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A view of the fire tower on Mount Beacon. Taken April 9, 2013

A former assistant chief of the Lomontville Fire Department was killed Wednesday by a car that fell on him as he worked underneath it. Frederick Schussler Jr., 59, was working under the car on his property at 636 Lapla Road in the Marbletown hamlet of Lomontville when the jack holding up the vehicle slipped and the car fell about 11:20 a.m., according to Ulster County Undersheriff Frank Faluotico. Schussler was pronounced dead at the scene by Mobile Life paramedics, Faluotico said. Fred was a former assistant chief and life member of the Lomontville Fire Department and served on the department’s Board of Commissioners. http://www.dailyfreeman.com/articles/2013/04/10/blotter/doc5165b1b156760075699854.txt

Sorry for your loss Chief, may he rest in peace

Greenwood Lake 18 Morgans Way 3rd alarm house fire Apx 11:25 Coldenham Bracken Rd iao Rt 17K large brush fire multiple utilities requested Apx 11:25

Suffer has been at a big woods fire iao Stewarts cir La Grange possible house for overlook red & degarmo rd

Kingston (delayed apx 11:45 am) 3rd alarm fire in a residential duplex 24 Lindman Av

Rhinebeck House Fire 190 Mill Rd with victim going 2nd alarm

Beekman reported fatal MVA medevac cancelled Beekman Rd

Buchanan 10-75 sorry missed address

Best call of the year so far and is going on right now at the Millerton fire station for a person with their fingers stuck in a gun barrel Gun cleaning gone bad...

We have a pilot on staff. Unfortunitly we can't get enough money to cover maintenance on this site, I don't think we could raise nearly enough for a helicopter

This is a great site that describes what an assault weapon is and isn't. It also contains some information about gun laws on assault weapons. http://www.assaultweapon.info/

Update - http://midhudsonnews.com/News/2013/January/16/Hughes_guilty-16Jan13.htm

This is great!

Link to the actual bill S2230-2013 http://open.nysenate.gov/legislation/api/1.0/html/bill/S2230-2013

Question, Doesn't this violate federal HIPPA laws, No crimes has been committed so how can they be obligated to tell the law? Unless potential terrorist threats are made how can this be allowed?

This is true for every county that has large not for profit areas

Ok valid point EXCEPT it's just another way for the state to make money! Do you think registering a gun is free, it's not! What's wrong with 7 round clips (that they don't make) now the perp can fit more of them in his/her pocket when they commit a crime.....that's if they were following that law

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the proposals would: —Further restrict assault weapons to define them by a single feature, such as a pistol grip. Current law requires two features. —Make the unsafe storage of assault weapons a misdemeanor. —Mandate a police registry of assault weapons. —Establish a state registry for all private sales, with a background check done through a licensed dealer for a fee, excluding sales to immediate relatives. —Require a therapist who believes a mental health patient made a credible threat to use a gun illegally to report the threat to a mental health director who would then have to report serious threats to the state Department of Criminal Justice Services. A patient's gun could be taken from him or her. —Ban the Internet sale of assault weapons. —Restrict ammunition magazines to seven bullets, from the current national standard of 10. Current owners of higher-capacity magazines would have a year to sell them out of state. An owner caught at home with eight or more bullets in a magazine could face a misdemeanor charge. —Require that stolen guns be reported within 24 hours. Otherwise, the owner would face a possible misdemeanor. —Increase sentences for gun crimes including for taking a gun on school property. The "Webster provision" would increase penalties for shooting first responders. Two firefighters were killed when shot by a person who set a fire in the western New York town of Webster last month. The crime would be punishable by life in prison without parole. —Limit the state records law to protect handgun owners from being identified publicly. The provision would allow a handgun permit holder a means to maintain privacy under the Freedom of Information law. —Require pistol permit holders or those who will be registered as owners of assault rifles to be recertifies at least every five years to make sure they are still legally able to own the guns.

Not to mention the risk of easily damaging the units.

Some departments in Dutchess have either given up Vol. EMS or the town now contracts with a commercial service and the FD supplements a BLS bus in the evening or if possible during the day as a back up BLS bus

City of Middletown Civil Service Posting is out for Firefighter Test. Written test will be March 9,2013 and applications have to be in no later than February 6,2013 http://www.middletown-ny.com/civilservice.htm

The guy had good lawyers, Oh wait we paid for them!

MFD82 - anything is possible however I would not stress the residency until your placed on the list after the agility test. Then each department will have individual requirements but most favor in district hiring first. From the test: