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Chief Flynn, thank you for your candid opinion concerning the unlikely chances of appointment for non-resident applicants.
Maybe this information could be included in a Frequently Asked Questions section available to potential applicants, so those non-residents interested in applying ought not get their hopes up too high about actually landing a job.

The qualifying requirement states that "successful candidates" who are Yonkers residents will be given preference in appointment, and nothing at all that others need not apply.
While living in the jurisdiction obviously helps, for all we know a high scoring non resident candidate might get an appointment over a lower scoring resident, based on any number of other factors.
So, if you want the job, study hard, apply and take the test!
And Good Luck!

It's simply a matter of time before they sweep the park clean altogether, and end the ridiculous nonsense.

Let them protest all they want, on Rat Island.
Directions:
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It doesn't hurt to take the test, but there is a fee andn time involved. Anything is possible but FYI we have never even come close to exhausting the resident list and reaching the non-resident list.

He is now on the flip side of Rockland's mental health establishment.... He went from being a former employee to becoming a patient

Very sorry for your loss. May she rest in eternal peace.

Thank you to all. My wife Helen, who I called "Pumpkin" gave up her battle with lung cancer on Saturday morning Oct 1, 2011. She was such a good wife. Very mellow and low keyed. To this day, she looked the same way she did when I married her on Oct 9, 1976. Even after all those chemo and cancer treatments, she could still pass for a beautiful 25 year old. She just never aged.
Our first date was on Valentines Day, February 14, 1975. We went to see a new movie out about a high rise fire called "Towering Infernio". I told her that I was on the list to get on the fire dept. But I really don't think she was too impressed.
Our second date, I had to stop back home because I had forgotten to take the tickets for the show we were going to see. I invited her in for a few minutes and she talked with my mother. Later when I came home, she said to me "that's the girl you're going to marry". She was right and we would have celebrated our 34th Wedding Anniversary on Oct 9th.
"Pumpkin" was an Angel. She died peacefully at Backus Hospital in Norwich, Ct. Those nurses were the Greatest.

FYI:
(copied from FCC webpage, http://www.fcc.gov/nationwideeastest) On November 9, 2011, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time1 (EST), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will conduct the first-ever
nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS). The purpose of the test is to assess the reliability
and effectiveness of the EAS as a way to alert the public of national emergencies.
How will the nationwide EAS test be conducted? The nationwide EAS test will be conducted jointly by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through its Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Weather Service (NWS), the three federal agencies that have EAS management responsibilities. FEMA is the arm of the DHS primarily responsible for developing national alert and warning functions. The FCC is an independent agency that grants licenses to or otherwise oversees EAS Participants. FCC rules regulate the transmission of EAS alerts. The NWS is a key player in the dissemination of local warnings via the EAS. The great majority of EAS alerts are NWS weather-related alerts.
On November 9, at 2 PM EST, FEMA will transmit the EAS code for national level emergencies to Primary Entry Point (PEP) stations in the national level of the EAS. The PEP stations will then rebroadcast the alert to the general public in their broadcast vicinity, as well as to the next level of EAS Participants monitoring them. This should continue through all levels of the system, until the national alert has been distributed throughout the entire country.
Pursuant to the FCC's rules, all EAS Participants must report back to the FCC on the results of this test, including whether, and from whom, they received the alert message and whether they rebroadcast it. FEMA and the FCC will study these results to determine if there are problems with the system and, if so, how best to remedy them. We anticipate that a nationwide test will be conducted periodically to ensure that the EAS is, and remains, functional.
FEMA and the FCC have already twice tested the EAS national code on a more limited basis, in the state of Alaska. The lessons learned from the Alaska tests will inform how the agencies conduct the nationwide test.
What will people hear and see during the test?
Although the Nationwide EAS Test may resemble the periodic, monthly EAS tests that most Americans are already familiar with, there will be some differences in what viewers will see and hear, which is one reason for conducting a nationwide EAS test. Although the activation will include an audio message indicating that this is a test, a visual message indicating that "this is a test" may not appear on every television channel, especially for cable subscribers. This is due to the use of a "live" national code – the same code that would be used in an actual emergency. FEMA and the FCC are conducting outreach to the public, especially the deaf and hard of hearing, in advance of the test. Outreach will include specific information tailored to the needs of the deaf and hard of hearing and will be readily available at online sites. In addition, FEMA and the FCC will continue to work with EAS Participants to explore possible solutions to address this limitation.
How long will the test last?
We anticipate that the test will last approximately 30 seconds.
For more info:
http://www.fema.gov/eastest/
http://www.fcc.gov/nationwideeastest
http://www.fema.gov/...s/eas_info.shtm
This message courtesy of, and thanks to:
--
Dennis Reilly 2nd Assistant Chief Briarcliff Manor Fire Department 1111 Pleasantville Road Briarcliff Manor, New York 10510

EMTBravo Members,
Myself and the members of the staff have been recently discussing the possibility of endeavoring to create an online magazine with content that is provided by you, the members!
EMTBravo is about sharing knowledge, information, and individual professional development. Authoring articles for trade magazines and professional publications is an excellent way to advance one's career as a professional emergency service provider, a great addition to your resume, and just another way to "get your name out there" amongst your peers, plus it gives you an opportunity to share your knowledge and experience with other emergency service providers in a magazine style format.
We are currently seeking article submissions from the EMTBravo community. Articles can be on a wide variety of topics pertaining to Police, Fire, EMS, OEM and other emergency service fields. We encourage everyone to take this opportunity to share your knowledge and experience. You do not need to be an "EMTBravo guru" to write an article for EMTBravo, but must be mature, knowledgeable, and professional in the delivery of your content. This includes proper spelling and grammar, and taking the time to deliver a well thought out and informative article that the members will enjoy reading.
Articles should contain some degree of substance to them, and be at least one typewritten page in length. I don't want to place a limit on how long your article can be, but please be reasonable with your submissions, it's an article, not a novel! Once we have collected enough content, reviewed it, gathered additional information, we are going to deliver this magazine to the membership in an online viewable format, where it will be easily accessed by the membership. As I previously mentioned, we are looking for writers from all walks of Emergency Services, from Youth Group/Junior Corps members to seasoned Fire/Police/EMS veterans. Articles you submit should reflect on your personal experience. For example, if you are a Junior Corps member, consider writing an article about Training Ideas for Junior Corps, or Recruitment for Junior Corps. I wouldn't suggest writing an article on Technical Rescue as a Junior Corps member. We are currently looking to do a quarterly publishing based on the amount of content we receive from YOU!
Articles should be written in Word Format, and please include a brief Bio along with your article to including your field, years of experience, and any other pertinent information you would like to include. I will continually post additional information, including an email address to submit your articles.
If anyone has any questions and/or legitimate, constructive ideas for this endeavor, please feel free to PM me or post them in this thread.
Thank you for your interest, now get writing!
Joseph Bucchignano
JJB531

He is now on the flip side of Rockland's mental health establishment.... He went from being a former employee to becoming a patient

I'm going to keep this really short, There's much more at stake. I would like to add, that in reality, in many areas local government is failing miserably in their primary responsibility of providing adequate public safety.
Local government is ultimately responsible for funding and staffing EMS, fire and police protection, and they're playing a game of Russian roulette with peoples property and lives by not meeting one of their very few obligations: to provide adequate public safety.
To be sure, roads, schools, sanitation, are also major priorities, but getting re-elected seems more important to some of those we have entrusted with our lives.

http://www.nydmv.state.ny.us/lens.htm
FYI
You simply establish an account then designate a trusted individual as coordinator.
Everybody who drives a department vehicle gives the coordinator a copy of their drivers license annually.
I did this stuff at CE

I'm going to keep this really short, There's much more at stake. I would like to add, that in reality, in many areas local government is failing miserably in their primary responsibility of providing adequate public safety.
Local government is ultimately responsible for funding and staffing EMS, fire and police protection, and they're playing a game of Russian roulette with peoples property and lives by not meeting one of their very few obligations: to provide adequate public safety.
To be sure, roads, schools, sanitation, are also major priorities, but getting re-elected seems more important to some of those we have entrusted with our lives.

I'm going to keep this really short, There's much more at stake. I would like to add, that in reality, in many areas local government is failing miserably in their primary responsibility of providing adequate public safety.
Local government is ultimately responsible for funding and staffing EMS, fire and police protection, and they're playing a game of Russian roulette with peoples property and lives by not meeting one of their very few obligations: to provide adequate public safety.
To be sure, roads, schools, sanitation, are also major priorities, but getting re-elected seems more important to some of those we have entrusted with our lives.

I'm going to keep this really short, There's much more at stake. I would like to add, that in reality, in many areas local government is failing miserably in their primary responsibility of providing adequate public safety.
Local government is ultimately responsible for funding and staffing EMS, fire and police protection, and they're playing a game of Russian roulette with peoples property and lives by not meeting one of their very few obligations: to provide adequate public safety.
To be sure, roads, schools, sanitation, are also major priorities, but getting re-elected seems more important to some of those we have entrusted with our lives.

The 16 minute response very well may have been the best effort, given that at approximately 2AM, volunteer members would need to wake up, get dressed, scrape off the windshield, then drive to headquarters, or the scene, in snow and ice.
For what it's worth, google maps indicates it's roughly 3.4 miles and 6 minutes travel time from the firehouse to the location,(provided I have the addresses right) and we don't really know what the weather and road conditions were like for those responding to the firehouse and then to the scene at that time of day.
Having 24 hr emergency responder staffing could have cut the initial arrival time by 10 minutes, but then we have the water supply, or more realistically lack of water supply, which is altogether another issue that needs to be addressed.
I totally agree with the assessment that consolidation and regionalization is needed in many geographical areas.

The 16 minute response very well may have been the best effort, given that at approximately 2AM, volunteer members would need to wake up, get dressed, scrape off the windshield, then drive to headquarters, or the scene, in snow and ice.
For what it's worth, google maps indicates it's roughly 3.4 miles and 6 minutes travel time from the firehouse to the location,(provided I have the addresses right) and we don't really know what the weather and road conditions were like for those responding to the firehouse and then to the scene at that time of day.
Having 24 hr emergency responder staffing could have cut the initial arrival time by 10 minutes, but then we have the water supply, or more realistically lack of water supply, which is altogether another issue that needs to be addressed.
I totally agree with the assessment that consolidation and regionalization is needed in many geographical areas.

The 16 minute response very well may have been the best effort, given that at approximately 2AM, volunteer members would need to wake up, get dressed, scrape off the windshield, then drive to headquarters, or the scene, in snow and ice.
For what it's worth, google maps indicates it's roughly 3.4 miles and 6 minutes travel time from the firehouse to the location,(provided I have the addresses right) and we don't really know what the weather and road conditions were like for those responding to the firehouse and then to the scene at that time of day.
Having 24 hr emergency responder staffing could have cut the initial arrival time by 10 minutes, but then we have the water supply, or more realistically lack of water supply, which is altogether another issue that needs to be addressed.
I totally agree with the assessment that consolidation and regionalization is needed in many geographical areas.

Got YOUR shovel ready, Capt?

Bet you don't miss the northeast snow, too much!

OK, Who's the buff?

OK, Who's the buff?

OK, Who's the buff?

Using water on any energized electrical wiring that is on fire is a bad idea and I don't think any line officer would instruct his men to do so, but it has been done, however, if it's a live13,800 volt primary feeder cable, then chances are very good one won't live to tell about it.
More importantly, let's remember not to get overconfident on when water is acceptable to use on any class C fire.

OK, Who's the buff?