valhalla2481

If you know so much about Mt Pleasant why aren't you aware of the quad districts and tri-districts quad districts are Pleasantville Thornwood Valhalla and Hawthorne and Tri-districts are Hawthrone Thornwood and Valhalla this has been in existence for over 10 years the Commisoners and chiefs have been proactive long before the economy tanked and manpower was the issue it is now they started sharing services and having dual response to make sure they had proper manpower some of the shared services are teh cascade machine state bid fuel different simulators etc etc dual response has been in efffect since around 2000 there is joint drills together training courses that are provided by the commisioners for the joint departments etc the commisioners have worked hard to save tax payers money and still buy the neccesary tools and equipment needed to do teh job right

what info do you want email captr18@aol.com she is an ex captain her father is ex chief and grandfather was ex captain of Croton Fire Patrol

what garage were you out of

I have been wearing red almost every day definetely today

I remember that early 80's late 70's and we were one of teh departments asked to go and we refused out of respect for there contract we even made channel 7 news back then Maxine Black

I hope you wore red today in Honor of Gerry and for everyones information he was deputy chief in Rockland County at the time of his passing I believe every Aug 15th is a sad day but today more so since we are on strike again on his anniversary

So you think that it is ok if you go on strike for somebody to take your job so that the city wouldn't have to negotiate a fair contract as long s someone is doing your job you need to get you head out of you know where. The company came in wanting to cut back everything th eunion ever fought for night differential vacation time sick time pay raise medical sending union work to contractors everything that the union fought for and members went on strike for for over 50 years remember everything that was gained there was a give back to get what they have this company is making billions of dollars teh new CEO who took over just before the strike is making 21 million dollars yes we have great benefits and great pay but the company is making money because of our labor this strike is for the whole middle class somebody has to stay stop to big businesses and greedy corporations these scabs are taking away peoples lively hood how would you like it if you couldnt support your wife and kids

go ask Joe Butler lol he has the answer

I believe that is Eng 83 and I believe it was sometine in 1985

This is very simple I was an ex chief in a department with paid departments next town over I had paid fireman that volunteered in my town mainly because they grew up there and were volunteers before they became paid but if we went on mutual aid to a paidor combo department they did not respond and we were ok with that I have many relatives that are paid in westchester and FDNY and I believe if its paid then let it be all paid i am in a union so I think they should be able to get what they can get and to have volunteers there will hurt there attempt to get the most out of it we have volunteers who are paid that have attained the position of chief if you have people with qualifications and can help you why not use them most volunteers arent out to hurt or compete with the paid only help there town to provide protection Barry you comments on right on

I have known Tony "Ruge and John for over 30 years I will miss both of them but now my thoughts and prayers are with Tony's family and John's family. I am an ex captain at Hope Hose where Tony was a ex captain and long time member and John was a member of the ladder company and long time member of the department RIP

Bob803 is correct it originally came in as a plane crash

I have known John for over 40 years 30 of which were in the fire service he was the nicest person you ever met and a true gentleman in every sense of th eword I am proud to call him my friend and i enjoyed going toMt Pleasant Chiefs meetings and Westchester Judges meeting withhim recently when I was a member in Taryytown in the 70's John and I went to many parades and functions together he also taught me how to swim as he did 100's of kids growing up in tarrytown in the 1960's I will miss him as he was a great personal friend of mine

To Goon16 I am an ex captain of Hope Hose if you email me at my screename and tell me who you are I may be able to get you pictures and you may be eligible to get a replica Ahrens Fox about a foot long that the company has had produced it is fantastic Valhalla2481@aol.com