SageVigiles

Yale and UNH both contribute money to their local emergency services, though obviously Yale can be more generous. UNH does provide a lot of manpower to local FDs as volunteers as well.

I've also heard great things about Socorro, I'm going to try to get out there sometime in the next year. There are some really good FREE classes out there if you know where to look.

What is Grasslands Fire Brigade?

No changes in Allingtown (West Haven, CT). Our Officer terms last for two years. East Wallingford Co. 8 hasn't had elections yet.

I think the inspection committee is flying out this weekend to take a look at it. Unless I'm mistaken this truck should be pretty close to a twin to Engine 6, which was delivered a few years ago. When they come back I'll try to get the Asst. Chief there to send me his photos to post. Production photos are posted on Firematic's site: http://firematic.com/trucksnew.htm

I shoulda went to law school...

Wishing for a speedy recovery for all the injured Officers.

I was hoping someone here could help me out. The staff in my Health Department, specifically the Sanitarians (Health Inspectors) need HAZMAT Awareness training for resource typing within our mutual aid network. Most of the HAZMAT stuff I have is specifically geared towards Firefighters, EMS or Law Enforcement. I was wondering if anyone had any Powerpoints and/or lesson plans for a HAZMAT Awareness class that is geared towards people who are not first responders and if they'd be willing to share. Any help would be appreciated.

That works great! A little modification and that will be perfect! Much appreciated Cap!

Right, I know that they SHOULD be considered First Responders, but that's not the mindset they operate in on a day-to-day basis, nor is it the way they are treated by city government. As part of my job that's something that needs to change, but it has to start with training first. My point is that a lot of the HAZMAT Awareness presentations I've seen with are specifically geared for those who are already in the "traditional" emergency services who get some of the jargon and have a background of how to respond to emergencies. My Sanitarians don't do much in the way of emergency response, other than inspecting restaurants and stores after fires/floods/power outages. The concepts are the same, its the way they are communicated that I'm concerned with. As a new instructor I was hoping someone would have something more generic.

My mistake, I misread. They were ones strongly supporting the bill and did not ask the pork to be removed. Not the same thing. An amendment was brought forward by the GOP to remove that part and it was unfortunately voted down. All these politicians from NY/NJ/CT should be more angry with the fact that their fellow members threw in all their pet projects instead of just passing the money for Sandy relief. Clearly helping the people of this area isn't enough for them. And yes, I know BOTH parties do this all the time, but that doesn't make it (or them) right. They put this bill out there, added a bunch of crap to it, then dared the GOP to vote it down, knowing that they would and they could use it to score points in the media, saying the Republicans don't care about Sandy victims.

Exactly. But they're being used as a political pawn.

Everything I'm reading says they voted no because Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillebrand packed the bill with pork projects such as $150 million for the NOAA to assist Alaskan fisheries. Sandy was a big storm, but Alaska? Come on.

All in all not a bad article, a few technical misunderstandings aside. I liked the idea of getting the reporter that covers our area in to get a taste of what we do. Anyone else do anything like this?

Maybe they should just ban these high capacity, high speed assault trains, they're nothing but scary death machines, we don't really need them. Sorry, couldn't resist. In all honestly I agree with Chris and Barry on this one (surprise.) I don't see the cost/benefit analysis. If someone wants to kill you in public there are plenty of other ways to do it. And as for the accidents? If you're stupid enough to lean over the tracks to see if the train is coming, well then I don't really know what to say.

Oh wow, I didn't realize they could actually make arrests. In that case 24 hours is a joke. My Police Explorers have more than 24 hours of Constitutional Law training...

Excuse my ignorance, but what can a "full peace officer" do that requires more than 24 hours of training? I don't mean that in an accusatory way, I literally don't know what it means.

A little perspective goes a long way, hopefully buys us some understanding. We'll see though. Interestingly enough, the Register's last Police/Fire reporter was just hired as the Bridgeport Police/Fire PIO

Prayers for a speedy recovery.

Interestingly enough, my Health Department just hired a hoarding specialist on a grant to work with The Fire Marshals, Building Officials and PD to identify these houses and get the people the help they need. Might not be a bad idea to see if your HD has the same.

Always two sides to every story, that makes significantly more sense.

Agreed, Barry has always been a voice of reason on here, and I learn a lot from him everytime we have a discussion. Definitely one of those members that forces you to ask hard questions of yourself and your department, and that's a good thing.

If the house was a serious "Collyer Mansion" or something similar, I could understand how a primary, and maybe even a secondary search might miss that. The only thing that concerns me is the article states he was found under sheetrock a few feet from his bed. Maybe the room was so messed up that you couldn't get to the bed during the fire, but if a ceiling has collapsed why wouldn't you check under it? I think there's more to this story than what's being reported, I'll wait for the final investigation before I make any judgements.

SECTMB is spot on about a portion of it, but at the same time there's also not a political agenda that can be furthered by publicizing and talking about fire incidents. Its sick, but I can't help but think that's in relation.

Some backstory, a few months ago MFD took away the take-home cars of a few individuals: Batt. Chief of Planning Batt. Chief of Logistics/Finance Training Captain Senior Fire Inspectors (Captains) Fire Inspectors (Lieutenants) There may have been one or two more that had them taken. The Chief, both Asst. Chiefs (Ops and Admin/Fire Marshal), EMS/HAZMAT/Safety Captain (that's all one job) all got to keep theirs due to the need for them to respond to emergencies. I guess the Board of Fire Commissioners didn't feel the need for those others to have take home cars. Whether or not that's true is up to somebody else to determine, I'm just filling in the blanks that the Ragister left out.