Beekman

585- You can have him back any time you want. He already knows everything about firefighting. You say the word and he's back at 60!

Could you imagine OFPC doing inspections of Fire Departments every two years? You can't get some departments to wear their first set of gear...don't even bother buying a second set.

So if the truck had an "Official" license plate, would a call to PESH help? Then again there is this gem in the news: http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/...;emailAFriend=1

Broome County Airport July 4th and 5th http://binghamton.schultzairshows.com/ Tickets $12

Motorized Drills: The Events This description of events is provided by NYS Drill Teams the ultimate web site for Nassau/Suffolk Drill Team information. Three Man Ladder Three men start at 50, 75, and 100 feet from arch. Men must simultaneously climb a 25 ft. ladder (secured to the arch). First two men must touch top rung, last man must grasp and hold top rung. B Ladder One driver, three ladder men and one climber, using a class B fire vehicle equipped with a 25 ft. speed ladder, start 150 feet from arch. Vehicle and personnel race to arch. Vehicle stops an the arch. Ladder men and climber must get off and raise ladder to arch. Climber then scales ladder. Climber must grasp and hold top rung. C Ladder One driver, three ladder men and one climber, using a class C fire vehicle equipped with a 25 ft. speed ladder, start 475 feet from arch. Vehicle and personnel race to arch. Vehicle stops at the arch. Ladder men and climber must get off and raise ladder to arch. Climber then scales ladder. Climber must grasp and hold top rung. C Hose One driver, one hydrant man, one nozzle man, one break man and one slack man, using a class C fire vehicle equipped with 200 ft. of hose, (150 ft. usable and 50 ft. unusable) start 475 feet from hydrant. Vehicle and personnel will race down track, stop at hydrant to let hydrant man and slack man off. Hydrant man will connect hose to hydrant. Vehicle and remaining personnel will continue down track to target where they will stop. Nozzle man and break man will get off. Break man will then break connection between the usable and unusable hose length's. Nozzle man will then attach a nozzle to the usable length's and trip the target with water. B Hose One driver, one hydrant man, one nozzle man, one break man and one slack man, using a class B fire vehicle equipped with 200 ft. of hose, (150 ft. usable and 50 ft. unusable) start 150 feet from hydrant. Vehicle and personnel will race down track, stop at hydrant to let hydrant man and slack man off. Hydrant man will connect hose to hydrant. Vehicle and remaining personnel will continue down track to target where they will stop. Nozzle man and break man will get off. Break man will then break connection between the usable and unusable hose length's. Nozzle man will then attach a nozzle to the usable length's and trip the target with water. Efficiency Eight men (with three 50 ft. lengths of hose) will start 50 feet from hydrant. At start signal men must connect hose together, connect a nozzle and connect to hydrant, run down track and pass water through hose to trip a target. Motor Pump Eleven men and class B fire vehicle will start 75 feet from hydrant. Men may not get off vehicle until it crosses the 25 ft. line from hydrant. At this time the vehicle will stop at hydrant and men will jump off. Hydrant man will connect inlet line to hydrant and another man will connect one end of hose to pump outlet on vehicle. Water will pass from hydrant through pump on vehicle to hose connected to outlet. Nozzle man will then trip the target with water. Buckets Twelve men will start 75 ft. from arch. At start signal , five men will climb a 25 ft. ladder secured to the arch. The first man up the ladder will go to top of the arch and will dump water into a 55 gallon barrel. The remaining four ladder men will position themselves on ladder to enable the passing of buckets to the top of the arch. The remaining men will draw the 5 gallon buckets from the tub and pass the buckets to the ladder men.

The fire department racing team is a big thing on Long Island (go figure). On one of my trips to Long Island last summer I saw a brand new training course that is specifically set up for training of the racing team built behind a fire station. It's like a firefighter challenge but just with muscle fire trucks and insane firefighters...more insane than us "normal" firefighters. I remember growing up and the local department practicing about a mile away during the summer time. Kinda neat to watch. http://www.nysdrillteams.com/areas/linkpage.htm Just looking at the list, there are a lot of departments that did away with their teams as none of the current "drill" teams are from my old neighborhood. Also, back in the day, they at least looked a little like fire trucks. Can't say that looking at some of the teams now.

In other words, nothing has changed. Just notify OFPC after the fact or it will come out in a State audit or Newsday article and the District will be discredited. You do not request permission from OFPC to go out of state. Home rule. Besides there are good reasons for going out of state including FDIC, Firehouse Expo, Springfield, Mass. and more.

Here's a better question for East Fishkill....What is 39-56? Curious firefighters in Beekman want to know. Thomas? Pics?

35 Cats

There was even five white helmets playing on the C/D side. Whatever it takes!

So which Department gets the 2 alarm fire today?

I'm guessing Wake can bill the insurance companies? The Fire Districts cannot so you lose all that money by letting the insurance companies off the hook. I don't believe the laws would allow the County to bill either. Sitting in the "4 Town" meetings for the past few years, you are talking about a significant amount of money that you would not be able to recoup if you had a County run EMS system vs a Commercial Service based system that could bill.

Aren't we referring to the same County that wanted to eliminate the DCSO road patrols and have each town hire their own?

6. Town of Fishkill then Village of Fishkill then back to the Town of Fishkill before heading into the Town of Wappingers

Hey Dan, I think I know who you are referring to and he will be spoken to as he is NOT Interior as he hasn't completed Firefighter Survival. The Chiefs Council came out with an Interior Standard a few years but I haven't a clue which departments are compliant as I know of departments that still don't have their folks complete physicals. This really becomes an issue when you have mutual aid departments on a call and you don't know what level their guys are trained to. It's funny how you mentioned it though as the Beekman Officers will be discussing the "Probie" subject on Monday night. Fuel for the fire. Thanks Dan.

With the current PC culture, shouldn't it be in Spanish as well? Just a joke, relax!

Quick question for the LEOs on here and I'm sorry if the question seems silly: I would assume the system checks more plates that are coming from the opposite direction than the patrol car is headed in more suburban areas. If so, is there going to be a more concerted effort to enforce the V&T statue that requires vehicles registered in NYS to have the front license plate installed?

Sorry these took so long.

Thanks guys. I even have a pic of the famous Photounit himself.

I'm trying to find one of my computer guys who can resize my photos. My Fire Police Captain caught a few pics of when the crew entered the building then made a hasty retreat. "Risk a little to save a little".

They have much better warning signs from the L.I.E. onto the parkways for trucks (IF YOU GET ON THIS PARKWAY YOU WILL HIT AN OVERPASS). The signs on 84 are relatively small and it seems that tractor trailers on the TSP are becoming a weekly occurance.

Yes agreement, not a contract.

Thanks guy. Today's fire had a good jump on us.

We are on par for one a month with today being our first loss.

She goes into service next Sunday after the training weekend with Tyler.