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    FDNY Strategic Plan 2004-2005

    EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

    FDNY MISSION STATEMENT & CORE VALUES OF THE DEPARTMENT

    FDNY SCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITIES

    FDNY STRATEGIC PLAN: INTRODUCTION

    FDNY KEY GOALS AND OBJECTIVES 2004-2005

    GOAL 1.0 IMPROVE EMERGENCY RESPONSE OPERATIONS

    1.1 Continue integration of the Incident Command System and Incident Management Teams

    1.2 Further develop and automate the Department’s comprehensive recall program

    1.3 Enhance the Department’s mutual-aid program

    1.4 Enhance capabilities of Special Operations Command

    1.5 Increase Marine capabilities

    1.6 Enhance preparedness planning

    GOAL 2.0 ENHANCE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF FDNY MEMBERS

    2.1 Develop an improved injury and fatality prevention and investigation program

    2.2 Develop an enhanced vehicle accident prevention and reduction program

    2.3 Develop performance standards to address Fire and EMS training needs

    GOAL 3.0 STRENGTHEN MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 3.1 Determine how EMS and Fire Operations can be more efficiently managed

    3.2 Increase the managerial capabilities of personnel through leadership development

    3.3 Provide more comprehensive support services to FDNY families and members.

    GOAL 4.0 INCREASE DIVERSITY

    4.1 Develop a comprehensive plan that incorporates ongoing and new diversity initiatives

    4.2 Develop and expand programs for minority young adults and women

    GOAL 5.0 IMPROVE FIRE PREVENTION AND FIRE SAFETY EDUCATION

    5.1 Develop new safety requirements/evacuation plans for commercial high-rise buildings

    5.2 Integrate fire prevention and fire safety education projects to reach at-risk communities

    GOAL 6.0 ADVANCE TECHNOLOGY

    6.1 Complete upgrade of Fire Department Operations Command Center

    6.2 Develop electronic wireless command post boards

    6.3 Obtain a computerized unit deployment and tracking program

    6.4 Implement a second EMS Citywide channel

    APPENDICES

    A. McKinsey & Company Report Recommendations

    B. FDNY Planning Oversight Committee

    C. Primary Objectives

    D. Secondary Objectives

    E. FDNY Organization Chart

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  5. Posted

    Citywide

    Fire 154.430 186.2 - Mixer Off 153.890

    EMS 478.0125 85.4

    Bronx

    Fire 154.190 186.2 - Mixer Off 154.070

    EMS South 477.8375 85.4

    EMS North 478.2125 85.4

    Brooklyn

    Fire 154.370 186.2 - Mixer Off 153.950

    EMS South 484.2375 85.4

    EMS Central 477.8625 85.4

    EMS North 478.2625 85.4

    Manhattan

    Fire 154.250 186.2 - Mixer Off 154.010

    EMS South 483.3625 85.4

    EMS Central 483.4875 85.4

    EMS North 483.2375 85.4

    Queens

    Fire 154.400 186.2 - Mixer Off 153.770

    EMS East 483.6125 85.4

    EMS West 477.9125 85.4

    Staten Island

    Fire 154.190 186.2 - Mixer Off 154.070

    EMS 484.4875 85.4

    Tactical / Fireground

    EMS Command 478.0125 85.4

    EMS Tac 1 477.8625 85.4

    EMS Tac 2 487.4875 85.4

    HT1 486.1125 Tactical 1

    HT2 485.1875 Command 1

    HT3 486.2625 Tactical 2

    HT4 487.2625

    HT5 487.1375

    HT6 485.2625

    HT7 486.1375

    HT8 485.0625

    HT9 486.01875 Digital

    HT10 487.4875 EMS/CFR aka EMS Tac 2 (85.4)

    HT11 483.0125 Building Repeater (173.8 )

    HT12 483.00625 Building Repeater Digital

    HT13 484.7625 Mobile Repeater (173.8 )

    HT14 460.575 Subway 1 (110.9)

    HT15 460.625 Subway 2 (103.5)

    HT16 486.7375 Emergency

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  6. Posted

    There person who was Public Safety #5 had a very active roll in the fire. Upon his arrival he assumed Command of the fire and had the chief enter the fire building as "Operations".

    He was likley there to act as an interagency coordinator as well as a point of contact for the media and relief organizations. A link to the Department of Public Safety, City of White Plains is provided below.

    I would have to say he was doing a lot more then this based on the radio transmisions.

  10. Posted

    Well here is the link to the standard list of Westchester 10-codes...

    http://www.westchestergov.com/emergserv/fo.../10%20Codes.pdf

    After a meeting about the new CAD system. I had requested that the county maintain a current list of 10-codes on the website. They posted it the next day. If anyone see's anything wrong with this list. I am sure one E-mail to DES can fix that.

    Also note that 10-84 is a vaild code for onscene.

    Tommy

  12. Posted

    Eastchester House Fire Photos

    67 Tuckahoe Ave

    02/02/2004

    Photos by Thomas J. Bendick of Nycfire.net

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    Eastchester house fire hurts 10, routs family

    By BILL HUGHES  

    THE JOURNAL NEWS  

    (Original publication: February 3, 2004)

    EASTCHESTER — Three residents and seven firefighters were hospitalized after a midday fire gutted two floors of a three-story house on Tuckahoe Avenue, leaving six elderly siblings homeless the day before their sister's funeral.  

    Eastchester Fire Chief Keith Fennelly said two firefighters suffered first- and second-degree burns to their heads and necks while rescuing the four sisters and two brothers of the Conte family, who were burned out of the home they shared in the tightknit Italian-American neighborhood where they grew up.  

    One of the brothers, Lou Conte, also suffered first- and second-degree burns on his arms, legs and chest. The family was making preparations for the funeral of their sister Rose, who died last week at age 79 and whose burial is today.  

    "The guys had to get in there before the lines were even stretched, and the fire was backing down on them as they were effecting the rescue," Fennelly said. "They were burned crawling on the stairway as they were helping one of the residents out of the building."  

    Gilda Conte said she heard her brother Ralph yelling from an upstairs bedroom in their home at 67 Tuckahoe Ave. shortly after noon, and rushed up the stairs to see what was wrong.  

    "I opened the door and the whole room was filled with smoke, I couldn't see anything," she said. "I just heard Ralph screaming, 'I can't breathe, I can't breathe.' "  

    Lou Conte was taking a shower when the fire broke out. Firefighters pulled him from the burning building without any clothes on and he was then rushed by ambulance to the burn unit at Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx.  

    Ralph Conte, his sister Grace Conte and the seven injured firefighters were taken to Lawrence Hospital Center in Bronxville.  

    Fennelly said that, in addition to the two with serious burns, five firefighters suffered a variety of injuries, including lesser burns, heat exhaustion and injuries related to slipping and falling on the snow and ice around the building.  

    "These guys did a tremendous job saving the lives of these six people," Fennelly said. "I'm proud to be their chief."  

    The cause of the fire, which began in a second-floor bedroom, was under investigation.  

    The three sisters who were rescued and unharmed were taken into the home of their next-door neighbor, Frank Marocco, who paced nervously back and forth across his front porch, watching firefighters battle the blaze.  

    "I heard the sirens and came out here and I couldn't believe all the smoke that was pouring out of there," Marocco said. "I thought for sure my house was going to burn down, too."  

    Marocco's sister, Edith Conese, said the Conte family was a large one, with 12 children living in a house built by their father more than 70 years ago.  

    "Their mother lived to be 103," Conese said. "They were a very close family and three of the sisters were teachers in Eastchester and Tuckahoe."  

    Gilda Conte said the family recently spent more than $20,000 to replace the roof shingles and several windows, all of which were destroyed yesterday.  

    Linda Martin, a spokeswoman for the Westchester chapter of the American Red Cross, said food, shelter, clothing and grief counseling would be offered to the family.  

    "It's like a double tragedy for them," Martin said. "They had a fire today and a funeral tomorrow."  

    Reach Bill Hughes at whughes@thejournalnews.com or 914-694-3511.Reach Bill Hughes at whughes@thejournalnews.com or 914-694-3511.  

  13. Posted

    Treating a patient after the RMA??

    Well why not???

    If we look at what is done, we perform a assessment and the patient can give us informed consent.

    If the patient would like to refuse treatment, they should be able to refuse one treatment but not another. I had patients sign RMA's all the time and still treat and transport.

    NYC ACR report (PCR) has a section for RMA that states to list what the patient signed the RMA for. However I don't think anyone should encourage an RMA

    "I have been advised and I understand that medical assistance

    on my behalf is necessary and that refusal to accept prehospital

    care and transportation to a designated ambulance

    destination may imperil my health or result in death.

    Having read the above, I refuse to accept:

    o Pre-hospital care (Specify): _______________________

    o Transportation to the hospital_________________"

  15. Posted

    We all know that there is major problems with the way the radio systems work.. It seems that many dept's want to do things one way and not follow and sort of plan.

    For example Many Depts have the UHF fireground radios in use to clear the lowband but then they put a pac/rt in the Engine. So now you have a UHF fireground that hears everthing thats goes on 46.260.

    The other problems I hear is Depts sending tones at from thier firehouse. 60 Send the tones and then the first FF to get to the station sends tones out from the firehouse.

    60-Control is the dispatcher let them to it. No body should be trying to dispatch from a firehouse unless there is a failure. It is important to have the ablity but to use it on a regular basis is something else.

  16. Posted

    http://www.sageauthoring.com/fdny/ft&p/ftpeng09.pdf

    Standpipe Ops

    http://www.sageauthoring.com/fdny/ft&p/ftpeng08.pdf

    Rope Stretch

    Above are links to the FDNY SOP's.

    As far as removing the PRV's if the Dept is small then they might have the ability to pre plan buildings with standpipes.

    However we all know that sometimes we just can't plan for it. One recent event I heard of in Midtown on Christmas day. Engine Company brings 3 lengths of 2 1/2 hose one with nozzle and tip attached. Control FF begins to hook up to standpipe as other two FF's begin to place the hose line. Control FF was able to loosening the PRV but unable to remove it due to an occupant hose hooked up. Solution was to cut the occupant hose near the PRV. Ok now here is the funny part. Fire was in a fireplace, however the fireplace was fake with no chimney, owner didn’t know.