ex-commish

I disagree..respectfully. I know people in thier 40's who run circles around those who are in thier 20's. If one can pass an agility which is supposed to be a measure of fitness for the job...than why discriminate someone due to age???

Rest in peace and may God watch over his family.

Seth, you said it..." concerned people". What are most citizens concerned about today? If you went to a barbecue today at someone's house it would be safe to say ( unless it is with those in our business) the topic will be the economy, priceof bread and milk, high taxes, cost of living, kids college, price of gas/oil, the Yankees/Giants/Nets... etc. That is what I usually hear. People usually won't discuss fire-ems-police because the average citizen will never need any of the services so it is not a priority. People in general are concerned with just getting by, putting thir kids through school and moving south..( at least I am ....not when or how long a fire truck or ambulance will take...of course untill one is needed so I think a base of concerned people would be rather small. Politicians listen to numbers. .

May they rest in peace.

Next the mayor will have the police in SUV's with plows so they can patrol and push snow in the winter.

This may sound off base but recently there has been a huge focus on immigration, particulary the Spanish population. Just about every town, village and city has seen an increase of people from South Amreica, Mexico and other countries of Spanish decent many which in my opinion are hard working, decent people and are legal. Why not reach out to them to see if they had interest in helping thier communities? I have had those of Latino decent in some of the classes I have taught and they were great sutudents and some of them I see on occasion and they are great firefighters and again, very decent hard working people who want to be part of the community. And I hope this is not viewed that I am seeking or targeting only those of Spanish decent it is that it seems they are the dominant in-flux of immigrants.

Bring back the Godfather..... " Don't forget the cannollis"

Pataki would not sign our 20 year bill last time. I hope you have better luck with the new governor.

I am going to assume that the state is assuming ( does that sound right?) that the EMT or Medic will question the p/t's hx which would include medications and past medical hx.

I really cringe when I see this. I feel he should get the max times 2 for each year with no parole.

I travel quite a bit especially down south and there are always bike medics patrolling the beaches wearing shorts especially in Florida so I cant see it being an OSHA reg.

If a firefighter gets hurt cutting grass is he/she covered as if it was during a fire or other job related task?

I dont know who won as I dont pay attention to trophies but I had an interesting observation. I can remember seeing depts with 100's marching in the ranks...now there are so few...is this is a sign of the times or was it due to the heat???

Egg cream anyone???

Thank God and those in the Armed Forces we have the opportunity to live where live.

I do to but still the best way to travel.

This is a true example as to why instructors or dept training officers need to be up on laws and standards pertaining to live fire training. Also, this video re-affirms the need for wearing proper PPE, proper laddering of the building, a second means of water supply, and an incident command system in place. This drill became an incident.

I was introduced to the fire service at 17. I was a typical wise a** kid who was hanging with the wrong crowd and getting into trouble. Once I joined and was taken in by a bunch of men who had zero tolerance for anything and was immedeately straigntend out and was told " you are here for 3 reasons".. 1. Keep your mouth shut 2. Do as you are told 3. Learn Being part of a team, helping people began to appeal to me and been doing ever since.

Good answer

May he rest in peace.

Prayers for a speedy recovery

A little off the topic of emergency services but I am looking to buy a boat and need some direction from any boaters that may be on here. What is a good manufacturer?? Thanks

May he rest in peace.

And once I have hunted it down....KAPOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Based on what I see...no.