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Did I mention the 3 ladies included my Wife, my Mother in Law, and HER sister? Thanks for the input - I'll have to find me a driver!

I was a second alarm fire in a wharehouse that makes modular homes last week....heavy smoked, lots of trucks posed....my camera was in my Tahoe... ...that had been towed to the dealer that morning!

Damn........................

Nice rig, nice tribute.... and watch the Onion comments...

Squad 2 to Squad 1 K!

Hey Seth - you ever gonna post the ones I sent yua?

AYE AYE AYE AYE AYE AYE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ahhhh yes....... very high pucker factor.....more so now looking back thinking what if that bus got traction??!? Ok.....so there we were..in a 50 series in the parking lot at Pst 25....which has a gradual slope downhill.....and there is like 4 inches of snow on the ground....so........... I figure now is as good a spot to practice doing donuts with the bus.... I was doing good at first, really whipping the a** end around.....then I made the fatal mistake of going for the figure 8! The rear bogged down into the snow...and just sat there spinning...STUCK! Of course now the Yonkers units start catching work and they call us back to the city...F! So we try rocking the bus, bouncing up on the tail, in the patient compartment, one guy pushing, the other driving...nothing - stuck as could be....then we notice that even if we take our foot off of the gas pedal, the wheels still spin! PERFECT! We open the rear doors, put it in drive and floor it! Then I hop out and run around with mark to push...The plan was when it started to go, one of us would jump in, run through the back and into the cab! Didnt work.... So we started shoving equipment under the back tires for traction....splints.....backboards.....the mini-spine board (which shot out of the tire at over 300 miles per hour! ) Nothing worked so we called in stuck..... Just before Support Services (Frank) got there - somehow we got unstuck and ouit of the lot.....and noone ever knew..

Lights and siren to the ER...... How close to shift change is it?

Bingo!

Miss Miriam...4034 Wickham Avenue..... Always a 2 crew transport till me and Dum Dum paired up....WE STRONG LIKE BULLS!!!!!!!!!!

I just remebered a very funny Empress story - of which there are a ton...but this takes the cake.. I used to do a 16 hour tour in the YO with The Hammer Rothschild - to which I referred to as "hanging out with a grreat buddy" for 16 hours...always fun... Well...one nice summer day, we are up at Post 3...The Dunwoodiee parking lot...I am reading a magazine...enjoying a fresh dip of Skoal...The Hammer is napping.....(he's old...I let him nap alot)... We get a E-Job......so I put her in drive and off we go down the hill....Billy is waking up and apparently parched. He grabs his drink and chugs a few swallows... Thats when HE turned green and starting to gag....YEP! He drank from my SPIT BOTTLE!!!!!!! HAHAHAHHAAAAAA! I offered him my brand new big Gatorade, to shich he drank the entire thing....never did puke though... Pete Rovida......now THERE is a Man that I could make puke on demand!

OMG! How could I forget JOBO!

Bro! I still have hot sauce on my egg sammiches to this day! (I stopped getting them on wedges at about 230#'s.....)

2232.......................... Standing by.................................

Well...Noonan was 42, I thought Steve was 43 as well..... To be honest I am not sure why the City has their own dispacth, but I am grateful they do and I hope it does not change for at least 19 years. And yes I miss Rob.... I have noone to argue with..........

Yes - the City of Poughkeepsie is a whole different animal than the county.............. Both systems work quite well and there is always a smooth transitoion during mutual aid..... And now that the "Croft Corners Broadcast Company" relocated to North carolina - there is a LOT more available air time on BOTH agencies radios!

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I missed it......good day to turkey hunt.

I remember when we switched over...man I was not happy.... Turns out I liked it.....whodathunk?

31 - Amenia 32 - Arlington 33 - City of Beacon 34 - Beekman 35 - Chelsea 36 - Dover 37 - DUTCHESS JUNCTION 38 - East Clinton 39 - East Fishkill 41 - Fairview 42 - Village of Fishkill 43 - Glenham 44 - Hillside 45 - Hughsonville 46 - Hyde Park 47 - LaGrange 48 - Milan 49 - Millbrook 51 - Millerton 52 - New Hackensack 53 - New Hamburg 54 - Pawling 55 - Pine Plains 56 - Pleasant Valley 57 - CITY OF POUGHKEEPSIE, NOT Red Hook 58 - RED HOOK 59 - Rhinebeck 62 - Rombout 63 - ROOSEVELT 64 - STAATSBURG 65 - STANDFORD 67 - Union Vale 68 - WAPPINGERS 69 - WASSAIC 71 - WEST CLINTON

Dutchess is perhaps one of, if not the easiest system for identifiers....once you understand it. Each department is issued a number, starting at 31 (Amenia) and up through whatever they are at now. The first number in ID is alway the department ID.... The second number is the type and nuber of the apparatus. There are too many here for me to list, but one of the copy and paste boys will have it on speed access I am sure... One example is engines - they are in the low numbers...11 and up to 29 I think... So engine 1 would be "11" Amenia engine 1 is "31-11" There is so much more to it - but bottom line is it is relativley simple, easy to understand and above all - it is uniform

I found that pic of me and the dude from that call! That was a hot trauma dude!

They had bricks IFO their hous on Hanfling Rd....one day I was dropping her off and realized that they had my last name embossed on them - even spelled right! They gave me one and it is on display at my Dad's house! Good folk.....

You forgot the Wei Wei shuffle with me, Staurday 4 X 12.......and getting me out of that pesky ticket...