peterose313

Are they not considered "emergency vehicles"? Edit: Nevermind, just got an explanation

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-firefighters-exposed-meningitis-article-1.1399551#ixzz2ZD2Odr00

According to this, it was a 1999 GMC Yukon that was just retired this year but was replaced by a 2006 Ford Expedition that had just been retired by Montrose FD.

"The snafu was caused by an NYPD dispatcher who put incorrect information into the 911 system. The error generated a ticket that popped up just after 6 p.m. at Engine 305 that said 'burns.' It was quickly updated to 'serious/inside' when the 911 caller — who was not with the patient — gave a few more specifics, the FDNY said. But to the firefighters, the ticket was read as a woman with serious burns inside, union sources said."

This was in Lac-Megantic, a little less than 3 hours from Montreal.

http://www.lohud.com/article/20130709/NEWS/307090057/New-Castle-discuss-plan-new-firehouse

http://www.lohud.com/article/20130709/NEWS/307090043/Port-Chester-fire-displaces-28-extension-cord-blamed

Source: NYSP Facebook profile

http://news.yahoo.com/wildfire-cut-off-hotshots-access-safety-zone-201030845.html

Lawsuit to follow

According to News 12, repairs are now being done. http://westchester.news12.com/news/repairs-being-made-to-mount-vernon-fire-department-s-station-3-after-news-12-report-1.5567535

http://www.lohud.com/article/20130621/NEWS02/306210104/Ossining-sells-former-police-station-business-1-47M

Read more: http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/calgary-orders-evacuation-of-entire-downtown-core-1.1335330#ixzz2WsnASaFl http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=425999

My photos are officially up at The Westchester Scene Photography I'm missing some info on a few pieces of apparatus because I couldn't find any. I.E. the year of U-78, County Car 6, and the unit designation of the YPD Watchtower vehicle so if any of you happen to know any of that, please let me know so I can add it to the description.

Here's a shot I took from FDD. I also have a shot of their new Caprice.

Not sure if they have enough Mercedes vehicles to start the parade with

http://www.lohud.com/article/20130609/NEWS03/306090041/Ray-Lund-founding-chief-Haverstraw-s-Roche-Fire-Co-dies-98?gcheck=1

Congrats on winning a trophy tonight Rob! Rig looked great!

It's a fantastic show and police work there is completely different than what it would be like here. I think every state trooper has to do a minimum amount of time (something like 3 years) as a wildlife trooper too.

Date: 6-7-13 Time: 1553 Location: 169 McLean Ave , Yonkers Units: E304, E303, E306, E310 (FAST), E319 (Safety), Squad 11, L74, TL71, Rescue 1, Collapse 1, Battalion 1, Battalion 2 (Command)(+others), Yonkers PD, Empress EMS Large box truck into store, store is fully involved and truck companies had to open up the roof. Building is compromised. Waiting collapse unit and building department. Driver escaped alive. (x635 contributed information to this report) http://www.lohud.com/article/20130607/NEWS02/306070087/Driver-pulled-from-burning-truck-after-Yonkers-crash?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|Frontpage|s

http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Crane-Operator-Had-Drugs-in-His-System--210608021.html http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BUILDING_COLLAPSE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Only other fire trucks were Rye's E-192 and the Yonkers FD Hazmat trailer/rig. It was all police otherwise.

I went for about an hour today and did some photographing. Not sure if it was because I expected more but it seemed like a light turnout altogether today. Got some cool shots of things I wouldn't normally see so I can't complain.

There is and that's where the issue lies. Newspapers themselves are rapidly going by the wayside and simply becoming a digital medium. As a result you have things like the Patch or Daily ____ popping up everywhere and they don't care about how good they are. The mentality today is why pay someone to take photos when they can just reach out to the community and get them for free from other people? Everyone and their mother has a DSLR or digital point and shoot today so why not ask them? Who cares if they don't know how to actually use the $600 camera? Look at the fire buffs showing up at scenes taking pics with their iphones. I've seen stories not all that long ago that had photos taken from someone's cell phone featured as part of the story. My sister had a college graduation recently and it was amazing to see how many more people were taking pics with their cell phones vs. an actual camera.

Bump, it's today. I'm with Noz on this. I'd like to attend today but am uncertain as to whether I need to register to be able to just walk around and such.