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Try this: Old discussion Hope that helps. If not I can help you out with a list.

This info is somewhere else on this forum, I'll try to find it.

More are being ordered. When they arrive I will post. Can we close out this topic now?!

May God bless both brothers lost, and may he look over and guide the other members of the FDNY and thier families during this tragic time. My thoughts are also with those from the FDNY who worked thier hardest to save thier colleagues yesterday, you men are top notch. Let's not forget, too, the members of FDNY EMS and NYPD ESU that put forth thier best efforts as well. My prayers are with all of you.

Perhaps she served you "Nothing?!"

I don't know why I wrote Philipstown, but that's what I meant, Nelsonville. Thanks for the clarification guys.

Does this idiot think they were talking about the movie? WOW! I will answer that question as best I appreciate it...... This guy is slowly emerging as one my personal "Real Men of Genius."

If I read correctly, they claim no fire district in NY has ever been dissolved. What about the Philipstown FD in Putnam County? Wasn't that done by the State?

I know, I know..... "What hurricane? FEMA didn't tell me anything."

FINAL BUMP.....It's tomorrow!!!!

Engine 120 Croton - 2003 ALF Rescue/Pumper. It features a 2000 gpm pump & 1000 gallon tank. Carries only Hurst porta-power unit. Should of had more to it, I think cost was a factor. It was considered a rescue/pumper by ALF. Engine 119 Croton - 2006 Seagrave. It has a 1500 gpm pump, 750 gallon tank, 10KW generator, eight FRC 500W floodlights, 100' electric cord, multiple other items. Both rigs have "high-side" compartments for added equipment storage. E120 has roll-ups, E119 does not. I can give you all kinds of detailed info by e-mail, if you'd like. Another rig I didn't see mentioned was Yorktown's E270. My suggestion, get those floodlights all around the rig! We did it and it is the best thing we did. Our night ops are no longer a struggle to see what is going on. The tower lights are great, but are a little pricey and add height to your rig.

Hopefully this link takes you to the right place. DUMB Look at the photos and point out the #1 thing wrong with these images. How do we allow this kind of thing to still happen?! It's GARBAGE!!! Take a minute to suit up and pack up! There's no excuse for this behavior!

From the south: Take Route 9/9A NORTH to the Senesqua Road exit. Make a right and the firehouse is on your left. From the north: Take Route 9/9A SOUTH to the Senasqua Road exit. Make a right, the firehouse is one block down on your left. Fromt the east: Take Route 129 WEST into Croton. Make a right on to Grand Street. Go through the center of the village, bearing right on to Old Post Road North. At the stop sign, make the left on to Brook Street. At the end of Brook Street, make a right on to North Riverside Avenue. The firehouse is three blocks up on your right. Shirts will be for sale at a price of $18.00.

Captain Benz... I think what most people mean when they say the FAST is "put to work" is that it is used for suppression efforts, not actual firefighter rescue. I believe that was the case at this Brewster job. BFD - thanks for the credit. We've actually been criticized for throwing ladders, clearing windows and yes, pointing out safety issues to Incident Commanders. One Department we responded to once told us that we were nothing more then glorified buffs. Ouch. Suddenly we don't go there as much.....ho-hum. Our Team, for the first time in 8 years was unable to respond recently to a fire in Ossining. After waiting 8 minutes (seemed longer) it was decided to contact 60 Control to send another in our place. As it turned out, the two additional people we needed were home, but did not hear the dispatch (Thanks Minitor IVs). Poop happens, I guess. We all agree that we don't want to respond with unqualified people, even though that apparently works for some other places. I also agree with Hudson that several times, a FAST is nothing more then a few people hanging out on the outside of a job, not doing anything more then keeping OSHA happy. It's BS. You are there to protect and, God forbid, RESCUE your brothers and sisters! Don't take FAST as a joke, because nobody will be laughing if one of us gets killed. We had a fire last July near midnight which actually came in as a possible boiler malfunction. As we stepped off the Engine, I noticed that the smoke wasn't "lingering" but it was "pushing" and informed the Chief we had a worker. It wasn't for another 10 minutes or so that a FAST was dispatched, even though I asked for it much sooner. I hate nothing more then when an IC waits until it is confirmed to start a FAST. We should be smart enough, especially in 2006, to know that it takes time for our resources to get moving - even staffed ones. Traffic, weather and crew availability is too unpredictable. Call 'em in and cancel 'em if you don't need 'em. Better to have too many guns at a gunfight then not enough! I pose one question for everyone - if you can't get a full FAST, which for us is 6, do you not respond or do you go with what you have and call for an additional one? I would like to see us all go with the second option, but it would only work well if we started to train together - rather then do our own things. Thoughts?

Harrison's tones go out on 33.96, and voice is simulcast on 46.26 as well.

We're Engine Company No. 2, even though we were the first company formed in Croton. When the three companies (Chemical, Washington and Ladder) were incorporated into the Croton FD, the Washington Engine Company refused to become a part of the Department because of water supply concerns, so we were the second company incorporated. What's ironic to me, is that in 2006 we are still concerned about water supply issues in the district, so we have a larger tank, carry more LDH and run Tanker 10 as well. Sorry for the pointless post, I just like talking about our history from time to time.

I can think of one person who would kill for her cats....that's why I feed them so she doesn't kill me.

It puts the lotion on it's skin?

Is it a 46.26 low-band pager? If it is, actually, no matter what band or frequency it is, the reception range on pagers isn't so good. If you hear apparatus sometimes, it's because you are within a close enough proximity to them to hear them. PM me if you have any other questions and I'll try to answer them.

Is that RWC130's house?!

I'll check with Carl @Excelsior on who he used - they're very well built and will suit our needs perfectly.

For those of you who can't make it, here's a more recent photo with everything done.

In my little nook of the world, Croton, it also took many of us (CFD320, 1191stdue, tanker10eng, xchief2x and others) to push our Chiefs to send FD units on MVA calls. For a short period, we would send E120 from the south and E119 from the north along with R18 and EMS for MVAs on Route 9. T10 also responds on Route 9 fire calls. Now, we cut back and send 1 Engine & R18 for all MVAs in our district. The benefits are countless, ranging from lane and traffic control to transporting personnel on apparatus instead of thier POVs. With the new Engine 119 in service, we can utilize the tower light on R18 and/or the (8) 500 watt floodlights on our rig. One of these days I'd like to see us and Montrose work out a dual response for incidents north of Senesqua Road....but I don't think it will...

Let me try to put it here.... If you can't see it, visit www.engine119croton.org - it's on the home page. PS - if it looks a little fuzzy it's because I shrunk the image size.

Also...we're happy to report that as of 8/19 it is in service and the beloved Mack is now retired.