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    In another post I asked for a critque of the operations. I spoke to a number of people who were at the scene and they had nothing but positive things to say.

    A lot of equipment. I understand three ladders were in operation. I understand manpower was one of the reasons for so many companies.

    I know some people don't like to post because of the "Monday Morning Quarteerbacks", but I think all the questions and answers helps everybody.

  4. Posted

    I have a couple of quesions regarding Sleepy's fire yesterday, but I would like any of the officer's from SHFD to write a debriefing summary.

    There was a great summary of the "jumper" call a few weeks back by a SHFD Chief.

    I would like to hear the debriefing first before asking my "how come this or that"

    or "what if" questions.

  5. Posted

    As a firefighter in the State of New York, if you come upon a fire scene, identify yourself to the officer in charge as a firefighter and offer your assistance, that officer can accept that assistance and you are covered by the jurisdiction's insurance and worker's comp.

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    From the Westchester County Website

    "The Public Safety Emergency Force (PSEF) is an all volunteer, fully trained,

    peace officer contingent of the Department of Public Safety. The PSEF, formerly

    known as the Sheriff’s Emergency Force, has a proud history that dates back to

    1918. During World War II, PSEF members assisted in guarding County office

    buildings and the reservoir system properties throughout Westchester. In 1950,

    the PSEF was reorganized from a wartime civil defense unit into a peacetime

    emergency police reserve organization. Today its officers are sworn part-time

    deputy sheriffs of the Department. The PSEF’s principle mission is to serve as

    reserve manpower for the Department of Public Safety and provide assistance to

    Westchester’s many municipalities and police agencies in responding to

    emergencies or special events when crowd and/or traffic control is needed.

    In 2005, the Public Safety Emergency Force was deployed over 60 times and

    logged more than 3,000 man hours rendering assistance to local municipalities

    throughout the County. The PSEF also worked a number of special assignments,

    including several DWI check-points. Emergency Force members are required to

    complete rigorous, state and county certified training programs. Each member

    receives over 30 hours of in-service training in such areas as firearms proficiency,

    Penal Law Article 35, use of shotgun, Vehicle & Traffic Law, traffic control, vehicle

    stops, emergency vehicle operation, dignitary protection, in-service road patrol

    training and terrorism indicators and reporting."

    The "sheriffs" are the volunteer arm of the County. THey kept the name "sheriff" after the Parkway Police and Sheriff's Departments merged.

  9. Posted

    What everybody forgets is you cannot tell the "tone" in someone's question when it is written out. Chris 192's questions may have sounded less threatnening if we were together having a conversation.

    I was there and agree with the questions and I agree with the answers.

    We can't learn if the first thing we think about is someone's attaching us when they ask a question or two.

  13. Posted · Edited by huzzie59

    Rev. Al and Rev. Jackson don't want to deal with this?

    "Actions (segregation) speaks louder than words (Imus)!!!

    Georgia high school hopes to hold integrated prom

    Previous efforts haven't been successful

    The Associated Press

    Published on: 04/10/07

    ASHBURN — Breaking from tradition, high school students in this small town are getting together for this year's prom.

    Prom night at Turner County High has long been an evening of de facto segregation: white students organized their own unofficial prom, while black students did the same.

    This year's group of seniors didn't want that legacy. When the four senior class officers — two whites and two blacks — met with Principal Chad Stone at the start of the school year, they had more on their minds than changes to the school's dress code.

    They wanted an all-school prom. They wanted everyone invited.

    On April 21, they'll have their wish. The town's auditorium will be transformed into a tropical scene, and for the first time, every junior and senior, regardless of race, will be invited.

    The prom's theme: Breakaway.

    "Everybody says that's just how it's always been. It's just the way of this very small town," said James Hall, a 17-year-old black student who is the senior class president.

    "But it's time for a change."

    There are excited announcements of the upcoming dance plastered all over the school, where about 55 percent of students are black and most of the rest are white.

    A makeshift countdown to the prom is displayed as a cardboard cutout on a main hallway. Student council members canvass the hallways, asking students to buy a $25 ticket and be a part of history. In the cafeteria, images of palm trees and waterfalls brighten up the sterile walls. "The First Ever!" a poster exclaims. "Got your haircut?"

    Students say the self-segregation that splits social circles in school mirrors the attitude of this town of 4,000 people. So getting every student to break from the past could be a difficult task.

    With prom night about two weeks away, only half of the 160 upper-class students have bought tickets. And there's talk around the school that some white students might throw a competing party at a nearby lake.

    "Everyone is saying they're not going to the school prom," said Steven Tuller, a 17-year-old white junior who doesn't plan to attend either event because he wants to wait until he's a senior. "They're saying it's tradition."

    Yet Turner County High already has defied tradition this year. The school abandoned its practice of naming separate white and black homecoming queens. Instead, a mixed-race student was named the county's first solo homecoming queen.

    Some alumni welcome change at Turner County High.

    "People still think of how life was 20, 30 years ago," said Keith Massey, a 1990 graduate who now runs the popular Keith-A-Que restaurant in town, about 75 miles south of Macon. "And life's got to move on."

    Massey recalls an attempt to integrate one of the prom parties when he was in school, but few whites showed up. Attempts to organize a school-wide prom in recent years failed because of a lack of student support.

    Stone, serving his first year as the school's principal, has been enthusiastic about an integrated prom. He's funneling $5,000 of his meager discretionary fund to hire a DJ and buy decorations, and he's persuaded a photographer to set up shop at the civic center to snap photos of the couples before the dance.

    "This senior class is a close-knit group from top to bottom, and they want to do what's right," said Stone, who is white. "They wanted a full school prom. And I told them if they would do it, I'd do them right."

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    WESTCHESTER COUNTY FIRE CONTROL CENTER

    3/21/2007

    RESCUE COMPANY

    1. LARCHMONT- LIGHT/CASCADE

    2. MOUNT VERNON - HEAVY 76.

    3. FAIRVIEW - HEAVY

    4. NEW ROCHELLE - HEAVY

    5. EASTCHESTER - RESERVED

    6. MAMARONECK TWN – MEDIUM /CASCADE

    7. BANKSVILLE - MEDIUM

    8. HAWTHORNE – RESERVED

    9. VALHALLA – HEAVY

    10. BEDFORD HILLS – HEAVY/CASCADE

    11. YONKERS - HEAVY

    12. SLEEPY HOLLOW - MEDIUM

    13. VISTA – LIGHT (QA)

    14. OSSINING - HEAVY

    15. MOUNT KISCO - HEAVY

    16. YORKTOWN -HEAVY/CASCADE

    17. KATONAH – HEAVY/CASCADE

    18. CROTON - HEAVY

    19. HARRISON

    20. SOMERS - HEAVY

    21. SOUTH SALEM - MEDIUM

    22. POUND RIDGE - MEDIUM

    23. CHAPPAQUA - HEAVY/CASCADE

    24. GOLDENS BRIDGE - MEDIUM

    25. GOLDENS BRIDGE - EMS

    26. BUCHANAN - MEDIUM

    27. IRVINGTON - LIGHT

    28. CROTON FALLS - HEAVY/CASCADE

    29. GREENVILLE - LIGHT

    30. PURCHASE - MEDIUM

    31. MOUNT KISCO - LIGHT

    33. NO. WHITE PLAINS – LIGHT

    34. SOUTH SALEM - HEAVY/CASCADE

    35. WEST HARRISON - RESCUE/PUMPER

    36. MILLWOOD - HEAVY/CASCADE

    37. BRIARCLIFF - HEAVY/CASCADE

    38. SOMERS – RESERVE

    39. CONTINENTIAL - HEAVY/CASCADE

    40. PORT CHESTER - HEAVY

    41. VERPLANCK - DIVE/RESCUE

    42. VERPLANCK - HEAVY/PUMPER

    43.

    44. BEDFORD - LIGHT 31.

    45. PELHAM - EMS

    46. MAMARONECK TOWN

    47. PLEASANTVILLE – RESCUE/PUMPER

    48. MONTROSE V.A. - RESERVED

    49. IRVINGTON - HEAVY/CASCADE

    51. MONTROSE- HEAVY & PUMPS

    54. NEW ROCHELLE – COLLAPSE/WATER

    75. THORNWOOD – RESCUE PUMPER

    77. DES – TECHNICAL RESCUE

    88. WHITE PLAINS - HEAVY

    134. PEEKSKILL – RESCUE/PUMPER

  21. Posted

    What is the line between information that is allowed to be made public and information that is not?

    A newspaper article may list the name of victims in a car accident and their injuries. A house fire and the names and injuries/condition of the patients.

    Where is the line that cannot be crossed?

    Where can I look up information on this subject?

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    Perry: Firetruck purchase sparks LNG debate

    By Diana Graettinger

    Friday, March 30, 2007 - Bangor Daily News

    PERRY - It took less than five minutes to pass the $1 million school budget, but two hours to pass town money issues including buying a new firetruck.

    About 50 residents at the town meeting Tuesday night lumbered through 54 town articles, including switching the town’s fiscal year from Feb. 1-Jan. 31 to July 1-June 30 to bring it in line with the school department’s fiscal year. Voters approved that article.

    Voters also dealt with several other articles, ranging from $28,000 for garbage disposal, up from last year because of an increase in price from the Marion Transfer Station, to a tiny $250 for the Washington County Council of Governments.

    The article that dealt with the purchase of a new pumper truck for the fire department turned into a minidebate about LNG.

    Article 20 asked voters to spend up to $190,000 on a new pumper. Of that amount, $87,000 was to come from the fire department’s reserve account, while the rest would be borrowed over 10 years at a rate of 4.09 percent.

    "Why don’t we wait for LNG to buy that?" a resident asked.

    For more than a year, LNG has divided this town, pitting family members and friends against one another. On Monday, voters narrowly approved a $3.6 million payment plan from the Oklahoma-based Quoddy Bay LNG in return for a liquefied natural gas tank farm they want to build in the town. The terminal would be on Passamaquoddy tribal land at neighboring Pleasant Point.

    Fire Chief Paula Frost told residents that the existing pumper was 25 years old. "Most of us wouldn’t drive a car that is 25 years old," she said.

    She said the aging equipment was a threat to firefighters’ lives as well as buildings in the community. In the past year, she said, firefighters spent more time towing the truck than driving it back to the station after a fire.

    The fire chief said if the town didn’t buy the pumper now, it would cost more in the future.

    LNG opponent Gary Guisinger asked Selectman Dick Adams, who helped negotiate the $3.6 million agreement, why he hadn’t included a new pumper in the deal.

    Adams said it would be one to two years before the tanks were built, and the pumper is needed now. Guisinger then suggested the timeline would be more like three to four years, to which Adams responded, "I don’t know, Gary, you’re the one giving the answer."

    Tribal member Sandi Yarmal, who lives in Perry, said the truck is needed now.

    "Personally speaking, I would rather not wait ... and run the risk in the event that Quoddy Bay doesn’t get the financing they require and the project does not go through, then we’ve lost a firetruck or a human life," she said.

    Voters quickly gave the thumbs up to the purchase.

    Then it was on to third party requests for money from such groups as the Pine Tree Chapter of the Red Cross and Downeast Health Services.

    Voters were in the mood to give out some money to most of the agencies, but rejected a $1,000 request from United Cerebal Palsy of Maine.

    When it came to a $5,104 request from Catholic Charities of Maine, a discussion ensued and voters learned that last year the town turned down a $1,400 request from the agency. The agency still got its money after a record-keeping mix-up at the town office.

    Asked about the services the agency provides to the town, a woman said they fed and cared for the elderly in Perry.

    "Would Catholic Charities stop their work with the elderly in Perry if they did not get an allocation under the article?" Perry resident Nancy Asante asked.

    Voters then approved $1,400 for the agency.

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    BID - COMPETITIVE SEALED BID FOR CONSTRUCTION OF TWO (2) FAST RESPONSE FIREBOATS

    Bid Due Date: May 31, 2007

    Bid Due Date Time: 4:00 PM

    Non-Mandatory Pre-Proposal Meeting: April 19, 2007

    Meeting Time: 1:30 PM

    Location: FDNY, 9 Metrotech Center, Brooklyn, NY 11201, First (1st) Floor Auditorium

    Bids shall be submitted to the attention of:

    K. LeGrandNew York City Fire Department 9 MetroTech Center 5th Floor, Room 5S-01KBrooklyn, New York 11201

    Bids received at this Location after the Bid Due Date and Time are late and will not be accepted by the Agency, except as provided under New York City’s Procurement Policy Board Rules.