huzzie59
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My family's thoughts and prayers are sent your way Sam. God Bless You!
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PEARL HARBOR DAY!
NEVER FORGET!
THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR VETERANS AND THOSE CURRENTLY SERVING!
GOD BLESS AMERICA!
BFD1054 likes this -
So, How's the operation going?
I see some Westchester Units are there.
It looks like two separate fires for the Channel 5 news helicopter.
What units are there?
Is the plan to let the fire burn itself out? Or????
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Transcare - white plains
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911 wise. ----
Empress handles Yonkers.
Teams are - white plains
Who covers where else?
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Can someone list for me the "for profit" companies that cover 911 calls and the response areas they cover?
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We have ALL had issues. But how we address the issues set us apart from one another. Having lost a number of key members there was a time we would have paid personnel at night. And yes, they would respond to our neighbors, but then again, are we not in this business to serve the public? Because of a line on a map, I should complain for crossing that line?
Let's look at the way the fire system works - The fire departments get a real job and they back fill right away. EMS doesn't unless there is a fire and there is an extended standby. So, does being out for an hour on a call justify calling for mutual aid to standby? Thereby reducing response time?
As I stated earlier, we always have a primary duty crew. Being dispatched by our PD, they don't wait for 5 pages to call for mutual aid. If no calls are received right away, they go mutual aid.
I do think it's time for an open and honest discussion about EMS in Greenburgh. The question is, generally, not who we help first, but how do we handle the second and third calls and help those people.
And, I think it's highly unfair to think a crew would "hang out" a Phelps to miss a call.
Bnechis and Westchester like this -
Tarrytown started per diem personnel in 1995 or 1996. TVAC has never had to call for mutual aid due to not getting a primary crew out. Only when the first crew is on a call, is when TVAC has needed mutual aid.
I joined about that time and from that time Dobbs and Sleepy Hollow would go through good times and bad. Stories always centered on both corps not getting out the primary crew. But Irvington has always had the reputation of always getting out. Even getting two crews out during the day. I've been on maybe three mutual ais calls to irvington in all these years.
And I really wouldn't expect any neighbor to "charge" any neighbor.
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So, Westchester, you've been a member here for a month or so , welcome.
How many years have you been around Irvington?
What about the 15 years prior to Dobbs Ferry hiring paid personnel when Irvington covered more calls in Dobbs than they did in Irvington?
Maybe Irvington can back charge Dobbs for all of the calls and they would have enough money to hire paid personnel?
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I offer my condolences as well.
Rest In Peace Trooper Martindale
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my heartfelt condolences to his family and friends!
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If you look on Scotland's website, the one new department covers 4 major areas but not the entire country. The less populated areas have some combination of paid on call, paid per call or volunteer departments.
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AGAIN........Are you guys still pissing at each other over the traffic situation.
If, there was nothing wrong with the truck, because we are all blaming the driver;
If, the truck driver wasn't driving so fast;
If, the truck wasn't overweight;
If, the driver didn't get trapped;
If, the fire department worked faster and extricated the driver faster;
If, the EMS personnel could have gotten the surgical team there faster to cut off the drivers legs;
Maybe, just maybe, the world would be perfect!
But answer this.................
If a dalmation had a square ass, would he poop dice?
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When I started this topic, I was looking to hear about the rescue. "The man's legs were stuck under 50 tons of truck, caught between the blah, blah, blah....and we did this and did that and sent for the surgical team,etc. etc. etc."
BUT,
Instead I got to read a pissing match between "adults" about whether the police handled the traffic duties correctly.
Sorry I asked a question and got everybody upset!
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I hear the rescue of the driver was complicated and that doctors were preparing to amputate the mans legs to get him out. But that's heresay.
Is there anyone that can fill us in on the rescue?
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Maybe it's just me, but looking at different media sources, mostly social media, it appears that some covering companies are using their time "down south" as more of a photo op than anything else...
I know a few of the very first guys who went down without hesitation, and their hearts were truly in it...but some others I see really make me shake my head..
Again, maybe it's just me...
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I was not referring to any of the pics posted here...FYI.
If photos are the payment received for going, does it matter? Take pictures, have as good a time as possible while there. I'm sure when the alarms come in the cameras are put away.
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in Westchester County Area Emergency Services News
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How many EMS crews carry gas detection equipment?