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Inquiring parties want to know. Wonder why it's being kept such a top secret. I'd love to know the criteria to request it, and if it's even still available.I hope I hear an IC request it to the scene, especially now that winter's coming and see what happens.

Did the Field Com respond to the Haz-Mat incident in Ossining today?

Nope.
It almost seems like it would take an act of Christ himself to have that rolling asset respond to anything other then drills. Shameful.

Are you kidding me? That type of incident yesterday in Ossining is exactly what the Field Com is for! With all the DES personnel that responded, not one person could drive it to the scene? So, Westchester County has a vehicle for major incidents, that's designed for multi-agency coordination and command, and it just sat in a garage yesterday? No way, it had to be out for maintenance or something.

New Sparrowbush (Orange County, NY) Engine 844. Photographer unknown.

I would rather have the "extra" guy on the floor. All day, everyday. Having a trained firefighter stuck in a room answering a phone and yapping on a radio instead of pulling hose is a waste of resources. Especially considering 60 control is there AND available to do the job FOR you.
Can you really look me in the face and say "I'd rather have firefighter Joe in the radio room and not helping us make the stretch down a smoke filled hallway because he really is more helpful to me on the radio than on the line." If so, you are whacked.

60 Control is incompetent. They could never handle Fairview or Hartsdale....
#givemeaf***ingbreak

I used to see 60 Control's Fieldcom at every major incident when they first got it. I don't think I've seen it on a scene in years? Do they still run it?

They can't even get funding to properly staff the radio room for the workload they have, how are they going to staff the Fieldcom?

http://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/2015/10/25/briarcliff-firefighters-rescue-resident-house-blaze/74592802/

Date: 10-25-15
Time: 16:45
Location: Sprain Brook Parkway Southbound north of Jackson Ave
District:
Ops Channel: Fire 14
Units: (See below)

Description: Dispatched as an MVA w/ pin and ejection. Multiple patients.
Units:
Greenville Squad 15, Ladder 4
Fairview Engine 175, Rescue 3
Hartsdale Engine 171, Car 2172
White Plains Engine 66 (Relocate Greenville FD HQ)
Greenburgh PD EMS 59-A-1
Westchester County PD ESU, Patrol
NYSP

http://www.northjersey.com/news/three-alarm-garfield-fire-displaces-16-residents-1.1441036
https://youtu.be/koyf_63NfVo

http://www.theexaminernews.com/opening-of-millwood-firehouse-is-dawn-of-a-new-era/

any pics of the new house?

looks nice

Ossining has the former Engine 97, a 1990 E-One, up for auction:
http://www.auctionsinternational.com/auction/6325/item/village-of-ossining-6325-38329

Pelham has told their volunteers they are no longer needed. They also had a fire today and Pelham Manor was not called.

Can you provide any more details than that? When what where and why?

Didn't Pelham just appoint a new Chief?

I believe 1 of the Captains is acting Chief. They use to have a part time Chief. Prior to that it was a volunteer Chief.

Where did you hear this about their vols? Are they disbanding the vols?

I heard it through a friend in Pelham. That's what I'm trying to find out.

I thought I had heard a while back that Pelham didn't have any more volunteers due to the lack of interest of the community, and that carrying the volunteers was too expensive for their insurance.

Does Pelham Manor have any interior-qualified members left? Maybe they took themselves off the run card?

ARTICLE: http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/10/27/understaffed-mount-vernon-fire-department/