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Interesting article. The idea makes perfect sense but there are issues with it. There needs to be a guarantee that the dispatch information is accurate. What will happen if they are responding to call that is reported to be false and they are responding "quiet" and it actually is a fire and someone dies? There needs to be someone who goes lights and sirens to the call first then confirms that a slow and quiet approach is the best choice. Perhaps a command vehicle can go lights and sirens to confirm the minor emergency. This would involve a less expensive vehicle and a much smaller vehicle. In the event of an accident, less damage would be done and less FDNY personnel would be involved since less people would be in the command vehicle. The problem with that is that a Battalion Chief does not go to all alarms, or at least not to my knowledge. It will be interesting to see how this test period works out and to see how the firefighter respond to the response change.

Sorry for the poor pictures. Blackberry camera lens was wet and dirty... Heavy fire upon arrival on a,b,d sides. First call for the new Tower Ladder 5. Ventilation... Fire starting up again on second floor on c side.

29 Lawrence if I remember correctly? Why do you ask?

How much did each one of these helicopters cost? Are these replacing older helicopters?

Thanks. Im happy to hear he found his way out of the woods.

Date: 9/30/2010 Time: 18:15 - ongoing Location: Potsdam, NY Google Maps Frequency: St. Lawrence County Central Dispatch, Potsdam FD Repeater Units Operating: Potsdam FD, Parishville FD, West Stockholm FD, West Potsdam FD, Nicholsville FD, Canton FD, Colton FD, Fort Jackson/Hopkinton FD, maybe others... Weather Conditions: Rain, flooding Description Of Incident: Severe flooding to sections of town. Reporters/Writer: PFDRes47cue (O/S) Potsdam FD was toned out for pump detail at 18:15. From 18:15 to approximately 23:00, roughly 40 calls were responded to by Potsdam FD or M/A departments. Basements had up to 5 feet of water.

I guess GAW6 and I were posting at the same time...well not you can read it twice. I will try to list everything we have rolling out to a rehab call with 7605 (Rehab unit) Warm months: 2 tents4 cooling chairs4 non-cooling chairs2 misting fanscold water/gatoradecold wet towelsvital monitoring equipmentCarbon Monoxide detector (detects levels in the body)food (typically granola bars)iceoxygenpropane heatergenerator with lightsI think that is everything... We are looking to purchase a new tent with sides that attaches to the heater. This will provide a nice warm environment. We are still in the process of purchasing supplies to add to our rehab unit.

We have a propane heater for colder months...we would hook a grill up to the propane and cooks some burgers!

Not enough o's in your long Chief. Fingers crossed that production goes smoothly and we do not have any issues with it. Thanks for sharing the pictures.

Very good points Chief. You guys do not pick up fire 10 on your pagers?

Tragic story, I hope he knew how to properly operate the Segway. Once again we see the thing that makes someone who they are is also the same thing that kills the person. Ironic.

Hopefully the workers on scene got some refreshing gourmet frozen fruit bars to cool off.

It does appear to be an expensive custom Braun box. The rig also seems to be pretty high off the ground. I would like to see a picture of the inside to see the layout.

Absolutely, if it gets the job done keep using it.

Very cool project. I wonder how much the final cost will be to have it restored. Maybe someone will post some pictures of the finished project.

That is used for transports? Pretty ghetto.

Nice job with the site. Thanks for sharing.

Congratulations to all departments that won trophies. Beautiful day/night for a parade!

Nice shots, thanks for sharing.

Seems like the pilot made a very very impressive landing. Well done! I'm glad no one was injured.

We have a paid driver on at all times so the door is literally always open...stop by.

Link to Potsdam FD website... Potsdam FD

Additional pictures taken by Bob Crowe who is one of our 4 paid drivers. He was working at the time of the fire.

Great looking truck. Ferrara makes nice rescue pumpers. Best of luck with the new rigs.

Interesting to think that it ran out of fuel. Was the helicopter leaving the base to patrol or returning to the base from patrolling? I hope the crew recover quickly. Thankfully all injuries were minor.