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The difference is, if you get pulled over on a V & T stop by a police cruiser with blue lights, you can beat the ticket. By police displaying blue it is illegal (unless PAPD or a federal agency). Being there is illegal equipment being used on a V & T stop, the ticket can be fought. This will also go for those police agencies still doing traffic stops with unmarked cars.

Zone 4 is Croton, Montrose, Buchanan, Verplanck, Peekskill, Mohegan and Somers. Zone 5 is Croton Falls, Goldens Bridge, South Salem, Vista, Bedford, Bedford Hills and Mount Kisco. (Banksville and Armonk?)

If you look under the Yorktown Auto Body Fire picture link on the home page of this web site (page two) there is a picture of the Zone 4 truck approximately half way down. If you PM me your email addy, I'll send you the original photo.

Although not operating, Yorktown's Utility 36 was also on scene. :sad:

Engine 61 was disbanded in 1998. At that time Squad 61 was organized. The quarters is at 1518 Williamsbridge Rd. in The Bronx along with Bat 20.

I think the pagers going off was a bunch of BS reporting. I was in the same showing and I didn't hear anyone's pager going off at any time.

Did Yorktown find everything that was done that night? Rumer has it that all three (present and future) stations were hit.

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To elaborate, there are a fair amout of "grey market" cameras on ebay. These usually lack any warranty.

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Thanks Seth! You just saved me alot of time in needing to review the video tapes to see who is to blame. We'll just blame it on all of them! Expecially the second individual from the right. Although when I get a chance I'll still take a look at the tapes. After all, with 3 cameras to capture the fun and games, it should make for interesting viewing.

There is supposed to be new fire freqs. It's a trunked system in the 400 Mhz range. It will not provide for interoperability between fire/ems/pd.

Kit bashing is taking models such as Code 3 or Corgi and turning them into one of a kinds. Kit bashers will change everything from paint and lettering to bodies and chassis. If you go to www.fireengines.net there is a whole section dedicated to this hobby.

From the IAFC: The link for the DOT Hazmat Safety Home Page is: http://hazmat.dot.gov/hazhome.htm

With the recently aquired station in Montrose (thanks to Montrose's own County Car 2), we are part of the Tri Village response plan and do border the Hudson!

As I had said in the other thread, we'll only have two in the tower for master stream op's and two or three for vent, rescue etc, when the water way is dry. This is not for the interest of working space but the interest of weight capacity. Our rated platform load is 1000#'s. If we have 3 firefighters, with gear (turnouts, paks, tools), and the waterway wet, the weight will be exceeded. Many manufacturers put the weight differences in their spec sheet. Example: For a new Sutphen SP95, It states the aerial platform device has a dry load capacity of 1000 lbs. and a wet load capacity of 500 lbs.

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I think Dennis Leary has a while to go to catch up to Stern. The show has more to do with the off duty lives of the firefighters than actual firefighting. Unfortunately, there doesn't have to be a fictional tv show to embarase firefighters. There are plenty of unprofessional (paid and volly) firefighters to go around. Regardless, if people are going to continue to bash it and say how much they don't like it, I ask this: Why watch it?

I was thinking the exact same thing... If that's what they want, that's great! Looking at the bigger picture, it is yet another TL in that Tower heavy area. The SS's in the northern end of the county are Ossining (2), Mt. Kisco, Yorktown, Mohegan (2), Banksville, North White Plains and Tarrytown. Towers are in Peekskill, Montrose, Verplanck, Croton, Somers, Bedford Hills, Mount Kisco, Chappaqua, Pleasantville, Thornwood, Hawthorne, Valhalla, Sleepy Hollow, Purchase and West Harrison

The events usually don't get off the ground untill noon or so. Directions (drive time approx 1 hour traffic permiting): Interstate 95 to Exit 39A Right off the exit ramp onto Route 1 East. Route 1 approx 1 mile, right onto Route 121 North. Route 121 North 1-2 miles to Eisenhower Park on Left. Muster is in the park. If you need directions to I-95: Route 35 East to Route 123 South (through Vista) To Merrit Parkway East (in New Canaan) Merrit Parkway to Milford Parkway Exit 55A Milford Parkway to I-95 East

The only SOP Somers has is full PPE minus SCBA. This is to protect against rotor-wash. It is not required to have a pumper, therefore, it is not an SOP to pull a line. We've had the truck, utility and command vehicles set up the LZ. To my knowledge, as far as Stat-Flight is concerned, they want a ground contact to advise them about any obsticles that my not be seen from above and to mark a LZ. Flares are prohibited, cones are encouraged. Night time, cones with flashlights inside them do the trick. Another goal in establishing the LZ other than visually marking it is for purposes of crowd control. I'm sure it can be argued that a hose line should be pulled. Then again, helo's land in Somers on an almost daily basis! When the exec's come into IBM we don't go. When the SP helo lands at the Somers Barracks we don't go. Should we go to these and pull a line "just incase"? I don't think so.

Is that going to be up in Milford Saturday?

This topic comes around every now and then. Mount Kisco being the latest to get scrutinized on this practice

Fire union: No way to Ryde® By DEBORAH S. MORRIS Staff Writer August 8, 2004 Fire union officials are outraged that a rental truck is being used to replace an official rescue vehicle that backs up an elite fire unit in Brooklyn and parts of Queens. Stephen Cassidy, president of the Uniformed Firefighters Association, said the white Ryder truck is not equipped with flashing lights, sirens or even a two-way radio, and compromises the safety of firefighters and the public. "How is it possible the city of New York does not have the resources to supply this kind of key equipment?" Cassidy asked. "This mayor has slashed the budget to a place that we can't do what we need to do, to protect the public. It's a slap in the face and citizens should be outraged," he said. According to Frank Gribbon, spokesman for the Fire Department, the rental truck will only be in use for about two months, until a new truck on order arrives. He said the truck is used primarily to carry tools and lumber in building-collapse emergencies. "This is not a response vehicle. It's a support unit. Their role is to come in once an assessment has been made," Gribbon said. The box truck emblazoned with the word Ryder, with FDNY decals placed above that logo, was being put into service yesterday at Ladder Company No. 132 in Brooklyn where it will be housed. The truck will serve Rescue 2, which responds to high-end emergencies, such as hazmat incidents and building collapses. The official vehicle was loaned to a unit in Manhattan sometime last week, according to Gribbon. Cassidy said firefighters were disgusted that they have the training but not the right equipment, but that would not stop them from doing their job. "My firefighters are still going to risk their lives because that is what they do for the city of New York," Cassidy said. He added he was concerned for police officers as well. "You put two people in firefighter gear in a white box truck, send them driving around New York City, they become a target for police," he said, adding police would only be doing their job in trying to stop the truck, but could unwittingly delay lifesaving help. But Gribbon said that would not be an issue. "The vehicle is not just going to be driving around unescorted. It will be two pieces responding together. The Police Department has been provided with information. This is a temporary measure. The fact of the matter is this is increasing our capabilities of responding to a structural collapse." Copyright © 2004, Newsday, Inc.