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Very small fire in basement, extinguished by member upon arrival using residence garden hose.

At this time, I would like to sincerely thank the personnel from Yorktown Heights FD for standing by in our quarters with Squad 270 during Mohegan's annual dinner. I would also like to thank Mahopac Falls EMS for standing by along side YHFD for the evening. It was also nice to hear Yorktown and Peekskill EMS standing by in their quarters for us with crews in case of mulitple hits. This just shows the great working relationship between all depts involved!

Seems just a bit overdone. Very nice design, but definitely does not seem feasible.

How well does your Ambulance Corps operate with the neighboring EMS agencies?

I wanted to see this episode all week. A few of us were sitting down around 10 at the firehouse when we got a mva with injuries. Always is the luck when Third Watch comes on. I saw the last 10 minutes of the show. In the 10 minutes that I saw, it seemed like a really good episode!

Chappaqua also responded to scene with 1 engine

In Mohegan VAC, there is a pridominent number of attendants riding the ambulances with CPR and First Aid. Although they are an added part of the crew, they are a very big asset. The training of these attendants include thoroughly knowing the equipment and operation of the equipment before allowed to ride. Is there anything else besides this that should be taught to attendants? How do other departments train attendants, require for them to do, etc.?

Patient died later that same day.

It automatically give compressions to the patient. The career personnel are carrying it on U-40. U-40 now seems to roll on every ems call, on top of the ambulance from MVFA-VAC and the medics. The article in the Journal News also seems to forget that the Capt. of Mohegan VAC was on that scene before anyone else and began CPR immediately and that the patient was transported by Mohegan VAC soon after...could this have increased the patients survival rate....hmmm????

I personally dont have a problem with that!! We have been turned around in the past and it will happen in the future. For a fellow firefighter, I would rather be sent home then to arrive too late. Mohegan FASTeam went to a minor fire in Mahopac Falls late Tuesday night during the snowstorm. We got called when units arrived at the scene and it took us a little more time to assemble and get to the scene because of the weather. This is where a standby upon dispatch might have lowered response time due to the road conditions.

Excellent post!!! I could not agree more on the issues addressed here. With the fact that EMS runs seem to be rising in most areas, I feel that funding and manpower are the 2 biggest issues that have to be seriously looked at now and in the future. Unfortunately, volunteerism for ambulance corps seems to be declining and a corps cannot hire personnel without the adequate funding. I also have to add that I think that neighboring EMS agencies should know the capabilites of eachother, so that both can work together more efficiently. Just like the fire ground, if each ambulance corps knows what their neighbors have as far as equipment or other types of techniques, operations together at scenes can become more efficient on top of gaining more insight. Lastly, centralized dispatching can make those mutaul aid calls easier. Example: Mohegan and Yorktown have on occassions used a member from each corps to fill a crew...a driver from one corps and an emt from the other. This beats the need to further call upon mutual aid from a third corps to cover a call. Although this does not occur often, it sure helps when both agencies cannot roster a crew for that one particular call. With centralized dispatching, this can be useful more often, rather than having to monitor the other corps and work it out over the radio or phone to the different dispatching agencies. Does this compensation for a crew occur between other ems agencies?? Any other opinions out there???

Yeah, no markings or decals on Mohegan rigs. L-35 has American flag decal between cab doors and a tribute to 9-11 with American flag and FDNY patch on rear roll-up door.

Any opinions about chains on ambulances, besides the on-spot chains??

Mohegan, 6 months ago, put our second Smeal Quint into service. We now operate a 1996 75' (L-10) and a 2003 105' (L-35). Both trucks are on Spartan chassis. Both seem to work well for us!

Na, Halstead Manor has a white over green apparatus (Eng. 38 ). Mamaro Engine Co. has the yellow engine (Eng. 40).

I'm working on trying to get an answer for that....

Mohegan uses either Eng. 255 or Eng. 258 for FASTeam calls. Eng. 257 or Eng. 250 (TS-3) are the other back up rigs if 255 or 258 are tied up or out of service.

Mohegan EMS has been training about 10 new attendants over the past 2 Monday nights. All these new members have been intoduced to the operation of all the equipment on the rigs and have showed the training officers where equipment and supplies are kept in the rigs when asked to get it. This is all mandatory attendant training on top of CPR and First Aid before even allowed to ride the rigs. Hopefully by next week, there will be a new batch of people to help out on calls!

Vacant building on Franciscan Property Strawberry Rd c/s of Lexington Ave to Foothill St (Town of Yorktown). Heavy fire upon arrival of L-35. (1) 2 1/2 line and (2) 1 3/4 lines stretched from L-35. 5" supply from hydrant to L-35 established. Peekskill FAS Team to scene along with Mahopac Falls FD's EMS... Mohegan covering multiple EMS calls. Fire knocked down and large amount of overhaul. 1 FF transported for minor injury. Putnam Valley FD Rescue to scene for cascade and rehab. Apparatus Inventory: Ladder 35 Engine 257 Mahopac Falls Ambulance 19-7-1 Mohegan 69B1 and 69B2 (through course of night) 2261, 2262, 2263, 2264, 2265, 2266, 2267 Putnam Valley FD Rescue 24-6-1 Peekskill FD Engine 134/FAS Team C&0 Team 1404 Yorktown PD

Land owner raises alarm over firehouse By ELIZABETH GANGA THE JOURNAL NEWS (Original publication: December 28, 2003) MILLWOOD — When the Millwood Fire District decided the best place for a new firehouse to meet its growing needs was at the site of Millwood Supply, it had hoped quiet negotiations could seal a deal for the land. But in the month or so since district officials first approached owner Leo Rotta, the talks have grown into a pitched battle over the possibility of the district seizing the land through eminent domain if Rotta doesn't sell voluntarily. The two sides are struggling for the public's allegiance. Rotta has hired a public relations firm and took out a full-page ad in The Journal News on Dec. 21 blaring "Sound the Alarm." He is accusing the fire district of misusing eminent domain. But the district and others are saying Rotta is misleading the public when he implies in the ad that the fire district could buy land across the street from Millwood Supply and build there or on one of many other nearby sites. Not so, said Louis Russo of Prudence Management, who formerly was the management agent for both the Millwood Supply property and the property across the street, which holds Hudson Valley Motorcycle Sales. Both parcels were put up for sale when they were under receivership several years ago. Rotta and his nephew inherited the properties jointly, then split them in the late 1990s after a legal battle, Russo said. "There was never any offer of the property for sale once the present owner, Millwood Realty, took ownership," he said, referring to the company owned by Rotta's nephew. A sign saying the property was for sale — pictured in Rotta's ad — was left up as a way to solicit tenants, Russo said. It was taken down recently. Rotta said he believed the land was for sale based on the sign and had no other information despite his own contentious history with the property. Rotta is not convinced a new firehouse, estimated to cost around $2.7 million, is even necessary but can list several other sites he thinks the fire commissioners should consider. Mark Blitstein, a spokesman for the fire district commissioners, said that after a close look at all the other potential sites, Rotta's land was found to be the one that would work for the firehouse both physically and economically. The choices were limited by the need to be in the center of the district — which serves the western half of New Castle — on a main road and not in a residential area. The new firehouse also could not be near the watershed or on a site limited by rock outcroppings. Also, the fewer tenants that would have to be moved, the better for the district's taxpayers, Blitstein said. "If we don't acquire his property, we're going to have to acquire somebody else's property," said Blitstein, who is volunteering his services as spokesman for the district commissioners. Rotta called the district's threat to seize his property "evil" and said he will fight it to the end. He said his income will shrink if he loses his land, even at a fair price. And fighting for a higher price will require him to pay lawyers. "They can do it," Rotta said. "Just don't touch my property." The Rotta family ran Millwood Supply, which dates back to the 1890s, from the 1930s through the 1970s, when it began leasing the name of the business and the property. There is also a house on the lumberyard parcel that is leased to a tenant. The current firehouse will not be able to fit the next generation of firetrucks and has no place for the equipment needed to respond to new threats, Blitstein said. For instance, Seven Bridges Middle School is too large for the department's 50-foot ladder truck to effectively fight a large fire there. "It won't reach far enough, but it's the largest aerial we can actually fit in our firehouse," he said. Larger trucks from other departments would have to be called in for a major fire. Fire officials began talking about the need for a new firehouse around 1990, Blitstein said. But in the past few years, the need for a new house became acute, and a serious search for land began. New Castle Town Supervisor Marion Sinek said she was also upset that Rotta's ad asked residents to contact her office to protest the fire district's use of eminent domain. "I really was distressed by seeing this ad that talks about the supervisor's office when the supervisor's office is not responsible," she said.

We had to pop both the driver side and passenger side doors, take off the roof, cut the steering wheel and roll the dashboard forward to remove patient.

STAT Flight Air 1 to LZ at George Washington Elem. School, Lexington Ave. 1 pt transported to West. Med. Center. Units operating: Eng. 255 @ scene Eng. 258 @ LZ 69B3 34 Medics 1 & 2 2262 @ scene 2263 @ LZ along with 2260

16:57 hours...15 Meadowsweet Rd, Town of Cortlandt. Residential Alarm upgraded to Working Fire upon arrival of Eng. 250. L-35 requested to scene. Units operated (1) 1 3/4 line off Eng. 250 to knock down small fire in bedroom. Mohegan 69B1 transported 1 FF to HVHC for minor hand laceration. 69B3 responded to scene to standby. Peekskill FAS Team/Eng. 134 requested to scene. Units operating: Eng. 250 L-35 69B1 69B3 2261, 2262, 2263, 2264, 2266, 2267, 2269 C&O Team 1404 NYSP

Just look at my quote at the bottom of my submission....

Also, L-35 on scene. (2) 1 3/4 lines stretched from L-10 with 5" from hydrant to L-10. L-10 75' aerial raised to roof for possible roof ops while suppling additional scene lighting. Quick exterior knockdown within minutes with some extension into interior eave void space. Units picked up approx. 6am