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Date: 12/9/08 Time: 03:25 Location: Route 9 at Scarborough Road Frequency: 453.2000 Units Operating: 2052, E94, R37, 53B1 / Ossining VAC 36M1 & 74A1 / BMPD Description Of Incident: Single car MVA into pole w/ 2 trapped Writer: Remember585 03:50 - Patient #1 extricated and in care of OVAC. In process of extricating Patient #2. 04:01 - Patient #2 extricated and in care of 53B1. 04:04 - 53B1 ALS to WMC. 04:18 - All units clearing the scene.

Here's the info on that class Program Dates: January 12th- May 21st, 2009 Days & Times: Monday, January 12th from 7pm-10pm Registration, course introduction, policies, EMT Update and Challenge Written Exam Saturday, January 17th from 9am-5pm Challenge Practical Exam *Class Schedule will be handed out at registration. Attendance requirements are based on challenge exam results. Thursday, May 21st from 7pm-10pm NYS exam Tuition: $ 425.00 * Tuition funded for volunteers or employees of a registered or certified EMS agency upon attaining EMT-B certification. Instructor: Neal Mettler, EMT P/CIC Location: Hoch Center for Emergency Education @ Phelps 755 North Broadway, Suite 200 Sleepy Hollow, New York 10591 * Pre-registration is required. For more information or to register, please call or email Christina (914) 366-3577 or Cwisniewski@pmhc.us

MRK Phelps is doing a recert beginning 1/12. I will try to find the info and post it for you. I'll probably be in it.

Really, blue? It's a Wassaic thing isn't it?! Congrats Mark, nice to see some new blood on here!

How many times recently have the ALS units in Cortlandt, Ossining, Yorktown, WEMS area been sent to cover for them? I hope they get the revenue they are entitled to for their ALS care.

1360 Journeys End Road came in as a brush fire. Even if all the departments (Millwood, Yorktown and Croton) had Mutual Aid agreements for structural fires, there still was nothing to be done. The fire the other night - same thing. The 2 biggest problems are the time it takes to be notified (911 call) and a lack of residential fire alarms. If these buildings had alarms, there's a good chance the fires wouldn't have spread as much. Same thing goes for the fire we had a year ago on Quaker Hill Drive. These areas usually have larger homes, long and gated driveways, no municipal water supply and the space between homes is larger. The only fires that ever seem to have a chance of an aggressive attack are those where someone is home and calls right away. The fire on Quaker Hill happened during a freezing rain / sleet / snow storm, so everything was somewhat delayed getting there. Our first due got there and put a 2 1/2" in the front door and made a blitz attack to no avail. Mutual Aid tankers took longer then usual getting there and shuttle times were slowed because the rigs were sliding all over the place. The 3 districts - MFD, YHFD and CFD - need to drill more often, create pre-plans for fill sites and come up with one way of doing things so we can go at it systematically and perfect it to cut down the times. I also think we should set up automatic responses to try and reduce the time it takes units to get on scene. None of us have any direct routes to the south Cortlandt, south Yorktown and northern New Castle areas - if we all send resources perhaps we can get something on the scene quicker. I'm sure all 3 of our departments are already thinking things over and trying to come up with a solution.

Over a hundred years ago, some guy was put in charge of drawing municipal boundaries. A few years later, the man had grown quite old but was still called upon to draw out fire district lines. Sadly, his hand wasn't as steady as it was years ago, and hence, our current fire district lines...

What year is that Noroton Maxim? That thing takes me back to the 1963 Maxim convertable we used to have as Engine 118 that was retired in 1993. One of the coolest fire trucks I will ever ride in my life.

I hope it goes to a FD or collector that won't let it rot. My main concern is that it gets butchered for parts...

I have two new members that are enrolled in an upcoming FF I course. They both joined between planned fit testing dates. Is there anyone out there in EMTBravo land that may be able to assist me? Any assistance is greatly appreciated, thanks!

By the 15th if possible Da Rock, thanks!

Sad news. God bless him and his family.

The brother's condition has improved. Keep on fighting and get well soon! http://www.lohud.com/article/20081206/NEWS...340/1018/NEWS02

From what I understand, the K9 Officer is retired from another job and had his dog. He asked if he could bring it to work, they said yes. I don't see what the big deal is... Look at how shi++y Brewster's downtown has become due to a lack of law presence. Maybe now they can clean things up a bit.

Sounds like a leader to me. Think about it - when was the last time any of our Chiefs motivated us to get out there and do something?

I don't know why everyone would get worked up about this. Fires don't happen at night. And people don't wake up first thing in the morning and have heart attacks. No, this is a good idea.

In Vollywood where I hail from, we obviously don't have Chiefs Aides, but a position similar to this needs to be established at any larger incident. Luckily in my department, I can always rely upon most of our Company Officers and most of our Deputy Chiefs to be additional eyes and ears on our scenes. I can stay at my car / Command Post and not even see the scene knowing these guys are going to paint a picture of it for me and keep me up to speed on what is happening. As much as I prefer to see what is going on all the time, I know it is vital to the operation to stay put and not roam around. I can tell you from responding as a FAST for 10 years that sometimes we need to send out a Recon team just to find the IC and it is beyond annoying and makes us even more alert because, let's face it, without accountability of your IC, how much accountability do you have of your people? I've been to dozens of incident scenes in career department areas, and can tell how important the Aides are to the IC. I would hate to see any of the career departments that have them lose them, and those that don't have them I would hope could get them at some point to help their operations.

It's nice Adam, real nice. I mean it's no 119, but.... LOL.

How much of a pain in the a-- can pulling a string be? You have to take the pack out of the bracket to check it properly, don't you? So what's one more string? And how hard is it for the guy or gal sitting in the seat to pull the string to get the pack out at a call? As long as they stay calm there should be no issues...

I like it better then ours!!!!!

May you all loosen that belt a little tomorrow with good friends and family! Oh, and don't forget the gravy! Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at the Croton Fire Department.

I wonder if this will replace E29's older Mack or if it will replace the spare E28? Either way, good luck with it Eastchester! (Do it some justice, paint it RED! )

Looks like the Federal Signal Aerodynics.

Anyone know the capacity of this thing, and if it would be available for Mutual Aid if needed?

Date: 11/23/08 Time: 22:20 Location: 2 Cross Road Frequency: Fire 14 Units Operating: 2011, 2012, 2013, E164, L50 / Irvington 2203, R49 FAST Description Of Incident: Fire in walls of 2 1/2 Story Ballon-frame dwelling Writer: Remember585 22:45 - Dobbs Ferry to relocate one Engine (E47) to Ardsley HQ. Battalion 11 responding.