rayrider

Or knew I was friends with you. LOL.

I remember back in the day, like 6 years ago, myself and friend would take our waverunners out of yonkers and loop around manhattan back to the YO. It got so bad we stopped doing that route and headed north to bear mountain instead. One day on our way down and back to NYC, we were pulled over by coast guard (boarded twice as they would say), NYPD, Jersey state, Yonkers, and lastly NYC corrections. Yes corrections! Harrasment you think? And no, we were not drinking, speeding or jumping wakes. Just cruising along. Had all the safety equipement, etc. and we were let go every time. It took all the fun out of it.

I was one of the members for YFD who tested numerous devices and fitment. Petlz xo, sterling F1, and cmc escape artist all work just fine. Oh and the Deus. Just personal preferance. Make sure you choose a high heat and high abrasive rope like the sterling f-32 along with of course, a hook like crosby. The crosby hook seemed to stay in place better then the nars hook. Cmc has a new hook that was not available when we did the testing. We chose to store our pes in a right leg pocket. We feel it is easier to access and deploy. Lumbar storage seemed to be cumbersome with the airpack and turnout coat and more difficult to reach. Just personal preferance. Keep in mind you will notice the added weight on the leg if you are not accustomed to having leg pockets filled with rope or tools which our members are. Maybe R1 smokeeater will post some pics.

How about working off the line in a staff position? Never met a retired FDNY member that was not on a disability pension. Just saying.

How the hell do you move over when there are tractor trailers on your left and people driving bumper to bumper doing 80 mph. And your merging onto 84 from an on ramp. Money maker scam.

Just got word from our union that our department secured a safer grant for our laid off members. Congratulations! Kudos to all the people who worked so hard on the grant.

We know that. Its a step in the right direction at least. And no the city does not have to match anything.

That number has a decimal point in front of it. lol. I know, its very hard to see. Not to confuse you anymore, it comes out to 125 more runs a year.

Speaking of the west side, when are you coming? We could use another driver!!!

Looks like Rescue 3 in Da Bronx did .345205 more runs a day then Rescue 1 in Yonkers did in 2009. Pretty amazing! Maybe a rubber dingy on the rig would have helped us.

They call them Volunteer Fire Districts and they receive Workers Comp Benefits and Retirement Funds. Sounds Kinda strange to me.

By the way, we work 10 hr. days and 14 hr. nights. 9 days is 90 hrs. This is just another attempt for the mayor to justify the cuts that he has made and wants to make in the future. Let me guess, the mayor is going to complain in january that the FD went over our overtime budget. He has created this problem by demoting and laying off FF's. Now he is paying time and a half to fill the vacancies he created. Not too smart is he?

Suffolk county PD is accepting applications for upcoming test. 100.00 fee though! The more tests you take the better off you will be. Practice makes perfect. I used to travel all over to take test state to state. Might take you years to get on. Time will pass and then hopefully all of a sudden you will be have numerous depts calling you at once and then the ball will be in your court.

You would have been on the roof if there were marshmallows!!!!

Mike, please have your little buddy change your signature to R1. LOL.

Hey R1SmokeEater, is that you in the 3rd picture on the porch roof?

pro·fes·sion·al   /prəˈfɛʃənl/ Show Spelled[pruh-fesh-uh-nl] Show IPA –adjective 1.following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder noun 11.a person who earns a living in a sport or other occupation frequently engaged in by amateurs: a golf professional. What a ridiculous motto. Makes no sense according to the definition. I think Ive seen this also on Yorktown's chief car once.

What a stop! Now thats what you call Firefighting. Nice job Yonkers Bravest.