BFD1054

hoss, for us in Buchanan it was pretty busy for awhile, but not so much now. Its now Sunday and our last call was on Wednesday. We were on s/b with an engine to cover Peekskill, then our Utility got called to the scene. Before that, we were busy by our standards, averaging 1 or 2 calls every day/every other day. Last year we did alot of EMS assists, but we've only done like 3 so far this year (not a bad thing). I think for the most part, the County as a whole is getting busier and will continue to do so. Its ridiculous how much our County is growing!

Date: 02-26-06 Time: 1920hrs (approx.) Location: 18 Dickenson Frequency: 46.18 Units Operating: Central Nyack (Dept. 2), Valley Cottage (Dept. 22) FASTeam, West Nyack (Dept. 24) w/24-Tower. Description Of Incident: Working chimney fire Writer: BFD1054 1920hrs-44-Control dispatching Central Nyack FD (Dept. 2) to above location for a signal-10 (fire); Chimney. 1925hrs-44-Control dispatching Valley Cottage (Dept. 22) FASTeam & West Nyack (Dept. 24) 24-Tower to the scene. 1950hrs-Central Nyack (Dept. 22) Signal's 14 & 15 (Units returning/assignment complete).

Date: 02-26-06 Time: 1833hrs Location: Frequency: 46.28, Freq-2 Units Operating: Pearl River FD (Dept. 12) 12-1, Orangeburg (Dept. 11) FASTeam, Nanuet (Dept. 8), 44-5, Blauvelt (Dept. 1). Description Of Incident: Working Fire Writer: BFD1054 1835hrs-As per 12-1, confirmed Signal 12 (working fire). 44-Control re-transmitting as such. 1837hrs-44-Control dispatching Orangeburg FD (Dept. 11), request for thier FASTeam to respond to the scene. 1839hrs-44-Control dispatching Nanuet FD (Dept. 8), request for (1) engine to re-locate to 12-100 (PRFD HQ). 1841hrs-8-1 in service. 1843hrs-As per 44-Control/12-Command, all units operating switch to Frequency 2. 44-5 (Coordinator) in service. 1844hrs-11-EQ (FASTeam) in service. 1847hrs-44-Control dispatching Blauvelt FD (Dept. 1), request for (1) engine w/manpower to the scene.

Date: 02-26-06 Time: 1623hrs Location: 169 Ridge St. c/s Rt. 303 Frequency: 46.18 Units Operating: Valley Cottage FD (Dept. 22) 22-1, Central Nyack FD (Dept. 2) FASTeam, 44-5 (Coordinator) Description Of Incident: Working Fire Writer: BFD1054 1624hrs-22-1 on scene, establishing command. 1625hrs-44-Control advising hydrant locations. 1626hrs-44-Control dispatching Central Nyack (Dept. 2) to the scene with thier FASTeam. 44-5 is in service. 1627hrs-2-2 in service. 44-Control advising that the ambulance is requesting staging info. 44-Control also advising that they are on the phone with O&R (Utilty) 1630hrs-O&R crew en-route, United water has been advised as well. 1635hrs-44-Control advising all units operating at 169 Ridge St. to switch to frequency 3. 1638hrs-44-Control dispatching Congers FD (Dept. 3), request for (1) engine to s/b in 22-100 (Valley Cottage FD HQ). 1642hrs-Congers 3-1501 (engine) on location at 22-100. 1824hrs-Congers 3-1501 released from s/b, in service/returning to quarters. 1831hrs-As per 22-100 (VCFD HQ), Signal's 14 & 15. (Units returned/Assignment complete).

WOW, all i can do is laugh at that lol! I swear to you all, i was nowhere near Wisconsin when this occurred! Man, thats a whole hell of a lot of beer. And Miller, what were they thinking...yuck lol! By the way, nice pics breezly, 242steve & hoss, so classic!

Ahh man, kids running around a pub, that ruins it lol! Just kidding, glad to hear of a good local Irish pub that you CAN bring the fam to! I've also heard very good things about this place and i'll have to stop in to see it for myslef one day! I had to go for an MRI the other day and saw that Murphys is located directly behind Yorktown Open MRI (kind of hard to see, so keep your eyes open if/when going there). Hey cfs248...i feel your pain, i too was once a wee lad, not legal for these fine adult establishments lol (i'm only 23 now haha)! You could go in and check out the food though, but it won't be the same experience without a cold beer to wash it down! ajpr22....Do you happen to know/remember if Murphys has Magners Irish Cider, either on tap or bottled? If so, i would highly reccommend trying one!

Congrats Y-Town, the New 51-Truck looks awesome! I love the Seagrave lo-pro's, glad to see one up here! Best of luck with it and may she serve you as well and long as the former L-51!

I read this article in todays Journal News and thought i would share it. It is truly nice to see the media shedding possitive light on our areas dispatchers, who truly are unsung heroes! Also, if anyone reads the Westchester County Volunteer Firemans Assoc. newsletter, WCDES Dep. Comm. Jackson wrote an excellent letter commending the men and women at 60-Control for their dedicated work in handling over 80,000 calls in 2005. Heres the article regarding the Greenburgh incident: http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article.../602180314/1017

Official patch of the Cortlandt Community Volunteer Ambulance Corps. - AKA "Springvale Express" lol

Patch of the Buchanan Engine Company #1 Inc. - Home of the "Maroon Platoon"

Holy s**t! I had to watch that over and over again to believe what i was seeing! Did you guys hear the audio from within the chopper lol? I think they didn't believe what they were seeing either. Wow, guess its true that SUV's roll over easily lol! Its a good thing i don't make a habit of running from the law in mine! At least i'd be wearing a seatbelt, for 2 reasons; 1) You won't be ejected from the car when you wreck & 2) That is one less summons you will receive when they finally catch your a** .

Date: 02-15-05 Time: 2005hrs Location: Pleasantville Rd. Frequency: Units Operating: Town of Ossining PD + other PD agencies Description Of Incident: Black Lincoln Town Car (livery cab) carjacked by (2) black males who displayed handgun(s). Writer: BFD1054 2005hrs-Additional info: Vehicle is owned by "Mega Taxi," and is taxi #20. Suspects fled toward Rt. 9A from Pleasantville Rd. *All area PD agencies alerting patrol units.

Date: 02-13-06 Time: 1634hrs Location: 14 Willow St. X Main St. Frequency: 46.26 Units Operating: PCFD - Full assignment, Cars 2391, 2392, 2393 Description Of Incident: Working Fire Writer: BFD1054, Truck4 1634hrs-PCFD full-assignment dispatched for a reported structure fire. 1634hrs- E-61 on scene rpts heavy smoke, heavy fire. 1636hrs-Confirmed 10-75, re-dispatched. E-60 to scene. 1637hrs-Car 2393 on location, 3-story wood frame w/fire on the top floor. 1643hrs-E60 responding. 1644hrs-Car 2391 requesting Con-Ed gas & electric to the scene. 1648hrs-Mamaroneck to re-locate (1) ladder to PC for s/b. 1653hrs-Mamaroneck L20 re-locating. 1654hrs-Car 2391 requesting C&O to the scene. C&O Zone-2 paged out for response. 1815hrs-Car 2391 advising TL2 is in service, Mamaroneck L20 can be re-leased.

Wow, these are the topics i love to see in these forums! Godd job on starting this one grumpyff! I just wanted to say that all of you have given some great ideas toward improving morale throughout the firehouse! I think it is definately a wide-spread problem and we all need to re-group and get back on track! Jason762....Thank you brother! Thank you for sharing some excellent ideas that can be related to both career and vollie departments! As you have stated, there has been alot of bickering in regards to some of your other posts. But it is nice to see that you have taken some members suggestions and have started to add some positive contributions to this site! I hope you continue to share your knowledge with us all, thus improving many aspects of the fire service!

I read this and all i can really say is WOW! What is the thought process behind something like this.....oh wait, probably not too much thinking going on at all! For this moron to even think to fill a baloon with acetylene for a party prop scares the crap outta me lol! As stated ny nutty1...and they worry about terrorism? Man oh man, gotta love the level of stupidity out there!

Ok, first of all, i'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, but here it goes lol. I just want to commend all who were involved with making todays (2/05) "Super CME Sunday" possible! For those who are unaware of what this was, it was a full day (7:00am-11:00pm) of CME lectures, which covered all required topics for the CME pilot program! It was a very long day, but definately well worth it in my own opinion! One of the nicest things was that i, as well as everyone else, was able to catch up on my CME's. But aside from that, we were all lectured on very important topics and by the best damn lecturers we could ask for, IMO! Among the lecturers was Dr. John McGurty (local FD/PD sergeon), who had recently returned from serving in Iraq! Doc shared with us all a truly remarkable slide show/video presentation depicting his duties, the hardships faced by our armed forces and even some good/happy moments! This was truly an eye-opener to me and i think most everyone else in the room! John Filangeri, who spent a good part of his career as an EMT & Paramedic in some of the best and worst areas of NYC, was another presenter/lecturer. John is now, and has been, the director of operations for the Cortlandt Regional Paramedics. With his extensive EMS background, experience and knowledge/history of EMS, he made excellent lectures and covered great topics! For those of you who have had the pleasure of working with John, either in the field or in one of his lectures, you know the true love that he has for EMS and it always shows! The other lecturer was John Bray (EMT-P), who i believe is the ALS coordinator at St. Vincent's, but i'm not 100% sure. This was the first time i had sat through a CME with him and let me just say he made time fly by! He knew exactly how to address the audience and added humor to keep our attention. I was totally impressed with his lectures and how he magaged to keep everyone interested! Aside from the lecturers, a great appreciation must go to all of the Mohegan VAC/FD members who made this event possible, especially Barry Brown who i know busted his a** all day! I know there had to be alot of planning that went into this event, but it was definately well worth it and i hope those Mohegan VAC/FD members know that! It was a total success from start to end and i hope that there are more like this to come! I believe that this was a great idea to get a large number of EMT's, EMT-I's & Paramedic's together for the sole purpose of training and it worked! I was a bit sceptical at first, not knowing what to expect or if i'd be able to stay awake that long, but attending this event today was well worth it all around! Not only did i enjoy a full day of lectures, but i saw some old friends, ate some incredible food and even watched some of the big game! Sorry to ramble on everyone, but i just wanted to let the members of Mohegan VAC/FD know how wonderful of a job they did and i know i'm not the only one who felt that way! So to those of you who were involved with this event, in any way, know that it was a huge success and was well worth your time and effort! I look foward to possibly seeing more oportunities like this in the future!

Well said brothers! m_bjones...You know the old saying, "the squeeky wheel gets the oil?" Well, don't give up brother, keep voicing your points and opinions to the powers that be, because you have valid concerns on your hands! As stated, it sounds like this problem is coming from the top all the way down to the pee-ons, which is quite scary! Its 2006 and your department needs to wake the hell up before it gets someone killed! If the officers don't see a problem with this, than that says something about them, doesn't it? I hear where you are coming from and can understand your frustration! There will always be the handful of guys that don't think they need to further train and better themselves, those are the ones to stay away from! Believe me, i share your thoughts and i train as much as possible. As Chief Mancusi stated, in-house training is a great thing, but certainly should not be the end-all! I understand that people have jobs and families, however, we all need to find time to train. By train, i don't mean the bare minimum either! My company holds in-house training every Monday night and we try to cover a vast array of topics. However, our officers are always encouraging our members to better themselves and take State courses. My company has been lucky recently in that we have gotten a good handful of young members. Our officers, myself included, have taken the time to show our young members whats out there and available to them in terms of training. If a new course is offered, we make sure that our members are made aware of them and we strongly push them to take them, if they can manage it. Just recently, i was able to encourage two of our members, one a new Lt., to enroll in an upcoming EMT course. Being in charge of EMS training, i have also made certain that our active members keep their CPR/AED certifications up to date. As i said, keep voicing your opinions and hang in their! For an example, i was getting annoyed that there were non-EMS trained members going on EMS assists with my company. Our SOP's state that in order to ride on an EMS call, members MUST be at least CPR/AED certified. Our members are to respond to HQ and respond on the rig only, with NO personnel vehicles going to the scene. I brought my point up to my Chief and fellow officers and they all agreed that we had been lacking in enforcing our SOP's. After going through our records, i made up a list of current qualified members (CPR/AED, CFR, EMT) and had the Chief look it over. The Chief ok'd it and it was posted stating that only members who were on the list could respond on EMS calls. It took a little while for it to stick, but the guys caught on. Members who weren't on the list learned and many of them approached me to find out how they could re-qualify. Now, the majority of our active members are CPR/AED qualified, with many of them showing interest in becomming CFR or EMT certified! Sorry, that was a long example, but just goes to show if you push enough for something, it can get done! As many of the guys here have said, you seem to be very enthusiastic and be on the right track. Try and sit down with at least your Chief, one on one, and nicely voice your thoughts and opinions. Let him/her know that you feel that the department is running in a dangerous manner. As stated, there are laws out there in which departments must abide by. If there are members who are interior qualified that should not be, see to it that your Chief looks into it and makes certain that these members get taken off the interior list until they are properly qualified. It is absolutely insane and dangerous to have these things go on in this day and age! Someone is going to get seriously hurt or killed if things aren't changed soon! If you are thinking of becomming an officer, good for you. Once you become an officer, it will hopfully give you the upper hand. It sounds like you have the right mind-set and enthusiasm to make a great fire officer and to make the needed changes. Continue to train, it will only make you a better firefighter and leader. Keep voicing your concerns to as many people as you can, especially your higher-ups. Don't give up and try your best to turn your comapnay around. You are going to meet alot of resistance along the way, and deal with some negativity, but keep pushing because it is an important quest! Good luck to you and stay safe! P.S. - The members who have posted before me have much more experience and knowledge in the fire service. They have great advise, as always, and can help lead you in the right direction. I just wanted to add my thoughts and two cents because i can tell how frustrated you are.

Chief Mancusi, No, unfortunately it did NOT include the practical evolutions. I think there were just too many people in attendance to be able to pull that off. If i am not mistaken, all of your required CME lectures were included, thats if you stayed all day. Covered was; Airway/Asthma, MCI/Triage, child abuse, Pediatrics, Anaphylaxis, Geriatrics, Cardiology/ACS & Trauma/Sports injuries. m_bjones, Yes this was a great thing to do and i would reccommend any agency to try and plan something like this, even if it were on a smaller level. It was a great way to get a good portion of your CME's knocked out in just one day. Unfortunately, i am not a member of Mohegan FD/EMS, and i was only there to attend. Therefore, i really wouldn't be able to help you out in trying to plan something similar for your squad. There are however, plenty of Mohegan FD/EMS members on this site that may be able to help you out. I will look and ask around and if i can come up with some info, i will pass it along to you. In any event, good luck to you!

Hey Tommy, those are some excellent photos! Thank you for sharing them with us all! I was gonna start a post to thank you, but i soon saw than many of our members here have beat me to it lol! Glad to see how many other members enjoyed looking at these photos! I have to say, i have 2 favorites; The one (i believe 2 out of 19) of the Fireman sitting in the passenger seat of the apparatus, smoking a cigar. He just depicts that era soo well, hes calm, cool & collective. He sits there, layed back with his feet up on the dash, enjoying a smoke, as comfortable as could be....awesome! The photo looks like it belonged in a magazine or newspaper! My other favorite, as was most of yours, is the one with all the firemen hanging IFO HQ, watching the pretty girls stroll by lol! The fact that John was able to take the shot at that moment was priceless! My company is in the works of bringing back our historical committee. A couple of guys have dedicated alot of time, tracking down old photos & articles of our department & its members. Problem is, theres probably alot of old-timers that have photos that are either long gone or they won't give them up. I think its great to have such photos & articles so that we can look back on them in the future and have some great memories. Thats why i have recently gotten into firehouse related photography, so that my generation of firefighters may have some nice memories to look back on! Tommy, again, thanks for sharing the photos, they're awesome!

Date: 02-02-06 Time: 1630hrs (tow) Location: 14 Campbell Ave. Frequency: 46.18 Units Operating: Tallman FD (Dept. 20) Description Of Incident: Working Fire in a p/d Writer: BFD1054 -Fire in the walls of the #1 & #2 floors of a 2.5 story frame.

Date: 02-01-06 Time: 1935hrs (tow) Location: 6 Water St. Frequency: 46.26/FG-3 Units Operating: Ossining FD Full assignment, Car 2331 (IC), Croton E119 (FAST), Car 2081, Briarcliff TL40, R37, WCDES Car-2, Sleepy Hollow E86 (re-locate). Description Of Incident: Working Fire Writer: BFD1054 1941hrs-Briarcliff R37 (cascade) requested to the scene. County Car-2 requesting ETA on Con Edison. 2026hrs-Car 2331 advising fire in k/d, extensive overhaul, holding Briarcliff TL40, R37 & Croton's FASTeam. 2035hrs-Croton E119 (FAST) released from the scene.

I can't say that i was impressed with the show too much. I walked the whole thing, booth to booth in under an hour. Then i just walked around a few mores times to kill time before we left lol! We did manage to get our Chief to buy a sweet K12 saw for our 1dt due from all-hands fire. I only spent $12 and that was on a tee-shirt. I have to say the highlight for me was lunch at Hooters, as many of you said!

We have had a similar discussion in the past on this and i agree and hear what most of you are saying. The problem is, as you all stated, the slow responses by the utility companies occurs during MAJOR storms. They only have soo many trucks, crews and resources, such as any emergency service agency does. When a major storm comes through, they spend their load and do the best they can. Believe me, i've joked about it too and i've been pissed because i have had to babysit downed lines, but they're not just hiding out drinking coffee. My father works for Con Ed and is in his 43rd year of service with them. He is assigned to the transmission lines (the 500' towers you see all around) and has been for quite a few years now. During this last storm, my father was pulled from his regular duties and was assigned to the overhead division (power lines). I can assure you that they do all that they can to restore power and make everyone happy. For the last storm, crews were sent down from Syracuse to assist. They were put up in a hotel in Connecticut and my father was put in charge of them, having to pick them up in Conn. every morning. My father also told me that there were upset homeowners that were out of power for a few days, and as hudson144 stated, they drove around looking for Con Ed trucks. My father was very sympathetic to these people and would follow these people to their neighborhoods and restore power to their houses. In my fathers career, he has seen alot and has traveled all over during major storms, even down south. In some ways, he is much like a firefighter, where he may be away from home for long periods of time, even for days when there has been major outages. As far as the fire service babysitting downed lines, i hate it too! It sucks that it falls on us, but it does. I'd much rather see a police officer watch the lines, but what can we do? As far as who the responsibility falls on, i'm really not too sure. Yes, a generized, downed power line poses a threat to the public, thats why we're called. But for us to tie up resources for hours is ridiculous! In closing, i'd just like to say a few things, and not just because my father works for Con-Ed, but because i have learned a few things about them through him and my FD. We all have to try and be patient with them (the utilities). I know it sucks sitting out there, but as i said, they do everything in their power to restore power and do their jobs, and sometimes do more than their jobs. Lets try and give em' a break once in a while, as sometimes we (emergency services) get jammed up too! Hey hudson, nuxt time you have a problem, give my old man a call and he'll help you out, we're not that far lol!

WAS has a great point. There have been plenty of EMT classes cancelled due to lack of students/enrollment, which is a shame. I took EMT at CVAC with the instructor(s) who are teaching this upcoming class. My class size was around 2, with some being re-certs. These instructors are excellent, being very dedicated to EMS & instructing and will make certain that you are on the up and up! If any of you are looking into becoming an EMT and this class fits your schedule, i would highly reccomend signing-up for it. I know we're gonna have at least 2 from Buchanan FD enrolling in it.

Date: 01-27-06 Time: 1700hrs Location: Bear Mtn. Pkwy at Highland Ave. Frequency: 46.26/others Units Operating: Peekskill FD E134, Peekskill EMS 75B1, 75B?, 7505 (utilty), Cortlandt EMS 88B1, Garrison VAC (1) ambulance, Peekskill PD Description Of Incident: MVA involving school bus Writer: BFD1054 1710hrs-Cortlandt EMS 8812 (Lt.) requesting (1) Cortlandt ambulance on s/b in quarters. 60-Control advising 2nd crew already on s/b in quarters. 1725hrs-All patients are off of the bus and being transported.