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Liquidating means the bankruptcy court will sell everything of value. NYP has expressed interest in the past. No contracts come with that, just the right to operate in the region.

They still need to get a CON to operate. Transcares may get auctioned to the highest bidder.

When MV went ALS in 84/85'? Amb #1 was Abbey with ALS and Amb #2 was Mvfd with BLS

Lets take it one step farther. The town of Pelham is 2.2 square miles. Approximately 1/2 is the village of Pelham and the other half is the village of Pelham Manor. They have an elected town supervisor and four Town Board members. plus Assistant to the Supervisor, Comptroller and ten departments: Town Clerk, Receiver of Taxes, Assessor, Courts, Town Engineer, Buildings, Senior Advocate, Historian, and Controller/Bookkeeper all in one town hall, Then the villages have 2 of everything: 2 village managers 2 village clerks 2 village Police Departments 2 village Fire Departments 2 village Department of public works, 2 village Building Inspectors. 2 village attorneys 2 village Mayors and Boards 1 ALS flycar AND is the only community in Westchester county with NO AMBULANCES.

SCBA should not be on ambulances or police cars, unless the personnel also have all of the other PPE, training and minimum staffing (2 in /2 out) as required by law. We have enough problems training EMT's to handle EMS calls. Instead of the extra 100 hours of SCBA training, learning MCI management and many other skills would be time better spent. The reason I say this is such a bad idea is I got to listening to a police officer ask my partner to say goodbye to his wife and children before he was intubated. He donned SCBA (no turnouts) and entered a structure fire to search for victims. His partner vented some windows and the building flashed. The officer did not survive. The SCBA was issued for hazmat and toxic gases (including CO).

No its a pumper/tanker. "A Tanker" does not by definition have a pump. And yes it looks nice.

You can or you must? Time to change that. I see departments in a number of places who think they have a tanker, but ISO will not credit them with an ISO 8B. To move up from a 9 (the worst rating a fire dept can have) you need a minimum of 4,000 gallons of water on wheels in every response. Most places that get this improved rating (thus saving the community millions in insurance premiums) respond with an engine w/1,000 gal and a 3,000 gal tanker.

Call it what ever you want, but at only 1,000 gallons and no side or rear dump valves and no direct tank fills in the rear and NFPA says that's an engine.

The big question is why is it so important to get rid of the dual axle? Is it because your drivers have trouble driving it....that's a training issue Is it because your station can not fit a 42' long truck? Maybe its time to modify the station. What about ground ladders: When you shorten the body, you limit the length of ground ladders. No 45 footers and your 35 footer must be a 3 section which is heavy and will force out another ladder slot. It says 115' of ground ladders: 35' Extension 24' Extension 14' Extension 18' Roof 14' Roof 10' Attic That's not a truck company. Our E-25 carries 35' Extension 24' Extension 14' Roof 10' Attic 20' Little Giant. That's only 12 feet less.

While I agree with making it a truck. Removing the water and pump wont change its height. On a rear mount, that's dictated by the cab and rail height. We bought a rear mount ladder with no tank or pump 2 years ago. We had a max height of 11' 2" and Peirce told us they can't build that low in a rear mount.

I know a number of fire stations and metro north railroad bridges that it will not fit under

that's all relative. Their are a number of fleet management concepts that show apparatus should be sold before they are 10 years old. This is because of maintenance costs, parts availability and resale value. Also, NFPA recommends all apparatus at 15 years old undergo a safety upgrade. This rig is 14. Some of the safety features that might not have been available in 2001: Sized Seatbelts Seatbelt monitoring Anti lock breaks Automatic Traction control Stability control Roll over testing Airbags

"It would be fun statistics to look at, but it might make people bring up that evil "C" word that no body like *insert evil laugh here.*"

The department of labor (federal) and (NYS) (I realize you are in PA). have both ruled that the guy at the pump and the IC are critical and cannot leave their positions, so by law you need 1 more to be your 2 out. Before your team can even be an interior crew.

And ISO require departments without on-duty in the station staffing to respond with 15 members to get the same credit as they give your dept. with 5 members.

Consolidation can be an answer, but you still need everyone to pay there fair share. And under the current MV administration, they do not appear to be willing.

Interesting issue. 1) Everyone in the county has signed the county mutual aid IMA. So that does not allow for it. It does cover aspects of the requester paying for damaged equipment. 2) In general City's & Villages are not prohibited from billing, But fire districts (towns) generally can not bill for services rendered.

The real problem is not if they should consolidate, its how can MV participate equally? YFD provides excellent fire protection to its citizens, while the political climate in MV is to rely on the neighbors. The real issue is every career and combo will call back off duty firefighters to man spare apparatus or provide additional personnel to the scene during a major emergency, EXCEPT Mt Vernon. The MV Mayor expects everyone around them to pick up that cost.

A lot goes into duplication of services. We have more engines than the city of New York and they protect 8x the population. And 90% of them are understaffed or can not get on the road.

Yes and Yes

The new Engine 22 went in service this afternoon.

We have Spartan chassis on E21, 22, 23, 17, 18, R4, L-12, TL-11 from Smeal, Crimson, RD Murry, SVI & LTI. We also have other chassis. The mechanics and members are happy.

in the past 7 years we have purchased 6 rigs from Pierce (E25), SVI (R-4), Smeal(E21-23), & Crimson(L12). Their were 4 bids involved. We put out a performance spec that quality manufacturers can all meet. We purchase what is determined to be the best value and closest to the specifications. This has not always been the lowest bidder.