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A while back in EMT classes (at leas the one's I assisted with) we started teaching a difference between and MCI and an MPI (Multiple PAtient Incident). MCI is as people defined above. MPI is an incident where you have multiple patients but not necessarily taxing the local resources. For instance if we have a bad accident in, say, Peekskill but only 3-4 patients only one or two requiring ALS, then the local resources canc handle that easily and we'd probably term it an MPI, not and MCI. Now if we have twice that and we need to start calling rigs from Mohegan, Cortlandt, Yorktown and need to start pulling medics from Yorktown, Ossining, or Putnam, then I'd consider that an MCI.

When I still lived at my parent's they were right on the other side of the woods from the high school so you could literally sit out on the street and watch the bigger shells blossom over the trees. WE'd usually walk down the hill to the school and check them out. Nice display usually. Have not seen it recently. Most impressive that I've seen recently was over in Rockland at the Community College. The town would put on a display there that was phenominal. We tried to go the next year but didn't hear anything about it, not sure if it still occurs. Don't bother with the one at the Kensico Dam. We went to that one a few years ago and it literally lasted 5 minutes and was one small finale. It really did suck. They should just combine that display with Playland and save themselves the trouble. Lake Carmel did one that I went to a year or so ago. Was cool except the finale accidentally went off at the beginning and sent a few people to the hospital (the fireworks guys I believe). They do a good display there and seating is nice all around the lake.

Next I think they should mandate having at least one defib in any "health club" facility, be it a gym, tennis club, pool, etc. I'd have to guess that statistically there is a higher instance of arrests at facilities such as this and it's dismaying that most don't have one available.

There was talk some years ago of that being the site of a "new" Mohegan Fire headquarters. Obviously from what I'm reading that plan has changed a bit.

Date: 6/30/05 Time: 1641hrs Location: Bowline Point Bay x Hudson River Units: Rockland County Sheriff's, Yonkers Police Marine 1, Haverstraw FD, Stony Point FD, West Haverstraw FD, N.Y.S. Parks Police, N.Y.S. Police, U.S.C.G. Cutter Penobscott Bay, Piermont and New City Dive Teams. Frequency: 46.26mhz Description: Single engine small plane down in Bowline Point bay off Warren St. 3452L Reported as Tail Number. Writer: was967, HFD211, Truck4 1641hrs- Reported single engine aircraft down off Bowline Park in Haverstraw. Reported to be a parachute attached to plane. Rockland County Sheriff's Marine Unit responding. Haverstraw and West Haverstraw toning out for fireboats. 1646hrs- Yonkers Police Marine 1 responding. Coast Guard notified and responding from Sector New York. Reports of person in the water. Verplanck Marine 1 and Montrose Marine 51 toned out for plane down in Hudson River. 1657hrs- Haverstraw FD on scene and have male pilot out of the water, concious. Ossining toning out for their boat now as well. 1658hrs - Croton PD calling for Marine 12 to respond in area of Croton Park park for above. 1659hrs - 60 Control ordering all Westchester Marine units to stand down - situation under control in Rockland per 44 control. 1659hrs- WCPD Air 3 on location. 44-Control advising dive teams to continue in. PD reporting that pilot is only occupant. 1702hrs- WCPD Marine 3 Responding. Numerous marine units from multiple agencies on scene. 1708hrs- WCPD Marine 3 on location. Plane is submerged. Divers will be operating at scene to locate and mark aircraft for salvage. Plane was flying from Lincoln Park Airport in NJ to Westchester County Airport.

For women: 1) Pull up to Jiffy Lube when the mileage reaches 3000 miles since last oil change. 2) Drink a cup of coffee. 3) 15 minutes later write a check and leave with a properly maintained vehicle. Money spent: Oil Change $20.00 Coffee $1.00 Total = $21.00 For Men: 1) Wait until Saturday, drive to auto parts store and buy a case of oil, filter, kitty litter, hand cleaner and a scented tree, write a check for $50.00. 2) Stop by 7 - 11 and buy a case of beer, write a check for $20.00, drive home. 3) Open a beer and drink it. 4) Jack car up. Spend 30 minutes looking for jack stands. 5) Find jack stands under kid's pedal car. 6) In frustration, open another beer and drink it. 7) Place drain pan under engine. 8) Look for 9/16 box end wrench. 9) Give up and use crescent wrench. 10) Unscrew drain plug. 11) Drop drain plug in pan of hot oil: splash hot oil on you in process. Cuss. 12) Crawl out from under car to wipe hot oil off of face and arms. Throw kitty litter on spilled oil. 13) Have another beer while watching oil drain. 14) Spend 30 minutes looking for oil filter wrench. 15) Give up; crawl under car and hammer a screwdriver through oil filter and twist off. 16) Crawl out from under car with dripping oil filter splashing oil everywhere from holes. 17)Cleverly hide old oil filter among trash in can to avoid environmental penalties. Drink a beer. 18) Buddy shows up; finish case of beer with him. Decide to finish oil change tomorrow so you can go see his new garage door opener. 18) Sunday: Skip church because "I gotta finish the oil change." Drag pan full of old oil out from underneath car. Cleverly dump oil in hole in back yard instead of taking it back to Pep Boys to recycle. 19) Throw kitty litter on oil spilled during step 18. 20) Beer? No, drank it all yesterday. 21) Walk to 7-11; buy beer. 22) Install new oil filter making sure to apply a thin coat of oil to gasket surface. 23) Dump first quart of fresh oil into engine. 24) Remember drain plug from step 11. 25) Hurry to find drain plug in drain pan. 26) Remember that the used oil is buried in a hole in the back yard, along with drain plug. 27) Drink beer. 28) Shovel out hole and sift oily mud for drain plug. Re-shovel oily dirt into hole. Steal sand from kids sandbox to cleverly cover oily patch of ground and avoid environmental penalties.Wash drain plug in lawn mower gas. 29) Discover that first quart of fresh oil is now on the floor. Throw kitty litter on oil spill. 30) Drink beer. 31) Crawl under car getting kitty litter into eyes. Wipe eyes with oily rag used to clean drain plug. Slip with stupid crescent wrench tightening drain plug and bang knuckles on frame. 32) Bang head on floorboards in reaction to step 31. 33) Begin cussing fit. 34) Throw stupid crescent wrench. 35) Cuss for additional 10 minutes because wrench hit Miss December (1992) in the left boob. 36) Beer. 37) Clean up hands and forehead and bandage as required to stop blood flow. 38) Beer. 39) Beer. 40) Dump in five fresh quarts of oil. 41) Beer. 42) Lower car from jack stands. 43) Accidentally crush remaining case of new motor oil. 44) Move car back to apply more kitty litter to fresh oil spilled during steps 23 - 43. 45) Beer. 46) Test drive car. 47) Get pulled over: arrested for driving under the influence. 48) Car gets impounded. 49) Call loving wife, make bail. 50) 12 hours later, get car from impound yard. Money spent: Parts $50.00 DUI $2,500.00 Impound fee $75.00 Bail $1,500.00 Beer $40.00 Total = $ 4,165.00 Knowing the job was done right...priceless!

Where the heck does anyone get thier oil changed for $20 at Jiffy Lube? They usually cost me about $26. #-o

-Virgin anything

My spelling actually ain't bad...my typing just sucks a**.

Don't forget the filter wrench and the 9/16 socket. #-o

I'm not that original, I just passed it on from another board I'm on. I agree with your assessment - LMAO i did.

A doctor who trained me once said half joking/half serious that in the future we won't work codes, we'll just pack thier heads in ice. This ain't far from that. ;->

To the both of you: thanks for articulating yourselves in a way that I could not have even if I had the energy to try. I only wish that the majority of the responses this man recieved were done as professionally, but I fear that a majority of them were just outright flames.

It would make sense if it WAS an LODD. He was "on duty" as a FF at a Firematic function.

For the people who don't speak geek: DVR - Digital Video Recorder SA - Scientific American - Maker of a LOT of cable equipment LNP - Local Number Portability - The ability to transfer your phone number from one service provider to another. #-o

Plus with a computer you can burn your programs to DVD (something that is only now coming to market and I'm sure will be bastardized by the MPAA) and you can transfer from system to system (desktop to laptop). I had my TV shows on my laptop during my flight to Hawai'i.

I think this article is typical of the public view of Emergency Services in the 21st century. A few of the items I might agree with him on, but the rest seems a bit off base. I think this demonstrates the failure of agencies to educate the public on what it is we do and how we go about doing it. Do we bill just to build new firehouses? I don't think so. The serious budget crisis in America today seems to have forced many agencies to bill to stay alive. Look at how many ambulance companies and even volunteer agencies have had to close thier doors since the Medicare fee schedule changed and since 9/11 when insurance rates for vehicles TRIPLED. Also long gone are the days of having a PO say to accident "victims" that they can just pull over to the side of the road to open the road. Lawsuits dominate our society and agencies are more worried about getting sued than opening the road. Whose fault is that? Our own. Don't blame the damn emergency agencies. They are just trying to prevent themselves from becoming the next target. I encourage you one and all to PROFESSIONALLY (that means proper diction, no cursing, and well written) email this guy and try to paint the picture from our side of things. Maybe then he'll wake up and smell the coffee. His toast burnt a long time ago.

What would really concern me is if an alarn dropped for said fire company. Then what? Respond to it sloshed? I'm with Jim. Get a bus and shuttle people back and forth to the party. Have a standby crew available to respond to calls if needed (not everyone going to the party drinks do they?).

The stick is outside of Ray's office. It used to be Al's 2x4 of Justice, now it's the Seth Control Stick. Relettering will be done upon my return with a sharpie.

Up next: "Pimp my Firetruck"

[geek]Heck, thats not a bad little machine. I know of 386 boxen doing more with Linux than some Windows machines. :-> Now gimme an old 8086 with CPM on it, now THATS Ghetto.[/geek]

I'm disappointed. All those pictures of apparatus and none of the bikini clad waitresses at the bar? Sheesh. Go back and do it right.

Any chance he'll be featured on a future episode of American Chopper? How cool it was that he got to meet those guys. They truly are awesome.

Leno is definatly funnier. I only watched Letterman tonight because I was busy catching up here and too lazy to get up to change channels. Careful. It was long predicted that when Carson retired (NOT Daly) that Letterman would take over the slot since he was in the 12:35 time slot at the time. BUT, Leno was at the helm when Carson was out on vacation/leave and got the job resulting in a loss of friendship between Leno/Letterman (they STILL don't speak to each other) and in Letterman jumping ship to CBS. Anything can happen between now and 2009. But we all know Conan is funny as hell and deserves the spot. (How many realize he used to write for the Simpsons?)