SageVigiles

Stupid idea. What if a dispatcher gets it wrong and the call turns out to be violent? Having civilian staff to do administrative tasks INSIDE the PD is almost always a good idea. Why pay a cop's salary and benefits to someone who just answers phones? Get that Officer out on the street doing what they were hired to do. THIS is taking that concept a little too far. Auxillaries/CSOs/Whatever-you-call them have a place in some police departments, responding to calls on their own is not one of them.

Ugh, I'm 900 miles away from my Emergency Operations Center, naturally this would happen this week. Fingers crossed that this is a no-go.

Second LODD in a week for Nassau County PD... Terrible news, my thoughts and prayers are with the Officers, families and friends of NCPD. May the fallen Officer Rest in Peace. To the LEOs hunting this piece of filth... Stay safe and happy hunting...

Right, but the value isn't to the city, its too the firefighters. If the city takes them back just to throw them out, why not just give them away? You're going to pay to have them disposed of, etc.

Wow, now keeping a vest more than 5 years is a BIG no-no. The liability protection you lose after that time is significant.

Ironically, I just finished a discussion in my Fire Service Instructor 1 course about how gear that isn't fit for operations should not be okay for training.

Ah-ha, the elephant in the room. The question becomes, will FDNY ever ACTUALLY request those departments to respond in for the next major incident? I'd have to imagine if they don't pre-plan with these departments, they don't anticipate using them in an emergency. 12,000 firefighters and add the manpower of the neighboring career departments in Westchester and NJ, would they need those volunteer departments? It would seem that they don't think so. I don't speak for the FDNY, but it would seem their stance on the issue is this: If you don't meet the standards they set, you don't get to come into the city. Period. Go back to your NIMS training: Resource typing, credentialing, standardization. These aren't just stupid buzz words some bureaucrat at FEMA came up with. If you're an IC and you're requesting resources, you need to know what is coming. Not just the type of truck and the equipment on it, but the personnel and their qualifications. You need to know that those individuals are properly trained to operate in the functions you're requesting them for. Anything less than that is just not acceptable. When you write an emergency plan you start with planning assumptions. This sets the baseline for your plan and your expectations. Why would you take in resources that do not fit within the basic minimum planning assumptions? That would be setting yourself up for failure.

No, I'm saying if these guys are going to call themselves a fire department they should be held to the same standard as any other firefighter. Unless these guys do ZERO interior work, in which case they're basically an over-glorified bucket brigade. My point is that regardless of your religious beliefs, you should not be able to be "exempt" from OSHA standards regarding SCBA.

If those values compromise the safety of the public... yes.

Per the Nassau County Police Department Facebook Page:

Another example of what happens when drivers don't slow down and move over. Rest in Peace Officer.

I wonder how it must feel to be so stupid. "Yeah, I bought this ammonium nitrate fertilizer off of some guys I met on the internet. Seems legit, right?" Clearly we're just not operating on the same intellectual plane.

Wow, awesome rig. Looks like its very well planned out. I'm a big fan of the trailer and/or POD concept for special ops apparatus, why have another truck to maintain when you can just keep a trailer? Especially when its not used on a daily basis. Our HAZMAT truck was purchased by the region but we're responsible for maintenance. The rig doesn't get out much but maintenance costs are way higher than they would be for a trailer. Best of luck to YFD with the rig

For the same reason departments buy anything else they think they "need" that they never end up using. Everyone else has one.

I'll watch tonight and probably next week. If the storyline develops into something moderately interesting I might continue after that. So far I'm not impressed but I'll give it a chance.

Now with 29% less angry mobs!

Wow, kinda gives you hope. Great Post, RIP Trooper Fox!

I took the picture with my iPad, but the information came from Mike Leary, a well known Fire Photographer in CT. Unfortunately I do not have a "before" shot to show you, but just take my word for it. This 1970 International / Ansul was originally quartered with Engine 16 (Lighthouse Point) and was moved to Tweed-New Haven Airport when they first had firefighters on staff there. Its original designation was Fox 1. Tweed has gotten some much more modern apparatus since then and it was taken out of service a while ago. Sometime last year it was brought to NHFD's shops last year sometime to be refurbished. I saw it when I was down at the Fire School for a live burn and it was in sad shape. I don't believe the NHFD mechanics did the paint or striping but there was a lot of body/mechanical work to be done. Since the refurb the rig has been renumbered as Car 44 and its currently quartered in the Training Support Building at the New Haven Fire School along with the NHASH Team Prime Mover and Decon Trailer. It may be relocated later on but no details as to where yet. I carries somewhere in the area of 400-500lbs of Purple K Dry Chem. Personally I think it came out pretty awesome.

Deal, New Haven Archie's is pretty much within stumbling distance of the new apartment. You're welcome to join, first round's on me!

By statute, in Connecticut the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) Emergency Response Unit must be notified of any spill. If we have an MVA and some antifreeze leaks onto the road we have to make a notification to DEEP ERU with an estimated quantity spilled. If its a more sizeable issue, DEEP ERU will dispatch an Emergency Response Coordinator to the scene that will provide technical advice to the FD units on scene and they may also make entry with the Regional HAZMAT Team. They have equipment caches that include different suits, meters, etc and have radiation control capabilities that I don't believe any of the Regional Teams (except maybe the Southeast one due to the subbase) have. DEEP is also the only organization authorized by the State of CT to hire cleanup contractors and go after the Responsible Party for reimbursement. Overall they're a great resource. Within our region if the local department cannot handle the spill, the IC can request the New Haven Area Special Hazards Team (NHASH) to respond to the scene with Technicians and specialized equipment to assist. We have 5 Divisions with participants from the following towns, though we will respond to any town within the region or outside if requested by DEMHS. Each division trains independently on a regular basis, and we occasionally hold inter-division drills or teamwide drills. -South (New Haven FD) -Also includes the WMD/EOD Task Force including New Haven PD/Yale PD's Hazardous Devices Unit -North (Wallingford FD, Cytek FD, Meriden FD, North Haven FD, North Branford FD) -East (Guilford, Branford, East Haven) -West (Milford, West Haven) -Valley (Derby) Obviously if the spill is into any navigable waterway the US Coast Guard must be notified. If the spill presents a public health hazard the Local Health Director must also be notified, but unless a Public Health Emergency is declared, they don't have any type of "command" per se.

PLEASE SEND BEER!

I never had the opportunity to meet Jon, but a lot of people in Fire/EMS whom I respect and who were always mentors for me say this guy was a top notch Medic and Instructor. That speaks volumes to me. Rest in Peace Brother.

I'll throw this out there immediately. I know next to nothing about how radios work, so this could be a very stupid question. Will narrowbanding effect the operation of personally owned scanners? Why/why not?

Awesome, thank you for the answer! Even the radio-illiterate like me can kind of understand that.

Woo-hoo, 92 on the test = 20,698 on the list... haha. Good luck to those that are in the running!