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Date: 3/31/09

Time: Appx. 2210

Location: Route 209 IAO Coldenham Fire House

Frequency: 153.860, 46.160

Units Operating: Coldenham FD, Montgomery EMS 475, MLSS 285, SP 2F35, SP 2F65, Sheriff's Car 25, Montgomery PD, Medevac

Weather Conditions:

Description Of Incident: MVA Rollover with Partial Ejection

Reporters:

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Reported as MVA Rollover with Injuries. SP unit on scene reports partial ejection. Montgomery EMT on Scene requests helicopter launch.

Date: 3/21/2009

Time: 2100

Location: 61 The Knolls, Homestead Village on Cross

Frequency: 154.205, 46.560, 46.160, 46.220

Units Operating: Warwick FD w/ all available manpower, Warwick PD, Chester FD T-917, Greenwood Lake 620 Standby at Warwick Station 3, 36-16, Warwick EMS, O&R for power cut

Weather Conditions: Clear, Cold

Description Of Incident: Working Structure Fire on Second Floor of a P/D

Reporters:

Writer: v85

Warwick Fire toned out for a reported dryer fire. PD units upon arrival found smoke showing on second floor.

Jeez. Who thought that radio plan was a good idea? Luckily they fixed it up somewhat since then.

Thanks.

Our county's 911 center is an EMD Center, and has all of those codes and the EMD call codes, but they don't use them for some reason.

I know that consolidation andd regionalization are big topics on this forum, so I was wondering, what do you guys think of consolidating or even regionalizing Orange County law enforcement and what would some of the pros and cons be?

Personally, I think a county-wide police force, either merging the SO with the local agencies or creating a new agency would be ideal, but will never happen. Even if the cities were somehow convinced to go for it, or kept their own departments, it would still be impossible to implement, because the local chiefs would not want to give up their power and their would be that whole State Police/Sheriff's thing on top of it.

I do think however, that consolidation on a smaller scale, ie. within towns would work and should be done.

Thanks for the help everyone.

By the way, what is priority 1 and priority 3? Is it the same as Code 1 and Code 3? The only code my county uses is Alpha Response.

I have always wondered this: How come a burglary alarm with no confirmation gets a non-emergency response (at least in my area), yet a fire alarm with no confirmation gets an emergency response?

Is there a difference in the false alarm rate?

What is your department's response to Automatic Medical Alarms? In the VAC I'm a member of, alarms get a full BLS response of 1 ambulance, 1 EMT to the scene, and usually 1 or 2 pd units (I believe all are CFR-D) depending on availablity.

Hello everyone. My name is Vincent, I have recently became involved in emergency services, I am a member of the Warwick Volunteer Ambulance Corps, and am entering training for NYC Auxiliary Police later this month. In addition, I have been a member of the Orange County Police Cadet Corps program for the past three years, with a current "rank" of Cadet Staff Sergeant for Administration.