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Don't know if anyone has heard about it but there is a new movie coming out about Flight 93, the flight that fought back on 9/11. Flight 93 Check it out, due to release this April.

"as usual" is my favorite part...how right you are! We need some standards guys. While some departments may take this on themselves (rightfully so), something needs to be set in place by the state, or atleast the county level. I don't understand how Maryland can pull these requirements off no problem, and NYS hasn't looked into this. And it doesn't stop at rescue companies......

Stony Point's 18-Tower - 1999 Sutphen 70 ft. Tower 1500/300

PG operates a little differently....Yes Kentland runs a lot of working fires a year but they aren't all "first due" fires. Many of their fires they operate at are outside of 33's first due or local. PG Dept.'s recognize a county standard that calls for 4 Engines, 2 Ladders, a Third special service (Rescue Squad or Truck), and a Battalion Officer. These are dispatched on all single family dwelling box's. So, it is more than likely that you will be going on most of your neighboring dept.'s workers too. Since PG is such a busy area, often times a dept. that would be first or second due to a house fire can't respond because they are committed to another job. PG then dispatches the next closest company to fill out the box. Again, often times they may see more action because PG transfers Engines and Trucks to cover vacant firehouses in the county while working a fire and they can get pulled in to the scene being that much closer. This is how dept.'s like Kentland chalk up so many workers. Taken from Kentland's SOP's: B. Box Alarm - Single-Family Dwellings The following standard operating procedures have been established to provide a consistent and safe response and mitigation of structural fire emergencies involving single-family dwellings. The standard response for structural fires involving single-family dwellings shall be a box alarm as specified in General Order 3-6 Standard Response/Dispatch Procedures. The following procedures shall be used for a box alarm consisting of four engine companies, two truck companies, a third special service (closest rescue squad or truck), and a battalion officer. Additional units may be added in areas without hydrants or other special conditions. 1. 1st Due Engine a. Take steps to establish continuous water supply. This will normally be accomplished by use of a forward or straight lay from the closest appropriate hydrant or water supply point. b. Apparatus shall normally be positioned on side Alpha, but in a way that does not hinder the responding special services space to accomplish their responsibilities. c. Unit OIC shall complete an initial size-up and provide a brief radio return to include: (1) Announce correct address. (2) Announce number of floors. (3) Announce type of construction. (4) Announce type of occupancy. (5) Announce conditions found, other pertinent information, and indicate the necessary level of response, in accordance with Fire/EMS Directive 02-03. (6) Establish or Pass Command. (a) If establishing, identify the “COMMAND” by name. ( If establishing, announce location of ICP. © If passing, announce “Passing Command”. d. Unit OIC shall ensure that the IMS is established or passed in accordance with General Order 3-2. (1) If no command officer is on the scene, and the IMS has not been established, the Unit OIC shall establish or pass command. (2) If the Unit OIC must remain with the crew to ensure the safe and effective operation of that crew, he/she shall pass command. When command has been passed, the 2nd due engine OIC shall assume the role of IC until relieved by a command officer who has arrived on the scene. e. Make obvious rescues and ensure occupants are evaluated and given appropriate emergency medical care. f. Advance an attack hose line of sufficient GPM flow and length to the fire area capable of confining, controlling, and/or extinguishing the fire. Include the tools and equipment needed to complete this assignment. g. Conduct a primary search of the immediate fire area. 2. 2nd Due Engine a. Ensure adequate water supply to 1st due engine. b. Ensure that obvious rescues are being made and the occupants are evaluated and given appropriate emergency medical care. c. If the 1st due engine OIC passes command, and no command officer has arrived on the scene, the 2nd due engine OIC shall establish Command, in accordance with General Order 3-2, and assume the role of IC until relieved by a command officer who has arrived on the scene. d. The 2nd due engine OIC shall ensure the “standby/2 out” is established, in accordance with General Order 3-25. e. Unless directed otherwise by the IC, the crew should advance an attack hose line with greater GPM flow than the initial attack hose line and of sufficient length to cover any location in dwelling. Include the tools and equipment needed to complete this assignment. This attack hose line is normally advanced via the interior stairs and serves to confine, control, and/or extinguish vertical fire extension on the floor above the fire or as a backup hose line to the initial attack hose line. The line shall also be used to support the “standby/2 out” until reassigned or deployed by the IC. f. Conduct a primary search of any interior area that the crew is assigned to. 3. 3rd Due Engine a. Establish a secondary water supply from a source not being used by the 1st due engine. This shall be accomplished by use of a straight lay, or by a reverse lay from the fire building to the source. This procedure shall be momentarily delayed if it will result in hindered access for the responding special services. Unit OIC shall complete a size-up of side Charlie and provide a brief radio report to the IC to include: (1) Number of floors on side Charlie. (2) Conditions present and location of fire, if known. (3) Any rescue problems. (4) Any other information that might need tactical consideration. For basement fires this report shall include if an attack hose line can be advanced into the fire area by the 3rd due engine via a ground level access point. (This tactic must be authorized and coordinated by the IC after ensuring that all interior crews are aware and an attack hose line is in position to prevent vertical fire extension.) Ensure that obvious rescues are being made and the occupants are evaluated and given appropriate emergency medical care. d. Unless directed otherwise by the IC, advance an attack hose line of sufficient GPM flow and length to cover any location in the dwelling. Include the tools and equipment needed to complete this assignment. This attack hose line normally serves as a back up of the initial attack hose line or is used to confine, control, and/or extinguish vertical or horizontal fire extension. This attack hose line should be advanced into the dwelling via a different access point when possible. e. Conduct a primary search of any interior area that the crew is assigned to. 4th Due Engine a. Ensure adequate water supply to 3rd due engine. b. Ensure that obvious rescues are being made and the occupants are evaluated and given appropriate emergency medical care. c. Unless directed otherwise by the IC, the crew should stand by and await further direction. d. Conduct a primary search of any interior area that the crew is assigned. 5. 1st Due Truck a. Position on side Alpha to provide ladders, lights, and ventilation. b. Make obvious rescues and ensure the occupants are evaluated and given appropriate emergency medical care. c. Ladder sides Alpha and Bravo to provide for the rescue/removal of occupants and for the safety of operating personnel. d. Ensure that a primary search is conducted of the entire structure upon arrival starting on the fire floor, and that a secondary search is conducted when the fire is controlled and ventilation has been started. (1) Crews shall operate in teams of two (2) or more with a portable radio. (2) Searches shall begin in areas of most danger first. (a) The fire area. ( The area adjacent to the fire area. © Floor above the fire. (d) Other areas. (3) Primary and secondary searches shall be coordinated with the engine company to avoid duplication of effort and to ensure that the same crew is not responsible for completing both searches in the same area. e. Perform the following truck company operations on the fire floor in support of the engine companies: (1) Forcible entry to support searches and hose line placement. (2) Ventilation in coordination with the IC. (3) Utility control. (4) Check for fire extension. (5) Salvage and overhaul. f. Unit OIC shall assume Division command of the fire floor until the Division is reassigned by the IC. g. Report conditions to the IC. (1) Progress made. (2) Obstacles met. (3) Resources needed. 6. 2nd Due Truck a. Position apparatus in a way to enable personnel to provide ladders, lights, and ventilation to side Charlie. b. Make obvious rescues and ensure the occupants are evaluated and given appropriate emergency medical care. c. Ladder sides Charlie and Delta to provide for the rescue/removal of occupants and for the safety of operating personnel. d. Ensure that a primary search is conducted of the entire structure upon arrival starting on the floor above the fire, and ensure that a secondary search is conducted when the fire is controlled and ventilation has been started. (1) Crews shall operate in teams of two (2) or more with a portable radio. (2) Searches shall begin in areas of most danger first. (a) Area directly above fire area. ( Floor above the fire. © Other areas. (3) Primary and secondary searches shall be coordinated with the engine company to avoid duplication of effort and to ensure that the same crew is not responsible for completing both searches in the same area. e. Perform the following truck company operations on the floor above the fire in support of the engine companies: (1) Forcible entry to support searches and attack hose line placement. (2) Ventilation in coordination with the IC. (3) Utility control. (4) Check for fire extension. (5) Salvage and overhaul. f. Unit OIC shall assume Division command of the floor above the fire until the Division is reassigned by the IC. g. Report conditions to the IC. (1) Progress made. (2) Obstacles met. (3) Resources needed. 7. 3rd Due Special Service a. Establish RIC in accordance with General Order 3-25, which includes the following: (1) Report to the IC. (2) Complete size-up. (3) Assemble tools. (4) Develop rescue plan. (5) Monitor radio channels. b. In the unusual circumstance that the 3rd due special service is reassigned by the IC for other operations due to arrival sequence or other factors, such as multiple rescues in progress, the IC shall ensure that the RIC duties are assigned to another engine or special service that is uncommitted or requested. http://www.kentland33.com/sop.php With PG having to fill out these assignments, and multiple calls going on all of the time, it's likely to get placed on a fire in your general region, sometimes even further. As for the movie, I thought it was a great way to show their pride in their dept. The video didn't offend me, if anything it made me want to go down and check them out for a few days. Kentland wasn't the first to do these inspirational music videos...many dept.'s have done them and placed them on their website as a recruitment tool, showing residents what it's like and maybe get them interested in joining. Dept.'s have often shown them at their annual banquets as well. Here are a few examples: Bedford, VA 2004 Video West Lanham Hills, MD "That's The Way We Roll" Dunkirk, MD Video's (at the bottom of the page in bold lettering) Bladensburg, MD Web Site (they have 2 videos title "Slide Show" at the top of their homepage) ...to name a few. Good work boys, keep it up!

Date: 12-3-05 Time: 20:40 Location: Route 590 South @ Monroe Ave.; Brighton, NY Frequency: 154.310 - Dispatch, 153.995 - Ops. (Brighton Ch. 52) Units Operating: Brighton E302, Q300, S307, R308, Pittsford R388, Brighton Ambulance (BVA) 3079 and 3089 Description Of Incident: MVAPT/2-DOA Writer: 22 Truck Brighton firefighters were dispatched to a 2 car mva w/ a vehicle smoking at 20:40 hrs. Shortly thereafter, the assignment was upgraded to a box for people trapped. Over 30 Brighton firefighters arrived to find a car driving north had crossed into the southbound lane of 590 and struck another vehicle head-on. Firefighters popped the doors on the vehicles, however both victims were DOA in their vehicles. The driver of the southbound vehicle was a sheriff's deputy on his way into work. Many sheriff deputies arrived to investigate the accident of one of their own. Pic's New's Story

Many of the Washington DC Metro Area Dept.'s run the Rescue Squads or Rescue Engine/Squad.... Not sure ENTIRELY what is required of the rescue-squad or engines in the area...have looked on Prince Georges and Calvert County sites but have not been able to find the requirements. However, definitely the models to check out. Here are some to look at: Kentland FD Rescue-Engine 333 RE-333 Dunkirk, MD FD - Check out the Squad, 2003 Seagrave 1500/500...they make a special note that it's not a squad by county standards until they added a cascade system. Wheaton Rescue Squad - 2 Heavy Rescues resonding on working fires and pins as well as others...over 12,000 runs a year. Hyattsville FD Rescue Squad Berwyn Heights FD - 2 Heavy Rescue Squads Laurel Hills Rescue Squad running a rescue-squad and rescue-engine as well as several ambulances. Enough Equip., not enough? .... I'm curious as well.

Date: 11-27-05 Time: 0225hrs Location: 105 East Ave. X Gibbs/Swan Frequency: 154.130 Units Operating: Engines 17, 16, 13; Quint/Midi 9, 4, 7, 8, 2; Battalions 3 & 1; Rescue 11; The Protectives; Deputy Chief; C99. Description Of Incident: 3-3-3 3rd Alarm Fire in a Restaurant Downtown. Writer: 22 Truck 0225hrs - Automatic alarm w/ reported restaurant on fire: initial alarm for Engine 17, Quint/Midi 9, Quint/Midi 4, Extra Unit - Quint/Midi 7 (RIT), Rescue 11, Protectives, Battalion 3, Deputy Chief, C99. 0238hrs - 2-2-2 Companies: Engine 16 and Quint/Midi 8. 0255hrs - 3-3-3 Companies: Engine 13 and Quint/Midi 2. 0334hrs - Command places the fire under control. Dispatch of call from MCFW

Rochester, NY FD has been running a "Quint/Midi" concept for quite some time. The Quints are typically E-One 100-110' rear mount aerials w/ pumps and 300 gal. tanks and carry 4 FF's. The Midi's are small quick attack commercial pumpers carrying 2 FF's w/ a pump and a 300-400 gal. tank. Rochester has 9 "Quint/Midi" companies and they respond together on all alarms w/ the exception of EMS which the Midi handles by itself. On the first alarm for a structure fire the city dispatches 3 companies...the first two are the two closest. That could be two engines or two quint/midi companies. The third is the next closest company or the closest "other unit" if one has not been designated; i.e. if two engines are the closest, a quint/midi is the third to garauntee a ladder truck will respond. From there, any apparatus in the city can be designated the "extra unit" which is usually utilized as a FAST/RIT. When a Quint/Midi company is first due on the fire, they will usually operate as both and Engine and a Truck, with presidence set to victim removal (if needed) and fire attack. Usually the Quint pulls up to their position at the house and the Midi will lay supply line from the Quint to a plug if it's far away. The driver of the Midi handles water supply, and the rider is added to the fire attack efforts. Two heavy rescues are dispatched on all working fires in the city on the initial alarm if there is a back-up call reporting a fire. Rescue 11 is always asigned truck company duties upon arrival, while the Protectives (2nd Heavy Rescue), which is a volunteer bunk-in duty crew handles salvage operations. They also can assist companies if needed. All members of the department can handle both engine or truck duties if needed, may not ride that particular truck though. Right, wrong, or indifferent the concept seems to work and has caught on in the suburbs of Rochester. Several departments (ones that I know of are Henrietta, Laurelton, Penfield, Pittsford, Brighton (if the engine is not available), Avon, and East Avon)in the area run a Quint as a first due piece on structural incidents. Henrietta and East Avon run their Quints first due on most all incidents. Henrietta also runs a midi-engine with the Quint that takes the smaller calls such as EMS. There are only a handful of traditional ladders left in the area. Most all departments run Quints as their ladders even if they dont respond first due, for versatility. Here is a link for the dispatch and photos of a normal response to a working house fire in Rochester. Here are phtos of one of RFD's newer Midi's. Here is a photo of the area's newest Quint, East Avon's. 2005 Pierce Quantum 1500/470/30 75 ft. Aluminum stick. Preconnected Holmatro tools in the front bumper. Went in service about a month ago. Usually, any working fire or MVAPT in the area will be updated at www.mfcw.com, the Monroe County Fire Wire.

Date:11/22/05 Time:22:16 Location:Brighton, NY - 63 Southern Parkway (b/w Edgemere Dr. & Midland Dr.) Departments:Brighton, Pittsford Description:Kitchen Fire Links: Writer:22 Truck 22:16 - TO 22:17 - 3C-10, 3C-30, 3C-90, Engine 302, Engine 304, Quint 300 all responding. 22:20 - Engine 302 on location, reports 2-story frame w/ smoke showing from side 1, requests 304 to pick up the hydrant. 22:20 - 3C-30 on-scene establishing command. 22:21 - 3C-10 on-scene taking over command, 3C-30 now interior ops. 22:22 - Rescue 308 responding. 22:22 - 3C-10 requests a FAST from Pittsford. 22:28 - Pittsford Engine 384 and 3C-28 responding. 22:33 - Fire under control, re-directing 384 to Brighton Station 2 (Twelve Corners) for the fill-in. 23:17 - 3C-10 places the assignment in service.