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I get nervous just thinking of this incident. Much respect to all who operated on the scene. These wrong way crashes are getting way to frequent, Millwood had one in late March which was a near fatal. If you look at the car you can see why.... Millwood MVA 3-28-09

The Millwood Volunteer Fire Company recently had Traditions Training, LLC at their station for a weekend of training. With the arrival of the new Ladder 52 in Millwood the opportunity was greatly appreciated and useful. Not only did the guys from traditions training teach and show the techniques and strategies regarding truck co. they also brough tons of practical knowledge and experience. A link to their website is below with a video and pictures. I would like to greatly thank the guys from traditions training and highly reccommend them to anyone interested in sharpening up their skills. http://traditionstraining.com/blog/

RIP, May GOD be with his family and friends.

This is a link to the Millwood FD website photo gallery. It is under some serious construction but some pictures have made it up. http://www.millwoodfire.org/gallery/3-28-0...lbum/index.html

Here is the article from LOHUD http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009903290345

Saw squad 11 on what looked like a car fire on the Sprain Parkway recently......I know this doesnt answer your question, but i thought i would add it.......

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The fire was 2-23-09 sometime early afternoon. Car was fully involved when neighbor reported the fire. When IC arrived he found extension into the garage and extending up the front of the house. The fire was knocked quickly which kept it from extending to the second floor. Millwood's 2251 2252 and 2253 all arrived within seconds of each other. E-248 was first arriving truck which stretched two lines, 1 to the car and 1 to the garage. E-247 picked up the hydrant and secured the water supply for E-248

Well sorry guys -- I cant figure this picture posting thing out --- not too computer savy --- dont know how to delete the post either -- sorry.

I can not even believe I am reading this......Ron was one of those people you loved to be around and was honestly just a good person. This is an extremely sad reality check.......Will miss you greatly Ron....Thanks for giving me the priveledge of knowing you.

In a sole proprietorship and in a parnership the owner(s) are responsible. Since the court judgements have been made the personal belongings including his home and everything in it can be seized. If he claimed bankruptcy before the courts were involved in the lawsuits it would have been a slightly different issue. They can and probably will take everything from him unless he has the estimated 60000 something dollars laying around. The fact that his name is not written on there does not matter - he is listed as the owner of the company and he will be held accountable no matter what.

WOW -- Disgraceful....

Does anyone know where or how to find what Westchester Cnty or NYS has listed - the guidelines of what is necessary on a rig for it to be classified a certain way? EX: What does a truck need to be classified as a Ladder truck? (i know its more than just the ladder) ie Certain amt of grnd ladders What does a truck need to be a rescue, rescue engine, heavy rescue.....etc. ?

I saw one of pocantico hills' engines at a drill not too long ago and was wondering if anyone has information on it. It has the ford front and that is about all i know.......Any info is greatly appreciated.

Maybe his mom is his drug dealer....

Just because they may have the money is no justification of wasteing it. The municipalities around here, especially the ones in this topic, by no means need carreer FF's. The departements both have great response times with a solid crew responding on the truck. There is no question that the response times would be "better" but only for him/her to get the truck there and admire the fire while the ff's randomly show up. I completely understand that in some departments this works and works great but that if the case with busier and bigger departments. As it stands now the departments respond to the firehouse and then proceed to the location with a prepared crew ready to go to work immediately. This makes an officers job much easier because you know how many people you have and they all have an assignment.

Millwood Has two trucks with the airbag systems including E-248 which is located on Rt 134. The other truck is Rescue 36 which has the airbarg system plus all other rescue equipment to qualify it as a heavy rescue (I beleieve). Millwood currently is opperating three tools: E-247 has a combi-tool with lucus spreaders, E-248 has a full set of hurst tools pluss an airbag system and R-36 has a new set of hurst tools plus the airbag system and the strut system. MVA's are absolutely another issue. There was an accident I remember which was right down the street from Millwood ST 2 which came through as a MVA rollover possible ejection. There are many more that I have seen and quite a few there have been Millwood chiefs on location. Either way I know Millwood and Yorktown are both great departments and I also know that everyone understands we are all here for the same goal. So hopefully they can reach that goal and develop some sort of dual response.

EMSJunkie. I appoligize for the way I worded that statement. It was not a shot at Yorktown, if anything I was saying that these were not life threatening and were handled with what we have now. I completely understand the district and am very familiar with the location of both of these homes and I have seen where the FD is not even called untill the situation is way out of hand. However, just because these two instances were that way does not mean the next one will be and we need to figure something out. weather or not the county or state takes control of anything it would be years and many fights before the tax lines were rewritten but in the meantime I am under the impression that all it takes is the chiefs and commissioners agreement to make an automatic dual response.

Yes. Very much the same. The Millwood Station 2 is 2.4 miles away from the fire they had at 1360 Journey's end Rd. Yahoo Maps The Millwood Station 1 is 5.4 miles from the 1360 Journey's end Rd. location Yahoo Maps Station 1 This is Yorktowns closest firehouse which is 7.12 miles from the 1360 Journey's end location. Yahoo Maps - Yorktowns firehouse Also note both these fires were surround and drown operations and both structures were completely lost.

Deaming a call BLS is not what I am talking about. Paramedics are at a minimum and I am lucky enough to always be on a bus where a paramedic rides with me. Now I would hope i would not have to explain what it means to be EMS. I couldnt agree more with your "boarderline" principle always going ALS as that is the smart things to do, but i also know that we let the MD's make the diagnosis and we do our job of transporting to the hospital. Maybe you operate differently and if that works for you then great.

The family was capable to bring him to the hospital? THEY CALLED AN AMBULANCE who made them believe that there was no serious threat. I dont know about you but when I ride the ambulance we dont act like MD's, we act like EMS.

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Hey America......Educate yourself before you vote next time......if there is one.......

The Millwood FD is expecting the delivery today of their new ladder 52. I beleive it is a Sutphen 75' midmount quint....Will try and get more information.....

Unfortunately the truck delivery has been delayed 4-5 weeks due to a factory error.......Will let you know what happens.....