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Does anyone know why every NYPD police car in NYC has had "Police" removed from the hood and trunk and replaced with "NYPD Police"? It looks funny because it's clearly squeezed in, especially on the trunk. Most cars seemed to get re-lettered last year. Were people confused as to what police department they were? Seems like a huge waste of money to re-letter every vehicle in the fleet.

Dinosaur, you've hit the nail on the head. This is simply an issue as to whether you should be allowed to leave your job to respond to calls. The other good point that was made relates to staffing. The fact that people must leave work to respond to emergencies brings into question the membership levels and staffing. I can understand for large structure fires that require a large manpower response a few times per year, but for every call? It is a disservice to citizens/taxpayers that employees should be allowed to respond, period. Again, the broader issue is staffing in general. If anyone here tells me that not allowing them to leave work puts lives at risk, then you better get a reality check and get paid staff.

Wow you all have a way of complicating things. Why not go with the "plan english" suggestion of earlier? As long as you say the department name beforehand, the rest should be gravy. Example: "Stamford Engine 2 en route." "Greenwich Engine 5 on scene."

ALS, it's embarrassing to suggest there is an excuse for something like this, whether they are egging him on or hazing, as you suggest. If you're not mature enough to know it's reckless, then you don't deserve to be a firefighter. If you do something stupid like this and then post it on YouTube to put you and your entire dept. in a bad light, then you also don't deserve to be a member of that fire department. I agree with you that the people on the ground should be disciplined, but to remove responsibility from the firefighter who fell out of the window onto others is just plain wrong. He's a firefighter, and he should be treated like any other adult would be. It's that simple.

It's not bad for Norwalk to get to Vista, as all they have to do is shoot up Route 123 to get into Vista. As long as a Vista ambulance has already rolled, the Vista ambulance can usually intercept with a Norwalk medic along route 123 in New Canaan. Now, if you're using Norwalk's medic as a transport unit, requiring them to actually get on scene, that may take a bit more time. However, Norwalk's response times are great and they tend to get into or near Vista within a few minutes. As for Wilton's medic, they wouldn't likely be called, as they have to cover Wilton, Weston, and parts of Georgetown and Redding. New Canaan's medic has been called before to respond into Vista, and Norwalk will then bring an ambulance to the New Canaan line or into New Canaan to backup their town. Wilton and Weston Medics are Norwalk Hospital Paramedics operating in town-owned flycars. At the end of the day, if Vista needs help and New Canaan and/or Norwalk are available, they are guaranteed to be merely minutes away. Norwalk has 24/7 ALS units and New Canaan has a 24/7 medic and at least one BLS ambulance (often more) fully staffed by volunteers in-house at all times.

All - anyone know what services are hiring Per Diem EMTs these days in NYC? From what I hear, getting into a hospital-based service is extremely difficult, FDNY only hires full-time, and the commerical services don't do a lot of 911s, which is what I'm interested in. I've been in EMS for almost 7 years now in CT doing 911s and am looking to work in NYC if possible on a per-diem basis. Let me know if any of you know of any opportunities...thanks in advance!

I'm wondering why White Plains MA is called a "parking garage unit" in the pictures section. What does that mean???