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I mean yeah, when you can't even get volunteers to train on basic strategies and tactics once a week, of course you aren't gonna be able to muster up a very specialized and highly proficient team and keep them around for years.  Like anything, the interest is cool for a few months, and then the equipment collects dust.

Definitely twin steer. 

I would venture a real good guess that the "shower" system is referring to underbody sprinklers and all around sprinklers to be able to drive over hot materials? 

I have to agree with DOWNTOWN BOSTON.  We use them and have had numerous failures of the facepiece regulator free flowing air and being unable to shut it off, except at the bottle.  We've had control module failures where they don't pass their internal check and have to be serviced. We have also found that the airplane buckles (much like very other pack) just never stay tight so your shoulder straps are always coming loose.

The one thing I can say I like about them, is the tiny little backpack strap that goes across the shoulder straps.  If you're gonna be wearing it for a long time, it puts the shoulder straps closer to your chest and doesn't fatigue your back as much.

Here's the million dollar question....

Who's going to staff it?  It is going to be a volunteer system, much like the Westchester Haz-mat team, which due to slow response times, has been skipped over many a time for a properly staffed rig?

Tech team responses require an immense amount of training, and if you get the cert once and never handle the equipment for months, you're gonna lose that skill...

This is brought up EVERY parade season.  The answers never change, and neither does the inadequate level of response.

It was about time they got rid of the Stellaris branding and hospital logos.

On 4/15/2017 at 6:27 AM, MiFF said:

I agree with the unions letter but I kind of think it could have been worded differently. Instead of saying "if the volunteers show up", maybe say "if the volunteers are able to respond." The former just makes it sound like they don't even put in the effort. In this day and age it can at times just be impossible for a volly to respond no matter how bad they want to. 

Effort and "wanting to" respond doesn't put out fires. The citizen isn't gonna say "Oh well, you had to work so it's ok that my husband died because it was 'impossible for the volly to respond'."  

The citizens DEMAND a service that responds in a quick and efficient matter EVERY SINGLE TIME.  Anything less is doing a disservice to the community.

48 minutes ago, nfd2004 said:

 

"newsbuff", I took the FDNY exam way back in the early 70s. They had the same rules then. If hired, you must become a resident of the City or one of those counties.

 

"I AM NOT A FDNY Member, but I have MANY friends who "ARE, or WERE". I consider them to some of the BEST Firefighters in the World. I know that because I spent about 40 years of my life watching them perform their duties.

 

  I really wouldn't consider those members of the FDNY to be "Sneaky". Actually, speaking as a buff and Retired Brother Firefighter from a much smaller place - "I CONSIDER THEM TO BE GREAT".

If you reread my post,  you might figure out that the people I was calling sneaky, was the city administration, NOT the rank and file members.  As stated above,  the unions tried to say "it isn't fair that we have to pay city income tax while not residing in the city." and they would be right as a stipulation that you pay income tax based on your home of record.   For NYC(Administration) to then just make it a "fee" for working there,  THAT is the BS part.

1 hour ago, lt411 said:

When you get hired on FDNY (or other NY city civil service public safety positions) you have to reside in the 5 boros of NYC or in the following counties: Putnam;Westchester;Rockland ;Orange; Nassau;Suffolk. As far as the NYC income tax- you  pay it whether you live in the city or not. The PD and FD unions took this point to court, saying that it was unfair (taxation without representation). The city then changed the "income tax" label to a "condition of employment fee". Basically, if you want the job, you pay the city income tax whether you live in the city or not. As far as working as a firefighter in NYC, and living in the suburbs (Putnam, in my case) it was worth the payment of this "fee", even though it wasn't right.

Ah, I wasn't aware of the sneaky(bullshit) way that they got around it.

Glad I moved south and got hired outside of the northeast.

1 hour ago, Ladder44 said:

 

 

Someone who works for a city they live in can then use their paycheck and put back into the city at stores restaurants ect

I guess you didn't read any of the above comments.  There is no provision stating that you must stay in the City after being hired.  Many people move out of the city after getting on, especially because of NYC income tax.  Too damn expensive to live there.

So.....who is looking for a job?

I believe you can FOIL request most of these.  With the exception of the firegrounds, which are local non-repeated channels, you should be able to get most of that stuff.

2 hours ago, x635 said:

I love how this guy compares the cost of an ambulance ride to an Uber ride. Dude why didn't you RMA and drive her yourself? I understand how the bill can seem high, but the complacent ignorance of this guy as to what goes on inside an ambulance especially for someone who's supposed to be a journalist.

I think he wasn't there to RMA her, the school just sent her because if something had actually happened, and they didn't send her to someone else, the school will be on the hook. 

Wow, if only a real engine room looked like that!  A real engine room has catwalks that are just big enough for someone to walk on, not to mention all of the machinery that leaves no open space.

More duplication of services! Gotta love it.

Curious, how many runs do each of these departments do a year?

I am 60 years old and retired from the fire department and did not take the test. I agree with what you said but you still did not answer my question. All I am doing is looking for a answer, not what you think is the answer.

My apologies, I ASSumed given the nature of the question.

If you can't read the simple damn directions on a written test, why should you be hired? If everyone complains that it's "sooooo easy", why is this even a question? Sounds like you don't know how to follow simple written instructions.

Genius!

They will be dead for 10 more minutes. Boy that's got to hurt.

I hope they magically grow gills or something.

Well I stand corrected, and now more informed. Since it can be safely said that if you are sending divers in, 95% of the time it's no longer an emergency but a recovery effort at that point. That being said, response time doesn't need to be within minutes of something happening since it becomes an extended operation with anyone in the water. I don't think that extra 10 minutes of travel time is going to hurt anyone more than they already are.

It's probably a "large void" because as far as I know Yorktown and Continental Village are the only two left in northern Westchester. Yorktown basically covers from the Hudson to the Connecticut border.

For a specialized unit that gets called only a handful of times per year, I don't really see how just one team covering the north part of the county, plus the County PD team, is an issue. We only have 3 Haz-Mat units for the entire county, simply because you don't need more than that.

How does this leave a "large" void? Yorktown, a large bordering district, has a dive team. Seems like a good move to me, less duplication of resources.

Whats that rig to the left of the engine? Looks like a squad?

Yup

Taken at Mt. Vernon. I think I was around for that crash...