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No my friend I didn't try to make the cut...what I am saying is the truth!  Ever see them at JFK in a lot way out near long term parking.SLEEPING? As for the comment someone made about the 23 who gave their lives..of course I am saddened for their loss just as much as I am saddened by the thousands of others who did also.  They were in the wrong place every at the wrong time@  THE truth is that they are GROSSLY OVERPAID!  Haven'the ever seen a PARAMEDICMAKE anywhere near that amount DESPITE THE FACT THAT THEIR JOB IS 100 TIMES MORE STRESSFUL than a Port Authority parking cop.

While I get that self dispatching should be frowned upon with the information provided with the assigned Scarsdale engine unavailable Eastchester did the right thing self dispatching to save a life.  Had the fire been in another section of Scarsdale then no.  I am sure the Capt. in Eastchester knew that and should be commended for his action.

The Port Authority PD is a joke...yes a complete joke!  Its an ATM for these guys who are glorified security guards who break balls at the airports.  400 K  !!  You have to be kidding.  How many of them go disabled after one of these monster years?  Bet more than 50%!!  What happened to a CAP on these guys and girls?  Pushing idling cars out of pick up lanes is worth 400K?  Come on I'll do it 12 hours a day for 6 days a week for 125K and no benefits.....
 
 

The Port Authority PD is a joke...yes a complete joke!  Its an ATM for these guys who are glorified security guards who break balls at the airports.  400 K  !!  You have to be kidding.  How many of them go disabled after one of these monster years?  Bet more than 50%!!  What happened to a CAP on these guys and girls?  Pushing idling cars out of pick up lanes is worth 400K?  Come on I'll do it 12 hours a day for 6 days a week for 125K and no benefits.....
 
 

While I get that self dispatching should be frowned upon with the information provided with the assigned Scarsdale engine unavailable Eastchester did the right thing self dispatching to save a life.  Had the fire been in another section of Scarsdale then no.  I am sure the Capt. in Eastchester knew that and should be commended for his action.

The Port Authority PD is a joke...yes a complete joke!  Its an ATM for these guys who are glorified security guards who break balls at the airports.  400 K  !!  You have to be kidding.  How many of them go disabled after one of these monster years?  Bet more than 50%!!  What happened to a CAP on these guys and girls?  Pushing idling cars out of pick up lanes is worth 400K?  Come on I'll do it 12 hours a day for 6 days a week for 125K and no benefits.....
 
 

The Port Authority PD is a joke...yes a complete joke!  Its an ATM for these guys who are glorified security guards who break balls at the airports.  400 K  !!  You have to be kidding.  How many of them go disabled after one of these monster years?  Bet more than 50%!!  What happened to a CAP on these guys and girls?  Pushing idling cars out of pick up lanes is worth 400K?  Come on I'll do it 12 hours a day for 6 days a week for 125K and no benefits.....
 
 

While I get that self dispatching should be frowned upon with the information provided with the assigned Scarsdale engine unavailable Eastchester did the right thing self dispatching to save a life.  Had the fire been in another section of Scarsdale then no.  I am sure the Capt. in Eastchester knew that and should be commended for his action.

I agree with the poster about the epidemic and it is almost always THE ATRIA in every town!  Used to be the nursing homes that were abusers.  Friday and Saturday they call and send all their "problems" to the hospital for the weekend..now everytime its meal time at the Atria we might as well station a rig at each one for two hours.  These people are making TONS OF MONEY without providing and medical emergency care on property.  They do not contribute to the organizations at all.  So, we are burning up resources for lift assists and the like.  Hey the fuel and wear and tear on the vehicles AND the staff costs something.  Solution,  A $200 service fee EACH TIME there is NO TRANSPORT!  Draw it up so it is binding and they will stop calling.  It really is a scam by Atria who do nothing for their "guests" except feed them...amen

I only suggested the "call fee" because after all Atria is a money making business not a government funded or insurance funded nursing facility.   So perhaps they may consider adding a nursing staff or even EMT's to staff the "pick me up desk".  Do you not consider 3 to 5 calls per day to be ABUSING the system?  We are a two rig gang with a fly car dedicated to the other "two abusers' and the towns in which they are located.  We used to be an all volunteer agency but over the years the one or two calls per shift became 8 or 9 with these facilities creating the bulk of the calls.  Volunteers burned out and now we are predominantly a paid service supplemented by some volunteers.  It is bottom line a profit for them and a loss for us......

For years any emergencies on the river have been hit or miss.  I recall a fisherman lost off of Croton Point Park (he jumped in to retrieve a stuck lure) who was swept off the rocks and went missing.  There were so many agencies involved searching for him but no one could talk to each other.  The Coast Guard sent a chopper but no one on shore could talk to them.  There were numerous "fire department" boats racing around but no one could figure out what frequency they could talk on.  We need a plan...a frequency...and most importantly a helicopter with the capability of responding in bad weather and radios that are compatable with 60 and 44 control.

The abuse of "assisted living" complexes in calling for 911 response for falls and other minor occurances has taken its toll on the system.  In the case of Croton and Briarcliff the contract for ALS requires response by the Tri Village fly car on every call.  Many of those calls are then deferred to OVAC ambulance 2 BLS unit because not all shifts are covered by per diems in those villages.  It is an overload.  In years gone by it was not uncommon for an entire 12 hour tour to go call free...now in a 12 hour tour there can be 12 or more calls.  Abuse of the system?  It's going to catch up with us and there will be a real problem one day.
 

The abuse of "assisted living" complexes in calling for 911 response for falls and other minor occurances has taken its toll on the system.  In the case of Croton and Briarcliff the contract for ALS requires response by the Tri Village fly car on every call.  Many of those calls are then deferred to OVAC ambulance 2 BLS unit because not all shifts are covered by per diems in those villages.  It is an overload.  In years gone by it was not uncommon for an entire 12 hour tour to go call free...now in a 12 hour tour there can be 12 or more calls.  Abuse of the system?  It's going to catch up with us and there will be a real problem one day.
 

Where would we need one of these?
 

The abuse of "assisted living" complexes in calling for 911 response for falls and other minor occurances has taken its toll on the system.  In the case of Croton and Briarcliff the contract for ALS requires response by the Tri Village fly car on every call.  Many of those calls are then deferred to OVAC ambulance 2 BLS unit because not all shifts are covered by per diems in those villages.  It is an overload.  In years gone by it was not uncommon for an entire 12 hour tour to go call free...now in a 12 hour tour there can be 12 or more calls.  Abuse of the system?  It's going to catch up with us and there will be a real problem one day.
 

For years any emergencies on the river have been hit or miss.  I recall a fisherman lost off of Croton Point Park (he jumped in to retrieve a stuck lure) who was swept off the rocks and went missing.  There were so many agencies involved searching for him but no one could talk to each other.  The Coast Guard sent a chopper but no one on shore could talk to them.  There were numerous "fire department" boats racing around but no one could figure out what frequency they could talk on.  We need a plan...a frequency...and most importantly a helicopter with the capability of responding in bad weather and radios that are compatable with 60 and 44 control.

Completely out of control! It is an epedemic of people making money (Atria) and abusing the 911 system along with it. No less than 4 times a day to them in one town and 4 times a day in the next town coupled with another in the next and the flycar is basically assigned to them. Regardless, of whether they can be billed it is ridiculous! Especially in the evenings and weekends when there is less staff. All of these "assisted living" complexes should be required to have at least one and maybe two persons ON DUTY 24/7 for LIFT ASSISTS. Is it really an insurance issue or rather a lazy issue? People can be trained rather easily in how to lift a patient off the floor.
It is time for the VOLUNTEERS to be respected rather than abused! Perhaps doubling the fee to the nursing home should be investigated for lift assist calls. That would stop the abuse in its tracks. Something should be done before there are no 911 ambulances availabe for true emergencies.

Completely out of control! It is an epedemic of people making money (Atria) and abusing the 911 system along with it. No less than 4 times a day to them in one town and 4 times a day in the next town coupled with another in the next and the flycar is basically assigned to them. Regardless, of whether they can be billed it is ridiculous! Especially in the evenings and weekends when there is less staff. All of these "assisted living" complexes should be required to have at least one and maybe two persons ON DUTY 24/7 for LIFT ASSISTS. Is it really an insurance issue or rather a lazy issue? People can be trained rather easily in how to lift a patient off the floor.
It is time for the VOLUNTEERS to be respected rather than abused! Perhaps doubling the fee to the nursing home should be investigated for lift assist calls. That would stop the abuse in its tracks. Something should be done before there are no 911 ambulances availabe for true emergencies.

Completely out of control! It is an epedemic of people making money (Atria) and abusing the 911 system along with it. No less than 4 times a day to them in one town and 4 times a day in the next town coupled with another in the next and the flycar is basically assigned to them. Regardless, of whether they can be billed it is ridiculous! Especially in the evenings and weekends when there is less staff. All of these "assisted living" complexes should be required to have at least one and maybe two persons ON DUTY 24/7 for LIFT ASSISTS. Is it really an insurance issue or rather a lazy issue? People can be trained rather easily in how to lift a patient off the floor.
It is time for the VOLUNTEERS to be respected rather than abused! Perhaps doubling the fee to the nursing home should be investigated for lift assist calls. That would stop the abuse in its tracks. Something should be done before there are no 911 ambulances availabe for true emergencies.

A very touchy subject but one that needs to be addressed. A facility such as Cedar Knolls most times is UNDERSTAFFED and what staff that are there JUST DON'T WANT TO BE BOTHERED with the same old crap so they ship the problems out. Much like many nursing homes do on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays because they too don't want the hassle of dealing with "frequent flyers all weekend or night long..IT IS FACT. The recent explosion of 'assisted living" facilities such as Atria and their cousins have inundated EMS agencies with "Slip and falls..and no one from the facility is trained or willing to pick the people up or render help. They call EMS to come and pick the people off the floor...that is NOT what EMS is for! Atria accounts for no less than 20 % of calls in Ossining and Briarcliff during the day....THAT MY FRIENDS IS ABUSING THE SYSTEM TO THE HILT.

Probably and insurance thing as well. That alarm is a little far from Bronx/Yonkers border for a mutual aid assignment. Had the fire been either on Riverdale Ave or Broadway area just North of the City Line FDNY quick response to save lives might have been utilized. Great job all the way around!

Probably and insurance thing as well. That alarm is a little far from Bronx/Yonkers border for a mutual aid assignment. Had the fire been either on Riverdale Ave or Broadway area just North of the City Line FDNY quick response to save lives might have been utilized. Great job all the way around!

Probably and insurance thing as well. That alarm is a little far from Bronx/Yonkers border for a mutual aid assignment. Had the fire been either on Riverdale Ave or Broadway area just North of the City Line FDNY quick response to save lives might have been utilized. Great job all the way around!

The Village of Ossining Police Department is well equipped to handle anything the Town of Ossining needs. The officers of the Village PD are recognized by almost everyone in the Ossining School District area and have conducted nearly all of the Police work in the school system...ie....Dare etc. They are very well respected by all! As far as being able to cover the Town with the addition of a few officers it would be much quicker for additional officers and equipment to respond from the Village than waiting for extra officers to come from all parts of the county. Have no fear the officers who were Town who went with the County can find plenty of work with the County at the airport at least to save some overtime for the County. This plan is a HOME RUN!

The Village of Ossining Police Department is well equipped to handle anything the Town of Ossining needs. The officers of the Village PD are recognized by almost everyone in the Ossining School District area and have conducted nearly all of the Police work in the school system...ie....Dare etc. They are very well respected by all! As far as being able to cover the Town with the addition of a few officers it would be much quicker for additional officers and equipment to respond from the Village than waiting for extra officers to come from all parts of the county. Have no fear the officers who were Town who went with the County can find plenty of work with the County at the airport at least to save some overtime for the County. This plan is a HOME RUN!