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Awhile ago, I had heard Port Chester FD was going to 60 Control for dispatch....anyone know the status of this? If it's true, I hope Fire Control adds staff and expands facilities to keep up with their ever-increasing call volume.

I sincerly hope this thing is stopped when he is doing his procedures, lol. Pretty cool gimmick.

I recieved Code 3 FDNY Squad 61 yesterday. Absolutely beautiful! It's a 1/32 diecast of the real FDNY Squad 61. It is AWESOME! The detail is amazing, just stunning!! It's kinda like they shrunk the whole truck down to 1/32 scale. Unbelievable the amount of detail packed into this piece. I highly reccomend this piece! Photos have been submitted, and are now up on www.emtbravo.com More information on this piece at Code 3's website, www.code3.net/fire Did anybody else here recieve this piece?

An editorial that was found in today's Journal News. Pretty nicely done IMO. They must like Putnam, lol! I like how they make a subtle point that a centralized facility is better to coordinate resources countywide.

I was informed today that Pound Ridge VAC will be taking delivery this week of a 2005 Ford E-450/Lifeline Superliner. http://www.lifelineambulance.com/ Another Lifeline for the WC, it's great to see a VAC that didn't drink the PL Custom Kool Aid. Lifeline is an awesome manufacturer, and far superior to PL IMO. Their buses are built like tanks, and ride like Cadillacs. Also the interior is layed out very nicely. Excellent ambulance brand, and glad to see another one in the WC! (To my knowledge, Ardsley Dobbs Ferry and Hastings are the only other EMS agencies in the WC to operate Lifelines) Norwalk and Greenwich EMS are two other agencies in the area to operate this awesome brand. Lifeline and Excellance are the two best brands in the industry!! PL's are OK, but I prefer the two afformentioned. BTW, PRVAC will be keeping the current 78-B-1, a 1998 Ford E-350(Gas)/Braun. Word is they want to expand their building to house both.

Wow, that display-diorama is HOT! I actually have the GI Joe Firefighter, and must admit that it's one of my favorite pieces in my collection. Very authentic and nicely done. It was extremly hard to find at the time. I got mine from Westchester Collectibles.

That really is not a lot of money for a large police department at all, especially for a department like GPD. Why do you question their need for two new animal control vans? They have an animal control department, which not only provides AC for the unincorparted town, but some the surrounding towns as well. The AC officers are needed, I think, and they should be entitled to new vans and reliable equipment, the current vans are 4 years old, and are on the road 24/7. Also, note the current vans will be redeployed in the PD or other town department that needs them. The Fire Departments budgets are seperate from the towns, as the FD's are independent taxing districts. The only thing I wish I saw in this year's budget was $$ for LifePak 12's and increased EMS staffing.

So, Sanitation workers get the benefit, but EMS doesn't??? Is this some kind of joke? Absolutely disgusting, and the politicians should be ashamed of themselves!!DISGUSTING!!!

Information passed along to me from FAC911. Dante was a former MOS of Empress EMS, as well as OLM*EMS and St. Vincents Midtown EMS. Dante moved to Florida a few years back for a career in Law Enforcment, and his life was tragically cut short a few days ago. RIP Dante. Link to the story regarding this tragedy: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/flo...,0,343882.story

How embarrasing for the profession!!! Sadly, this turnout gear incident extends beyond just commercial alarms. I have seen speficic departments that don't wear full PPE to car fires and several other incident types as well either. These departments have been captured at incidents, such as operating at a multi-vehicle MVA on an interstate, in blue jeans and a T-shirt. It's not only an image thing, it's safety as well. This also shows complacency that some departments exhibit due to the large number of false commercial alarms. This is a dangerouss trap to fall into. It can't hurt to put on an SCBA every time either. In fact, it is a benefit......practice makes perfect....well, almost. Do the job correctly and completly, no excuses, or don't do it at all. L31TruckiePCFD, I strongly hope you consider writing a letter to the chiefs of this department...unfortunelty, I think it will go into the "we know what we are doing thanks" bin.

Is Peekskill's Cortlandt VAC's old one? Also, off the top of my head the only other 4WD bus in the county is Vista....I think.

So, I'm sure many of you have heard about "Jamster", right? It's the utterly retarded ringtone and cellphone wallpaper company thats been swamping the media with multiple, repeating,and annoying ads. 24/7, it seems like every commerical break on TV has one or more Jamster ads, some back to back. The radio too. Now, I am seeing their ads in Magazines, and Internet banners and pop ups! These ads are SO annoying, I can't stand it! Why are they saturating the market so much! I swear, theres something up. There has to be a subliminal message or something in the ads. There has to be an evil subplot to this, besides annoying the crud out of me. Can't we divert an Air Force Bomber from Iraq to their HQ's for a day?? Has anybody heard the stupid ringtones? WHO BUYS THESE?

I just wanted to clarify my above statement, I not only like the website.....I like the apparatus as well!! A great team you have there......former LA City and FDNY Apparatus designers...my two favorites!

You can park them at my house in Beverly Hills.

Ditto!!! Just a suggestion though, I'd like to see photos of the rigs you've designed posted on the site. They're all awesome, and you guys should really show them off more.

In addition to the Gallery, a decent photo format is JPEG. A compressed web formatted(around 5%) JPEG photo will load quicker. Also, make sure your photo size is reasonable, and the file size as well. Invest in some decent photo editing software to do the above.. PM me for further... Site keeps getting better. Got to see some E119/T10 together shots when they both are back.

I found this subject posted on another discussion board. This article was originally posted on Amazon.com's Customer Product Review Section. (Please note that this review was posted by an individual member, and has nothing to do with Amazon.com) Make Sure To Read The Last Two Paragraphs See all reviews of this DVD: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detai...&s=dvd&n=507846

I disagree with that. When you are negative about something constantly, and fail to suggest a constructive solution, or fail to provide rational and exlained reasons or proven examples, then it is just blindly negative, IMO. So if the afformentioned are not stated, than what is the point...trouble???

Thanks for all the info! I would have taken this job a long time ago....in fact, I would probaly even consider it now...however, the residency requirment totally nixes it for me. I am not willing to move to NYC for this job. I don't understand why that rule is neccasary. I really hope they wise up and do away with the residency rule.

I always hear people around hear grumbling about how low their (EMS) salary is around here. Well, in my research for a possible move to the LA area, I've uncovered something quite sickening, something that makes my stomach turn. Paramedics, working for a commercial ambulance service in the LA area, on average make $10-12/hr to start. $10 an hour, for a medic!!! The pay varies a few cents depending on whether you work a 8,12, or 24 hr shift. Well, thats only starting pay, you say?? After 10 years, the average commercial Medic, on average, is making only$16.00/hr EMTs make minimum wage-$7.00/hr to start. Dispatchers start at $12.00/hr, much more than a Medic. The cost of living in the LA area is quite comprable to here in Metro NY, which is why I find the difference in pay so digusting. I make almost double-triple what I would make out there. $11 an hour for a highly trained proffesional? Are they kidding? AMR pays the highest out of all, and is considered the EMS provider to work for out there. There are few, if any, third service municipal stand alone providers. In a lot of areas, FD provides EMS, and in some communities, the commercials provide the transport. In sharp contrast, a Firefighter/Paramedic makes, starting, anywheres from $70,000-$100,000 a year starting. I'm still researching this issue. However, this information I have learned has really made me appreciate how much I do get paid here in the northeast!! Definetly an eye-opener.

NOT!!!!!!!!! [-o< [-o< [-o< [-o< [-o< [-o< [-o< [-o< GOD FORBID! I'm just curious, why do you make such a comment? Please explain why you think a Countywide Centralized/Standardized Dispatch would HARM this county????

You mean I may actually be off for a snowstorm this time around? (knock on wood) Oooooh, maybe I can chill in my recliner and catch up on some reading and DVDs and actually enjoy the weather a tad before I have to go shovel it.

Thanks for the concern guys. :-) BTW, I love the title of this thread, LMAO! The dog, a large boxer which was tied up outside, broke free from his leash/run cable and attached himself to my leg just after I triaged to BLS. He latched himself on only for a few moments, but he tore up and got a large amount of dog slobber all over my favorite pair of uniform pants subsequently destroying them, and broke my skin in a couple of different places on my right leg, leaving a pretty nasty wound and hemotoma. So, lucky me, I get to take Augmentin for the next 10 days and have a queasy stomach (a side effect of the Augmentin, an antibiotic)! Anyways, leaving the call, the other dog, a large vicous lab, basically latched his teeth to my rear bumper the entire way out of long driveway. I should have known this would have been a bad call, lol. I had just got done washing the M-1 truck, WEMS 4016 at KBHVAC, and got this call, which was at the end of about a 1/2 mile long very muddy driveway, lol, which totally remessed up my truck. DADAY....The incident with the steak in my cargo pants only happened once, and I learned my lesson that time.