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I'm wondering how many times the author took a test to become a career firefighter.

How many years have they collected this money without providing any fire protection. Multiply that number and what half of the 2% is per year.

Be advised k we are using one engine at this time k. I think k is used as "is that ok?" just something I hear often.

Date:3-3-11

Time:0905

Location: 200 California rd.

Frequency: 154.145

Units Operating: Eng. 6,4,5 lad. 2, 3 R1

Weather Conditions: 27deg

Description Of Incident:Eng 6 10-84 fire in garage of attached townhome.

Reporters: ltrob

Writer:

Eng 5 and ladder 2 are in service. Eng 4 is a spare. Its put into service by the career staff when they need to.

There has been lots of money spent at wcdes. This money could of been better spent by a fire department that actually responds to emergency's.

Date:2-7-11

Time:1545

Location: 478 E 3rd st

Frequency: 154.145

Units Operating: Eng 6,5,4 Lad 2. lad.3 R-1, Batt4

Weather Conditions: overcast

Description Of Incident:Fire on the 1st floor of a 2 family, 2 lines stretched 1 line put into operation.

Reporters:

Writer:ltrob

Interesting article. The City higher up's are using the surrounding departments to say there is still adequate fire coverage and there is no danger to the population. Would this happen in Westchester?

http://www.firehouse.com/news/top-headlines/layoffs-take-effect-struggling-new-jersey-city

In this day and age of consolidation it bewilders me how one group can come up with so many reasons why creating a separate department is the best way to go.

How long will it take for a VFD to respond if there is a life in danger? Can the life that is in danger wait for a VFD to respond on mutual aid? Its the first five or six minutes on scene that are most crucial when it comes to life. I'm not knocking any of the surrounding VFD's I just wouldn't want any of the decision makers thinking they can protect their citizens with mutual aid. Houses might be saved but lives could be lost.

If done correctly a report from the first due is a great help. Then there's the " Eng, xx 10-84 nothing showing" only to followed up 4 minutes later by" Eng.xx to dispatch heavy smoke on the 6th floor". If you can and there is some important information that will help incoming companys then it should be relayed. This goes for special instructions as well. I've seen it when relaying a lot of ordinary information leads to confusion and only ties up the radio. Giving special instructions for things that are automatically done anyway is one thing I would say is ordinary. You might have a different idea of ordinary. Or this might not happen where you work. S.O.P's come into play when relaying "special instructions"

With these cuts how long will it take for the call back members to staff a engine or truck and respond to a structure fire? Will it be faster than relying on mutual aid?

Jim was a great guy and a good firefighter. We'll miss him! What a huge loss for his Family, friends and the entire Mount Vernon Fire department.

It was always great to see Bruce at almost every function. He will be greatly missed.

If these jobs are ever handed out without any sort of testing then the same proponents of it will start stabbing each other in the back. It will be some show. Somebody is going to take their ball and go home. Who's the favorite for being the biggest back stabber? I think we all know!

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FDMV has three channels. One is for dispatch 154.145, the other two are for fire ground. Although sometimes you will hear fire ground traffic on the dispatch channel. Some of the kinks are in the process of being worked out.

How much grant money has been spent on the WCTRT? Either for training or equipment or both?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZzQibzeWtY&feature=rec-LGOUT-exp_stronger_r2-2r-7-HM

Poor house

FA919549; FA919573; ITEM20

This could be a good video of what will happen if you vent without having a hose line in place.

I try to attach video again.

How was this a "stop" place looks ruined to me. You can rarely save a trailer. Not knocking the dept , just asking

I was thinking the same thing. How is this a good stop? Its gone!

I don't think anybody here has said that they did (Emerald Society).

Gamwell your comparisons of these to organizations falls short. When it comes down to it you know little about either. You are entitled to your opinion. Although in this case it seems you don't have the right information to back it up. Except to say that they are both organizations. With totally different agendas. By the way its O.K. to have an agenda as long as it doesn't screw somebody out of a job or promotion. The Emerald society plays no role in any departments hiring or promotion process.

Key word here: "supposed". Racial/ethnic discrimination still goes on (not just in NY, but around the nation) in various forms whether you want to admit it or not.

The Vulcans are allowed because other groups such as the Emerald Society, Columbia Association, etc are allowed to exist.

I've been following this thread since its inception and its too bad its evolved to this point because in all honesty, its starting to become an embarassment.

In my opinion, I think its time to close it as it outlived its usefulness a long time ago.

Gamwell you couldn't be any further off when you compare the Emerald society to the Vulcans. The Emerald society doesn't have a court ordered decree as to The Hiring practices for any fire dept. as does the vulcans. The most they have in common is they are both organizations. Although Its interesting that you share the same opinion as the vulcans.

Just thought I would stop any mis-information

Now I think that Andy Spano is on the right track. "Regionalizing" Special Operations Services" within the county into Districts makes absolute sense. Obviously, with the Spec Ops Equipment, Apparatus, and Tools that the Yonkers Fire Department currently has, using all of this, say under the authority of the Southern Westchester County Emergency Response Team, makes sense. You could have specific members of say, YFD, MVFD, NRFD, Eastchester, Pelham, Hastings, Dobbs Ferry, etc, ALL trained in Spec Ops (Haz Mat, Collapse, etc) and would jointly man and operated the resources needed, rather than having duplicate sets of equipment around the southern end of the county. One could even expand on this, as it relates to Mutual Aid responses, as it relates to Major Muliple Alarm Fires, falling under the domain of the Southern Westchester Emergency Response Team. This would solve some of the issues that Mount Vernon has been having. Just a thought.

Mutual has never been a problem for Mt. Vernon. Its the manning and Companys OOS prior to the fire that is. So as far as something like this being a solution for the staffing issues, its not. But this has been brought up time and time again.

Ray's opinion about putting the public first is right on. He is also right on about the experience which is missing from a lot of peoples resume's.

If you like the Jersey Shore.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbEvPuzlvHM...6F&index=12