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Nice looking shots.

Nice shots! What a shame to happen on Christmas Eve.

Great find. Thanks for sharing!

Mt thoughts exactly...If you have a "concern", bring it to the chain of command and not to the "chain letter".

I agree. I am not complaining about it, I just wanted to hear opinions and whether this happens frequently.

I'd leave it alone. Obsess on something else. He's one for you. Y do they call it an Egg Cream if there's no EGG in it?.. Work on that one for awhile.

Y do they call it lobster sauce when there is no lobster in it?

I personally do not see it as much of an issue if all parties are aware of the situation. I just wanted to hear other peoples opinions.

fire departments use highway workers during the day when there is manpower problems. This is the same situation. If the supervisor let's them why not?

It is not the same issue. If a town goes down a police officer it is quite different than highway being down a person. Also fire calls take significantly less time than ambulance calls.

I just wanted to hear what people think about an issue that was brought to my attention. There is a police officer that also is a volunteer EMT. During the day when his VAC tones out a few times for an EMT, he drives in his patrol car to the VAC and takes the call as an EMT while on PD time. I understand that the argument can be made that he is preserving life but I also understand that he is leaving the town he works for down a police officer. Thoughts?

I actually got pulled over yesterday by a Mount Pleasant cop. He pulled me over for have two many green lights. All I have is a single talon in the windshield and two TIR3's in the grille. So moral of the story, cops are watching. Also, as far as good cheap lighting, Prestige Emergency Lights is very good. They sell a dual dash and a quad stick for $72 bucks which is very cheap. They offer split colors and solid colors. I have two blue/clear dash lights from them they are very good low profile lights. However, for your Prius, hide always LEDs are good if you do not mind drilling into your new lights. Otherwise a single light such as an Whelen Avenger will do just fine!

What happened to the burnt toast calls in the morning!?! Looks like a great job by all involved!

Nice looking trucks. Too many pointless lights for my taste. Also why is the siren mounted up top? Not very safe.

It's easier and more logical to go to the fire house. That's where the necessary fire apparatus is kept and it also keeps the scene open for apparatus placement. How much of a pain in the neck would it be to be driving the engine in and having to negotiate around members' cars in addition to those that might ordinarily be parked in or near the scene?

It all depends on the discipline of the members. If people are used to doing this, it runs quite smoothly. But if there is not enough discipline or understanding the nit will be a clusterfuck.

Does PVAC have sleeping quarters? I would think that, having members staying at the VAC, would greatly reduce those times. Also with the exception of the new fly car you guys just got. Does PVAC allow it's members to respond to the scene?

In Mamaroneck Village, We have the paid paramedic supplied by the Town of Mamaroneck Ambulance District, in house 24/7. So we are almost out the door in two minutes. The volunteers are ether in house or, respond from home. We also have a duty roster in 6hr interval. Where there is almost always a driver/EMT or EMT on shift. I have to say it works out great. With one paid EMT also provided by the district, who also covers MEMS ,and LVAC during the day time hours, but when both agencies are well covered. He has other duties given by the district.

Our average response time is just about 8 mins, from time of tone out from our local PD/60-Control, to at the residences house.

PVAC is in the process of moving to a new building. This building I believe will have sleep in quarters. Now...I was referring to when the NYSP receive the 911 call. From the time we are dispatched from local police we are at the location of the call in less time. 8 Minutes may sound right. Members are not allowed top respond to the scene. Officers are allowed which is the reasoning behind 7606. (The Officer's Fly Car)

I'm more curious as to what the response times are for these agencies???

By "response time" I am referring to the average time it takes from the time of the initial 911 call to arrival of:

1. BLS 2. ALS

I am sure that any decent EMS agency would track these numbers closely and this information is readily available, no?

For Pleasantville VAC which is all volunteer, but does use the Mount Pleasant Medics which are Transcare, from the time the 911 call comes in to when ALS is on scene is probably around 5 minutes. BLS is probably around 12 minutes during the day and 10 minutes during night crews. Of course ALS greatly depends on if they are on another call or if they are out at a hospital. Protocol is that if no BLS bus is on the road within 10 minutes, M/A is dispatched. These BLS times are very good considering daytime coverage can be thin (but as of late has been excellent!!!) and considering that the responding crew can have quite the hike and traffic getting to the bus. Also, these times are good considering Pleasantville VAC has the largest district of all the Mount Pleasant EMS agencies. (and fire agencies for that matter) These numbers are just estimates. I do not have access to the actual numbers.

Where on the Hudson did you see this boat?

At Pleasantville VAC we have set night crews for Sunday through Thursday nights. The night crews cover from 7PM to 7AM Friday and saturday nights rotate to the other night crews on a five week basis. Meaning, Sunday crew will do Sunday night as well as Friday and Saturday, the next week, Monday crew will do Monday as well as Friday and Saturday. During the day, we have a duty board on our website, that members when around can sign up and be on duty. Otherwise during the day who ever is around goes.

Just curious as to how nearby EMS agencies are staffed. Who takes calls during the day/night?

Just wanted to hear some opinions on choosing a rescue or a rescue pumper apparatus. What do you feel are the pro/cons of both? What do your departments have?

RIP Richard O'brien. Thank you for your service and all you have done for this country and state. My condolences to his friends and family and especially to his wife and soon to be son.

Also How does that look in the public eye when they are screaming "My Baby is inside, MY Baby is Inside" and all you can do is stand there?

As said by previous posters... if I were to be the first person on scene and was confronted by a parent screaming that someone is trapped, I would be inside trying to locate the person. One person on scene early saving someone on their own is more beneficial then a full truck coming 5 minutes later and having to do body recovery.

The questions I have, Is what benefit is there to having someone respond to the scene with out apparatus and how effective is some one just standing there waiting for an apparatus? Paid drivers are different and I am not pointing them out although how effective are the drivers alone on a scene?

Well in Potsdam for example, the driver gets there first with the an engine and who ever was hanging out at the firehouse. The rule of thumb up here is that if the call is in the village, the paid driver rolls the rig 1 minutes after the call. If the call is out of the village or M/A the driver waits 5 minutes or for 5 crew members. Another benefit of going to the scene and having a paid driver who may be only respond is that the paid driver can size up and establish command. The driver informs responding firefighters of the situation. He can also cancel their response prior to the responding firefighters getting to the scene which is a big safety plus.

My department every one goes to the station first except the chiefs. We use I am Responding and if the scene is between you and the firehouse you can put in a code to bring your gear. It works as we are spread out over 20 square miles.

How does I Am Responding work for your department? Do you guys benefit from it? I was considering pushing for it in my department.

I am just curious to hear peoples opinions about responding to alarms. I am a member of Pleasantville FD and a mutual aid member of Potsdam FD. In Pleasantville, all gear is kept at the firehouse and when an alarm comes in we respond POV to the firehouse and man the rigs and respond to the scene on them. However, in Potsdam, all gear is kept with the member in his/her POV. When an alarm comes in, members who have been in the department for one year or longer respond directly to the scene. Members with less than a year in the department respond to the firehouse for their first year. Potsdam FD employs 4 paid drivers, one of which is at the firehouse at all times. When an alarm comes in the paid driver rolls out on one of their engines (E49). This engine arrives on scene and acts as an equipment truck as well as establishing command. I am just curious to hear what people think about the two different response types. Pro? Cons?

Kudos to the NPD and NFD and all who were involved. Great job!

Nice looking truck! Best of luck with it.