FiftyOnePride

I chuckled a bit at the irony, yes, but did not post!

Hi Healz,
Congratulations on the well deserved retirement. Welcome to the ranks!
Hey, does Mohegan have a call-back system in place for the career guys? If not, why do you think this is so, and do you think it would make a difference with the manpower problems if they enacted a system?
Thanks, and best of health to you....

If Bobby Valentine can't get the job done, Stamford can bring in Art Howe. If Art can't do it Willie Randolph would be next in line......

The '86 Mack it will replace was purchased under Chief Reid, originally new as Engine 27, eventually moving down to Bronxville as E-29. The word back in that day was how the Mack was a "floor model" he bought at a trade show, built cheaply, won't last, etc. Well, 24 years as a frontline rig later, I'd say it's earned it's final rest, and Chief Reid's purchase turned out to have been a wise one.
The three ALFs EFD are running do not carry hard suction either.

A search turned up quite a bit of support for police officers involved in fatal shootings across the country. One that immediately came to mind, was an incident that occured last year in the Myrtle Beach area. A School Resource Officer was forced to shoot a student who it turns out was intent on committing suicide by cop.
Officer cleared:
http://www.thesunnews.com/living/education/story/1216220.html
Here's a recent one in the Boston area. Officer cleared:
http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2010/02/09/nh_ag_says_keene_police_shooting_justified/
And Salt Lake City, Utah. Officer cleared:
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_14343459
The Chicago area. Officer cleared:
http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/12/authorities-deem-rockford-police-shooting-justified.html
And Pennsylvania. Officer cleared:
http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/da-says-police-shooting-was-justified-1.65545
Just as a counter-point to what you are saying Sage, I think it's helpful for us to see there is still support for cops and the responsibility they have to shoulder to keep us safe.

Agreed. This is a pretty broad topic.

Was going for the saints, and one of my wife's boxes popped up and we won some money, so I am happy all around.

I have always been impressed with the way DC911 monitors their firegrounds, glad to see it paid off tonight - great job to the folks that were on for the incident!

Can you explain this to us in 10 codes?

And here ya go:
http://www.seagrave.com/index.cfm?display=prod_recentDeliveries_detail&id=626&maxShow=15contentid=46&sectionID=3&chassis=

Note the short wheel base. Bronxville has notorious original cobblestone roadways; twisting, hilly and tight, creating the neccesity of the tight wheelbase. This is why they kept the '86 Mack in service this long, it is short like this one.
The bumper hitch is for the Zodiac boat, quartered in the Station 3 Bronxville with E-29.
I also see a nice telescoping light bar on the roof.
This is a very sharp looking rig, well designed. I'm hoping a member of EFDs apparatus committee might come on here and give us a rundwown of the specs and capabilities.
*I just noticed the engine has no front suction. I think this would be the first new pumper in a very long while in Eastchester (aside from a spare maybe) since the American LaFrance pumpers of the mid 1950s without front suction, which became more or less SOP for the job for many decades; a practical application when engine companies only had a career Chauffer.

http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20100209/NEWS01/302090033

I am unsure of their performance, but someone told me that the defender visor for Cairns helmets will not slide over glasses. Not sure how reliable that is because I don't have direct knowledge - but others like them, say they provide better than bourkes at least...

2012 is fast approaching, and auto manufacturers are beginning to deal with the new standards for side impact and roof strength in automobiles.
There are two predominant strategies that the manufacturers are utilizing to become compliant: more steel, or advanced steel.
Both are an issue, I recently watched a webcast with Ron Moore of FH.com, where he presented his case studies on vehicles with advanced steel, delving into actual extrication, and the methodology behind the use of Boron and other advanced steels.
For the most part, he highlighted that most cutters, if any other than a few years - will be ineffective in cutting through the various posts these steels are already being found in (A&.
My first question, has anyone purchased a part of cutters or a combo unit that is acknowledged by the manufacturer to be capable of penetrating the high strength layer? What kind of prices are you running into?
Also, if you do not have a newer set of cutters - how do you plan to compensate?
Like I said before, these steels are already being utilized in vehicle construction - and sawzalls/older cutters do not work. K-12 saws do, but it's obvious why they are not the ideal choice for use in extrication.
He presented a few tactics/strategies to help compensate, and I'd be glad to share what I heard/saw if people are interested.
To answer my own questions - No - our cutters are a bit older than a few years. And because of that, is why I am starting to do this research - the few methods he offers I think are going to be very helpful. I would like to try out our cutters on one of these vehicles to see what kind of shape we are in for 2012.
Thanks for taking the time to read this and I look forward to the responses.

If Mayor Bloomy could bill for emergency services, he'd have credit card swipers in all patrol cars and fire engines faster than you can say Bloomberg News Corporation.

In my opinion a "simple" fire would be a room and contents involved in fire, in an unoccupied, single story, type 3 or 5, private dwelling, with no extension, and no water supply issues.
Before I retired, to my knowledge my job never as a practice put a FAST company, particularly a mutual-aid FAST to work, unless as required for a firefighter in distress. It should be illegal (even though it is a violation of the Standard, it doesn't have the teeth it should) to put a FAST company to work for other than FAST purposes with no other company on scene to IMMEDIATELY take it's place. If a firefighter is killed or injured because no FAST is available, the lawyers are going to feast on the IC, and the department. Just my opinion.

Yes, thanks for sharing that website. The crew-cab K-Whopper looks just like the one I designed on the eztruck designer!

That's a pretty neat site. I drove tractor-trailers, and always wanted to see Kenworth cabbed fire engines.

Thank you and thank you for clarifying, I was taking a shot at the dark as I know Mount Vernon sometimes jumps on with FDNY bids...
Thanks again.

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Unlike many of the new fire engine photos that grace the pages of emtbravo, this series shows an engine actually pumping at a working fire. We can read a lot into these photos, it's amazing what a rig can reflect about a department if you have some knowledge of that dept.
Good luck brothers of the FDMV!

Thanks everyone for the input, and don't stop please! Several people have mentioned Dragon Rescue, including a few PM's, so I have a few different routes to go, thanks again everyone I do appreciate it.
Most likely I am going to take what people have written and provided here and try and use as much as possible to help me get better aquainted, and the others in my company, thanks again!

I've only viewed the one PP but it looks great, thanks!

The latter, an occupied elevator that is not operational, those on a floor, in between, forcing or opening the doors, alternative exits other than the door, etc.
Thank you for helping me clarify!

One quick one before the second half of OSHA...
If your nozzles have pistol grips, get used to being the lineman without using the pistol grip, and extending the nozzle an arms length away from you, but not too far so that you cannot operate the bale. A lot of people will say that is the proper way to handle a hose, some will disagree, just my .02.
Everyone stay safe!
Oh, and inspect your nozzles, they are just as important as SCBA and other equipment, but often are passed over for frequent inspection.