bigrig77

STOP BITCHING....ITS YOUR JOB. IF ITS NOT THEN QUIT

Try doing almost 9000 and see how morale is

So this guy carries a gun? He is not stopping any crime. He does not even seem to know what is going down.
As for Empire City, I think they are just Rent-A-Cops. No real power just kinda hold ya till Yonkers PD comes. If they go ahead with getting tables games and make it a full Casino then maybe some full power officers will be employed. Won't need singing old people

right on the top of the article

Next three obvious questions:
1. What will happen with all of their apparatus?
2. What will happen with all of their money?
3. Where will they pop up next?

I did miss one question with an answer.....I remember lugging SCBA cylinders to the main building...in fact I make my students still do it...as the one outside is a 2 cylinder fill and is great for during the day fill when needed...however the majority of time I make them still lug them into the main building as I can fill 6 there. So the time taken to bring them inside is made up in the volume able to be filled.

"chronic" poor planning? Maybe you can get more in depth with what the "chronic poor" and planning you have in mind.
I'd also like to know what equipment is still being housed in the elements?
New facilities? From what I understand its difficult to get funding to maintain what is there...I doubt there is any "new" in any vocabulary right now.

I was born in 1949. So let's see, that makes me "32', or is it "62", I'm not quite sure. Terms like "Road Rage" or "Cyber Bullying" did not exist then. In school we got in trouble for chewing gum, not for carrying a gun. As a kid of the 50s I grew up in Bridgeport, Ct which was always a pretty tough place. But nobody locked their doors. Unlike today where many homes have security bars on the windows. Yes, alot has changed over the years. And maybe not for the best.
Growing up during that time was probadly the best time to be a part of the fire service. Radio scanners came out later in the 60s and you could listen to the fire and police calls just as they were happening. Then in the late 60s, and into the 70s and 80s, fires increased to their highest level in history. With portable scanners it became possible to now follow the action.
In 1975, I was able to get on a career dept in Connecticut as a firefighter. Every city was seeing a high activity of fires. There was a huge amount of changes to the fire service during the 70s and 80s also. The use of air packs, handie talkies, and power saws were making the job as a firefighter a lot easier. Many fire depts decided to look into also responding to medical calls. There was talk of females entering the fire service once reserved for males only. Automatic transmissions replaced the need to double clutch when driving a fire truck.
When the Senior Guys fade away, I have confidence that the newer younger firefighters will continue to carry the torch and run with it. They will continue to fight fires and save lives just as the firefighters of the 70s and 80s did. I base that on what I see today. The younger firefighters of today, at least the ones that I know, are a "credit to their generation". Many are parents themselves now and doing a very good job at raising their families. And I must admit, I think that's a much tougher job to do today. Today, I am on the outside looking in. And I see todays firefighters as one of the groups that hold this country together. I certainly respect them for what they do.

The "Senior Guys" will be the ones that were brought up by their parents with a work ethic, and not to question the authority. These will be the guys that make it that long, and the most respected guys on the crew. Among all the garbage, they will stand out.

The old senior men are gonna pass that knowledge on to the future senior men. The guys who are there to keep the couch warm will not seek these guys out and will just kinda be stagnant. I see nothing wrong with asking why. It is how we learn. Why do we do the 7-9-8 that way? Why should should you feel the door with the back of your hand instead of the finger tips? It is when you get the smart a** guys asking why should I clean the bathroom, the other guys don't. Why should I check the rig, it has not gone out in a week. These guys will be left on the side as the core firefighters press on and carry on the traditions and then teach the new guys when they become senior men.

Training officers watch the whole thing cause you will see some great smoke changes. Also what happens with lightly staffed companies.
Ok I just saw this video and had to share it with the community. I saw it and sat back in shear amazement. Not at the backdraft or smoke explosion, but at the things the guys are doing on scene. I know we beat each other up a lot on here but this happened in Chicago so it is outside our area. The fire starts of with some light smoke. As you watch take note of the time passing, not real time but the time that is passing on scene. People are wondering around. A Chief is on the roof, No SCBA no gloves, with a saw. Now notice what the guy on the roof is doing and what he should be doing. what is happening with the flames now? Ya that's not good. After some water is sprayed at the flame, something happens. Take note of the time on the player, then watch peoples actions and how the move. Scary. there is more but i will leave that for other people to see and comment on. Needless to say this is a shining example of how you do not want to act and look on a fire scene.

Spoken like a true Firemen. This is not a game. I am sure the dances and dinners and pancake breakfasts are great but we are here to protect the community. I wish you good luck and keep on learning.

I think that we should use this lowering as a positive. When you see a lowered flag, then you know that is a place that is not deserving of your hard earned money. Or if you see one lowered go in and let someone know they made a mistake and that it was suppose to be at full staff and to correct the mistake. I did that once after 9/11. A store had a flag at full staff when we as a nation were flying them at half. Needless to say they corrected it right then and there.

Spoken like a true Firemen. This is not a game. I am sure the dances and dinners and pancake breakfasts are great but we are here to protect the community. I wish you good luck and keep on learning.

Spoken like a true Firemen. This is not a game. I am sure the dances and dinners and pancake breakfasts are great but we are here to protect the community. I wish you good luck and keep on learning.

I vol. for the community and the experience. What "perks" are you talking about?The last meeting i went to for free food was... never. I go to drills, thats it. None of the dance bs or any of that.To me its a job, not a social gathering.

My flag will fly as high as i can get it on Saturday. For a true AMERICAN HERO Marine Cpl. Osbrany Montes De Oca from North Arlington KIA Afaganistan, and others who gave the ultimate for us, friday it will ba at Half Mast. FLY YOUR FLAGS HIGH ON SATURDAY. Fat Boy is wrong.

Governor Chris Christie is giving a known drug abuser the honor of the American Flag being flown at half staff. He should continue this honor with an eternal flame in Whitney's honor.

What was Whitney Houston's worst hit? ..... The one that killed her.
She does not need this attention and praise. Completely pathetic.

...because we have the local media fooled and they would never risk running a story which is critical of volunteers...?

Volunteer and preplanning... hah,that'll be the day,then again it might happen if they offer free food with the preplan excercise ...
flame away

A quote from the article:
Holthaus says he did the best he could under the circumstances. "I didn't feel like I had the time to weigh options," he said, adding that accusations that he deliberately snubbed Richmond are "a joke."
"I did what was at the tip of my tongue," he said. "I did what I thought was best"
What a revelation. NO TIME TO WEIGH ALL THE OPTIONS.
Maybe we should think about options like these long before the fire. It's called preplanning.

Enough already, she might have had a talent and been a great entertainer but people will remember her as a crackhead who married another crackhead. What a shame or a sham, that she gets the same honor as our fallen troops, police officers and firefighters. As far as politicians go they don't deserve the honor either (at least most of them don't). Let's get back to honoring our true heroes!!

I am guessing that their lack of hose stretching skills is one thing. Hope they like meatballs with that spaghetti. Also i don't think they understand that they did a bad job. At the end during the post incident chat, they are all like high fives and good jobs. Unlike alot of other helmet cam vids, there were people trapped inside! These guys are just tunnel visioned like you would not believe. Some great yard breathing, the guy gives away the TIC only to take it back like 4 sec later. Did he ever transfer command? At around the 6 min mark he runs outside says lets do a search, then runs back in. The foot stomp style was nice. could have used a can or the hose. Ignore the fire over there, no big deal. As one last WTF, at 16:30 mark he talks about not hearing the kid cause of "radio traffic", when you re-watch that part it is like crickets on the radio. That's tunnel vision right there.
On the upside no one was killed and "everyone goes home"

I am guessing that their lack of hose stretching skills is one thing. Hope they like meatballs with that spaghetti. Also i don't think they understand that they did a bad job. At the end during the post incident chat, they are all like high fives and good jobs. Unlike alot of other helmet cam vids, there were people trapped inside! These guys are just tunnel visioned like you would not believe. Some great yard breathing, the guy gives away the TIC only to take it back like 4 sec later. Did he ever transfer command? At around the 6 min mark he runs outside says lets do a search, then runs back in. The foot stomp style was nice. could have used a can or the hose. Ignore the fire over there, no big deal. As one last WTF, at 16:30 mark he talks about not hearing the kid cause of "radio traffic", when you re-watch that part it is like crickets on the radio. That's tunnel vision right there.
On the upside no one was killed and "everyone goes home"