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That is what the City of Poughkeepsie does on occasion. Several detectives and patrolman are "arson" investigators, and work with the PFD Inspectors. Best of both worlds

Great idea and standard practice nowadays, but this Past Chief has 31 YEARS in.

From today's PK Journal......

Date: 050706 Time:1315 Location: Milan; Jackson Corners Rd @ Turkey Hill Frequency: DC911 Dispatch/Command 3/Fireground 13/14 Units Operating: Milan Stations 1, 2, and 3, NDP Description Of Incident:Serious Motorcycle MVA w/ Medivac Writer: Ole129K Upadate 1; Lifeguard is medivac with 30 minute eta

Date: 5-7-06 Time:1055 Location: Route 22/ Old Rt 22 ifo The Steelworks Frequency: DC911 Dispatch/Command3 Units Operating: Wassaic, Northern Dutchess Paramedics, Medivac (unknown who ATT) Description Of Incident: Motorcyle vs. Pole, subject uncon with head injury **MediVac redirected to meet EMS @ Sharon Hospital Writer: Ole129K

I almost did it many years ago, but hurt my back during rope training at Camp Smith with my vollie dept. Lucky me - that was the summer of the "Great Drip Torch Tour" where they had that HUGE brush fire. Still have the tee shirt. Thanks Curt!

Thats where I started.... GREAT job! I miss the OLD GANG!

Nextel...... WHAT was i thinking?

I LOVE NYS TROOPERS!!!!!!!! signed, The guy going too fast in the pretty green Tahoe.

Apparently no pre trial pleas to reduce - only the judge or lawyers can work deals - something along those lines.....

As dramatic photos as I've seen in a while! To the "where was this?...Where was that? group"...... Crap happens...you can assume all day long but unless it was you in that window, you may never know. Lucky guys for sure.

A olong time ago - probably 6 or 7 years ago - I was on a FFCC Team. Pretty cool - thet take care of their competitors as well as course volunmteers.

I was told that when you march in a parade - under judging conditions - any sounding of audible devices is a DQ. that is why only the host company does this - they are not being judged. We use the "Westchester Judges" up in Dutchess for the most part.

I'll be in North Mrytle sometime this summer! Love it down there. Last time I was there I experienced a nice ER visit. Charlie Nash around down there??

I have seen that over and over and I am STILL amazed at the sheer idiocy of the guys on that line! The part that gets me the most is watching the back up man - follows his nozzleman right in! NO hesitation! Unbeleiveable....................

PVFD has 3 career guys.... PFD has a Vollie Logistics Chief - "Car 5"

Tis the season for a recruitment drive for the New York Bowhunters, Inc. We have been given a huge task by our President to sign up enough members to boost the ranks above 3000 members by the spring - something I need all of NY guys' help with! I am a County Level rep for NYB and work at various sports shows signing up members. We were told it would be in our best interest to come to the Rockland County Show in Febuary with a "pocketful of applications for new members"! This is where I need your help. I am asking any New Yorker (or anyone at all that wants to help support us!) to sign up for at least 1 year - it's $20! Pocketchange for all the good the NYB does. Remember last year's regulation proposals? NYB and it's members were at the forefront of the battle - and we able to derail the original plan! Please, reply here, PM me, go to www.newyorkbowhunters.com, whatever - just please sign up. But I am asking my brothers and sisters here to do more - I want you to sign up - AND sign up a friend! 2 memberships would be great! Thnaks Guys! A little about NYB;

This is the pic of the multi fatal fire a few years back in Poughkeepsie. This picture was featured on the front cover of Fire Engineering Magazine. Other pics from thei fire were featured on the front cover of the 1st Responder News thingee, FireLine, and the Poughkeepsie Journal. Again - sorry for the reflection - which is bad in this one.

It was awesome!!! I was working at Empress - could not get home to Dutchess County - so I stayed for like 4 days straight! The National Guard came in - we used a Hummer as a flycar - me, Marji, and Bannerman! We put my old blue dashlight on the hummer -what buffs! We got our pics on some ambulance magazine cover (not JEMS) I have some pics somewhere......

66Aplha1 is correct - Taylor Avenue - NOT Parker Ave. Parker Ave had no fatalities - and was actually 2 seperate fires - both 4th Alarms.

Sorry for the reflection - but this is a digital pic of a framed enlargement of a picture I took years ago on Mulberry Street (?) while working for Empress. This is one of my all time favorites. The fire was so hot that it softened the gaskets for the front windows on the old Mack and they had to be taken out! Back before the digital revolution there were only a few guys like me who carried cameras to jobs - used to be good money in it on the side. Not today. I have thousands of YFD fire pics and Empress misc pics - I'll have to search through and find some nice ones to share.

5th Alarm on Seymour Street - Old School I like the series I got from this fire - since it was on a hillside, the sky was a perfect backdrop for the smoke and Truck Same fire as above - but from street level - this pic was considered for the cover of Fire Chief magazine. And an old school 10-29 up in Slobomb!

Ok - here are a few more - again - they are digital pics of older 4 x 6's in an album - sorry for the quality. This was a few buildings going down by Larkin Station - this picture was used by Aerialscope on their downloadable screensavers a few years back. Pretty cool. Gidron Cadillac going good. I have a thing for 'Scopes.

Was no longer Dover's. They are currently operatimng with no truck, awaiting a new E-One stick.

Just stop by.....doors are always open.