Flashpoint

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  1. ARTICLE: https://medium.com/homeland-security/just-hangin-out-why-do-firefighters-just-stand-around-at-fires-1ebbf31eba6b
  2. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/msa-to-acquire-firefighter-turnout-gear-manufacturer-globe-manufacturing-company-300480935.html
  3. http://whiteplains.dailyvoice.com/politics/spurred-by-westchester-teen-death-crash-investigations-may-get-textalyzers/709070/
  4. http://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/yonkers/2017/04/21/used-firetrucks/100712686/
  5. Agreed! Does Rye, Mamaroneck, Larchmont, or New Rochelle have a fire boat? And does County PD have a boat in the water and quickly staffed like they do on the Hudson?
  6. http://www.lohud.com/story/news/investigations/2017/03/09/port-chester-fire-department/98605556/
  7. Who is responsible for the cost of supplying, and resupplying the foam? NYS?
  8. Scarsdale doesn't have a spare engine? And had to close a station because of such? Makes Eastchester not being called on the initial alarm even more of a head scratcher...the run card wouldn't be temporarily changed to accommodate such?
  9. http://www.courant.com/education/hc-uconn-health-center-closing-fire-department-0217-20170216-story.html
  10. https://www.firerescue1.com/volunteer/articles/192640018-NY-settles-lawsuit-over-volunteer-firefighter-use/
  11. http://www.firelawblog.com/2017/01/26/former-yonkers-fire-commissioner-sues-blogger-defamation/
  12. Yonkers currently working a 4th alarm at Nepperhan and Lake St, at the old carpet mill. VIDEO from the Yonkers Voice:
  13. Does anyone know what this specific piece of equipment was? And what was the chemical involved?
  14. Here's the official account of what happened, from the YHFD Facebook page:
  15. http://nypost.com/2016/03/20/fdnys-new-entry-exam-asks-about-everything-but-firefighting/
  16. How will they get a seal on their masks? http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nypd-cops-wear-turbans-beards-new-rules-article-1.2927018
  17. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/nypd-publish-patrol-guide-online-comply-new-city-law-article-1.2829979
  18. Nice truck! Word is that is was paid for by a grant from the new Tappan Zee Bridge.
  19. http://nypost.com/2016/11/19/fdny-hires-nine-ex-felons-amid-efforts-to-boost-diversity/
  20. Scott has many of the same features as the MSA, if not more, and they have been proven time and time again to work. I think it's just as comfortable as the G1, especially the Scott x3. And Scott offers the Pak-Tracker and In-Mask thermal imaging, a growing technologies MSA doesn't