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I think they should make it required, many of us come in contact with people on a daily basis. I've never had the flu shot until this year, i work at the medical center & it is now required for healthcare employees to have it. I'm definitely not wearing a mask every day.

Just give it a quick purge if it's that bad. I wouldn't put any chemicals on the inside of the mask though...

They made a few arrests before the whole incident happened. It's not very easy trying to catch someone on a bike especially if they're willing to run. Some people don't realize, big cruises of bikes happen like this every weekend. Just depends on how some people participating want to act. I saw a group of probably 25 bikes go through white plains last weekend and stop traffic in every intersection on their way through.

The thread had nothing to do with volunteers with blue lights originally. There are definitely a ton of volunteers with too many blue lights. Although there are a ton of them as well that are completely against using them. Personally, i drive to a call with traffic. It's a lot easier to point out who you are if you're driving with a blue light opposed to not having one at all.

According to a few guys i asked, theyre basing it off a study that a black police car makes it seem as if there are more police on the road than it seems....cant seem to find a reference online.

This could also have a negative impact on volunteer organizations as well...

I couldnt get the pdf to open so i could see the dates, thanks!

Found this after a bit of research:

http://emergencyservices.westchestergov.com/images/stories/pdfs/FireMutualAidPlanAdopted12%2019%202012FINAL.pdf

Seems to cover a bit of the questions asked judging by the table of contents, didnt have time to look through it all.

This area of it caught my eye though..

VII. Participation

Each Fire Agency participating in this Plan (“Participants”) shall make a good faith effort to

respond to each call for assistance received from The Westchester County Emergency

Communications Center a/k/a “60 Control” (“60 Control”).

All requests for Mutual Aid must be coordinated through the County’s 60 Control.

Unless there are extenuating circumstances, requests for Mutual Aid should not be made

directly from one Fire Agency to another. It is recognized, however, that circumstances may

require a Fire Agency to make a Mutual Aid request directly to another Fire Agency. In those

situations 60 Control shall be notified as soon as possible of such a request and provide all

information to 60 Control required as if it were a request placed with 60 Control for Mutual

Aid.

A Fire Agency may decline to respond to a request based on unit unavailability.

A Plan Participant may deem certain apparatus unavailable for Mutual Aid response. In such

instances, prior written notification of that restriction must be made to 60 Control when

becoming a Plan Participant. (For example, a Fire Agency may have special equipment that is

restricted to the jurisdiction, e.g. aerial ladder, heavy rescue equipment or equipment that has

highway clearance, weight or distance limitations, etc.)

A Plan Participant providing Mutual Aid to a requesting Fire Agency shall commit its

equipment and manpower to the requesting Fire Agency until released by the Incident

Commander.

Further, it is agreed and understood that during Mutual Aid events:

• The Incident Commander of the requesting Fire Agency retains command of all fire

resources assigned to the event until such time as command is transferred or

terminated.

• A Fire Agency requesting Mutual Aid to stand by in its headquarters/stations shall

provide at least one firefighter at each station to facilitate station access and to serve

as a guide for subsequent alarms in a requesting department’s jurisdiction.

• It is the obligation of the Incident Commander to release Fire Agencies providing

Mutual Aid as promptly as possible.

A few more pics, not sure who took them or i would give credit.