eric12401

The franchise agreements that towns have with the cable companies are ridiculous. In some instances, the competitor (like Verizon FiOS) has to be able provide services to the entire town before they can apply to be allowed into the market. The cable company, however, had years to develop their infrastructure. I can toss a stone (or could when I was in prime baseball shape) from my house to a county highway, yet I still can't get FiOS at my house.

Wow, that's ridiculous. I guess 6 customers don't matter to Time Warner and their giant corporation. It should be part of the Town's franchise contract that EVERY residence is covered....but in some areas they have a monopoly. Will definetly add my vote.
Has Verizon strung Fios in nearby areas yet? Also, have you tried services like CLEAR yet?
http://www.clear.com/

You got my vote, but keep the pressure on your local town board especially when it comes time to get that franchise agreement renewed.
You might want to tell the state about this issue and see if they can do anything. I doubt it they can do anything but it can hurt to make some noise at the state level.
NYS Broadband
I would also run the state broadband test and get yourself listed as not having broadband.
NYS Broadband test

you got my vote

Date:2/11/11
Time:16:45
Location:New York State Thruway X Lucas Ave overpass and the city line
Frequency:33.48, 46.46, 46.28
Units Operating: Spring Lake, Mobile Life Support, Life Net
Weather Conditions: Sunny, Windy
Description Of Incident:
Reporters/Writer: conman1288
1645- Spring Lake and Mobile Life Support dispatched for a male fallen from a vehicle
1647- 59-2 responding
1648- County advises 59-2 an off duty paramedic is o/s reporting male bleeding from the back of the head semi conscious requesting a medivac.
1649- 59-2 requesting regional to be contacted for an eta of a medivac, additional dispatch for 59-20 to establish a landing zone north of the scene.
1651- County advises Mobile Life Support 255 and 59-2 paramedic advises patient jumped from car going appx 80 MPH.
1653- Mobile Life Support 255 o/s
1655- 59-20, 59-40 responding
1700- 59-40 o/s 59-20 establishing landing zone. County advising Frequency 4 for LZ ops
1703- County advising Life Net has an ETA of appx 15 mins
1713- Life Net o/s
1714- Dispatched under M/A to East Kingston with 59-30 to the scene of a working barn fire
1716-59-30 enroute
1720- Life Net enroute to Westchester
1721- Bloomington to standby in quarters with one engine
1726- 18-10 on standby
1735- 59-30 arriving
1753- 59-20 in service, Bloomington released fron standby

These are 3 pictures taken by my cousin who lives right across from the barn. More to be added later.

These are 3 pictures taken by my cousin who lives right across from the barn. More to be added later.

Date: 2-11-11
Time: 1708
Location: 1480 Rt. 32, Town of Ulster
Frequency: 33.48, Frequency 4
Units Operating: East Kingston, Ulster Hose, Glasco, Mt. Marion, Port Ewen, Ruby, County Cars, Mobile Life, Saugerties, Bloomington, Cause and Origin, Central Hudson Gas and Electric
Weather Conditions: Cold
Description Of Incident: Barn Fire with horses inside the barn
Reporters/Writer: Patch6713
1708 – East Kingston dispatched for working barn fire
1709 – Car 25 on the road. County advising working fire with horses inside.
1709 – Ulster Police responding
1710- 2nd alarm for East Kingston, Ulster Hose with E61-10, Glasco 29-11, Mt Marion FAST, Port Ewen to EK station 1, Ruby to EK station 2, UC Cause and Origin, Central Hudson Gas and Electric, Car 56, 56-1, Mobile Life
1711 – Frequency 4 for ops, 25-18 Responding
1714 – Additional tankers from Ruby and Spring Lake to the scene.
1718 – Saugerties with one engine to stand by at the Glasco station.
1719 – Glasco with 29-13 to the scene.
1721 – Bloomington with one engine to stand by at Spring Lake station.
1722 – Saugerties responding to Glasco
1726 – Bloomington standing by
1733 – Update to command – All mutual aid has been filled, four fire investigators responding, Central Hudson responding with no ETA
1735 – Ulster Hose a second call for the agency with a FAST to Highland for a possible structure fire
1538 – Mt. Marion all available manpower to stand by in quarters, Centerville with one engine to the Mt. Marion station.
1539 – 56-A and 56-S arriving
1540 – Saugerties to fill tankers at Cafaldo Park, 53-30 to take the job from the standby detail.
1753 – Spring Lake 59-20 is in service, Bloomington is released from standby
1-12-11
0908 - East Kingston dispatched for a rekindle.
0914 - 25-18 arriving

Not for nothing but "Doing the Right Thing" also means doing the right thing for the people we serve not just ourselves. Guys love using DRT, FTM, EGH and such with regard to taking care of each other, they are real cool on t-shirts too, but our purpose or mission is still to serve the public. So if the EMS service in town can't get out fast enough or with enough, step up and be there for the people in need instead of furthering the problem. Then take up the increased volume with the proper officials.
As for my FD, I guess it's a non issue as we provide both fire and EMS, lift assists (assisting the EMS crew) is part of the job. And the "I've fallen and I can't get up calls" are ours too. Once in a while we assist the private transfer trucks when they need help, and while we hate helping them, we always will help our citizens.

Date: 2/8/11
Time: 1152
Location: 3848 Route 212
Frequency: 33.48, 46.46, 155.175
Units Operating: Woodstock FD, Centerville-Cedar Grove FD, Woodstock Ambulance, Mobile Life Support, Ulster County Cause & Origin
Weather Conditions: Sunny, windy
Description Of Incident:
Reporters/Writer: eric12401
1152 - Woodstock Co. 1, 3 and 5 respond for a reported structure fire.
1155 - Woodstock Co. 2 and 4 with 1 tanker each to the scene.
1159 - 2nd alarm transmitted.

Woodstock all equipment and manpower to scene.
Fire Police to scene.
Woodstock Ambulance backup crew to scene.

1201 - Additional alarm for all SCBA certified and interior firefighters to the scene. Centerville-Cedar Grove with their FASTeam to the scene.
1204 - 3rd alarm transmitted. 3rd dispatch for all available equipment and manpower to scene. Woodstock Ambulance with a 2nd backup crew to scene.
1212 - Mobile Life under mutual aid to Woodstock Ambulance to scene with 1 ambulance for an injured firefighter.
1214 - Woodstock Co. 4 additional alarm for 1 engine and all available manpower to scene. UC C&O with investigators to the scene.
1217 - Dispatch to Mobile Life 275 - Woodstock command request a code 3 response, firefighter is having chest pains and difficulty breathing with pain radiating down the left arm.
1228 - Mount Marion to standby in own quarters for Centerville-Cedar Grove
1230 - Dispatch to 275 - There may be 2 more firefighters injured.
1233 - Additional Woodstock Ambulance to the scene.
1238 - 275 to Ulster 911 - Only 1 patient on scene, transported by Woodstock Ambulance. 275 requested to stay at the scene for standby until the 2nd Woodstock Ambulance unit arrives.
http://dailyfreeman.com/articles/2011/02/08/blotter/doc4d51c6b1ea41a448190615.txt

Plattekill Fire 2010, End of year Run Report
441 EMS Alarms
63 Out Door Electrical
51 PIAA’s
39 Mutual Aid Request
28 Automatic Alarms
25 Structure Fires
21 Public SVC
18 Investigations
10 CO Alarms
8 Brush Fires
8 Control Burn
5 Vehicle Fire
4 HAZMAT Incidents
1 Furnace Malfunction
1 Mattress Fire
723 Total Alarms

Date: 2/8/11
Time: 1152
Location: 3848 Route 212
Frequency: 33.48, 46.46, 155.175
Units Operating: Woodstock FD, Centerville-Cedar Grove FD, Woodstock Ambulance, Mobile Life Support, Ulster County Cause & Origin
Weather Conditions: Sunny, windy
Description Of Incident:
Reporters/Writer: eric12401
1152 - Woodstock Co. 1, 3 and 5 respond for a reported structure fire.
1155 - Woodstock Co. 2 and 4 with 1 tanker each to the scene.
1159 - 2nd alarm transmitted.

Woodstock all equipment and manpower to scene.
Fire Police to scene.
Woodstock Ambulance backup crew to scene.

1201 - Additional alarm for all SCBA certified and interior firefighters to the scene. Centerville-Cedar Grove with their FASTeam to the scene.
1204 - 3rd alarm transmitted. 3rd dispatch for all available equipment and manpower to scene. Woodstock Ambulance with a 2nd backup crew to scene.
1212 - Mobile Life under mutual aid to Woodstock Ambulance to scene with 1 ambulance for an injured firefighter.
1214 - Woodstock Co. 4 additional alarm for 1 engine and all available manpower to scene. UC C&O with investigators to the scene.
1217 - Dispatch to Mobile Life 275 - Woodstock command request a code 3 response, firefighter is having chest pains and difficulty breathing with pain radiating down the left arm.
1228 - Mount Marion to standby in own quarters for Centerville-Cedar Grove
1230 - Dispatch to 275 - There may be 2 more firefighters injured.
1233 - Additional Woodstock Ambulance to the scene.
1238 - 275 to Ulster 911 - Only 1 patient on scene, transported by Woodstock Ambulance. 275 requested to stay at the scene for standby until the 2nd Woodstock Ambulance unit arrives.
http://dailyfreeman.com/articles/2011/02/08/blotter/doc4d51c6b1ea41a448190615.txt

Date: 2/8/11
Time: 1540
Location: 214 Libertyville Rd.
Frequency: 33.48, 46.46, 155.175
Units Operating: New Paltz FD, Gardiner FD, Highland FD, Modena FD, New Paltz Rescue, Ulster County Cause & Origin
Weather Conditions: Sunny, windy
Description Of Incident:
Reporters/Writer: eric12401
1540 - New Paltz respond for an automatic alarm of fire.
1544 - New Paltz 2nd dispatch for a now reported structure fire, handicapped person still inside.
1547 - New Paltz Rescue duty crew to the scene.
1548 - 2nd alarm transmitted.

New Paltz all available manpower and equipment.
Gardiner 1 engine to the scene
Highland FASTeam to the scene.

1550 - Ulster County C&O with investigators to the scene.
1552 - 2nd dispatch for Highland's FASTeam
1552 - All occupants are out of the structure.
1555 - Modena with 1 engine and 1 tanker to the scene.
http://dailyfreeman.com/articles/2011/02/08/blotter/doc4d51be5c66f50677767290.txt

OK, here's another shot taken during the early morning hours (~7:30 am) of October 2ND of 2010...... It was very cold on the walkway and for a while I had lost the feelings in my fingers despite having gloves on..... I had hoped to get this shot with foliage change at it's peek....Unfortunately I was working out west when it actually occurred several weeks later so I had to settle for this..... This, as the one above can be printed very large and has great detail......

He's correct, in so far as trying not to take a hydrant before the fire building. However, this is more of a preferential move rather than rule of law. It's one more step, having to stretch around the rig and towards the fire building. However, this building was pretty close to the corner and it looks like the next hydrant was across the perpendicular cross street. You're better off stretching around the rig than trying to stretch a line across a two way street and an intersection.
If this were a building or area that guys responded to a lot, the chauffeur might know to respond up the block from the other direction. However, we so many streets and hydrants, it's unlikely that you'll have the luxury of that knowledge. Who know's, might be a detailed ECC from another borough, or maybe that was typically that engines 2nd due area.
All in all, it does look like the job went well in a pretty text book fashion. Those dopes running looked a little silly, but the engine was bringing the line in in a steady professional manner. This was a bread and butter kinda fire. It was already vented, you didn't have to go hunting for the seat and the door couldn't have taken too long to force. The roof was laddered within a minute of the trucks arrival. There was water on the fire and the main body of fire was knocked down in under 3 minutes. I'm sure that there were 2 roof-men on the roof and at least one O/V had gotten up there. With a top floor fire in a building like this, the second due truck woulda sent a couple of guys to start checking the top floors of the adjoining buildings.

SOP is for the engine to stop with the back of the rig parallel to the entrance to the fire building, the men then stretch 1 3/4" or 2 1/2" into the building depending on the size and nature of the fire. The chauffeur then drives to the hydrant and connects or if this is not possible (because a truck blocked him out) he can be supplied or stretch 3 1/2" back to a previous hydrant. FDNY uses dead lays, nothing is preconnected, it is up to the control man to determine how much hose is needed, pull it, break the line, give it to the chauffeur and provide the chauffeur with the details of the stretch. The high rise packs are for use in high rise buildings with standpipe systems. These standpipe systems are supplied by either a gravity tank on the roof or a main fed pump, all of these systems can also be supplemented by an engine streching 3 1/2" hose to the siamese connection.

I do not believe 18 or EMS and 21 for FD's is too young for drivers. With that said, I do feel that these must be filtered. Perhaps even more filtered than some agencies/department do. I do not think the number should be focuses on as much as the ability of the driver. Numbers are stupid and just provide a guideline. I know some young drivers that are very good drivers as well as some whom are not so good. There must be in depth driver training and certification requirements in agencies/departments. This process also must not be rushed through and all issues with someone driving must be addressed.
Our country trusts 18 year old to go into Iraq with a bunch of explosives and powerful guns and kill people to protect our freedom. We allow these same people to drive tanks that have the capabilities of running over vehicles, people, or the ability to blow up entire buildings, villages, cities etc. These same people should be able to drive fire trucks and ambulances.
On a side note, they should be able to drink to!!!

Nothing against the hard work of the moderators (particularly in this case FDNY 10-75) But this section is hurting the quality of EMTBravo.
I enjoy seeing what depts are getting. but this is just filler. This morning 80% of the recent board is about rigs being delivered or that might be put out to bid. With half the info either unknown or TBD.
Meanwhile it replaced, a LODD thread, Chains, Grants and other great threads.
If posters have real info on a new rig great, lets see. But this is just filler and is taking away from what makes EMTbravo great.
Rant over.

The La Grange Fire Department responded to a reported structure fire on Miller Hill Drive on the bitter cold evening of January 17,2011. Firefighters arrived to find an active fire with fire venting from an exterior wall in a large two story residence..... A second alarm was requested which brought in additional tankers from Beekman and East Fishkill as well as East Fishkills FAST team..... Firefighters made quick work of the fire and clearly held the damage to a minimum.....

Walk up shot...... Wow, this was a big house.....

La Grange Deputy Chief Barry Ward runs the incident from his vehicle as two State Troopers leave the scene after helping firefighters with a what I believe was an uncooperative individual.......

Firefighters had fire from the side of the structure at two points upon their arrival.....

La Grange career firefighter Zittel overhauls the exterior wall.....

East Fishkill firefighters check for extension in the garage......

EFFD FAST team member Jeff Savino watches over the structure....

La Grange Deputy Chief Barry Ward calling the shots.....

Water opp's out at the street......

La Grange 47-32.... One of two new 3000 gallon tankers that La Grange recently took delivery of......

La Grange firefighters assembled for this quick group shot.....

I took this shot of the City of Poughkeepsie this past August from the Hudson River Walkway...... It was taken at dusk just before the walkway closes (Which BTW, also happens to be the optimal time for photography) and I almost didn't finish it... I had a few minutes to go and then I had a less that pleasurable encounter with a NYSPP officer who apparently was having an off day :angry: ......... They put in and make a big deal about all this LED energy efficient lighting and yet the walkway closes at dusk.....Go figure...
I have printed this out on my printer at a size of 24" high by 120" wide and it is highly detailed...... I have a friend who has as a 24" H x ~80" W version and his kids had it framed for him as a Christmas gift.... It now occupies his living room and it looks gorgeous..... I have many other landscape panoramas that I have done and my intent is to try to sell these as a means to pay some of my photography expenses...... Doing the fire photography has put me in the hole as far as expenses go and hopefully I can use photos such as this to offset some of my expenses.....
If you have yet to go to the walkway, you should do it...... It really is a great place to go .....

May I say, what we have here is a "culture clash" of sorts. Most of us know the following, but for the edification of the member who asked the question;
There is no such thing as a career chief's turnout coat that says "Ex Chief." The only way a career chief would still be wearing a turnout coat and not be a chief anymore, would be through a demotion (voluntary or involuntary) and the new coat he would be wearing would display his current rank, or through a move from being a career Chief to a career Commissioner.
In volunteer fire departments, the selection of chiefs is a different process than in the career civil service system (which is primarily based on testing). The election of a chief does carry a significance to the members of those departments. Words like "honor" carry a lot of weight in both systems. But, a member would probably say he was honored to have been selected to serve as chief, and therefore might chose to wear a turnout coat that displays "Ex Chief", as a way of showing his gratitude to the department for that honor as they see it. Additionally, the other members of the department will probably recognize that "Ex Chief" simply by leaving the "Ex" out of the title. It's a way for other members to show their respect; especially if they believe that "Ex Chief" was a good chief while in title.
In this particular instance, there is no way to lump the two different systems together, or for that matter to even try and compare them. They are distinctly different, so maybe we should just note those differences.....maybe not judge them....and just say.....
"It Is What It Is."

If it says "EX Wife" on the check, do you have to pay them for life?
The 1st question is do they need any credentials to become chief in the 1st place? NYS has almost no requirements.
"In MOST CASES".......Not in NYS. You need to get voted in period.

Date: 1/29/11
Time: 17:21
Location: 2103 Albany Post Road
Frequency: 46.26 / Fire 10
Montrose Units Operating: 2271, 2272, 2273, E122, E121, TL8
Peekskill Units: 2341, R134 w/ FAST
Buchanan Units: 2553, U12
WCDES Units: Bat 10, C&O Zone 4
Cortlandt VAC: 88B1, 88B2 w/ CPP 35M2
Relocating to Montrose HQ: 2491, E128
Weather Conditions: Cold, cloudy
Description Of Incident: Fire on 2nd floor of two-story 20x40 garage on arrival
Reporters: Da' Box
Writer: Da' Box
17:24 - E122 responding.
17:25 - 2271 reports fully involved structure fire.
17:26 - 2271 transmitting a 10-75, Peekskill FAST, Buchanan Cascade & Cortlandt VAC dispatched. E122 on location.
17:28 - U12 responding. E121 responding.
17:30 - TL8 responding. E121 on location.
17:32 - TL8 on location.
17:36 - Peekskill FAST responding w/ R134.
17:37 - Bat 10 reports 1 L/S/O, two-story 40x20 garage, heavy smoke showing from eaves.
17:46 - Peekskill FAST on location (R134).
17:59 - Bat 10 reports fire is under control, contained to 2nd floor.
18:11 - 88B2 transporting 1 FF w/ shoulder injury.

Date: 1/22/11
Time: 00:51
Location: 632 Anderson Hill Road "Full Moon Restaurant"
Frequencies: 46.26 / Fire 19 / 33.96
Purchase Units Operating: 2411, 2412, 2413, E238, E240, TL53, U10
West Harrison Units: 2501, 2502, E265
Town of Mamaroneck Units: 2232, 2233, E36 w/ FAST
Port Chester Units: 2393, E61, E64, L31
Harrison Units: 2162, 2163, E10
Mamaroneck Village Units: 2241, L21
Valhalla Units: 2482, R9 w/ FAST
Elmsford Units: L55 w/ FAST
Westchester DES Units: Bat 15, C&O Zone 2, Car 25
Weather Conditions: Cold (Damn cold!)
Description Of Incident: Fire in three-story frame OMD, restaurant with apartments above.
Reporters: Remember585
Writer: Remember585
Relocated to Purchase HQ: Armonk E286 / White Plains L34 (Changed over the course of the fire)
00:51 - Purchase dispatched for a Commercial Alarm.
00:55 - E238 on location.
00:57 - 2413 reports smoke in building, forcing door.
01:00 - 10-75 transmitted, Purchase retoned, West Harrison Engine, Town of Mamaroneck FAST, Bat 19 dispatched.
01:01 - Port Chester 1 & 1 to relocate Purchase HQ. E61 & L31 assigned.
01:05 - 2501 responding.
01:07 - 2502, E265 responding.
01:09 - E61 relocating. 2232, 2233, E36 responding.
01:12 - 2501 advising E265 to assist with hydrant.
01:13 - 2502, E265 on location.
01:16 - 2501 reports a 3-story frame, restaurant on first floor, apartments on two floors above, bring E61 to the scene. Heavy smoke from structure.
01:16 - Harrison to relocate Engine to Purchase for coverage.
01:19 - 2501 requesting L31 to the scene, backfill with another unit.
01:20 - 2501 advising 2393 to have L31 get the roof.
01:21 - Harrison Engine, Mamaroneck Village Ladder to relocate Purchase HQ.
01:22 - 2163, E10 relocating to Purchase HQ.
01:23 - 2412 responding. 2232, 2233, E36 on location.
01:25 - E10 dispatched Purchase College for water flow alarm at Performing Arts Center.
01:26 - Port Chester units dispatched to an Anderson Hill Road address for a water flow alarm.
01:30 - 2412 on location.
01:33 - Bat 15 requesting a Bee-Line bus to the scene. 2501 requesting another Engine to the scene.
01:35 - Port Chester E64 dispatched to the scene.
01:36 - 2241, 2242, L21 relocating to Purchase HQ. E64 responding.
01:38 - 2163 reports Harrison units clearing the college, 2501 requesting them into the scene, E64 to Purchase HQ.
01:40 - 2162, 2163, E10 on location.
01:41 - 60 Control advising 2501 that 2411 is coming with a delay.
01:45 - E64 out at Purchase HQ.
01:49 - Bat 15 requesting Greenburgh cascade unit to the scene.
01:54 - C&O Zone 2 dispatched. 2501 reports all units still operating.
01:55 - Bat 15 requesting the Valhalla FAST to the scene.
01:57 - Bat 15 requesting L21 to the scene.
02:00 - White Plains Ladder requested to Purchase HQ.
02:02 - 2482, R9 responding.
02:04 - 2411 is on location.
02:11 - R9 on location.
02:24 - Bat 15 reports fire is darkening down, 4 L/S/O, using all hands.
02:26 - L34 out at Purchase HQ.
02:36 - 2393 requesting EMS for an injured FF (eye injury I believe, transmission broken).
02:37 - Bat 15 requesting an additional ambulance to the scene for standby.
03:30 - Elsmford FAST dispatched to the scene.
03:31 - North White Plains Engine requested to cover West Harrison HQ.
03:32 - E64 requsted to the scene and on location.
03:33 - Armonk Engine requested to relocate to Purchase HQ. E62 & TL2 on standby in own HQ in Port Chester.
03:45 - E286 enroute to Purchase HQ. E75 enroute to West Harrison HQ.
03:49 - E75 relocated to West Harrison HQ.
03:54 - L55 on location.
04:08 - E286 out at Purchase HQ.
04:27 - 2411 reports the fire is under control.
04:30 - 2241, L21 in service.
04:36 - E36, L55 in service.
04:51 - L34 released from Purchase HQ.
04:52 - E10 in service.
04:59 - R9 in service.
05:10 - E61, E64 in service.
05:32 - E75 released from West Harrison HQ.
05:41 - Bat 15 in service.
05:45 - E265, L31 in service.
05:48 - E286 released from Purchase HQ.
06:28 - All units in service from the fire scene.
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