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If you don't say something to them, you are not helping anything. I say something to the tool bags wearing sunglasses, and the party ribbons on their lapel. I don't give a $h1T if someone gets offended.

Are we talking about this "selfie" in inappropriate situations craze as well?
Boston should have had a separate area for themselves, and out of towners. Ship the out of towners to Gillete Stadium and let them tailgate or go home. The people who live and work in that city each and every day should have had their city back. So they could go about their normal activities, go to their normal bars, visits with their friends. Showing support during a funeral is one thing, invading a mourning community is another. Boston is a town that likes to have fun...but also is serious when they need to be serious. There is no black and white there. The funeral is the end of the public respects, and now it turns towards personal mooring and figuring out how to go on.
Another thing that drives me nuts is group shots with everyone smiling with the burnt out house and crying victims in the background. Put down the camera, don't even touch that FB app to brag about being there, and GO HELP THE PEOPLE WHO'S LIVES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED!
Salvage has been replaced with a cell phone. Tarp anyone? Give me a hand with those family photos. One minute Chief, just gotta check my Facebook.

I, along with 25 of my Brothers spent 2 days paying our respect to Lt Walsh and FF Kennedy. I have to tell you that there needs to be a class on proper etiquette taught to the younger generation of firefighters. I can't tell you how many members I saw carrying cases of beer on their shoulders walking the streets where our Brother was being celebrated. Guys just walking by the church with 24 on their shoulder. I don't really know if they were career or volley and don't really care who they are affiliated with but their actions disgusted me as well as other New Rochelle Firefighters. If you want to have a few beers between the service and the last drive past the sea of blue please go to a bar. If you want to tailgate and party in front of the civilians like morons please go to a football or baseball game. In front of the church and on peoples lawns is not the place!!!!

Ya know.....ya can't spend enough money on good people, but good people don't make anti-Semetic comments about the Jewish mayor.

Campbell Supply (an independent dealership) used to be the Seagrave dealer for FDNY, until they were offered an ALF dealership that came with a lucrative high volume Freightliner dealership. Several years ago when ALF started failing, they became a Crimson/Spartan ERV dealer, and was recently awarded Spartan ERV dealership of the year. They also were losing money doing FDNY warranty work and Seagrave wasn't holding their end of the bargain financially.
No dealer wanted to take on the volume of work that a Seagrave-FDNY contract would be, so Seagrave was forced to open their own service facility in East Brunswick, NJ. A few years ago, this facility made the news when FDNY was having issues and it was taking forever to turn around warranty work and to repair problems on brand new trucks. Some apparatus sat there for months, while 15 year old spares were being used for weeks at a time. Two of the new at the time rigs caught fire due to mechanical issues. It got so bad that FDNY re-bid a contract for Tower Ladders, and threatened not to buy any more Seagraves due to the shoddy workmanship at the time. Seagrave claimed a lot of things, including the lack of qualified technicians.
And during this time, other departments that were interested in purchasing Seagraves in the NJ couldn't even get a salesperson to come meet with them.
Nowadays, Seagrave is mostly into building high-end, handcrafted, and rugged rigs for individual departments, as well as selling proprietary products, such as the Aerialscope II. They don't bid as competitively anymore, especially with large contracts.They bid at what the apparatus is actually worth, knowing that departments that want Seagrave will get Seagrave (FDNY up until recent years), and have dealers that will support them. Hudson Valley Fire Equipment is the Hudson Valley dealer for Seagrave. Santo Curro. the President of the company, personally spends hours upon hours with the client and engineers at Seagrave to design a custom rig that will fit the department well, and he backs it with 24/7 service and support. The proof of their success is the orders are coming in and you'll start to see more Seagrave's in the Hudson Valley over the next several years.

Mt.Vernons union president clearly stated on news 12 that they agree with Yonkers union that Mt Vernon abuses the mutual aid system regularly. He also said as long as neighboring depts continue to send units into Mt Vernon why would they hire?

They chose. Trust me. LAFD is not going to do business with anyone who's not going to deliver a quality piece. With this contract, if they didn't like the product they have the option to go out to bid again. Both Seagrave and Pierce come in A LOT higher, because they know the departments that really want them will pay the price, so they bid high. And the city's been financially turbulent when this was awarded, so of course they want to get the best price for the best apparatus that will meet their needs.
Also, KME has a KME-owned factory sales and service center just outside LA, and they provide excellent service. They also did their homework, and looked closely at the over at the KME's of Los Angeles County. TLAFD is very specific in what they want, and KME fit the bill. They could have chose who they wanted, low bid or not.

Alright, here goes nothing...
First, the chiefs vehicle that is being investigated as the cause of the fire was parked in the garage because it was due for replacement. Our replacement, another Police Interceptor SUV, has been on order for months and is currently at Cruiser Division for outfitting. It had been expedited at this time and is slated for delivery within the next couple of weeks.
As it stands the Goldens Bridge Fire District is being covered by the South Salem and Croton Falls fire departments. The officers from GBFD will be responding to aid with logistical aspects I.e. Water source locations, address locations and aspects of that nature. We are not responding solely due to the fact that a good majority of PPE has been either completely burned beyond recognition or has been exposed to extremely high heat. Not to mention it's all covered with about a quarter inch of soot. All of our reserve sets were in storage in the effected apparatus bay.
We did have a chief resign for reasons that are far, far out of my pay grade. However, he was in attendance throughout the process of of this incident. Both remaining chiefs were on location however opted to have 2071 act as incident command, however remained at the command post to aid with building construction aspects and to assist with possible hazards.
After another day, the amount of aid that we have been offered is unbelievable. We have received emails from fire departments from all over the world offering assistance. From turnout gear to pieces of apparatus, the offerings have been truly amazing. A huge thank you goes out to the Croton Falls, South Salem, and Katonah Fire Departments for making this process extremely easy for us. Again we can't thank everyone enough for reaching out a offering any assistance possible.

NY states code is referred to as the "Uniformed Fire & Building Code" because it is to be the same everywhere in the state. This goes back to the Stouffers fire in Harrison 35 years ago. When it was built each city/town in the state could have its own code. White Plains had a more restrictive code that included sprinklers. Stouffers in a move to save money moved their hotel a couple hundred feet east, into the Town of Harrison which had no sprinkler requirement. After the deadly fire their the state implemented the state code, so the requirements are the same everywhere.

The restaurant where this incident occurred is not inside the Walt Whitman mall. It is located in a separate building adjacent to it with no direct access to the mall. In fact, the mall was open during the incident.
Seth, I read that a local senator introduced a bill yesterday requiring mandatory installation of CO detectors in commercial establishments . Also, the CEO of Legal Seaford stated he will install CO detectors in all his restaurants. We will see.

"Here we go again"? Hey, it's a "free" forum....anyone that wants to post a listing of upcoming drills and training opportunities is more than welcome to do so!
Since the subject line was altered to include "events" as well, let's see some wetdowns, too. I know they're not so common in Westchester, but there's plenty of Dutchess, Orange and Ulster people on here as well.

Ok , I'll bite since this is not a condolence thread. This was a link to a despicable article by the Journal news released at a time when friends and coworkers still had not either heard the news or the unfortunate details. To read them in the second sentence of the article was numbing to say the least, AND WAS NOT NECESSARY ! When was the last time you saw the details of a suicide of someone other than a hollywood celebrity. And far as me knowing what goes on in "westchester" , it probably isn't much. As far as Yonkers though, born and raised and have worked on the Yfd for the last 23 years. I might know a little something .

I will be in 30 min lol
Thanks

Who said anything about the airport? There are no exits off of 684 in Connecticut. Only a section of highway between exits 2 and 3.
My point was that the issue of an accident on an exit ramp is irrelevant to the discussion because the exits are all in NYS.

I'm all for a good parade. I care about two things when it comes to them.
1) Behave like a professional. Don't do anything to embarrass the uniform you are wearing.
2) Ensure that your town/district has proper coverage. Parade in your reserve piece or a non specialty piece. I. E. don't take your only aerial or heavy rescue two counties away leaving your constituents without coverage that they have paid for and expect. Same goes for manpower.
Other than that, have at it!

There are many things rookies should know.... here is one thought I teach. RESPECT your uniforms. All 3 of them. Firefighting (actions on the fire ground), dress (actions when in class A's), and civilian (actions while off duty and wearing your FD t-shirts, hats, puffy jackets etc....)
Understand that YES you are held to a higher standard when your a firefighter. If you cannot respect this fact, understand it and live it, move on.

I can't speak to why the departments in your area don't have the equipment, but ice rescue is a form of technical rescue and many departments aren't adequately equipped and trained for technical rescue.
Ice rescue can easily be a high risk event, but with the proper training, equipment and adequate personnel that risk can be minimized, just like firefighting. To do it properly requires more than just "basic training".

Great post!!
Elections aren't the problem. If you feel change is needed than use the election process to get into a position to make the changes that will make your FD better. How? By drawing members to your cause. How? Perseverance. One thing's for sure quitting won't solve anything. Change happens from within, not from the outside looking in. .

It looks like the only a****** here is possibly yourself. I agree with the majority of the posts here and it is a proven fact that the vast majority of the Volunteer Fire Service elections are pretty much popularity contests and thats garbage. A member can have every class and certification in the book but the bottom line is some people have no business being an officer or chief period. It shouldnt even be a question agencies should and obviously need to have requirments for positions and need to stick to them and just dont "bend them" or make exceptions. Turn-over in the ranks in agencies because "thats just how it is" is Bull****, If they work and are willing to stay put and continue to have the drive to do the job the right way...leave them and groom others to do the right thing, not blow it on a "Filler". The respect of your members toward a potential canidate for the drive of doing whats right for the common good of your district/department/company, citizens, and safety of the membership is paramount. I'd go out on a limb and have to say that maybe it just wasnt your turn and it might be time to start making more training videos.

He is their boss, he is ultimately responsible for the work they get PAID to do. They have a JOB to do, and that comes before volunteering at an organization. I can't tell my private employer that I want to be paid to go fight fires. That would be considered walking out of your JOB.
I mean hell, if people are going to go on calls while on the clock for the town, why not just PAY them to BE FIREFIGHTERS, not water/highway/parks workers.

Just wanted to wish everyone a safe and Happy Thanksgiving and Hanukkah!

You beat me to it! Many people forget how easy it is to overload a vehicle. Anyone who drives a commercial vehicle or even tows a trailer knows how dangerous it can be to have an overweight vehicle.

And I'm sure you would be eaten alive by plaintiff's counsel in the wrongful death suit.
If brush/wildfires are one of your hazards, you have to train for it. The budget argument has never held up in court. Quite the contrary.
(none of this is meant as disrespect.)

Alex whom are you fighting with? And that statement seems a bit irresponsible on your part, I'm sure if one of "your" members suffers an injury or god forbid a LODD at a scene of a brush fire and a court happens to see this statement "Sorry, but I can't justify sending people to school for Wildfire certification when I'm fighting to get funding for basic Firefighter training." you won't have to worry about getting funding anymore, it happens, Millerton N.Y., one of our neighboring departments had a LODD at brush/grass fire not that long ago, we respond to just as many brush and grass fire then we do actual structure fires, just be more careful how you choose your words, especially when they are out there for "EVERYONE" to see.

The DEC classes are free.