CPFD91206

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Date: 02/27/06 Time:21:45 Location: 52 Route 9 Frequency: 453.900 Units Operating: Rombout 62-11,12,13,45,55,62& 98, VFFD 42-11,12 HFD 45-31,33 & 45-51 FAST Truck, GFD, 43-31 CBFD 33-11 & Alamo EMS Description Of Incident: Working fire in in multi tenant halfway house Writer: cpfd91206

http://www.geocities.com/ecburtblue33//iindex.html This is VERY impressive, especially for a VOLUNTEER department The only things that would be added would be ; H/D crew car p/u with a plow for station maintenance and to ensure that roads are somewhat cleared during a snow event. Chief's Vehicle - Ford Crown Vic or similar Asst Chiefs Veh - Suburban,Yukon XL or Excursion Asst Chief Veh 2 - 4 door cab p/u great for haulin crap back to fire house

Pleasant Valley NY 3-4 inches and that is pushing it .......... THANK YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ha ha ha ha ha

Oh great just what we need for those of us who have to be in at work Sun AM after a nice night out .

In Dutchess I believe the only Sutphens are : New Hamburg 53-45 1986 100' Tower Ladder Unionvale 67-14 2005 pumper City of Beacon 33-12 1994 pumper Rombout 62-12 1995 pumper & 62-45 1990 100' Tower Ladder

Alot of this falls on the officers themselves. They need to develop a SOG regardless if its a "working fire" ( which I didn't know they had jobs, if its inside the building its a damn structure fire no matter how you look at it, if its outside its a BS fire unless it extends) or if it is a "AFA". "ACME CAR 99 on scene investigating" This lets everybody know that HEY somebody with a radio is there before us and I bet they'll advise us REAL QUICK if the s*** hits the fan but we will continue responding in a SAFE AND PRUDENT fashion. As far as getting off the piece not ready to go to work, AGAIN officers what are you teaching your FNG's obviously nothing... this is FF 101 training here. If the people occupying the seats on the apparatus don't know what to do then you need to develop a plan or educate them what job assignment they get with that position on the apparatus. Laminated cards or extinguisher tag holders with assignments work great,zip tie it to visible area on/near that seat. ex. "SEAT 4 Nozzleman" scba #4 radio#4 Flashlight #4 locate source of fire extinguish......... sounds simple

It's easier to ask for their forgivness than it is for their permission

I had the same problem with mine. I believe it is in the manafacturing process. I got 2 pairs of the identical boot within 2 weeks. 1st pair was like wearing a pair of sneakers, the second pair, ha ha , I tried on 13 sizes of the identical style# and still did not find another pair that fit like the originals. I will say the vendor went totally out of his way to help me, as well as trying 5 other manafacturers he mentioned that this was the first time in 17 years he saw anything like that occur. Black Diamond Servus Warrington Pro Hailix (?) Ranger

WOW a lot of good points are brought up here. It appears alot of '10-code" usage has migrated from the city to "home" where some of the "metro' firefighters reside. Through time as these guys became active in their local vfd's and rose up through the ranks and were IC's giving progress reports NATURALLY work jargon came out. A downfall to this was unless you worked with that IC or knew what that ten code meant you were S.O.L. ! With todays technology in CAD for preplans its far easier on the dispatchers as well as the Officers (incl the most junior officer) to press the mic and just say "BLAH BLAH BLAH is on the scene with a active fire give me a 2nd alarm". Any officer who takes the time to develop preplans I would presume also notifies his M/A depts of their assignments so when they hear that their neighboring FD has a 2nd alarm they start heading to the firehouse. Great topic lets keep it going, interested to hear how other FD's operate........

I absolutely agree that the senior man should be respected, taken care of, and also, learned from. In turn, the senior man should take the time to teach the probies from his experiences as well. With the kids coming into the Fire Service today its a whole new breed! These are the kids mostly from the 80's where Mom was home all day to pick up after them and wait on them hand and foot. I think thats why when they get into the service they think the "older" guys will take care of them. If its your first day on the job or your first night at the fire company they should step up to the plate , shut their mouth and do what they're told ( oh yea don't come in empty handed either). A majority of the times the senior guys have a way of teaching the "probies". Important lessons that are learned are usually by introducing the probie to a situation where we know they will fail (safely)but yet THEN taking the time to explain WHY they failed ! This is what we hope they retain and never make the mistake again.

When I got in in the mid 80's I was issued a Yellow coat and Black pants (bumble bee looking creatures we were). Since then I have used Morning Pride Black FDNY style, Janesville tan JS-1, Cairns Tan RS-II and now Globe X-treme tan. It seems the only time when you'll hear a Firefighter Bit*@in about how hot the gear is when they are standing around doing nothing or on a hot summer day. Come winter months here in the northeast their lips are sealed. I have noticed that through the years manafacturers are using lighter and more breathable materials. I'm not sure wether this is to offset the colors used in the garments , locality of use or just in general process. But all in all I have personally noticed that the light weight breathable material inside and a "light" colored shell is by far the most accomodating set up. This manages the heat stress we face a great deal better, our own safety during poor lighting condtions and overall PPE wear and tear because it is alot easier to monitor the amount of exposure to the environments we face on a daily basis and frequency that they need to be cleaned. Some people cringe on the thought of cleaning their gear from a safety stand point... its a wise solution. How many times have we jumped into gear just before getting off duty only finding ourselves back in the shower to go home or to the "B job" or on our way to work and getting toned out for something and then sitting in a office stinking like the sweaty, smokey musty old gear hanging in the rack back at the firehouse? Tradition has helped build this country to what it is today, lets use technology and inovations to keep "us" alive as well as our country and the people we protect !

Looks GREAT as it is ! Just hope it doesn't interfere loading pics for people with slow pc's or poor connections.

If you are fortunate enough to have smart, trained progressive leaders as Chiefs and company officers you are in luck. This will happen whether these officers are appointed or elected. I dont think I could have said it better ! Lead by example. Years ago there used to be mentoring programs or "buddy systems" when you first got in...... they always seemed to work, there should be the same for Officer Cadidates/ Officer Development.......... But Furthernore, there has to be dedication/devotion by the candidate for the "right reasons" not just a gold badge and a portable radio !

Its different !