N1Medic

Is this contract still in effect? I've heard Armonk toning for a full crew several times this week.

FYI
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/Hoverboard-Explosion-Chappaqua-New-York-Fire-NY-Long-Island-361257151.html
Be safe

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.

http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/2015/12/3/cuomo-signs-ems-anti-assault-bill-law

http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2015/11/app_to_keep_riders_out_of_way.html

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?

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?

Didn't Pelham just appoint a new Chief?

http://www.youcaring.com/medical-fundraiser/10-13-for-empress-paramedic-rich-lang/298254

It DOES matter when a Peekskill Firefighter has to take his fire engine out of service, get into a flycar, respond to the neighboring jurisdiction, and ride in a call BLS because the VAC can't get an EMT.
Our whole business is based on "What If?". It matters when our customers call for help that we have the right resources available to send them in a timely manner. The problem here is that those resources are being improperly utilized. And, because of that, when our customers call,they may be waiting an dangerously long time for an ambulance or a fire apparatus to get there.
What's the long term solution to all of this?

Being on a Fire call is probably easier to swallow than being on an EMS call.
And, when you are on an EMS call because the powers that be think it is OK, and financially responsible, to dump the failure of the present Volunteer EMS system on the local FD's, then yes, it does matter.
A failure on one part of the system should not bring down the whole system.
And, while I am not completely up to speed on Peekskill. From what I read, they are understaffed to begin with. Correct me if I am wrong, but from what I read, it seems Peekskill Firefighters may be taken out of service to go on a mutual aid EMS call to an outside jurisdiction to answer an EMS call that the original agency was unable to respond too?
If that is the case, how would that one be answered out? I am not knocking the other agencies that are having problems, but this is a chronic EMS problem through out the country, not just the Hudson Valley.
The problem is no one, be it FD/EMS supervisors, politicians or bean counters are answering this. They are playing it as a balancing act.
They are coming up with half-assed solutions to a problem that will eventually bite them in the azz. It may not happen today, or tomorrow, but it will happen.
The system is broke. It has been for a long time. It needs to be fixed.
The answer is obvious.
The answer is "pay up".
But, that will not happen until the powers that be are forced into it. The cost may be more than financial.

How does fire protection in Peekskill work?
I listen to them on the radio while at work. This seems to happen very often. Rescue 134 is on an EMS assist, 39M1 is on a call, so Engine 131 is out of service. 39M2 is out on a call, so Engine 130 is out of service. Engine 132 is often browned out. So this leaves only Engine 133 and Tower Ladder 45 for fire protection in Peekskill when EMS is busy?
Why doesn't Peekskill Fire and Peekskill VAC merge and Peekskill FD operate two ALS ambulances? Peekskill VAC often has trouble getting out , and the medic often has to ride in BLS calls, taking fire apparatus out of service even more unnecessarily? Someone told me ambulances for the FD were actually in the PFD budget a few years back.

Saw on the NYSP recruitment site (http://www.nytrooper.com/schedule.cfm) the shift schedule. Does this rotate from days to nights or is it steady?

I can't say it any clearer for you, the yfd responds to whatever it is dispatched to.The yfd does not weed through whatever calls it wants to.