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Passed on to me from the "sights of FDIC."
It's time we start hitting the gym and not the fast food guys. Cutting out soda, replacing it with water, and sugars/fatty foods for fruits and vegetables will contribute to significant weight loss even without working out. Adding a training regiment of light duty, walks/jogs around a track, or even a stair climb/ decent in your own firehouse/home, will significantly improve your health.
I was always a fit guy, but recently I saw myself starting to get overweight. Went from 5'8" at 155 lbs, and about 10-12% body fat, to 173 with about 16-18% body fat. I immediately stopped eating and drinking crap, and lost almost 10lbs without working out in a month.
Time to get with the program guys. It's totally doable, and everyone should be jumping on this train. If not for you, how about your family.

Word on the street is that they're still looking into a ladder/quint. Will the new firehouse support space for it?

Date: 4/10/2012
Time: 1:31
Location:
1) Downing Drive IAO Commerce St
2) 380 Downing Dr - Turco's supermarket: Yorktown Box 1, Heights Commercial District
Units Operating:
Yorktown: Engine 273, Engine 272, Ladder 51,
Croton Engine 119 - FAST
Bedford Hills Tower Ladder 57
Relocated:
Mohegan Ladder 35
Somers Engine 180
Description Of Incident:
0033 - Yorktown fire was dispatched to a dumpster fire behind Underhill Plaza.
0037 - Engine 273 on location with a dumpster fire
0050 - Yorktown units cleared
0131 - Yorktown fire dispatched to dumpster fire behind Turcos - 380 Downing Drive
0136 - Car 2533 on scene with a rubbish fire behind the building, possible extension into C side of the supermarket
0143 - 10-75 transmitted
Per Batt 17 - Fire in a 200x500 commercial grocery story. Fire extended into the freezer area. Co's opening up att.
0231 - Fire knocked down, releasing FAST, holding Yorktown Units and M/A standby
0307 - Situation under control

Passed on to me from the "sights of FDIC."
It's time we start hitting the gym and not the fast food guys. Cutting out soda, replacing it with water, and sugars/fatty foods for fruits and vegetables will contribute to significant weight loss even without working out. Adding a training regiment of light duty, walks/jogs around a track, or even a stair climb/ decent in your own firehouse/home, will significantly improve your health.
I was always a fit guy, but recently I saw myself starting to get overweight. Went from 5'8" at 155 lbs, and about 10-12% body fat, to 173 with about 16-18% body fat. I immediately stopped eating and drinking crap, and lost almost 10lbs without working out in a month.
Time to get with the program guys. It's totally doable, and everyone should be jumping on this train. If not for you, how about your family.

Passed on to me from the "sights of FDIC."
It's time we start hitting the gym and not the fast food guys. Cutting out soda, replacing it with water, and sugars/fatty foods for fruits and vegetables will contribute to significant weight loss even without working out. Adding a training regiment of light duty, walks/jogs around a track, or even a stair climb/ decent in your own firehouse/home, will significantly improve your health.
I was always a fit guy, but recently I saw myself starting to get overweight. Went from 5'8" at 155 lbs, and about 10-12% body fat, to 173 with about 16-18% body fat. I immediately stopped eating and drinking crap, and lost almost 10lbs without working out in a month.
Time to get with the program guys. It's totally doable, and everyone should be jumping on this train. If not for you, how about your family.

Passed on to me from the "sights of FDIC."
It's time we start hitting the gym and not the fast food guys. Cutting out soda, replacing it with water, and sugars/fatty foods for fruits and vegetables will contribute to significant weight loss even without working out. Adding a training regiment of light duty, walks/jogs around a track, or even a stair climb/ decent in your own firehouse/home, will significantly improve your health.
I was always a fit guy, but recently I saw myself starting to get overweight. Went from 5'8" at 155 lbs, and about 10-12% body fat, to 173 with about 16-18% body fat. I immediately stopped eating and drinking crap, and lost almost 10lbs without working out in a month.
Time to get with the program guys. It's totally doable, and everyone should be jumping on this train. If not for you, how about your family.

Passed on to me from the "sights of FDIC."
It's time we start hitting the gym and not the fast food guys. Cutting out soda, replacing it with water, and sugars/fatty foods for fruits and vegetables will contribute to significant weight loss even without working out. Adding a training regiment of light duty, walks/jogs around a track, or even a stair climb/ decent in your own firehouse/home, will significantly improve your health.
I was always a fit guy, but recently I saw myself starting to get overweight. Went from 5'8" at 155 lbs, and about 10-12% body fat, to 173 with about 16-18% body fat. I immediately stopped eating and drinking crap, and lost almost 10lbs without working out in a month.
Time to get with the program guys. It's totally doable, and everyone should be jumping on this train. If not for you, how about your family.

Passed on to me from the "sights of FDIC."
It's time we start hitting the gym and not the fast food guys. Cutting out soda, replacing it with water, and sugars/fatty foods for fruits and vegetables will contribute to significant weight loss even without working out. Adding a training regiment of light duty, walks/jogs around a track, or even a stair climb/ decent in your own firehouse/home, will significantly improve your health.
I was always a fit guy, but recently I saw myself starting to get overweight. Went from 5'8" at 155 lbs, and about 10-12% body fat, to 173 with about 16-18% body fat. I immediately stopped eating and drinking crap, and lost almost 10lbs without working out in a month.
Time to get with the program guys. It's totally doable, and everyone should be jumping on this train. If not for you, how about your family.

Date: 4/10/2012
Time: 1:31
Location:
1) Downing Drive IAO Commerce St
2) 380 Downing Dr - Turco's supermarket: Yorktown Box 1, Heights Commercial District
Units Operating:
Yorktown: Engine 273, Engine 272, Ladder 51,
Croton Engine 119 - FAST
Bedford Hills Tower Ladder 57
Relocated:
Mohegan Ladder 35
Somers Engine 180
Description Of Incident:
0033 - Yorktown fire was dispatched to a dumpster fire behind Underhill Plaza.
0037 - Engine 273 on location with a dumpster fire
0050 - Yorktown units cleared
0131 - Yorktown fire dispatched to dumpster fire behind Turcos - 380 Downing Drive
0136 - Car 2533 on scene with a rubbish fire behind the building, possible extension into C side of the supermarket
0143 - 10-75 transmitted
Per Batt 17 - Fire in a 200x500 commercial grocery story. Fire extended into the freezer area. Co's opening up att.
0231 - Fire knocked down, releasing FAST, holding Yorktown Units and M/A standby
0307 - Situation under control

Date: 4/10/2012
Time: 1:31
Location:
1) Downing Drive IAO Commerce St
2) 380 Downing Dr - Turco's supermarket: Yorktown Box 1, Heights Commercial District
Units Operating:
Yorktown: Engine 273, Engine 272, Ladder 51,
Croton Engine 119 - FAST
Bedford Hills Tower Ladder 57
Relocated:
Mohegan Ladder 35
Somers Engine 180
Description Of Incident:
0033 - Yorktown fire was dispatched to a dumpster fire behind Underhill Plaza.
0037 - Engine 273 on location with a dumpster fire
0050 - Yorktown units cleared
0131 - Yorktown fire dispatched to dumpster fire behind Turcos - 380 Downing Drive
0136 - Car 2533 on scene with a rubbish fire behind the building, possible extension into C side of the supermarket
0143 - 10-75 transmitted
Per Batt 17 - Fire in a 200x500 commercial grocery story. Fire extended into the freezer area. Co's opening up att.
0231 - Fire knocked down, releasing FAST, holding Yorktown Units and M/A standby
0307 - Situation under control

Date: 4/10/2012
Time: 1:31
Location:
1) Downing Drive IAO Commerce St
2) 380 Downing Dr - Turco's supermarket: Yorktown Box 1, Heights Commercial District
Units Operating:
Yorktown: Engine 273, Engine 272, Ladder 51,
Croton Engine 119 - FAST
Bedford Hills Tower Ladder 57
Relocated:
Mohegan Ladder 35
Somers Engine 180
Description Of Incident:
0033 - Yorktown fire was dispatched to a dumpster fire behind Underhill Plaza.
0037 - Engine 273 on location with a dumpster fire
0050 - Yorktown units cleared
0131 - Yorktown fire dispatched to dumpster fire behind Turcos - 380 Downing Drive
0136 - Car 2533 on scene with a rubbish fire behind the building, possible extension into C side of the supermarket
0143 - 10-75 transmitted
Per Batt 17 - Fire in a 200x500 commercial grocery story. Fire extended into the freezer area. Co's opening up att.
0231 - Fire knocked down, releasing FAST, holding Yorktown Units and M/A standby
0307 - Situation under control

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After reading an article on how there's a total of 4 female fire chiefs in the state of Connecticut, it got me thinking about how people feel about being in a department (career or volly) with the chief or an officer being a female.
Does this present an issue and cause problems or do you not care what sex the officer/chief is?
Do you feel like you have to watch how you act/what you say when on the job?
Also does anybody know how many female chiefs there are in NY, if any?
No disrespect meant to anyone here, just curious to see people thoughts.

I'm sorry, but I have to ask... Are EMS jobs that hard to come by nowadays? I only ask because you are always starting topics asking about companies/agencies for employment.

Nothing that we're not used to... I hate myself sometimes for being a fan

Nothing that we're not used to... I hate myself sometimes for being a fan

Nothing that we're not used to... I hate myself sometimes for being a fan

Nothing that we're not used to... I hate myself sometimes for being a fan

I like feeling the weight and pressure of the supply line... I'm out

I like feeling the weight and pressure of the supply line... I'm out

Facts in this case are very subjective... It would be tough to objectively argue that KFD needs an aerial device.
600ft vs 1000 ft we're splitting hairs... E116 carries 4000+ feet of 3in and E115 and E117 each carry 1800+ feet of LDH. With a split lay of E116's 3in and the 3600+ feet on the other pumpers AND the 600 feet on the tanker we're talking over a mile of hose. Assuming they could get all the rigs out the door in time to establish contineous water supply and mount an attack, there is enough hose to stretch 85 percent of the way from Katonah FD to Bedford Hills FD where 3 more class A apparatus, a mini pumper, a tower ladder and another heavy rescue are sitting with another mile or so of supply line. I think they're covered.
KFD is another department in Westchester that is adding more resources than it's members can staff. It's never going to end... A decade from now everyone will have their own aerial device and the vast majority of them won't have a clue how to perform truck company operations because each department will only catch one or two jobs a year where the rig is used properly and the crew actually performs truck work. For the number of fires in Northern Westchester, the region could use to eliminate 10 or more of the 30+ aerial devices in the area. The county certainly doesn't need more.
On the other hand, I'm glad that KFD is getting the needed renovations to their station as well as an opportunity to build a training facility near home. Anything that adds to the skill and training of fire crews will most certainly increase the chances of a positive outcome at the fire scene. Training puts out fires and sends everyone home safely. Apparatus is just a tool they use along the way.

Exactly what I was getting at. The guys of BH get out the door on mutual aid runs before most apparatus of whatever home department they're responding to do, mine included. They also are damn good at what they do too.

This is Westchester we are talking about right? There are more apparatus in the county that weren't planned for than anywhere else I can think of. Wanting to have what the other guys have does not constitute a plan. If KFD eliminates an engine in place of a quint then it's a start. They should also eliminate another engine given the purchase of T6.
This is not a KFD rub, it's a county wide issue that is only getting worse.

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