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Nyack Fire Department (Chelsea and Empire Hook and Ladders) have also been utilizing wooden ladders. Though they don't manufacture their own the history is the same and much closer to home (Rockland County).

Pearl River Fire Dept. (Rockland County #12) Excelsior Fire Engine Co. No. 1 12-1500 Delivered December 2014

Just like they did in New York City with stop, question, frisk??? Yea. That worked well.....

Who cares? You can argue and quote the laws all you want. Who is going to pull them over and cite them?

Satire website. Like duffelblog.com

One might think that... But one doesn't know the location of the civilians in the building and how far into the rapidly deteriorating conditions the officers pushed themselves to ensure everyone else was out. One might also be glad that their injuries were relatively minor compared to what they could have been given the situation. I'd say helluva job boys...

http://open.nysenate.gov/legislation/bill/S3305-2011 BILL NUMBER:S3305 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the labor law, in relation to prohibiting an employer from terminating an employee who also is a volunteer firefighter or a volunteer provider of emergency medical services when that employee misses or is late to work because of an emergency to which the employee was dispatched PURPOSE: The legislation is designed to ensure volunteer firefighters and EMS responders won't lose their paying jobs simply because they were late or missed work while performing their duties. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 202-1 to read as follows: Section 202-1. Authorized absence. 1. If an employee is absent from or late to his or her employment due to his or her engaging in the actual performance of his or her duties as (a) volunteer firefighter, or ( an enrolled member of a volunteer ambulance service pursuant to article thirty of the public health law, an employer shall be prohibited from terminating such employee solely on the basis of such absence or lateness. 2. The entire period of the authorized absence may be charged against any other leave such employee is otherwise entitled to, and such authorized absence shall include travel both to and from such duties performed in his or her capacity as a volunteer. At the employer's request the employee must provide the employer with a statement from the head of the volunteer firefighter or volunteer ambulance service, as applicable, stating the employee responded to an emergency at the time of such response. 3. In the event that the employee does not have accrued time to offset any time lost in an emergency response the employer must either, at its option: (a) grant at least three hours of authorized absence in any twelve month period to an employee who has engaged in a volunteer response or ( allow its employees without use of accumulated leave time an authorized absence for volunteer response during work hours at least two times per calendar year. 4. The commissioner is hereby authorized to establish any necessary guidelines, including requirements for documentation of the emergency response, validation of accrued leave, and the conditions of dismissal and procedures for an employee to seek reinstatement and reimbursement if dismissed on the basis of an authorized absence. JUSTIFICATION: There are numerous examples of volunteers being discharged on the basis of tardiness or absenteeism even though the response was bona fide and in response to a dispatch from the Chief or appropriate person in charge. The threat of losing a job has a chilling effect on response at a time when more that than 80 percent of New York State's geography is covered by volunteer response. Volunteers are frontline first responders and cannot be replaced without enormous cost to local governments at a time when the State is in the throes of a budget crisis. The bill has several employer protections. It requires verification from a commanding officer that the volunteer was duly dispatched. It allows for absences to be charged against employee's accrued leave. It allows for verification of the timeline for the response. Eight states including Ohio, Illinois and California have passed statues to protect their volunteers. Daytime response has become critical and attracting and retaining volunteers has become a daily challenge for local Fire Companies. Volunteers should not have to choose between their job and protecting their community. PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: A.9856/S.4988 - Veto #6791 of 2010 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS: None. EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect immediately.

4 or 5 person crew? Where do you put the patient with all those people in the back. 2 people. Maybe a third if it's a hot job.

Engine rollover on the way to an MVA. Information is sketchy at best right now. 5 MOS injured.

Piermont FD, Sloatsburg FD, Stony Point FD and Thiells FD in Rockland all have dive or swift water rescue teams

i should have said this in my first post, but losing Chucky is striking me pretty hard. I had the privilege of being Chucky's partner for a few years on Tuesday overnight working Medic 37 prior to my deployment to Afghanistan. He was schedule to be my partner on Tuesday Medic 31 when he came back from his injury, but they were having a tough time nailing down what was actually hurting him. This is a devastating blow to not only Empress but to all of Westchester County emergency services. He was extremely involved in both EMS as well as the volunteer fire dept. I think being Chucky's partner made me a better paramedic and I sorely miss him. He always had our backs and was the best of the best. I can always remember trading story's of his PortChester jobs vs my Pearl River Jobs, nothing was ever too small for him to give his expert opinion, and he always did have the better way to do it. I wish I told him more how much I truly valued his partnership on the ambulance, as well as his friendship. While I was deployed he always made sure to check in on my wife, and include her in the Perry Ave party's he had, or just going out to the bars. I could go on forever, about him, and i could make a list a hundred miles long of things i would give up, or change just to have him back for one more second. Please keep him and his family in your prayers and hearts cause right now he's up there teaching God how to buff the big ones. we lost one of the good ones today. RIP my partner, my friend, and most of all my brother. Love you guy

Chucky Mellilo passed away today 21Oct2012 Empress EMS, Harrison EMS, Port Chester Fire Chucky was my partner at empress for a long time. A great EMT. A great person. He will be sorely missed. Rest Easy brother, we got it from here.

I still haven't taken this test. I was registered, but deployed to Afghanistan when it was administered.

sounds like Mogadishu circa 1993

another option a lot of people overlook is to call the state and request the national guard. a lot of the support units have water tenders. after a state of emergency has been called that resource is is basically unlimited until the situation is resolved.