Lucifer

A couple of points for members coming into the city on M/A: 1st, if you're relocating to a firehouse and responding with lights and siren, you're in violation of the V&T laws unless the EMERGENCY is at the firehouse. It should probably take 25 minutes in normal traffic flow to relocate from Greenville or Fairview. 2nd, as stated by a wise member above, members on duty don't have a choice, but members OFF DUTY do! Is a picture starting to form???

To the members coming in on mutual aid, here's another thing to keep in the back of your mind. If MV's current numbers are so inadequate (and they are); then why when all MV units are at a job, is a mutual aid standby level of protection of only 1&1 acceptable?? 2 weeks ago, M/A CO's caught a 2nd job and initially showed up with 4 FF's a LT and a Chief. Ludicrust! MV units became available from the 1st job and responded, but what if they couldn't? The M/A units could have been in a heap of s--t! Please be careful!

I hear it will be the 1st fire apparatus ever equiped with LOJAC

A 2nd Alarm in Mt. Vernon brings in the 4th Engine with another 2 guys. They are usually designated as the FAST team because everyone on the initial alarm immediately goes to work. A 3rd Alarm brings in the 5th engine (if in service) with another 2 guys. Whoopie.

In Mount Vernon the magic number this week is 17 firefighters, 4 Officers and a Deputy or Capt in the car.

FDMV: New Rescue

Mount Vernon Station #4

9-11 Oak Street

Still has the old horse hitches on the tin ceiling

This is a copy of the statement:

This was taken from the UFOA July '05 bulletin:

UFOA Members as Volunteer Firefighters

Whenever I approach this subject, I know that I will be inundated with hate mail. But the UFOA is a labor organization and we have a responsibility to our members and our brother and sister professional firefighters. First, I want to be clear that this union has the utmost respect for the volunteer fire service and for their commitment and dedication to their communities. Our message is directed only to our members. We ask you not to be a volunteer firefighter in your community.

Why? Because this union and the UFA worked hard to pass presumptive legislation to protect you. If you develop certain heart ailments, lung diseases, cancers, hepatitis C and TB, it is presumed to have occurred as a result of your employment as a professional firefighter. When you fight fires as a volunteer you jeopardize our bills for the future. The membership should also realize that there are paid professional firefighters in Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester and Orange Counties. In the past we have had members in Garden City, Long Beach and several other departments where there are paid union firefighters. Would you let an unpaid volunteer work on your FDNY company? Now you know how they feel.

It has also come to our attention that volunteer Chief cars from Bethpage, Setauket, Dobbs Ferry, Port Washington and Malverne sometimes park at the Fire Academy. I'm sure the mayor makes note of this when he visits. So when we talk money with the mayor, he reminds me that our guys would do it for nothing.

At the very least, please leave your volunteer Chief's cars home or park them off site and don't park them at your firehouse.

My opinion:

As a labor leader, President Gorman is doing what he believes is proper for his entire membership. I agree with him from a labor stand point. If actions by some can have a negative impact for all, such as the presumptive illness legislation and the image put forth impacting contract negotiations, he is proper in asking his members to refrain from activities that jepordize these principles.

It changed over a year ago.

Rumor control says that the in town sign ups are low, out of town registrants may therefore have a shot.... last date to sign up I think is May 4th

Basically, If your not a MV resident, forget about it....

nice, 4sq mi. 4 stations, you should be getting there in less then 6 minutes. Probably the only times they didn't was when mutual aid companies were in there....

A smart IC would assign the County Batts as Logistics section chiefs in the ICS. They would be tasked with getting "stuff" needed to help maintain the incident, ie field comm, red cross, salvation army, heavy machinery, etc.

NYS Law states that we may use lights and sirens while responding to the scene of an emergency situation. You will be hard pressed to convince the jury that is looking at the blown up photo of the little girl that was creamed while you were "responding" to another firehouse that your actions were justified...