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Is it just me? But look in the photo above of the 3rd photo posted by Rex and look at the flames. does it not look like a man with a beard and cowboy hat in the window.

Date: 07/09/13
Time: 2200hrs
Location: Blooming Grove Tpk. and Rocky Ln.
Units: VGFD R480, E481, E479 (LZ), NWEMS
Description: Roll-Over MVA w/Entrapment
2200hrs-Vails Gate dispatched; Roll-Over MVA w/reported entrapment.
2202hrs-OC911 advising R480 that there is confirmed entrapment. R480 advising they are arriving on scene.
2212hrs-Vails Gate Command advising OC911 that NWEMS is requesting a launch of the Medevac. Command advising that E479 will set-up the LZ at the Price Chopper parking lot.
2214hrs-E479 advising they are out at the LZ.
2229hrs-E479 advising that the Medevac is on the ground.
2232hrs-Command advising that R480 is returning to service, E481 remaining on scene with the Tow company.
2242hrs-E481 in service, returning to quarters.
2243hrs-E479 advising that the Medevac is off the ground.

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

photo by Rescue 40

Date:7-8-13
Time:2052 hrs
Location: 49 Poningo st
Units:Engine 58,60,61,Rescue 40 Tower Ladder 2 2391,2,3,
Description:Walk in to fire hq to me [watch desk] with a report of fire with no address but flego on Poningo st Engine 58 on location 2 blocks from HQ with smoke showing in street until the front blew out with fire. 10-75 at this time with Engine 64 and U-69 added to call , Engine 59,62,63, ladder 31 on stand by . channel 12 has home video from location.

http://www.nyc.gov/html/fdny/html/events/2013/070813a.shtml

GREAT JOB ALL INVOLVED!

a few others. the double toilets are great if you like to s*** with a friend haha

No problem, 61MACKBR1. He worked on Engine 1, Rescue 1, Truck 5, and Ladder 70 during his career. I believe he was assigned to Engine 1 at the time of this fire. I'll talk to him and find out.

Date: 7/4/13
Time: Approx 2300 Hours
Location: 75th Precinct, Fountain Ave.
Units: Multiple NYPD Commands: NYPD 75th PCT, ESU Squad 7, Aviation, Highway, Patrol Borough Brooklyn North (PBBN) Task Force

Description: Level 3 Mobilization in the confines of the 75th Precinct for a confirmed MOS shot. Mobilization location is 315 Fountain Avenue, per the XO of the 75.

NYC Fire Wire is reporting the MOS was shot in the leg, non-life threatening. Active search for the perp is ongoing.
Command requesting NO plainclothes Officers in the search buildings.
If I'm reading the Mobilization Level explanations correctly, there should also be Precinct units from the 73, 77, 79, 81, 83, 84, 88, 90 and 94 in addition to other specialized units for the mobilization.
Thoughts and prayers that the Officer makes it out okay!

Today July 4, 2013 is the 255th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. On this day each year Americans celebrate with cookouts and parties with families and friends, and fireworks and ceremonies full of pomp and patriotism. But how many know what we are really celebrating? Read on below the inspiring words of our Founding Fathers. The words that gave birth to our great nation and the freedoms that we, as Americans enjoy today and the words that all Americans should be ready to defend to their last dying breath.

God Bless America!!!


July 4, 1776.

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.–That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, –That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.–Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.

He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.
He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.
He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.
He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.
He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.
He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.
He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.
He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.
He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:
For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:
For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:
For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences
For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies:
For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:
For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.
He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.
He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.
He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.
He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.
He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.

In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.

Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our Brittish brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.

We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.

This is a nice tribute.

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I hear Snooki & JWoww are looking for another firehouse to live in...

Hi! I am actually the owner of the old 34th st firehouse in Bayonne. I came across this board while i was doing some research on my building. The firehouse was sold by the city at a public auction and a local guy had bought it and told everyone he was going to restore it and got everyone all excited, he then immediately turned around and put it up for sale and thats when I came across it and purchased it about 2 years ago
From the moment I stepped inside I thought it was so cool, nobody had touched it yet, and it was still in the condition it had been when they shut it down back in 2008 and locked it up and moved out. So it still had/has all of the original elements inside. I was really lucky that nobody had started doing any renovations on it and ruining it. Theres paint peeling off the walls, plaster coming down, urinals in the bathrooms, stall showers, 26 original chestnut lockers still with a lot of the old fireman's stuff hanging inside them like tatoo parlor cards they went to, and old p**** mags and old school original subway tiles in the kitchen and baths. The original tin ceilings are still intact, all of the old garment and hose racks and features of the place. Theres also a whole slew of hand painted murals on a lot of the walls with the engine company and their old mascot which was a bulldog with a fire helmet on. Theres a 7 ft mural of this staring you in the face in the back room that will ultimately be the master bedroom. Theres also a list of about 300 names of all of the officers and chiefs who have retired over the years on the bulkhead above the kitchen cabinets. I plan on keeping all of it as original as I can. I respect the history of the place and what it stood for for the city and I dont mind the roughness around the edges of the place....it adds character and I dont want to erase it.
I do plan at some point to have the mural in the kitchen with all the names of the retired duplicated on a big plate of brass and mount it outside on the garage door along the bottom like a giant brass kick plate so that people around town can appreciate those who have served here. That may take a while though since a) it will be pretty expensive to have made, and I have a list of about 800 other things I plan to address with the place as well.
The place is pretty bitchin though, its about 5000 sq ft and has plenty of room, I wash my car inside my house while its parked next to my living room haha. It is a b**** to heat and cool, but its super solid and has stood for the past 130 years and I plan to do my best to preserve it and have it stand for another 130 more.
A number of the old firemen who worked here that I have met at first thought I was some douchebag condo developer who was going to tear the place down or make it into apartments, I told them I planned on keeping it as the original firehouse and they were welcome to come by anytime they liked, and they seemed to appreciate that.
I have plans for the place that center around keeping it as original as possible, I like the quirks and imperfections of the building, it tells its story. I cant tell you how much wood floors and trim i have to strip of paint, adhesive, linoleum etc. hiding under all that is gorgeous chestnut and oak and old heart pine. thats going to be a b****, but itll be worth it.
But rest assured, I plan to keep the place intact as the spirit of the place alive. No hokey HGTV style renovations with modern finishes and sheetrock...If I had wanted that I could have bought a condo, I really admire the old buildings and craftsmanship that went into them. So if it matters to any of you, old E5 in bayonne is in good hands. Itll prob take me 10 years to finish the place, but Im in no rush hahaha.
What I would like to ask, in case anyone knows or could help, is, I am trying to find 2 old brass firepoles for the building. Originally there was one in the front, and one in the back. Both had been removed and they were given back to the guy who bought the property from the city. The bayonne fire museum had given him two brass poles to put back in when they found out he had bought the place, in good faith. They were here and promised to me when i was buying the building. Well a day or two before I closed on the place, he took both poles and probably scrapped them for the brass, who knows....I thought it was a shitty thing to do, and the fire museum agreed. Point is I never got any poles, but I have the two openings, just nothing to slide down. EVERY SINGLE person I meet, the first question they ask is always "Do you have a pole?"
Id love to put the two poles back in so if any of you happens to know of any old poles not in use, or a place that makes them, or a station thats being decommissioned etc, please let me know! It would be sweet if I could get some brass poles back in here. I have tried calling places, go go dance suppliers, railing companies etc. they have brass poles, but when I tell them i need 23 ft long they are like ohhhhhh, we dont have that long. So the poles that were in here were 2.5 inch OD x @23 ft long. Just figured it couldnt hurt to put it out there in case any of you happens to know of some old firepoles laying around.
Thanks!

Date: 6/29/13
Time: 01:26
Location: 200 Beacon Hill Drive - Building #2
Units:
Dobbs Ferry FD: 2091, 2092, Engine 47, Engine 48, Tower Ladder 23(A Mack, CF!)
Irvington FD: 2201, Ladder 36
Hastings On Hudson FD: 2181, 2182, Engine 46, Ladder 22
Ardsley FD: 2011, Engine 164(s/b in quarters)
Dobbs Ferry EMS: 56-B-2
Westchester County DES: Battalion 18, C&O Zone 3
Description: Working Fire
0133 - 10-75 Transmitted, electrical fire originated in basement & spread
0134 - Multiple mutual aid departments dispatched
0141 - IC requesting 164's manpower to scene to put secondary line in service
0142 - IC advising 2182's crew is needed to conduct search
0153 - Engine 47 requesting DFEMS to respond and stand by O/S
0159 - C&O Zone 3 requested
0200 - IC reporting investigating fire in the attic area of the structure, holding all units
0207 - IC reporting under control, overhaul in the works, awaiting C&O
0208 - Con Ed on location
0218 - IC requesting DF Fire Inspector
0220 - IC releasing the Truck companies
0237- All Mutual Aid Released
Some times are approx.

Unknown late 80's/early 90's Sutphen in Bedford Hills.

http://www.lohud.com/article/20130630/NEWS02/306300064/Port-Chester-Explorers-earn-state-title

Here are a few pics! Final inspection in 2 weeks, should arrive here in Mt. Kisco mid to late August after lettering and mounting of tools and all!

39 years ago I pulled up with Patrol 4 [ now Rescue 40] to find Gullevers fully invovled with engines 58 and 62 ingaged in a full atack on a bad fire. 24 died that night but little was told how over 100 were saved. Many firefighters went down that night going above and beyond the call. Most of us old guys think about this every day of our lives and wished we could have done better with our 3/4 boots two airpacks to a rig and red fireball gloves. There were no paper firefighters and keyboard firefighters that night! .

I've been giving something a lot of thought lately, and decided to post it here for discussion.
There's quite a few departments in Westchester running FAS Teams (or RI Teams). Rarely, unless I am wrong, do any of them train with each other or the department's they routinely run with.
I'm thinking that maybe it's time for those of us running these teams to perhaps get together and start working together towards a common practice. I think we all pretty much use the same equipment, require the same training and have the same mindsets on how we should do our jobs.
Firefighter safety is a very serious topic to me. I've been thinking of ways to increase our safety in my own department, and started to think about ways to help all of us get on the same page - or close to it.
Please note this isn't a debate about how they should run, etc. I just want to open up the discussion of other departments in the WC interested in starting to work together towards - dare I say it - a more standard approach to all of this FAST stuff we do. It all starts with every firefighter recognizing and knowing what to do to avoid / get out of trouble, and maybe as a united voice (all of us running FAST's) we can start helping our own avoid ever needing us.
Just food for thought - I'm more than willing to work on this and to use our station to play host for meetings / training.
Thanks for reading.

So recently (past several months) the Hudson Valley area has seen several fire\emergency\police incident alert pages pop up with a lot of support. I know I have used these pages myself to see what was going on when I hear sirens or do not have a scanner\pager with me. I like being informed and deep down inside who doesn't want to know whats going on. We all understand and can all agree on things like free speech. In the age of social media information is spread as fast as we are getting our calls for service. Where is the line drawn in the sand though when it comes to regulating information that is being delivered to the world via social media?
Who, if anyone, that is running these social media websites and pages have over site in what to post and what not to post? Do they have a mission statement and a set of ethics and values that they follow?
If you are running a social media page do you disable the ability of people to make comments that are publicly viewed. Let's say i'm the sole operator of Hooterville Buff Fire Alerts and Do-dad's. I post an incident alert about a vehicle accident and 20 mins later someone who is following the page releases names of individuals who have died in the hypothetical accident? I post an alert about a police incident and another member of the public is also listening to the scanner and places information about police units and personnel onto the page under the comments section. A building fire happens in The big City of SmallvilleUSA and the fire chief calls mutual aid from MediumvilleUSA but BigvilleUSA is closer. Now people comment on how that is an improper way to run an operation. It escalates as other's question an incident that they are not at, nor are they in charge of. How does this look in the public perception?
What is the liability of such groups in regards to privacy, safety, and security or emergency responders and the public?
Your thoughts?

Why was this merged into a topic that has nothing to do about the questions I was asking for discussion?

Pictures or it didn't happen!!!

Date: 6/29/13
Time: 01:26
Location: 200 Beacon Hill Drive - Building #2
Units:
Dobbs Ferry FD: 2091, 2092, Engine 47, Engine 48, Tower Ladder 23(A Mack, CF!)
Irvington FD: 2201, Ladder 36
Hastings On Hudson FD: 2181, 2182, Engine 46, Ladder 22
Ardsley FD: 2011, Engine 164(s/b in quarters)
Dobbs Ferry EMS: 56-B-2
Westchester County DES: Battalion 18, C&O Zone 3
Description: Working Fire
0133 - 10-75 Transmitted, electrical fire originated in basement & spread
0134 - Multiple mutual aid departments dispatched
0141 - IC requesting 164's manpower to scene to put secondary line in service
0142 - IC advising 2182's crew is needed to conduct search
0153 - Engine 47 requesting DFEMS to respond and stand by O/S
0159 - C&O Zone 3 requested
0200 - IC reporting investigating fire in the attic area of the structure, holding all units
0207 - IC reporting under control, overhaul in the works, awaiting C&O
0208 - Con Ed on location
0218 - IC requesting DF Fire Inspector
0220 - IC releasing the Truck companies
0237- All Mutual Aid Released
Some times are approx.

Thank you!
My goal is simple. Make EMTBravo better and a place where all of us involved in Emergency Services enjoy visiting.
EMTBravo has some very loyal members and it's time to tap into that for some suggestions in making improvements.
We are nothing without YOU the members.
All I ask for is support.
Feel free to e-mail me with any suggestions for improvements, compliments or complaints. I will try to address each and every one.
Rob