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Very valuable points made. We cannot let a whole section of residential area go up in a puff of smoke and not do anything about it. I feel that it is also good training because a lot of people, when seeing flames blowing out the relief valve try to put out the flames which is the worst thing possible because then you have vapors pouring out all over, waiting for an ignition source to go KABOOM! NOT GOOD! Thanks for the input and i look foward to hearing about the Class A burn building.

Well I think Seth pretty much summed it up right there. We'll keep on hoping! [-o<

In New York, besides the fact if you have a job as a paid firefighter, you can only be an active firefighter in one volunteer fire department. However you can be an Associate member of another department and if you are at a call with that department, the chief can put you to work if necessary. You can also go on calls if you live in another town or if you work in a town at least 8 hrs. a day, 5 days a week=40 hours. I believe thats the case

Last time we washed our engine for the Brewster parade, we power washed all of our hose. I don't believe it hurts the hose and it got A LOT of dirt and grime off of the hose. The hose looked really good for the parade and from what the judges said, the hose bed looked fantastic!

If that's flaming, I'll let someone else move in and shut it off LOL :wink:

ALS, I definately agree with your points on a "BLEVE" situation and proper placement of handlines, however I do not feel that in a situation where a rail car has caught fire thay any firefighter will be moving in on a handline. I know that you know that its going to be a deluge gun Operation, but then why do they teach firefighters to move in on a handline when a tank is flaming. Any input? PS I heard some plans for the multi-story Class A building and that would be great. I also agree a lot with your point on instructors going to the point where training gets dangerous because some guys like to get the fire too hot and somebody is gonna get hurt that way. I know of people who have cracked their Cairns 10-10 helmets in a training evolution and thats a bit over the top! Sorry for rambling lol!

I think the new advances in the Westchester County Fire Training Center are great. The new props are great and the rail car looks good. However, I don't know why they didn't spend that money putting in a Class A burn building. The rail car is great and everything, but I think the money would have been much more well spent on something else, cause lets face it, nobody is hopefully not going anywhere close to a rail car on fire, no less operating a handline up close to it. Any input?

That's why it's best to push everyone into going to the hospital! No More RMA's!!!!

I sure as hell do not wanna be opening that compartment. Hudson...Maybe it comes off in Mount Vernon, but not in Croton anymore LOL

Very true. FAST Operations and classes with Con-Ed are not included in the Recruit Class at Montour Falls however they have added Firefighter Survival and I believe are looking to add more into other areas of the fire service. Ah...The more the Better! :wink:

In my firehouse, we still lay out hose after it has been used, that way it dries out. We do this just to make sure that if the hose is wet and sitting at the bottom of the bed for a long time, it might grow mold on it or rot in certain spots. This actually happened to our high-rise pack which does not get pulled out on a regular basis. We hope that will resolve the problem of possible rotting of hose and keep it in service for a longer period of time.

Very unfortunate Incident. RIP Firefighter Foster... Another incident to show people how very dangerous our job is in every aspect and how dangerous it was and apparently still is to be riding the tailboard anytime a piece of apparatus is in motion. There is a good article in firehouse magazine on apparatus safety entitled "Emergency Vehicle Operations" called "Ignorance?" Read it!

Yeah, it used to be 229 Hours but now its up to about 320 Hours

78 Hours does seem alittle short for a Firefighter1 Course. The Recruit firefighting class upstate for the FF1 AND FF2 is about 320 hours i believe.

I definately agree with ALS and BFD, what's the point of hanging out at a firehouse when your a firefighter?.... So you can be there when there are calls and speed up your response time for your fire department and people you serve. So what the hell is the point of drinking there?...There is no point. Once you've had a drink, you're totally useless. They try to put things like pool tables, ping pong tables, and other sorts of games in a firehouse so people will be there when there's a call. If people know they just hang out there drinking, I don't think the public would like that. Beer and firefighting at any time DO NOT MIX! Nobody wants to be known as a bunch of drunks either and say "oh well we're quiting because we can drink beer in our firehouse" Leave that for a social occasion, NOT AFTER A FIRE CALL!!!!!! There's the door... SEE YA!

Very True REMEMBER585: But I never a fan of the jeweler's rough bc it took so damn long and like you said the mirror finish didn't last very long. We might have to try that clear coat! :-k

Yeah that does look AWESOME! Hopefully they will do it a second weekend because we have a big drill in my town the weekend they have it planned for.

Cleaning the apparatus is a big part of the prode we all have being volunteer firefighters. Over the years my company has prided ourselves in trying to keep our companies rigs as clean as possible. In doing so we have used many different products to try to get the best shine on diamond plate. Hard as it is, we have found the best way to clean diamond plate is to use a product called "Phase 1" which is applied on with a buffing pad and taken off with a different buffing pad. We have found this stuff to work pretty awesome on our diamond plate which is 20 yrs. old and still has a fabulous shine!

What year was Ladder 45 in Peekskill organized. I thought they were pretty old too :-k

Ossining Ladder 41 "IF YOU CAN READ THIS... YOU"RE 2ND DUE" I LOVE IT!!!!!

Yeh Muns, People don't have anything better to do than throw a hissy fit. If you can't read it and not crash, then either don't read it or you shouldn't be on the road. They try and do something good for the community and get it thrown back in their faces by a bunch of yuppy A%%$*&ES! Why don't people stop talking on their cell phones to while they're driving 15 mph in a 30 mph zone!!!!!!

Great Website. That will sure make you think twice before running into a house with a newer type of building construction. Not only now are the roofs made of those deadly gang-nailers but its looks to me that's the way everything else might be nailed together in the near future. Hopefully when building new houses and buildings they will put a little "Mitek" symbol up as well! Nice Post

I can see that being a problem because anyone could put magnets on the side of a truck, but i just don't get why people would be so angry and say the truck doesnt fit needs. It's just something for the meantime until they have a truck in service. It doesn't need to fit needs, it needs to fit wood. So paste on the decals put in some lights and a siren and be done with it

Just wanted to wish Mahopac good luck with their new station underway. Hopefully it will come out a little better than our new firehouse in Harmon. LOL If you guys need any tips on what construction companies not to use give us a shout HAHA

I agree big with this argument. I took my EMT class a couple years ago and many of the people who came out of my class are afraid to do anything. They start filling out the PCR and give O2 and wait till the medic gets there to do anything. My class only spent two hrs out of one night practicing and learning how to take a blood pressure, we didn't learn anything about PCR's and we very much lacking in most main topics in the whole course. The class was always getting out early when the instructors had something they would rather do and we didn't even meet every saturday when we were supposed to. Luckily i ride once in a while with a VAC with many people who really know what they're doing which helps me. In all however, i too believe that the EMT curriculum is becoming way to lax and people are not learning enough of what they are supposed to. Hopefully this will change!