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Not Westchester, but I figured I'd throw my department in as well... Morningside Volunteer Fire Department Prince George's County, MD Station 827 Ambulance 27: 3,274 (Busiest all-Volunteer Ambulance in the County) Engine 27: 1,080 Rescue Engine 27: 1,323 Rescue Squad 27: 2,357 (Busiest Rescue in the County) Total Unit Responses: 8,034** (Busiest 100% Volunteer house in the County) Source: http://www.pgfdpio.blogspot.com/2016...s-and.html?m=1 **NOTE: The "total unit responses" is the addition of all of these units individually, so inevitably some of those responses are 2 units from our station going on the same call.

My feeling is, why not throw it on there to give you another option? In Prince George's County, MD, we have the following connections on every SCBA (Keep in mind we use 45 minute cylinders) 1. Quick connect on the low pressure air line, between the pack and the regulator (Right shoulder strap) 2. Quick connect receiver (Left shoulder strap) 3. RIT Connection/Equalizer (Rear of the SCBA frame, near the cylinder) Our RIT packs have the following SCBA equipment: 1. 60 Minute Cylinder 2. Short section of high pressure hose with the RIT Connection 3. 21-foot section of low pressure hose for the quick connect to EBSS 4. Extra Regulator 5. RIT Mask (No nose cone, large key rings to pull the straps tight easier This allows us to triage and adapt to different types of SCBA emergencies, depending on if the person is trapped or simply lost, or if there is a failure of any part of the SCBA system. Using the "buddy breather" tether is usually one of our last options, but it doesn't hurt to have it. We train on it fairly regularly, so it isn't really an issue for us. Using the buddy breather on a 30 minute cylinder is pretty much worthless. One could argue that a 45 minute isn't MUCH better, but again, why limit yourself? I can't imagine the price difference is that extreme.

It will be a straight stick quint. Should work out much better for them than that oversized E-One POS Tower Quint they had previously.

Date: 8/21/15 Time: 1705 Location: 201 Varick St (Cross of W Houston) Manhattan (Location is a Federal Building) District: Confines of the 1st PCT Units: NYPD 1st Precinct NYPD Headquarters NYPD Special Operations Division -SOD 1 -Truck 1, Adam 1 -Truck 2 -Truck 4 -Truck 8 -U3 (Operations Captain) -U4 -Hercules -Aviation 21 -Canine 29, Bloodhound 3 -Strategic Response Group Federal Bureau of Investigation Department of Homeland Security - Federal Protective Service FDNY*EMS Ft. Lee, NJ Police Description: First call for this job went out over 1st PCT for an unconfirmed male shot at this location, with numerous additional calls for shots fired. Units arriving transmitted the 10-13 for reported Federal MOS involved/shot. Updated to a possible active shooter, but that was a false report. Perp entered the building, shot a security guard in the head and proceeded to the elevator. Perp was confronted by employees and committed suicide. Security guard (private contracted, not Federal MOS) was pronounced at the hospital. Perp was a 68 y/o male from Ft. Lee, NJ. Units are conducting a search of his residence on Harvard Pl now.

Spy shot of the COMPLETED Engine 827 from our Facebook page, it will be back at the station by Friday. I believe it still needs radios, etc. I am planning on taking some shots this weekend during the dedication ceremony for our Rescue Engine.

Picture quality isn't the best, but here's the latest apparatus update from Morningside VFD down here in Prince George's County, MD. The refurb of the new-to-us Engine 827 is almost complete. Lettering was completed a few days ago. Still needs the Roto-Ray and the 27 on the grille, but so far she's looking pretty good. Also, the new-to-us Ambulance 827 has arrived at a shop in Maryland. Its going to need a few months of TLC before its ready for the streets, but we're looking forward to placing this unit in service. Once it's completed, it will be the first time in many years that all of the apparatus in the station are owned by the company.

I'm surprised New Fairfield didn't bring down Union H&L's "old" straight stick.

Stratford's just got lettered up too, their facebook page has photos. Really sharp rigs.

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Why? The guys on the line aren't responsible for the city playing games with a test. And if you think Stamford is the only one that has ever played these games I have a bridge to sell you.

Deleted: Not even going to get involved.

Look at this fascist cop in his militarized uniform, clearly violating this little girl's rights from the top of his armored tank. I don't see any reasonable explanation why law enforcement needs access to these battlefield vehicles... Wait, what's that? He's rescuing this girl from her apartment because a murder suspect has barricaded himself in another unit within the building? Oh. Nevermind then. Incident is still ongoing, LAPD SWAT still evacuating apartment units. Photo Credit to Stu Mundel, KCAL/KCBS Helicopter Reporter Twitter.com/StringerLA

There were talks of a regionalized dispatch center for the greater Danbury area, however, most of the local fiefdo- I mean towns wanted to maintain local control of their 1 dispatcher per shift... Besides, the way Danbury went about their process was all wrong. Contract dispatchers are not the answer, civil service employees under a city 911 office would have been much better quality than what they have so far.

Morningside VFD, Company 27, Prince George's County, Maryland 2001 Spartan/Luverne Pumper (Formerly from Allentown Road VFD, Company 32) undergoing refurb in Pennsylvania, should be back in service the next month or so. Before: Now:

Exactly, in a historical context it can be appropriately displayed. But to fly it as some kind of middle finger to the north ignores a key rule of warfare that has existed for thousands of years: Winner picks the decor...

Date: 6/6/25 Time: 0530 Location: Clinton Correction Facility, Dannemora, NY District: NYSP Troop B Units: NYSP, NYS DOC, multiple other agencies Description: 2 convicts came up unaccounted for during a count at 0530 this morning. One escapee is convicted for murdering a Broome County, NY Sheriff's Deputy. The second is convicted for 3 counts of murder and kidnapping. Official NYSP Statement from Facebook: WABC: Inmates Escape from Maximum-Security Prison in New York

That's all folks. Well done by all the agencies involved.

A lot of agencies have begun buying the ramps, great for assaulting multiple levels of a building at once without having to put a SWAT Operator out with a ladder or borrowing a firetruck.

One down, one to go. Units still in the field looking for the cop killing POS. Happy hunting boys and girls.

So much for the "No Corrections Officers were involved" theory...

Tarrytown Utility 61 is technically a Volvo fire truck. However, it did get its start as a cop truck, and it doesn't have a pump. Cool find though.

Both convicts have been added to the US Marshals Service 15 Most Wanted List. http://www.usmarshals.gov/investigations/most_wanted/

It was in NYC for awhile for some event. I think its going on a demo tour before its delivered.

Exactly, shirts generally go to that house's fund for improvements, supplies or company events. I'd rather stop by, BS with the guys and support them directly than pay some phony who sells fake stuff.

Why am I not surprised... What a skell.