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Hello folks, I have not posted in a long time, just cant help myself, what has happened in 3 years:
New Rigs
New repeater portables
New Scotts
A real inventory of equipment
New CAD software and real IT network which we run
Replacement gear and washing and repair
BailOut systems
This is just a few of the examples of progress, Noah Lighty and Ted Beale have put us on a new path and they deserve a pat on the back, with the coming election we dont no what tommorow brings but they have shown leadership and that having your own people up top can make a difference. Lending Hartsdale a rig is a thank you from the past, we have received more then we gave. Might be my last post ( Law Dept.) Thanks to all for the past support.
Jim Loftus
( now a washed up calltaker and IT Whizard )

Wow. Birthday wishes for Seth used to fill pages on this forum.....now only 36 users have viewed and 4 posted? C'mon, guys! Type a simple few words and hit the submit button. You wouldn't be on this site right now if it wasn't for him!
Happy Birthday, Seth! Hope we don't see you on here today and you are enjoying your birthday!

we went thru this in the hollow when i was there. back in 2001 and beginning of 2002 we relied heavily on tarrytown for ambulance coverage. there was a small core group of volunteers that tried to get the rig out, but unfortunately that didn't always happen. i look fondly at my days in westchester county as well as the days i volunteered with sleepy. thru recruitment, and getting new equipment and a few other things the ambulance turned around and response times picked up too. there were times when the medic had to be taken out of service to ride in a bls call too. but things did change. i am still proud to call many of those vollys my friends. that all said, back then the same problem existed, people had to work to put food on the table and a roof over their heads. some people, myself included had to work 2 jobs to make ends meet. now a days with the way the economy is, it's even more so. unfortunateky this is the trend. as you all no doubt know and realize, volunteers are getting harder and harder to find. the other growing trend is paid staffing at least from 6a-6p or 7a-7p, that's just the nature of the beast. north branford up here in ct just went through this. now the way it is, is there is a paid crew days and they respond, if a second call comes in they tone out the volly crew, if they cant get one together it goes to m/a. even though there are a percentage of calls that do roll over for coverage, the majority of calls are handled without having to take resources from another agency, its sad but it has to happen. Croton is going to have to go with paid staffing days whether it be in house or thru an outside agency. that staffing is going to cost money and unfortunately, people are going to see it in their tax bills and are most likely going to complain about it. but it has to be looked at this way, ems is an essential service, you need it no if ands or buts about it, yes its going to cost a few bucks which nobody really has these days, but look at all the days the volunteers did keep things going for pennies on a tax bill. they have that to be thankful for also, while staffing days, its still cheaper in the long run than 24 hour coverage. the other thing is they could get an outside agency to cover and that outside agency bill for services, but thats going to cost the people in town alot more money in the long run.
just my 2 cents
joe

Four words... Needs to be fix....Either hire an EMT wether contracted thru a commeral agency, or hire independently, or split up the CON, to agencies that can handle the volume.. I hope a solution is found thou..

I'm not positive that is his actual title. Last year, the village made Mr. Nagle their "Emergency Management Director", to help the village with diaster preparedness, etc. At the June 6th village board meeting, the board passed a resolution making Mr. Nagle the liasion to Croton EMS for the village board. We are under the impression that Mr. Nagle will be overseeing operations and coming up with the best solution for EMS in Croton, although none of this has been 100% verified as of this writing.
Below is the resolution made by the board on 6/6/11.
Now - what I find to be interesting is that it says "to act as Interim Liaison between the Village staff and Board and the membership of the Croton EMS and Fire Department for as long as is needed to study and implement the options that will provide a continuity of ambulance services to the members of our community" - HOW DOES THIS AFFECT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT? We don't provide EMS, so how would this be our issue?
I've sent emails to the Manager, Mayor and others and hopefully soon I will have an answer. (Please note that any "answer" I get will be shared with our membership first, before I post it here, as that would be the right thing to do, IMHO.)
Either way, I know that CEMS has had their issues over the past few months and I hope an answer to this is found as soon as possible. Some were arguing that Mr. Nagle has no EMS experience - but his prior experiences in administrative roles in fire departments and his open-minded approach should yield the best solution for all involved.

Nice craftmanship and very prominent way to honor 9/11
http://www.lohud.com/article/20110603/NEWS04/106030328/Brothers-9-11-Gate-gets-Mahopac-firehouse-dedication-tonight

Nice craftmanship and very prominent way to honor 9/11
http://www.lohud.com/article/20110603/NEWS04/106030328/Brothers-9-11-Gate-gets-Mahopac-firehouse-dedication-tonight

Great shots, Seth! No fire trucks though???