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I believe this is going to be a new RAC Unit

Does anyone know if any fire department in Westchester that uses the command post radio? Sounds like it would be a great tool. http://www.altechradio.com/command.cfm

Listen I am not trying to start any conflict between Career Vs. Volunteer. I only ask because I am from Long Island where Volunteers make up the majority of the departments. I was just curious about working relationships and Standards. Has there every been a time in which a Volunteer company has assisted a Career Company and vice versa?

What are your Fire Departments training standards for Interior Status, Officers, and Chiefs? In Long Island there are only two Career Departments, this had me wondering, do Volunteer Companies and Career Departments ever operate at incidents or train together?

How could volley departments possibly survive without calling career staff to MA and Standbys?!??!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?????? Ok would u rather have a department with local knowledge or someone who is reading a map !?!?!

VMFD should have been called to the alfredos fire on BPR with out question or at-least should have been put on standby at LFD quarters...Who would know more about Larchmonts coverage area Greenville or VMFD you decide.

Ok so Career depts will request career depts and volly depts will request volly depts for the most part

On October 10th when Larchmont had the fire at the car dealership at 2050 boston post road why would they call Greenville to cover Larchmont HQ and a Pelham engine to the scene when you have departments like VMFD,Harrison FD, which are closer and more familiar with the area... It just doesnt make sense to me to have MA from Greenville and Pelham come all the way to Larchmont. Who decides which mutual aid department is covering or operating at a certain scene ?

i dont understand in even nyc they don't get ticketed more. I mean running around in a minivan with reds and sirens is ridiculous.

again most of the calls for help on the sound come through vhf radio on channel 16 just this weekend new rochelle pd brought a fisherman on a boat with a hook stuck in him to the hospital. More than 75% of calls for help come through vhf

I dont know how much of u have boats but i work on the water and hear atleast 3-4 distress calls a day and other calls like hazards in the water, people sick on boats etc. There is more to it then u think

Great idea engne51 we rely on nyc agencies and private companies to handle the water coverages in the western long island sound .

Bethpage has a good tech rescue team, North bellmore, etc . I think partly because they have a lot of fdny members who are well trained and are members of the li volunteer departments. Photos from a Trench rescue thats occured in rosyln and even called fdny to the job - http://www.firstonscenephotos.com/Roslyn-1/Roslyn-Peacock-Drive-12082009/10587190_SQhMq4#!i=735821974&k=UsubH

I just dont know how a lot of li volunteer departments are able to maintain many great rescue teams.

I just think the water rescue teams should be placed in better locations, with all the flooding and bodies of water in the sound shore i think it would be very beneficial to have one in lower Westchester.