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And have done so quite often like x2321 did at yesterday's fatal on I-684 Or help a cop. Like say...YOU Chris (now that I found out who you are). Remember asking a photographer to hold stabilization of a patient at an MVA on the Hutch a while back? Or when you asked me to photograph your class at Butterfield? No tape there. Same guy doing the same job to support his family. This is my paycheck- not a hobby. But we're people just like you who may and have come to your aid whenever asked.

OK- Chris and JCESU- You guys can slap the cuffs on me at the next fire scene I show up at to do my job. But you have to do it from two blocks away. Sound "Reasonable"?

Don't be silly- I said legitimate media. Those trained and experienced in covering the news. With that job comes an implied assumption of risk covering news events- same as a cop or firefighter, risks that professional journalists are well aware of. I don't see police tape up in Iraq or Afghanistan.

And how well could you do your job- whatever it is from a block and half away? The article reads the cop in question delibrately obstructed the photographer (not the other way around) while pedestrians passed through. I'm sure there was a crowd gathered inside the tape directly across the street from the house in question. Why keep legitimate media behind the tape and let every buff with an FD jacket and a camera onto the fireground? For the record- I am a professional newspaper photographer and an active firefighter and former chief- so I'm well aware of "both sides of the issue". It's become the popular choice to restrict access to and then bash the media, but many of us have been on as many or more emergency scenes than all of you and are quite capable of working safely while being able to do our jobs properly and professionally. Showing a little professional respect at a scene goes a long way for both sides.

Actually, they do not cost anything. They are issued to those members of the working press corps, i.e. TJN, News 12, RNN, etc... who work a full time job as a member of an accredited media organization. A letter from the organization's editor and employer id are required.

Yes it's a L.I. Dept. I wonder if anyone from the V@$$%Y S@#$%M FD would care to say what if any action was taken by the department .

Buchanan Engine Co. Engine 161 1998 Sutphen Rescue Pumper We were restricted by our HQ's size so ours is a little short on the wheeelbase and we sacrificed a crew compartment but it specs out as follows 500 gal Water Tank 50 Gal Foam Tank Amkus tools on both sides work off on-board generator 1250 GPM pump 3-man compartment / larger wheelbase would add 3 man crew cab 3 preconned 1 3/4 handlines @ 200' each Deck Gun 4 Scot pack and 4 handlight compartment 4 Spare bottle tubes 2 per side Fully stocked forcible entry compartment Ladder Rack w/ 24' Extension and 14' Roof ladders and 3 Pike Poles Front bumper 2 1/2 - 1 3/4 discharge 2- 10' Hard Suction 5" sections 2- Backboards EMS compartment Brush Fire equipment Extinguisher (4) compartment Cribbing compartment Chain saw You get the idea. Come take a look www.buchananfire.org

Talk about of requesting a silent approach! Now I know why God invented Duct Tape.

or unless the get the right picture to make firefighters look bad (City of Poughkeepsie Fire a few months back), they don't publish it either, but hey no news is good news right. They always seem to leave out the major incidents around the county and how well departments handled them, but when they can bite there teeth into something juicy they will. This is really just from personal experince that I have noticed this, not so much within the fire service mostly because I have been in it for less than 2 years so I can not and will not comment on it from that aspect. ← So are you saying that because it's "bad news" they shouldn't publish it either? Kind of hypocritical, isn't that?

EIGHT GUYS AND A PICKUP TRUCK. THAT'S HER IDEA OF A NICE VACATION?

Yama. Hands down. It's actually in Briarcliff (Chilmark).

Glen? Glen who???

Jim and Gina- Your courage throughout has been an inspiration to all who know you. What I will remember about Jimmy is him just sitting in front of the TV watching his cartoons and playing with his sisters. With all he endured, it seemed he just wanted to be a six year old boy. We are all here for you. God Bless Jimmy Boy.

The Villages of Buchanan, Montrose and Verplanck have automatic mutual aid for any type of structural fire call- 24/7/365. The jurisdictional department is toned out first and the two others immediately afterwards to report for stand-by at their stations. It's called a "tri-village response". It's been in place almost five years and has proven to work exceptionally well. It proved most beneficial in late Dec. '02 at the Albany Post Road fire when the wrong department was dispatched. As members from all three depts. responded, there was almost no loss of response time to the scene despite the error. This also led to the renumerization of all addresses along the Albany Post Rd. corridor between Croton and Continental Village ( Town of Cortlandt).

Can anyone say... Indian Point?