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Mahopac Falls FD was also there on Saturday with our 19-2-1 working the search and rescue as well as helping out with firefighter survival. Erin did a great job with organizing the event. Hope to see you guys again next year!

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Pt fell down outside stairs pulling another pt out of house. Multiple firefighter in rehab for overheating. No firefighter was transported. Very hot fire, awesome knock down by the Falls and the mutual aid departments.

Date: 6/29/08 Time: 2:30am (???) Location: Route 6N X Baldwin Place Road Frequency: Units Operating: Mahopac Falls FD, Mahopac Falls EMS, Mahopac, Carmel Police (Anyone know anyone else PM me and I'll put it in.) Description Of Incident: Head on PIAA with entrapment. STAT Flight on stand by. 19-7-1 on scene requesting Medic and rescue to expedite, pt in traumatic arrest. STAT Flight cancelled. Writer: MFVFD179

Brewster is an awesome parade. You will definitly have a good time if you go!!!

see ya guys there!!!

nice pics!!!

I heard Kent get dispatched for a PIAA just before 2am. Single car, pt uncon. at 301 X Hortontown Rd. Does anyone know what happened? Sounded like a DOA as the medic was on scene and the ambulance (covered by Carmel I believe) was cancelled.

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Are you talking about career FD about spare gear or just VFD because I would say thats not entirely true (about VFD). All of our trucks (except our brush truck) have spare sets of gear. I do believe it was required for us to put gear on our newest trucks (2006 Marion, 2004 Marion, 2002 Saulsbury) but I'm not positive. Our two ambulances have turn out coats, helmets, and goggles for the crew at accident scenes. If you follow this link (our department trucks pictured by EMTBravo) to about half way down, you will see the inside of our rescue truck (19-6-1). This picture shows the gear in the truck.

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Happy Fathers Day!!!

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best of luck with a speedy recovery

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Best of luck!!!

Great question. The pilot told us to light up the landing zone as much as possible to make it easier to see. Simple enough. The pilots are not shy; if there are ANY problems with the lighting, he will contact the ground and tell them what to turn off (i.e. strobes, LED's, or what have you). As for immediate obstructions in the way that the pilot may not see, they asked us to follow a simple procedure. They want to hear "STOP". followed by the obstructing item, (powerline, tree, etc.). When you say stop, they will literally stop the helicopter right where it is and will wait until you complete you message so they know what they are facing. It is never wrong to put a Medevac on standby if you have any thoughts that you might utilize it. It may be very beneficial for a department to do so as any department farther than 25mi (birds eye) radius from the helicopter is an automatic launch to reduce the time of arrival. Any call within a 25mi radius will put the crew in the helicopter with the blades spinning. They said that when you call them, they will almost instantly lift off (that is how you save time by putting them on standby). Don't forget, if you don't need the bird, you can always cancel it. As Remember585 mentioned, if you wait too long to call for the helicopter, it may be too late and may only slow down the process to get the patient to the hospital. At that point the only choice you have is to take the patient by ambulance.

We actually just had a STAT Flight Seminar at my firehouse last night. STAT Flight Air 1 landed at the department and let us view the helicopter as well as a powerpoint presentation explaining what they do and when it is nice to utilize them. They mentioned to use them to reduce the time to a hospital or in an MCI (this is great as you can send a patient to a farther hospital so the closest hospitals don't get overloaded). As a question was asked about billing, the patient is not billed if they are not flown. So that means if placed on stand by, no patient is billed. If placed at the landing zone and transported by ambulance and not by STAT, patient is not billed. They also stressed a few points. One being apparatus lights (flashing and scene). They said it is easier to see the landing zone at night when it is lit up (lights towards the ground, not sky). Also, strobes from the fire apparatus does help from a distance as it may be hard to see around a tree from their angle. In this case, they see the strobe and know where to go. Another point stressed was to keep the landing zone available for about three (3) minutes after departure in case of a failure in the helicopter. This is so they have a place to land in an emergency. Once last point was about powerlines and the like. If you have any slight thought it may be a problem or in the way, they want to know about it. Knowing about it and staying away from it is better than not knowing it and coming too close, or even hitting it.

Best of luck with a speedy recovery.