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St. Lukes Hospital Ambulance (Newburgh) Horton Hospital Ambulance (Middletown) City of Newburgh VAC

Here some pics of the gear that Trauma was talking about. Sometime in the near future my corps is going to attempt to get new turnout gear, we currently use blue Janesville structural FF jackets and plastic construction type helmets any safety glasses. Pic of Chester VAC's new & old A few angles of the new stuff Some EMS white hat

Date: 01/12/07 Time: 0945hrs Location: Saxony Manor Apartments 80 Sproat St. Frequency: 154.205, 155.385, 46.16, 46.22, City of Middletown FD ops Units Operating: City of Middletown E-1, E-2, E-4, E-5, E-6, T-1, T-3, Mechanicstown E-125, Goshen T-937 (FAST), Mobile Life Support SORT 1, 273(ALS), 257(ALS), 3611, Orange County FI Team 36111, 36116, 36117(K-9), & City of Middletown PD Transfers: Howells E-111, & Silver Lake T-160 s/b City of Middletown Central FH Description Of Incident: Working fire in basement apartment of 18 unit building, 1 victim unable to escape the fire perished. Times Herald Record Link Writer: 201/65

I was recently surfing the web and found this interesting ambulance. The ambulance is Cambridge (Mass.) FD Rescue 1. Does anyone have anymore information on this unit? Is this the only one? Is it still in service? What is its primary role? What are your thoughts on this type of ambulance?

They put a cap on it.

Date: 12/14/06 Time: 1615 Location: Mechanicstown Fire District, Randall Airport, Airport Rd. X Schutt Rd. & I-84 Overpass Frequency: OC Fire Disp., OC FG 1 & 2, Mechanicstown FD FG, New Hampton FD FG, OC EMS Disp., OC EMS Ops., Mobile Life Support, OC PD Ops., & NYSP Units Operating: Mechanicstown FD (Full Assignment), New Hampton FD (Full Assignment), Town of Wallkill VAC 197, Mobile Life Support 253, Orange County Fire & EMS coordinators, NYS Fire Car 14, Town of Wallkill PD, City of Middletown PD, OC Sherriffs, NYSP Troops F & T, NYSP Aviation, STAT Flight Air-2 (S/B then cancelled), & FAA Transfers: City of Middletown E-127 s/b Mec FD Sta. 1 Description Of Incident: Original reports of a plane hitting some trees just west of I-84 Exit 4E, Mec FD Car-3 located plane, plane has crashed near the end of the runway @ Randall Airport. 1 person on board, pt is out and walking around w/ minor injuries. Writer: 201/65

Date: 12/14/06 Time: 1310 Location: State Rt. 416 X Eagar Rd. & Neelytown Rd. Frequency: OC Fire Disp., OC FG 1 & 2, Montgomery FD FG, OC EMS Disp., OC EMS Ops., Mobile Life Support, OC PD Ops., & NYSP Units Operating: Campbell Hall FD (Full Assignment), Montgomery FD (Full Assignment), Town of Montgomery VAC 475, Mobile Life Support 269 & Cars 2 & 3 , Orange County Fire & EMS coordinators, NYS Fire Car 14, Town of Montgomery PD, OC Sherriffs, NYSP Troop F, NYSP Aviation, STAT Flight Air-2 (S/B then cancelled), & FAA Transfers: Maybrook FD 1 Eng. & 1 Rescue s/b i/q for Mont. FD & CH FD, Washingtonville E-583 s/b @ CH FD Description Of Incident: A Cessna 310 twin engine plane with 1 elderly male aboard crashed shortly after take off from the Orange County Airport on 211 in Montgomery. The plane only made it about a mile when officials @ the OC Airport lost track of and contact with the Pilot, who was DOA of emergency services. Writer: 201/65

These photos were taken @ the 2006 City of Port Jervis FD parade. The truck if from Blooming Grove PA. **Both photos are from www.OCNYFIRE.com **

Date: 11/21/06 Time: 1545 hrs Location: 191 South St. X North Miller & Johnson Frequency: City of Newburgh FG, OC Fire Disp., OC Fire Truck-Truck Units Operating: City of Newburgh E-1, E-3, E-10, T-1, T-10, Middle Hope E-338, Air National Guard E-11(FAST), OC 362, 3612, & City of Newburgh PD Transfers: Cronomer Valley T-301 & Goodwill 1 Eng. S/B City of Newburgh Public Safty Building Description Of Incident: 2nd Alarm Fire, C/O Newburgh FD is dispatched for multiple fire boxes pulled and alarms of fire i/a/o South St. & No. Miller St., Upon arrival of C/O Newburgh C-4 2nd floor fully envolved with fire, C-4 req. a 2nd Alarm to be sounded. Fire would later extend and consume the entire 3rd floor. Writer: 201/65

Date: 11/21/06 Time: 1430hrs Location: US Rt. 6 (Long Mtn. Parkway) & State Rt. 293 Frequency: OC Fire Disp., OC EMS Disp., OC Fire Truck-Truck, MLSS 385, Woodbury Base, & OC FG 4. Units Operating: Woodbury FD, Woodbury VAC, Fort Montgomery FD, Town of Highlands VAC, Kiryas Joel VAC, Tuxedo VAC, Mobile Life Support, STAT Flight AIR-1, Atlantic Air-1(NJ), Life Guard 18, Orange Co. 3615 Description Of Incident: Serious MVA w/ ejection, & multiple serious injuries. Cmd. advising multiple children involved. Pts. transported to Westchester Med. Ctr., St. Luke's, Cornwall, Arden Hill, and Good Samaritan Hospitals. Transfers: Harriman 1 Eng, & Monroe 1 Rescue s/b @ Woodbury FD Writer: 201/65

Date: 11-01-06 Time: 0613 Hrs Location: Interstate 84 W/B I/A/O Wallkill Rest Area Units Operating: Mechanicstown FD, T/O Wallkill VAC 196, Maybrook FD, Mobile Life Support 286, NYSP Troops F, K, & T, STAT Flight Air-1 & Air-2 Description Of Incident: High speed police chase started in Fishkill (Dutchess) around 0610hrs by NYSP troop K (Poughkeepsie), vehicle was chased west across the Newburgh/Beacon Bridge where troops F(Middletown) & T(Thruway) joined the chase. Driver lost control just before the Wallkill rest area, and his vehicle struck a tree, ejecting the driver approx 25 ft into a shallow pond. STAT Flight was launched upon arrival of Maybrook FD, and cancelled by ALS after Air-2 developed mechanical problems and Air-1 was launched. Pt was txp. to Horton Hospital in critical condition, and flown to Westchester Med. Ctr. around 1100hrs that morning. Writer: 201/65 & RWC130

That orange is very similar to the orange on our new engine. The new engine should be in by years end, its a 2006 KME Rescue/Engine, white over orange.

When the new Orange Regional Medical Center opens it will have more than twice as many ER beds then the two hospitals that will be closing. The new ER will have 50 beds. However they are dropping the overall inpatient rooms than the two currently have. I think this is good to add more ER beds, however they both go on divert a few times a month as it is due to haveing no beds available to admit people to.

Yes, all services are relocating. This is going to be a bigger and more advanced facility. the current facility is very small and cramped, and doesn't really allow for add'l equipment or personel. When the new center is up and running they will also take over dispatching for the OC Sheriffs Dept., and all thier booking. By the time the New Building is up and runnning the county hopes to be fully converted to the new Numbering system.

I know of a few in Orange County. City of Newburgh -Abandoned 2 bay 3 story fire house, says Chapman Steamer Co. # 2 above the doors. There is a for sale sign on it. Belive it was used up until the 80's. Corner of South St & Dubois St. Just up form St. Lukes Hospital. -Abandoned 1 bay 3 story fire house. Broadway below Carpenter Ave. not sure of exact loc. Walden -Old Station 1, was 3 bay 3 story building, 1 Municipal Sq., 1st floor truck bays have been converted into Village Police Station, 2nd floor mtgs rooms have been combined and converted to village library, 3rd floor has been converted in to village courts. -Old Station 2, 2 story 1 bay fire house, still utilized by FD for storage and some mtgs. Across from current station 2, Rt. 52 and Wait St. Goshen -Old 2 bay 2 story fire house, old home to Cataract Engine & Hose Co. 1. Main St just down from County Court House, across from park. Currently empty and for sale. -Old 3 bay 2 story fire house, old home to Dikeman Hose Co. 3. On High St. off of Rt. 207. Currently home to Goshen VAC. Montgomery -Old 2 bay 2 story fire house, converted in to the recently opened Orange County Fire Fighters Museum. www.ocfm.us. Wallkill Ave. & Clinton St. Orange Lake -Old 3 bay 1 story fire house, converted in to day care center. Next to current loc. Rt. 52 & Lakeside Rd. in Newburgh. Pine Bush -Old 2 bay 2 story fire house, now utilized by the Pine Bush Area VAC, Center St. Port Jervis -Old 2 bay 2 story fire house, housed Engine 1 & Truck 7, Just down ftrom present loc. on Orange St. Right not the PJFD os raising funds to turn into a museum. Cronomer Valley -Old 4 bay 1 story fire house, now utilized by a private contractor, and Mobile Life Support Station 3. Rt. 32 next to current loc. Warwick -Old 1 bay 1 story fire house, old home of Raymond Engine Co. 2. recently vacated my FD, I belive, it is still in the possesion of the FD, with unknown plans. 7 Howe St. in the village.

In my Corps you have to ride 24 hrs a month and attend atleast 6 mtgs and drills to be in "good standing" and able to run and vote. But you are only required to ride once every 60 days before you are taken off the active membership roster.

QUOTE(Times Herald Record - http://www.recordonline.com)By Heather Yakin also by Simon Shifrin Times Herald-Record August 23, 2006 Monticello — For half a century, the Nachimovsky family has owned a 4½-acre property near Monticello. In its heyday, the land held the Ash Hotel and the Monticello Tentarena, a renowned Catskills theater. On Aug. 14, Avraham and Myriam Nachimovsky drove from the city to Joyland Road to check on the two bungalows that are left. Avraham had stayed there last summer. "We did not recognize the place. We passed it," said Myriam Nachimovsky. "We were in shock. We couldn't believe it was all gone." Their two bungalows had been burned down, and their 40-foot trailer was gone. "They call me up and tell me the houses are gone," recounts Myriam and Avraham Nachimovsky's son, Yoram Nachimovsky, a lawyer in New York City. "You can't just go and burn somebody's property." At their son's urging, the couple gathered paperwork and reported the bungalow burning to the Sullivan County Sheriff's Department. As it turns out, the Monticello Fire Department had burned the two bungalows months ago at the request of an employee of Concord Associates, developer Louis Capelli's local company. The employee apparently thought the bungalows were on Concord land. Monticello fire Chief Glenn Somers said firefighters were told it was Concord property and burned down the buildings as they had other bungalows. Henry Zabatta, a consultant working for Capelli, said it was purely a mistake. "These bungalows were adjacent to our property, and we thought they were ours," Zabatta said. "It was an error. It wasn't done maliciously." Concord Associates and firefighters have taken down about 50 old bungalows during the past three years. The Nachimovskys' bungalows were nothing extravagant — a couple of bedrooms, a wrap-around porch — but they were theirs. They question how their bungalows were burned without any notice. "He must know what property is his or not," Yoram Nachimovsky said. "They've offered my parents money for the property before." Zabatta said Concord Associates may well have made an offer to the Nachimovskys, as they have to many others. Yoram Nachimovsky said the family's bungalows were in good condition, there was furniture inside and his dad had stayed there last summer. Zabatta said the bungalows that were burned were abandoned. "The fire department can attest to that also. They'll tell you what the bungalows were like. These were in the woods. They weren't livable." The family just wants back what they had, Yoram Nachimovsky said. "Put back the trailer. Put back the bungalows. Leave us where we were," he said. "And also, apologize."

My opinion on KME is very strong, THEY ARE GARBAGE!! We have 2 and a 3rd on order, Why you ask? Because according to our commishers they are cheap and were only going to have them for 15 years, we dont need some big expensive brand. We just sold our 1980 Sutphen engine that was refurbed in 1996. That was the best piece of equipment we could've asked for ran first due to many fires even after getting our new K-Mart Engineering pumpers, we had only minor problems with the transmission and that was it. The KME's on the other hand have had a looooong list of problems, the lated being the 1 engine likes to become electrified when @ structure fires, @ 2 of the 3 fires we've had in this past 2 weeks they truck has shocked guys while packing hose. A few other depts. in the area run Sutphens and LOVE them, seems any one around here w/ a sutphen tower falls in love with them and doesn;t want to switch.

Our boxes are set so there is a FAST on every 2nd alarm. As for requirements to be a FAST member in my dept. you must be a cleared interior FF for 1 year, have FAST, FF Survival, Truck Co. Ops., and Mask Confidence. And for the FAST to respond as a FAST there must be at least 6 Interior Qual. ppl, at least 4 must be FAST as per department specs.

Date: 8-1-06 Time: 16:00Hrs Location: 1041 St. Rt. 52 X East Ave. and Berea Rd. Frequency: 154.205, 46.16, 46.22, 46.30, 157.450, 153.860 Units Operating: Walden Cars 1, 2, 3, & 4, E-236, E-237, TA-239, T-240, M-241, Coldenham E-204, TA-203, Montgomery FAST(T-221), Wallkill(Ulster) R-64-25, Maybrook TA-211, E-218, Orange Lake E-327, R-329, Pine Bush E-228, Cronomer Valley E-306, Washingtonville E-583, Vails Gate FAST(R-480), Bullville E-255, Campbell Hall E-903, Town of Montgomery VAC 475(BLS), Mobile Life Support Special Operations Response Team, ALS Rig, Car 1, Orange Car 2, 12, Orange County Fire Investigation Team, Town of Montgomery PD, NYSP, and Village of Walden PD Description Of Incident: Multiple Alarm Structure Fire Writer: 201/65

looks to me like its just a gated wye, with a nozzle on one end and a hose on the other, seems logical, instead of having 10 handlines running up a hill u have 1 or 2 with a bunch of nozzles covering a large area.

I got my EMT Cert last month and im 342*** its suprising to see then using 35's with on a month apart

Me and a few guys were sittin around @ our fire house this mornign just after midnight and one of us realized that our fire horn had been sounded as if there was an alarm, yet no ones pager had gone off. So i go out to my car to get my gear figuring our pagers didnt go off and my phone rings, its my brother asking what the alarm was because his pager hadn't tripped either, so as i hang up with him a few others arrive @ the fire house and they say the same. So we go in to our radio room and landlined 36 Control, apparently something was struck by lightning and they had no way to page out departments out side the range of the tower @ the 911 center. So they pressed the button that sounded every horn/siren in the county and those who no longer use a horn/siren were duty paged by a local department. The low band worked fine so the plan was to have every station manned in the county to dispatch its own calls. Then they decided that they were going to use one centalized department per battalion who had capabilities to tone out the rest of the battalion. I think for as unprepared as everyone was it went kinda smoothly. The only thing is EMS paging was down also, and i was the EMT on the midnight-6am duty crew for my VAC and me nor ne one else on my crew was notified. I guess its a good thing that alot of departments around here still have active horn/sirens as warning devices. Apparently now everything should be working right now, didnt hear any test pages done tho.

Date: 7/18/06 Time: 02:00hrs Location: 20 Court Ave X Church & Poplar Frequency: 154.205, 46.16, 46.22, 153.860, 157.450 Units Operating: Greenwood Lake FD (All Units), Warwick FAST (T-633), Warwick E-635 s/b @ GWL Fire House, Orange Car 16, Warwick VAC 203-Delta, Greenwood Lake VAC 357-Delta, & 366-Delta (Transported 1 FF to St. Anthony's Hospital with Inj.s from a fall), & Mobile Life Support 269 (ALS Intercept w/ 633-D) Description Of Incident: Working Fire Writer: 201/65

From what i heard it was a Lakeside Chief who was pinned against the fire house when one of his members was backing into a parking spot and his boot got stuck on the gas. From what i hear no broken bones, ripped some muscle up, and punctured his femoral atery, reported to be in stable cond. @ Westchester Med. Center.