasts a significant amount of years. But we aren't talking about keeping up with safety innovations, we're talking about reliability.

I disagree that there is an age or mileage at which a vehicle is unsafe or unreliable. If you do proper inspections and preventative maintentance, and check the chassis for rust, a vehicle can be safe and reliable indefinitely. The issue, of course, becomes economics.

130,000 miles is a good life.

Very amazing. The one piece of info I would have liked to have is why CPR went on so long without transport. Did the helicopter take that long to get there? Or did the heli medics decide it would be better/easier to work him on the ground?

Some ice KO'd a woman in Stamford this winter. A truck company responded and took down what else they could.

Hopefully the M8s ride smoother than the current trains on the NH line. I'm not sure if it's the trains or the track, but I used to ride the Harlem line in from Katonah, and compared to that, the NH line rides like a logging truck EDIT: Sorry for the repeat posts. Board was giving me this error when I tried to submit. I continue to get this problem: An error occured with the SQL server: mySQL query error: SELECT COUNT(*) as topicviews FROM ibf_topic_views WHERE views_tid=40876 This is not a problem with IP.Board but rather with your SQL server. Please contact your host and copy the message shown above. Mods please delete.

Hopefully the M8s ride smoother than the current trains on the NH line. I'm not sure if it's the trains or the track, but I used to ride the Harlem line in from Katonah, and compared to that, the NH line rides like a logging truck

I'm definitely looking forward to these trains. I hope they ride smoother than the current NH line trains. I used to ride the Harlem line in from Katonah, and there is a dramatic difference in smoothness between the NH line and Harlem line. I'm not sure if it's the track or the trains, but the NH line is like riding a logging truck compared to the Harlem line

Without having any experience with "how things were", I would still tend to think the risk/safety balance is right where it should be. As the article points out, hazards are higher now, with heavier fire load, and less durable construction. It's just not worth it to "make the push" when the risk of collapse is so high. If there is life to be saved, I think any firefighter will up the allowable risk. But it is NEVER Ok to be serious injured in a fire when there is no life there to save, and I think that is the message that is getting out.

Look at the title to these articles. They clearly wrote it for shock value, as there was no need to drag the woman's husband into it. http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/policereports/article/Wilton-fire-lieutenant-wife-arrested-for-1035791.php This is how the article should have been titled: http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/policereports/article/Police-Greenwich-woman-with-dementia-scammed-by-1035798.php

Awesome pics everyone. I used up all my rep points.

The article says he was a firefighter, not EMT, although it may have been updated since posted. The Post usually doesn't have the correct info the first time around, haha.

That is certainly also true. I guess that creates the shock value that the media can capitalize on.

My guess is it has nothing to do with the engine. It's probably part of the dedicated A/C system for the box, or exhaust for an auxillary heating system, if it doesn't use a heat exchanger with engine coolant.

Two paramedic service is pretty impressive. Do any other areas have that?

That is too bad. I'm an admin on another board (for cars) and it's funny how many people create multiple SNs and don't think it can be traced.

The only thing I can think of is it's easier to comment on mindless things on the internet than real scenarios and tactics. In the case of the Westchester Co special resources, that is a localized region, and anyone outside that area wouldn't have any input on it. Additionally, I think it's hard to discuss specific tactics or discussing how a job would have gone better on the internet, when essentially no one on the board was there. I check VES all the time (dedicated to tactics and tools) and they only update every couple weeks. I'm not saying we can't do better, I'm just saying that I think it's hard to do routinely do over the internet.

You've got to be kidding me. What are you talking about? Are you insinuating that they will use this vehicle to pull people over? It's the department's choice if they want to use this lettering. I don't see the point of it, personally, but there is no need to attack any department for choosing it. It's my understanding that many NY Volly Chiefs use their cars for personal business so that they are always able to respond while in or near district. This makes sense and I wouldn't consider it abuse if it's part of their department's policies. It's also possible that when the public sees a chiefs vehicle at the grocery store, and don't understand why, they will consider it abuse (as you stated), when it actully is done for a good reason. Maybe they are trying to avoid bad press? The public also thinks that when we shut our lights and sirens off en route, that we are just playing with them. If these towns could afford to have a Chief sit in the station all day and wait for calls, I'm sure they would.

According to last year's flyer, you pay at the door. I don't know if that will change.

Yes, colors are important. Red stands out, chevrons stand out. A maltese on a door and a town name is not apart of that visibility package.

While demonizing public works is never OK, there is something to be said for the efficiency of regionalized services.

The lettering on emergency vehicles is not what makes them visible, it's their emergency lights. CT State troopers have no lettering on their vehicles. Does that make them more dangerous / less visible when responding lights and sirens? I don't think so. Whether you like it or not, I don't think you can argue that it is a safety issue. That being said, I don't see the point. It makes it less likely to be spotted by civilians who need to "flag down" an emergency vehicle, (as rare as they may be)