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OH CRY ME A RIVER!! Hey rocket scientist, it's a voluntary test. you CHOOSE to take it. If blacks, Asians, or Women don't want to take the test, well thats the way it is. DEAL WITH IT!! If this jacka$$ wants to have the problem fixed just take off the race and gender option from the test. just have people answer the questions and take the physical and leave it at that.

own it and love it. it lets you make some command decisions that effect the outcome of the scenario. in the opening scenario if you don't get the fire under control it will move to either the north or it might south. It is always the same fire but it changes each time you play based on where you deploy men and trucks. there is also a plot to it so it is not like mindless scenario's. they give you some basic info going into the call so you know if there is a school or a haz-mat situation. it is a good buy and as long as your video card can handle it you will waste away many nights playing

I am predicting about 20 mins of rain then sunshine for the remainder of the day. who knows what is to come. i guess just keep an eye on the Weather Channel and not the local news stations. Sam Champion or Al Roaker might get a little excited and say that frogs and chipmunks are gonna be falling from the sky or something.

In looking at the picture of the Euro-Style helmet, i believe that it due to the construction of the buildings. i remember reading a article about the differences. I am not really a fan of the euro style cause in case of a emergency you cant break the seal on your face. I know that by not having the brim it eliminates the chance of getting entangled, but by having it keeps the falling embers from falling in your neck. As per truck color, i agree WHO CARES? as long as it has four wheel and gets the job done i could care less. ( i do prefer Red, though ) I think the Black gear is just the way it is. it is black even in some parts of England and Europe. I know it is tradition and some guys "just like it that way", but i don't see why it is such and issue. every scene should be properly lit and roads should be closed if it is a car accident. Black is what we wear here in the Northeast and that is Tradition. i am sure the Tan color might be more visible, but the black absorbs more sun in the winter and will keep you warmer. I now this is not scientific but is true. it sucks in the summer but most of our year is a bit cooler.

What new props are being added? i know about the new mask confidence course and drafting pool upgrade.

www.firehelmetcam.net Just a website that i happened upon that was interesting. i guess you can mount a cam to your helmet or whatever you want. The videos were interesting also.

This guy was only doing his job. I think that the police are being a little hot headed about this. i know that it might hit close to home having the pics in the paper but there is nothing wrong with it, legally. they want to say he is a "public servant" but it seemed ok for him to take photographs on all the other scenes but suddenly it's a cop and then he is not allowed to take these pics and he is interfering with a murder investigation? It was a head on collision with a drunk driver, what part of the pictures were interfering with the investigation? if the pics were of a mangled body then we have something to talk about but i have a feeling that they were just exterior pics of the car. i think Sgt. Terronez just had an issue with him and took this as an opportunity to get back at him.

The camera is just an extension of the photographer. You need to have an eye for it and a little bit of luck. as was mentioned if you give a $5000 camera to someone who has no eye for what might work as a picture, you will not get a great picture. I think that the photographer makes it work with what ever he has. i have seen pics that were taken on a box camera that were breath taking. they all do the same thing, just some take the guess work out of it. An luck plays a very large roll in it. As HFD said you just have to shoot as much as you can, which is easier if you have a digital and can take like 600 pics on a disk. you can think a pic is gonna be sweet then i can stink and one you were just fooling around with can win you a first prize in a photo contest.

Well Good Luck in the academy. I guess it is a good thing he didn't try to get into the White Plains FD, from when i was in the academy i heard there physical requirements are very strict, like lower back pain could get you a failing mark. if anyone from WPFD has any info on that feel free to fill us in. I guess he can do the job and we will have to wait an see.

well the way i look at it if you get a couple of guys on scene quick, they can hit the hydrant, and start a search or pull a line, just get the ball rolling. I know they are not gonna knock it down with a couple of guys but you have a four man crew on a truck or engine and they can get some work done while the vols are on their way in. Time is of the essence, a fire truck sitting in the apparatus bay is not helping anyone. now i know that you hit traffic and sometimes the weather is not on your side but the respond to the call system has worked in my company and i think that it could work in alot of the ones in LI.

Think about how this might look to people who read the articles about how much money LI spends on its Fire Departments. in that article they talked about how some fire houses where right on top of one another. they had large amounts of money coming in from the state and state of the art equipment and all that. But if the guys can't respond in a timely fashion then maybe thats why they need to rethink their options. i know this is just one incident but i am sure that the response times are always like this and in a job were seconds count you need guys going to the call when the call comes in, not to the fire house then the fire. maybe a combination department where you have your paid guys drive the rig to the call and have the vols keep their gear in the car to respond straight to the call. That would shave response times down, which in turn would effect the towns fire rating and most likely save lives and property. There are only 2 Paid departments in LI so maybe it's time to raise that number and form a few more. Consolidate a few fire districts and group towns together. they have the facilities already built, its just a matter of getting guys into the houses.

ya it is not good but guess what, a whole lot of guys do it and don't get caught. I think that they should just do away with the credit system for residency, they can leave the military credits though cause at least with that you really have to prove it. Any info on if they are gonna crack down on false residencies?

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How long has JetBlue been in business? They have one off week or so and then they are the worst airline out there? It was in a SNOW STORM. i know it is screwed up to be stuck in a sardine can for 11 hours but that was one incident. it's cool that the two pilots went and grabbed a plane but is that legal for them to just take a plane? I've flown jetblue and am friends with one of there pilots and i think it is fine and plan to fly them again. Remember that these are discount flights. go check how much a flight to FL is this week and then look at jetblue maybe it will be the same.

It's the only job i have ever wanted to do. i tried other jobs from working in a cancer hospital to business to being a medical technician. i always felt that something was missing and it was just not me. I come from a family were where my elders were all servicemen. My father is a Vietnam army vet, his father flew a for the 8th Air Force in WWII, and my other grandfather was in the Navy. I want to serve my community and when i am old and gray, i can tell say, with confidence, that i made a difference and that my kids and grandkids can be proud of me.

Oh Dear! was he drunk or is he REALLY that dumb to think he can touch Ivanka?

If they feel the need to be going 7 miles an hour maybe they should have just stayed home. it's not like they DIDN'T know there was a snow storm coming. I hate the people who see you coming and just HAVE to make that turn with everyone else but end up "Blocking the Box" and then look at you like your crazy for laying into the siren when you get there.

hate to be the guy who gets the PT Cruiser as his car.

Thats a night tour for me folks. get out your shovels and a warm hat

maybe he should listen to the recording of the radio traffic from the incident, then tell her to "move on".

Ya. she had a bad case of the "Crazy!" She was always entertaining.

It was a false alarm and a kid pulled it. maybe instead of bothering the school you should go talk to little Jimmy's mother and father and ask them why their son pulled the alarm? It's not the schools fault, it is the childs fault. i don't mean to sound like i hate kids but you can see that this was done by a CHILD. I am sure he just thought it could be cool or peer-pressure, he is in elementary school. It's not like the Principal woke up and said " man it's cold out today, we should have a fire drill!"

couldn't the town help out? maybe a donation drive? It would seem like a good idea to have the town pay the very small amount of $28,000, then have the department pay the town. it didn't say but i am assuming it is an all volunteer department and would think that the town gives them some money anyway. Have the amount of 28,000 taken away from next years budget or build it in, and everything would be fine.

did that bust at the coupling? or was it a burst hose