JimmyPFD

Good question and info Capt. and comments regarding Cook Bill. Dovetailing off the Vac. truck availability point: During direct response to the scene; I took note of 2 vac trucks parked on the roads directly between Peekskill and Somers. Beside Peekskill's truck and private sector resources; State DOT had one parked on the side of the Bear Mountain Expressway. Just good to know what's out there and was reassuring to see them on the way out there.

The County Swift Water Team mentioned earlier in the thread is part of the Tech Rescue Team. They deployed early this morning. Please disregard. I hadn't notice that this was mentioned in a previous post. -Jim

I am speechless. It's repulsive and going to get posted. It might as well be a volly to put it up. http://www.lohud.com...|text|Frontpage My initial take: It's a slap in the face to all of us. Punnish the perpetrators, not the town/community

My better half texted me this from the office saying, "This just isn't smart, right?" (That's the office toaster oven by the way)

Nice! I like the ghosting of the decals

There may be some truth to the rumor that the trailers contain the soul of Marcellas Wallace. So, who's going to buff out and make up the WCDES Scene Support Trailer T-Shirts?

I contacted the blood center to donate, (I am B-) and direct it towards Aksel. I was told that a 'directed donation' was not in effect and after having them look into it, and call me back ; I was informed that there has been a general blood drive scheduled, "in honor of Aksel" on January 3rd, 3-9pm. Nurse Jones provided a group reference # of 65485 if you wish to donate at another location than down county where this is scheduled. Further info about collection sites can be obtained at 1-800-903-Blood. Thanks

They blind every sedan and coupe driver when installed on trucks. BMW has used these as stock in their SUVs for years; and have been "blinding" sedan drivers for just as long. It can be the same as someone having their brights on in your rear view and distracting beyond a half mile, (line of sight permitting). High beams and fog lights do the job depending on the situation. HID's are distracting and unnecessary and the risk/benefit value only balances in their favor, if the driver only considers themselves. Kind of like the every now and then idiot that keeps their brights on in traffic because one of their low beams would go out otherwise. Dagnabbit! (insert crusty middle aged man sneer here)

One word came to mind reading the incident alert: Outstanding Great job guys!

;)Did it come with an amp and subwoofers too? (HID's should be outlawed)

quote name='Bnechis' date='14 June 2010 - 08:37 PM' timestamp='1276562246' post='212685'] Now what happens if your mom's in the hospital, I hope the RN or MD is not a volunteer who now can leave the job to cover a fire call, because you would rather they show up to your store/business and put out the fire? The law looks similar to my Union Contract as an RN. Our contract excuses "Reasonable Tardiness." Looking at, "the letter of the law" this only provides protection for being late; not walking out after accepting your assignment and being on duty. Until you show up, whoever you are relieving is on overtime if needed for proper staffing. So it doesn't look like it provides protection to leave the job to cover a call or from patient abandonment issues. As to: We need to know what the definitions are: 2) define a bona fide emergency? An MVA? Fire call? We need to know what the definition is. We are essentially dispatched only to actual or reasonably potential emergencies 3) define duly dispatched? If FF X was not "dispatched" by name was he/she duly dispatched? If you are a duly sworn in and the rigs you are to respond to are dispatched... you have been dispatched

Some written tests will indirectly assess if you are being truthful; or trying to influence the results. If you take any multiple choice tests with lots of questions; there is a good chance that the results may include this type of indicator. edited for spelling, (as usual)

Excellent topic and those view numbers are building up as we come back and read excellent posts like your last. The responses are few but have quality. My prior lack of posts in spite of coming back to this topic a few times has been to keep the thread free if gibberish. Out of respect for your wanting to hear something; I'll give it a shot...I will focus simply on: "Leadership under fire" It does not come with title or appointment. It comes from having your colleagues respect you on very different level. A level based not on how good of an administrator, coordinator, organizer...whatever this person may be. It's based three things: 1-competence to keep your a** safe when the situation is going South quickly. 2- "right Mindedness" Meaning a genuine concern. Taking the responsibility of completing the objective; while taking true ownership in the personal responsibility of each of your men's safety. 3- The few who excel at both. To me, this is the good leader and what I aspire to be; regardless of, and in spite of rank if need be. Realistically: In the absence of #3; If I need to chose between partnering with type 1 or type 2.... I'll be with competent Jack a**.

Great news. Congratulations Seth!!! (Sleep while you still have a chance!)

Hey Cap, We were issued the RIT Systems RIT belt with bailout system attached too. All the parts are on that belt: rope bag, descending device, with a carabineer instead of Crosby hook. It also has a medium/large (ladder) carabineer. The department equipped us pretty quickly compared to other departments with a lot more resources. The dept. deserves unbendable praise for this. The following isn't sour grapes; just an honest critique. I'm glad we have it and appreciate how relatively quickly they equipped and trained us. It wasn't designed with easy donning of PPE in mind. It is a little extra to deal with when suiting up and is somewhat cumbersome. I went to RIT's website to post a pic of what we have and they may have learned a couple of things over the past year or so. They are now marketing it with class II or III type harness and show a FF with the rope bag in his pocket as opposed to on the belt with everything else, (which we were instructed to leave as is, as that is how it was designed to be deployed.) The system wasn't designed to donned with our Morning Prides and appears to have been designed to put on after any turnouts. Which you might expect for a ladder type belt It's a functional, easy system to deploy, but too much going on and around the waist and anoying when donning. Edit: I had to correct myself in calling it a "ladder" belt. They also market a ladder belt with added padding around back and extra straps to hold tools/equipment.