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NY State Police PBA phone number: (518) 462-7448
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And yet everyone (including myself) applauded members of the FDNY for backing up and assisting NYPD officers in Staten Island who were faced with a large unruly crowd.
Who's guarding the hen house? The other Troopers working. Those Troopers most likely would have been assigned to the fire scene anyways.
If a Firefighter taking one of my guns to help me in a firefight saves my ass or someone else's, I'm good with it. These Troopers didn't take the hose from anyone's hands, they were asked by the Fire Chief to help. Any cop would have stepped up and did the right thing.
The simple fact is web the crap hits the fan, emergency service providers step up and do the right thing for the communities we serve and for our fellow emergency service providers. These Troopers were not tasked with an interior attack, they were tasked with spraying some water on a fire from well outside the structure because the FD didn't have the manpower. If I was a homeowner, I'd be pretty damn grateful.

I have had a Trooper grab a handline and knock down fire over my head as I entered a building for a search once...you won't hear me talk trash about Troopers with hoselines....

x129K - I belive about 5 minutes prior to the medical emergency the OIC had requested an ambulance for stand-by. I agree with your opinion.

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Here it is: http://www.health.ny.gov/nysdoh/ems/policy/05-05.htm

Chief Flynn has an uncanny ability to ruffle the feathers of many on this board every time he posts. As a career fire officer once told me, figures lie and liars figure. If you are going to bash the Chief for his comments, back them up with some facts as he did. I am sure once all of the numbers are out there we can go on and on about numbers of career vs volunteer and number of calls responded to career vs volunteer as well as distance travelled to each call career vs volunteer. The bottom line is, when was the last time you read about a career chief passing another on the way to a call, make fun of that chief on a recorded radio channel for going too slow, and then plow into an unsuspecting driver? The actions of the Chief in this article are beyond defending.
Maybe all involved can post their Department's SOG's and policies regarding drivers: training, minimum time required, courses required, etc. That would prove to be a more educational topic.

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Chief Flynn I think to have an article point out that a firefighter is a Volunteer or Career is senseless, both sides have driving issues just as bad as the other. Just because you want people who have a career department to feel safe, does not mean it does not happen there. I have agreed with you on many issues here, but this one I have to say I disagree.
If you’re trying to say that career firefighters drive safer then volley firefighters...well your wrong if that is the statement. I have seen "career" firefighters blow red lights and stop signs on regular basis in the City, Yonkers, New Roc, and Mount Vern. So maybe if I write an editorial I on this should I use the term Career. So the people in my town feel safer because they are not volunteers I am writing about. While I am at should I mention if it is a female firefighter or male firefighter because there are people who think females are bad drivers, or should I state the firefighter is short or tall because there are people who think because if he or she is short they cant do the job, or should I state if a firefighter is black or white because there are racist people out there.

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Honestly Seth - I find it a HUGE pain in the rear to post anymore....the lagtime between pages loading....etc...so slow...it's just not worth the aggrevation.

Date: 4/7/12
Time: Approx 1725hrs
Location: 10 Tamerack Rd, Ellenville, Ulster County
Units Operating: East Fishkill, Pleasant Valley, Hughsonville, Rombout, Roosevelt
Description Of Incident: Dutchess 911 Paging out Pleasant Valley, Hughsonville, East Fishkill, Rombout, and Roosevelt with manpower mutual aid to Ellenville, large brush AND structure fires - 10 Tamerack Rd
Reporter: xfirefighter484x

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http://www.policeone.com/Officer-Safety/articles/5362304-Video-Witnesses-ignore-shot-officer/
Absolutely disgusting! This is why I have almost no faith left in society today!!!

http://www.policeone.com/Officer-Safety/articles/5362304-Video-Witnesses-ignore-shot-officer/
Absolutely disgusting! This is why I have almost no faith left in society today!!!

It seems very slow to load anything - both from work and home....and I think the edit function needs to come back please.

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I always love the commentary from lay-people/civilians... Everyone is always a critic, and has some 'genius' thing to put out there.

Love it!

I always love the commentary from lay-people/civilians... Everyone is always a critic, and has some 'genius' thing to put out there.

Disconnect the Negative Terminal.
If/once you FIND the battery in these newer cars....

This is all I could think of while reading this post:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzYxz_uvtSI

Disconnect the Negative Terminal.
If/once you FIND the battery in these newer cars....

Love it!

Disconnect the Negative Terminal.
If/once you FIND the battery in these newer cars....