SageVigiles

Alright, now that I'm feeling better, here's the rundown. Milford, MA Police Explorers took 1st place overall, they cleaned house. Westchester County PD Explorers also did very well. Only 9 posts attended, but hopefully next year it will grow. Northeast Regional Law Enforcement Explorer Association (NERLEEA) Travel Team was represented by the following: 1 Captain from Danbury (myself) 1 Captain from East Lyme 1 Lieutenant and 2 Explorers from Troop K 1 Explorer from Tuckahoe PD who we "drafted" once we got there to field a third random team. The team won 3rd place in Leadership Reaction (a teamwork/obstacle/problem solving exercise) Myself and the CSP-K Lieutenant took 1st place in Shoot/Don't Shoot (FATS Simulator) and 2nd place in Suspicious person response. The East Lyme Captain took 3rd in Career Development and with the CSP-K Explorer took 2nd in either Unknown Response or Customer Dispute, can't quite remember. The other CSP-K Trooper and the Tuckahoe Explorer took 2nd in First Aid I believe. One of the CSP-K Troopers took 2nd in the Obstacle Course (Males.) I definitely look forward to going to NY Station's Day next year, hopefully bringing my whole post.

My roommate showed me an article about this guy, he was running like 32 WoW accounts at once... Seriously man, seek help.

Sounds like a good emergency response. I wonder if NJ's super tanker system will be used for this, I know that its intention was to be able to provide potable water in the event of a disaster. Anyone from that area know if its being used?

I feel like garbage right now, food poisoning. Will post later.

Its all on the website I linked to earlier. We do some ESU/SWAT training, my post especially, since the ESU uses us for roleplayers in their scenarios, they give us a chance to run through the scenarios, as well as observe what and how they do what they do. My post more focuses on patrol division training though, its more commonly used stuff, especially in my post where we do alot of traffic, crowd control and security stuff.

That sounds about right. The Connecticut one and NE Regional one has gotten very elaborate, though I think this is the first or second annual NY State one. CT/Regionals also include Honor Guard, Mountain Bike, Firearms, Judgemental Driving, and several other specialty competitions. Website: http://nerleea.org/

Probably the Northeast Regional Station's Day. Suffolk County has 2 posts that usually clean house, Greenburgh usually puts in a good showing as well. Not to toot my own horn, but Danbury has always finished strong, considering our small size in years past (we've done ALOT of growing in the past year, my current roster is over 40) The best 3 posts from each Northeast State get invited to regionals. Always a good time for the veteran explorers to have some friendly competition, and the rookie explorers can always go through stations to practice without being graded. A great training opportunity for all involved. Also a very good place to make connections. Anyway, the Northeast Regional Team on Saturday is going to be composed of 1 Danbury Explorer (me,) 1 Easy Lyme Explorer, and 3 CT State Police Troop K Explorers. I've never worked with the Troop kids, so wish us luck.

GPD, from what I've seen what you are saying is correct. I believe our advisors provided alot of the guidance for yours in the form of SOPs and the Manual. Greenburgh is definitely a first rate Post. Hopefully NE Regional Team will be taking home all of your precious awards, haha! Too bad you can't make it brother, stay safe.

No offense to the guys in this department, but didn't Bridgeport decide they would allow convicted felons to apply/work there?

I still fail to see how the government has the responsibility to manage the financial sector. Free market economy means just that. Some other countries let the government manage national markets, most notably China, Cuba, Venezuela, and the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics...

Stay safe guys, and thank you.

Rest in Peace El-Tee.

New Haven FD still runs 1 or 2 of them, as do Baltimore and DC.

SAFER is only a temporary funding process though, one day that grant money will run out... and then who will foot the bill, if the mayor isn't giving them funding?

Every year somebody says that, last year there were probably 180 London Brigade FFs, we wondered what the hell would happen if London caught fire...

Definitely, Derby is a pretty good department, these jerkoffs are no representation of the hardworking guys of Hotchkiss, etc.

reilly, I couldn't agree more, I wish I had money lying around to invest or buy up several of these foreclosed properties. Alot of people are going to make alot of money...

Ok, I'm going to get involved here, against my better judgement. I am EXTREMELY happy that the bailout plan was shot down. Plain and simple, its not the governments job to regulate the economy. Free market economy, I'm fairly certain I read that in some important document somewhere. Congress has alot of other avenues than giving the Secretary of Treasury a blank check to bail out whatever bank (including foriegn ones) he damn well pleased, which would have been irresponsible. For example, they could have raised the FDIC insurance level to greater than the current $100,000 limit. They could have also The arguement that the government could make money off these homes is rediculous. If banks couldn't sell these houses, what makes you think the Federal government can? Thats just stupid. The Dow Jones drop today was scaremongering, an attempt by those controlling the markets to scare Congress into passing a bill that would save their failed careers. $700 billion dollars is pretty damned close to Marxist redistribution of wealth, and I don't know about you ladies and gentleman, but I'm no communist. If a company cannot make money, it should go out of business. Thats economics. The problems with this mortgage crisis is irresponsibility on the parts of damned near everyone involved, but NOT the US Government. Banks gave mortgages to people they knew couldn't pay, and morons took out mortgages they SHOULD have known they couldn't pay. Its simple, you add up the money you make every month, and subtract your bills, and what you'd be paying for the mortgage. If you get a negative number, DON'T TAKE OUT THAT MORTGAGE. Thank God there are still fiscal conservatives out there who are smart enough to see through this garbage... also, it should be noted, the vote was split between both Democrats AND Republicans, both parties had majorities voting no.

From what I'm hearing, one of the morons, I think the one mentioned in the second article, is a UNH student, so we have a black eye for our school as well as firefighters in our area. Throw the book at 'em.

I didn't get the opportunity to go this year, but the past two years I have, and I had a great time.

Lets not forget Farve, threw 6 TD passes today.

Date: 9/27/08 Time: 1930 hours Location: Coleman St. Frequency: 460.550 Units Operating: Center District: C19, C20 E21, T22, E23 (Vol.), E24, E25 (First Due), T26 (Vol.), R27 Allingtown TL-1, R1, E2, C4, C5 West Shore E31, AMR, WHPD, American Red Cross Description Of Incident: Reported fire in an apartment Writer: SageVigiles Center District Box Assignment for reported apartment fire -Initial Box: E21, T22, E23, E24, E25, T26 R27, Allingtown TL-1 M/A West Haven PD O/S first, reporting heavy smoke showing Engine 25 first due, confirming heavy smoke and flame, 2nd Alarm struck. -Signal 22 (2nd Alarm): Allingtown R1, E2 West Shore E31 AMR transported 4 Police Officers to the hospital for smoke inhalation (According to WTNH.) American Red Cross called to relocated families. Reason for Edit: Correction on injuries, added Red Cross.

Not sure yet, gotta see what my schedule is like for next week... got alot of stuff going on at school.

Good to see a department spending its resources on fire prevention as well as fire suppression. Smart investment, hopefully all the surrounding communities (including my own) will be able to utilize this trailer.

Seth, I absolutely concede that point about the size of the town, its the largest town (by area) in the state of Connecticut, but having heard them on the radio I would tend to think its alot more of not being able to get out the door than just long travel distance. On a Saturday morning I once heard a call for a 4 year old accidential overdose go mutual aid for lack of response. Obviously thats just one case, but its not the first time I've heard the only ambo call in town go mutual aid for New Milford. I give kudos to the department for deciding to finally go with paid staff, but its a shame it took this long for the decision to be made. Of course, I won't throw geological artifacts without recognizing the transparence and fragility of my own residence, New Fairfield has its fair share of response problems as well, along with alot of other towns, but we tried to do something to address it. Either way, this is a good decision for the citizens of New Milford.