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Nah I have read his post for a long time and I agreed with him once 10 minutes ago. I do and always will respect his knowledge and accomplishments but I think your assessment is wrong.

Wow might be the first time I agreed with you Chief well said and there are a few lines I will use on my guys.

A volunteer fire dept (each company in fact) must have their own tax id number and file taxes according to law. This is talked about every year in Albany at one of the conventions and every year they spend 3 hours on the subject. In my dept our company just went through the process of obtaining a new non profit tax id but taxes still need to be filed

Ghost letterings are considered markings . My question is if you do get a ticket from an officer in an unmarked car and it stop doesnt fall under the "exceptions" rule do you think if challenged the judge is inclined to throw out the ticket ? There is always someone looking to exploit a loophole.

August 18 Fire Chief’s Car Ablaze 7 p.m.—Police received a call from James Sarfaty, the Hastings-on-Hudson fire chief, reporting that his 2006 Ford Expedition had caught fire outside his home. Police and fire department arrived on scene and extinguished the fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation. above is a little piece I copied from the river town patch anyone have any additional info?

Capt Glover I dont know you from a whole in the wall but I must say you sound like the voice of reason and I appreciate you taking the time in spite of some of the silly remarks to CRITIQUE the video so those of us who wish to learn do learn from your expertise. I'm 40 years old with 14 years of volunteering and and I cant stand people who "know it all" and arent willing to listen. Thank You Capt

Fog nozzle in an interior operations ??? have you ever use a fog nozzle interior before?

Amen criticism is never a good thing and should be banned BUT a critique of a photo , video or any other fire related action should be welcomed with open arms whether in a round table discussion or on this site and to try and silence a critique only hurts the good of the fire service. Remember if you make fun of or speak with malice its NOT a critique and your better off just passing the topic by. I personally love knowledge and questions should be encouraged even if the question seems strange to us it may not be to the person asking and your answer may help that person. I am not saying anyone is trying to silence the critiques but it sometimes has that feel. We are not 7 year olds that will run to mommy crying most of us are mature and welcome the help.

maybe one of the first times I agree with you Seth , my only question I wanted answered was how did the call come in and was it a Hastings or Yonkers address. As I mentioned 3 times already class act by YFD sticking around if it was a hastings address. I'm not here to play Monday morning quarterback nor am I even trying to and I ask everyone else not to either , BUT with that being said I also think some sort of CRITIQUE in a respectful manor i always in order thats how we better ourselves but thats a different topic for another day.

I agree with you and seeing YFD and HFD reminds me of the old days BUT I was curious if the call went to Yonkers directly via 911 ? Like I said the first time if the house was a Hastings address I think that was a real class act by YFD to stay I couldn't stress it enough. YFD came through for a fellow FF volly or not and I tip my hat to them.

was this called in to 911 via a landline or cell does anyone know? I ask because that might answer why yonkers was dispatched and I will give Yonkers credit if the address was Hastings for sticking around and helping. Class decision by Yonkers

Why was Yonkers there?

you asked a legit question and all who disagreed gave you a respectful answer except for the one who had to stand out.

maybe if you ask nicely ?? was there any indication otherwise

I was on the board at the time and Seth your info is one sided , without naming names or getting into to many details the veh purchase price was $10,000 then it would have needed $100,000 to renovate. I was originally for the plan and I actually pushed the board to do it but at the time there were many financial discrepancies with our books and there was a change of the board which took a more conservative approach with its finances. The DFVAC has a poor record on covering calls so what ever money we had was to be put into recruiting. One last thing we threw this around the town and there was no way we were going to raise the $100,000 to restore it and that is on the low end we looked into it , also putting the veh on a residents private property was not a good decision for a Ambulance corp that has to answer to a village board. One last thing this was over 2 and a half years ago that this all went down so why is it in the 4/11 issue is beyond me. No one was stepping up to donate to fix this car so that is not correct , we asked around for months thats how we got the $100,000 estimate along the way so there is no "quite a bit of people" that wanted to step up. They had the chance to step up and NO ONE did.

what a waste of money and time , cant find it anywhere on the internet that this is a legit charge.

we are starting to explore our possibilities in Dobbs Ferry , our 1991 Mack with Ariel scope is due to be replaced and because of the inherited possibilities of metal fatigue due to its age the decision was made to go new. its a fine line when you think that in 20 years the metal on the Ct rig will be 60 years old.

Fire dept budget is bigger than the dpw? I am not here to knock Pelham but when you compare the size of the villages to others without pulling out the calculator there has to be an answer ( maybe consolidation)

chief Dobbs Ferry -that is our budget and we must use it for gear,training ,repairs to rigs (3 engines 1 tower ladder a utility and chiefs cars), equipment and other odds and ends including our yearly medicals from Partners in safety.. Fuel is paid by the Village and if you own a home you save $2000 of your $20,000 tax bill. Chief we do a lot with a little we dont get Greenburg money and it is true no one volunteers like they used to but if they had to staff Dobbs what would the board do if 3 million was needed so right now they get 24 hours of protection at A DISCOUNTED price not $375,000 you must deduct United Waters money 2 % money is used for the good of the members

it all makes sense then.. you want protection you need to fund it. I will say it - cut the DPW budget

Thats a lot for such a small Village , is that medical also

what are the run totals for a Village of 6500 as of 2000 ? Isnt there a possibility that the Village cant afford to maintain what is has. Was there a need for a career dept ( serious question) and if so does the career end need to man the firehouse 24 hours a day. I live in a Village of 12,000 and we are strictly volunteers with 450 runs a year with a budget of $375,000 with $150,000 of that going to United Water , I would love some of Pelhams budget

I thought the Hastings old 22 tiller was not up to todays safety standards and could not be sold to another dept , I thought it was supposed to be a private collectors sale only ???