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Has anyone ever died waiting for the Fire investigator to arrive? The FD should still be there for long enough while overhauling to give the investigator plenty of time to arrive. I've personally never been at a fire in Westchester where we had to stand around doing nothing waiting for them. And if you are completely done with operations, release the assignment and leave one crew on scene. I couldn't justify the risk of sending a fire investigator to a scene lights and sirens. 

 
They kept saying one career firefighter on one fire engine shows up and they are correct. What they are not doing is finishing the rest of the story . When I got hired we had 16 strong career with 400 Volunteers with about 300 give or take and the rest [ 100 ]the older members . The Career staff runs Engine 58 and Engine 59 . When a call came in on the fire phone the firefighter at HQ answered the call and got the info . When it was determined whos call it was [ Eng58 lower Port Chester ] with most of the work or Eng 59 with more area but less work [ mostly bedroom  but some very large buildings [ General  foods 1900 by 500 ] and so on . If it was 58's call he would stop talking and the Sta. 4 firefighter [ Eng 59 ]would get the rest of the info with 58 hitting the road mostly in 60 or so sec. I pulled up to many working fires to find Volunteer firefighters either already standing there or in the building looking for people or the fire . Engine 58 & 59 have 800 gallon tanks and preconnect  lines more scotts to handle the guys already on location .the firefighters would take the lines in and starting to attack the fire . As a rule we did not hit hydrants but had the tools to do so . The next in engine would supply 58 or 59 .That is what was taken away from the dept . 

Food or thought

Enough of petty bickering

Enough of petty bickering

Enough of petty bickering

Enough of petty bickering

Vails Gate command on scene reporting fully involved 2-story private dwelling.
You must have good ears. I never heard Vails Gate command report fully involved

Funny how this article was released days before the vote on replacing the ladder. Seems like there is a supervisor stiring the pot again.

Funny how this article was released days before the vote on replacing the ladder. Seems like there is a supervisor stiring the pot again.

Funny how this article was released days before the vote on replacing the ladder. Seems like there is a supervisor stiring the pot again.

Funny how this article was released days before the vote on replacing the ladder. Seems like there is a supervisor stiring the pot again.

Funny how this article was released days before the vote on replacing the ladder. Seems like there is a supervisor stiring the pot again.

Funny how this article was released days before the vote on replacing the ladder. Seems like there is a supervisor stiring the pot again.

Funny how this article was released days before the vote on replacing the ladder. Seems like there is a supervisor stiring the pot again.

Funny how this article was released days before the vote on replacing the ladder. Seems like there is a supervisor stiring the pot again.

My squad gets "No Respect"

Photos from Fairview FD

My squad gets "No Respect"

My squad gets "No Respect"

My squad gets "No Respect"

My squad gets "No Respect"

My squad gets "No Respect"