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Should be good for highway visibility. Heads up move!

Everyone better shop up for the 2017 end of the world. We're gonna be stuck at home for at least ONE day. Crazy!!! LOL

Correct, and he didn't even have the decency to return her or anyone else's phone calls. Where do they find the blind imbeciles who vote for this guy?!?!

Clean, safe, abundant energy. Why would anyone want Indian point to close??? That is simply moronic. Go to progress.org if you want answers to this question. Cuomo's pockets have once again been lined with money from special interest groups and huge gas companies. Indian point is one of the safest places in America.

Sounds like another insurance company finding any way to not pay out to me. Scum of the earth.

Another moronic New Yorker without a clue. Cars and people don't move as it is. Sounds like a great idea?!?!!!!

Nice use of resources jerkoff.

While that is true, more people in emergency services are being shot at by skells. I believe the point he was trying to make was that the liberal party has empowered criminals who are now not only taking aim at law enforcement but anyone working in emergency services. Completely inexcusable. These men and women are out on the streets helping the people who really need it and the liberal agenda has turned it into a race war. Donald is attempting to bring light of that.

Pray to God that they have no part of the Washington Administration come 2017.

Can anyone comment on this fire. That video appeared somewhat embarrassing.

I don't believe firefighting in NYC can be compared with many other departments around the area. Companies are doing 15-20+ runs per day and the job is much more physical than a lot of others. It's not the old days of jeans, a coat and helmet and a saw to the roof. The weight of turnout gear and your compliment of tools can and will put a beating on the body. Heart attacks for middle aged firemen seems to be more common as well. It's becoming more and more of a young mans job and for good reasons. Not to mention the real reason for this bullshit change. It is not for the bettermeant of the people we serve, period

When those soldiers who are standing fast are called to service they will be capable of shooting the enemy because they're all fully trained and qualified. When these so called "fully trained exterior firefighters are called to push into a dwelling fire, he or she cannot.

Lets put 200 grand into lights and sirens, parade around town, tell everyone we're firefighters and not be there when they really need us. Anyone who agrees with this guy is a coward and deserves a "Hit it hard from the yard" T-shirt!

Very touching video. That should be played on every type of media.

I understand the NIST research project and agree that there are some circumstances for using a quick exterior attack. If you've ever seen it used you'll realize that it only actually takes a few seconds to knock down a room and take a lot of energy out of the equation. That being said, I will say that I was at a good job within the past couple years where we were bringing a handline inside and as we positioned the line, an additional line was put into operation from the exterior. The room we were positioning through went from good visibility to fully involved rapidly. 3 guys went to the burn center.

Correct. However, many departments are employing this strategy without having enough additional manpower to stretch that second handline to the interior. In addition, researchers believe it's ok to be putting a handline in place on the fire floor while a line operates from the exterior because you cannot move/push fire. I find that to be vey incorrect and extremely dangerous. Last time I saw this tried, a handful of guys went to the burn center. Fire is going to move when a force acts upon it.

While this may have its applications; circumstances dictate procedures. If you have limited manpower on scene or a fully involved basement with limited access this tactic may be a good move. BUT, at the same time, you are writing off any viable victims. These new procedures were written because scientists working in a laboratory think you can no longer push fire (my experience tells me otherwise) with a handline and it's ok to knock a fire from an exterior window to take some energy out of the equation. Does it work, in some circumstances yes, but if you cannot access the seat of the fire, you're severely delaying water and now you'd better have another team ready to advance a handline inside after you transition to an interior attack. And not the one that's stretched and charged in the backyard, from the outside. Like an earlier post said, we won't hone our skills on interior attack and search if we are fighting fires from outside. When it's time to go inside, everyone will get lost.

I am not saying they should rely solely on Millwood for fire protection. I am stating the fact that resources are not being properly used. There isn't a single reason to build an additional substation when there is a firehouse up the block. God forbid someone misses pulling into a job first due and has to give it up to another rig from another department.

Why not just use automatic mutual aid from Millwood?? Their substation is 1500 feet away with an engine, tanker, brush rig AND 4500 gallons of water.

What a waste of money AND resources.

Date: 07/07/15 Time: 0947 Hrs. Location: Croton Point Avenue @ Veterans Plaza District: CROTON FD Units: C2082, ENG120, R18, CROTON EMS, OVAC ALS, CPD, AI UNIT, OPD Description: Female hit by tractor trailer pinned under rear axle; removed using cribbing and bottle jacks in serious condition transported to WMC

Great Post M' Ave! I also just wanted to add that FDNY uses an 18" pipe wrench because it opens to 2 1/2" inches so you can uncouple the cap on the standpipe outlets. You can also use it in place of the trusty F-Tool to gain leverage to turn the operating wheel. Use the inline pressure gauge to set your flow as they bleed the line of air and always open the outlet all the way before setting the pressure. Much easier to gate down your flow than struggle to catch up. AND if you're ever having a problem getting water from the outlet, Let everyone know right away!

I think the biggest pit fall of this forum has been that many people on here promote "a pat on the back" for anything and everything. A "like button" which is pressed for posting an incident or any other thread. People are constantly looking for kudos every time they make a post and that clearly isn't going to happen. It is innate for human beings to disagree for the most part and most people have a difficult time coping with the fact that not everyone is going to agree with their opinions and may not get positive reinforcement. A wise man said a long time ago that "it has become appalling obvious that technology has exceeded humanity" and since that time it appears to have become harder and harder to engage another human in a conversation or any type of debate. For the most part all of us on here are buffs and trying to hone our skills and knowledge. So why be upset when someone tells you got screwed up or tells you their opinion of what they would've done??? Why not debate the circumstances and listen to their opinion. Maybe they've been in the same situation and seen the same outcome and maybe, just maybe you could pick up something you didn't even think about. Most arguments are misunderstandings anyway. A perfect example is the argument ongoing as I type this response. Rescue24 has made a post and although I may agree and disagree to certain parts, that clearly does not mean he isn't entitled to his opinion. I've noticed that most of the people who are actually willing to debate are kicked off the site because somebody cried about one of their responses. Now you're left with nobody to debate with and a pat on the back for everyone else's bullshit. Everyone who wanted to debate and learn something or just argue their opinions have left. Now it's just robots hitting a like button. I don't have facebook or twitter, or anything of that nature because I feel it would be the bane of my existence but from looking at a few fire wires and such, I really don't see people debating topics on there either so I really see no reason for this site to be dead. Let's all communicate with each other and we'll actually accomplish something we didn't even think was possible. Let's all get together and design a Turing machine which will solve this Enigma!!! LOL

Maybe the 0 was supposed to be on the other side of 30... I'm only seeing 3 inches on the ground. Another social media, hype up. Thanks for nothing! LOL