JM15

Maybe in Ossining the Police answer the call and dispatch but thats not neccessarily the same for other places. Your stating that you are in favor of the old "Check and advise" scenario. This is something that the fire service has been trying to get away from for many years.... What if you send that one un-trained police officer and it isn't a lift assist but its something more serious? Can that police officer accurately try and figure out what caused that person to fall without medical training? I 100% believe that EMS should be sent on a "lift assist." Why do some think that providing lift assists are a waste of time? Whether you like it or not emergency services are a customer service business and we are here to help the public its part of the job.

Where does it say it would involve an ALS response? BLS is more than sufficient

It should definitely be EMS.. like the previous poster said more often than not there are underlying reasons for the person being incappacitated. Also, EMS can evaluate any potential injuries that the patient recieved while falling.

What do you mean by that? Can you slow down and compose your thoughts into sentences please.

Wow there are some awesome classes and so many!!

You hit some excellent points with this post... Hazmat and Technical rescue are very training intensive disciplines. What is good about the county teams is that they draw from the manpower "pools" around the county and take the people with the drive and desire to excel.

Why do you think they would be called more than already established and highly trained teams?

The county DES has special operations teams already... Would this be in addition?

Thanks, Whats the starting pay these days?

Rest In Peace

What is the scheduling like for FDNY?

The news this evening stated that there up to 8 smoke detectors in the house

Awesome Picture!!

It looks very hard to climb into

Does anyone know how many Firefighters Stamford is short? How many could potentially be hired?

Care to enlighten us on your ideas?

Rest in Peace LT Sanford

According to an internet article on FIrerescue1.com the fire on LI used 200 firefighters, 20 brush trucks, 10 tankers, 10 engines, and 35 departments assisted...

Thats what I was thinking thanks! I am also sure that they have a lot of manpower in addition to aircraft support

What resources or functions does the ANG provide?

Some serious pucker factor there...

Is this thread serious?

I heard that rumor a few days ago also...

I took the last test and think that this two year wait has been crazy. Now it appears that the merged departments want to re-do the test so they can pick and choose who they want to hire?

Good Luck to Victoria!!! She will be missed!