Remember585

Job well done 607, 636 & 637!!!!

It's too bad the partner didn't kill him. With our judicial system killing him would be the only logical and just solution.

RESCUESTUFF

You should probably leave the "Public Information" stuff to us Chiefs... Nothing is completed - yet - but it will be very soon. Croton EMS is also making the switch with Croton FD. When it is all said and done, the official word will be dropped.

I was going to mention it the other night - I was bored and surfing the net, figured I would check in with your site and was surprised to see the new layout. Good luck with it! I may have some photos to send up to you...

Anyone know if Gary Siegel is still around and if he still Instructs? I had him for a few courses and would like to get him (or someone in the know) to do some stuff for our FD. Thanks!

Damn. Good for him though! Thanks for the info Al and Walt.

Is anyone on here from Cornwall in OCNY? I am looking to get some info on this beautiful looking rig (photo courtesy of www.FDNYTrucks.com): TA437

Got it, thanks!

I looked and couldn't find it - you wouldn't happen to have a direct link, would you?

A real beauty! Looking forward to seeing it in person - good luck with it E97 Crew!

Bump...

We're hosting this class in November at our Station #3. Fire Concerns for Lightweight Construction Date: Saturday, November 08 2008 Croton on Hudson Fire Department 30 Wayne St. Croton on Hudson, NY

I am curious to know if the 1,250 calls received at their 911 Center were for 1,250 different incidents or just 1,250 people calling for possibly the same thing? In the aftermath of Floyd we were getting hit hard with calls. At one point, all 3 command vehicles died or otherwise became disabled, we had to comandeer DPW trucks, use POVs and walk to some incidents. It got worse when roads washed away, giving us no access. At one point, there was no way for anyone to get in or out of the Mount Airy area. The road washed away on Quaker Bridge Road East preventing us from getting to those homes, and we had water anywhere from waist to chest deep in the center of town on Grand Street which halted vehicles from getting by. We were getting people out of their homes and sending them to our firehouses for a while until they were overcome by water. I'll never forget putting my chock down for E119 on Grand Street to have it get washed away while we were rescuing an old couple from their basement apartment. I found it 2 blocks away later that night. We all make the comments that we have too many duplicated resources in Westchester, but during that storm and the heavy rains last year that thrashed the Sound Shore communities, I'm not so sure if we can have enough to handle these large scale incidents. And sadly, there's departments that can't handle their day to day operations - how the hell are they going to manage a weather disaster??? WCOEM has grown by leaps and bounds in the past few years - I would hope with all these experts, the high paid officials in DES, WCPD and all of the agency heads in Westchester should have something worked out as a basis for all of us to follow and utilize should we get hit with something. Establishing plans on a local level are great, but if it is going to be something wide spread then a lot of planning WAY AHEAD OF TIME needs to be done.

1. The system was NOT designed to support portable radio communications. It was designed for mobile radio use. If you are using the portables and hoping for coverage, you may get it, but don't hold your breath waiting on it. 2. The incident Tanker10Engr is talking about was a FIRE GROUND channel - not a TRUNKED CHANNEL. In this incident's case, they should of utilized an alternate low band channel, such as 46.42, or one of the Trunked TAC channels. The range was fine in that area and at that incident. People are too quick to blame the radio system when it is user error. 3. I've used the trunked system on both ends of the radio. From the dispatch side of it, I see little issues. On the end user side, there's some problems that may be attributed more to the radio in question and not the system. For example, when operating on our Marine unit, our transmissions, like others on the Hudson with us, are garbled. I think this is the mics and not the system, but who knows. It is a valuable tool, and like any other tool in the fire service it needs to be TRAINED WITH!!!!! It is a lot more then "Push to talk!" 4. As far as the south county paid departments - hasn't Fire 18 become a normality for those responding into Mount Vernon?

No one needs to look any farther then right here in Westchester County to see how unreliable, undependable and unwilling to change EMS is around here! One needs only a scanner to listen to the multiple page outs, Mutual Aid requests and calls "saved by the Medic riding" there are every day - specifically in northern Westchester County. It's a shame, because there are people around who can do the calls but choose not to.

How'd you make out with the puppies Jack?

Agreed x 2!

Dare I ask - but is he stable enough and coherent enough to say, "I can walk out of here?" If not, there's a couple options I am thinking of. 1. Basically what roofsopen said - put him in the Stokes and haul him out. (4:1 is nice, but I think a 3:1 would probably work). 2. Put him in the Stokes and carry him out on the wheelbarrel plank. 3. Put a ladder into the "basement," load patient in the stokes and slide-haul them up and out.

Wow..... I'm speechless....

Wow..... Did he split his time between firehouse meetings and KLAN MEETINGS?! What is wrong with people?

All I know is I had to do a double take. I thought it said Croton - then realized it was Groton. Phew! All kidding aside, fire starting firefighters is more of a problem in volunteer departments because members JOIN looking for social acceptance or to be cast in that "Hero's spotlight." Sadly, many times, they have to create incidents to make themselves look good, and this sometimes turns into them lighting fires. Paid departments have a testing procedure which usually includes a psych test to help weed out the nut jobs.

Station 2?

Date: 9/3/08 Time: 20:15 Location of occurrence: Union Avenue, Harrison Location of search: Harrison / Mamaroneck Frequency: Multiple PD Units Operating: Harrison PD, White Plains PD, Mamaroneck PD, Westchester County PD w/ Aviation and Bloodhounds, NYSP w/ Aviation, MTA PD Description Of Incident: Home invasion robbery w/ large-scale search for three perps (possibly two males and one female). Two different K-9 tracks terminated at the Mamaroneck RR Station. Writer: Remember585 Lohud article: http://lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID...EWS02/809030439

They look too similar to the MTA PD..... But they're not bad.