SteveOFD

True emergency is one of the topics discussed in the EVOC course. Respond with caution means a non-emergency response, which means since there is no emergency there will be no lights and siren. In New York State the V&T Law states that only Police can respond with no lights and siren to emergencies.

Wonder what this will do to the new trunked radio system? According to the County's new FCC license WQBR539/WPVA646 this was going to be one of the transmitter sites for the new system.

Last week I drove by a scene in NJ on I-95 between the GWB and I-80. It was mid afternoon, sunny, no rain, minor MVA on the right shoulder. Both the Chief and the Engine had pulled off the right shoulder onto the grass past the scene so that they were actually to the right of the incident. There was nothing impeding the flow of traffic, and all driving lanes were flowing at at least 60MPH. Talk about not covering a scene.

Ossining Fire Department Engine 96 - Ossining Hose Co.#1 (Snowden Avenue) 1999 Seagrave Marauder 1250GPM/500 Engine 97 - Cataract Hose Co.#2 (Waller Avenue) 1990 EmergencyOne Hurricane 1500GPM/500 Engine 98 - Ossining Steamer Co.#1 (Central Avenue) 1996 EmergencyOne CycloneTC 1500GPM/750 Engine 99 - Monitor Hose Co.#4 (Central Avenue) 2010 KME Predator LFD 1500GPM/500 Engine 100 - Holla Hose Co.#5 (Lafayette Avenue) 2001 AmericanLaFrance Eagle 1500GPM/600 Engine 101 - Independent Hose Co.#6 (Campwoods Road) 1993 EmergencyOne CycloneTC 1500GPM/750 Ladder 41 - Senate H&L Co.#1 (21 State Street) 2003 KME AerialCat Rear Mount 105' Ladder 42 - Washington H&L Co.#2 (Snowden Avenue) 2010 EmergencyOne Cyclone HP100 AerialPlatform 100' Rescue 14 - Ossining Fire Police & Emergency Squad (21 State Street) 1995 EmergencyOne CycloneTC Utility 51 - FAST Team Equipment (Main Street) 2002 Chevrolet 2500/Reading Body Chief's Vehicles Car 2331 - 2011 Chevrolet Tahoe Car 2332 - 2008 Chevrolet Tahoe Car 2334 - 2005 Chevrolet Tahoe

E99 will be on standby at Spring Valley 10/2 1000-1800. Unknown which house yet.

FYI, did some research and found an answer to this question. Unless there is another section I am missing, both the Village Law and the Town Law of New York both state "A person shall not be eligible to volunteer membership in more than one fire company at one time." (Town Law Article 11, 176-b section 10, Village Law Article 10, section 10-1006 section 10). http://www.senate.state.ny.us then click on Bills&Laws, then click on Laws of NY

FYI - Ossining Steamer Co. #1 (not the Village of Ossining) owns the building where Senate and Steamer are located. Independent Hose Co. #6 also owns their building. All other OFD buildings are owned by the Village. Senate H&L is now located at Holla Hose Firehouse on Lafayette Avenue until the new HQ Building on State Street is completed.

Chief Goldfeder's commentaries are also on http://www.Firehouse.com. I saw this yesterday and it does make you think if this is us.

From the March 16,2004 Journal News - Yorktown Heights Fire District - Special Election for adoption of Bond Resolution $740,000 for acquisition of ladder fire truck. Vote April 19,2005"?" 6PM to 9PM at Station 1.

From the Journal News legal notices: 2/25/04 - Briarcliff Manor 5 section 95' Mid-Mount Aerial Ladder/Platform - bid opening April 7, 2004 2/27/04 - Yorktown Heights sale of 1968 Seagrave Ladder Truck

There is a history of the Yonkers FD at http://www.yfd.org including the Volunteers. Click on the History link.

The new trunked system is actually a sophisticated repeater system. All apparatus, base stations, and portables will talk to each other through the nearest tower(repeater). Portables and apparatus will also have Fireground freq's. that will bypass the trunked system.

If anyone is interested in seeing the RFP(Request for Proposal) for this system I downloaded it from Westchestergov.com before bids were accepted. It describes the whole system from proposed tower locations and frequencies to where mobile installations mobile will be made.

Drove by it about 2 months ago when the shell was still open. LOT of Wood Truss in the second floor and roof!

As per an e-mail from a consultant for the County's Trunked Fire/EMS Radio System the bid is expected to be awarded in early Feb '04. The system will be analog with the system being operational by the end of '04. Mobile installations will start by the 3rd qurter of '04 extending into early '05.

North Tarrytown(Sleepy Hollow) at one time had a 2nd Ambulance that I believe was designated Amb 18.

From The Journal News 12/24/03 Legal Notices Bid openings: 2/9/04 Bedford Village - Pumper 1/26/04 Bedford Hills -Tanker/Pumper 2/17/04 Pleasantville - Custom Pumper & Custom Rescue Pumper

According to the Dept. of Emergency Services website http://www.westchestergov.com/emergserv/comm60.htm apparatus page Rescue 88 is reserved for WPFD

The "pending" means they have not been issued a license, or been authorized by the FCC to use this freq. Will post if I hear anything.

Spring Valley in Rockland recently got a 100' Metz.

All grant winners can be found on Firehouse.com

According to somersvfd.com, E134 was assigned to Somers FD. A picture on the site looks like a '40's ALF. An old County apparatus list I inherited lists E134,135,136 to Mohegan. Can't confirm either.

The front (initial) tones must be the same to activate a certain group of pagers. The following tones are just for notification(alerting the user) and can be any sound.

From the FCC website Sleepy Hollow has a pending application for a repeater link. Location-Ichabod Lane, Tarrytown 478.6125Mhz.

57Truck got Jeep 2 right with Goldens Bridge, and Chris498 got Jeep 1 right fro Millwood