Remember585

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  1. Hey Dave, that's Op #5A.... "The Throne."
  2. What's the big deal? I've spent upwards of 30 minutes on the throne, but that's usually with the latest Firehouse or Fire Engineering magazine, or lately I've been reading Frank Montanga's "Responding to 'Routine' Emergencies."
  3. If cost is an issue, this may work:
  4. It's white scotchlite on the WCPD cars, rear bumpers. It's showing up on more vehicles around here too. SP and our (Croton) PD have put 1" or 3/4" gold stripes across the bottom of the trunk lid to help with their visibility.
  5. I worked with George in Somers a few years back, hell of a nice guy. I can remember hearing him on the radio at both "KEF 795" and "KEC 625." Rest in Peace, George.
  6. Isn't that kinda like the pot calling the kettle black? Don't worry Thomas, there's always room in our Greater Cortlandt Area Chub Club. You can pick up an application at any local food establishment...
  7. Another Gilleo? Jeez........... Just Kidding! Congrats to you and the little woman on your first born!
  8. You can't leave out the rest of the newbies. 660 - Cathleen Malone (Elmsford FD) 661 - JT Camp (Ossining? Croton? Millwood? Briarcliff? Pleasantville? Yorktown? FD) 662 - Mike Leon (Port Chester FD) Best of luck to you all! I like my tea just like me... light and sweet!
  9. Very sad, God bless you Ralph.
  10. That, and the overall participation on this site is dwindling. Many people fear posting because they are tired of being criticized or dragged into a pissing contest. Bottom line, Mutual Aid is a great resource that is being used by some (not all) far too often for incidents that should be handled with that department's own resources. Staffing on both sides of the fence is always going to be an issue. What surprises me most is that nobody sees what the real reason to all of this is. Money. Everything we do, everything we are a part of is all about money. Volunteer departments who can't get out every call within a reasonable amount of time will continue to do so until there is a lawsuit ($), or one of their own gets killed and the fines ($) prompt them to do something. Then there are the other volunteer departments that know they have a problem, but the communities / districts don't want to foot the bill to solve the problem. Paid departments in the eyes of many municipalities are dog and pony shows. You show up in a matter of minutes, take care of the problem and go home. They don't care if there is 1, 2 or 5 of you on the rig, just as long as someone in a big red rig (or green for you silly folks) shows up and tells them everything is OK. The politicians aren't going to put money into you until they have no choice. If unions become vocal enough on a big enough scale that may help. If local politicos aren't doing anything, aim higher and sometimes the pressure from them can help. And of course, the taxpayer is not too keen on spending anymore of their money on a fire department, because as long as they've been in that community they always seem to show up when they're called. When they drive by the firehouse, there's a few cars there anytime of day. (Bar crew in some FDs, not many). And they see those million dollar firehouse popping up all over the place, they see 1/2 million dollar rigs sitting outside stations not doing anything and say "s***, they don't do anything, so what the hell am I going to pay more for?" I wish there was a way where everyone could come together with cool heads and hammer out a solution. And not a band-aid, but a realistic solution that will solve the FD and EMS issues that plague Westchester. I applaud the study to merge those of you in the Sound Shore, I hope it comes to fruition and solves your manpower issues. YOU DESERVE IT!
  11. My guess is that they asked for the usual 2 Engines and Truck to cover them. Then the fire escalated and they had 1 & 1 come to the scene. If my memory is any good, the Mutual Aid order would be this: Engines: NRFD, Pelham, Greenville, Eastchester and White Plains or Fairview. Ladders: NRFD, Eastchester, White Plains or Fairview then Yonkers. Fairview's Ladder is OOS, and if Eastchester sent an Engine, chances are they didn't send a Truck too. As for Engines, I am guessing either Greenville or Pelham didn't respond, so it went to White Plains next. I wasn't working so I don't know for sure, but from what I heard on the radio at home and what I read in the Incident Alert, I think this is what happened. It doesn't seem like MV has burned any new bridges, it was just a failure to respond or because a unit was OOS that it made it all the way to White Plains.
  12. Date: 5/3/08 Time: 16:35 Location: Metro-North Hudson Line north of Philipsburg Manor Frequency: Trunked Fire-12, WC FG 3, 155.775 (SHFD) SHFD Units Operating: 2311, 2312, E85, E86, E87, TL38, R12 TFD Units Operating: 2461, 2462, E80, L37 VFD Units Operating: 2481, R9 FAST SHVAC: 73B1 MPALS: 37M2 GCD: 446 (Cascade) MTA: 2642, PD WCDES: Car 2, Car 2001, Battalion 12 Description Of Incident: Fire in a two story brick electrical switch building. Dispatcher(s): 650 on the lead, The Always Fun Group One on the backup "K." (628, 642, 644, 658) Writer: Remember585 Relocated to SHFD: PHFD 2381, E189 & OFD 2334, L42 Relocated to TFD: IFD 2201, 2203, L36 17:47 - Battalion 12 reports fire Under Control. 18:22 - Valhalla FAST taking up. 18:26 - Pocantico Hills E189 & Ossining L42 released from SHFD HQ.
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  14. Four patients total. Two via OVAC 74A1, 74B1 One via Briarcliff 53B1 One via Croton 55B2 w/ 37M1 Units on scene were: OFD: 2332, E97, E98, E101, R14 BMFD: 2051, 2052, R37, 53B1 CFD: 2083, 55B2 OVAC: 3611, 36M1, 74A1, 74B1 MPALS: 37M1 TOPD As for why the IC called for R37 as opposed to a rescue/engine from Millwood - you'd have to ask him, as opposed to second guess him. I don't know what equipment is on any "Rescue/Pumpers" in any department, but if I was a betting man I would say an actual "Rescue" would have EVERYTHING to do an extrication. Specifically, CRIBBING. So many of these so called rescue/pumpers (including our own) carry jaws, power units and sometimes air bags, but the one thing always lacking that I have seen is cribbing. I can visit just about every firehouse in this county, look at the rigs that are Rescue/Engines in departments with actual Rescues, and most of the time they lack cribbing. Seems like all of the cribbing a department has is piled on a rescue because there is usually a lack of space on engines to store it. PS - Just last week I got a look at E248 and it's new equipment, very nice. I am told that E247, E248 and R36 all have hydraulic rescue tools now. Very cool... Good job by the OFD, BMFD and EMS personnel on scene.
  15. Amazing, you actually make a call and it is in the paper. I guess rare events tend to be well documented, like a photo in the paper.....
  16. PCFD Units: 2391, 2392, E59, E60, E62, L31, R40 AFD Units: 2021, 2022, 2023, E286, T9, 51B1 PFD Units: 2411, 2412, E240 HVAC Units: 61A3 PC/R/RB EMS: 77A6 NWALS: 4513, 45M1 WCDES: Car 1, B11, B15, B16, EMS10 WCPD
  17. Since nobody else wants to pitch in here, I'll help you out Seth. These photos are from a joint FAST Drill with Croton and Putnam Valley Fire Departments. The drill took place on Saturday, April 5th at the Dutchess County Fire Training Center. Training on FAST ops / rescues, fire attack and mask confidence were conducted during the course of the day. Of course, we used a mannequin and complied with all NFPA 1403 regulations. Putnam Valley makes a "rescue." Croton going in as a FAST. The dummy takes a break (note the sammiches awaiting our devouring. Additional photos are here: Engine119.com
  18. Eng47inE Any luck with those photos so we can see them? As for the FC 1 drivers question - not everyone is qualified to drive/operate it yet.
  19. 112 N Main Street "Q's Restaurant" Working Fire 2391, 2392, 2393, E58, E61, E63, E60, L31, TL2, R40, U65 L30 relocated to PCFD HQ w/ E59 Health Department, Con Ed, PCPD, EMS to scene. Call was around 18:00 - 18:10.
  20. Here's a shot looking south to Ossining from the ramp of Croton Station 2. One shot of the garage that was totally destroyed. More photos from this incident are at Engine119.com
  21. Am I reading this right, are they saying the cancer was attributed to the Sofa Store fire? Sadly that would make it even worse having ten, not nine, deaths result from this fire. Either way, cancer is always going to kill us, and we need to ensure we do as much as possible to avoid exposing ourselves to all the nasty stuff out there. And, we need to see to it that the fallen's loved ones are taken care of and are not left with bills to pay, as is the case here. RIP Captain Campbell.
  22. Thanks Chief!
  23. Any new photos? Or any links that actually work?!
  24. He'll be there. Anything that involves not actually doing anything and free refreshments is up his alley!!!! I'll be there with about a half dozen or so from Croton, or as it's been called in your neck of the woods, "The Dirty South."