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oh  well  now you'll  have to  BUY  drinks  There ....
 

or WHY  build a mancave  when You  can buy one  at  auction?
 
http://gothamist.com/2016/02/20/buy_this_fireboat.php

You  guys   see  this  story  about  the  resident  who  hides  a hydrant  behind  a fence  cause   from  the looks of it , he likes  to park one  car in  that  spot .................Then he  has a fire.......  
 
http://www.chicagofirewire.com/fire-videos/video-you-will-want-to-see-what-this-family-did-to-their-fire-hydrant-in-their-yard-indianapolis-firefighters-could-not-find-it/

You  guys   see  this  story  about  the  resident  who  hides  a hydrant  behind  a fence  cause   from  the looks of it , he likes  to park one  car in  that  spot .................Then he  has a fire.......  
 
http://www.chicagofirewire.com/fire-videos/video-you-will-want-to-see-what-this-family-did-to-their-fire-hydrant-in-their-yard-indianapolis-firefighters-could-not-find-it/

"As of today, (1/29/16) the first step in the process to become a Bridgeport Firefighter is to register for the CPAT (Candidate Physical Agility Test) with the State of CT by the deadline of February 25, 2016.
If you are not registered by this date, you will not be allowed to participate in the testing process. The cost to register is $150. There are up to 200 scholarships available to cover this cost for Bridgeport Residents.
Applications for these scholarships are available at the City of Bridgeport Civil Service Office.
Please contact the Firebird Society at (203) 331-1297 if you have any questions regarding the process.
Good luck with your pursuit of becoming a Bridgeport Firefighter.
Darrien L. Penix
President, Firebird Society"

Fireground Images is owned and operated By a Bridgeport Firefighter who is well know for his Photography on all of the National Publications often having stories in several differant Magazines the same Month... he's one of the First in the area to operate a Drone and Normally in a Sanctioned manner... below his Latest Local footage..
https://youtu.be/COc-nDrkvYE

Fireground Images is owned and operated By a Bridgeport Firefighter who is well know for his Photography on all of the National Publications often having stories in several differant Magazines the same Month... he's one of the First in the area to operate a Drone and Normally in a Sanctioned manner... below his Latest Local footage..
https://youtu.be/COc-nDrkvYE

Hey thanks for the information. I have been in search for someone from the past exam and have not had any luck. Thanks again.

“To single people out on the basis of race, whether it's for positive or for negative reasons, is discriminatory,” Rodriguez said.
Yup, this. The End.
We need to get outta the race based analysis game. This is just getting rediculous....and insulting....

A retired Rescue 1 Member and Author- historian performed a Kayak rescue In Greenport, of 2 16 year old cousins... Winds & currents alone made for a dangerous situation... could have had a worse Result for sure ...
http://suffolktimes.timesreview.com/...-island-sound/

http://www.medicaldaily.com/robotic-butt-offers-prostate-exam-training-medical-students-how-patrick-teaches-empathy-proper#.VV9ILUlz9qo.facebook

I've mentioned before The Village I came up in strattled a river and was actually 1/2 in town A and 1/2 in town B the fire district collected taxes in Both/seperate based on which town you actually live, The district also paid Trash and Street lights and blah blah..... One company was on one side the other on the other side and both the 1st side street from the Bridge which is still raised hourly and screws up Traffic generally for 49 and 1/2 minutes ... toss in a Box and forget it.....lol back in the 70's we had Many commercial Fires even multiple fires in resterants & bars etc (many OLD buildings, many types of Problems) back in 1960 one of the "earlier" post modern Jobs was a 1920's theature on the river/bridge with extension across Main St to a store block and Across Holmes st east of that ,.. The M/A call went out and about 16 or 18 other companies in Both towns and being The New Years week it wa Cold so The Stewart of Both resident companies were sent back to they're respective firehouses (each within a Block of the fire) to get some soup and coffee type things going... Frank was heavy set so maybe thats why he was good in the kitchen? I dunno he walks around the corner and here's a Mutual Aid engine just pulling up IFO the station fella jumps off runs around back and frank says hey ohh .. what the hell are youse doing? and the officer says Taking That Hydrant.... and frank says like hell you are walks over to it picks it up and walked inside with it with a company of guys standing there flabbergasted... many years later we still had the hydrant but someone mounted it to a dolly to make it more convienant to move around ...when training... lol

I worked 21 years and 8 months, of which 20 were in a 2 engine house (which had a truck until 1995) and I worked all 3 companies and was actually Assigned to all three.. The station was built in 1982 single story sprawling 3 bays.. From My Bunk in the dorm to My Riding position was corner to corner across the building...over the years, I saw the neighborhood change a lot and just about every Business and residence on the Main road and 5 side streets That all converged there... I'd been to Most and Most had Significant Structural Fires... In the dorm, I latched onto one of the 2 bunks below the windows that could be opened ( 2 x 12 by 12 inches) because a) funk fresh air and c) the seasonal Changes when you LOOSE AC OR heat for 3-8 weeks....
I Always cracked the window an inch... in 2005, we Had a neighbor one the side street who's ride to work at 4:45 Kindly announced Themselves with a couple horn beeps... and seemed like you were just dozing off again when that happened,...
One Particular Night, we'd made about 8 to 10 runs by about 0315 and I was pretty groggy when The horn Beeped ... I sorta Layed there in a daze... and Once the (Very long Beep) quieted, I began to hear something quite differant and began In my head, wonder Why The Rookie was "eating Popcorn" at like 4 am IN the Dorm...... ( I said I was groggy ) after a few seconds My Melon became aware of the stupidity of Everything, that I had just though and having actually Digested it all Became suddenly Alert and Awake, Popped out of the bunk Looking Out seeing The Rear porches and "C" exposure was a 2 1/2 Occupied Frame The Fire building was a 3 story (Old 6 family) taxpayer Private social club on 1 and 4 occupied apartments above... the rear porches and stairways were well involved, Looking Back into the bunkroom I simple said, lets go fellas, ( no Yelling or screaming) The Bunkroom was ORANGE (haha) walked down the Officers Hall and Banged on Both doors, being on the 1st due engine This close can be messy Thankfully we'd Had plenty of experiances... ( Imagine 2 double engines and a tiller 2 doors left of the firehouse.. Our Plug was outside the Officers Hallway door, SO, The LT. grabbed his portable and while walking across the front yard Called It in while 3 of us Rode the engine the 20 feet hooked up and blitzed the exposure, with a deck gun and the officer and 4th guy stretched a 2 1/2 between the buildings Once the blitz was finished we searched the exposure while the other two guys from The Other engine did a primary in the firebuilding we were there a good 6 or 8 minutes it seemed waiting for the rest of the assignment (2 more engines 2 trucks and the rescue) .... and Boss... It became Known as "The Popcorn" because in the telling, I was wondering Why the Kid was eating crunching on Popcorn (crackling ?!) which One would expect any fire fighter with a few fires under his belt would recognize that crackling = Not good.... and How I was the First one to become alert enough to see the flames dancing on the wall of the Dorm...lol
Below is A photo looking out the Dorm WIndow the following Night showing a little of the Damage and Exposure

Happenced across this warm fuzzy story on line of a OC Fire fighter Paramedic Chris Trokey who played a role a couple years ago In the rescue of Pediatrician Michael Shannon who was trapped in his Burning SUV... The Doctor spent 40 plus days In Hospital, recovering, and recently the two met again at a st Baldricks' Fund Raiser, It was Then The Firefighter Medic learned The Doctor had In fact saved The Fire fighter-Medic's Life as a Premie some 30 plus years prior....
http://distractify.com/mark-pygas/doctor-saved-by-baby/

We ran the ambulance as well. Our running card for Mia's was ambulance, rescue, engine. We were in the less then 5 years ... Full of vigor. 3 of us were hanging out with the town hall operator/ fire dispatcher which was in the firehouse. The phones went off and the calls started to roll over on the switchboard. The dispatcher repeats the street name and the word motorcycle.. So the four of us ran , got our gear and got in the ambulance . Just as we pulled out of the station, an officer pulled up, looked at us and said WTF you doing! Put that thing away, it's a fire... With that 2 more guys showed up and took the engine to a motorcycle fire. We took a good amount of ribbing for Hanging out in the ambulance.
In the day, we had no tones in the station or pagers, we relied on the fire whistle and our home plectrums, so we never actually heard the dispatcher.

I worked 21 years and 8 months, of which 20 were in a 2 engine house (which had a truck until 1995) and I worked all 3 companies and was actually Assigned to all three.. The station was built in 1982 single story sprawling 3 bays.. From My Bunk in the dorm to My Riding position was corner to corner across the building...over the years, I saw the neighborhood change a lot and just about every Business and residence on the Main road and 5 side streets That all converged there... I'd been to Most and Most had Significant Structural Fires... In the dorm, I latched onto one of the 2 bunks below the windows that could be opened ( 2 x 12 by 12 inches) because a) funk fresh air and c) the seasonal Changes when you LOOSE AC OR heat for 3-8 weeks....
I Always cracked the window an inch... in 2005, we Had a neighbor one the side street who's ride to work at 4:45 Kindly announced Themselves with a couple horn beeps... and seemed like you were just dozing off again when that happened,...
One Particular Night, we'd made about 8 to 10 runs by about 0315 and I was pretty groggy when The horn Beeped ... I sorta Layed there in a daze... and Once the (Very long Beep) quieted, I began to hear something quite differant and began In my head, wonder Why The Rookie was "eating Popcorn" at like 4 am IN the Dorm...... ( I said I was groggy ) after a few seconds My Melon became aware of the stupidity of Everything, that I had just though and having actually Digested it all Became suddenly Alert and Awake, Popped out of the bunk Looking Out seeing The Rear porches and "C" exposure was a 2 1/2 Occupied Frame The Fire building was a 3 story (Old 6 family) taxpayer Private social club on 1 and 4 occupied apartments above... the rear porches and stairways were well involved, Looking Back into the bunkroom I simple said, lets go fellas, ( no Yelling or screaming) The Bunkroom was ORANGE (haha) walked down the Officers Hall and Banged on Both doors, being on the 1st due engine This close can be messy Thankfully we'd Had plenty of experiances... ( Imagine 2 double engines and a tiller 2 doors left of the firehouse.. Our Plug was outside the Officers Hallway door, SO, The LT. grabbed his portable and while walking across the front yard Called It in while 3 of us Rode the engine the 20 feet hooked up and blitzed the exposure, with a deck gun and the officer and 4th guy stretched a 2 1/2 between the buildings Once the blitz was finished we searched the exposure while the other two guys from The Other engine did a primary in the firebuilding we were there a good 6 or 8 minutes it seemed waiting for the rest of the assignment (2 more engines 2 trucks and the rescue) .... and Boss... It became Known as "The Popcorn" because in the telling, I was wondering Why the Kid was eating crunching on Popcorn (crackling ?!) which One would expect any fire fighter with a few fires under his belt would recognize that crackling = Not good.... and How I was the First one to become alert enough to see the flames dancing on the wall of the Dorm...lol
Below is A photo looking out the Dorm WIndow the following Night showing a little of the Damage and Exposure

I worked 21 years and 8 months, of which 20 were in a 2 engine house (which had a truck until 1995) and I worked all 3 companies and was actually Assigned to all three.. The station was built in 1982 single story sprawling 3 bays.. From My Bunk in the dorm to My Riding position was corner to corner across the building...over the years, I saw the neighborhood change a lot and just about every Business and residence on the Main road and 5 side streets That all converged there... I'd been to Most and Most had Significant Structural Fires... In the dorm, I latched onto one of the 2 bunks below the windows that could be opened ( 2 x 12 by 12 inches) because a) funk fresh air and c) the seasonal Changes when you LOOSE AC OR heat for 3-8 weeks....
I Always cracked the window an inch... in 2005, we Had a neighbor one the side street who's ride to work at 4:45 Kindly announced Themselves with a couple horn beeps... and seemed like you were just dozing off again when that happened,...
One Particular Night, we'd made about 8 to 10 runs by about 0315 and I was pretty groggy when The horn Beeped ... I sorta Layed there in a daze... and Once the (Very long Beep) quieted, I began to hear something quite differant and began In my head, wonder Why The Rookie was "eating Popcorn" at like 4 am IN the Dorm...... ( I said I was groggy ) after a few seconds My Melon became aware of the stupidity of Everything, that I had just though and having actually Digested it all Became suddenly Alert and Awake, Popped out of the bunk Looking Out seeing The Rear porches and "C" exposure was a 2 1/2 Occupied Frame The Fire building was a 3 story (Old 6 family) taxpayer Private social club on 1 and 4 occupied apartments above... the rear porches and stairways were well involved, Looking Back into the bunkroom I simple said, lets go fellas, ( no Yelling or screaming) The Bunkroom was ORANGE (haha) walked down the Officers Hall and Banged on Both doors, being on the 1st due engine This close can be messy Thankfully we'd Had plenty of experiances... ( Imagine 2 double engines and a tiller 2 doors left of the firehouse.. Our Plug was outside the Officers Hallway door, SO, The LT. grabbed his portable and while walking across the front yard Called It in while 3 of us Rode the engine the 20 feet hooked up and blitzed the exposure, with a deck gun and the officer and 4th guy stretched a 2 1/2 between the buildings Once the blitz was finished we searched the exposure while the other two guys from The Other engine did a primary in the firebuilding we were there a good 6 or 8 minutes it seemed waiting for the rest of the assignment (2 more engines 2 trucks and the rescue) .... and Boss... It became Known as "The Popcorn" because in the telling, I was wondering Why the Kid was eating crunching on Popcorn (crackling ?!) which One would expect any fire fighter with a few fires under his belt would recognize that crackling = Not good.... and How I was the First one to become alert enough to see the flames dancing on the wall of the Dorm...lol
Below is A photo looking out the Dorm WIndow the following Night showing a little of the Damage and Exposure

I worked 21 years and 8 months, of which 20 were in a 2 engine house (which had a truck until 1995) and I worked all 3 companies and was actually Assigned to all three.. The station was built in 1982 single story sprawling 3 bays.. From My Bunk in the dorm to My Riding position was corner to corner across the building...over the years, I saw the neighborhood change a lot and just about every Business and residence on the Main road and 5 side streets That all converged there... I'd been to Most and Most had Significant Structural Fires... In the dorm, I latched onto one of the 2 bunks below the windows that could be opened ( 2 x 12 by 12 inches) because a) funk fresh air and c) the seasonal Changes when you LOOSE AC OR heat for 3-8 weeks....
I Always cracked the window an inch... in 2005, we Had a neighbor one the side street who's ride to work at 4:45 Kindly announced Themselves with a couple horn beeps... and seemed like you were just dozing off again when that happened,...
One Particular Night, we'd made about 8 to 10 runs by about 0315 and I was pretty groggy when The horn Beeped ... I sorta Layed there in a daze... and Once the (Very long Beep) quieted, I began to hear something quite differant and began In my head, wonder Why The Rookie was "eating Popcorn" at like 4 am IN the Dorm...... ( I said I was groggy ) after a few seconds My Melon became aware of the stupidity of Everything, that I had just though and having actually Digested it all Became suddenly Alert and Awake, Popped out of the bunk Looking Out seeing The Rear porches and "C" exposure was a 2 1/2 Occupied Frame The Fire building was a 3 story (Old 6 family) taxpayer Private social club on 1 and 4 occupied apartments above... the rear porches and stairways were well involved, Looking Back into the bunkroom I simple said, lets go fellas, ( no Yelling or screaming) The Bunkroom was ORANGE (haha) walked down the Officers Hall and Banged on Both doors, being on the 1st due engine This close can be messy Thankfully we'd Had plenty of experiances... ( Imagine 2 double engines and a tiller 2 doors left of the firehouse.. Our Plug was outside the Officers Hallway door, SO, The LT. grabbed his portable and while walking across the front yard Called It in while 3 of us Rode the engine the 20 feet hooked up and blitzed the exposure, with a deck gun and the officer and 4th guy stretched a 2 1/2 between the buildings Once the blitz was finished we searched the exposure while the other two guys from The Other engine did a primary in the firebuilding we were there a good 6 or 8 minutes it seemed waiting for the rest of the assignment (2 more engines 2 trucks and the rescue) .... and Boss... It became Known as "The Popcorn" because in the telling, I was wondering Why the Kid was eating crunching on Popcorn (crackling ?!) which One would expect any fire fighter with a few fires under his belt would recognize that crackling = Not good.... and How I was the First one to become alert enough to see the flames dancing on the wall of the Dorm...lol
Below is A photo looking out the Dorm WIndow the following Night showing a little of the Damage and Exposure

One night I kept my plectrum on monitor. About 2 am the tones hit for signal 50 car on rt 34 at the Stevenson dam. I jumped up, got dress and beat feet to the FD. Then I realized that the Stevenson dam was in Oxford about 25 miles away.

Better Branding or On the money?

Better Branding or On the money?

Better Branding or On the money?

i got a 96 test #2000 and am sitting at 12735 on the list.. i haven't gotten called for the physical. i already work for FDNY EMS so im just waiting on the promotional to come back out next year or two

Back when I was in High School and Just out I volunteered in a district with 2 companies one on either side of a river seperated by a single Draw Bridge, "they" had an AIrhorn that count out the Gamewell box number, My Station was a mile away and Had Gong... 2 distinct things about 3 am was it was pretty quiet excepting i-95 which is 2 1/2 miles North, Amtrack New Haven line without the commuters... I lived 4 blocks south of the station often I could actually hear the Gong ring before the Whistle arrived (3/4 of a mile as the crow flys) I was Not a legacy, but My 1st car was a Past chief's Car (noo lights and sirens crap) it was a 1969 Plymouth Barracuda Formula S Fastback and it had a 383 cu under the hood 4bbl carbs and slapstick Automatic Some Nights With the wind just "right" you couldnt hear the Airhorn, or bells, some nights Even the dispatch of the tones On lowband were Poor.. at best In those Pre 9-1-1- days The police answered a seperate 5 digit Number for each district they would tone and announce it and we were on our own..... ( we re toned and the 1st Non Driver got stuck on the radio for any fires..) (this is why I got qualified to drive YOUNG..lol) some of guys would KNOW it was me when They heard The 4 barrel Kick IN.... I think of how many times You get to the station Knowing 4 or 5 guys Live between 6 and 12 houses away and Your 1st your 35 houses away...lol anyway You open the door walk in and your Finger begins shaking >> was I dreaming the whole thing? what if I was (haha) but what it your reciever is the only one that picked up the orginal Tones... (this actually happened often) soon as you pop the tone 12 guys all come in the door and You get stuck? (NOT!!)) eventually our 9-1-1- center was moved away from That PD and To the one on the other side which was 40 times better... since Those days 40 years ago, I learned a couple things I dispatched for 5 years and was a career Firefighter Chauffer and company officer and very often found the fortitude that got be beyond "freezing" up back in those early years to cruising the mean streets at 3 am.... One Late evening I was dispatched to the Interstate a flatbed Tractor trailer had Jacknifed across 3 lanes and dumped its full load of Treated backer board which is similar to homasote (compressed material) but with ALmost like a creosote looking Material, These were Plywood size 4x8' sheets (I'd seen it single sized and much thinner anyway), this area was elevated 50' and as Luck would have it we had a STATE Project with loaders Parked Under the site with a fenced off area that They actually could dump the stuff Over into the "yard" below... the 1st car in line was someone's college sophmore heading Back to Boston after Thanksgiving, She realized she was blessed for being alive!! but now getting into being stuck for 3 hours with 2000 sets of headlights behind her, I'd checked with her On arrival, and she REALLY hadda go BAD!! ... I suggested I would do What I could IF She wanted and Promised the utmost disgression.... I had My 2 firefighters grab a couple of these 4x8 sheets of fiberboard and made a suitable enclosed space, with a sand bucket that we carried for Multiple puropses from ice build up around the pump to Traction to an oil or gas spill to..... a lifesaver...
both Firefighters Honestly were LIKE dude are you serious? and I explained Imagine Your Girlfriend or sister in the same situation, and act accordingly.... needless to say They did and all worked out fine Ultimately ... Of course when we got Back and they went to bed the guy who complained had his locker Plastered In Porta john Phone book adverts and all sorts of "related" material (tastefully of course) a couple weeks went by and he got me posted something on My locker about thinking outside the box or something... I never even asked.,..

Back when I was in High School and Just out I volunteered in a district with 2 companies one on either side of a river seperated by a single Draw Bridge, "they" had an AIrhorn that count out the Gamewell box number, My Station was a mile away and Had Gong... 2 distinct things about 3 am was it was pretty quiet excepting i-95 which is 2 1/2 miles North, Amtrack New Haven line without the commuters... I lived 4 blocks south of the station often I could actually hear the Gong ring before the Whistle arrived (3/4 of a mile as the crow flys) I was Not a legacy, but My 1st car was a Past chief's Car (noo lights and sirens crap) it was a 1969 Plymouth Barracuda Formula S Fastback and it had a 383 cu under the hood 4bbl carbs and slapstick Automatic Some Nights With the wind just "right" you couldnt hear the Airhorn, or bells, some nights Even the dispatch of the tones On lowband were Poor.. at best In those Pre 9-1-1- days The police answered a seperate 5 digit Number for each district they would tone and announce it and we were on our own..... ( we re toned and the 1st Non Driver got stuck on the radio for any fires..) (this is why I got qualified to drive YOUNG..lol) some of guys would KNOW it was me when They heard The 4 barrel Kick IN.... I think of how many times You get to the station Knowing 4 or 5 guys Live between 6 and 12 houses away and Your 1st your 35 houses away...lol anyway You open the door walk in and your Finger begins shaking >> was I dreaming the whole thing? what if I was (haha) but what it your reciever is the only one that picked up the orginal Tones... (this actually happened often) soon as you pop the tone 12 guys all come in the door and You get stuck? (NOT!!)) eventually our 9-1-1- center was moved away from That PD and To the one on the other side which was 40 times better... since Those days 40 years ago, I learned a couple things I dispatched for 5 years and was a career Firefighter Chauffer and company officer and very often found the fortitude that got be beyond "freezing" up back in those early years to cruising the mean streets at 3 am.... One Late evening I was dispatched to the Interstate a flatbed Tractor trailer had Jacknifed across 3 lanes and dumped its full load of Treated backer board which is similar to homasote (compressed material) but with ALmost like a creosote looking Material, These were Plywood size 4x8' sheets (I'd seen it single sized and much thinner anyway), this area was elevated 50' and as Luck would have it we had a STATE Project with loaders Parked Under the site with a fenced off area that They actually could dump the stuff Over into the "yard" below... the 1st car in line was someone's college sophmore heading Back to Boston after Thanksgiving, She realized she was blessed for being alive!! but now getting into being stuck for 3 hours with 2000 sets of headlights behind her, I'd checked with her On arrival, and she REALLY hadda go BAD!! ... I suggested I would do What I could IF She wanted and Promised the utmost disgression.... I had My 2 firefighters grab a couple of these 4x8 sheets of fiberboard and made a suitable enclosed space, with a sand bucket that we carried for Multiple puropses from ice build up around the pump to Traction to an oil or gas spill to..... a lifesaver...
both Firefighters Honestly were LIKE dude are you serious? and I explained Imagine Your Girlfriend or sister in the same situation, and act accordingly.... needless to say They did and all worked out fine Ultimately ... Of course when we got Back and they went to bed the guy who complained had his locker Plastered In Porta john Phone book adverts and all sorts of "related" material (tastefully of course) a couple weeks went by and he got me posted something on My locker about thinking outside the box or something... I never even asked.,..