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I guess we can let CT win this time... that was hillarious

Captain, Is New Rochelle FD testing out this system?

I was thinking the exact smae thing....

Prayers for a speedy recovery to the injured member

The Somers candidate ran un-opposed and won with a total vote count of 17...... Whats the point?

Congratulations... Keep training and learning!!

RIP thoughts and prayers to the family and WFD

RIP thoughts and prayers are with the family and MVFD

So I had a discussion the other night about the amount of apps that are out there for Emergency Services now.. It seems like everyone has a smart phone and there is a lot of really cool stuff out there. Figured this would be a good place to share what apps you use and/or like. Iphone: Wiser-- Hazmat information CMC Rescue Guide-- Technical and rope rescue information Hazmat Reference (The "ERG") 911 Toolkit FireRescue 1--- News Grog Knots--- Awesome to use when practicing Fire Engineering--- News Fire Calculator--- Easy to use app to figure out the "math" Hybrid Auto Extrication Guide-- Decent Hybrid extrication guide Crash Recovery System Lite--- Pretty much the same program we have in our MDT on the rig but a lot cheaper and easier to use

Cadpage would be awesome for the iphone....

I remember seeing somewhere about two guys who robbed a bank or something.. In the get away car one accidentally butt-dialed 911 while they were talking about their crime...

I couldn't get through reading the first page when this jumped out at me.... If proactive steps are not taken to improve service delivery, there will be an unnecessary loss of life event or an inadequately managed isolated emergency (e.g., mass casualty event) that will create community scrutiny and dissatisfaction leading to forced change.

I might have missed it somewhere, but when was this study done?

In case anyone is curious... Sent on behalf of Westchester REMSCO Chair, Daniel Blum. Please excuse duplicate notifications: REMINDER: The regular Westchester Regional EMS Council (REMSCO) Meeting was rescheduled for Thursday, December 1, 2011 For your review, attached please find an agenda for this month's REMSCO meeting along with the draft minutes from the last meeting. A link to the webcast of the September 22, 2011 meeting<http://wremsco.org/meetings.htm> is available at. www.wremsco.org<http://www.wremsco.org> REMSCO MEMBERS are reminded to contact the Regional EMS Office at 231-1616 to confirm their attendance. Please park in the lot adjacent to the Support Services Building at 35 Walker Rd. (There is a stairway linking the parking lot directly to the training campus.) Any questions should be directed to the Regional EMS Office at 914-231-1616. Katherine O'Connor Program Specialist, EMS Division

Not necessarily.... A lot of agencies that have paid staffing still use VAC...

I'm sure the REMSCO police aren't going to come arresst you, but wouldnt this be valuable in court as it would be an accepted industry standard?

Somers FD contracts to WEMS for the first due ambulance 24/7

From the Website... The base salary for a newly hired Trooper is $36,753.60. A newly hired Trooper who has previously completed a full time police academy and has worked three uninterrupted years as a full time police officer will start at a base salary of $48,980.10, which progresses through seniority steps to a top base salary of $71,358.30.

I guess they wouldn't accept NY certs...

I respect whatever people believe in.. but what if there is an immediate life risk and lets say a female wasnt available?

Absolutely the responsible parties should be billed.. They did something stupid and put a lot of other lives at risk including rescuers, maybe they will think twice next time.

After reading the article I am still confused as to why they can't use it? Politics maybe?

Found what appears to be the exact same knife at the fire store.. For 25 bucks I think I am going to get get one too http://www.thefirestore.com/store/product.cfm?pID=1597

closest thing... http://www.empirestateambulance.com/index.html

In my opinion you shouldn't be trying so hard to have elaborate gas schemes to keep members. A volunteer does it because they like to. Telling someone that they are going to get 40 cents off their gas isn't going to keep that person around. Sometimes all it takes is a thanks for the good job, a couple of t-shirts, maybe a dinner? Just a little bit of recognition and thanks for all the work they do can go along way.