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The frist thing "the firefighter's speeding Grand Prix crested the hill and hit Walker on the side of the road." The second thing "About 10 firefighters who arrived on the scene after the first crash watched as their colleague hit Walker"

True!!!! We do not know all the details. If they were working on the car and doing pt care(which i hope isn't the case) then yes shut down the highway, if they were just waiting for a tow then let the trafic flow. It happens all the time were I work.

I agree. Maybe they are just CYA.(Cover Your a**) Just incase it was a bad mask.( billing too!! Cannot 4get about the $ ) It is like when you do your frist day check, you want to do it yourself. Not have somebody else do it and take there word that everthing is ok.

Once the group learned of the promotions, it argued that promoting the two men would not be following the consent decree. The group said it had reason to believe the men are not city residents. Carroll is not a city resident, but he has fulfilled the department's residency requirement during the first years of his service. NOW that is a BS reason. Got to be more to this!!!!

Are you rendering first aid or breaking up a fight? What are you and I going to do as Ff.'s when an EDP or a fight breaks out and there is a knife or a gun, and the conductors come looking for us b/c we tinned are way on? He cannot remember if we were a cop or a FF. Now what? I have helped people in the past off duty, I have no problem with that. All I am saying nobody owes us anything just b/c we are Ff.'s. Everybody on this site paid or volunteer do what they do b/c they love it. Yes, cops and Ff.'s and EMS workers (paid or volunteer) put there life on the line everyday. What about all the nurses and doctors, ( you ever see an ER in the Bronx? Talk about putting you life on the line) the Con Ed workers. the list can go on and on. Do they get a free ride too? Before you know it nobody will be paying. These are companies, they are in it to make money. To pay the people that work for them so they can support there familles. Even if you save the VP of Metro North, you are still going to have to pay. Come on now, he needs to pay for his country club and his winter house down in Florida LOL

Mostl fire appartus do not have keys. Push start and a battery switch

2 long. Whats up with the Duran Duran song!LOL Why is it when they talk about Vol Depts they always bring up the tax thing? Is that going to make somebody join.I know some towns and villages here in Westchester that are coverd by Vol dept and there taxes are high. I have all paid depts and services and my taxes are low.

You can say that again. B/C when the sh@t hits the fan who is the frist person they come looking for. Just pay for the movie, just pay for the train ride. Just b/c you have a badge dosen't mean a free ride. I knew somebody that was tinning his way on the train and the VP of Metro North was sitting next to him and saw what was going on.Just say he was not a happy man.

White Plains rides with 2-3 ff's and an officer. 9 Companies - 5 Engines, 3 Ladders & 1 Rescue No volunteers ride or go to alarms in the City of White Plains. Trans Care is EMS

Dorf's attorney, Kenneth Mollins, said Dorf suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and "a legacy of fear" from the 2001 attacks. WTF!!!!! :angry: So is the 343 FDNY 23 NYPD and 37 Port Authority family members are going to sue too!!!!!!!!!! saying Tuesday that the explosion brought back horrible memories. Like everbody that was there or knew someone that was killed didn' bring back memories. I think people have them evey day.This women wasn't at the towers it was her sister. "He said the lawsuit is intended to force Con Ed to improve maintenance of its infrastructure" I love when people sue they say that it is not about the money!!! If that is the case sue con ed for paper clips then or some of those nice blue con ed hard hats,

Now lets see what happens with these a**@#les. It is going to be he said he said!!! Hope it dosen't drag out too long in the courts. The convoy of NYPD cars comming back from Pennysylvanania should get lost and take the long way back to NYC!!!!If you catch what I am saying Where is BIG AL? Must be keeping his eyes on Imus.

To say my engine is cleaner than yours? Or is newer or more expensive.

From Firehouse.com MOUNDSVILLE, W.Va.-- An 18-year-old man who volunteered to help keep his community safe from fire has been arrested for arson. Blaine Alan Vanscyoc Jr. was lodged in the Northern Regional Jail on Monday, charged with four counts of third-degree arson and three counts of willingly and feloniously setting fires, a jail spokeswoman said. He was arraigned late Monday, and bond was set at $25,000. Moundsville police Chief James Kudlak said the investigation that led to Vanscyoc's arrest started after a series of Dumpster fires began in the city more than a month ago. Kudlak said an "extraordinary number" of these fires began to occur, prompting detectives and Noel Clarke, chief of the city's paid fire department, to launch an investigation. According to Kudlak, an officer with the Moundsville Volunteer Fire Department had some suspicions, noticing the same volunteer crews always arrived to put out the fires. "That's a red flag for an arsonist," Kudlak said. In the wake of 12 Dumpster fires, Kudlak said detectives obtained run sheets from the VFD and started to track the fires, compiling a list of suspects. While investigators were in the process of "running down" the suspects, Kudlak said, one male confessed to being involved with setting the fires. Kudlak noted detectives also used video surveillance tapes from different businesses and found the suspects' vehicles had been filmed in the area of some of the fires. The suspects were confronted with this information. On Monday, Kudlak said an arrest warrant for one adult ��� Vanscyoc ��� and a petition for one juvenile suspect had been obtained by police. Vanscyoc was arrested, and Kudlak expects the involved juvenile to be summoned to court. Kudlak noted the fires did not cause any injury or property damage, but they were escalating. "They were becoming more frequent and larger," he said. "They were getting closer to structures." Jim Burton, president of the Moundsville VFD, said it was a joint investigation that led to Vanscyoc's arrest. Noting that additional information would be released today, Burton declined to comment further. But Kudlak noted Monday's arrest was just the first in what he anticipates will be a series of arrests. "I expect more arrests," he said. "This is just the beginning. It looks like there are more people involved."

A state agency charged the Baltimore City Fire Department yesterday with "intentionally" and "knowingly" violating safety rules resulting in "a substantial probability [of] death or serious physical harm" during a Feb. 9 training exercise that killed a fire cadet. The Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, after a five-month investigation, cited the department for 33 safety violations and singled out two fire commanders for the haphazard planning and execution of the live burn that claimed the life of Racheal M. Wilson, 29, and injured two others in a vacant rowhouse on South Calverton Road in Southwest Baltimore. The charging document, obtained by The Sun, marked the first time that an outside agency has rendered judgment on the department's conduct in the incident and provided fresh details of what went wrong. It said that eight fires -- not seven as the Fire Department previously reported -- were lit by three people inside the rowhouse while the safety officer stood outside. One blaze was set on the first floor, five on the second floor and two on the third floor, the document said. National standards require that only one person -- an ignition officer -- should set the fire and that only one blaze should be set at a time. The newly disclosed information also showed that firefighters and trainees inside the burning building were not wearing proper breathing or safety gear and that when the fire got out of control one instructor abandoned four trainees. Also, when the cadets entered the burning building, the backup hose line, which should have been charged with water in case of emergency, was "rolled up on the back of a pickup truck," according to the document. It said there was no water reserve available for the burn. National regulations require a hose line to be charged and ready to put out a training blaze from the moment it is ignited. The Fire Department is required to respond in writing by Monday showing how it will abate the violations. Fire Chief William J. Goodwin Jr., who is attending a seminar at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, could not be reached for comment. But his spokesman, Rick Binetti, said yesterday that the department has already taken steps to remedy the safety concerns outlined by the labor department, including ending the practice of staging live burns off of academy grounds. "The biggest thing is that live burns in acquired structures are indefinitely put on hold," Binetti said. Most big-city fire departments train cadets at specially constructed buildings and do not ignite vacant rowhouses to practice extinguishing fires. Binetti also said the Fire Department has beefed up its safety office and assigned a safety officer specifically to work at the department's training academy. While the report did not include names, it blamed some of the violations on the burn's safety officer and its instructor in charge. The Fire Department has previously identified the two as Battalion Chief Kenneth Hyde Sr., who has been fired, and Lt. Joseph Crest, who is under suspension and facing termination. Anthony McCarthy, a spokesman for Mayor Sheila Dixon, said that she has not yet reviewed the state charges. "I think we all share a great deal of disappointment to find ourselves in this situation," he said. "We have to take seriously, very seriously, the findings of this professional organization." "Things have to change. People will be held accountable," he said. "Dixon is committed to changing the culture of this department." Another fire officer involved with the burn, Lt. Barry Broyles, the head of a rescue team, was suspended from the department and an internal panel of his peers recommended last month that he be fired. All 33 violations were labeled "serious," meaning there was "a substantial probability that death or serious physical harm could result," according to definitions of the violations listed in the charging document. Of those, 17 were also labeled "willful," meaning "the employer committed an intentional and knowing violation" or acted with "plain indifference to or in careless disregard of employer responsibilities." The charges dealt exclusively with the fatal live burn on Feb. 9 and did not address other incidents. The day before, for example, two firefighters were injured at a live burn in a vacant house in East Baltimore. It was unclear from the charging document whether the earlier burn was, or is, being investigated. Officials from the Department of Labor could not be reached for comment yesterday. Some of the information in yesterday's report had already been outlined in the Fire Department's preliminary investigation released in February, but the state report included a new level of detail and directly accused fire commanders of misconduct. One citation said the instructor-in-charge -- Crest -- "did not stop the live-fire training evolution when multiple fires set on three floors of the burn building created the potential for a rapid uncontrolled burn." Another said the safety officer -- Hyde -- should have prevented instructors from lighting the multiple fires. He also failed to remove debris from the building, ensure that backup hose lines were in place and establish emergency exits, according to the charging document. When the house was set on fire it contained "mattresses, broken window frames, trees and brush, tires, lumber, street lamp, trash, drywall and insulation," the document said. Such materials -- particularly the tires -- can release toxic smoke.

The crew form eng 66 will take the ride. The eng will go out of service. Yes it is for hazmat calls and they use it for a light truck also.

it rides out of st 2 and staffed with men from st 2.

Bring on the probies!!!!!!!! Some new blood. Good Luck!!! Stay safe, and DO NOT TAKE YOUR JOB FOR GRANTED! I was told when I got on. You have two eyes, two ears, and one mouth, so keep your eyes and ears open and your mouth closed! Good luck!!!!!

You said it Hudson!!!! The Dept that i work for got two pumpers for a combine price around $300,000-375.000. Nothing speacial just plane Jane pumpers that do what they are made to do, gets us to the call and pumps.(MEETS ARE SPECS TOO)It was a package deal with another piece off appartus. AND ALL THREE OF THEM ARE PEIRCE APPARTUS

Tony was killed.... in fact, the ending was genius if you've paid attention to the show or are just a fan of well developed well thought out plots that all tie together and have the memory of a champ to remember it all the ending was simple, he got killed, but let me tell yall why and explain in detail... There was 3 people in the room total who had a reason to kill tony..... the two black guys, they were paid before to kill tony but he was only shot in the ear, this was in one of the earlier seasons, also in the earlier seasons, the trucker who was sitting at the bar stool, who the camera kept focusing in on, is Nikki leotardo, Phil Leotardos nephew, he was in one of the early season episodes where Phil and Tony have a sit down.... heres where the genius comes in.... When tony ' s walking in the diner,you see the camera focus on him, then it switches to his perspective, and you see him looking @ the booth hes gonna sit at... then the camera switches back to tonys face, then it once again switches to his perspective, and it shows him looking @ the door and looking @ the people come in..... Everytime the door opens the Chimes sound....... Carmela walks in, Chimes, AJ walks in Chimes, this when Meadows parallel parking, still trying to get inside the restaurant.... at this point the camera switches back to the trucker who goes in the bathroom...... Then it goes to a scene where meadow finally parks and starts running in the diner.... the doors about to open, Tony looks up.... and No Chimes...................... No Music............ Everything just goes black............... In one of the early episodes of the sopranos, tonys talking with bobby about what it must feel like to die.. Bobby says "at the end, you probably dont hear anything, everything just goes black" part of that was revisited in the second to last episode during the last seconds of it, when tonys about to go to sleep and he flashes back to the memory of him and bobby on the boat... "You probably dont hear anything everything just goes black" so in the end, the Journey song was playing, the chimes on the door sounded but when meadow came in, the guy in the trucker hat came out and killed tony... its the reason you aint hear, or see when he died.... it was from his perspective.... and everything went black, then the credits rolled.

Date: April 21 2007 Time: 1100 Location: 95 Ferris ave Frequency: Units Operating: E-70 E-66 E-65 R-88 TL-6 Car 2512 Description Of Incident: Working fire in the laundromat. Writer:DR104 1102 E-70 o/s Smoke showing. One line working R- 88 primary search above fire floor clear E-66 Water company E-65 back up line 1108 Fire knocked down. Companies overhauling