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I just found these in some papers of mine and added them to our website but I figured I would share a few with the group here at EMTBRAVO The Wassaic Firehouse, water came up about another foot after these photos. Asst. Chief Bergfels walking in back bay

Dan working on signs all day for the good old NYS DOT, caps is all he knows

It sure was

yeah and I cropped out the floating box in the back bay too Les!

No sad to say just the one posted, it was setup pretty quickly and went very smooth, I had the luxury of being one of the members holding the litter on the tractor.

We took the vehicles to the West side of Town until the water went down, it went down pretty quickly that afternoon; of course we had several units operating at other locations on pump outs and etc. so there really wasn't any problem with idle vehicles. We did have to rescue a handicapped occupant right across the street from the firehouse with the Asst. Chief's John Deere tractor equipped with a bucket, we placed the gentleman is a rescue litter and put him across the hood of the tractor with his wife in the bucket and took them to safety, that was quite a trip for sure, not one I wish to do anytime soon. Here is a picture at the time we were getting them out, you can see the tractor and one of our members in a cold water rescue suit. photo by Tori Herow, EMTBRAVO member Signman's daughter Reason for the rapid rise of the water was there was a backup of water upstream; add the heavy rain and debris it became to much and washed out a small bridge and culvert causing the water to come rapidly.

We got FEMA $$$ and had contractors come and remove the damage and remove the mold and replace all the wallcoverings as needed. One hell of a way to get rid of that awful dark paneling in the main hall.

photos couresty of Tori Herow

My favorite shot:

The day after: Millerton with their FWD lending M/A assistance @ the old school house.

There was a Lloyds Lumber in Amenia too, one of my first calls was when they had a fire there, funny I was cleaning my shed out last spring and actually had some stuff with Lloyd lumber price tags on them.

Cogs I personally love you way of thinking and agree with it totally. However in a very small company like mine we have a hard time just filling the ranks by our bylaws, we just don't have the membership base, 10 years ago Yes, not now though

Here is how we elect our officers, the training classes still from yester year but as we know if you have FFI then that would equal EF and IFA and so on. Not an ideal way but it works and give the membership a choice and the officers at least have training. I do agree with an earlier point, just because you have a certificate it doesn't mean you are qualified to lead. Article XVI. Training Requirements for Officers Section 1. The following is to establish training requirements for members wishing to run for an officer position at the annual meeting of the Corporation in December of each year. 2nd Lieutenant 1). Must have been an active member of the company for one year and off probation. 2). Completed Essentials of Firemanship or equivalent. 3). Completed Initial Fire Attack or equivalent. 4). Completed Pump Operators or equivalent. 1st Lieutenant 1). Must have been an active member of the company for one year and off probation. 2). Completed Essentials of Firemanship or equivalent. 3). Completed Initial Fire Attack or equivalent. 4). Completed Pump Operators or equivalent. Captain 1). Must have been an active member of the company for three years. 2). Completed Essentials of Firemanship or equivalent. 3). Completed Initial Fire Attack or equivalent. 4). Completed Pump Operators or equivalent. 5). Completed Accident Victim Extrication or equivalent. 6). Completed Hazardous Materials I or equivalent. d). 3rd Assistant Chief (Rescue) 1). Must have been an active member of the company for two years. 2). Completed Essentials of Firemanship or equivalent. 3). EMS training of at least Certified First Responder. e). 2nd Assistant Chief 1). Must have been an active member of the company for four years. 2). Completed Essentials of Firemanship or equivalent. 3). Completed Initial Fire Attack or equivalent. 4). Completed Pump Operators or equivalent. 5). Completed Accident Victim Extrication or equivalent. 6). Completed Fire Behavior and Arson Awareness or equivalent. 7). Completed Hazardous Materials I or equivalent. f). Deputy Chief 1). Must have been an active member of the company for five years. 2). Completed Essentials of Firemanship or equivalent. 3). Completed Initial Fire Attack or equivalent. 4). Completed Pump Operators or equivalent. 5). Completed Accident Victim Extrication or equivalent. 6). Completed Fire Behavior and Arson Awareness or equivalent. 7). Completed Hazardous Materials I or equivalent. g). District Chief 1). Must have been an active member of the company for five years. 2). Completed Essentials of Firemanship or equivalent 3). Completed Initial Fire Attack or equivalent. 4). Completed Pump Operators or equivalent. 5). Completed Accident Victim Extrication or equivalent. 6). Completed Fire Behavior and Arson Awareness or equivalent 7). Completed Hazardous Materials I or equivalent Section 2. Any debate as to whether equivalent training classes or years of service with other companies being accepted will be determined by the Board of Directors. Chief and Deputy Chief are nominations to the Fire District and must be approved by the Board of Fire Commissioners

greats shots dan, but that avatar has got to go!!!

great b/w pics Dan.

great shots dan, where's Andrews tan gear??? got some blue that may fit him!!!!

Structure Fire on Route 22 in Amenia, 2 Story woodframe well involved upon arrival, dispatch also reported an elderly female trapped, the occupant was located outside the home safe upon arrival. Mutual Aid was received from Dover, Millerton, Wassaic and Sharon CT.

signed up for the yearly package, thanks guys for this site, glad to help with a small token to aid the site. Thanks again and I got my new premium member badge too. Mark

Thoughts and prayers to the family of Lt Yurista.

Get well wishes from the Wassaic Fire Company and Wassaic Fire District.

Dan you gotta do better than that

Wow, if that doesn't give you respect for down wires not sure what would, great shots as always!!!!

Not only did it go off for 13 it went off later for 45, we could have used you.

Not quite your quality but we got some shots

I guess he had something more important to do, the ladder was actually sunk in pretty good. I looked down and was like #@$@#%, of course once I got on the ladder it most likely sunk in the mud and ground another several inches. Hey signman please tell me you were out of town!