DCJPells

If it's in your response area and they call 911 for an ambulance, there's a reason for paging volunteers.
The distinction you make bothers me - not just you saying it but the prevailing sentiment, so this isn't directed at you. If you're an EMS responder, you go where the calls are regardless of pay status. If you're a volunteer and don't want to respond on calls to the urgent care center when someone walks in feeling ill but is really having an MI, then you need to reevaluate your association and priorities.
We don't pick and choose our calls. The notion that we can/should/do is one of the failures of our current EMS system and why some calls go unanswered.

Be nice if the neighbors to the West did this....but we would go broke buying spray paint.

x129, you are right about the basement. The buildings are owned by Vassar College and they are determining if it is better to repair or start over. It was originally built in 1902 so there are many things that would need to be addressed (asbestos, wiring, etc). They also own the vacant lot next door.
The box is based on the Urban Search and Rescue markers and is used for any building in the town that has been condemned This does not have to be a result of fire conditions.

x129, you are right about the basement. The buildings are owned by Vassar College and they are determining if it is better to repair or start over. It was originally built in 1902 so there are many things that would need to be addressed (asbestos, wiring, etc). They also own the vacant lot next door.
The box is based on the Urban Search and Rescue markers and is used for any building in the town that has been condemned This does not have to be a result of fire conditions.

x129, you are right about the basement. The buildings are owned by Vassar College and they are determining if it is better to repair or start over. It was originally built in 1902 so there are many things that would need to be addressed (asbestos, wiring, etc). They also own the vacant lot next door.
The box is based on the Urban Search and Rescue markers and is used for any building in the town that has been condemned This does not have to be a result of fire conditions.

Outstanding photos from Pojonews.com;
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?avis=bk&dato=20130107&kategori=news01&lopenr=107012&ref=ph
Bravo member "on the job" looks HOT...(get it...hot?..LOL)

Conditions on arrival "A" side. This is where the occupants evacuated to.
Courtesy Arlington Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 2393

I think its the new helmet..

I think its the new helmet..

I think its the new helmet..

Hahaha! Definitly!
And to think of all the JOBS you robbed the men of over past few years wearing that bedpan! LOL

I think its the new helmet..

I think its the new helmet..

I think its the new helmet..

Awesome job by the AFD members on scene, which, if I am not mistaken, is the same Group who had a JOB down the block with rescues a few days ago, right?
It's GOTTA be the new gear....

Yet another reason why I dont mind paying what I do for their services. Great job once again AFD!
You will never hear me complain about higher fire taxes, because you get what you pay for!

Conditions on arrival "A" side. This is where the occupants evacuated to.
Courtesy Arlington Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 2393

Conditions on arrival "A" side. This is where the occupants evacuated to.
Courtesy Arlington Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 2393

Conditions on arrival "A" side. This is where the occupants evacuated to.
Courtesy Arlington Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 2393

Conditions on arrival "A" side. This is where the occupants evacuated to.
Courtesy Arlington Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 2393

Conditions on arrival "A" side. This is where the occupants evacuated to.
Courtesy Arlington Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 2393

Conditions on arrival "A" side. This is where the occupants evacuated to.
Courtesy Arlington Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 2393

Conditions on arrival "A" side. This is where the occupants evacuated to.
Courtesy Arlington Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 2393

Conditions on arrival "A" side. This is where the occupants evacuated to.
Courtesy Arlington Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 2393

I have had similar non-fire experiences but not to your extent. Imagining it under fire conditions is frightful.