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Nice shots! You sure they were not just heading to Stan's for a sausage and pepper grinder???? LOL

Essex utility was found in Farmington, CT. It was transportst to Troop F in Westport for the investigation, which is continuing. As for how it was taken from the main fire station, everythng is tight lipped due to the investigation. Accoring to the news and the in-state forum board, the truck was not damaged.

Jay, there is a written test you have to take when getting your CDL, usually it is incorporated with taking the CDL class. Sage, I don't know what you are referring too, I never had heard that in CT ever before. The "Q" was passed by the fire academy's career and volunteer instructors and chiefs. Obviously it is someone you have run into that has no clue on the CTFA "Q" course and DMV 's requirements.

Look at the town charter for Greenburgh, does it have the provisions in the charter where it states they can provide a police force and also emergency medical services? If it states one or both then with ease the voters already have the right to petition for the town to provide town-wide fire protection. It would have to come under a referendum vote to add this language to the charter. So many towns have done this before and that is the beginning. With this they could do many things each way, and we all know what options that would entail so I am not going to list them all. If all three districts have separate locals, then those locals would have to consolidate under one local entity as well, which is an entirely different issue as well.

It will take longer than anyone anticipates. Look what is going on in West Haven CT with the proposal. A lot of changes still have to occur such as giving the town the power to create a fire department and adding it to its charter as such or event to combine three fire districts into one fire district.

Right, but it wasn't a state police agency in the present distinction. Good historical find though! Eagle, thanks for the added information there, forgot about to add that in as well.

It sounds like NYS is doing what they did over her in CT, giving you an emergency vehicle operations license without having to go through the entire CDL testing. IN Ct we have what we call a "Q" license. You still take the CDL pre-trip, air break and road test portions but do not have to take the written test nor pay the annual CDL fees. The Q license in CT used to be a restriction but now it is an endorsment (if I am not mistaken with the new laws over here). The "Q" grants you the right to operate emergency service apparatus over 26,001 lbs. without restrictions.

Thanks for the info, I couldn't remember. I bet if they had constables in their town such as Ledyard or Prospect does, then it would have been a different vote, but that's just going on by looking at other towns. Let's hope the union gets the troopers they need to properly cover their troop areas. I mean even Troop W up at the airport in Windsor Locks doens not have the proper amount of personnel for the job they do.

Well if you look at the Wiki, it said it has it founding in 1865 while Calvin Cooliage was governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Problem is he was born in 1872 and he was governor of Mass from 1919 to 1921. Plus the MSP essentially began to quell the rioting of the Boston Police Department union when its organizational beginning were announced in 1919 to create a new police force. Though it states it started in 1865, the agency it self was not a formidable police agency until 1921 when it was officially created. Also Mass is not a state, it is a commonwealth (just an FYI, not much difference between how the state government runs). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_State_Police http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_Coolidge Now the Connecticut State police was founded on May 29th, 1903 and is the oldest State Police force in the nation and was created to prevent moonshine running. With this, CSP is the oldest continuous acting state police agency in the nation with police powers as such. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut_State_Police Now for the Resident State Trooper program. Initially when it was instituted, a trooper assigned this this duty would initially be living in the town he was in charge of. They had a phone and an office in their residence. As time progressed, the trooper was no longer required to live in town but if there was any sort of major incident, they are expected to respond to the scene for the investigation. If you look at the wiki link above it explains what you are looking for.

Even though there will no longer be a resident state trooper, CSP will still provide and has to provide police protection to Kent. It would just be the regular troopers conducting their patrol sectors. They will no longer have someone their to service the community while on duty in their town, now all complaints will go directly to Troop L. Tapout, does Kent have constables or no? If so, they might be going bye-bye- too if their is no RST to direct them. Might be a rude awakening for the residents.

I just saw a video and wow that went to $%#@ quick! I have to admit besides the great ladder positioning, the coolest picture was the Central Hudson "pole climber" with the flames in the background.

Okay cuz, but what does that have to do with this conversation???? LOL Your throwing stuff out their like me in a BS session!!! LOL Just busting them on ya Sage!

It is amazing that the K-I-S-S meathod gets thrown out all the time for something more complex. If they were smart, the would look at what LA does with thier call taking center or better yet leave it the way it was. JBE good luck brother!

Having worked as a civilian dispatcher at a CSP troop, here is the skivey............... The sheriff system in CT that was abolished in 2000 was for only the court and judicial systems for each county in CT (Fairfield, Litchfield, Middlesex, New Haven, New London, Tolland and Windham). The sheriffs did not have arresting powers at all. In the 1960s, the county system of government was abolished by the state general assembly as it was antiquated (so was the story related to me). The sheriffs were retained up until 2000 as security for the judical system and now they are called Judicial Marshals who work for the court system. Each county had elected a sheriff and the now marshalls were deputies. We did not have a "Sheriff's Department" at all for many years. Now I do not know if CT had ever had a sheriff system of policing like New York or several other states and commonwealths with arresting powers but I know several towns had elected sheriffs. As far as I know the Connecticut State Police which was established in 1903 (the first in the nation) had always covered towns with out thier own police force. If a town does not have its own police force, the State Police under the Connecituct State constiution has to provide police protection to that community. The community may or may not decide to have a resident state trooper assigned to thier town. Also several towns in their charters do not provide a seciton where it states they have to provide police protection. Now having that said, several "resident state trooper" commuinites do have their own police force, some do not. The troop area where I worked had three towns covered by resident troopers; Bethany (where the barracks is located) Beacon Falls and Prospect. Bethany had two resident troopers assigned while Beacon Falls and Prospect had one. On the flip side, Bethany had maybe 1 or 2 constables / officers where as Beacon Falls and Prospect had several constables / officers working. Staffing did vary and all these officers were back up by the resident (when on duty) or the trooper who was located in that patrol area. Just to give you a demographic, Troop I's area included the southern, western and central areas of New Haven County covering Route 15 from Milford to Meriden, Route 8 from Shelton up to Naugatuck, all of I-691, and I-91 from Exit 3 in New Haven up to the Meriden / Middletown town-line. I-95 & I-91 exits 1 - 2 is covered by Troop G for highway patrol only, New Haven as a city is I's area. The CSP trooper's union has for many years been fighting for better staffing and coverage, especially with towns not having thier own police force and rely on trooper coverage (regardless of a resident state trooper program). http://www.ct.gov/dps/site/default.asp

Mother Lover: http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/vid...rlover/1099491/

Dude you need to get a grip.

If I'm thinking correct, technically where Mamaro's side is is were the old firehouse used to be. The building looks great!

The last I know it was the 24-Tower, 24-Rescue and 24-1500 were located there. Not much info on their website. http://www.wnfd.org/index.html

I remember a town near me had 7 different car with seven different colors!!! Back in the day the old Plymouths used by my town were green and white with two "bubblegum machines", a Federal siren and two green "lollypop" duty lights! Then we went to the LTDs in dark blue. They bought a few Ford Fairmonts (more like Fair-Nots!) in the early 80's they had two different color blues and a red. They only lasted a short time and finally wen tback to the LTDs but they went with white with back reflective letters and a gold refletive stripe (we are know as the "Copper City" and those are the color of the pee-wee football teams). When the towns were transitioning over to black and whites, we were one of the first to receive one. Now all the towns in the area are going to the new scheme and it is nice to know who are the cops in town instead of having a "rainbow" assortment. Plus too since the CSP uses unmarked LTDs, the towns wanted to look different from the Staties.

They are very progressive mainly because of the laws that require emergency services to be "high visablity". My godmother lives in County Meath, Ireland and she sees them all of the time, easily to pick out. But of course the way their towns and villages are you need to be highly visible, let alone with the weather there (aka gloomy).

In CT, Station 39 is the Broad Brook Fire Department in the Town of East Windsor and Station 34 is the Town of Bolton Fire Department. Both towns are located in eastern Hartford County but are miles apart from each other. Bolton is right on the boarder of New London county in the southern part of the county and Broad Brook is located on the eastern side of East Windsor boardering Enfield and Ellington. Neither department uses the frequency that you posted. Just and FYI about us Nutmeggers!!!

You all have to remember that UCONN Health and its paramedic / fire protection program on the campus are a state agency so if there are budget cuts this would effect their service for primary response. Simsbury as the article says uses UCONN Farmington as a back up/ secondary service when thier medic is unavailable. Besides where UCONN Farmington and Simsbury are located it is a great distance away. On the flip side what is not discussed in the article is the fact if UCONN Farmington is called for their medic, they have to respond per the regional C-MED /State OEMS protocols regarding mutual aid. Sage I think Aetna is the closest ambulance service out there, not AMR. I will check.

Like I was doing jumping jacks for 5 minutes straight.................... It was a save.

Reports are saying Dom DeLuise passed away last night. http://www.tmz.com/2009/05/05/dom-deluise-dies/

Sage, MPFD is part of the Cerrit ("Snap the Carrot") team so I know what you are looking for. The EPA 40 is a basic introduction for identifying and response mitigation. The actual 472 class has the full chemistry and in depth classroom instruction about all the chemical properties, what reacts with it, neutralizes it, ect. The 473 Class is really long, I haven't taken it yet due to our budget. Taking the EPA 40 HazMat Technician class is a gateway to the 472. My department also sends us to COBRA training. If I hear anything I'll let you know. I am back to work tomorrow and I'll see my training officer as he sits on the Cerrit board about the up coming classes.