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Why does the "Freeway" cost so much? And the dog gets mad when you blow in his face because your breath stinks!!!! Capt36, that's a good one!

Westchester Units Operating: WCDES: Battalion 10 WCPD: Air 2, Marine 4 Continental Village FD: 2131, 2132, R39, Marine 6 (AKA Putnam 14-1-1, 14-1-2, 14-6-1, 14-Marine-1 Croton FD: 2083, Marine 12 Peekskill VAC: 7511. 75B4 Cortlandt VAC: 8812, 88B1 Cortlandt ALS: 3511 Peekskill FD ALS: 39M1 Mohegan VAC: 69B3 (Standing by to cover Peekskill) Vessel crashed into a marsh area as stated in the IA. All five victims trapped underneath it. Personnel and equipment from the Fort Montgomery, Highland Falls, Vails Gate, Cold Spring, Croton, Continental Village Fire Departments and LEOs from Putnam Sheriffs, Rockland Sheriffs, Town of Highlands worked with EMS personnel to free the victims. Air bags, hydraulic and electric tools were used to raise the boat off of the victims. This operation was very complicating because of the soft marsh that we had as a platform to work from. Times are approximate: At 01:43 - Patient #1 extricated. At 02:04 - Patients #2 & #3 extricated. At 02:25 - Patient #4 extricated. At 02:59 - Patient #5 extricated. I believe two were flown to WMC, 1 ALS to Cornwall and 1 ALS to WMC - but I am not 100% sure. Good work by all involved, many thanks to those overhead with the spotlights! (WCPD, NYSP I believe)

Here's a picture given to me of a car fire we had last night. My question is - no matter what digital camera I have used, I get the same results. I always seems to get blurry images especially in low light situations. Any thoughts?

Congrats and all the best to both you and Joyce!!!!!

No need to thank me bro. I heard the FD dispatch, then the updates, and decided to go up in case I could be of any use. Just wish the end result was better...

60 Control has Phase 2 cellular 911 capabilities. It has been a great tool in our toolbox of resources. From an ICS standpoint, it wasn't the best coordinated operation, but it got done and four people were rescued as quickly as possible once they were located. As the only Chief Officer up at the scene from Westchester, I felt I had a responsibility to relay what was going on, specifically periodic progress reports to CVFD 2132 (on Marine 6 on shore, coordinating things) who was relaying to 60 Control to document the times. Being someone that doesn't like radios (ha) I never take a portable on the boat, however this call required it. Thanks Mario CVFD for letting me use your portable so we could coordinate things as best as we could. Hey Chris192, thanks for the light, and offering the hoist to grab gear, I'm just glad we made the extrications without needing that extra stuff! A SIDE NOTE - Some of our equipment, specifically a green bag with KED and other immob equip. and an orange "Rescue Equipment" box never found it's way back to us. If someone has it, please let me know - THANKS!!!!! Oh, it was from Croton FD Marine 12 - in case you don't know where I am from.....

Charge the driver making the illegal U-turn criminally for the injuries to the innocent! We have laws for a reason!

I was reading this thinking, "Didn't we talk about this once before" - when I realized it is an old topic revisited... Only a couple of things have changed since a year ago. 1. Croton EMS is no longer a part of Croton FD. 2. I gave up being a member of two EMS agencies. 3. The problem is WORSE! 4. Nobody has done anything - STILL. I remember when we used to have one EMS agency in our area that usually covered anything they were dispatched to. When AVAC couldn't get out, the old reliable would be BVAC. CVAC may have been bad at covering calls, but DVAC was excellent. Now, it almost seems that ALLVACS are in a bad, bad way. I think the time has come for each agency with staffing issues to figure out the best solution. I think everyone's call volume continues to grow and their membership base remains the same, if not worse. Time for the local municipalities to speak up, since it doesn't appear the leadership of most EMS agenices is doing anything to fix the problem.

It will happen as soon as I am eligible to retire under the current system..... in 25 YEARS!!!!

Hey Chris, was that you up there? (2083)

It was a rough call to say the least. Montrose FD was doing CPR prior to the arrival of EMS, and despite the heroic efforts of EVERYONE INVOLVED, God has once again taken a life far too early.

Story on Lohud.com Boat capsizes overnight near Bear Mountain Bridge, killing 1, injuring 4

NOT AGAIN!!!!!!!!

There was a few people in the lot popping pics and video. Guess nothing else was going on last night... Interesting / fun fact - Two members were in Shoprite, one with and one without his pager. They couldn't make out the dispatch and walked outside to listen - oh, hey, that car is on fire!

My latest camera is a Coolpix. I had two Fuji's before this one. Not sure what the camera was that took this pic. Just seems like a routine problem with simple digitals.

Chlorine gas is nasty stuff. We've had a few chlorine gas incidents here, and both of them did a fair amount of damage. Last year, when our Water Department Pump Station has a chlorine gas leak, the PD parked across the road to detour traffic and go door to door to evacuate people. The one patrol car stalled out thanks to the chlorine getting into it. If I am not mistaken, that car is no longer on the road...

Nice pics Bill. I see a newspaper laying on the ground and the Truck forcing entry - was someone home? Looks to me like an early to mid-morning fire, no? Thanks for sharing. **Just read your whole write-up on top, I'm a tool....**

Isn't that how most Police Departments send out their FD's now? For that matter, it is pretty close to how we do it at 60 Control too. The E911 system gives you the address, we just verify it and get the call type. Of course, with cellular and 3rd party stuff it takes a little longer, but this is basically how most fire-type calls go: "911, what is the address of your emergency?" "109 EMTBravo Lane" "What is your emergency?" "My house is on fire." "What exactly is on fire?" "My f***ing house, send the f***ing Fire Department!!!!" "OK. I am sending the FD, get everyone outside!" And, since we (60) have more then one dispatcher on at a time, I could ask that, have it in the CAD for someone to dispatch, and obtain additional info, if it is warranted and/or safe to do so.

Outriggers. The #1 thing in my eyes that makes or breaks a rig's usefulness.

Something to consider... If, say, all 3 of your Chiefs are home and there's a call, and all 3 are running out to their cars, what's to say they are carrying a pager or portable to hear who has signed on? I know that from my couch to my car takes me a few seconds, and many times I don't carry a radio with me. So when I get in the car I call responding, I may not have heard anyone else. It's not an ego issue, it's an "I didn't hear anyone else" issue. And to those of you griping because you see three Chiefs at a call, would you rather the cars you're "paying" for don't show up? Everyone keeps harping on how people don't show up to calls, now are we implying that Chiefs don't count in the manpower total, so they don't have to go? You can't have it both ways. If a Chief hears one or two other Chiefs going and theye decide to cancel, I respect that. Heck, if they go and get a rig - that's good too. But all my fellow Chiefs here know we're damned if we do and damned if we don't. If I go to the scene with the other two Chiefs, I hear "We don't need all three Chiefs here." If I go and get a rig out, I hear, "Chiefs shouldn't be getting the rig." We won't send all 3 out of town either. I know that when we respond as a FAST I usually leave my Chief's car at the firehouse in case it's needed in the Village. Of course it helps when I remember to leave the key behind... Sigh. LOL. As far as the issue of too many Car #'s signing on for a call - AGREED. My Department is probably more guilty then others, we have far too many Chiefs then we do indians. (And if anyone has spent time studying history at all, there is one prominent factor that always seems to get overlooked - Chiefs are nothing without their Indians)! Truck6018 hit it the best - if you have Junior Officers you can trust (and I am lucky that I do, in most cases) then let them take the lead. We're seeing Chiefs get elected who never, EVER ran a scene as a Line Officer because we have too many Chiefs. I am hopeful to give the chance to lead to my Junior Officers more often to get everyone some oppurtunities. Chief's cars do get abused, but I blame that on what I see as a decline in morales not only in the firehouse, but in life in general. Everyone is so set on the "what's in it for me" mindset and not "what's best for all" attitude. If things don't change soon we're going to bury ourselves. CHAOS - I used to laugh and take part in that one.... now it's not so funny....

If it is running, that's fine. But if it can be shut down and left unattended, then why not? Agreed, but how many departments have stuff taken out of their own firehouses by their own people when nobody is around? My guess is more often then having a rig stolen at a scene.....

Huh? If the brakes go, your CHOCKS should be in place to help avoid the rig from rolling away. Not only that, but proper maintenance will help reduce the risk of this occurring. Whether someone is standing there or not isn't going to change the fact the rig loses it's brakes. I don't exactly understand the part where you say the first truck runs out. Runs out of what? Water? Fuel? You can "what if" all you want - I'm not arguing that. BUT - if your concerns are of the rig or rigs having issues, then what do you do at calls when you send only one rig? Do you have 3 or 4 Rescues respond to an extrication call "in case" the equipment fails? I doubt it. I come from an FD where the driver is expected to stay with thier rigs. Sometimes, situations arise where that driver needs to do something else and leave the rig. It doesn't happen often, but it does. Saying that we have to do something either "all the time," or "never" is just plain stupid. We have to be chameleons, changing and adapting to every situation that presents itself. What do you do if you pull up on a fire in a rig ALONE and someone needs to be rescued from a window? What if you're standing at your pump panel, in staging, and one of your BROTHERS goes down across the street from you? Watch?! I think it's safe to say that the rig chauffer should stay with their rig whenever it is warranted, but if the rig they drove is not needed, then they can shut it down and be put to use elsewhere.

If this is the same incident I heard STAT giving WMC, it sounded pretty severe. I believe they had a victim with multiple slash wounds to the neck.

Thank God for that!

It's a waste of manpower to have people babysitting rigs at a scene if they aren't being used. If you have enough personnel where you can leave someone with every rig at an incident then go for it. But if you are spread a little thin and could use an additional 1 or 2 guys, why have them stand around with their thumbs up their asses when you could give them a more important role? And to all of you are talking about how a rig can be stolen at a call if it isn't being attended to, do you keep someone with it when you go to a parade? When you're inside at a funeral? Yeah, I didn't think so. Let's face reality, if someone wants to steal it, they're going to. It doesn't matter if it is outside or in quarters - running or not.