HFD209

Hartsdale also goes by a points system. To become a member you must be interviewed and voted in by the department and then sworn in. Befroe you could respond to alarms and rills you must under go a ten hour training session. The session can be brokne up into sections. Theres a section of knots, scba ppe, ladders, hydrants, arson awareness and apparatus review. This is taught at the training officers discretion and the trainee's. Then the member is able respond and be exteior only. to become interior they must pass basic intermediate and fire fighter survival. Upon finishing the ten hours, the member has to attend 75% or drill/ mettings and make 36 or more fire calls. Also they must stay osha certified and have an annual physical.

I would just like to make sure that it is understood that i was expressing an opinion. I was not try to change s.o.p. or bash any department for thier s.o.p.'s. Even if i totally disagreed with a department order or S.O.P. of mine or another department, it is opinion, and i understand that things are done the way they are done for a reason. Thank you.

I agree storngly with hfd211, that it is overkill half the time, but dc2t also has a strong point. In fact that they do send both deprtments on parkways, I think it is necessary to notify mutual aid departmnenst that they are on standby for those departments, i mean face it, that would mean on a park way run, you would lose both of your first responding second alarm vehicles if there was a fire in hartsdale. your now talking about a delay in a mutual aid response, or non at all.

Hi Im HFD209.. My name is Paul. Im a Lieutenant in the Hartsdale Fire company. Ive been with the department for a few years. Its loads of fun. I head up or am a part of a few committe in the department, for example the !00th anniversary committee. Any questions or comments on anything in the HFD, just contact me. P.S. this site is awsome....