IzzyEng4

Here is the link to our rescue-body pumper. It is a Smeal / Spartan Gladiator. The page has a pdf link for the line drawing. Hoep this can help you out at the design, any questions just pm me. http://smeal.com/delivery.asp?page=newdeliveries&did=332 Izzy

Seven here.

Might be a cost factor. Seems that is often the case with newer rigs nationwide.

I believe what ever is easier for all the members to follow.

Just sad man, just sad. Who would have thought.

The Scanner Master latest NY edition is not up to date on all the apparatus listings for Westchester. They still have many of the old designations like the quads and squirts listed.

I couldn't help but notice that Mamaro's firehouse was closed. I have a couple of questions. 1. Is the old building being torn down for a new house or is the new house located somewhere else? 2. Where are the two pumpers and stick being stored now? 3. Will H & L and Mamaro be in the same building in the future or is H & L staying put in their own building where the tiller is? Thanks in advance for the info

don't quote me but I think they are independent from the town. Anyone from stoney hill here?

I wasn't going to say something but I think I should since I work currently for C-MED New Haven. First off a county or regional EMS system is necessary especially in this day and age. Our region covers 19 towns in New Haven County and Shelton in Fairfield County (we do not cover the northwestern towns on New Haven County near Waterbury they area in another region). We dispatch directly 4 municipal ambulance corps, the regional paramedic service for the lower Naugatuck Valley and three fire departments and the other towns we provide mutual aid coordination and ambulance to hospital patching. Our center handles over 90,000 per year. We also handle mutual aid response for ambulance and paramedic services from our area to the 4 other regions that boarder us as well and vice versa. Our run cards are set up on alarm assignments and we give no more than six minutes before mutual aid is dispatched, then we go down the line. This is for all services (commercial, VAC's, Municipal, et. al.) and if an ambulance does not sign on, then we go mutual aid. For example, New Haven FD receives a 911 for a chest pain call, they dispatch the closest engine and one of their paramedic units, New Haven ERS calls C-MED to order an ambulance from AMR and log in the call into our system assigning a med number. Now the CFR engine, the paramedic and the ambulance (it may be an als or bls unit depending on availability) sign on with C-MED on Med 10 and we track their times on scene, enroute and arrival at the hospital. The responding engine or FD medic may give an update for the ambulance and goes through us either by going over MED 10, asking for a MED channel (ours have repeater capabilities) or over the phone. When the units need to parch, we assigned a MED Channel via the closest tower and area able to hook up any hospital. Simple as that. Every agency has their problems whether it is AMR or a VAC, that is why we set up our CAD to send the closest unit if the primary is not available and if the unit does not sign on with us even though the commercial agency says they are, mutual aid is dispatched and if the original ordered signs on we find out their exact location and let the closest one proceed in. The whole Idea is to make the agencies work together, not fight each other. If they have internal problems with responses or getting a crew, then the numbers and times show and that is when the state can step in and say WHAT THE?!?! Most of the VAC's in our area have paid day crews and some vol's are around during the day to supplement additional rigs if need be. If a service falls short, that is why we area there, to make sure that a patient gets the proper care. Agncies have to owrk on thier own internal problems.

I'll ask a couple of guys I know down there what is up. More than likely if my speculation is correct, the new truck will replace the current Truck 2 Saulsbury whihc would become a spare replacing the ladder 1's (spare) Seagrave.

Don;t get me started. I'm 49th and it looks like they are not going to hire anytime soon. Kinda the feeling from the get go.

They had only one ALF Eagle former E-34 correct?????

Though I agree that this kid should have not done the stupid thing he did but that Westport cop should have still received a ticket for CT statute 14-301 aka failure to obey a posted street sign!

Seth, I'll find out when I start my new job!

Since I have received a complaint about a quote in one of the post here, a decision was reached to edit the portion of the post that was the source of the complaint. Though I hate to do such a thing, we must all remember when posting what our place is when making comments towards a certain service's problems. Also a reply that had the quote was also edited as well. Please keep the topic constructive. Izzy

Looks like we dug up the dead horse again!

Harness and strap under the coat, mike comming out up over the zipper, under the hood bib.

The true firehouse pet dog is actually not the dalmatian, but the faithful mixed breed "mutt". Like it was said before, dalmatians were coach dogs that followed English coaches and the contrast of spots helped the horses, which are color blind , were able to see them better and bot dalmatians had a unique relationship with horses too unlike other dogs. The dalmatian comes from the Greyhound blood line and yet over the years to keep their spots, they have been greatly inbred though out the world. Because of this, many dalmatians are deaf, not just tone deaf, completely deaf. And believe it or not, deaf dalmatians actually make a better pet than others but the breed is a lot of work. They area a great dog but because of the inbreeding caused their temperament to change. There are efforts to expand the bloodlines through the world and many European lines are coming over here to expand the family tree. There are several dalmatian rescues in the country because so many are abandoned when family watching 101 Dalmatians from Disney don;t do there home work and purchase the dog, not realizing the work and care this breed needs.

A couple of towns / districts in CT I believe still have PT's or as we call them "Call-men". As for EMS several daytime paid municipal / contracted corps services have pt employees.

Doesn't change my vote. I'm still voting for Bill the Cat as president, Opus as vice-president and Mickey Mouse as Sec of State.

With the 800 MHz rebanding, the I-TAC 800's area going to change. I have the new ones down somewhere and I'll post them when I find them.

Everyone has to remember that this type of ladder is made for European and Asian cities were space is crucial and there is not much of it. There are several advantages and disadvantages to this type of rig also as everyone here has expressed. Avon, CT has one and is the only one in CT that I know of. Spring Valley H & L in Rockland County and Nantucket, MA have one also. You can't beat the set up, adjustable rigging for hilly terrain, and operating easy, but then again like everyone has said, you lose a lot too. The rig definitely has its place in the US fire service but I think if a department is going to purchase something like this, they better have done their homework really well.

The city runes 5 foam tenders / foam units one in each borough. I believe the current foam units are old Mack CF chassis pumpers converted by the shops in Queens. There rigs are separate from the Hi-Ex foam unit.

Ridiculous!!! :angry:

Kenny 'Brother Love" Oliver was one of my EMT refresher instructors over the years at New Haven Sponsor Hospital. Glad your back! - Joe Jul. 9--NEW HAVEN -- Kenny Oliver was a firefighter/paramedic, an EMS instructor, a father of seven and 48 years old when he was diagnosed with congestive heart failure. After almost seven months in the hospital, out-patient recovery and light duty, the 12-year veteran was cleared to return last week to the familiar confines of his fire ambulance, Emergency 1. And to the familiar ribbing that happens in the firehouse. "He's a paramedic and he tells people how to take care of themselves," said fire Lt. Jack Ryan at the Woodward Avenue firehouse on Oliver's first day back. "Then, he has chest pains and shortness of breath and he drives himself to the hospital." "I didn't have chest pains," responded Oliver, with his easy smile. In a Fire Department where controversy over promotions and hiring and racial tensions have made headlines, Oliver's situation illustrates the underlying brotherhood inside the fire service. Over the years, when other firefighters struggled to pass EMT certification that they needed to stay on the job, Oliver was there to tutor them or pick up other people's shifts. So with Oliver laid up for months, his colleagues rallied to cover his shifts -- on their own time -- so he wouldn't have to burn his sick time or vacation. They planned a "Signal 4" party, the police code for "officer needs assistance," that about 400 people attended, and he was a beneficiary of the annual Police/ Fire Hockey game, which raises money for police officers and firefighters in need. The fire service is a family, said Firefighter Malcolm Brooks, and just like all families there are people who just can't get along. But they also put aside those differences and pull together when a colleague falls on hard times, he said. With seven kids, Oliver was anxious to get back to work, even when he was still in the hospital, said Franklin Quicksey, another fire paramedic. Quicksey told him he'd get his shifts covered. "Kenny helped a lot of people out. If you didn't pass the (EMT) test for some reason, Kenny would help you out. Those were the main ones that, when they heard Kenny needed someone to work for him, they stepped up and did it," said Quicksey. Oliver, like Quicksey, joined the department without any medical background but took advantage of training opportunities offered by the department to become emergency medical technicians and later paramedics. In addition to the Fire Department, Oliver worked shifts for American Medical Response and worked as an instructor for the New Haven Sponsor Hospital Program, which oversees emergency medical services around Greater New Haven. He has a way about him, according to his co-workers who call him "Brother Love," both in the firehouse and on medical calls. With patients, his genial manner convinces people who are dead-set against going to the hospital to take the ride in the ambulance. On Thursday, Oliver's first shift, he rode with Firefighter/ Paramedic Justin Bialecki, a 23-year-old with two years on the job. Oliver was one of his instructors when Bialecki was in the EMT Cadet program, a joint venture between the fire service and Board of Education that trains city high school students as EMTs. Bialecki's under strict orders to make sure Oliver takes it easy for a few days and eases back into a routine. "He has been an instructor of mine since I was in the EMS academy at 16," Bialecki said. "I find it funny that I'm here as the buffer for Kenny since for the last 10 years, Kenny has been the one teaching me." The first shift was routine. Some shortness of breath calls, difficulty breathing, "the regular stuff." "After the first call, I was ready," Oliver said. "Back up on the bike." ----- To see more of New Haven Register, or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to http://www.nhregister.com. Copyright © 2007, New Haven Register, Conn.