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St. Florian protect please....

we have a kit that has the following: colored staging tarps corellating to the triage colors. As well as a tagging kit. (black, red, yellow, green)

Nicoli's decisions have left his home community with 1 less life-saver. For those of you that don't know, he has been awarded numerous life saving awards as well as a congressional level award from Congresswoman Dr. Nan Hayworth last month. It is unfortunate that internal FD politics have resulted in his decision to no longer be a firefighter. I don't think my own community as a whole is aware of the separation between the the company and the district functions, as mirrored in one of the comments above. I certainly did not understand this for several years after becoming a FF/EMT. When we hold fundraising events such as a "boot drive", we get dressed in our PPE and hold out fire boots for motorists to donate money to our cause.... "OUR CAUSE?" Unless they have a personal connection to the FD, I doubt that any significant percentage of the donators understand that this $ is NOT going towards training, equipment or operational readiness. This is straight up false advertising. And I am personally sickened by it. I've told my friends and family that donated money annually to the fire dept through the companies annual fund drive, to stop. I have witnessed repeatedly over the years, tens of thousands of dollars getting spent by my company on parades, annual dinners, installation dinners, christmas parties, etc... And simultaneously get turned down for much needed equipment and stonewalled on training funds by the fire commission. Although these are two separate entities, there seems to be something very very wrong with this. I did not join the FD to drink beer either. I did not join to go to parades. Ask yourselves: are you going through more cans of ZEP and tubs of turtle wax than saw blades and saw fuel? Our pride should not come from how shiney and clean our trucks are, but rather how dirty and trashed our gear is from having training with it so much. I believe that if we prioritize the trophies that go in a glass case over what we actually signed up to do, we are more likely to end up in a pine box.

Just as a friendly correction, it's reach, throw, row, go. dont forget Helo.

I'm glad to hear that Sir, it would seem like a good match. Have you heard of these guys: http://www.priority1airrescue.com/ , seems like a good outfit that could get everyone up to speed if that relationship comes to life.

Helicopper- does the county tech rescue team cross train with county pd aviation?

Valid points Sir. We are a dual service agency and virtually all of our FFs are also EMTs. We run a BLS ambulance in addition to our Fire and Rescue apparatus. I'm looking for an actual clause that may or may not exist pertaining to this issue.

does carrying a backboard, blocks and collars on an engine change its classification in any way? (gear to be used for FFs on scene, not Pt. trspt) Im fighting to put a longboard on my 1st due.

This does not make Armonk look very good. Why is the guy with the irons trying to force the hood not in full PPE? oh yeah he must be a Chief.

this is ridiculous. katonah really needs to expand their magic kingdom? the $ would be better off spent actually paying their FFs for busting their a** for the district. i'm so over this sort of thing.

Exactly. The biggest shutter-upper, to me, is this. NO ONE FORCED US TO SAY "YES, WE WILL ATTEMPT THIS RESCUE". Paid or Vol., you have the right to say NO. We all said yes that night. Why are the victims being harassed? Our job titles do not include judging our clientel (victims). So stay the pros that we all are and go train your brains out.

why was 60 control mobile comm not on site at this incident? would this have aided in commo? or how about helping to stream video feed from the helos to the trt ic on the ground.

well done

Job well done guys.

I'm not sure, but I believe that Bedford has a shortage of drivers, so perhaps the following is one of the reasons they are going w the full size res44cue. I heard that they are putting a cafs on it (unsure of the gallonage) to deal w mva fire suppression, as they might not get a pumper out as well during the week. As for I-684, Ive recently looked at their fire protection district and as you said, they have much more hwy s/b than n/b, but after having followed the events within the local rescue community for a number of years, it would seem that Bedford FD has their fair share of rescue work, not all of it being mva-related. For whatever reason, they get some very unusual rescue requests. All this being said, as one of the previous contributors stated, I'm sure that their apparatus commitee has spent many long hours designing a rig based on the districts needs. As far as a tanker, Bedford is not alone in their need for on scene water and as im sure you know, multiple tankers get dispatched on any hint of a 10-75 in that neck of the woods... So I'm sure they would very much like to see a tanker in their bay, as would the rest of the Batt. 13/16 "tanker squadron": PRFD, BHFD, KFD, BVIFD, etc... It will be interesting to follow the progress of this FD in the near future as they replace rigs. Does anyone know who will actually be building the new res44cue?

rescue/pumpers are not adequate pumpers or rescues. the concept of dedicated, mission-specific apparatus' is a tried and true way to build a fleet. i wish them the best of luck on their new rescue!

sounds like they might need to build a larger station. admin, wouldnt consistantly relying on mutual aid for rescues and tankers add to the response time rather than "shaving off minutes" ?

10-4 on that... Thanks to the eyes in the sky, you guys helped me make it home safe that night. We owe you one! TRT Marine 77

Nice..... I'm suprised that Astorino has not proposed consolidation of PD marine units and PD bike units. Can anyone say paddlebike pd?

Question: Would your Dept. be intrepid enough to sink at least 75% of next years parade budget into operations training? If no, why not? If yes, what would your training priorities be? Thanks

yes or no is TBD, Although there are countless training topics that need attention, the training priorities for my F.D. would be: Extrication (MVA) Initial attack (Resd and Comm) EMS continuing education (trauma)

I've used "MacGuyvered" neoprene sleeves for cameras in cold weather and seems to prolong battery life. No actual impiracle data. Might consider cutting up liner from old bunkers to make a custom sleeve for further insulation.

This is a link to a well researched document regarding medical complications due to prolonged supension in a chest harness. Relative to your MAST post BFDJC: http://www.hse.gov.uk/research/crr_pdf/2002/crr02451.pdf

Unusual call from the UK mva with pt in tree http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1334522/Firefighters-called-tree-rescue-difference-kitten-woman-pick-truck.html

interesting thought... research "suspension trauma"...