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It certainly is Dan! Maxim's have certainly stood the test of time. Thanks firedude. Well said! This is exactly what the Chief of Middletown Springs had said. No electronic BS to worry about. The stick is all hydraulically run. He said it is soo simple to run and very smooth. Many of the newer ladders are very "touchy," where as this one is more nimble. This truck had a gas powered motor with a standard transmission. At somepoint, i believe the early 90s (?), it was changed over to an automatic transmission with a diesel motor.

Maybe i am wrong, but from looking at the flyer, i see no indication of Police, Fire or EMS involvement? Either way, seems like an interesting Expo.

Im just curious...are you referring to the wetdown as a waste of taxpayers money? Or are you referring to the actual piece of apparatus? Again, just curious as your statement was kind of broad.

For and early 90's (?) Ford, it looks to be in good shape. Especially since it served and ran alot in Greenville and Fairview. Is the work being done by the Greenburgh DPW shops?

Best of luck with the test. Give yourself plenty of time to get there and maybe have a light breakfast beforehand. Dont rush yourself either, use the time wisely. Again, good luck.

Date: 09-22-11 Time: 2045hrs (approx) Location: 7 Valley Trail - Mountain Lodge Park Frequency: OC911 Units Operating: SMFD, others Weather Conditions: Warm Description Of Incident: Working Fire in a P/D Reporters: Writer: BFD1054 Working fire in a 1-story, wood frame, single family dwelling. Fire was knocked down quickly w/stand-by companies being returned in approx. 25 minutes. Units operating: SMFD, Washingtonville FAST, S. Blooming Grove (Eng?), Blooming Grove EMS Units on stand-by: Vails Gate E481 » SMFD Cornwall Tanker » SMFD

Seth, a simultaneous raid of 3 seperate locations was conducted a week or so ago in Newburgh. I know that they were targeting gang members and drug charges. I will see if i can find any of the articles. On a side note, i recently heard a rumor that Newburgh wants to lay off something like 16 Police Officers! The City of Newburgh needs MORE officers, not less IMHO.

Happy birthday Dan, enjoy it!

Date: 09-11-11 Time: 1630hrs (tow) Location: Rt 9W & Quaker Ave Frequency: OC911 Units Operating: CFD, CVAC, NWEMS, Cornwall Town PD, Stat-Flight Weather Conditions: Overcast/warm Description Of Incident: Motorcyle MVA w/Medevac Reporters: Writer: BFD1054 1622hrs-CFD E404 advising Stat-Flight is on the ground. 1636hrs-Cornwall-1 advising Stat-Flight is off the ground, en-rpoute to Westchester Med w/(1).

Date: 09-07-11 Time: 1627hrs Location: 2064 Independence Dr. Frequency: OC911/Base-5 Units Operating: VGFD Cars 1, 2, 3, 7, E478, E481, T484, T482, New Windsor w/(2) Engines, Newburgh FAST, NWEMS, NWPD, NW Fire Inspector. Weather Conditions: Light rain Description Of Incident: Fire in a laundry room Reporters: TAPSJ Writer: BFD1054 (o/s) 1625hrs (approx)-Vails Gate alerted for the residential fire alarm, laundry room activation. 1627hrs-Vails Gate re-sounded for the structure fire, fire in the laundry room. New Windsor dispatched under m/a. VGFD Car-3 arrived 1st and advised of smoke showing with the occupants evacuated. He then quickly advised of an active fire in the laundry room on the #1 floor of a large, 2 story colonial. E478 arrived, hooked a hydrant IFO the residence and stretched a 1 3/4" line through the front door. T484 and T482 then arrived and their crew's performed a primary search and started ventilation. Members made quick work of the fire and started opening-up & checking for extension, which was negative. A pet cat was located in a #2 floor bedroom and was brought out and re-united with the homeowner. Mutual-aid was released as overhaul began. All apparatus was released with the exception of E478 which remained on-scene as the fire inspector conducted his investigation. All units were picked-up and back in service by approximatley 1820hrs.

Date: 09-02-11 Time: 0700hrs (tow) Location: 41 Ridge St c/s Highland Frequency: OC911 Units Operating: Florida, Warwick, Chester, Slate Hill, Greenwood Lake, Monroe, Pine Island, New Hampton, Washingtonville, Mechanicstown, Unionville, Vernon (NJ). Weather Conditions: Clear/Cool Description Of Incident: 2nd Alarm Structure Fire Reporters: billy98988, 201/65, EMT111 Writer: BFD1054 0643hrs-OC911 alerting Monroe; FASTeam to the scene. 0810hrs-Florida 1 request 2 add'l engines due to manpower issues. 0814-Florida 1 request 1 add'l truck to go to work. 0816-Florida 1 request additional FAST team due to fast moving fire, 2nd fast team is Washingtonville. *Additional info from 201/65 - Pharmchem, dispatched as an AFA water flow alarm. 2nd alarm shortly after arrival of chief, Warwick FAST (put to work as a truck).

Hey everyone. My wife and i love to travel and when possible, i try to get some buffy pictures. We usually find ourselves traveling to the Carribean or other beach destinations. However, we have both come to the conclusion that there are soo many places here in the States that we'd like to explore. With that said, we spent the last week of July vacationing through Oregon and Washington State. We flew into Portland, Oregon and spent 2 days there. We then drove our rental car into Washington and up the Coast, where we stopped off at some destinations. We spent one night in Port Townsend, a cool little Port City. Early the next morning we hoped on the ferry and over to the Orcas Island where we spent 2 days. Orcas Island is part of the San Juan Islands off of the Washington State coast, which is absolutely beautiful. We then left the Islands and drove into Seattle, Washington. We were only there for a night, so i wasnt able to photo hunt. Anyway, i will share some pictures that i had taken. Ill try and include some non-buff shots as well lol. Hope you enjoy them. First up: City of Portland Heavy Rescue-1. We were lucky enough to meet these guys in the coffee shop attatched to our Hotels lobby.

Good evening Captain, Unfortunately, places to legally ride are few and far between. I ride friends/in-laws machines in Vermont or upstate New York without incident. Its a damn shame you have to travel to enjoy some recreational ATVing. I have some friends who ride regularly, ill check with them and hopefully have some answers for you.

George, all i can say is: Spot on brother! Just want to say nice job by all PD's involved. Nice to see the PD mutual-aid coming together. Hope the Park Rangers werent hurt badly and for a speedy recovery.

Thanks, glad you liked the photos. I must say, my wife is cool as hell and isnt bothered by much. I try and make my public safety "photo shoots" as quick as possible though. However, sometimes its easy to lose track of time when talking with other emergency service personel. I dont want to take up too much of our vacation time any more than she does. I just treat her to a nice dinner and drinks to thank her lol. The weather was crazy in Oregon and Washington when we were there. Everyone was saying we lucked out and must have brought the east coast weather with us. We were prepared for damp, rainy, dreary, overcast days. We packed our raincoats, as well as jeans, long sleeve shirts and hoodies. Somehow, it was hot as hell and i was in shorts and a tee-shirt 99% of the time. Figures though. We spent last week in Myrtle Beach (SC), Nags Head (NC) and Ocean City (MD) and had to come home early because of Irene.

Date: 08-31-11 Time: 1120hrs (approx) Location: 11 Willow Ave. Frequency: OC911 Units Operating: Cornwall, Cornwall-on-Hudson, Vails Gate Weather Conditions: Clear/Warm Description Of Incident: Working Fire Reporters: Writer: BFD1054

Date: 08-30-11 Time: 2125hrs (approx) Location: IAO 74 Windsor Hwy. (Rt. 32) Frequency: OC911 Units Operating: NWFD, NWVAC/ALS, NWPD, Vails Gate FD Weather Conditions: Dark Description Of Incident: MVA w/Pin & Medevac Reporters: Writer: BFD1054 2129hrs-Vails Gate FD alerted; request to set-up a Landing Zone for the MVA in New Windsor's district. VGFD E478 responded and set-up the LZ, while VGFD Car-2 was the ground contact.

Date: 08-30-11 Time: 2210hrs (approx) Location: I-84 WB Frequency: OC911 Units Operating: WLFD Car-1 (IC) Weather Conditions: Dark Description Of Incident: MVA w/Pin Reporters: Writer: BFD1054 2214hrs-OC911 re-sounding Winona Lake; all available manpower to respond to their firehouse for a serious MVA w/Entrapment. 2216hrs-Winona Lake Command requesting a launch of the Medevac. 2220hrs-Command advising the LZ will be on 84 near the incident, ground contact will be on 46.40 2222hrs-OC911 advising that the Medevac will be LifeNet-75 with a 30 minute ETA. 2223hrs-Command now advising to cancel the Medevac, EMS Command advising too long of an ETA.

George, Mt. Rainier is absolutely amazing. Seattle is a beautiful City and i would love to spend some more time out there for sure. We were too pressed for time, so we didnt order any fish unfortunately. However, we did watch others order fish and what a show lol. Think my better half may have gotten pics and/or video of the flying fish, ill have to check. Thanks Ken, much appreciated! Yes, we had a blast. As with any vacation, it ended too soon. Thanks Kyle, thanks for looking. I also bought my wife a flight lesson in R.I. for our anniversary. I see youre a Pilot; maybe ill dig some of those shots up to share, you may appreciate them.

A terrible tragedy indeed. Rest in peace brother, thoughts and prayer with family, friends and Princeton FAS members.

Date: 08-30-11 Time: 1408hrs Location: 306D Heritage Hills Frequency: Fireground 1: 453.0375 operations: 154.220 Units Operating: See below Weather Conditions: Warm/Clear Description Of Incident: Structure Fire Reporters: JohnnyOV, Rescue20, tjd1012, FD50 Writer: BFD1054 1408hrs-Somers dispatched full dept response for the working structure fire. - Goldens Bridge & S. Salem dispatched; (1) Engine frome each to the scene. - Yorktown dispatched; FASTeam requested to the scene. - Battalion-13 paged out for response. 1430hrs-Millwood requested to re-locate (1) Engine to Yorktown. 18-2-1 from mahopac relocated to somers hq. On scene: Goldens Bridge Car 2141, E140, BATT-13, 2072, C&O ZONE-4; Unit 1404, Yorktown Car 2533, E270 w/FAST, WEMS 4514 45M3, S. Salem Car 2073, E148, 2071, Bedford Hills Car 2032, R10 w/FAST (2nd), NYSEG. **Anyone w/further, please PM me, thank you

Link to the Cornwall Local article: http://thecornwalllocal.com/?p=9263 May this young man rest in peace. Thoughts with his family and the other injured driver, may she have a speedy recovery. *Side note, this accident occured at approximatley 4:15AM, not PM as the article states.

Date: 08-28-11 Time: 1835hrs (approx) Location: 603 Broadway Frequency: NFD Ops/OC911 Units Operating: NFD, 1&1 re-located Weather Conditions: Windy Description Of Incident: Collapse Reporters: Writer: BFD1054 *City of Newburgh operating 603 Broadway 1 and 1 requested to re-locate Public Safety Building. Coldenham T205 and i believe Middle Hope E? are the re-locates. 36-13 advised that Broadway is blocked in the area of #603, re-locate's will have to detour. 1856hrs-36-13 advising OC911 that the "rescue at 603 Broadway has been complete, they now have a major gas leak at the location." **Anyone with further, please PM me, thank you.

We ended our trip in Seattle. Unfortunately, we only had 1 evening/night there. Here are some pictures of the sights in Seattle. The famous Pike Place Market. Some shots of our visit to Seattle's Space Needle. And the last picture to share of my Pacific Northwest trip; a shot of a Seattle Fire Station. Again, there was nobody there to talk to or to get apparatus shots. This is the most pictures i have ever shared on this site lol. Thanks for looking and i hope you enjoyed at least some of them.

Hey George! Got me feeling real bad, i thought i had told you we werent going to make it down there? Hope its your sarcasim lol. The wife and i are thinking of making a long weekend trip to the Key's in January or February, but ill let ya know. Glad you liked my pic's.