emt688

Forgive me from speaking out of turn, but the town, and ASVAC were consulted when the "facility" was being built/established. ASVAC was 300-ish calls probably thought they could handle it, or since they had just started billing, maybe get rid of that god-awful strawberry colored bus and afford a real one (or two!). In the adjoining town we suffered greatly from a similar facility that also took up a large percentage of calls; though in hindsight most falls were in fact medical in nature; first time I ever used a hare-traction splint in real life... I digress. Poor planning, poor management (ongoing), and a 'bring it - we'll handle it' approach has led to the current situ with 700+ calls and 75 constantly tied up for non-medical calls. Falls at a place like that are purely mismanagement. Both of it's own and wastefully of other's resources. Greenburg or ASVAC or the town has to lay down the operating parameters that make sense for the community, not be dictated by "that facility" policy. Be proactive - take back your turf!

Date: 12/18 Time: 13:35 Location: Ashford Ave c/o Sprain Road Frequency: 46.24 Units Operating: Ardsley FD, Greenville E-151, L-4, SSU; 50-B1, GPD EMS 74, Greenburgh Tech Rescue, GPD 50, 54, Ardsley 94 Description Of Incident: Semi-truck from Scarsdale Ford off the road and leaning to the passenger side on a hill. Vehicle stabilized before driver was removed. Writer: emt688, Truck4(O/S)

I stand corrected. What I meant to say was that the Logistics Manager would develop a list of available units to respond to any given incident and to prioritize the response based on the incident commander's requests. That is to say that the process of 'right sizing' and 'correct sizing' the response is covered under the chain of command in ICS-100.

The country has already setup a Mutual Aid plan that they've required all agencies to ratify. The agreement is an official document, and I will try to lay my hands on it again, but to summarize it states that you agree to be part of the County Mutual Aid plan. There is also the CEMP - Country Emergency Management Plan, which you can get somewhere on westchestergov.com, and lists the capabilities of each agency that has subscribed to the mutual aid agreement, but doesn't get into the nitty-gritty planning of what will happen if X happens in Hastings, for example, who will be dispatched and how. How is still a problem in that not all agencies in the County are dispatched by 60 Control. I am in two minds as to whether having all Fire and EMS dispatched by 60 control is a good thing or a bad thing. Of course I would like Emergency Medical Dispatch to be able to triage the BLS calls and to determine when a Paramedic is really needed. In your suggestion, it would only work in a paid system, where people had to 'do the right thing' and respond appropriately, but with an all volunteer system, staffing, commitment, and relationships can all be problematic. ICS-100 does dictate that the closest available units respond. In a multi-alarm or MCI, it would be to a staging area that is close to the incident. For the most part, the respond to quarters to cover xxx units is an appropriate response to this level of incident command -- but never when it puts the responding units geographic area at risk. -Just some thoughts.