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    " X4093k" The old car 2031 Suburban was sold to a local bus company a couple of weeks ago. "WHarley3" Yes that is a Bailout window. Before the building construction members constructed a bailout window inside the fire house. Story here http://www.bedfordhillsfd.org/apps/public/news/newsView.cfm?News_ID=176. With the new construction the window was removed and then reinstalled with some modifications to it. We just finished out our yearly recertification with AAA Emergency Supply, but will be using the window for bailout as well as other trainings in the near future.

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    The Bedford Hills Fire Department has recently taken delivery the new Car 2033, a 2010 Chevrolet Tahoe - Special Services Series. The Whelen emergency lighting and Havis-Shields console was furnished by Warnock Automotive Group and installed by Pulsoni Custom Installations in Sleepy Hollow. The reflective striping and gold-leaf was completed by Forest Hills of Long Island. The vehicle is a duplicate to the current Car 2031, a 2007 Chevrolet 2500 Series Suburban and Car 2032, a 2009 Chevrolet 2500 Series Suburban.

    The Whelen CenCom siren, Kenwood and Motorola mobile radios are housed in a Havis-Shields 30" console. Console accessories include: side mounted armrests, cupholders and a 9" storage compartment containing a vehicle charger for portable radio and a Streamlight Stinger flashlight.

    A rear custom cabinet was fabricated by Chivvis Enterprises in Long Island. The cabinet provides storage for the command board, SCBA, gear and other related firefighting equipment. A special shelf was constructed to allow for the emergency radio equipment to be mounted on

    swivels.

    A special thanks to BHFD's very own Ex-Capt. Ross Burbank and his staff at Burquip in Bedford Hills for fabricating the custom mounting bracket for the Knox-Box Sentralock.

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    Not to out shine or out do anyone's bail out window simulator, but just to show different options or just a different window here is a link to our window.

    http://www.bedfordhillsfd.org/index.cfm?fs=news.newsView&News_ID=176

    I will try and take some new pictures to add to our site so you can see the finished project. In walking around the fd I noticed the perfect location for the window was in our hose drying room on the loft. When we first got the bail out we realized the need for on site training as opposed to going to the training center every time we got a new member or had to requalify members. The window was constructed in March of 2009 and has been used many times by BHFD members. Five members are qualified as trainers in the department and we follow a strict training policy for the bail out. At this point we have all but 5 interior members qualified on bail out, we also requailfy at least once a year ( with training packs) and at the same time we repack the members system and go over the power point presentation. With the window we use a safety line at all times and have two different remote tie off locations. One to the right of the window and one approximately 12 feet back from the window, simulating a tie off location somewhere in the room but not as close to the window. If anyone has any questions please feel free to ask we are always looking for input or different ideas.

    Chief Mcgill BHFD

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    I just wanted to take a minute to thank all the dispatchers at Westchester County Fire Control (60 Control) for all their hard work and patience throughout the last 48 hours. It's hard enough to juggle a couple of calls at the same time, let alone multiple calls by multiple agencies for a prolonged amount of time. Great job 60 Control Dispatchers you continue to impress the responders with your knowledge and professionalism on the radio at all hours of the day or night.

    THANK YOU AGAIN

    Brian McGill

    Chief Bedford Hills Fire Department

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    After a lot of hard work, and countless hours on both the parts of our website committee and the website staff, The Bedford Hills Volunteer Fire Department is pleased to announce the completion of the redesigned website. Most of the changes to the site are minor with the exception of the new look on the front page. There are still some details that are in the process of being completed, but the majority of the site is complete. While visiting the site please navigate through the PHOTOS/VIDEOS section. Many pictures have been added to the different categories as well as a new video has been posted into the video section. In the Public info section stop by and check out the section Building Renovation/ Expansion and see a preliminary drawing of the upcoming project. Once again a special THANK YOU goes out to the Staff at Firehouse Solutions as well as the Fire Department website committee.

    Please feel free to let us know what you think.

    http://bedfordhillsfd.org/

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    Bedford Hills has purchased the RIT bailout system. So far we have 30 systems in house and gemtor harnesses to go with them. Some of the Chiefs researched different systems and found that Rit met the requirements that we were looking for. So once we found the system we priced them out through AAA Emergency in North White Plains and a couple of us attended training for the systems. We became certified instructors and can now teach our own members with or without other instructors. To help us with training, since we have thirty members to teach an idea for a bailout window inside the fire house was brought up. Check out the story and pictures of the bailout window here

    http://www.bedfordhillsfd.org/index.cfm?fs...amp;News_ID=176

    We are also in the process of ordering 30 more systems for our interior members which will bring us up to 60 total.

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    Back a bunch of years back we were called to Bedford Village for a working fire. It was in the middle of a winter storm that had already dropped more then 7 inches, and the driveway was the driveway from hell. One of the chiefs had attempted to make the driveway with his four wheel drive truck. He made it half way up the driveway before he had to leave it off to the side stuck in the snow. We arrived and were unable to go up the driveway as well due to all the snow. We had to walk up the driveway with all our tools and the two water cans that were on the rig. As of that time there was no fire apparatus up the driveway so there was no water. It seemed like it took for ever but we finally made it to the house. The fire was in the basement and confined to a large bedroom but was fully involved, we kept control of the door while trying to knock the fire down with the cans. "Here is where it gets to the most out of the box tactic you've ever seen?" Two cans empty and the fire still going pretty good in the room we tried to find other ways to extinguish the fire. We went into the kitchen and filled up pots of water but none of them were big enough to do the job. All of the sudden the Chief and myself found a bunch of large moving boxes in the basement , and with that we both ran out the rear basement door and started scooping up boxes of snow. After a couple trips back and forth the snow had managed to smother the flames and we started to overhaul the room. Sorry for the rambling I'm sure I could have shortened the story, but I got carried away. :rolleyes:

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    The accident was just south of exit 39 on the northbound side of the saw mill. The vehicle left the roadway and struck the large parkway sign that was there to notify traffic of the exit, and then hit a large tree uprooting it and causing it to land on top of the car. It was a very tough pin to work on, but the crews from all agencies did an amazing job with what was handed to them. One patient was stat flighted out and the other was by ambulance. Thanks again to all that were involved. 2032

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    I wish people would check the facts and make sure that the info they post is correct before even thinking about posting. Like pebbles said Bedford Hills, Katonah, Kisco and Bedford Village share a MDU trailer, it used to be kept in Katonah but it takes up a lot of room. So we moved it to the Hills but the same problem came up it was in the way. Now Kisco has it stored up at the DPW yard.

    I just ask that if you are going to post about a specific department or anything involving that department you try to get the right info before posting.