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    In some departments the OV will also help out the roof man (depending on the building) and bring the saw up to the roof for a top floor job. Depending on time of day and occupancy though 1st due OV may think about VES at 3 in the morning instead of the saw b/c the 2nd due truck, rescue, and squad are right up his A$$. Let circumstances dictate procedures but always be guided by SOP's and experience!!! OV can be a difficult position and may sometimes be a waiting game...But the OV is always making split second decisions so be ready to think on your toes. AND don't ever be shy to ask the OV where he went, how he got there, what he did, and how it worked out. If you wanna be a good engine man always ask the OV questions. If you know where he's going, you'll know where the line is going and make things much safer for everybody

    some companies change there policy about the ov bringing the saw bcasue they thing it will delay him in doing his other duties. Since the roofman is going to the roof anyway....they assign the saw to him.

    just out of curiousity what does asking the OV question will make a better engine man?

  2. Posted · Edited by goon16

    For those of us not familiar, what is the O/V position?

    Thanks,

    Chris

    The O/v position is also know as the outside Vent Man. Usually this position is for the most senior guy in the truck. He is responsiable for VES (Vent Enter Search) from the outside. He will make his way to the fire floor via the fire escape, ariel ladder ot the bucket. He will ask permission to VES on the fire floor from the boss who is in the fire apartment. The reason for this is so it is in conjuction with the nozzle team. And so he doesnt vent too soon or too late. He will enter the fire apartment and conduct a search. His tools consist of a hook and a hailgan. If it is a tower ladder operation he is resonable for operation of the bucket from the controls in the bucket and the chauf on the turn table. If the job is in a high eise he is resonable for operating fireman service in the elevator and getting the members to the floor below. But there are some other circumstances in which operating at a high rise and the job is on a floor low enough to be reached by a portable or the areial ladder or bucket he will operate how he would at a tenament or brownstone. hope this helps

    This is coming from an engine man any truckies can add if i missed anything.

    ahh you all beat me

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    It may have changed but last i checked, before graduating from the FDNY fire academy, you must again pass a CPAT exam. Thereafter, all firefighters take yearly medicals which involves somewhere around 15 stations including a stair master where they monitor your heart rate to make sure you're fit for duty. This is a very good annual medical and in some cases, people have been taken offline and doctors have caught fixible medical problems early on before they become much bigger issues.

    Thats correct, during the rock we do FST( Functional Skills Training) which is very similar to the Cpat. Then towards the end of the academy we had to pass the CPat which was given by the state. Every year during a day tour your groups are ordered to go to metrotech and have your annual physical which includes the stairmaster, ekg and bp, hearing, eye test, blood work , lung capicity and then the visit with the doc. Because of these test some members have been notified of various cancers or blood disorders. If you are over weight and your bp is too high andif your heart rate is too high on the stairmaster you go to "FAT CAMP" back at the rock and work out with the fitness unit. I personally make sure i work out every day tour I work and also play for the job hockey team 2x a week which is more than enough exercise. There are some guys in my house that i know couldnt pull me out 6'3' 230. So weather your a volly or a career guy physical fitness is a major part of our job with addition to knowing your job and your position

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    remember585 basically just summed it up.......if u cant take the heat stay out of the kitchen....ball breaking is a big part of our job in the kitchen and around the fire house. Everyone that is growing up now and so sensitve and has everything given to them and they are told that they are great.. society is becoming too soft.. every sport team i ever played on(basically hockey) there was a lot of ball breaking and it got me preppared for what they firehouse is like and plus i grew up around it and understand it..If yypur gonna be a baby and not be a man maybe this isnt the job for you

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    How about this one:

    3*2 and BC

    XYZ Ave x XYZ St.

    That was it! No second source.....in fact, no info at all!! We pulled up and had heavy smoke and people on the fire escape...

    Go figure! Thanks UCT.

    i almost forgot about this one

    we get a run for a building

    floors 12th thru 14 and adjencent building thats it on the northwest corner

    we get 10-84 only to find smoke pushing hard from 3 windows turns out to be a good job

    thanks UCT

  24. Posted · Edited by goon16

    I personally dont like the bikes OCC makes.... They are all pretty much the same bike with just different add-ons... i personally like West Coast Choppers Made by Jesse James....all of his bikes are one offs not two are the same, all of his bikes are hand crafted and made by him in house.. Thats whys they are more expensive...OCC always sends there stuff out and get things made from other people....dont get me wrong i love the fire bike and everything...but if your saving money for one at least think twice about buying one

    and Vinny is what made that shop he did more work than Paulie JR