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Location: 10 Croton Dam Rd.

A couple of notes:

2082 requesting notification to watershed to try and open Croton Dam Rd. over the dam (never happened)

DOT to Quaker Ridge Rd. for icing condition

Verplank covered EMS call Rte. 9 N/B

C&O zone 4, Battalion 16, County Car 2, Somers car 2441, 2442 on location as well

2084 reporting all M/A tankers released, maintain coverage in Croton @ 04:02

2087 requesting two pickup trucks from DPW to bring equipment to firehouse @ 04:11

All Continental Village units 10-8 04:17

Verplank TL-46 released from standby 04:31

A great job to all involved!

This was the view from Underhill Rd. and Rte. 129 at approx. 01:30 hrs.

Thanks for the updates DADAY and MPACE2-299. I went to edit my incident alert post but I guess I took too long, cause it wouldn't let me. Thanks again guys.

Date: 12-23-05

Time: 23:37

Location: Route 684 S.B. just south of I-84 exit

Frequency: 155.505 (state police)

Units Operating: State Police 2K77 (SP Poughkeepsie), SP Somers Units (3K--), Brewster Fire/EMS (???)

Description Of Incident: Pedestrian Struck by vehicle on 684 proper in the southbound lanes just south of the I-84 exit. Originally dispatched by SP Poughkeepsie advising 2K77 that SP Somers was advised as well. SP Poughkeepsie dispatch updated 2K77 at 23:42 that the caller was reporting "very serious injuries" at that location, requesting 2K77 to expedite and notifying that both zone 2 and zone 3 supervisors had been notified and were responding. Numerous SP Somers cars were tied up at that location for hours pending an investigation due to the nature of the accident (fatal).

Writer: UnleashedFF248

Date: 12/9/05

Time: approx. 11:00am-5:00pm

Location: Southern MA, including Plymouth, Bristol, Barnstable counties

Departments: Multiple agencies

Description: Winter Storm damage

Links: Storm Damage

Damage Reports

Writer: UnleashedFF248

Numerous MVA's, trees down, wires down. Local agencies responded to appox. 6-10 calls an hour for both box alarms and MVA's. Power outages widespread (150,000 without power on Cape Cod). Snowfall rates reached 5+ inches per hour during "thunder-snow" around 2-4pm. Wind gusts in excess of 60mph inland and 85+mph on the coast reported. Multiple FD's requested a full recall of personell.

Widespread coastal flooding on the Cape. Comair flight 5437 was hit by lightning and made an emergency landing at Logan airport in Boston. No injuries were repoted but the plane sustained damage.

Dennis firefighters faced a house fire at the height of the storm's fury. Firefighters found a downed electrical wire in Dennisport, which ignited a natural gas fire in the street. And while crews were at the scene, a nearby house at 63 Depot St. caught fire.

Turned out to be some guy that was mentally unstable. Reportedly he has bipolar disorder and didn't take his medications that day according to his wife. Bipolar disorder is a severe form of depression that has periods of extreme depression and extreme happiness (manic). Seems like he probably wanted to end his life, since bipolar patients normally aren't delusional. But no bomb either way.

I know people are probably going to get up in arms about this event. However in this day and age, it's best to err on the side of caution. Reportedly he reached into his bag after refusing to stop. A shame nonetheless that an innocent person was killed, but what if he did have a bomb and the air marshall hadn't shot? We would have been mourning the loss of many other lives.

It may sound heartless, but one dead is better than two, ten, or 200. It's a shame we have to live in this constant haze of fear and distrust.

My two cents.

I personally always like to call up and let the ER know what's coming, ESPECIALLY if it's something they may need special preparation to handle (ie major trauma, CVA, heart attack, etc.) or if the patient's going downhill REAL fast (if you say to yourself "oh s***, we might not make it"). In my experience ALS runs usually should get phoned in by the medic unless he/she asks you to call it in for them. As for your question, the NYS protocols do include ER notification. I've always made an honest attempt to notify for every run. Sometimes you just can't call it in, and as you say the nurses and other ER staff are usually seconds short of strangling you when you get there. If I have a 3 minute transport time or if I'm trying to deal with 2 or more patients at the same time then there's no way I'm going to give a full notification. I've transported 3 patients before from an MVA alone, and I literally called up the hospital and said "I'm inbound with 3 adult patients from a MVA all ambulatory, minor injuries, and stable vitals. We'll be there in 5 minutes." The hospital ER staff who answered the phone asked me for a full set of vitals on each, so I hung up the phone. I'm there to treat the patients, not to have a 5 minute conversation with the ER. I told them I lost cell service.

Moral: The patient comes first.

10-code ignorance here, whats a 10-10?

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10-10 is the county's radio code for emergency radio traffic only. For example, no pager tests, radio tests, etc.

It's often transmitted when there is a lot of radio traffic on the air during a major event, as I would imagine there would be right now in Somers...too bad I'm in Massachusetts.

My condolances to the entire Arena family. It's amazing how strong you've been throughout this struggle. The world needs more people like you.

Like you said, "He's done more in six years...than people who have been here for 90 years."

He will be forever in our hearts and minds.

Rest in peace Jimmyboy.

So you finally got your senior license John? Good deal.

As for what firemn23 said, I don't believe this is accurate. Plus, the person can be over 21 and still have their old license.

New york is (was) pretty easy to alter. I believe CT and MA licenses print the person's license vertically if you're under 21 and the regular horizontal orientation if you're over 21. Also, their licenses are hard plastic, so you can't use the old chalking technique to change the birthdate.

I heard Putnam Valley had a large brush fire at about 17:45 this evening, approx. 3-4 acres in size between the Taconic St. Parkway and Wiccopee Rd. (between Peekskill Hollow Rd. and Pudding St. exits). Kent and Mahopac Falls went on standby in their own quarters. Anyone have any further on this? I could smell a brush fire like odor in the area of north Somers this afternoon.

I am currently in the process of beginning an on-campus EMS response for my college. I go to Stonehill College in MA, which provides additional challenges beyond NY. Like WAS said, it's a HUGE undertaking, involving lawyers, school officials, and administrators who generally don't like to spend money, despite the fact that you're paying $36,000 a year to go to their school. We operate on a private campus which simplifies matters a bit, but plenty of challenges are left past there. We do not provide transport services. That is covered by the local FD (Easton Fire) who runs ALS ambulances on a career level. Last year we acquired enough supplies to begin our response. We acquired a budget through the student activities organization as an EMS club. We began responding to emergency calls second semester. We are dispatched through the campus police, as all 911 and emergency calls from on-campus extensions are intercepted by their dispatcher and handled from there. We covered a 2 person shift on weekends (thurs-sat) from 7pm to 3am completely volunteer. For special events we can provide 24 hour coverage. We also covered all sports events with one or two EMT's for pay. We used radios loaned to us by campus police under their frequency, which proved to be a problem as campus police likes to use full names of students over the radio. These radios were taken away in May by college administrators. They don't understand that any schmuck with a $20 scanner can hear the same thing we did. We cover 375 acres of campus by foot, bicycle, and car. Bike units have proved the best way to get around, especially when calls are back in the woods or on the running trails.

I've been elected president of the club, and I'm facing a couple of challenges right now. I need radios. Bad. I don't have enough money in the budget to spend $200 on a radio. I have a couple of radios I personally own and it looks like we'll be using these this upcoming semester. I also need a frequency to operate on. Right now it looks like we'll be using the college maintainence repeater, which isn't a good idea for obvious reasons. We're using our own cars, own bikes, and some of our own equipment. Big problem right there. We need oxygen. Oxygen is expensive, and we don't use enough to justify or qualify for bulk delivery. Most companies won't supply it to us at the volume we need. We need uniforms. We need supplies. But most of all, we need the support of the administration, who right now sees us as some "good kids trying to make a difference." We're not. We're professionals and adults.

My words of wisdom to you: gain support. You can't do it yourself and don't expect to get it done in 2 or 3 years. You'll be long out of college by the time everything's settled. If you want to get started, start up and EMS club, get a budget, and take it from there. If you need any additional help or info, PM me.

Date: 7/25/05

Time: 00:30

Location: Wildwood St.

Frequency: 46.26, 462.200, 154.400, 155.205

Units Operating: 2262, 86-02, Air 2, 69-B1, 69-B2, 69-B3, 2264, Air 1, E257, others

Description Of Incident: Firefighter down at PIAA

Writer: Unleashedff248

Mohegan reports incident began at 00:02. My prayers go out to the injured firefighter and his family.

2262 requesting YVAC for Firefighter down at PIAA Wildwood St. 00:31

60-Control advising YVAC dispatched and all 3 Mohegan VAC buses out, also Air 2 dispatched to scene.

86-02 Enroute 00:39

86-21 reporting firefighter already taken to hospital but 1 person still entrapped in vehicle, Mohegan ambulance on scene awaiting this patient 00:44

Putnam Valley ambulance dispatched to backfill Mohegan VAC 00:44

2264 reporting Air-2 on the ground 00:47

PVVAC 3rd dispatch EMT still needed for standby 00:49

2262 reporting patient #2 still conscious in process of extricating 00:50

Patient #2 extricated 00:51

PVVAC 4th dispatch 00:52

Ambulance enroute to LZ with patient #2 00:53

603 reporting 1 career firefighter enroute to the scene to pick up the apparatus 00:53

2264 reporting Air 1 in the air 00:54

86-02 released from scene enroute to HQ to standby 01:07

2262 reporting 10-30 Wildwood St. 01:10

Let me clear some things up. I've been a member in good standing for about 3 years now, and I've been waiting for a firefighter training course to come up that meets my needs. At first it was basic (I called it essentials in my first post) and now it's FF1. I was enrolled in a course starting last month (night time) at the FTC, showed up two nights, and then was booted. There were maybe 5-6 people over 18 in that course, and multiple FF's from the same department (not like 2 or 3, but 4 or 5!). I was the only one from Somers. It's hard for me to find courses that fit my needs. I investigated the FF1 in Putnam, but I also work a full time job/internship at a major corporation. I can't take 2 weeks off...which leads to another thing. College. I need the money I earn from my job to subsidize the $36,000 a year my parents are dishing out for college. 2 weeks off from work = $1,200 loan I have to take. Is it worth it? Yes, I'm dying to take FF1, but I'm off probation for over a year now as an EMT. So I'm secure in the department. In terms of in-house training, last year I made almost 300 calls (something like 298...ridiculous), and almost as many the year before. I have a lot of knowledge when it comes to fireground operations, but not much hands-on experience. I used to be able to train with live fires with my department, but that's not allowed any more for some reason. So where am I? I'm standing by the door collecting tags. That's fine for a while, but eventually anyone will get tired of it. So until next year, I have to wait for Firefighter 1. :-k

Thank you everyone for your input and support on this topic.

I've been waiting for over 3 years to take the Firefighter 1 (formerly essentials), and there's a few things I've been noticing. In my opinion, the most severe problem is the enrollment of juniors in the FF1 classes. Now don't get me wrong, juniors deserve training too. But I don't believe that it should come in place of older members. I am currently enrolled in college so I'm away for a good part of the year. I've tried to enroll in courses over the summer now, but to no avail. I've missed out of courses and gone as a standby only to find 6-8 juniors from one department enrolled in the course. Is is just me, or should people 18 and over get priority here? I mean, when you're 16 or 17 you can't be an interior firefighter anyway, so why take the training away from people who will come out of that course ready to be interior firefighters? In my opinion it should be first come-first serve for people 18 and over, and then fill in any seats with juniors. We constantly complain about firefighter shortages, yet we're not doing much to help the issue. Does this strike anyone else as wrong?

YES, Briarcliff did put out their 10-3 at a really really bad time, and YES, it has been discussed more than 100 times. We need not go there. All I know is that I couldn't hear an Armonk unit. As for M/A, I think it all went well in my opinion.

Here's what I got. I left for the Somers call and didn't get anything past that.

TONES ARMONK: 5 Deer Ridge lane, cross Sunrise Dr. , off Wampus Lake Dr. structure fire 19:18

armonk base on air 19:18

Armonk redispatch 5 Deer Ridge Ln. 19:20

confirmed??? Briarcliff covered transmission with their PAGER TEST!

2021 req. 1 Engine 1 Tanker from Banksville 19:22

Banksville toned 19:23

2583 responding

B-16 responding 19:23

B-16 requesting Mt. Kisco FAST 19:24

Mount Kisco Toned for FAST 19:24

2582 responding 19:25

Armonk driver requested for tanker 19:25

2021 retone armonk for manpower and driver for the tanker 19:26

2282 responding with FAST team

T-9 Responding 19:26

2281 responding 19:26

2021 can see fire 19:27

E-159 from Banksville enroute 19:27

Mt. Kisco FAST in U-13 responding 19:28

T-7 enroute 19:29

51-B2 enroute 19:29

E-159: draft from Pond on sunrise @ #1 house

2021, 2022 on scene 19:30

B-16 on scene 19:30

E-287 lay from scene to pond 19:32

T-7 back up to T-9 19:33

L-77 enroute to Armonk 19:34

2282 on location 19:34

E-288 enroute 19:35

E-287 on scene back up to T-9, lay in 19:36

U-13 on location 19:37

E-159 at water source 19:37

60-CNTRL to B-16: Round Hill has tanker and crew available 19:38

B-16: Addtl engine from Mt. Kisco 19:38

Tones-Mt. Kisco- 1 Engine to Armonk for working structure fire 19:39

B-16: 1 Engine from Chappaqua and 1 Engine from North White Plains to Armonk HQ 19:39

B-16: Units Operating Freq. UHF Ch. 2

ALERT TONE

60-CNTRL to all units operating: UHF FG 2 operating frequency 19:40

TONES NWPFD AND CFD 1 Engine to Armonk HQ 19:41

E-105 responding 19:41

TONES NWPFD base redispatch 19:43

B-16: C&O and Con Ed to the scene 19:43

2062 assembling crew 19:44

Zone 5 C&O 10-1 for response 19:46

L-77 to ventilate 19:48

B-16: 3000 sq. foot contemporary structure, fire remains doubtful 19:49

E-105 on location 19:49

E-75 redirect #5 Sunrise Place inside odor of smoke 19:53

2062 and E-146 enroute 19:53

CC-24 responding to Armonk 19:55

SOMERS TONES respond Pines Br. and Moseman, Wires burning

That's all I have. I went on that call.

I just ate from Hubba's for the first time the other day. I work in Greenwich, CT and some people recommended it. The place looks like a dump from the outside, but damn their chili is good! Not too hot if you ask me though. You have to get the chili on everything though, they're not known for their hamburgers! Definitely a great place to get some good eats (and no negative GI effects!)

...not to mention the importance of properly operating sprinkler systems. A good stop by mohegan, and as stated a textbook example of proper mutual aid use.

I was wondering the same thing when I heard it. Whoever it is, it was on the radio. I have a recorded clip of the incident and I played it back a couple times..."tower ladder 4" was there...the best I can think is that TL-2 used the wrong designation or something signing on, otherwise there is a tower ladder four somewhere. Very odd. I also was wondering what all the airport equipment uses for radio designations and how many pieces of apparatus there are. If anyone can fill me in on this it would be appreciated.

Engine 59, 60, 61, purchase, armonk, and port chester dispatched to WCA for an aircraft emergency, jet returning to airport 20:12

60 Control: update passenger jet returning to airport with cargo open 20:15

airport-11: hasn't confirmed cargo door open, pilot just hears strange noise from aircraft 20:15

E-240 responding 20:16

armonk redispatched 20:16

E-59, 2022 on scene 20:18

51B2 10-17 20:19

plane flew over my house on approach, very odd screeching noise coming from aircraft, unusually low approach 20:18

CC-2 10-19 20:19

TL-4 responding 20:20

R-40 10-19 20:20

TL-2 10-19

2391 10-19 20:21

E-240 @ WCA 20:22

E-60 @WCA

E-286 10-17 20:22

R-30

E-64 @ WCA 20:24

51-B2 @WCA 20:25

2393 @ WCA 20:25

2415

airport-11: aircraft landed w/o incident 20:27

TL-53 10-19

2391 all Port Chester clear 20:28

All armonk clear 20:29

I wish he had been able to make the parade, I'm sure he would have loved it! My wishes go out to Jimmy Boy and his family for his speedy recovery from this recent bump in the road and his safe return home. We'll see you at Yorktown in two weeks, right? :wink:

Feel better Jimmy Boy. 8)

I often wear my gear on medical calls. Like previously stated, I like the added safety of having gear on. It puts a pretty thick barrier between me and any hazards I might find on a medical scene, such as angry dogs, angry bees, or angry patients. It also protects my personal clothing from any expectorations of bodily fluid that I might encounter. It also serves as pretty good identification, rather than some guy walking up to your door in jeans and a t-shirt claiming he's from the FD. If my gear's dirty I will usually spare the person's home from that and not use it (and wash it later, a good thing to do every so often). As for the smell, there's not too much you can do about that. If the person really needs some help, a smell isn't going to bother them much I believe. I would always put my safety before a patient's COMFORT. We're running a fire department/EMS Corps, not a hotel. My opinion.

60-control was notified by Rockland 44-Control who switched over to 46.26 for the notification. This was at about 18:30 hrs. Immiediately Verplank, Montrose, and Peekskill were dispatched for marine units to respond to the Bear Mountain Bridge area. County Car 2 also responded. It was unknown at that time if the plane had crashed. It was interesting to hear 44 control on 46.26, and with pretty much perfect radio reception from at least Northern Westchester. I wonder if they have a link to WC's towers? Otherwise they have a pretty good transmission range.

I only caught some of this alarm because I was having some trouble with reception. If anyone else has information feel free to post or repost in the Incident forum.

Peekskill, Verplank chiefs required to 10-1 60 control, 00:15

Montrose dispatched for marine 51 to respond IAO west point for a boat in distress 00:23

2272 10-17 00:25

2271 10-17 peekskill riverfront green 00:26

rescue 51 standing by in quarters 00:27

M-51 to staging area Garrison Yacht Club. Garrison and Cold Spring are operating there 00:30

M-51 enroute 00:30

M-51 10-19 (?) 00:34

2271 at Garrison Yacht 00:46

M-51 10-8 01:18

Information as released by News 12 Westchester:

The victim was Eric D'Agnese, 17 years old, Somers High School Senior, wrestler, and member of the track team.

Per State Police the accident is still under investigation, but at this time drugs, alcohol, speed, and reckless driving seem not to be factors in this tragedy.

I personally knew Eric, and he was a good friend of mine. He was a fine young man. The saddest part about it is that as of right now, there seems to be no cause for the accident. Based on the information I've gained from the news outlets, it seems like this was just a terrible accident that has claimed another innocent life. My thoughts and condolences go out to his friends and especially his family.