MoFire390

i have to say after reading some of these posts i have found that its making me upset. I am one of those people who loves nothing more then walking down a croweded street with the band infront jammin their hearts out. I am also the same person who would do anything to help a member of the community (as long as it doesnt involve snakes..trying to add some humor sorry.) in any way i can. of course i am a young buck i enjoy the pride i have putting on my uniform and marching down the street behind OLD GLORY and the company flag. it always gives me the reminder of why i joined the firehouse and why im doing what im doing. ive heard some people say that parades are a waste of taxpayers money, that they give good firefighters bad names, that they are a waste of time flat out. but i ask what about the social aspect?? meeting members of other departments that you may need one day to help u at a call?? who joined the fire/ems service to help their communtites as well?? arent we all in the same brother/sister hood?? Chief flynn, maybe its because some of us like to go take pictures of the equipment that is comming down the road, or maybe taking our famlies to watch, or maybe its catching up with old friends who u havent seen...no one knows the answers...atleast i know i dont...

actually mohegan's stations with the exception of Croton ave station have 2-3 career firefighters stationed. is it enough? its not my place to ask sorry to have lost you on that but what i was trying to say was on a work day in the middle of the day how can it be said that manpower is an issue. and with the location of this fire (located maybe 3/4 of a mile from the putnam boarder) is diffacult as well... what do u call a "simple" fire?? if your department has short man power do u not put the fast team to work and call an additional??? has mohegan had to do it many times this year...yes do we know why...i dont i havent been on any of their scenes to ask why..thats not my job...and its not ours either. and if you have an engine and manpower on scene (your fast team) why not put them to work?? i think its alot easier to do that then to wait 5-10 min before an additional engine with manpower (non quallified or does not have a fast team) shows up.

i have noticed this...but never questioned it...good point 50-65. if anyone in the industry can answer ur question would be a whole lot better.

pretty cool..just got done "playing" with it..lol...seems like i found a new toy

you are correct grumpy...Eric is the batt. Coordinator... the only thing i dont understand is why everyone is making posts about the mohegan fires that have been going on?? yes seven structure fires since thanksgiving has made everyone start to listen to see what they have, could be making some of us "what if" or "how come"...it shouldnt matter they were sent to a location to put the "wet stuff on the red stuff"...is that not what some of the SFI's use as termonoligy now a days?? somone posted about the time of day..believe it or not time of day is a big thing!!! especially on a monday and the location of the call..times have changed if we arent able to accept that maybe we need to rethink the reason of us being members in a volunteer department... if we cant help our communites that we volunteer in how can we help another department in a neighboring town. i have yet to see a post about another department that has had a structure fire where some of you like to call it "man power issues" take place... its the real world people not some fantacy world we live in...nothing ever goes right. ~Ken

monty u beat me to it... we must have been on 9a at the same time...just dont understand it...NYS is fighting for us to be able to run ONE (1) blue light in the back of our emergency appuratus yet they are running what ever they want??? why??? are they above us when it comes to the response on a highway and for safty??

thanks for sharing the photo of the covered wagon...my grandfather was a member around the time that was changed in to and engine...thanks again

aint that the truth

GO SAINTS!!

good luck with the new engine and ladder...e99 kinda looks like MFD's new 121. if itis you all should be very happy with the design of it..

nice photos...was trying to listen to the call but was on my way back to the shop

bill, i understand what you mean about the misuse of man power... but, remember swift water rescues require many lines for operational use and saftey use...u need just mostly the same amount of man power for this type of rescue as you would an ice water rescue...in the video the reporter does say that the dog was in a hard place to get to.

i must say i would rather save an animal then have to save an person from going out to get the animal...thanks for sharing KUJO

might stop on by... station 1 right chris???

RIP..GOD BLESS...

hmmm...must of had alot of people scratching their heads..i know i would have been..but nice photos and thanks for sharing

i would have to say that my favorite is ALF, the E-one....my least favorite is the braun have seen some of them when going to long island and not a big fan of them.

did yall try letting the air out of the back 4 tires on the tractor and all the tires on the lowboy???

nice photos...although i have no clue about the area is there any info you guys can give me...is this a volunteer department or career department? Thanks

first time seeing this post i must have been sleeping...great job with it...but i must say after seening the mods done to the truck it got me thinking on weather it is a VIP truck or a gov't truck...to me the light sceme says gov't truck especially with the engine mods,sway bar and exghaust work that was done...but reguardless of such...great job with the truck looks like it was very well thought out...

hey guys found the artile from lohud for Putnam Valleys fire yesterday... article from lohud.com http://www.lohud.com...am-Valley-house hope the five that were injured are ok.

Date: 1/7/10 Time: 1523 Location: Rt 129 IAO Croton Lake Rd and Bridge Pt Rd Frequency: 46.26 and YVAC Units Operating: YFD, YVAC, 34M1, Croton EMS, Mohegan VAC Weather Conditions: Clear Description Of Incident: 60 Control dispatching YFD and YVAC and 34Medics to above for a PIAA involving a school bus Reporters: mofire390 Writer: mofire390 1523- 60 control dispatching yfd yvac and 34medics to above for a piaa car vs schoolbus 1525- mohegan vac requested M/A with one rig to above, croton ems also assembling a crew 1535- 60 control dispatching ems 11 to land line

Thanks for the answers guys happy new year to u all

looks sweet cant wait to see it in person!!!! quick question tho why the on board cascade system??? are there any departments that have cascade trucks just for the purpose of refilling packs??

all of the newer braun's have the sliding door feature