E58RET

Unfortunately in WestChester,some times PRIDE goeth before the Fall. Many alarms are answered with 3 Engines and a Truck with a rescue , unfortunately most are manned with a driver and little or no crew depending on time of day/night,therfore all the theoretical responses are useless unless the Volunteer rigs wait for a crew to arrive at the station prior to responding.

Talk about hitting the proverbial nail on the head,well written andobviosly wellthoughtout and researched post! Barry your analysis from a Westchester point of view is right on the money

s with a topic such as thisthere are a lot of opinions as to what will work .The latest diet fad or excercise program all of which promise great results! the problem being that as the saying goes "You can lead a horse to water but you cant make it drink! We can all try to improve our health via diet and excercise but alot of us have the old the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.

Downright rude for the mayor to invite a member of the press!!! The breach of privacy in discussing items of public concern puts the press source in a unenviable position.The aggrevied party could sue him for privacy issues as well as the Mayor for having him in the room to begin with.

Absolutely the truth,More F Bombs and drunks

I still miss both the Grumman and the Mack--but that is an old F### talking, rode in the Pierce ,quite a monster rig

Barry,I commented on FB that the cuts never hit the political appointees that suck at the public trough and get better $$$ than Fire Fighters and other city workers and never have to worry about getting cut!!!

FDPRO nailed it !!When the politicians and the Man Ymano thing between the 2 boards get settled maybe they ought to form one unified Dept with equal staffing 24/7. What was written earlier about the varios company rolls is true,many members are in the Active Exempt area(measns they have done thier duty but are not physically able to perform as a 1st grade FF. Nuff said!!!

Having scrolled thru the numerous posts, as a retired FF from PC and a Viilage taxpayer I think it is a travesty what the two Villages are doing to the fire service protecting both communities. Shutting down E 59 because of OT concerns is totally"dime short,dollar foolish"how can they answer to a theoretical situation of having E58 tied up ata reported structural fire onCottage St and a reported structural fire on Park Place{around the corner from station4} housing the unmanned E 59? With no disrespect to the Volunter membership of PCFD,we all know that the Duty Engine may not be the closest unit!

As I stated earlier every thing is fine until you are on scene with either smoke or fire showing at an occupied dwelling and your nextdue Engine/truck is responding from the nearest community and you are alone???This happens in PC and RBFD's As previosly stated,and no knock on the vollunteer part of the response,but again its awfully lonely when you are faced with a situation like this and thenearest help is ???

Thebiggest problem with the Fire service in both PC and RB is that the respective Village boards believe that if you have a FD emergency and a big red fire truck shows up with either PCFD orRBFD on the door there collective butts are covered ,saying "we responded" . Not knocking any Volunteer response but it can get awful lonely waiting for a 2nd due engine when you have a working fire on arrival.

The whole Rye Brook/PortChester situation needs an outside evaluation.The present FD coverage in Rye Brook is shaky at best!as an example when RBFD responds to an alarm PCFD sends a firefighter manned engine and a volunteer engine as 1st due. The problem arises after RBFD goes off duty at 7 pm and a PCFD career firefighter relocates to the Rye Brook station for the night tour and needs backup to come from down town PC. To all of yopu out there hown would you like to respond to a working fire by your self and know backup was a while away???

Many years ago I spoke with a medical resident who was involved FF stress, theymeasured heart rate andB/P on FF's responding to alarms and found #'s that were of the chart. The resident looked at me and said don'tride the back step(it was a long time ago!) as it results inelevated heart rate and B/P--- So Sayeth an old timer!!!

But no NYSPFFA plates or like Ct anIAFF logo on the plate

I know of B Busting in the station but NEVER to the extent the individuals are accused of.Mayybe they should be exposed to real life in the South Bronx and really have thier B's busted

Barry,I couldnt have said it myself! This dude is anti every thing and at best probably could'nt make it in the real world

I have been retired some 20 odd years and I can still walk into the HOUSE and get respect from the newbies(even tho they have years on the job) the brother hood is alive but some how it gets lost in the constant battle with life,when we are fighting not only fires but the public perception of OT and benefits that all the brothers in the past fought for and we enjoy today. To all the exam takers remember you are trying to join a very proud and brotherly profession.

Hi, my name is John I am a retired Fire Fighterfrom the PortChesterF.D. 1969-1990 also former Paramedic with Abbey Richmond Ambulance.I am also a Reisterde Nurse and worked for many years in the ER at United Hospital in Port Chester

A lot less when I was on the job,my last year we did 1675 runs with a few multiple's thrown in

:angry: I hear the latest "idea" from the powers that be is to have the magnificent 7 to work from 7 am to 7 pm and let the vols cover the rest,including Rye Brook

The contract you retired under should stand up in a court, no matter what the politicians want.!

Barrry, You and Seth are right,EMS in Westchester is so scattered between paid and Volunteer and"mixed" services that it would be almost impossible to unionize The variuos systems that are now operating.

Staff housing still occupied at approx 30% of the bldg,still paying subsidized rents,of course the myriad cell antennas on the roof are probably covering the rest. A word to my succesor, Ang, it's closer to 17 acres. As a thought the asbestos remediation needed to demolish the present and past Hospital bldg's will be quite expensive. Finally it is posted in quarters not to enter the bldg's due to many cuts used to get medical{xray,mri etc}out ofthe bldg

How about we separate fire/EMS news into the Westchester/Rockland area and move all other comments/news to another forum ie: the rest of the world.I get tired of reading posts from East Jesus Texas which have no bearing on what we do here in th NorthEast!!!