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Excellent commentary from Jason Whitlock's perspective (who is black.)

Since Saturday, November 28, 1987 when she was found covered in feces in a garbage bag, people knew it was bullS**t. This happend at a apartment complex off Mac Farlane Rd in the town of Wappinger (Dutchess County not Sullivan). She wrongfully accused several people, one of them is a good friend of mine. He was forced to move out of this area because of the alligations for several years. He has since returned to this area. Sharpton is nothing but a piece of $h*T who is out there to help himself and to hurt others. Jackson is also garbage. These self elected "icons" are nothing but Racist, lying, cheating "nappy headed ho's" themselves! Bring Back Imus or say good bye to our rights of free speech! Right or wrong, he admitted he was wrong and faced it. I am not an Imus fan but I am standing up for his cause.

And now our right to free speech has been thrown out the window!

What a shame, considering Florida is generly pro active with emergency services that they would allow only 1 EMD dispatch to be on each shift. It should be all or none, this is a perfect example, it's too bad the victim died for this to come to light.

I would love to see you tell the ER dept. head that just to see the expression on your face when they tell you "SO, call whoever you want I'm busy, now go wait till I find a bed" I love it when I bring a patient in and they tell me "Ya know, you could have brought them to xxx hospital in Poughkeepsie!"

Are "They" allowed to cross the tracks yet on to our side?

This guy definitely has a sense of humor. When I told co-workers about this they all got a good chuckle. When this guy gets caught, he will be saying "I wish I never stole that money" for a very long time! $50,000 to $60,000 that is a lot of cash to carry! ------------------------------- A few hours later.....

I agree total stupidity! Then anyone who bills turns around and bills them for a mile! LoL!

Hate him or not, he said no worse than what black radio host or Al Sharpton says about white people but no one makes a big deal about that. There is too much of a double standard in this country, and that is a problem! BTW Hoo Hoo is a has been! O & A all the Way!

I bet the people taking the Spanish test get 60 credits right off the bat......

but that would ruin the scenic views....

911 was created for a reason! Everyone should use it! STOP CONFUSING THE PUBLIC! We all know how stupid they are when it comes to an emergency situation! All counties should step in and lay down the law, a central dispatch is the way to go, ANI/ALI information (as long as its correct - Verizon's responsibility in southern NY) is correct the call can be properly routed to a, b, or c dept. EDUCATION, EDUCATION, EDUCATION! More public education and awareness is needed. There is no reason to have 15 PSAP's in one county, too much duplication of services. Don't tell me "but our local dispatchers know the area better" Yea OK but one center can be like an incident commander at a scene, aware of everything and ready to send more resources as needed. Oh and that local department will be in the loop and still controlling their own units.

From Accuweather.com: NO!!!!!! NOT AGAIN!

And I bet the name of this company has been trown around in different topics lately. If this is true go to the dept. of labor with proof and don't go alone (strength in numbers.) Also start looking for another job, if they can't pay o/t they will start cutting jobs and dumping calls on someone else.

Date: April 8, 2007 Time: 17:23 Location: 487 South Av Frequency: 453.900, 453.800, 453.050 Units Operating: City of Beacon 33-11, 33-12, 33-45, Beacon Vol. Amb. 82-72, Glenham 43-11 Description Of Incident: Fire in an apartment Writer: JETPHOTO 17:23 911 Dispatched to a possible fire in an apartment. 17:24 33-1 o/s nothing showing, fire equipment arriving. 17:30 Cmd reports a 50 x 50 3 sty brick o/m/d fire in a 1st floor apartment, 1 l/s/o. 17:34 Cmd reports fire k/d, overhaul & ventilation in progress, req. for Glenham to relocate 1 eng. to headquarters for stand by. 17:36 Glenham 43-11 responding. *17:42 2nd call in the city of Beacon, FD, Beacon Amb., Alamo ALS to 2 Spring St. for a person fallen 2 hours ago with difficulty breathing. 17:44 Glenham relocated to Beacon HQ. *17:45 Beacon Amb. & Alamo ALS o/s. no fire department units available to respond. 17:47 Cmd reports fire under control, smoke condition in entire building, ventilation in progress. Notify Beacon PD to respond, forced entry on 3 units. 17:48 911 reports PD have been notified and are enroute. 17:53 Cmd. request Beacon fire investigation unit to the scene. *18:01 Beacon Amb. e/r from Spring St. incident to St Lukes BLS, medic i/s.

I remember that video played during one of my earlier EV Ops classes with the old chiefs vehicle I think in California showing how the sound traveled differently from the 2 different sirens. What a classic I think it was made in the early 80's. I still believe there is only one solution to the question on whats better... Use both!

Poughkeepsie Journal Editorial Sunday, April 8, 2007 EMS expenses pose a challenge The Town of Pawling had to scramble recently to ensure the community continued to have ambulance coverage. The "crisis," as Supervisor Beth Coursen characterized it, was a byproduct of a shortage of trained volunteers, which results in towns being forced to hire private emergency medical services. Building up and maintaining volunteer ranks has been a concern for numerous communities across the state. A broad-based approach to dealing with the issue is needed, though answers won't come easy. But there's too much at stake to simply let communities slip into relying exclusively on paid services, by default. Pawling rightly had been working with three other towns - Dover, Beekman and Union Vale - to combine their purchasing power and jointly contract with a single EMS provider for service in all four municipalities, with hopes of starting April 1. When proposals came in at a cost of about $1 million, officials decided to wait until the fall to revisit the idea of a joint contract, Coursen said. That's when they begin crafting their respective budgets for next year. Empire Ambulance Service had been covering Pawling at no cost since December, but pulled out in late March when the four towns decided against signing a contract. The town then hired Northern Dutchess Paramedics to provide service on a per-diem basis until another provider could be found. Northern Dutchess was operating in Pawling under a temporary waiver from the state, but isn't certified to continue working in the town, Coursen said. The three other towns working with Pawling already have arrangements in place for ambulance service. Stop-gap temporary ambulance service The Pawling town board voted March 20 to hire Alamo Ambulance Service to cover the town through the end of the year at a cost of nearly $300,000, almost twice as much as the town had planned on spending this year. The town should have realized the potential costs and included the funding when crafting its budget last fall. Still, this move was necessary and will ensure residents can expect a timely emergency response. Pawling has been without volunteer EMS service for about a decade and has contracted with commercial providers to maintain service. Having these services available is vital in medical emergencies. And how quickly help gets there is a key factor in surviving a life-threatening situation. Successful approaches to retaining and attracting volunteers have been elusive. The problem is not unique to Pawling, nor Dutchess County for that matter. As the county's population has steadily grown in recent years, so has the number of emergency 911 calls. Still, the number of residents willing to take on the commitment of volunteering to protect and serve their community has continued to dwindle. Municipalities have tried a number of incentives to increase the volunteer ranks, including property tax exemptions and service award programs, which operate like pension plans. State lawmakers approved forming a task force in 2005 to consider offering health insurance to volunteer and ambulance workers as a way to get and keep more volunteers. But the state Department of State, which oversaw the group, hasn't issued a report. Pawling and others have the right idea by trying to form a consortium to share the cost of EMS coverage in that part of the county. Other smaller municipalities struggling with the growing costs should be doing the same before they face their own crisis. For information on volunteering, contact your local fire department or rescue squad, or call the Dutchess County Department of Emergency Response at 845-486-2080, or visit www.co.dutchess.ny.us/CountyGov/EmergencyServicesIndex.htm

Good for them! They should do that in America!

Is that the kid from the Star Wars clips?

This situation with Alamo seems to be very similar to the promises it had give the Town of Wappinger a couple of years ago, we all see where that went. Pawling will have to be very careful with the decisions it makes in the next couple of days, as they have already used several providers with limited success and much expense to the taxpayers of Pawling. EMS in several parts of the state are seeing similar problems. There is no easy and correct way to solve this problem. Having a paid ambulance service in each town is possible but at what expense? Creating a county EMS service, remove all volunteers and limit the paid services to contracts like nursing homes and prisons etc. will not sit very well with them either. The bottom line is the general public will end up paying for EMS. Whether it's by direct billing to the customer, local or state taxes. Everyone will either pay or suffer!

You're too funny! You need to add a light to the lower part of the cane though. I hope your doing better.

This is good news for departments that cover I-84 as we maybe able to continue to receive reimbursement monies for service.

SWEET, I want one!