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Awesome!!

WOW Congrats Marty gotta be a good feeling. And thank you for all you do...

I would like to point out that 60 control was dispatching departments for their FAST when in fact these departments never had one to begin with. Not sure how that happened but it did. Either way everyone did a good job and worked together great. It was honestly one of the smoothest jobs i've been to in sometime.

congrats marty "Do you"

going to be great class. Register before its to late

Its almost here hurry and register

This is going to be another great seminar

Lets be honest most departments in this county don't run alot of fires. Hell there lucky if they get 2 fires a year. And lets not forget you have to be around for those 2 fires your department may get that year. Fires are where we as officers and firemen get the real hands on experience. This is where we become good or bad firemen. I know plenty of people who have barely seen any fire and yet they are line officers and chiefs. I think because of the lack of fires it is easy for people to get by with no real experience in this county. Back in the day there was alot more fire to go around giving everyone more experience. back to the original question. Having all the classes is great. I do think there should be a minimum number of classroom hours but for me nothing beats actual experience. I agree with a standard of x amount of years with the dept. before becoming an officer. In the end i think it all comes down to training. You should strive to be proficient in all aspects required of you.

as the bay sits now

1 centralized dispatch center and a county wide box system would be nice. Every town could get rid of redundency's throughout the county.

As of now Utility 62 is in the spare bay. I am not sure if an ambulance will ever end up in it though. As for Ron we did talk about dedicating it to him but will probably dedicate a certain room such as the Officers office or our meeting room. This is what we did for David Crowley. We dedicated the apparatus room to him. But still nothing is 100%. For now we are just trying to move in and get organized.

Its official we are open for business. After a year of responding from Archvilles firehouse we are finally back in our own quarters. We will be having a ribbon cutting ceremony and an open house type of party in coming weeks. I will keep everyone posted on the date. I also want to thank Archville for giving us a home for the year. We unofficially name it Scarchville during our time there. haha See you guys on RT.9 soon.

just saw engine 59 a battalion chief and a support unit pulling off of the hutch onto mamaroneck ave in white plains. I had no idea of what was going on until i saw the header from 287. seems like a big fire.

A friend of mine living at a house in PG spoke with one of the medics that was on scene and he told him that the 3 kids were literally all pinned under the dash. I guess the whole dash incased them. He said doing a dash role was not an option because it would have compromised the patients even more. I'm not sure how they ended up getting them out but will try to get more info.

Some states such as NY do not follow NFPA guidlines and instead stick with OSHA guidlines. On leather helmets for instance the sam houston and new york are pretty much the same helments however the sam houston has an additional shell inside to make it NFPA approved. The New Yorker is only OSHA apporved and has only 1 shell. Hope that helps a bit.