SageVigiles

Rest in Peace Brother. Any word yet on services?

Yes, this will be week 3. As I said before, Hulu.com has it on there for free, legally. You just have to sit through a couple ads.

Well, the show does follow Detectives, but it balances with the Patrol guys. I find myself addicted already, and when I found out it was the same creators/producers of Third Watch I was that much more excited. Both episodes are available for free on Hulu.com, great website for all your TV show needs.

For the Westchester-inept, what is Camp Smith?

Date: 4/16/09 Time: Approx 1410 Location: 151 Forest Road Frequency: 453.800 Units Operating: Allingtown Rescue 1, Engine 2, Tower 1, Car 4, AMR, 10-Romeo-1 (Yale-NH SHARPS Team), WHPD (Patrol, Detectives, CSU) Weather Conditions: Sunny and Clear Description Of Incident: Male patient pinned under car, Dead on Arrival Reporters: Writer: SageVigiles Allingtown Rescue 1, Tower 1, Engine 2 (extrication assignment) dispatched for a medical, man pinned under a car. 3rd party call, possible jack failure. Rescue 1 first O/S followed by E2 and TL-1, airbags and cribbing used to lift car off victim. Rescue 1 (CMED 5 Echo 1) reporting patient asystolic, Yale-NH Hospital cleared to declare the Code 12 (Untimely Death) Scene turned over to WHPD for investigation.

Cool. Crisis Negotiation is very interesting work. I got some training in it from the FBI Phoenix Field Office SA's at the National Explorer Conference a few years back. Much harder than it looks and much different than you see in the movies. Definitely a field I would be interested in getting into.

Wait, that black over red is a Wassaic rig? What happened to the blue?

What in the name of the fire gods is HVNCTA?

Congrats to Firefighter Gallagher and Officer Georgoulis. Firefighter Gallagher is an Ex-Captain with New Fairfield Vol. Fire Department's Company A.

Eckyphats, I think they were asking for the CMED callsigns, not the department's numbers for their units.

So would SHARPS be 10-Romeo-1?

No problem slayer. No worries.

Northwest C-MED uses the municipality codes instead of the phonetic alphabet. New Haven area uses the alphabet (Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, etc) setup. Brookfield: 018 New Fairfield: 091 New Milford: 096 Danbury: 034 So New Fairfield's Ambulances are 91-1 (Yeah, I know, 911 is our identifier...) and 91-2, the Paramedic flycar is 91-A-1 (91-Alpha-1) on the C-MED radio.

Oh yeah, I forgot.... haha. Thanks Chris.

Absolutely, as some have mentioned, Post-Colombine, law enforcement CANNOT wait for tactical teams. I believe the shooting in the Colombine Massacre was over in approximately 20 minutes, it took about 40-50 minutes for the first SWAT team on scene. But what I think Seth was talking about was an already on-the-road ESU such as NYPD's version, riding in teams of two. A team that is already on the street and does not have to wait for the "callup" to meet up, tac up and THEN respond. If I'm understanding what Seth is talking about, I think THAT type of ESU unit could definitely make a difference for response times. Patrol wouldn't have to wait so long for SWAT. However, if you look at the types of calls that killed the police officers in the last week, I don't know that this unit would have been dispatched. Oakland: Car stop by a motorcycle unit. ESU wouldn't always back up a motorcycle unit on a "routine" traffic stop (yes, I recognize that no traffic stop can ever be assumed to be routine, but you guys get my point) Pittsburgh: Domestic/Neighbor Dispute. Domestics are generally a hotter call, but with the amount of domestics a department gets everyday, could you really dispatch 2 tac officers to every one? I doubt it. BUT, that being said, Tac Officers could have responded MUCH faster to the incident for the purposes of scene stabilization, search, officer-down rescue, etc. Definitely two sides to this coin, but I can't see how an on-the-road tac team would hurt. Also, what 20y2 said is was right on point. Put the shotguns away and get patrol rifles in those cars, and get your Officer's trained in rudimentary tactical maneuvers. I'm not saying make everyone a SWAT Operator, but give them an idea of how to operate. Again though, would you bring your rifle inside on a domestic?

I absolutely agree Seth. Larger cities like Oakland and Pittsburgh should be able to implement a system like NYPD ESU's. Even SWAT officers in regular patrol cars would help, similar to what LAPD Metro Division does.

We have a Garmin in the ambulance in New Fairfield, never had to use it though.

I'm kind of torn on this story. There's some aspects to both side's arguments. The unions have a point, there are a lot of other projects the CSP needs other than this, but it is a safety issue. What's everyone else think?

As the Trooper Lieutenant in the article stated, if they don't see the lights (and some CT Troopers pay on their own to put A TON of extra lights in their cars) why would they see the chevs? Why not put the money towards overtime to put more troopers on the road doing traffic enforcement? Or narcotics? Or gang investigations? Or homicide? There definitely might be some better places to put the money. To your other question, they are required under the new OSHA rules to wear them, but some do and some don't based on what I've seen lately. Part of me thinks it could be some Troopers not wanting to lose their unmarked cars, but I'll give them the benefit of the doubt since I can't prove that.

According to Google Maps, 333 Cedar St. is Yale-NH Hospital. I don't have any information on the incident though.

Rest in Peace Brothers. My thoughts and prayers are with the members of the Pittsburgh PD and their families. What a tragedy. Explorer Major Alex Cardella Danbury, CT Police Explorer Post #33

This might be the deadliest two weeks in American law enforcement since September 2001... Tragic.

Agreed roofsopen.

With all due respect Chief, I'm gonna have to disagree with you. The purpose of SAFER is to increase the number of trained/qualified firefighters that show up to a scene within a community. In order to get the grant, they must have outlined some sort of plan to recruit/retain volunteers. In these tough economic times, volunteer manpower is down just like career manpower is going down. I give Rockland credit for acknowledging there is a problem and trying to do something about it. SAFER should be available to all types of departments, we all know the money is needed.

Weird situation to say the least. I've never had a bad experience with an NHPD Officer, they've always seemed like really good guys. I can understand the cop being pissed off at the lady doing the old "I wanna go to the hospital, no wait, I don't" deal, and I can understand him yelling at her, but hooking an FD Officer who is trying to render medical aid? Not cool. Also, the North Haven comment was way out of line too. I hope this can just be chalked up to a cop having a bad day and some apologies being sent out, but I fear this will turn into something much larger.