CaptainCharisma

They are using brand new apparatus and firefighters lives to test this bridge?!?

How is the state deciding who gets one? And if a department wants the purchase the exact same one, are they available on state bid or another purchasing program? Seems like something Yonkers or New Rochelle should have.

I think a lot of the people are missing the point here. Read the Unions response above. The people who would be directly affected by this former candidate for Commissioner do not trust his motives, and don't feel he's knowledgeable enough to be a Fire Commissioner. How can he say he knows nothing about the fire service, then an article pops up that he wants to eliminate the dispatch position? How can he do that when he knows nothing about how that works, and nothing about past history with 60 not knowing the district? That lack of education by that candidate puts the public in danger. The union is made of guys who work there. They know best. They need to be listened to with things like this. And the other major concern is what other life threatening decisions would he make that he would keep secret?

Nobody is saying that 60 Control can't handle it. Hartsdale can just do it better. Why take a very big chance with peoples lives when you have something proven that works excellent?

Why fix what isn't broken? Hartsdale guys know what's best for Hartsdale. This isn't a simple decision or something that can be simply and quickly implemented, it takes a lot of work and a lot of trial and error that can cost lives and property. And obviously, they make good stops in part because of great response times. Just look at the photos posted here of their most recent fires and the quick stops that were made.