Peekskill VAC New Rig Soon

[XCAPT133 2]

Peekskill VAC will be getting a new rig in July 2004

[Task Force 7 65]

What is a VAC? :help:

[CG206 29]

VAC is short for Volunteer Ambulance Corps.

[Task Force 7 65]

Thank you CG206. We don't have anything like that around here. 8)

[CG206 29]

Is it true that Peekskill VAC is going back to 4 rigs???

[Guest alsfirefighter]

I'm not totally sure, but I think they've been throwing the idea around again. Which isn't a bad idea. Not so much with call volume, they can generally handle anything thrown at them routine job wise with 3 rigs, which the average during the day to get out is close to 2. But it will give them greater flexibility when a bus goes down to have the 4th, and an extra bus to go into the rotation to lessen the stress and wear and tear on just 3.

[WAS967 97]

Is PCVAC still the busiest VAC in the county? Or did Mohegan finally surpass them in the numbers?

[N1Medic 69]

What brand will it be?

[Guest alsfirefighter]

WAS: I believe they are still busier then Mohegan. However, I'm not completely sure if they surpass OVAC in call volume. Or they are very close, but its also hard to tell being OVAC is dispatched by OPD and not FCON.

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The brand will be a Braun Four Wheel Drive.

[WAS967 97]

alsfirefighter: keep in mind also that OVAC is actually two different agencies. The ambulances are OVAC, the flycars are "TriCommunity Flycar". I'll have to ask Neil what thier call volume combined and uncombined was last year for comparison.

[CG206 29]

Is PCVAC still the busiest VAC in the county? Or did Mohegan finally surpass them in the numbers?

In 2003, Mohegan FD VAC was dispatched to a total of 2,367 calls.

[Guest alsfirefighter]

Ummm, thanks WAS, but being I work there, I'm pretty sure I know its 2 agencies. I was only talking about the VAC. The volume is similiar to Mohegan and Peekskill VAC's. My own experience is that on a personal level I was always busier on the bus then the flycar.

[WAS967 97]

Oops. Forgot you work there. Yeah, when I was a member, the rig was always busier than the flycar. The medic on the flycar used to just hole up in the bunk room and maybe we'd see them once or twice a day. I have to hand it to them ,they had a good "quality" of call volume, but do they really do any many as PCVAC and Mohegan?