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In Somers when the chief deems necessary members are paged out to report to their firehouses to chain apparatus. Once the work is done people usually stay around and BS for a couple of hours if not all night. If it is getting really bad we have in the past set up snow standbys once again by orders of the chief. We have had standbys for other weather events besides snow. Some that come to mind were blackouts, heavy rain and wind storms (tropical storms), Ice storms, etc. If the weather looks like it has the possibility to get bad then many members go to the firehouse on their own accord to hangout and help prepare. My opinion is that if weather has the possibility of hampering or delaying responses then standbys should be in effect for two reasons our safety(traveling wise) and the safety of the community that we protect(guaranteeing appropriate response times).

We do have chains but they don't really help on ice or small amounts of snow (they actually slow you down)... I think the reccomendation is anything more than 4 inches? Someone correct me if I am wrong.

I saw this on another forum and thought it was interesting. enjoy 1. Money isn't made out of paper; it's made out of cotton. 2. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (Marijuana) paper. 3. The dot over the letter i is called a 'tittle'. 4. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top. (that makes my day!) 5. Susan Lucci is the daughter of Phyllis Diller. 6. 40% of MacDonald 's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals. 7. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled. 8. The 'spot' on 7UP comes from its inventor, who had red eyes. He was albino. 9. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents, daily. (Just as I suspected)) 10. Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are brother and sister. 11. Chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system; a few ounces will kill a small-sized dog. 12. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode. 13. Most lipstick contains fish scales (eeww). 14. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants. (The Little Pervert) 15. Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as medicine. 16. Upper and lower-case letters are named 'upper' and 'lower' because in the time when all original print had to be set in individual letters, the 'upper case' letters were stored in the case on top of the case that stored the smaller, 'lower case' letters. 17. Leonardo Da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time, hence, multi-tasking was invented. 18. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood. 19. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos. 20. The name Wendy was made up for the book “Peter Pan”; there was never a recorded Wendy before! 21. There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, or silver! 22. Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10 years to paint Mona Lisa's lips. 23. A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion will make it instantly go mad and sting itself to death. 24. The mask used by Michael Myers in the original 'Halloween' was a Captain Kirk's mask painted white. 25. If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar. (good to know.) 26. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand (and you thought this list was completely useless.) 27. The phrase 'rule of thumb' is derived from an old English law, which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb. 28. The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was the Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola. 29. Celery has negative calories! It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with. It's the same with apples. 30. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying! 31. The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher. 32. "Guinness Book of Records" holds the record for being the book most often stolen from public Libraries. 33. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a space suit damages it. (I NEED TO REMEMBER THIS.) 34. George Carlin said it best about Martha Stewart. “Boy, I feel a lot safer now that she's behind bars. O.J. Simpson and Kobe Bryant are still walking around; Osama Bin Laden too, but they take the ONE woman in America willing to cook, clean, and work in the yard, and they haul her a** off to jail.”

The other threads about marine units got me thinking about this. I am in Northern Westchester so we don't have any dedicated "marine" units around. What qualifications do members need to operate on marine units such as the ones in the hudson river?

It comes down to being in a fire district. A fire district can't outright pay you to go on calls. Somers is now paid per call for EMS and we are paid once a year by the fire department. The catch 22 is that it is really hard to abolish a fire district. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

Priceless

Somers fire and EMS- 1945ish

Crews were called to the scene of a Dumpster fire at Bremer Manufacturing in St. Anna at about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday night. Firehouse.com News ST. ANNA, Wis. - An explosion in a Dumpster claimed the life of a Saint Anna Fire Department firefighter and injured six others Tuesday night, according to a local television station, fox11online.com. Firefighters were dispatched to the scene at Bremer Manufacturing after a police officer spotted the fire at about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to the television station. While crews were putting out the fire, something in the Dumpster exploded. What caused the blast was not immediately known last night, according to the news report. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, State Marshals and the Calumet Co. Sheriff's department are investigating, the station reported. One firefighter was airlifted to the Theda Clark Hospital in Neenah where he is listed in critical condition. The remaining five were taken to the hospital in Chilton with reportedly non-life threatening injuries, the station reported. Firehouse.com will update the breaking story as more details are released

fire departments use highway workers during the day when there is manpower problems. This is the same situation. If the supervisor let's them why not?

The typing portion was pass/fail so it doesn't have any correlation to your list number just the written... Correct?

? In the mail, where else I meant to say for the typing test. I got my letter on Saturday. WHEN WILL WE HEAR ABOUT THE WRITTEN and ranking? oohh ok I though you meant all the results... thanks

Where?

Isn't a second means of alerting members required by ISO or am I confused?

Wow

Great Idea for those of us who leave EMTbravo on the screen a lot

Rest in Peace

What is happening with the "old" Rescue 16?

I can hear them loud and clear on a regular basis... Yesterday 2071 (Washington Version) had a fire and I could hear everything loud and clear.

I hear about the overturned golf cart in Yorktown. I was just curious if anyone could provide additional information or pictures. Specifically the level of entrapment and nature. Also how they were extricated? .. Any info. would be greatly appreciated

aahh ok that makes sense thanks for the reply.

That is a great idea since it seems everyone has a facebook these days. Another great step forward for the site.

NIce looking rig... Good luck with it

Rest in Peace

http://www.cnn.com/2...itan/index.html

Is this a test? I might have missed it but I didn't see a rest date just the filing period...