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News video of a scary event. http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/320366/28/On-camera-Firefighter-falls-through-roof-battling-two-alarm-fire

In the 80's my department tried switching from an 8cyl to a 6 cyl to save fuel. The cars did not hold up. They normally kept a vehicle for two years. The first year the vehicle was assigned to patrol and the second it kept as a spare or used by spare personel when they were on the roster. But they wound up replacing the 6cyl vehicles after the first year. One has to remember that many police cars run 24/7. The only time the engine was turned off was when the vehicle was in for service, you were out of the car on a detail or in court. If you look at the current police rated vehicles, most have heavy duty everything, aircraft type hoses and a supersized alternator. These improvements all add weight to the vehicle.

In areas were EMS is provided by a commercial company or other fee for service group, is billing the patent for this type of call a consideration for a FD only response?

Oh well there goes dinner!

Some of us "blew it off" to attend a funeral or to stand by so others could attend.

If there was a crash, there wouldn’t be a dent (unless he hit the side of a truck). More than likely, some poor ME would be scraping him off the pavement with a putty knife. While hundreds of cars and trucks were forced to wait on a closed highway until the investigation and cleanup took place. Then his family would probably sue the State for some defect in the road or bad engineering. :angry:

I believe theat Spock was at JFK waiting for the arrival.

As a former police supervisor, I would tell my officers about the dangers of performing a “joke” of this type or similar action. It sometimes seems like the warning fell on deaf ears. They never thought about the consequences of their actions. Unfortunately, I have seen other officers disciplined, brought up on charges or fired for "inappropriate actions", The best advice I can offer anyone, Is this “joke” worth loosing you job, pension, possibly your house over, let alone the possibility of jail. Stick to putting mustard in the probies boots (he/she may be allergic to peanut butter).

If I remember correctly, the train passes for police officers were not the result of a change in policy by the MTA. A state Senator sponsored legislation that authorized the issuance of a pass. You had to apply through your department and it was issued to the officer and had to be renewed each year. It was only valid on MTA trains not NYC transit. Accepting the pass was conditional that you had to assist the conductor in the event of an emergency and if he requested your help.

Nothing that would apply to a non-law enforcement entity.

You seem have two situations here. The first is for videos and pictures the second is for evidence. Remember as a member of a municipal fire department whether volunteer or paid, you are part of the government. The constitution (remember that funny document that we are sworn to uphold and defend), guarantees certain freedoms from government (in this case us). Two parts that come to mind are the right to prevent the sezure of private property without due course. The second is the right to be secure in our personal papers and property. Taking a person’s cell phone or camera without a warrant is permitted only in certain limited circumstances. In addition should you take someones property unlawfully, it may not be able to be used in court. In fact you could have the entire case thrown out. Without going into a class in Con Law 101, the best advice I could give you is to leave any the investigation to a trained investigator or the police. Let them make the call on what evidentiary value a device holds. They should know the proceedures for obtaining evidence and the chain of evidence ect.

Do you remember when 60 Control was County Control and located in a back room at the County Police HQ? With a listing of departments on the wall and a card file?

For those who need directions (GPS settings) use : 130 Hommocks Rd, Larchmont, NY10538 United States 40.93433, -73.74544(Address is approximate))

Kinda looks loike Doc Kiernan as a probie. (just kidding)

Just remember a society that makes war on its police had better make allies with its criminals. Unfortunately I don’t remember who said this. Its one of my favorite quotes.

What this really is: a shame. It is a pity that this truck was not restored and put on display rather than be cannibalized and left to rot.

If the local police ever started giving parking tickets at marinas, the police version would be perfect as a waterborne Cushman.

At least this time the truck didn't roll into the engine!

If you think this is small, check out: http://www.topgear.com/uk/videos/tiny-apeel Wait until the video starts and get past the advertising. This is an actual car, the Peel P-50 made in the UK. Although I don’t think is still in production. Can you imagine rolling up to this after it was involved in a MVA? But then, you could just pick it up, put it in the back of an ambulance and Do the extrication in the ER.

Burned by judge on FDNY, city fires back in court Accuses Nicholas Garaufis of bias in imposing federal overseer The Bloomberg administration has taken the radical — and necessary — step of accusing a federal judge of out-and-out bias in his rulings on alleged racial discrimination in Fire Department hiring. The charge is well-grounded. Because Brooklyn Federal Judge Nicholas Garaufis overstepped his role as an impartial arbiter — in effect exceeding even the city’s opponents as an advocate. http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/burned-judge-fdny-city-fires-back-court-article-1.1010646

Try this one http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/mayor-bloomberg-blasts-brooklyn-federal-judge-nicholas-garaufis-biased-black-firefighters-article-1.1009510

The pack tracker transmits a unit identifier when the "PASS" alarm sounds. Our department uses our departmental letters and the pack number as the identifier. We have a a plastic accountability tag with the pack number on each pack. When the fire fighter removes the pack from the rig he/she attaches his/her accountability tag to the pack tag and then both are attached to the command board before the FF enters the fire zone or proceeds to the staging area for assignment. This way if an alarm is received from the Pak tracker, we know who to look for and don't have to waste time doing a roll call. Fortunately we have never had to go this far. i would recommend that neighboring departments get together before purchasing the system and come up with a standard identifier indicating the department/company and the pack #. This way you don't wind up with a few #4's at the scene of a incident involving many departments or companies.

Truth hurts! I doubt the Budweiser folks would allow this one on.

In England they went with a more economical approach! Don't let the conference of mayors see this. By the way where would you put the turnout gear?

You think buffing is a problem on the fire side, don’t get me started on what happens in the Law Enforcement: Two issues. 1) Buffing by plainclothes detectives trying to grab a collar. 2) Pursuits were multi jurisdictional units are involved. Our department had a rule that unmarked and plainclothes units were not permitted near a “hot call” unless they announced they were responding and all of the dispatched units acknowledged the transmission. Then the dispatcher authorized the response. This was to prevent an frendly fire incident. I can’t tell you how many times I found unauthorized on duty plain clothes officers at a scene that just happened to be driving by and saw a commotion. Funny thing, they tried to call in but their radio malfunctioned. You would file a disciplinary against them and you were the bad guy. While I did not object to the help, you have to remember these people have guns and we were always afraid of shooting a good guy. Pursuits are another ball of wax. Everyone and their brother shows up and all have guns. I remember searching for perps who bailed out of a stolen car in my jurisdiction that was being chased by two other departments for a bank robbery. At the time we grabbed one and were searching for any more. As my guys were checking a yard, two strange men with guns were seen. Turns out that they were detectives from another department. We spent most of the afternoon chasing “man with a gun” calls. After a while we found out that there was only one bad guy. The men with guns were all cops. Finally, we put out over the hot line for all of our “guests” to return to their jurisdictions. We were afraid a cop would get shot.