dragonrescue

Now that's what I'm talking about! A little fire house ball breaking! LOL

That is a 100% accurate statement. If the car is overloaded it can out weigh the counterweight.

As Chief Rafferty stated, it would be close to impossible to snap a haligan. As far as relying solely on the car top stop switch is a bad idea. It is not a power switch, it just interrupts the safety circuit. There is no way of knowing if the stop switch is operating correctly either. Take the time out and kill the main line in the motor room. Use the car top stop switch as a back-up to killing the main line disconnect. Stay safe Mike Dragonetti

Cap, The procedure you are referring to pertains only to geared traction elevators. It will only stop the sheave (wheel) from moving, it will not stop the cables from sliding through the grooves of the sheave. I wrote an article for FireEngineering magazine(December, 2007 issue) that describes an incident that I was involved in where the cables slipped through the groves of the machine. This is a pratice that we no longer use. Stay Safe Mike Dragonetti

Thanks for backing me up! At least someone is paying attention to detail.

WPFD is being set-up! It's not about saving money and sick time. The politicians and city management take back the 24's that everyone likes working and maybe the ff's will give up something more valuable to keep them. POLITICIANS SUCK!!!!!! Don't give anything back for 24's, you'll be sorry!

I was being sarcastic!

You got what you wished for......... NOW SHOW ME THE CHANGE!

The public is indeed clueless about most issues relating to the fire service. They call we show up. It is our job to educate them to ALL the facts...objectively....to move forward towards a reliable, long term solution that is in THEIR overall best interest. That the initial manpower available for the Mill Spring fire was abysmal has given the VFDs of Stamford their one and only wake up call. I couldn't agree more that public safety is the absolute priority and as such a good hard reevaluation of the state of affairs is in order. As I've often stated, for continued volunteer coverage to be a viable or even acceptable alternative to career personnel then it is time for them to collectively to step up and devise a sound, practical and safe plan to ensure the necessary coverage...period. This time the VFDs by the grace of God and good fortune came upon a fire in which the occupants were safe....they absolutely CANNOT count on that being the norm. If staffing or responding personnel numbers are being falsified it has to stop NOW!!!! The first step in solving a problem is admitting there is one. If one house is short the others must try to contribute to keep staffing levels to at least the bare minimum or by somehow redefining mutual aid agreements and responses to provide the necessary resources in personnel and equipment. This morass just seems to get deeper and deeper, and the warning signs it seems are being ignored. The 5 VFD Chiefs need to sit down, burn the midnight oil and do whatever it takes to make sure this type of "lapse" does not occur again. You can rest assured "Big 5" Chiefs that if it does and God forbid there are civilian deaths/injuries you will all suffer the consequences and

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