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.

I remember last time this happened. Sometimes things "take a while" to get organized in Westchester.

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

This is where 95% of the population gets it wrong. HID's only blind the hell out of people when they are installed wrong and/or are not installed into a projector housing.

The apparatus above has a nice projector setup.

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)

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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

So I'm scheduled to take a written psychological exam within the next coming weeks and I was wondering what it involves. Any Advice?

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)

Its nice to see that there are over 600 views of this topic...but I can't believe there are only 9 posts. This is a time to hear so many experiences of both good and bad about leadership...what you have done good and bad...what you have seen good and bad. 9 posts

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.

And this is why I believe in the death penalty.

ABSOLUTELY CHRIS! I was thinking the same exact thing when I clicked on topic. (To be honest..that it should be painful too in a case like this.)

Yeah, yeah... I want numbers prominently displayed on ROOFTOPS. And while we're at it, we need to standardize roof numbers on police cars. Some are too small to see on the ground let alone

from 1000 feet.

And stanedardize fonts dependant on the vehicle or structure type

It was taken out of the old NY Code because the legislators "didn't see a need for it." And you'll probably never see it in the Int'l Code either. I thought it was a great law but those that make the laws don't see things the same as us FF's.

You only see those signs if you CRAWL!

Being a FF, and seeing them add exit door signs at crawl height and chevron reflective taped on all stairs in the State office building in Harlem was very cool a few years back.

We occupied 2 floors of that building and none of the many, "normal people" I worked with seemed notice or appreciate these things at all.

I agree; we do see the world from a unique perspective and I'm proud of that.

Just wait for the other shoe to drop. They will soon need to create another government agency and fund it to track those with and without insurance, administer the "fines" and programs the bill created.

It would make sence to put that responsibility under CMS, (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) but I very strongly suspect your on point with this, ala Homeland Security.

pro·fes·sion·al   /prəˈfɛʃənl/ Show Spelled[pruh-fesh-uh-nl] Show IPA

–adjective

1.following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder

noun

11.a person who earns a living in a sport or other occupation frequently engaged in by amateurs: a golf professional.

What a ridiculous motto. Makes no sense according to the definition. I think Ive seen this also on Yorktown's chief car once.

As per Merriam-Webster:

Main Entry: ¹pro·fes·sion·al Pronunciation: \prə-ˈfesh-nəl, -ˈfe-shə-n^əl\Function: adjective Date: 16061 a : of, relating to, or characteristic of a profession b : engaged in one of the learned professions c (1) : characterized by or conforming to the technical or ethical standards of a profession (2) : exhibiting a courteous, conscientious, and generally businesslike manner in the workplace<BR itxtvisited="1">2 a : participating for gain or livelihood in an activity or field of endeavor often engaged in by amateurs <a professional golfer> b : having a particular profession as a permanent career <a professional soldier> c : engaged in by persons receiving financial return <professional football><BR itxtvisited="1">3 : following a line of conduct as though it were a profession <a professional patriot>

and before the question is raised.... Profession:

1 : the act of taking the vows of a religious community<BR itxtvisited="1">2 : an act of openly declaring or publicly claiming a belief, faith, or opinion : protestation<BR itxtvisited="1">3 : an avowed religious faith<BR itxtvisited="1">4 a : a calling requiring specialized knowledge and often long and intensive academic preparation b : a principal calling, vocation, or employment c : the whole body of persons engaged in a calling

Being paid is not necessarily part of the primary definition and really..... you did not have to go there.

Can't wat to see it in person. Very nice. Congratulations

New York State Law:

§ 15-205 Obstruction of fire hydrants. It shall be unlawful in any

manner to obstruct the use of any fire hydrant, or to allow any snow or

ice to be thrown or piled upon or around the same, or to place, or allow

to be placed, any material or thing in front thereof, from the curb line

to the center of the street and to within ten feet from either side

thereof. All snow and ice accumulating in the street, within such space,

shall be removed by the owner, lessee, or tenant of the premises

fronting such space. All material or things found obstructing any fire

hydrant may be forthwith removed by the officers or employees of the

department, at the risk, cost and expense, of the owner or claimant. The

provision of this section requiring that no thing shall be placed within

ten feet from either side of a fire hydrant shall not apply to any

newsstand which was first licensed by the department of consumer affairs

prior to the first day of August, nineteen hundred seventy-nine where

the person who held the license for such newsstand on the first day of

August, nineteen hundred ninety-one continues to be the licensee for

such newsstand; provided, however, that where a newsstand which was

first licensed prior to the first day of August, nineteen hundred

seventy-nine is reconstructed in its entirety or in substantial part,

which reconstruction was commenced on or after the first day of August,

nineteen hundred ninety-one, such newsstand shall be subject to such

requirement that no thing be placed within ten feet from either side of

a fire hydrant.

I searched the city codes for Peekskill and was surprised to see that it isn't addressed, (although it might be addressed by the county or state which could explain this omission).

Growing up elsewhere; we were all made aware as kids that: 1-You were responsible to clear the sidewalk in front of your house, 2- If anyone got hurt because you didn't, it's your fault and liability, and 3- If there is a hydrant there, you are responsible to keep it clear and accessible.

Most of the homes on my block are owner occupied and this generally adds a stronger sense responsibility. The hydrant closest to our house is cared for by former Volly who owns the home it is in front of.

We are lucky. Many aren't so lucky and this should be addressed in the City code if it isn't, by the county or State. Without being held responsible, many people simply wont be.

A lot of strong feelings about this topic are being expressed. When initially starting this topic; I said that I agreed with the City in rejecting the "bar bill." I want to clarify why that is so.

I am a Volly, as well as a civil servant and a tax paying home owner. That is all beside the point but should be said.

If the itemized bill said, 'beverages' or 'refreshments', at the city office reviewing the expenses might have just approved it and kept going. If the Department wanted to eat the expense under their budget; I would have no problem with that. It might not be the smartest thing to do, but could understand. I don't fault the municipality's bean counters for doing what they are also supposed to do.

I would not expect my City to foot the bill, but I sure as hell would expect my Volunteer associations or Union, (if that were the case) to chose to pick up that tab.

If they are trying to get the city to pick up the bar tab; I have to admit that I would agree with the city on this one.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The city of Buffalo is refusing to pay for alcohol purchased for receptions held after the funerals for two firefighters killed in the line of duty last year.

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