Morningjoe

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  4. Posted · Edited by Morningjoe

    I'm not sure how a class A pumper, regardless of whether its designated as a rescue pumper or not can perform poorly as a pumper. If so, maybe the pump needs to be tested more often if it's not getting the required flow...

    Sarcasm all aside, honestly, besides the NFPA requirements that a class A pumper needs of a fire pump capable of pumping not less than 750gpm and have 300 gal of water in an on board tank, plus specific hose amounts, plus ground ladders, what tools do you need to place on an engine besides a chauffeur's compartment with adapters, wye / Siamese connections and valves that fit your departments needs?

    So now we have a large vehicle, outfitted with a pump, hose, ground ladders and now a ton of empty cabinet space. Why not add some immediate scene stabilization equipment to compliment that of a rescue or truck company, such as minimal extrication tools, minimal hazmat equipment, minimal technical rescue equipment, some medical equipment... all to begin to initially stabilize the scene while the units more suited for the call arrive?

    If you're talking about a department where they're completely substituting a heavy rescue company with rescue engines or about this in terms of man power issues in a career department, or, even a step further, if you're pulling what Volusia County, FL pulled with these atrocities http://www.examiner.com/slideshow/volusia-county-fire-rescue-engine#slide=1, then yes, I can see the issue. And yes, when a medical call comes in, they takes an entire engine company covering a rural area out of service, and turns it into an ambulance ride to the hospital....

    edit: beat me by a second AntiquefireLT...

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    usually the FD will park behind the fly car once they get on scene so now the car is protected

    That only happens when the FD is notified of an accident. Our PD basically refuses to call our fire department unless there is confirmed pin by their officers or a car fire. If we're lucky the call will get to 60-Control before it's sent to our PD, and then we'll be dispatched. We've recently (in the last year) had fatal accidents, and extremely high speed crashes with multiple wires and telephone poles down, and the PD doesn't even notify us that the road is closed, let alone call us.

    And there is nothing we can do about it because our PD is a PSAP and also dispatches the ambulance. It's a real shame.

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    As someone who is proud to be a volunteer of the YHFD, fret not, we are still extremely aggressive in our interior attacks and initial pushes.

    That being said, there is scientific data that years of thought of pushing fire, heat and the products of combustion and the such are 100% wrong. NIST has performed a ton of testing on this, and its beginning to look like, a transitional attack is not only safer for firefighters, it's safer for the occupants inside of the building as well.

    The only issue is that it needs to be performed 100% correctly, or it is ineffective.This video: http://vimeo.com/71471869 highlights it all.

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    A few years ago I looked at the per capita paid for FD services in about half the depts in the county and what I found is the majority of the volunteer communities paid more per capita than any of the city FD's. I pay half in NR what a homeowner in Bedford hills pays.

    This is why regional depts. are more cost effect and without them there is no way we can afford paid services.

    What % of the tax base is commercial and residential though in the city, compared to the commercial and residential percentage in the more rural areas of the county? I've never really seen a study so I have no idea if this is a justifiable argument or not.