DaRock98

Any Pictures?

Any one know what the cause of this fire was?

I'm looking to update the training videos we have at the firehouse, can anyone give me a company or contact info where I can get new videos from? Thank you in advance.

Agreed! Yes it is sad, we are not proactive but instead reactive and thats what hurts us as a whole.

That is very rare to have 3 buses and a rehab unit out 24/7 I dont know of many agencies that can do that. Sure some can do it and I have seen it done before but I highly doubt any volunteer angency can do that 100% of the time. But back to the original question maybe its a matter of the ems agencies going to meet the chiefs of the surrounding departments and explaining the importance and benefits of having the rehab and ems units on the 1st alarm assignment. So that they are automaticly dispatched and it is one less thing for the IC to think about.

Does anyone know what was determined to be the cause of this fire?

Great photos! Does Banksville still operate with a ladder truck?

Date: 10/28/10 Time: 0830 (approx) Location: Kensico Rd and Rolling Hills Rd. Frequency: 46.26, Fire 11 Units Operating: 2471, 2472, 2473, R75, E89, PVAC, 37M1 and MPPD Weather Conditions: Sunny Description Of Incident: 2 Car MVA with pin, 2472 on location confirming pin. Reporters: DaRock98 Writer: DaRock98

Tarrytown has 2 people down in a sewer.

I saw it today at metrocom in Bedford Hills it looks great.

As of right now 63U5 is the 1998 Expedition that is towing the trailer for U97 (gator). It is not a rehab unit and has no other equipment in it as of now. There are talks of putting our mci equipment in it but nothing final has been decided. And a side note Pvac's rehab unit (the old MA27) was requested to Briarcliff.

Date: 6/27/10 Time:13:13 Location: TSP South at Mile marker 3.4 the Saw Mill Pkwy underpass Frequency: 46.26, Fire 11 Units Operating: Hawthorne Units: 2191,2193,2195, E155 and 63-B1 Briarcliff Manor: 2051 and 53-B2 37M1 and 36M1 State and County PD Weather Conditions: Hot and Humid Description Of Incident: Hawthorne fire and EMS dispatched to MVA with injuries Sprain Brook South mile marker 12.5 the Taconic-Sprain Split. 2191 and 2193 requesting updated location from 60 control due to accident being unfounded at this time. 60 advises the are getting a report of MVA on Taconic South at mile marker 3.4 possibly one in the same. 2193 on location TSP at 3.4 south with a 1 car MVA on the guardrail confirming extrication needed to remove passenger. Pt extricated by 155 crew and in the hands of EMS. 63-B1 with 1 pt ALS to WMC and 53-B2 with 1 BLS to WMC. Reporters: DaRock98 Writer: DaRock98

In my dept. we have a paid EMT on call from 0600 hours Monday till 0600 hours Saturday. Drivers come down when the pager goes off. (I would have to say that 80% of the time they are hanging out at the firehouse anyway.) We usually don't have a problem getting the first bus out the door during these hours but if we get hit with a second call thats where we get stuck. Saturday and Sundays are covered by volunteer EMTs and Drivers. We tried to have a sign up for duty crews(for weekends/drivers during the week/and a second crew during the week) but haven't had much luck with people signing up. So I guess my question to all of you is what do you do to get your people to sign up for shifts? And how long is each shift?

More than 1 Mt. Pleasant agency has paid EMT's and from what I hear on the scanner and being a member of one those agencies I don't see much of a problem with getting 1 bus on the road in a fair amount of time. Now getting the 2nd one out is a different story. (I'm not saying this is ok at ALL) No agency is perfect and I'm not bashing PVAC at all, I have a lot of friends in that agency and maybe it was prior to your membership but it wasn't to long ago (maybe 5 or 6 months ago) where PVAC just like every other VAC in Westchester had a very hard time covering calls, and spoke of hiring EMT's. Fortunately you guys DID get a wave of new members and since then been able to cover 2 or 3 calls at a time. I will be the first person to admit that my agency has had its fair share of issues with covering calls but we have made some adjustments and hired some EMT's. Our system is not perfect nor do I think it ever will be but we have made a lot of progress from the days of us not being able to cover a call AT ALL.

+1 for the blackberry app

. http://larchmont.patch.com/articles/mems-will-continue-providing-services-to-district

Hawthorne Fire Dept. Fire- 367 EMS- 537(includes MVAs) Total- 904

Date: 09/09/09 Time: 21:22 Location: 406 Commerce St. Frequency: 46.26, EMS 11 Units Operating: MPPD, 2193, 63-B1, 37-M1 and U-41 Weather Conditions: Cool Description Of Incident: Hawthorne EMS dispatched to Con Ed worker with injuries from a fall of approx. 30ft from bucket truck. Bucket truck was parked on a steep inclined driveway when truck rolled down driveway with worker in bucket. Neighbor watching Con Ed jumped into truck to hit brakes causing bucket to sway and throw worker from bucket. Pt. transported ALS to WMC for evaluation. Reporters: DaRock98 Writer: DaRock98

Looks Great! Good luck with it!

Can you be a little more specific as to what you are looking for? I am in the memorial business and can possibly help you.

Yes Hawthorne has horns that go off ONLY for fire calls, and they only go off during the day. (when they are working )

A10 (ambulance 10) was the old numbering system we used before we switched to the current number system of 63-B1 and 63-B2.

Is that because you are the star in these pics??

Hawthorne Fire Department officers: 2191 (Chief) Joe LaGrippo 2192 (Asst. Chief) Henry Oswald Jr. 2193 (Asst. Chief) Tommy Miliambro 2194 (Capt.) Joe Scapelhorn 2195 (1st. Lt.) Mike Weaver 2196 (2nd Lt.) Joe Carpentieri 2197 (3rd Lt.) Beau Desimone 2198 (4th Lt.) Lubo Peric

Date: Sunday March 29, 2009 Time: 08:30 - 11:00 Place: Hawthorne Fire Dept. 25 Home Street Hawthorne, NY 10532 Come join Sparky and the Hawthorne Fire Department for breakfast on Sunday March 29, 2009 from 08:30- 11:00. All are welcome! Adults: $8.00 Seniors: $7.00 Children 6 and up: $6.00 Children 5 and under are free!