velcroMedic1987

Whoa, that's a big assumption. They might not be dead if the they didn't use H2S, didn't mix it properly, didn't have the right chemicals to start, didn't pass out from an unrelated drug overdose prior to mixing the chemicals, aren't too stupid to follow internet directions. Just because a note on the window says call haz-mat doesn't mean it was H2S. Sure, it's an extremely effective method if you do it right. If they screw it up they may just be unconscious. I don't think we can just say "if they're not moving they're dead". We may have to await haz-mat or other resources but we shouldn't treat it like a DOA just because we think it may be a H2S suicide. How'd they determine this guy was dead anyway?

I've been in the same boat and had many of the same problems. Because EMS is so poorly regulated and managed from the State right down to the agency this is not going to go away. Glad you stuck it out and didn't go the way of so many EMT's and just quit.

And the person holding the clipboard is always wearing gloves too!

Date: 03-22-11 Time: 1955 Location: Yonkers City Pier on Main Street Frequency: YPD F1, YFD, Empress EMS Units Operating: YPD 4th Pct, ESU Trucks 2 and 4, 410, 900, YFD, Empress EMS Weather Conditions: cloudy, cold Description Of Incident: Person fell into the water from the pier and can not get back up. Hanging on to object in water. YPD ESU reports victim is out of the water and being transported to St. Joseph's by Empress. Reporters/Writer:: VelcroMedic1987

Imagine that! Knowing you have transport units coming and having three paramedics on an ALS unit. Sounds like a real system.

Nurses should have their own case audits to have their performance assessed and improved upon just like medics. Nurses don't have the licenses paramedics operate under so it really doesn't matter to me if they're at the audits or not. What I want is more MD involvement and interaction. The system sucks because I can go to audits whereever I want and never have one of my calls reveiewed. Or I go to an audit and have another paramedic reviewing the calls. This does nothing for me. The whole reason for call audits was supposedly quality improvement. We still don't have response time standards or guarantees that the services we have can get their buses on the road. But we can't have any new agencies working in the areas because of CON requirements. Emergency services in NY are all messed up. Reading the threads here only highlights the bigger problems.

180 fire departments at 1.5 million dollars a year is 270 MILLION or over a quarter BILLION dollars a year. You could have ten departments at half the cost. If my taxes for just the fd were as high as some on long island I'd refuse to pay. It is out of control.

Is that a Photoshop job? That truck appears to have both the FDNY logo and NYRRT logo on it. That is bogus.

Date: 03-19-11 Time: 0145 Location: Yonkers - Cross County Parkway - Webster Ave in New Rochelle Frequency: multiple Units Operating: Yonkers PD, County PD, New Rochelle PD Weather Conditions: cloudy Description Of Incident: shooting in Yonkers. YPD attempted to stop a vehicle that fled onto CCP. During the pursuit a gun was tossed from the vehicle. Pursued into New Rochelle where it was ultimately stopped and 5 were arrested. One suspect was tazed by NRPD. One officer injured. Reporters: Writer: VelcroMedic1987 Also during the pursuit a vehicle attempted to interfere with the pursuit. It was stopped and multiple arrests were made there also. Multiple crime scenes and K9 article searches underway.

If you ask me it's just nuts. They have divers? For what? Who's going to take the risk of using them? Are they even governed by the same laws that protect us during mutual aid responses? If not, they better have really big insurance policies. There are some really good volunteer search and rescue associations but these guys seem to be trying to branch out into everything. Whats with the pictures of them with stretchers? Do they have ambulances too? Come on.

My old VFD used to designate past chiefs as "deputy chiefs". They still ran with lights and sirens on their POVs and could be used as a line officer if none were present.

Date: 03-18-11 Time: 2000 Location: 505 North State Road Frequency: WCPD, Briarcliff PD Units Operating: Westchester County PD (Ossining Town patrols plus), Aviation, K-9, additional units from WCPD road patrol, Briarcliff Manor PD Weather Conditions: clear Description Of Incident: Commercial burglary interrupted, two suspects fled on foot into wooded area behind business. Aviation and K-9 requested. Ground units establishing perimeter. Reporters: Writer: VelcroMedic1987 2105 - Suspect apprehended in woods behind 50 Burns Lane. Only one suspect, all units clearing. Suspect transported to WCPD for processing.

Date: 03-18-11 Time: 1820 Location: 28 Lamartine Terrace Frequency: YPD 2 Units Operating: YPD ESU Trucks 2 and 4, K9-5, 410, 4th Pct Patrol Units, Empress EMS, Westchester County PD Aviation Weather Conditions: clear Description Of Incident: Report of subject on fire escape 4th floor, unknown how he got there. Additional subject is on PCP. ESU made contact with subject from roof and contained him. Additional ESU forced entry to apartment to access subject to avoid long trip on fire escape. Reporters: Writer: VelcroMedic1987

Date: 03-18-11 Time: 1630 approx Location: IFO 36 Dekalb Avenue Frequency: WPPD 1 Units Operating: WPPD Patrol, DD, ESU, TransCare EMS, MTA PD K9 Weather Conditions: clear Description Of Incident: Person shot, unknown condition, transported to WPH. At least two suspects in custody, perp search for additional. MTA K9 requested for article search. Reporters: Writer: VelcroMedic1987

Date: 02-23-11 Time: 1430 Location: Cross County Parkway x New Rochelle Road Frequency: radios/hotlines Units Operating: Mt Vernon PD, County PD, New Rochelle PD, Eastchester PD, Tuckahoe PD, Bronxville PD, others Weather Conditions: clear Description Of Incident: One suspect fled on foot from traffic stop, second suspect in custody at vehicle, foot pursuit and perp search involving numerous agencies, K-9's, aviation, ESU Reporters: velcromedic1987 Writer: velcromedic1987

The county and other places has spent oodles of grant money on equipment and toys and big vehicles that they can't staff. And because they cant staff them they dont like to talk about them. Youd think theyd be out there parading these resources around but because they have no plan to staff them and deploy them when they're needed its embarrassing to them. And because the four cities that account for most of the population dont need a lot of help and try to hold the county accountable, the County doesnt want to get caught claiming to have resources that it doesnt really have when one of the cities needs them. And as a political appointee the boss there has to tread lightly or face the unemployment line. Try calling your legislator and ask them what these trailers can do. DES has to answer to them.

Good point. Don't throw out all the apples just because of one bad one in the barrel.

Admit a deficiency and have to give up that precious white helmet and free ride to cruise around in? No way. They'll never admit that they can't do it and they'll continue to threaten the politicians as a big block of voters. If the politicians are refusing to take action on the threat of lawsuits, they're cowards and incompetent. Lawsuits get threatened every day and if the city is right the city will win. If the city's goal is to save money and improve fire resposne and accountability of the departments, they would have a very strong case. What's the volunteers lawyer going to do in court when he can't prove being able to meet NFPA 1920 for a minimum response or produce all the required records and documentation of training, etc.? Unless the volunteers in an integrated system rostered in house and responded with the SFRD, it will be a tiered response. Stop spouting off about how the volunteers save money because if they can't put a fire out they're not saving anyone anything. As long as nobody is holding anyone accountable and demanding action, this is going to continue endlessly and sooner or later someone is going to die while everyone protects their turf.

Typical. Knee jerk reaction by them to show how much they're doing even though one storm was a bilzzard and this one is barely shovel-able.

Time to consider a new profession if you're that under everything.

Pretty good on what planet? You may think a 10 minute response time is good but I don't. Not unlike most taxpayers I expect you there right after I hang up the phone (sarcasm). 10 minutes is not a good response time. Relevance = 0. If there's a firehouse that is closed because the city thinks it can play russian roulette with my life and my neighbors lives you're damn right that's a good argument. The FD isn't arguing to put a firehouse on every corner, they're just saying keep the ones they've got and keep them properly staffed. FDNY routinely has to relocate companies from one COUNTY to another COUNTY (boroughs). They also have to reduce the response for some alarms because of the reduce availability. This all translates into greater exposure and in a business model exposure = liablity = a bad idea. Yet the city continues to gamble with our lives. Thank you for the intelligent response. NOT. Just an educated guess, the population shifts from the outerboroughs to Manhattan during the day and the opposite at night. Others have already told you about the bars, clubs, theaters, service industry, restaurants, etc. that keep a very high population even at night. While the location of the population density may shift a little bit, 8 million is still a stupid-high number of people. I find it hard to believe that you're arguing about this issue. Relevance = 0 Wow, where do you find the time to post here with that kind of work? You must be exhausted. One call every other day and you're telling guys that do 68 fires a day how they should be staffed? Come on now. Eight minutes is a very long time, especially if your house is on fire. Yes it may be the national standard but nothing says you shouldn't strive for better. FDNY has a remarkable response time given the city demographics and they shouldn't be screwing with it before cutting the number of times ball fields get mowed or tennis courts get built. Life safety is expensive and you shouldn't screw with it. I've agreed with you on many points in the past but I think you're way off base in this thread. Time to move on.

Great advice. Send people to the empty firehouses to sign-up. That'll motivate em. Smooth move.

Pay attention, sport. They're not comparing FDNY to volunteer FD's. They're discussing communications and they aren't volunteer agencies. Your pride is really getting in the way of this thread cause your response has nothing at all to do with the topic. You don't have to know what R3 was sent to a box in QN. The dispatchers acting on the best information at the time believed it was warranted. Jeez.

Date: 12-17-10 Time: 1800 Location: 2195 Central Park Avenue - Chase Bank Frequency: Yonkers PD Units Operating: Yonkers PD 1st Pct, DD, CIU, WCPD Aviation Weather Conditions: clear Description Of Incident: Bank robbery - three armed suspects robbed bank and fled with approximately $410,000. This was the second robbery of a Chase bank today. Unkown ATT if related. Reporters: velcro Writer: http://www.lohud.com/article/20101217/NEWS02/12170381/Yonkers-police--3-armed-bandits-steal--410-000-from-bank

Congrats and good luck!!! I hope you live a long healthy life and put a big dent in the NYSPFRS!