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While it certainly sucks for its members, does a .4 sq mile town really need it's own department? It's certainly unlikely that a town with 3,000 people could afford the apparatus or supply the manpower for a self sufficient department. At the end of the day the town needs to give the best fire protection possible and do what's right for th taxpayer. 

While it certainly sucks for its members, does a .4 sq mile town really need it's own department? It's certainly unlikely that a town with 3,000 people could afford the apparatus or supply the manpower for a self sufficient department. At the end of the day the town needs to give the best fire protection possible and do what's right for th taxpayer. 

While it certainly sucks for its members, does a .4 sq mile town really need it's own department? It's certainly unlikely that a town with 3,000 people could afford the apparatus or supply the manpower for a self sufficient department. At the end of the day the town needs to give the best fire protection possible and do what's right for th taxpayer. 

While it certainly sucks for its members, does a .4 sq mile town really need it's own department? It's certainly unlikely that a town with 3,000 people could afford the apparatus or supply the manpower for a self sufficient department. At the end of the day the town needs to give the best fire protection possible and do what's right for th taxpayer. 

Date: 3-21-16
Time: 13:30
Location: 300 Broadway, Osborn Gardens C/S Cochrane Ave.
District: Dobbs Ferry
Battalion: 14
Channel: Fire 14
Weather: 50F, clear
Units:  Dobbs Ferry FD      Engine 47, Engine 48, Tower Ladder 23, Utility 24, Car 2091 (IC), Car 2092
          Hastings FD             Engine 45 (Scene), Ladder 22 (Relocate DFFD HQ, redirected to scene, then
                                           relocated again to DFFD HQ) Car 2181, Car 2183
          Irvington FD             Rescue 49 (FAST), Ladder 36 (Scene), Car 2201, Car 2203
          Ardsley FD               Engine 165 (Relocate Dobbs Ferry HQ then to scene as FAST), Car 2013 
          Tarrytown FD           Engine 80 (Relocate DFFD HQ ), Car 2464
                                           Engine 77, Ladder 37 (Standby in there quarters for Irvington)
          Elmsford FD             Ladder 55 (Relocate DFFD HQ), Car 2113
          Dobbs Ferry VAC     56-B-2 (Fire Scene Standby)
          Greenburgh ALS      Car 75, Car 70 (Fire Scene Standby)
          Dobbs Ferry PD      
          WCDES                    Battalion 14, County Car 4, C&O
Writer:  x635

Description: Working Fire in the basement garage of a 3 story, brick and wood garden style apartment complex
 
13:38   Car 2091 on scene, working fire, holding off on 10-75
 
13:33 Car 2091 requests 1 Engine to the scene for manpower (Hastings Engine 45), 1 Engine FAST Irvington Rescue 49), Engine & Ladder to standby at DFFD HQ (Ardsley Engine 165, Hastings Ladder 22)
 
13:56  Car 2091 requesting Hastings Ladder 22 redirect to scene. Ladder 22 still awaiting a driver.
 
13:58  Battalion 14 requesting ladder company to relocate to DFFD HQ. Ladder 22 redirected again to relocate, Irvington Ladder 36 responding to the scene)
 
14:00 Battalion 14 reporting 250x30 brick multiple story occupied multiple dwelling, fire in the basement garage involving several vehicles and extending upward into building, multiple handlines stretched
 
14:07  Battalion 14 reporting per 2203 Ladder 36 will be responding shortly
 
14:15  Car 2191 requests Ardsley Engine 165 to the scene for an additional FAST, 1 additional engine requested for relocate (Tarrytown Engine 80)
 
14:21  Battalion 14 requesting Hastings Ladder to the scene, backfill Dobbs Ferry HQ with an additional truck (Elmsford Ladder 55)
 
14:35 Battalion 14 reporting as per Dobbs Ferry command, Division 1 main body of fire knocked down, still fire in the attic, crews opening up
 
14:49 Battalion 14 reporting main body of fire in attic knocked down
 
14:50 Command requesting Tarrytown stand by in their quarters to cover Irvington with an Engine and Truck. Engine 77 and Ladder 37 assigned.
 
16:00 Beginning to release mutual aid units
 
**THIS INCIDENT IS CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS-PLEASE REFRESH THIS PAGE FOR THE LATEST UPDATES**

There are currently seven firehouses in the town of Greenwich. Five are combination paid/volunteer (Central, Cos Cob, Byram, Glenville, Sound Beach), one is all volunteer (Round Hill) and one is all paid (North Street). Banksville FD in Westchester County provides some coverage to the northern areas of town. The paid GFD currently operates six engine companies and one truck company. Engine 1, Engine 4, and Engine 8 are staffed by four personnel per shift. Engine 2, Engine 3, and Engine 5 are staffed by two personnel. Ladder 1 is staffed by three. There is also a rescue (Rescue 5) that can be cross-staffed if needed. There are also plans to open another firehouse in northwestern Greenwich, which would be Engine 9. I believe the paid GFD does around 4,000 calls annually. EMS is handled by Greenwich EMS.
 
Greenwich Firehouses:
 
Central Firehouse (Fire Headquarters), Amogerone Vol. Fire Co. 1, Vol. Hose & Chemical Co. 2 - 15 Havemeyer Pl., Downtown*
-Engine 1 (4 personnel)
-Ladder 1 (3 personnel)
-Car 3 (Deputy Chief)
-Special Operations 1 (cross staffed incident command unit)
-Amogerone Squad 1
-Vol. Hose & Chemical Squad 11
 
Cos Cob Vol. Fire Co., Cos Cob Fire Police Patrol - 200 E. Putnam Ave.
-Engine 2 (2 personnel)
-Cos Cob Engine 21
-Cos Cob Tanker 2
-Cos Cob Squad 2
-Cos Cob Utility 2
-Cos Cob Marine 2
-Cos Cob Fire Police Patrol 1
-Cos Cob Fire Police Patrol 2
-Cos Cob Fire Police Patrol Boat
 
Byram Vol. Fire Co. - Delavan Ave. & Mead Ave.
-Engine 3 (2 personnel)
-Byram Engine 31
-Byram Utility 3
-Decon. Trailer
 
Glenville Vol. Fire Co. - 266 Glenville Rd.
-Engine 4 (4 personnel)
-Glenville Engine 41
-Glenville Ladder 4
-Glenville Squad 4
-Glenville Utility 4
-Glenville Marine 4
-Decon. Trailer
 
Sound Beach Vol. Fire Co. - 207 Sound Beach Ave.
-Engine 5 (2 personnel)
-Rescue 5 (cross-staffed)
-Sound Beach Engine 51
-Sound Beach Ladder 5
-Sound Beach Squad 5
-Sound Beach Utility 5
-Sound Beach Dive 5
-Sound Beach Tac. 5
-Sound Beach Marine 5
 
Round Hill Vol. Fire Co. - 166 Old Mill Rd.
-Round Hill Engine 61
-Round Hill Engine 62
-Round Hill Tanker 6
-Round Hill Squad 6
 
North Street Firehouse - 669 North St.
-Engine 8 (4 personnel)
 
(*) Central Firehouse currently being rebuilt. Engine 1 and the Deputy Chief are being temporarily housed at Horseneck Ln. & Shore Rd. Ladder 1, Special Operations 1, and Squad 11 are currently being housed at the Cos Cob Firehouse. Squad 1 is currently being housed at the Byram Firehouse.

According to their website Greenwich FD runs 11.5 calls a day on average. While that would make a busy company, I don't think I'd describe it as a "very very busy department". 
 
Compared to other departments they seem fairly on par regarding staffing. Norwalk only has 20 more firefighters and a much larger population and call volume, same with Danbury.
 
Does anyone have an exact breakdown of how many companies are in Greenwich and what the staffing is? I recently spoke to a Greenwich firefighter who told me the engines downtown had 4, the truck had 3 and engines north of the Merritt had 2 each. But I don't know how many companies that is or if I had mistaken what he said so please correct me. 
 
According to their website Greenwich has 106 firefighters. So if they ran 24 ff at any time (leaving 10 left for administrative positions) they could run 6 fully staffed companies. If they're putting 2 on some rigs with that staffing could it be they're running more engines than they need?
 
Again, I did my research as best as I could, but if there's any mistakes let me know. I'm just throwing out ideas here. 

According to their website Greenwich FD runs 11.5 calls a day on average. While that would make a busy company, I don't think I'd describe it as a "very very busy department". 
 
Compared to other departments they seem fairly on par regarding staffing. Norwalk only has 20 more firefighters and a much larger population and call volume, same with Danbury.
 
Does anyone have an exact breakdown of how many companies are in Greenwich and what the staffing is? I recently spoke to a Greenwich firefighter who told me the engines downtown had 4, the truck had 3 and engines north of the Merritt had 2 each. But I don't know how many companies that is or if I had mistaken what he said so please correct me. 
 
According to their website Greenwich has 106 firefighters. So if they ran 24 ff at any time (leaving 10 left for administrative positions) they could run 6 fully staffed companies. If they're putting 2 on some rigs with that staffing could it be they're running more engines than they need?
 
Again, I did my research as best as I could, but if there's any mistakes let me know. I'm just throwing out ideas here. 

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Mount Kisco-Business District
Major Emergency Structure Fire
South Moger Ave 11-25-1996
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Your reputation is what is salty  not your gear.  that being said,  ( I know ur lid is ur badge of honor) how many guys wash their earflaps? IF they are down during a job,  they will get dirty agree?  How do you wear your flaps most of the time,  tucked up inside your lid.  So now that dirt is directly transferred to your head.   Wash your earflaps !!!

   
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While I can see this is certainly well meaning, I have to disagree. There's no reason the Chief of one of the largest FDs in the nation will ever have to pack up, much less escape a building. While it's great that he "trains just like us" there's a dozen things I'd rather have the chief of my city driving his time doing. Pushing city hall to hire enough personnel to fix our rigs, giving them money and equipment to fix them, updating our out of date equipment, better code enforcement of illegal apartments and abandoned houses and factories, and fighting attempts to close companies and reopening previously closed companies all come to mind. Yeah it's great that he took the time to suit up but a Chief has more important issues at hand that only he can do. There's plenty of Indians, be the Chief. 

According to the state DOH website CFR classes are 48-60 hours, EMT is 150-190. I'd say "waste of time" is pretty subjective. It really depends on what this person intends to do with it. 

According to the state DOH website CFR classes are 48-60 hours, EMT is 150-190. I'd say "waste of time" is pretty subjective. It really depends on what this person intends to do with it. 

According to the state DOH website CFR classes are 48-60 hours, EMT is 150-190. I'd say "waste of time" is pretty subjective. It really depends on what this person intends to do with it. 

Great post, especially for those of us who weren't involved in emergency services at the time and are seeing these calls for the first time. Looking forward to 05, etc. 

According to the state DOH website CFR classes are 48-60 hours, EMT is 150-190. I'd say "waste of time" is pretty subjective. It really depends on what this person intends to do with it. 

According to the state DOH website CFR classes are 48-60 hours, EMT is 150-190. I'd say "waste of time" is pretty subjective. It really depends on what this person intends to do with it. 

According to the state DOH website CFR classes are 48-60 hours, EMT is 150-190. I'd say "waste of time" is pretty subjective. It really depends on what this person intends to do with it. 

According to the state DOH website CFR classes are 48-60 hours, EMT is 150-190. I'd say "waste of time" is pretty subjective. It really depends on what this person intends to do with it. 

According to the state DOH website CFR classes are 48-60 hours, EMT is 150-190. I'd say "waste of time" is pretty subjective. It really depends on what this person intends to do with it. 

According to the state DOH website CFR classes are 48-60 hours, EMT is 150-190. I'd say "waste of time" is pretty subjective. It really depends on what this person intends to do with it. 

 
 
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While I can see this is certainly well meaning, I have to disagree. There's no reason the Chief of one of the largest FDs in the nation will ever have to pack up, much less escape a building. While it's great that he "trains just like us" there's a dozen things I'd rather have the chief of my city driving his time doing. Pushing city hall to hire enough personnel to fix our rigs, giving them money and equipment to fix them, updating our out of date equipment, better code enforcement of illegal apartments and abandoned houses and factories, and fighting attempts to close companies and reopening previously closed companies all come to mind. Yeah it's great that he took the time to suit up but a Chief has more important issues at hand that only he can do. There's plenty of Indians, be the Chief. 

I'm gonna take a wild guess based off the url that this was published in April 2015.