Dr. Zuki

Truck4,

Actually I meant in a situation not requiring YPD ESU and only if the Anumal Shelter is not available, would Greenburgh Animal Control then respond into our jurisdiction?

What does a person do if they find a stranded, injured animal and Yonkers shelter is closed???

Thank You

Does Greenburgh Animal Control ever respond if needed to neighboring communities like Yonkers?

And has the Greenburgh PD ever acquired undercover ( not unmarked, big difference) vehciles through forfeitures and/or seizures from criminals???

And the City Council just voted to accept a van being donated by Empress to serve as a YFD Communications platform. I think the van is about 8 or 10 years old.

The CGI is very expensive and time consuming. TV shows like this typically shoot one episode on an 8 day schedule.

And at least they shoot in neighborhoods outside of played out midtown.

Will return April 8th for final five episodes of the season.

And of course Nextels and cell phones like everybody else.....

Also post your message on fordyce.org/scanning, Westchester section.

Mount Vernon PD is going digital sometime in the near future with their new radio system. Don't know exactly when or whether or not same frequencies will be used. Remember, every cop nowadays is using either a personal or department supplied Nextel or cell phone so you will hear less sensitive stuff on the air.

Don't know your Fire Dept. questions.

25Truck26,

Good points brought up in your posting and thanks for alerting us. Once again, the media causes public distortion in public safety stories. I am glad I actually didn't see this piece which sounds typical ofsimilair reporting from News (Schmooze) 12 and it daily stories poached from the newspapers.

So this plan means that all the town village cops and fire will be dispatched from the two existing Greenburgh Police frequencies???????

Thank You.

Stay Warm. "Third Watch" is not on tonight.....

Not worth being on 24 hour call. When my work day ends, it ends. Period.

Possible turf battle over drug selling territories.

Regardless, maybe some of the perps will remember Martin Luther King Day next Monday and put down their firearms once and for all. Doctor King wouldn't be too proud over the disrepsect for one's fellow man. ( Or brothers in this case). And all the so-called civil rights leaders need to organize a stop the violence march in Yonkers TODAY please....

Seeking your valued opinions regarding the best pre paid cell phone for my very, very limited usage.

T-Mobile pay as you go is likely my choice per recommendations.

Tracfone is a big ripoff and nightmare to even get activated.

Any others please?

Thank You

Truck 4,

What a coincidence! Another government subsidized structure built by NY State without adhering to local fire codes.......just like Whitney Young Manor on Nepperhan Ave.

Wonder if this one also has inferior wiring?

The NY State Urban Development Corporation also had the power to override zoning regulations in addition tomunicipal building and fire codes.

You guys should publish contact information for Code 3 and encourage everybody to write them with suggestions for future editions. It's amusing to think how many potential customers are out there aside from us buffs. Every other little corner store in Yonkers would likely sell a ton of the Code 3 editions, given the chance. Ebay still has them, plus the discontinued YPD car.

And I am touched in hearing about a possible edition dedicated to the late Chris Kiernan of YFD, who's late father, was a co worker of mine many years back. He too, was a proud YFD member. Here's a golden opportunity for both YFD unions to raise monies by selling the commemorative editions.

I for one, would like to see 1960's orange and blue YPD cars. Am showing my age now !!!!I think they switched to blue and white about 1970 or so with the purchase of AMC Matadors.

Am I correct? And that's also when they may have switched to UHF from their former two VHF channels.

Happy Holidays from the good doctor.

There is a full time guard house at the entrance just off the Thruway.

I was up there during Yonkers Business Week two years ago which is prior the YFD occupation up there. Since we already have a neighborhood nicknamed "The Birdcage", Ridge Hill could be "The Bird's Nest."

I had just read that it could start being built next summer, but that's likely to be unrealistic. Scaling it down to gated residential community would be the most palatable to the community.

Regardless, it's never too early for the YFD to think about where to relocate the Ridge Hill Bunker when the time comes. The Water Dept won't allow any expansion on their property adjacent to the Nepperhan service center. Too bad, it's a nice, flat, wide piece of vacant land.

Happy Holidays.

P.S.-Did the YFD construct a makeshift bunker up there?

Or are they occupying an existing left over structure ?

Several of the YFD specialized units are stored there.

Ridge Hill is located on the east side of the NY State Thruway just slightly north of Tuckahoe Road. It may be deveopled as a mixed use retail-housing complex. Prior to this, it housed offices for Lockheed Martin and Loral going back to when the state vacated it as a drug rehabilitation center that opened in the mid-1960's, and going way, way back, it was a tuberculosis hospital. You can see the sperm cell looking water tower from the Sprain Pkwy and some of the vacated office buildings up there.

Will the Yonkers Fire rigs remain at Ridge Hill when it is someday developed? If not, where will they be relocated to ???

There is absolutely no room at YFD HQ and the Nepperhan Avenue service center.

Thanks and Happy Holidays to all.

Dr. Zuki

Yonkers

Well then it looks like the labor laws are being violated openly in this county with no enforcement. May have to take this to the media for follow up.

Just learned that many movie theaters are using teenage projectionists inspite of licensing requirements from local fire departments. How can this be? The Yonkers City Code (see cityofyonkers.com) states that all projectionists must be licensed by the YFD and board of examiners, yet the projectionist union seems to have lost it's membership ithroughout the county.

Am familiar with this having worked for General Cinema chain back in the mid 1970's. Every theater had union projectionists back then and I believe White Plains and New Rochelle also had the licensing requirement.

Happy Holidays.

As the name suggests, is this regional fire dept made up of just the northern communities in Hudson County, NJ ?

If so, which ones?? I know that Hoboken and Jersey City are not included. You may well see something regionalized in Westchester like this someday. Even with some of the smaller police depts like Pelham and Pelham Manor they may be mergers. Why waste two cops x three shifts per day on desk duty alone? Makes no sense.

Thank You.

Where exactly on Saw Mill River Road?

Was it that lot on the right side underneath the unused Putnam Rail line overpass?

Thanks,

Col. Von Ryan

Just happened to notice a small fenced in area mid-way down on west side of St. Casimir's Avenue that Yonkers Fire is using as a training center. It's a fenced in lot with abandonded cars that were likely used for extrication practice and staged fires.

How long has this place been in use anyway?

There is a small metal sign reading Yonkers Fire Training Center posted.

Col. Von Ryan

The car was still there Sunday morning visible through the door glass in the center bay at this Meineke repair shop.