trauma74

There is probably an app for that.

i believe that is going to be the secondary backup location. it will be manned 24 hrs a day in case the main dispatch center at Metrotech in Brooklyn goes down for some reason.

It will be neither the primary or backup. It will be psac-2
Each 911 center will be designed to handle 50% of the 911 load. If either center has to go off line then the other goes to 100%
Most people are calling it the backup because currently there is only one center

PSAC 2 is planned to host Bronx and Queens FDNY Dispatch, last I've heard. FDNY M, B, and R, along with EMS and PD dispatch have been moved to PSAC 1, Metrotech, in Brooklyn a few years ago. Not sure about the PD or EMS side moving up to PSAC 2.
Just in time for Intergraph CAD! Oh wait...

Anyone know if this is going to be the primary 911 communications location or just a backup to the the current location?
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FDNY has recently awarded a bid for 300 ambulances in the amount of $114,646,958.70 to Wheeled Coach Industries.
This includes standard Type I ambulances and also lists Rescue Medic ambulances, Medium Duty ambulances, and 4x4 ambulances.
Anyone with more details please feel free to post.
SOURCE: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcas/downloads/pdf/ocp/1300471.pdf

All is can say is "IT IS ABOUT TIME". Wallkill VAC has been trying for years to get rid of MLSS as their ALS and mutual aid provider. I am glad that the current administration of Wallkill VAC was able to make these steps in the right direction. MLSS showed their true colors when they played a big part in Chester VAC getting shut down. Maybe they thought that they could just walk in and do the same thing to Wallkill. I guess they were wrong!!
Kudos to WALLKILL for doing the best they can for the people that they serve.

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The ammendment to the NYS VTL for blue lights is pretty recent, I am not sure of the date that it was ammended, but there is no other section of the VTL regarding colored lights, so yes, EMS was left out of the new ammendment.
Even before the ammendment was made for FD vehicles, I did see many FDs start adding blue lights or replacing existing other colored lights with blue on the rear of their vehicles. I know that even though EMS was left out of this ammendment, many of the volunteer and municipal EMS services will use blue lights on the rear of their vehicles. I have already seen many VACs with rear facing blue lights and as far as I know, and speaking for the area that I live in (Orange County), none of the VACs have had any "run ins" with the State and local PDs. I think that most of the police officers could care less if an ambulance has blue lights on it. With the law now including FD vehicles, I really do not see any EMS agencies having any problems on the PD side. For the private EMS services, I think they may tread a little more lightly than a VAC or Municipal service. The reason why I say this is because NYS DOH looks pretty hard at the Private EMS agencies and I know that if DOH really wanted to "break balls", they could technically give out a violation for a vehicle that is not in compliance with NYS DMV laws. I am not saying this will stop Private EMS from using blue lights, but I do not think it will be as widespread as it is with the VACs and Municipal services. Also, I am not going to name any EMS agencies, but I have seen ambulances in both Orange County & Rockland County using some blue lights that are forward facing in addition to rear facing.
It comes down to safety, this is the reason why the PDs were permitted to have blue lights in the first place and why the NYS VTL was changed a few years ago to allow it. If the PDs and FDs can use blue for safety reasons, I do not see why EMS should be excluded from something that is for "safety reasons"......
As far as visibilty goes, yes, amber is a good color choice for the rear of all emergency vehicles, but blue blows away the amber when it comes to visibilty. I know when I am out on the local roads and the State highways and PD is stopped along the shoulder whether it be for a traffic stop or some other hazard, I see the flashing blue lights WAY before I see any of the other colored lights, especially at night.