Dr. Zuki

You can have a situation where is caller is from out of town and simply reads off of the nearest street signs, many of which are incorrect because they use postal, not official addresses like the many signs on the Bronx River Parkway for "Crestwood" or portions of Greenburgh with Scarsdale postal address on the entire length of Central Avenue.

Who, not knowing better, would even think that North White Plains is actually North Castle ??? Or this entire other maze of overlapping school districts. Port Chester middle school i actually located in Rye Brook, yet somebody from out of town calling 911 would assume to call Port Chester PD or FD in an emergency.

The Greenburgh multiplex theater is in Elmsford, yet Greenburgh PD handles calls there. How would Joe Public reasonably know this when callling for the first time?

Bottom Line: Have precinct phone numbers stored in your cell phone and paper phone book just in case.

Can anybody please recommend an area subscriber buff network for a friend in the media who wants to get YFD and PD calls instead of buying a scanner??

Remembered seeing this posted on the defunct Fordyce site. I think one was called Breaking News Service or something similar?

What do they typically charge per month and the cost of the pager is ???

Thank You and Happy Weekend.

P.S.--The smoke from Ground Zero was visible from Palmer Road in Yonkers near the golf course where it splits with Fortfield Avenue.

And I still cannot believe it happened no matter how many times the tape is played.

Ex Yonkers councilman Ed Fagan worked for the Port Authority in the trade center and stayed home that day...several other friends saw the second plane hit.

Rescue3,

City Hall, and only City Hall, are the only ones issuing press releases which includes the YFD and every other agency. That is why Pagano and company absolutely cannot say anything further and likely have not been apprised of what is going on with the developers. It will all come out as the process goes on....nobody is trying to hide anything...

Watch Amicone's state of the city address Wednesday night on cable or the telecast on cityofyonkers.com and maybe he will address future YFD issues like the HQ status and traning center. A text of the speech might also be posted thereafter on the city website.

Remember the old saying "A watched pot never boils" ...the same holds true here with the above.....

Stay Warm

Which PD sent the divers? NYPD or County?

Also, why wasn't YFD involved on this job???

I am guessing that the driver was understandably disoriented and likely appeared to be intoxicated and hence nobody called for help unfortunately....this is a good instance whereby the old emergency phones on telephone poles may have helped. Remember, not everybody has a cell phone, or in this case, couldn't use it, and there are other instances such as those involving the elderly or non English speaking foreigners who at least could pick up the phone theerby triggering a

" 911 Hang Up" call requiring a police response...look at how many young mugging victims have cell phone stolen.

I would have surely called....

Rest in Peace to the victim.

P.S.--I would also hope that the Alexander Street development project can include a facility on the waterfront for both the YFD and YPD rescue boats and accessories.

Hopefully this will be suggested by the bosses in the above two departments early on in the process, not after it is built and completed.

And let the developers pay based on all of the corporate welfare involved with these projects.

Happy Weekend to all...

E mail the boss and ask.....anthony.pagano@cityofyonkers.com

Rescue 3,

Read the press release on cityofyonkers.com just in case the newspaper overlooked a key point of information. Which happens often.

But when the stadium was last proposed, a new HQ was included in the structure.

This time, it looks like the developer expects the city to build it themsleves along with too many other costly infrastructure improvements for the entire project.

And I doubt the City Council will agree to giving away so much to a developer who in return is paying for nothing along with seeking too many tax abatements.

Regardless, you may see a new YFD HQ someday. Question is will the city or a developer pay for it. Or maybe the city will renovate the exisiting structure and alter the developer's plans. It's all very early on in the entire process.

Time will tell.....and the YFD likely has not even been apprised of much of this, that is why they won't say anything publicly....they just don't know at this time.

P.S.--Tell some of the female dispoatchers that their voices come over muffled when they speak too closely into the console microphone.

Thanks, my cousin is MOS

Oswegowind,

You and anybody else is more than welcome to submit a piece reagrding the first News 12 screw up to my friend at Yonkerstribune.com via ehezi@yonkerstribune.com and pen names are generally used so there is no need to worry about any repercussions from the bosses.

Happy Weekend.

Oswegowind,

You should really pitch a b**** about this to both The Journal News and Yonkerstribune.com. News 12's inaccuracies on mnay occasions are disgraceful.

Glad that Ii do not subscribe to this crap news network.

Really seems to have taken on a tabloid like quality.

I know all too well how difficult a job it is to be a dispatcher in Yonkers, you do not need this crappy second guessing from a second rate news organization.

An on air retraction and apology is needed.

The Journal News says nothing about a new YFD HQ. But the black and white rendering shows the project extending over the exisitng YFD HQ which was also to replaced in the mid 1970's when Ginsburg-Taubman was trying to build a shppoing mall in Chicken Island and beyond. That is why the city bought and leveled much of the Palisade Avenue stores abutting Chicken island.

Here is writer Michael gannon's email if anybody wants to ask him to write about how the poject afects YFD HQ: mgannon@thejournalnews.com

Happy Weekend to all.

YonkersR3 may have moved north , but his heart is still here and if he's anxious to know, what's so terrible about that ?? You can take the kid out of Yonkers, but you can't take Yonkers out of the kid.....

The stadium will likley not be built, but a revised project with a large amount of retiail will still need the space occupied by YFD HQ. If not, somebody else could come along wanting to convert it into condos. Imagine years from now seeing Yuppies, tofu in hand, entering YFD HQ. It's no so far fetched either.

There also is a possibly that somebody will want to have the building landmarked, and it's a relatively easy process to accomplish.

Maybe somebody can email Capelli and ask or just email David Simpson, the Mayor's new press secretary 914-377-6000.

One thing for sure, the increased population coming to Yonkers over the next few years will require a rethinking of current fire dept manpower.

Happy Weekend

YonkersR3 may have moved north , but his heart is still here and if he's anxious to know, what's so terrible about that ?? You can take the kid out of Yonkers, but you can't take Yonkers out of the kid.....

The stadium will likley not be built, but a revised project with a large amount of retiail will still need the space occupied by YFD HQ. If not, somebody else could come along wanting to convert it into condos. Imagine years from now seeing Yuppies, tofu in hand, entering YFD HQ. It's no so far fetched either.

There also is a possibly that somebody will want to have the building landmarked, and it's a relatively easy process to accomplish.

Maybe somebody can email Capelli and ask or just email David Simpson, the Mayor's new press secretary 914-377-6000.

One thing for sure, the increased population coming to Yonkers over the next few years will require a rethinking of current fire dept manpower.

Happy Weekend

Regarding repair guys..... a cousin of mine fixes water heaters, etc. One of his asssistants came to do mine and we later noticed a valuable tool missing which was later returned upon calling my cousin. A mob guy from Westchester owns a flooring company.......are you sure you can trust strangers??? What about burned out apartments looted by repair crews.... Homeowners on Brookside Circle, Yonkers do a block sale with homes opened to strangers and are later burglarized.....these kids reading Con Edison meters look innocent who come into my basement.....I later get told that one of them robbed another kid of his belongings....not a bully incident either, but a felony robbery charge......a cable tv repair guy returns to a Bronx River Rd apt to rape a former repair customer.....so think about it when you let strangers in.....I wish it were otherwise though.

R3,

Email me. I have something else I need to ask you about Grand Funk Railroad.

Just as an aside to portable and base scanners.....when not in use please be sensible about keeping them secure in the event of a burglary. Over the years too many scanners have gotten into the wrong hands this way and I personally treat mine as if it were a firearm. Imagine knowing a burglar has gotten hold of it....years back a volunteer firemen friend of mine left his portable scanner under the seat of his car and it was stolen. Police frequencies were programmed into it....

And when strangers visit your home such as repair guys, etc., I wouldn't even let them see a scanner period. No need to educate people of unknown character....too many crime films have been showing perps using scanners and that's a bad thing regardless of whether or not it's factual. But there still are many perps unaware of scanners, so don't educate them please.

10:30 today a city hall press conference will announce revised plans for massive downtown redevelopment including the previously proposed stadium that was to include a new YFD HQ.

If the stdium portion of the plan is withdrawn, then so is the new YFD HQ.

Check yonkerstribune.com and thejournalnews.com later this morning for details.

All of the Connery 007 films....especially Thunderball.

Is it common practice for police depts to make annual inventories of their vehicles?

Had read about this in Bratton's autobiography as being done when he ran the Boston PD and I wondered if all police agencies do it. Is it commonly done only on January first???

Thank You.

Yonkerstribune.com welcomes your input via ehezi@yonkerstribune.com

I thought North Hudson Regional consisted of all fire equipment from from it's participating municipalities.

Saw in the posting that North Bergen responded with it's own rigs. Is North Regional just a supplement to exisiting fire companies?

Thanks and Stay Warm.

And did they have to create a separate taxing district for the newly formed regional fire organization???

P.S.---And anybody from Emtbravo.com is welcome to submit a piece on anything public safety related that may of interest to the general public.

No stories about scanners and monitoring PLEASE!!!

There have been some lively discussions on that site relating to fire and emergency operations at the Yonkers pier water rescue.

Stay Warm

Just keep it to crime incidents for now please.

In particular, all the ones never appearing in the newspaper that affect us, burglaries, car thefts, muggings, etc.

It's just a supplement to this board which is only read by buffs, while Yonkerstribune.com is read by the public at large.

One very, very interesting tip about a new gang was just posted on it.

So it may also evolve into a tip line for people who may not want to pick up the telephone. And that's a major tool for the cops...

The site averages 100K hits per day. And some FEDS happen to look at it for good reason too.

Thank You.

Yonkerstribune.com has started a crime incident thread.

So please post on it. They are trying to make up for all the non coverage of criminal incidents by what's left of the Journal News. If something close by happens that may migrate to Yonkers, please post.

Example: a burglary team operating in nearby Greenburgh, Bronxville, etc.

Many Thanks. The public reads few incidents in the paper and is lulled into a false sense of security.

P.S.---No kidding, Yonkerstribune.com gets 100K hits a day on average.

They did have an interesting discussion about the water rescue in the Hudson River.