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And whats with that chair?They fighting fire or delivering sheetrock?

Wow. Just wow. That was embarrassing.

Spy shot of the COMPLETED Engine 827 from our Facebook page, it will be back at the station by Friday. I believe it still needs radios, etc.
I am planning on taking some shots this weekend during the dedication ceremony for our Rescue Engine.

Picture quality isn't the best, but here's the latest apparatus update from Morningside VFD down here in Prince George's County, MD.
The refurb of the new-to-us Engine 827 is almost complete. Lettering was completed a few days ago. Still needs the Roto-Ray and the 27 on the grille, but so far she's looking pretty good.

Also, the new-to-us Ambulance 827 has arrived at a shop in Maryland. Its going to need a few months of TLC before its ready for the streets, but we're looking forward to placing this unit in service. Once it's completed, it will be the first time in many years that all of the apparatus in the station are owned by the company.

One down, one to go. Units still in the field looking for the cop killing POS. Happy hunting boys and girls.

Very nice looking rig...the key here being nice looking. That thing would be a b!tch from a practical standpoint for working a fire....my God you'll get a nosebleed or a broken ankle trying to stretch a line. And while it might be serviceable (barely) in an industrial setting the sad fact is alot of municipalities are trying to outfit their FDs using the same ''one rig does it all" concept and it simply doesn't work. Bigger isn't better and whatever is saved in dollars is lost in practicality where it matters...on the fireground.

Yup.
http://www.nycfire.net/FDNY_Firehouses

It is actually white and will have blue striping, on the trailer headed to Wassaic.

Montrose FD will be replacing their current Utility 68 (1999 Dodge Ram 1500) with a 2016 Ford F-550/Marion body. Delivery expected sometime in the fall.

Why post an incident when it will become a volly vs oaid arguement. Almost every thread on this site beats a deas horse.

Photos from today's NYPD REMA (Retired Emergency Man's Association) Day of Remembrance at the NYPD SOD Facilites at Floyd Bennet Field in Brooklyn.
All photos by me.

Gotcha!

Happy April 1st.

I worked 21 years and 8 months, of which 20 were in a 2 engine house (which had a truck until 1995) and I worked all 3 companies and was actually Assigned to all three.. The station was built in 1982 single story sprawling 3 bays.. From My Bunk in the dorm to My Riding position was corner to corner across the building...over the years, I saw the neighborhood change a lot and just about every Business and residence on the Main road and 5 side streets That all converged there... I'd been to Most and Most had Significant Structural Fires... In the dorm, I latched onto one of the 2 bunks below the windows that could be opened ( 2 x 12 by 12 inches) because a) funk fresh air and c) the seasonal Changes when you LOOSE AC OR heat for 3-8 weeks....
I Always cracked the window an inch... in 2005, we Had a neighbor one the side street who's ride to work at 4:45 Kindly announced Themselves with a couple horn beeps... and seemed like you were just dozing off again when that happened,...
One Particular Night, we'd made about 8 to 10 runs by about 0315 and I was pretty groggy when The horn Beeped ... I sorta Layed there in a daze... and Once the (Very long Beep) quieted, I began to hear something quite differant and began In my head, wonder Why The Rookie was "eating Popcorn" at like 4 am IN the Dorm...... ( I said I was groggy ) after a few seconds My Melon became aware of the stupidity of Everything, that I had just though and having actually Digested it all Became suddenly Alert and Awake, Popped out of the bunk Looking Out seeing The Rear porches and "C" exposure was a 2 1/2 Occupied Frame The Fire building was a 3 story (Old 6 family) taxpayer Private social club on 1 and 4 occupied apartments above... the rear porches and stairways were well involved, Looking Back into the bunkroom I simple said, lets go fellas, ( no Yelling or screaming) The Bunkroom was ORANGE (haha) walked down the Officers Hall and Banged on Both doors, being on the 1st due engine This close can be messy Thankfully we'd Had plenty of experiances... ( Imagine 2 double engines and a tiller 2 doors left of the firehouse.. Our Plug was outside the Officers Hallway door, SO, The LT. grabbed his portable and while walking across the front yard Called It in while 3 of us Rode the engine the 20 feet hooked up and blitzed the exposure, with a deck gun and the officer and 4th guy stretched a 2 1/2 between the buildings Once the blitz was finished we searched the exposure while the other two guys from The Other engine did a primary in the firebuilding we were there a good 6 or 8 minutes it seemed waiting for the rest of the assignment (2 more engines 2 trucks and the rescue) .... and Boss... It became Known as "The Popcorn" because in the telling, I was wondering Why the Kid was eating crunching on Popcorn (crackling ?!) which One would expect any fire fighter with a few fires under his belt would recognize that crackling = Not good.... and How I was the First one to become alert enough to see the flames dancing on the wall of the Dorm...lol
Below is A photo looking out the Dorm WIndow the following Night showing a little of the Damage and Exposure

The department picked up the rig today. It's now on it's 1400 mile journey to MI where it will serve as a front line piece.
Wishing the department best of luck with the rig!!

Engine 198 is in service? That's weird, nobody told me. I am only the Co-Chairman of the truck committee.

Sorry, but I can't get enough of this clip:

My observation - The officers from the video appeared to have it within their control, if a unknown bystander attempted to intercede, they may have seen them as a possible aggressor not help.

By the book in my eyes. These officers showed great professionalism and restraint with this subject, who was given every opportunity to comply before it escalated to the next level.

Me thinks you watched too many episodes of the Andy Griffith show on TV. Mayberry only exists on TV in the 60s..Everyone encountered by the police reacts differently. However, you pick up on one thing that is correct; The perp does have a lot of control over what happens to him. If he submits than there should be no further use of force. If he fights then the police have an absolute right to defend themselves. What happened before the video starts is irrelevant with one exception: the subject was going to be arrested. Once the subject started to resist, the use of force by the troopers went up as the resistance on the part of the subject increased. But the amount of forced used increased only to the extent needed to overcome the amount of resistance on the part of the subject. Further, the video shows that the use of force stopped when the suspect stopped using force on the troopers. If you consider these officers to be Super Troopers jacked-up on Mountain Dew then it appears that you may have spent too long in Colorado.

I think the question is....are YOU serious?

man i love this guy so very true..........sounds like i made this post myself...

Yes but do they have the trained personnel available to operate all of that equipment that was purchased with our grant (read tax) money?
If it sits there with no one to operate it, its useless
If it responds, but with only a small % of the personnel needed to perform the mission, its useless
and if it responds to incidents without being called, and ignores policies, procedures and ICS in general, because "nobody can stop us", its more than useless it is a danger to themselves, other responders and the community.

X635, Please look this way

You never saw it, it does not exist. " The flash of light you saw in the sky was not a UFO. Swamp gas from a weather balloon was trapped in a thermal pocket and reflected the light from Venus."

From a non medical standpoint that location is 15 to 20 minutes from the Medical Center at most..maybe a little less if a police escort helps out at the lights in Ossining and Briarcliff which is not as difficult as it sounds. Because there was "no extrication" required from the time patient contact was made to delivery at the Med Center it should have required no more than 30 minutes total. No question ground could have gotten the patient there much quicker than waiting for a bird. The medics could have "worked" the patient enroute to save time. The roadway is level and smooth for the most part with only one curve to negotiate. I've driven that route many times in the past with TRAUMA patients being worked and never had a problem getting them there without incident and safely.