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95% of the ambulance calls I go on in VT and NY have zero fire response and it always almost impossible to stop the ambulance out of traffic at least for a little bit. Even if it helps me become more visible 1 foot before I normally would, it is still worth it. It may be a manufacturers ploy to get us to spend more but so is the redesigned turn out gear, nozzles, and tools that come out every year but yet departments spend money on them anyway; at least this "waste" of money if you call it are designed to help keep us safe.

I wish I could make it but I am living in Puerto Rico for the summer.....please when the donation portal is open please let us know.

Looks great cant wait to see it in person...looks freaking huge, but the hose bed looks tiny? Anyone from the hills know how many feet of hose and of what type are going to be carried? Also, will this replace 198 as first due?

Seconded, and regardless of ones opinion or agenda it highlights the needs and challenges that exist when we work together. Cases like this as well as the Trooper vs. Fire Chief in LI and the PO vs Captain in Hazelwood that provide examples on how somes ego on both sides get in the way of what is best for the person who called 911 and the people who respond to assist them.

F-Shop? I have 1 light in my car but I use it pretty regularly, its really only useful at one intersection along a major route in town and then along that route to the fire house. About 3/4 of the time people move out of the way....the other 1/4 are usually the d-bags and the usual oblivious drivers... The difference for me with the light verse without the light can be about 5 minutes considering the amount of time I normally wait at that intersection waiting for traffic to let me go.

Like mentioned above, that seems to happen with a regular frequency down in the big city. By far and away this is one of the most difficult rescues that I have ever read about. There is a narrative that I cant find right now that really highlights the challenges of a rescue of this nature. http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2011/jun/05/cave-rescue-workers-save-one-their-own/

Is there any case law or precedence regarding recording police in NY state? I know video recording of police officers have been used to convict officers of lying on reports in NY (NYC P.O. Pogan). What are the legal ramifications regarding ones recording interactions with police?

Most definitely laugh at the first one. I dont know how the driver of the Honda Element can see around the obstructions of the interior lights let alone see during the glare from the flashback while responding at night. FFBlaser, my recommendation is throwing your gear in the back but get a dog barrier like posted above. Additionally, make sure any lights you get do not obstruct your windshield while driving and do not have a large about of glare from the flashback. Lights in the headliner and in the grill and maybe a few mounted to the headliner facing the rear in the back will do you fine and wont break your budget.

Neither has anyone I know, or at least I like to think, however every job I have had (granted at 20, I've only had a few) has required me attend this type of training. This includes two universities, two government agencies, two Fortune 500 companies and 1 national law firm; the reason why they did this was to protect themselves from liability so someone could not say to the employer well I think you are responsible for this happening because you did not educate/inform your staff about these policies, procedures and laws. Its to protect themselves in so much as it is to educate/inform the staff what is acceptable or what is not. You may not need this education, but unfortunately there are still people who do, as evident in these charges.

Yes. Two words: High Standard. While I am a firm believer in due process, in instances where public trust is violated or members of the public services are implicated in nefarious activities it must be dealt with accordingly. We are emergency service workers and are held to a higher standard than the general public, it doesn't say "man accused molestation in firehouse", it says "firefighter accused of molestation in the firehouse". You can be fired from a job due to an arrest regardless of whether it is warranted or a conviction is served, why should this be any different? I am willing to bet somewhere in the rules/regulations of the department/district/town there is a code of conduct that was violated with the arrest/implication of a crime. Like I said, higher standard. If accusations are enough to make politicians resign, sports teams lose funding/season or people lose their jobs then it is enough to at least cause their forced resignation. If they have any self-respect/honor I would hope they would have done it already. If we disagree, so be it...

Unacceptable plain and simple...even the accusation in my opinion is more than enough to warrant their dismissal from the department; we are entrusted with public service, if we cannot act professionally in the fire house, how can you be expected to act professionally on call. I do have a question however, was any sexual/workplace harassment lectures/training offered by either the town, the department or district? If so then I believe that the blame should fall squarely on the shoulders of those accused. If not then I believe, especially in this day and age, that the town and department/district should be held liable. They should have taken precautions to protect themselves from this kind of trouble. I know both my departments at school and home have provided me this kind of training and ensured that I understood the implications of these trainings. In Vermont I signed a document attesting to the the fact that I received "sensitivity" training and was bound to conduct myself accordingly.

Wasn't there talk recently about merging them again or something along those lines.

Firefighter lauded for rescue in W. Haverstraw http://www.lohud.com/article/20110606/NEWS03/106060324/Firefighter-lauded-rescue-W-Haverstraw?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Frontpage "Among a pool of nominees, the New Jersey & New York Volunteer Firemen's Association has chosen Andrew Kolesar, 38, a former fire chief of the West Haverstraw Fire Department, as the recipient of the 2011 Joseph Costello Firefighter of the Year award. It was the highest honor in this year's awards ceremony held during the association's 98th annual convention Friday." "Kolesar grasped Patterson's air-pack straps, pulled him out of the room and slid with him down the stairs, where they met with two other firefighters." STRONG WORK BROTHER, MAKES US ALL PROUD.

Cant tell you the number of times i've had to run a search pattern in the woods at 3am with the TIC looking for either another potential patient or the phantom driver because the actual patient wont admit they were the ones driving. And in 5 years i've only found a couple of deer, a lost soccer ball and many empty gas bottles.....

I think this editorial sums up a lot of our feeling about this incident. America's long slide from 9/11 to Crown Beach http://www.fireengineering.com/index/articles/Wire_News_Display/1430445478.html "Surely they became firefighters because they wanted to be heroes. But somehow, in some sad way, they turned into bureaucrats."

RIP

Authorities make changes after first responders watch man drown http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/06/01/california.drowning/index.html?iref=obinsite

Because unless you can cite the specific statute, there is no law against transporting surplus military equipment across state lines.

Thanks for the Info, glad to see your back.

Croton is R18, Somers is R20. MNRR is 2641

Code 3: Lights and Sirens while on call Code 2: Non-emergency, with traffic, while on call Code 1: With traffic, not on call

Strong work gentlemen, you make us all extremely proud of you and our profession. Your modesty is overwhelming and humbling.

I will also supplement my opinion with something from the IACP Law Enforcement Safe Stops Program "2007 CACP TRAFFIC SAFETY SYMPOSIUM IMPROVING OFFICER SAFETY DURING TRAFFIC STOPS A 2003 review of 31 (known) rear-end crashes involving stopped police vehicles found that the vast majority of struck vehicles were black. A 2003 study by OSHP led the organization to change the primary car color from dark gray to white." http://www.cacp.ca/media/events/efiles/104/BrigetteCharles.pdf

I thank grumpyff as he summed up my point rather easily. Quite frankly it cost more money to custom paint a car than receive it in dealer white. With all of the penny pinching this executive seems to be touting, allowing an agency to switch from an existing color scheme to a new, more expensive one is hypocritical regardless of your opinion of the county executive or the paint job. I agree with several cuts/propositions he has made, and disagreed with others he has made/ have proposed, I would be saying the same thing if he wanted to get custom graphics on most county cars other than the obligate stickers. Personally I liked the other paint job better but if this is just for looks and has no direct bearing on anyones safety then I think the money even if it is a few hundred dollars per car can be spent more wisely. I also never imagined that they would retrofit the entire fleet. This isnt a dig on anyone, but if its purely for ascetics then its money wasted. And even if he isnt micro-managing at this level, which I am sure he is not, it is regardless occurring during his administration. When you factor in the apparent political nepotism associated with massive salary increases in his administration, my already low support for this executive has been diminished even further.