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    Yeah, this rig had been sitting on the side of the citywide garage for years. When I worked there for almost 3 years, it moved twice, and one of those times was because they didn't have a regular ambulance for a race standby. Only the supervisors were allowed to use it, or drive it. Basically a huge waste of money.

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    Barry I remember many a night in bed at night in station 1 overnight when the rigs were backing in upstairs. The sounds the ceiling made as the trucks entered the bay had me in fear I would be crushed. No idea what the weight rating was and how close it was to the weight it had to bear, but the cracking noise was impressive.

    I thought about this too every single night in EMT class in the basement.

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    From Firehouse.com:

    Any hopes Fire Commissioner Sal Cassano had for staying on with the new administration went up in smoke Monday — after Mayor Bill de Blasio confirmed he would be replaced.

    “It’s been clear from the beginning it’s an interim role,” said the mayor, who praised the FDNY’s response to the Harlem gas explosion in March.

    http://www.firehouse.com/news/11416824/sal-cassano-out-as-fdny-commissioner

    Well, we all knew it was just a matter of time until this idiot started bringing in his people. Cassano was good at what he did, and hopefully the new commissioner can keep the place running, and make some needed improvement.

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    I think GBFD109 did a great job in giving as many of the facts as he can without getting himself in trouble. *NOTE* The man puts his name on his profile. He's not hiding behind anything...NOT that you are or anyone else is for that matter but he is telling like it is.

    As far as disccusing an ongoing investigation into the cause of the fire why in the world would someone want to make a comment on this ESPECIALLY on a public forum like this. He would be opening himself up to a world of nonsense if he did so.

    I think what Bottom of Da hill is getting at is the old saying "A Time and a Place for everything" I dont think this is the time and certainly not the place to discuss the problems that the dept may be having internally.

    I am postive the investigators (PD, FD on all levels) who are doing the investagation will uncover everything and the facts of what went down will all come out in time. THEN and only then would I think the topic would be fair game for whatever rants anyone wnats to throw out there.

    As do I. For the information that is available to be made to the public, he is doing a great job keeping those of us interested, in the loop. I have no bone to pick with anyone, and it would be incredibly disrespectful to do so. It is understood that this is still an ongoing investigation, and that is a valid answer to the posed questions. With there being a "Time and place for everything", large incidents, or events always bring up problems that may have not been seen before. These are things that wouldn't normally rear their ugly heads, but when they do, it can almost be guaranteed that someone is going to want to know more. And nobody is ranting and raving, or accusing anyone or any department of anything. Just asking tough questions with sometimes ugly answers.

    I think the message people are trying to drive away here are that members have valid concerns and interesting questions to grasp a better understanding on what happened but we should let the dust settle for our brothers before we get into the nitty gritty. The event that we are trying to break apart only just happened a few days ago and the Brothers in Goldens Bridge are trying to piece together all of the events for themselves let alone providing the play by play of the fire in addition to all questions on previous matters of the company and its business. Information is still unfolding and as has been stated that an investigation is still at hand. We are all curious and time will tell. Let us just give everyone involved a break and let them come out on their own. This is no discourtesy to the posters or their questions they have. Like I said these are all valid questions and information we can all record and learn from but some members here just want to see better support for our brothers in their time of need.

    On a side note do we seriously have to go down the road of insults and putting barriers between volunteers & Paid organizations? Seriously? members of our own family almost lost it all and you guys pull this card. Lets show everyone in this forum respect since we are "Brothers" in whatever sense that means nowadays. So lets get back on track, let the GBFD guys add info at their convenience and everyone stop being so sensitive!

    As far as I see, there is no insulting, or any animosity. Only sincerity and sympathy for a department that suffered a devastating loss.

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    wow come on really ? you go there when they just lost every thing?what answers are you looking for here?have some respect for gbfd even if there vollunteer.s.

    Go where? You are implying that there was an underlying tone Chief Flynn's very valid questions. It seems to me, that you are the one putting a spin on his questions.

    There are questions that have to be asked, like the origins of a fire. That's why we have Cause & Origin teams. There are details that inquiring minds want to know. Like if there was adequate manpower at a fire. Like if there may or may not have been some political issues at the firehouse. These are questions that Politicians AND Fire Chiefs answer EVERY DAY, many of them in front of the press(any large city FD).

    So why are we not allowed to ask the same questions, just because it was a volunteer department involved?