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And we have a winner! Regional consolidation. Not necessarily countywide, but regional or district consolidation. Sell the building to the district. I know it would mean no rent income to the company, but it's a firehouse. The equipment and building that they are housed in take precedence.

Out of control??? All I see on here is grown men having a conversation about a very controversial subject regarding Yorktown. And if they were to enter into a mutual aid agreement for every call, you're right. We would talk about it. It's covering up a much larger issue of a lack of manpower. Nobody is attacking YHFD for trying to protect their constituents, but in this day and age with EVERYONE looking at how we spend taxpayer money, we/they can do better.

But can Millwood guarantee a response time with apparatus and manpower that is acceptable in their OWN district? And this is in no way a shot against Millwood, but being a volunteer agency, you CAN'T GUARANTEE any type of response. Period. So use the money to build a new station 1, if they are in such dire need. And we have spoken about those departments to the point that we're beating a dead horse with a stick. This is just a semi-new topic.

So if very few members live down there, now instead of driving in a RL&S fire truck that can go through Red Lights, pass cars, etc.(all in accordance with the law), the members will now have to drive to this firehouse in their personal vehicles with the blue light brigade, wait at red lights, not necessarily be given the courtesy to pass, or get into an accident due to the further response distance. Yeah this totally makes sense. And a breakdown for some people that aren't familiar with the area.(All in driving miles) Distance from proposed site to Millwood Sta. 1- 2.8mi Distance from proposed site to Yorktown Sta. 1- 6.4mi (Google Earth says its faster to get on the Taconic, instead of using the backroads.) Distance from proposed site to Millwood/Yorktown District Line- 1.3mi Distance from Millwood Sta. 1 to district Line- 1.5mi I guess it's generally regarded that south of the reservoir is the "south side" of YHFD's district. From Millwood Sta. 1, it is 3.1 miles to the reservoir. From the proposed site, it is 2.4 miles to the reservoir. So what they are trying to tell us is that to have a firehouse that is 0.7 miles closer than the nearest firehouse to the "dividing line", it is worth building an entire firehouse? Capt. Nechis, I'm waiting to hear your favorite word!

And they didn't even have enough time to do that.

A pretty good pre-screened review: http://www.blackfive.net/main/2011/10/update-act-of-valor.html From the bottom of that page, I also found a couple other websites saying the same thing, but obviously this isn't anything official, so take it for what it's worth.

Im glad to see taxpayer money go to good use to build a firehouse where its so desperately needed, and there are no other firehouses around for miles.... Millwood.

And it appears they are in first! The Palos Fire Protection District which is in second now trails by 6000.

http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/01/10287851-nypd-cop-is-shot-in-the-head-expected-to-make-full-recovery Incredible.

It's gonna come back looking like this.

And I could very well be wrong, as the information that I was told was secondhand. A few people that I have spoken to, who are members of FASNY and attend meetings, usually complain about the City, or just the IAFF, UFA, etc. are always against them in terms of key issues. (see: Training) Again, I could be wrong.

I just blew this up from Anesti's photo. (Anesti) Doesn't look like any hose to me.

Your even forgot the "courtesy" lights so you can drive like an a$$, and enough antennas to open a mobile radioshack.

If only I could drop everything here, and just move to Virginia Beach.

Somehow I think that FASNY and the FDNY don't terribly like each other....

6th...

You mean 6th....

Large smoke plume visible from NYC.

How did Peekskill FD get nothing, they just didn't apply?

I do understand that they did not take monies from the Federal Government for "operating" costs or to stay afloat. But in 2009 they accepted 5.9 billion as part of a retooling and "efficiency improvement" package. If the 5.9 had to be shelled out by Ford, would they have had to cut somewhere else? Im sorry that we may not see eye to eye on the perfect definition of a "bailout" program, but I would consider this help from the government. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jesx2f8Y8dKUCMIhgM_8K_XMLd6Q Edit: After reading reading what I wrote, I could be totally wrong, and I will just go bury my head in sand.

They all got bailed out so that really is a moot point, they took 5.9 billion in 2009. But anyways...

Fix Or Repair Daily.

I would have to think that with the amount of fireload that was present when the first due arrived, deploying the FIT 5 would probably be equivalent to pissing in the wind. That is of course assuming that the fire had a good headstart on them.

http://detroitfirefilm.org/ Awesome trailer, and looks to be a great documentary.

Reminds me of this.