EdAngiolillo

Orange County New Charger

Orange County, New York Sheriffs Ford Police Interceptor SUV w/ New Paint Scheme

New cruiser put into service following the Memorial Day Parade yesterday.

Westchester County Police
Crime Scene Unit (ID # 9200)
2013 Ford F-550
I'm not positive that it's new, and I don't know who built the body. Hopefully someone will PM with details so I can post those. Maybe EVI? They built the truck that this one is replacing.

Appears Eastchester PD has taken delivery of two new Dodge Chargers and two new Ford Police Interceptors (old style) with a new paint scheme.

Why were people allowed to occupy the building during the demolition of the attached building. Apparently a proper inspection wasn't done and protection wasn't properly put into position.

I'm suprised this hasn't been posted here. What a crazy and sad USAR incident.
Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/06/us/philadelphia-building-collapse.html?_r=0

June 4, 2013
Rye Playland

Apparently, as of today, the Hudson Valley REMSCO has suspended all Care 1 ALS services in the Hudson Valley region based on complaints from the NYS DOH. I don't know if this is also occuring in the other regions that Care 1 services. In Orange County it appears that Mobile Life will be covering the Care 1 coverage area until further notice.

Well, as you may have noticed, EMTBravo has been down for over a week, while I was in the hospital for 10 days. Came home to this, and losing 10 years of work brought tears and did not help my recovery. But, after a week, here we are, still crossing my fingers.
The most recent backup we had was corrupt, so we had to back up, salvage this one, and will have to build on from here.
What I need from you is patience, and give us a chance to work out the kinks and bring the forum back, and please post,post,post any current events and IA's to kind of bring us back to today forward.
Stay tuned to this page for status.
Thanks!
Seth

Explain to me how this is different from the hundreds of PD's who use Dodge Chargers in the same conditions?
It's an attentionn grabber because it is sharp and unique, and that was not the intention of the the purchase. It was purchased, for one reason, to save fuel, and because it was less expensive then an SUV.
Other EMS agencies nationwide use Chargers succesfully, such as Wake County, NC. Empress is implementing a similar plan, read this article for more info:
http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/4249886/

Photo by Daryn Baia, and reposted with permission.
BTW, if you're a Paramedic, Empress has openings...click here for more details

Grasslands Fire Brigade has acquired Pound Ridge's former Rescue 22. Designated Rescue 78 it is a 1988 GMC/Pierce medium rescue with a 750gpm pump and a 400-gallon tank.

Town of Wallkill Police Orange County,New York
2013 Dodge Charger

Ho-ho-ho! Look what Santa delivered this week!
Engines 6-1 and 6-2 are twin Spartan/Marion pumpers with 2000gpm QMAX pumps, 500 gallon tank and 30 gal Class "A" foam.
The lettering and goldleaf will be completed "in the next few weeks" since some of the extra parts have not yet arrived.
The members were working on ENG6-1, so most of the pics are ENG6-2

Battalion 1


Battalion 2

We ran them upstate NY. Saved a ton of money on gas. Easy to drive, tons of space. Ours were RWD police package from Warnock with the same tires NYSPD ran on their chargers. We fit all of our gear in the trunk without any problems (Defib, 2 oxygen duffels, BLS bag, ALS primary bag, spare ALS bag, vent, suction, KED, everything). We typically put the defib and the primary ALS bag on the top and popped the trunk on arrival. Best setup ever. No complaints; highly recommend. We had to run the SUV's in big snow storms though, otherwise charger was the primary vehicle.
Empress will have a lot of luck with this new AWD I bet. Congrats!

Dan- they modified the ashtray into a NON REMOVABLE spit cup with a through-the-dash DRAIN. When you flick the high-beams three times it flushes with wind-shield wiper resevolir fluid.

Thought you guys may want to see some response videos;

Spy Shots
Empress EMS 43-M-1, 2013 Dodge Charger w/ all wheel drive
One of two being delivered, with the other being assigned to 43-M-2. 43-M-1 is still is awaiting installation of of the push bar grill guard, the Whelen Howler siren, and some other goodies, and the 43-M-2 car was delivered from the dealer today to get outfitted and striped.

In my neck of the woods, a Working Fire is usually a declaration or an alarm assignment upgrade called/transmitted by an incident commander upon seeing visible fire or smoke coming from a structure(or something else like a vehicle fire in some departments), or if a company/unit finds active fire in a room, hallway, etc. Again, if a Working Fire is called, depending on the department, more resources may or may not be dispatched in, such as R.I.T./F.A.S.T. In my book, an unofficial Working Fire in a structure should be at least a room and contents fire or greater, with at least one hose line stretched and operating. Usually, if companies are opening up, several lines are stretched and operating, more units are dispatched or specially-called to the scene, progress reports are given, and pretty much all companies o/s are going to work, it's safe to say that your talking about a Working Fire, and not just a structure fire.
A structure fire is what is usually reported on the initial dispatch, and must be upgraded to the level of a Working Fire. A structure fire can describe a report or a confirmation of a fire in or outside a building. A structure fire may have all the characteristics or a Working Fire, but the term Working Fire may not be used to describe it, depending on the department and what terms they use. For example, an All Hands Fire in Philadelphia means the same as a Working Fire in New York, only the terms used are different. Or, if the initial assignment of companies can or have contained the fire with the resources they have, additional resources dispatched on a Working Fire are not necessarily needed, thus, one is never sounded by an incident commander. That's when you have a Structure Fire, but not a Working Fire.
As to whether or not one should post an incident topic as a Working Fire or as a Structure Fire should depend on certain things. If a department uses the term Structure Fire instead of a Working Fire, or if a Working Fire/10-75 is never called/transmitted over the air, or if the fire's relatively minor with a quick knock down, it could be titled a Structure Fire. A can job or a line stretched but not charged/used isn't criteria for a Working Fire. A good rule of thumb to remember is that a topic should really be called a Working Fire if the term itself or 10-75, 10-29, etc. is said aloud over the air by a company/incident commander.

Just like so much else in this business it depends on how they're used in a given area. The term "Structure Fire" is often just a dispatch description, though a few years back there was a movement to make this a benchmark type term denoting the fire had actually begun to attack the structural elements of the building. This didn't seem to take off in many places, but I suspect there are some who utilize it this way? "Working Fire" is often a alarm level between how a building fire is dispatched and the next full alarm level, often bringing a reduced number of units. For example a building fire in our area is most often dispatched as a first alarm assignment getting what the FD places on their first alarm list. A second alarm may bring another 3 engines and 2 truck, but often the fire does not require 5 more companies, thus a "Working Fire" declaration may bring just 1 and 1. Like I started with, these examples may vary greatly from locality to locality, standardization in the US fire service is nearly nonexistent.

I think the term "working fire" has been overused as of late.... A structure fire is a generalized even to describe a fire at a structure... it could be oven, room and contents, chimney, OR working.... A working fire is one that is best described as a fire that is progressing beyond the point of ignition to involve other parts of the structure, rooms, etc....
One room off is not a working fire... a kitchen fire with extention to the floor above is a working fire.... JMHO

Ho-ho-ho! Look what Santa delivered this week!
Engines 6-1 and 6-2 are twin Spartan/Marion pumpers with 2000gpm QMAX pumps, 500 gallon tank and 30 gal Class "A" foam.
The lettering and goldleaf will be completed "in the next few weeks" since some of the extra parts have not yet arrived.
The members were working on ENG6-1, so most of the pics are ENG6-2

Ho-ho-ho! Look what Santa delivered this week!
Engines 6-1 and 6-2 are twin Spartan/Marion pumpers with 2000gpm QMAX pumps, 500 gallon tank and 30 gal Class "A" foam.
The lettering and goldleaf will be completed "in the next few weeks" since some of the extra parts have not yet arrived.
The members were working on ENG6-1, so most of the pics are ENG6-2