ex-commish

Rest in peace

I am not affiliated with YFD or Empress nor do I live in Yonkers and I am in no way taking sides but I just want to say if and I mean if there is friction between the unions or between members of the unions than wouldn't it be better that the two entities hash this out among themselves rather than doing it on EMTBRAVO? JMHO.

TXCHIEF please accept my condolences and prayers...may he rest in peace.

Now I have to buy my wife a Christmas present...was holding out...

No one should jump down your throat for your opinions and I hope you and all the other responders are holding up and know that all of us in the emergency services stand by you all. God Bless

The very fact that this conversation is going on about this mail order church fuels thier very existent. My suggestion is to simply ignore them and don't reckognize this pack of haters. Any person of faith regardless of religion knows not one of us has the right to judge anyone so this church does not represent Christianity as it claims. To my understanding they tend to back down when they hear there may be people such as the Patriot Guard that will protect the funerals or at least they are held well away. And I am also confident the emergency services family won't allow these mis-fits anywhere near Newton.

I agree...bothers the hell out of me that the media is interviewing these kids. Leave them alone.

Ask yourself...did prohibition stop people from getting booze? No. Drugs are illegal...does that stop people from getting them? How long has the war on drugs been in effect? NY has one of the toughest gun laws in the country. I, as a retired law enforcement officer have to file for a permit like anyone else if I want to carry a gun with the process taking months. Yet there are still a large amount of shootings in NY with illegal guns. I understand the frustration of people when things like this happen but at the end of the day it is people who are the cause not the instrument itself. I fully understand the frustration when horrible things like this happen but to make gun laws tougher ( at times the current ones aren't even enforced)will not solve the problem. May God rest the souls of those taken...

I keep asking why? Why again?? All these kids and teachers did was go to school. All I can say is my prayers go to all affected including the responders who had and will continue to deal with this tradegy. Hug your kids!!!

As much as it is heartbreaking to see this or any child have to go through the pain and suffering of any disease...it is also good to see such outgoing support for this brave young man. Mark stay strong and God Bless!!!

Well said!!

The crime rate may be lower than other cities but the crime rate is still very high overall. Reduce the number of cops and the crime rate will go higher. Maybe the people who do these studies should spend a couple of weeks in a patrol car and see up front what goes on in Yonkers and not base their studies on text books and formulas. A similair study was done years ago about the corrections department that there were too many correction officers verse inmates. The suit and tie people that did the study had fancy titles but never worked a cellblock or dealt with violent offenders and they based thier formula on the over all amount of officers and not officers per shift.

RIP

Yeah just like Obama promised to cut the deficit in his first term....don't hold your breath!!!

The tax cap was political grandstanding at it's worse. NY, for years could not pass a budget on time and they decided to tell local government entities how to do business. The biggest tax burden as always are the school systems where the public votes on the budget.

Barry yes I am aware of the in-service for career departments. I was referring to volunteer departments. I also agree there should be one standard of training for all firefighters like in other states. As I have stated many times before and even wrote to OFPC and FASNY on this is allowing volunteer departments to appoint MTO's.

Glad to see they got this dirt-bag without any injuries to law enforcement. What did surprise me is that David Sussman, the criminal loving liberal lawyer actually said the police handled it well. Let's see however when the lawsuits start if he changes his tune.

There is no standardized in-service training in volunteer departments for the county to take over. Home rule allows volunteer departments to dictate training for their departments and while many have extensive in-service programs many do not and just cover OSHA.

Basics thrown out the window

Congrats!! You seem to have a big support group here. Take advantage of it.

Didn't realize it was an ambulance?? There should be provisions in the penal code for being an idiot.

Good job!!!

Well done West Harrison!!

Very noble thing to do

Move anywhere Myrtle Beach to Florida....worry about what I will do when I get there