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The tax payers will not see a penny of savings.  This was not a cost cutting measure but a way to fund additional positions and raises without going over the tax cap and doing so at the cost of the 8 firefighters and their families. 

The tax payers will not see a penny of savings.  This was not a cost cutting measure but a way to fund additional positions and raises without going over the tax cap and doing so at the cost of the 8 firefighters and their families. 

The tax payers will not see a penny of savings.  This was not a cost cutting measure but a way to fund additional positions and raises without going over the tax cap and doing so at the cost of the 8 firefighters and their families. 

Affirmative action refers to policies that take factors including "race, color, religion, sex, or national origin" into consideration in order to benefit an underrepresented group "in areas of employment, education, and business".
By no means does this scenario have anything to do with affirmative action, this is a violation of the oath this individual took when he raised his right hand and swore to faithfully discharge his duties. This type of behavior within in the department is just like a cancer in the body, not treated aggressively, they both will have the same results.

Affirmative action refers to policies that take factors including "race, color, religion, sex, or national origin" into consideration in order to benefit an underrepresented group "in areas of employment, education, and business".
By no means does this scenario have anything to do with affirmative action, this is a violation of the oath this individual took when he raised his right hand and swore to faithfully discharge his duties. This type of behavior within in the department is just like a cancer in the body, not treated aggressively, they both will have the same results.

Affirmative action refers to policies that take factors including "race, color, religion, sex, or national origin" into consideration in order to benefit an underrepresented group "in areas of employment, education, and business".
By no means does this scenario have anything to do with affirmative action, this is a violation of the oath this individual took when he raised his right hand and swore to faithfully discharge his duties. This type of behavior within in the department is just like a cancer in the body, not treated aggressively, they both will have the same results.

Affirmative action refers to policies that take factors including "race, color, religion, sex, or national origin" into consideration in order to benefit an underrepresented group "in areas of employment, education, and business".
By no means does this scenario have anything to do with affirmative action, this is a violation of the oath this individual took when he raised his right hand and swore to faithfully discharge his duties. This type of behavior within in the department is just like a cancer in the body, not treated aggressively, they both will have the same results.

Affirmative action refers to policies that take factors including "race, color, religion, sex, or national origin" into consideration in order to benefit an underrepresented group "in areas of employment, education, and business".
By no means does this scenario have anything to do with affirmative action, this is a violation of the oath this individual took when he raised his right hand and swore to faithfully discharge his duties. This type of behavior within in the department is just like a cancer in the body, not treated aggressively, they both will have the same results.

Affirmative action refers to policies that take factors including "race, color, religion, sex, or national origin" into consideration in order to benefit an underrepresented group "in areas of employment, education, and business".
By no means does this scenario have anything to do with affirmative action, this is a violation of the oath this individual took when he raised his right hand and swore to faithfully discharge his duties. This type of behavior within in the department is just like a cancer in the body, not treated aggressively, they both will have the same results.

Absolutely! As I have said in the past the fire does not care if you are receiving a pay check or volunteering your time, it will kill you just the same. The standards and training should be unilateral across the board for every firefighter and officer. You don’t see any difference in the training requirements for career vs. volunteer paramedics and EMT’s!

Absolutely! As I have said in the past the fire does not care if you are receiving a pay check or volunteering your time, it will kill you just the same. The standards and training should be unilateral across the board for every firefighter and officer. You don’t see any difference in the training requirements for career vs. volunteer paramedics and EMT’s!

Absolutely! As I have said in the past the fire does not care if you are receiving a pay check or volunteering your time, it will kill you just the same. The standards and training should be unilateral across the board for every firefighter and officer. You don’t see any difference in the training requirements for career vs. volunteer paramedics and EMT’s!

Seth,
Here is a rough idea. The individual logos are joined with a chain symbolizing we are only as strong as our weakest link.

Seth,
Here is a rough idea. The individual logos are joined with a chain symbolizing we are only as strong as our weakest link.

Seth,
Here is a rough idea. The individual logos are joined with a chain symbolizing we are only as strong as our weakest link.

Seth,
Here is a rough idea. The individual logos are joined with a chain symbolizing we are only as strong as our weakest link.

Yes. There are only two ways to go between departments, a transfer, which needs to be agreed upon by the department you are leaving, by the department you are going too, by Westchester County Civil Service and by the firefighter requesting the transfer. When you do a transfer you have protection where as if the department doesn’t retain you during the mandatory 12 weeks probation the department you came from has to take you back.
The second is a resignation reinstatement. In this case all the same parties must agree with the exception of the department you are leaving. You resign from you department on 1/1/13 and Westchester County Civil Service reinstates you in the new department on 1/1/13. In this case, if you don’t pass your 12 weeks probation you are out of luck & a job.
In any case after 1being out year or more, you must start from scratch.

No it’s not time to throw out or rewrite the books on fire ground tactics. The IC needs to take into account his staffing and their abilities when planning his initial attack.
On all incidents the IC needs to quickly determine the following “what do I have, what do I need, and where is it going” to quickly and safely mitigate the situation while keeping in mind the incident priorities, 1 – Life Safety; 2 – Incident Stabilization; 3 – property Conservation. The IC first priority is the safety of his personnel and then of the public they are sworn to protect, with this in mind we sometimes have to push the envelope and make an aggressive interior search with reduced manpower. However, lacking any reason to believe that there may be victims within the structure and aggressive interior attack should only be perform when the proper personnel arrive on the scene.
Remember, we the willing, lead by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungratefully, we have done so much with so little, we are now qualified to do anything with nothing!

No it’s not time to throw out or rewrite the books on fire ground tactics. The IC needs to take into account his staffing and their abilities when planning his initial attack.
On all incidents the IC needs to quickly determine the following “what do I have, what do I need, and where is it going” to quickly and safely mitigate the situation while keeping in mind the incident priorities, 1 – Life Safety; 2 – Incident Stabilization; 3 – property Conservation. The IC first priority is the safety of his personnel and then of the public they are sworn to protect, with this in mind we sometimes have to push the envelope and make an aggressive interior search with reduced manpower. However, lacking any reason to believe that there may be victims within the structure and aggressive interior attack should only be perform when the proper personnel arrive on the scene.
Remember, we the willing, lead by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungratefully, we have done so much with so little, we are now qualified to do anything with nothing!

No it’s not time to throw out or rewrite the books on fire ground tactics. The IC needs to take into account his staffing and their abilities when planning his initial attack.
On all incidents the IC needs to quickly determine the following “what do I have, what do I need, and where is it going” to quickly and safely mitigate the situation while keeping in mind the incident priorities, 1 – Life Safety; 2 – Incident Stabilization; 3 – property Conservation. The IC first priority is the safety of his personnel and then of the public they are sworn to protect, with this in mind we sometimes have to push the envelope and make an aggressive interior search with reduced manpower. However, lacking any reason to believe that there may be victims within the structure and aggressive interior attack should only be perform when the proper personnel arrive on the scene.
Remember, we the willing, lead by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungratefully, we have done so much with so little, we are now qualified to do anything with nothing!

No it’s not time to throw out or rewrite the books on fire ground tactics. The IC needs to take into account his staffing and their abilities when planning his initial attack.
On all incidents the IC needs to quickly determine the following “what do I have, what do I need, and where is it going” to quickly and safely mitigate the situation while keeping in mind the incident priorities, 1 – Life Safety; 2 – Incident Stabilization; 3 – property Conservation. The IC first priority is the safety of his personnel and then of the public they are sworn to protect, with this in mind we sometimes have to push the envelope and make an aggressive interior search with reduced manpower. However, lacking any reason to believe that there may be victims within the structure and aggressive interior attack should only be perform when the proper personnel arrive on the scene.
Remember, we the willing, lead by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungratefully, we have done so much with so little, we are now qualified to do anything with nothing!

No it’s not time to throw out or rewrite the books on fire ground tactics. The IC needs to take into account his staffing and their abilities when planning his initial attack.
On all incidents the IC needs to quickly determine the following “what do I have, what do I need, and where is it going” to quickly and safely mitigate the situation while keeping in mind the incident priorities, 1 – Life Safety; 2 – Incident Stabilization; 3 – property Conservation. The IC first priority is the safety of his personnel and then of the public they are sworn to protect, with this in mind we sometimes have to push the envelope and make an aggressive interior search with reduced manpower. However, lacking any reason to believe that there may be victims within the structure and aggressive interior attack should only be perform when the proper personnel arrive on the scene.
Remember, we the willing, lead by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungratefully, we have done so much with so little, we are now qualified to do anything with nothing!

No it’s not time to throw out or rewrite the books on fire ground tactics. The IC needs to take into account his staffing and their abilities when planning his initial attack.
On all incidents the IC needs to quickly determine the following “what do I have, what do I need, and where is it going” to quickly and safely mitigate the situation while keeping in mind the incident priorities, 1 – Life Safety; 2 – Incident Stabilization; 3 – property Conservation. The IC first priority is the safety of his personnel and then of the public they are sworn to protect, with this in mind we sometimes have to push the envelope and make an aggressive interior search with reduced manpower. However, lacking any reason to believe that there may be victims within the structure and aggressive interior attack should only be perform when the proper personnel arrive on the scene.
Remember, we the willing, lead by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungratefully, we have done so much with so little, we are now qualified to do anything with nothing!

First to put things in perspective, New York City Transit, (Subways & Buses) move over 7.5 million people daily (5,300,000 subway & 2,200,000 buses) 2011 statistics.
Not sure where the number of 54 fatalities of individuals struck by trains came from but here is a more accurate figure. 128 individuals were struck by trains in 2012 of which 51 were killed. There were an additional 9 individuals who were killed in subway related incidents by contacting the third rail, jumping off the elevated structure etc... with no involvement of trains. 5 pedestrians were struck and killed by buses. While 1 death is to many the shear number of trains and buses moving threw the system daily and the individulas interacting with them, it is a relatively small percentage.
As far as "clearing up" the trough between the running rails in the subways station is plenty deep, if you lie down in it you will not come in contact with the train. Secondly there is not sufficient room under most platforms to clear up if a train is coming, you need to find yourself between the columns between the tracks, our in a niche (a cutout in the wall) keeping in mind any where you see red and white strips on the wall or area you are standing in you will be hit by the train. If the individual is able and the train is not upon them, they should be instructed to walk in the opposite direction of the train to the end of the platform where at the entrance to the tunnel there will be a wall ladder. Also anyone who witnesses and individual on the tracks should immediately or have someone run to the end of the platform and look for a blue light in the tunnel and repeatedly pull the alarm box which will kill the power and use the phone there to speak with the rail control center to advise them of the situation.
As far as the glass subway barriers go, all I will say is they are under review at this time.

First to put things in perspective, New York City Transit, (Subways & Buses) move over 7.5 million people daily (5,300,000 subway & 2,200,000 buses) 2011 statistics.
Not sure where the number of 54 fatalities of individuals struck by trains came from but here is a more accurate figure. 128 individuals were struck by trains in 2012 of which 51 were killed. There were an additional 9 individuals who were killed in subway related incidents by contacting the third rail, jumping off the elevated structure etc... with no involvement of trains. 5 pedestrians were struck and killed by buses. While 1 death is to many the shear number of trains and buses moving threw the system daily and the individulas interacting with them, it is a relatively small percentage.
As far as "clearing up" the trough between the running rails in the subways station is plenty deep, if you lie down in it you will not come in contact with the train. Secondly there is not sufficient room under most platforms to clear up if a train is coming, you need to find yourself between the columns between the tracks, our in a niche (a cutout in the wall) keeping in mind any where you see red and white strips on the wall or area you are standing in you will be hit by the train. If the individual is able and the train is not upon them, they should be instructed to walk in the opposite direction of the train to the end of the platform where at the entrance to the tunnel there will be a wall ladder. Also anyone who witnesses and individual on the tracks should immediately or have someone run to the end of the platform and look for a blue light in the tunnel and repeatedly pull the alarm box which will kill the power and use the phone there to speak with the rail control center to advise them of the situation.
As far as the glass subway barriers go, all I will say is they are under review at this time.