v85

SP is no longer providing security, since when? They no longer have a barracks there, but I still thought there were troopers assigned to the airport.

Date: 8/2/2008

Time: 0645

Location: Pulaski Highway IAO Wisniewski Lane

Frequency: 159.135; 155.850; 46.160; 153.860

Units Operating: 2F14; 2F11 (1 Shift relief unit for 2F14) TGPD 277 and other TGPD units; GFD; GOVAC; MLSS ALS; STATflight Air 2

Weather Conditions:

Description Of Incident: Rollover MVA w/ one entrapped

Reporters:

Writer: v85

State Police 2F14 O/S reporting one entrapped, requesting ALS and bird on standby.

We still have more medevac options than a lot of other areas - Lifeguard and LifeNet (Orange County), LifeNet (Sullivan County), NorthStar and the other private operation in NJ (sorry the name escapes me right now), Nassau, Suffolk, LifeStar (Connecticut), State Police out of Albany, MedFlight out of Albany, and so on. Push comes to shove, the NYPD will do limited medevacs also.

The other private company is Atlantic Air 1. I have also heard of SouthStar (NJSP Southern Region) and PennStar (Pennsylvania) coming up in Orange County

According to the Hackensack Medical Center webpage, it says they are a "Regional Trauma Center". Does that mean the same thing as Level II, or is it a separate designation?

http://www.humed.com/trauma/what.shtml

I also found this interesting: According to the NJDOH website it says:

Level II trauma centers are also expected to provide definitive trauma care, regardless of the severity of injury

http://www.state.nj.us/health/ems/trama_centers.shtml

Is this the same as in NY?

JetPhoto:

I did not get your PM until now. I don't know who added that information in, I will go back in and credit you though.

As far as the question about why all four traumas went to the same hospital, I was talking about that very issue with some people I know today, and we couldn't really come up with a good reason for why that is. It's not like WMC is the only level one trauma center around; both Hackensack and Morristown are in the area and may even be slightly closer depending on the location of the incident.

Date:7/5/2009

Time: 1405hrs

Location: I-84 Between Exits 2 and 3

Frequency: 46.160; 153.860

Units Operating: Wallkill EMS/ Mobile Life Support/ New York State Police Troop F/ Slate Hill Fire (Primary)/New Hampton Fire / Mechanicstown (Assist with Traffic Control)/ Stat Flight, NJ NorthSTAR, Lifeguard-18, Atlantic Air-1

Weather Conditions: Sunny/ Warm

Description Of Incident: Rollover MVA requiring 4 helicopters. At least (3) victims by ground, (4) by air.

Reporters: Truck4, JetPhoto (Thanks for information on Medevacs/ Fire Departments)

Writer:v85

1430hrs- Stat Flight, North Star, Lifeguard-18 and Atlantic Air-1 all to WCMC.

Date: 6/28/2009

Time: 1715 hrs

Location: Delaware River IAO Hawk's Nest and Hook Road

Frequency:

Units Operating: 7F227, 7F222, Sparrowbush FD

Weather Conditions: Sunny/Warm

Description Of Incident: Water Rescue of Capsized Kayakers

Reporters:

Writer: v85

Multiple vehicles flagged down Town of Deerpark Police 7F227 reporting two men, not wearing lifejackets, had fallen out of a kayak and only one man had resurfaced.

Update: FD is still searching river for person(s) 1809

I kind of had a feeling from the way this guy acts that he was a whacker. I guess this confirms it.

If you're referring to "SRF" as the registration type, that's not special response. It's a DMV code for vanity or non-standard plates.

There's no correlation between that registration type and authorization to use red lights and siren.

Unless there is a provision in the law, the use of lights and siren is illegal - whether a priest, a ham operator, or anyone else.

Thanks Chris. The Ham I was speaking to told me that it meant Special Response, guess not. Unfortunatley it doesn't seem to be an isolated instance. I have also heard that "Ham radio plates are considered emergency plates, just like volunteer fire or paramedic plates", and that Ham Radio vehicles fall under the VTL section for "Civil Defense Emergency Vehicles." For example in this website: http://www.eham.net/forums/EmergencyCommun...ons/1411?page=2 (Second post down).

Can Ham Radio operators have red lights in their cars? The reason why I ask is that I was speaking with a Ham Radio operator, who is on the county ARES team, and on his car's registration it said "SPECIAL RESPONSE". He said that means he could run red lights and a siren.

Is this true? If so, what section of the VTL authorizes this because I thought "emergency vehicle" applied only to police vehicles, fire apparatus, ambulances, fly-cars, and emergency blood transport vehicles.

DCJS has a "new" program, maybe about two years old, where students can complete around the first two thirds of the academy as a civilian at a college.

Here is a link to the only one I know of in the Hudson Valley Area:

http://sunyulster.edu/programs_courses/cre...ic_training.jsp

Do any LEO's here have information on the phase 1 police basic training program? Do you know how recruits out of this program are viewed by departments? Also, where in the region is this training offered, I know SUNY Ulster, but is there anywhere else?

Where are you looking at?

I know town of Highlands in Orange County has continous recruitment for paid EMTs.

Also, I know Town of Newburgh VAC has paid employees during the day, who technically work for Mobile Life, but they wear TONVAC uniforms and drive their rigs.

The City of Poughkeepsie uses New World Systems. Now as far as PSAP software I don't know what your referring too. A PSAP is a Public Safety Answering Point, Each 911 Center is considered one.

I don't know what it is called exactly, but at our dispatch center they have a dedicated computer where they recieve calls from the county 911 center. I don't know what it is called, but when it is not in use, I know the screen is blue with a white clip art like picture of a person wearing a headset.

I was just wondering, what CAD and PSAP software systems do you use?

I believe our dispatcher uses Pintrak CAD, and I'm not sure of the name of the PSAP they use.

Does anyone know who, if anyone, is looking for PT Dispatchers in Orange?

Also, do you think it would be better, as far as the position and working conditions go, to go to a PD, or to go to either Mobile Life or Regional/HVP after getting my EMT?

EDIT: HIT POST BUTTON TOO SOON

I know during the storm two years ago, I believe that is what they did. All VAC's along route 17 went on standby, and each corps would send someone up and down their area of 17 to look for MVA's.

You could also have your PD officers cross-trained as EMT's. I know of at least one department in Orange County that does, and they have a health dept. number as a non-transporting EMS agency. This way if there is something they can provide some care before the rigs get there.

Not enough info for an Incident Alert.

But Bloominburg has/had a major forest fire.

From listening to my scanner briefly it sounded like most of Northern Orange County was helping in someway. I definatley heard Howells, Port Jervis, Wallkill EMS, and based on those, probably also Hugenot, Sparrowbush, Cuddebackville, Otisville, and possibly Greenville. I know Howells had to call Goshen for a tanker to backfill their station.

http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/...8/NEWS/90418013

Date: 4/16/2008

Time:

Location: Route 84 W near exit 5

Frequency: 46.160, 458.1185, 453.950, State Police Troop T

Units Operating: Maybrook FD, Mechanicstown FD, State Police Troop T, Medivacs, Wallkill EMS, MLSS, Middletown S/B 1 Engine at Mechanicstown

Weather Conditions: Sunny/Warm

Description Of Incident: 2 MVA's with Medivac in same location

Reporters:

Writer: v85

Two separate MVA's one involving a motorcycle, both requiring Medivac's, reporting SPI

Do they use "medic" to mean ALS or to mean ambulance?

I know in Orange County on the highways a reported crash brings State Police, Fire Department (if they respond to medical calls, or if there is a reported fire or fluid leak), and BLS.

If the accident is reported as head-on, rollover, or into a pole, tree, or guardrail; FD is automatically dispatched and ALS is as well.

I'm not sure if winter makes a difference

Take a look at this article from the TH-R.

http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/.../NEWS/904130316

Personally, I think the whole idea reeks of politics. Only some residents have access; I would make a bet that access was granted based on campaign donations.

But the issue with the cameras is not my main reason for posting this article. The article also brings up an interesting point on law enforcement in a small town. The residents complain that the village park is targeted with criminal mischief, especially overnight. However the village only has 600 residents, way too small to support a police department of any size. Currently their law enforcement is provided by New York State troopers and Orange County Sheriff's deputies, who could be responding from who knows where.

So what is a small community to do?

I would be interested in hearing opininons on what should be done to correct a crime "problem" in a place without a dedicated law enforcement agency.

Doesn't having an LPR on the trunk kind of defeat the purposes of an unmarked car.

Any LEO's please correct me if I am wrong but:

I thought any ALPR hits needed to be confirmed through dispatch prior to any action being taken. I sure hope there wasn't an LEO who was issuing tickets and towing cars based off of unconfirmed ALPR hits.

Warwick's Truck has a 2000 GPM pump on it and carries a hydrant pack and assorted lengths of hose. I'm not sure exactly what though