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always to be remembered.........Condolences to BMFD, Chiefs Gallagher, Cacciola, King, and The Hook & Ladder Company

Date:05/17/07 Time:Circa 09:30 Location: 38 Beekman Ave. Cross of North Washington St. and Lawrence Ave. Frequency: 46.26/Sleepy Hollow FD Disp. & Ops/Multiple WCDES Firegrounds Units Operating: (Onlocation) Sleepy Hollow: Car 2311,2312,2313,Engines 85,86,87,Tower Ladder 38,Rescue 12 Tarrytown:Car 2461,2462,Engine 80,Ladder 37 Ossining:Car 2331,2334,Engine 98,Utly 51(FAST) Pocantico Hills: Car 2381,Engine 189 Briarcliff Manor: Car 2051 Rescue 37(Cascade) Elmsford: Car 2112, Tower Ladder Valhalla: Car 2481, Rescue 9 (FAST) Croton: Engine 119 (FAST) Millwood: Car 2251, Engine 248,Utly 44 Buchanan: Car 2551,2552, Utiy 12 (Cascade) Verplanck: Bus (Rehab unit) WCDES: Car 2, Battalion 10,14,Cause & Origin Sleepy Hollow PD Sleepy Hollow EMS Units On Stand-by: Pocantico Hills: Car 2381,Engine 189 (After released from working at scene) Dobbs Ferry: Engine 48 Braircliff Manor: Car 2051,Tower Ladder 40 Irvington: U/K Tarrytown VAC: Ambulance Description Of Incident: Working Fire in a 3 Story Brick Commercai & Resid. (Taxpayer) Style Structure, (Apartment Building as per "The Journl News") Fire Origin was in Apartment on 3rd floor (A,D) Corner. Writer: ONLOCATION (OS)

www.Kentland33.com................most recent story..... FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: KENTLAND VFD FILES SUIT AGAINST PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY Monday, May 14, 2007- The Kentland Volunteer Fire Department of Kentland, Maryland and its Volunteer Chief, Michael Mattison, filed suit this afternoon in the Circut Court for Prince George’s County. The suit was filed after County Fire Chief Lawrence Sedgwick summarily suspended Chief Mattison and vowed to suspend all of his successors. The County maintains that the Kentland VFD must agree to operate an ambulance out of its Landover Road Station 33. But the Kentland VFD lacks the facility space and the manpower to do so. In 1995, the County unilaterally withdrew Kentland VFD’s career staffing. Since that time, the station has provided round-the-clock service with a group of dedicated volunteers. Kentland VFD asked that the County provide both the space and staffing for the ambulance, but the County refused. Kentland VFD’s membership voted against operating the ambulance, which triggered the backlash from County Fire Chief Lawrence Sedgwick, who immediately suspended Kentland’s Fire Chief, Michael Mattison. Chief Sedgwick vowed to suspend each Kentland chief officer who refused to operate an ambulance out of Station 33, though the decision to do so is made not by the chief officers, but by the membership. Kentland VFD already provides emergency medical services to Prince George’s County’s citizens by responding to emergencies with trained emergency medical technicians. But the Kentland VFD has explained to the County that it lacks the manpower to staff an ambulance, which essentially amounts to a hospital shuttle service. Such transports ofter take several hours due to paperwork and are currently handled by other area firehouses, which have full-time career staffing. Sheila Mann, President of the Kentland VFD stated that "the corporation is dedicated to protecting the lives and property of the residents of Prince George’s County. Adding an ambulance to Station 33 without the additional career staff to operate it, and without the additional space in our facility, would put the excellent service currently provided by our department at risk." Cary Hansel, one of the attorneys representing the Kentland VFD, stated that "the department has a strong legal position and looks forward to presenting this case in court. However, as always, we would welcome any opportunity to discuss how to best serve the County’s citizens." Jason Levine, another attorney for the Kentland VFD, added that, "Kentland’s volunteers have been repeatedly recognized for their heroic acts. The County is simply trying to force them to provide a hospital shuttle service free of charge to the County."

Holy s***!!!!!.....enough........

PG County is a place like no other I have ever had the privilege to ride in, EMS is not being insulted here, they provide service to citizens and areas that are severely poverty stricken and yes.......a hospital hauler is a good way to also state an EMS run there. I also still believe that in many areas that EMS still is the most overlooked service going, I myself get deathly afraid when continually hearing 2nd and 3rd requests for Possible heart attacks and s*** like that.......But in the issue here.....I would rather not see a Truck crew of 6 bumped to 4 for a Intox or an OD or an assault over narcotics and insne crap like that, also having to bump down to one crew instead of two crews do to these calls....I mean not that they are not important calls....just my outlook, Maybe I am just a Fire person and not really into EMS. I strongly believe myself if you do not have 24 hour in house volunteer staffing for EMS IT SHOULD BE PAID. (Not bad mouthing vollies, I am one). Separate issue though. The EMS personell that run the ambo's down there might also see this as a lake in job security also if u think about it?....and Due to these Multiple Bullshit calls hospital's are most of the time on what we would call a Diversion up here, don't know if its the same down there. While riding down there, I was on a rig dispatched to a MVA, pulling up it was noticed as a 3 car chain reaction tap, no real damage except for one vehicle. Originally they were all RMA's except for one, then it turned into 4 complaints of everything, in which then truned into a 3 ambulance and an EMS Duty Officer response and a Bus requested from Hyattisville which isn't right next door. Was there really a need, I don't think so, just a case of common day possible money making. Having a Wagon onlocation for over an hour for a fender bender?.....is bad enough now picture the ambulance being OOS for over 2 hours do to the fact that the closest Hospital was on diversion and the next one was 20-30 mins. away......... there just went ur Truck crew. Issues in this county are ongoing...MFC2257 pretty much said it all with the county Chief Volunteer cancer comment......Yes Kentland has turned into egotistic guys but its all in the marketing....there website, there actions make them who they are, not they don't know what there doing but there media spotlights and abilities.

They Provide BLS First Responder service with Mini Pumper 33, there Medic's are Medic Buses down there If memory serves me right. Bladensburg (9) the Company next to them runs a Bus full time as well and all Volunteer. And from info told to me.....Volunteer Company Ambulance's charge, the County does aswell bought the Funds go back to the company directly not to the county.....Don't know if this would work out the same for them if is a County Owned Bus Operated by there Volunteers???

Was just down there this weekend and didn;t see that..........

Reserve is Equipped, and spare is non-equipped.....

ok, no offense..........who really cares, I mean yes I understand the points but there are seriously more important s*** to worry about, point blank..... the Fire Department should have stripped the lettering.......they did it to the Caprice Wagon that was assigned to the DPW about 4-5 years ago.....and that is still rollin around

The closest I saw one was in Vista at there Lumberyard Fire......was kinda interested in the car as much as the job.........

These are awesome

they have had that for a while now, Chief Russo has it.......

Sadly, That would never happen, and if possible.....a day I don't believe would be enough time.......hopefully it stays in the US and in 1 piece

I really wish I had money, would be mine..........

Red........wow...everyone craking and going back

If it is purchased, it will be replacing Engine 190, a !980 I believe Hahn

I hear E-One..........and on the color: Radiation Yellow........?idk?

Thats one of the niced buses that has come in in a while...>Color and Chevrons are awesome

wouldn't be a bad Idea for WCDES to maybe invest in 1 or 2?

Date: 4/15/07 Time: 0410 HRS Location: Rings End Lumber 386 Smith Ridge Road (Route 123) Frequency: 46.26 Units Operating: SEE BELOW Description Of Incident: Fully Involved Commercial Lumberyard Fire Writer: RWC130, ONLOCATION (O/S) 04:11: Vista Dispatched for a Possible Structure Fire IAO Above Location by "The Condo's" 04:13-04:14: Vista Chief Responding, Control Notifying multiple calls from the area 04:14: Vista Units Onlocation confirming Working (Fully Involved) Structure Fire in the Lumberyard, Requesting South Salem and Pound Ridge Tankers Incident Across the street from Vista Headquarters Large amount of 5" deployed 2 Handline's IO 1 Mater Stream 1 Ladder Pipe 3 Ponds Set-up 3 Draft Sites NY UNITS: Vista:Car 2561,2563,2564 Engine 141,142, Tanker 4, Rescue 13, 84B1 South Salem: Car 2451,2452, Engine 167, Tanker 2, Rescue 21 Pound Ridge: Car 2401,2402,2403, Engine 113, Tanker 3 Armonk: Car 2022, Tanker 9 Yorktown: Car 2531, Tanker 16 Golden's Bridge: Car 2141,2142, Tanker 1 Bedford Hills: Tanker 5 WCDES: Car 2, Batt. 13, C&O Zone 5 NYSP Lewisboro Town PD NYSEG CT UNITS Mill Plain (Danbury): Tanker 12 New Canaan: Car 1,2 Engine 1,8, Ladder 3 Wilton:Chief, Engine 4 Ridgefield: Chief, Tanker 12 STANDBY UNITS in Vista:Croton Falls: Car 2071, Engine 149 in South Salem:Mt. Kisco: Car 2283, Engine 103 *Sorry if Foregot anything or anybody, long night (ONLOCATION)*

Date:04/12/07 Time:Circa 14:30 Location: 159 Sunset Rd. X of Dutch St. Frequency: 46.26 Units Operating: Montrose FD: Car 2271, 2273, 2274,2276,E121,E123, Tower Ladder 8,U-68, Buchanan: Car 2553,2555,E161 Verplanck: Car 2494, E126 WCDES Battalion 10/Con ED Gas & Elec./WCDES C&O Zone 4 Units on Stand-By: Croton: Car 2081, Engine 119 Description Of Incident: Dispatched as a Inside Smoke Investigation at above location.....E123 On scene Requesting re-tone for manpower and Engine to Scene....Turned out to be a Fire in Basement with extension to first floor area. Writer: ONLOCATION

gonna go out on a limb..........looks like it could be a side view camera?......Philadelphia was putting them on there snorkels they recieved a few years ago.........Have seen them in that area before

Also if anyone else has noticed.......all the new T.A.'s (Traffic Advisors) on the new rigs are coming with a Center 3rd Brake light in them aswell, Love the Idea....Brewster does the same just with small 200 or 400 series LED's

Thats also why certain Photographers don't go to certain area's for incidents......putting up with people.......Just isn't worth it half the time........Sometimes it is also Abuse of Power I have seen......Funny Part is sometimes these "Photo's" could bail these a******* out of a Jam......Same all over

Yes...Patrol 16 A 1940 Mack...........I also do remember The Mini Attack.......was a Unique Rig.......Patrol Pic