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    NYMTC Pedestrian Safety Study

    "Westchester County and NYSDOT have completed the North County Trailway and the County is in the process of completing the South County Trailway. The Westchester County Planning Department reviews capital projects on the TIP to ensure that sidewalks are included in major reconstruction projects. NYSDOT is completing a pedestrian bridge over the Taconic State Parkway in Yorktown as a link in the local trailway network."

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    White Plains swears in new firefighters

    (Original publication: March 23, 2007)

    The Journal News

    WHITE PLAINS - Five new firefighters were sworn-in by Public Safety Commissioner Frank Straub this morning.

    The brief ceremony at Public Safety Headquarters was attended by Mayor Joseph Delfino, Common Council President Rita Malmud and council members Thomas Roach and Glen Hockley.

    Taking the oath of office were Christopher Abrahamsen, Shawn Jimison, James New, Michael Palmerini and John Patone.

    The five are scheduled to begin a 14-week basic firefighting course at the Westchester County Fire Training Center on Monday. Their addition brings the strength of the city's fire department to 164, leaving just five authorized positions unfilled.

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    Mom badly hurt in Saw Mill crash; road still shut in Pleasantville

    By ROB RYSER

    THE JOURNAL NEWS

    (Original publication: March 23, 2007)

    PLEASANTVILLE - A 38-year-old Mohegan Lake woman suffered a head injury this morning in an accident that closed the Saw Mill Parkway for more than three hours, police said.

    Christine Belbin was in serious but stable condition at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla following the 7:15 a.m. accident, police said.

    The woman's 7-year-old son, who was in the car with her, was also taken to the hospital with a cut on his face that was not considered life-threatening, said Kieran O'Leary, a Westchester County police spokesman.

    The other driver, Richard Massari of Mount Kisco, was being treated at the hospital for cuts and an injury to his wrist, according to police.

    Police at 10 a.m. continued to investigate how the accident happened. Police could not even say which direction the drivers were headed when they crashed.

    As of 10:15 a.m., the parkway remained closed northbound at Bedford Road in Mount Pleasant and southbound at Roaring Brook Road in New Castle because of the investigation. Traffic was also being barred from entering the parkway at Route 120 in Chappaqua.

    The Saw Mill was not expected to reopen until at least 10:30 a.m.

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    Too many "what if's" for this subject.

    Officer on the apparatus needs to make decisions.

    Stop and leave one member to start patient care and the appartus goes to the fire?

    May be great that you extricated someone, but with out EMS what are you achieving for the injured.

    We done live in the boondocks. Mutual Aid works and can arrive in an acceptable time period. Even if Elmsford had to go to Ossining. 15 minute response? And there are 7 or 8 departments in between.

    Unfortunatly we all have to make hard decisions in this business.

    Nobody's getting sued.

    Nobody's being negligent.

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    Most of us live in small villages/towns where everybody knows everybody. This includes the police. Our Fire Chiefs / Officers need to insist the police strickly enforce all of the traffic laws, personnal vehicles and responding fire apparatus. Have the police enforce the law and not let things slip because we all know each other. We should then see a real decrease in these incidents.

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    NEW YORK POST

    SUPER DAY FOR A HERO

    NYC LOVES SUBWAY SAVIOR

    By DAN KADISON, HEIDI SINGER and RITA DELFINER

    MAN OF RAIL: "Subway Superman" Wesley Autrey downplayed his own heroism yesterday while appearing with Larry Hollopeter (far left), the father of the man he saved.January 4, 2007 -- A day after leaping onto the tracks to rescue a fallen stranger from an oncoming train, Subway Superman Wesley Autrey was the toast of the town, getting applause from New Yorkers, awed letters from schoolkids and a giant bite of Big Apple fame and fortune.

    Some of the most heartfelt praise came from near-tragic victim Cameron Hollopeter's stepmother, Rachel, who called Autrey "an angel" for saving the life of the 20-year-old film student.

    "He was so heroic," she said. "If he wasn't there, this would be a whole different [telephone] call."

    Autrey's mother, Mary, glowed with pride.

    "I'm proud of him because he was there to help somebody who needed help more than him," she said. "He didn't think twice. He dived in, like he said. He helped the guy and God helped them."

    There was an outpouring of gratitude for Autrey's bravery.

    * Mayor Bloomberg today will honor the 50-year-old grandfather at City Hall.

    * Donald Trump will reward the construction worker with a check for $10,000.

    * The David Letterman show booked the Harlem dad of three for an appearance tonight.

    * The director of the New York Film Academy, where Hollopeter is a student, gave Autrey a $5,000 check and scholarships for his daughters, Shuqui, 6, and Syshe, 4, for a 12-week film and acting program.

    * Other offers included college tuition for the kids - who were on the subway platform Tuesday.

    * Autrey and his kids were offered a trip to Disney World.

    "What I did I did out of the kindness, not for the glory or the money," Autrey said.

    But his courage won the city's heart.

    "Everybody's been calling me that all morning: 'Superman, Superman,' " he said. "I don't feel like that. Someone's in need. What would you do?"

    The Navy vet added, "I didn't think I did anything heroic. The real heroes are fighting overseas."

    Autrey went to St. Luke's Hospital to visit Hollopeter, who was in stable condition.

    "He thanked me," Autrey said after his visit. "He said he didn't even realize he was under the train."

    Hollopeter's dad, Larry, said there were "no words to properly express our gratitude" for Autrey's "instinctive and unselfish act."

    During his whirlwind day, Autrey went back to the 137th Street station to talk about what happened - how he maneuvered Hollopeter and himself into a trough between the tracks as the No. 1 train bore down on them.

    "My decision was to bury us both and take our chances," he said.

    "Once I saw the train coming and saw the height and saw the depth of the gutter, I knew I had enough clearance. It looked like maybe the two of us would fit," he said.

    In the Melrose section of The Bronx, third-graders at PS 29 sent fan letters.

    "My whole class thinks you're a hero," wrote Malik Hardy, 9.

    Juliette Parissi, 8, pointed out that "a hero is not only a person that has money like a basketball player. You are a hero."

    Additional reporting by Rich Calder and Jeremy Olshan

    dan.kadison@nypost.com

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    What fall protection equipment is available for aerial ladders and or ground ladders?

    With aerial ladders that extend 100' plus and ground ladders that extend up to 40' fall protection seems to be lacking. The video of the firefighter slipping and then sliding down the ladder with a victim would indicacte some type of fall arresting system should be in place.

    Does anybody know of any systems in place and being used in the fire service?

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    What are your department rules as they apply to types of emergency and non-emergency responses?

    And the "rules" for operating the apparatus?

    For example:

    Full Emergency Responce - All lights and sirens all the time. Go through red lights, stop signs, etc.??? Wrong side of he road, wrong way up one way streets? How fast?

    10-20 Responce - Turn off everything. Stop at all lights, wait for all traffic?

    I'm curious as to your department's rules and regulations.