Viper

73 years ago this weekend was a deadly time for the Yonkers Fire Department and the Mount Vernon Fire Department.
Saturday Jan. 30, 1943 Mount Vernon Fireman John O'Rourke died after being overcome by smoke at a fire at 10 Brookdale Place.
Sunday Jan. 31, 1943 Yonkers Fireman James Kane and Probationary Fireman Thomas Corbalis were were killed when they and four other firefighters plunged into a basement at a fire at 373 Warburton Ave.
Think of their sacrifices and stay safe brothers and sisters!
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Was the chassis salvageable?

It's about professionalism, standards, and supervision, or lack thereof, and this reflects on the organization as a whole that this is acceptable behavior. This is not the first time something like this has occurred (Squuuaaad 15), and not the first time someone has called in and their terminology has been rephrased by the dispatcher to sound more "buffy". What would happen if the dispatcher decided to dispatch decided to pronounce street names his or her own personal way, and units went to the wrong address? When you have a voice that everyone is listening to, you are in the public eye. As a dispatcher myself, this would never fly in my organization, and the Chiefs of our agency would not find it acceptable. It's ok to sneak in humor here and there when appropriate, but the initial dispatch should be consistent and professional agency wide. What happens to a callers confidence if their town is mispronounced? Or the responders in that town that their name is being mocked? Dispatchers have to work extra hard to gain respect, and it takes one bad apple to ruin the whole bunch's reputation.

They can't even get funding to properly staff the radio room for the workload they have, how are they going to staff the Fieldcom?

I'm basing this on a volunteer department with a Chief and two Assistant Chiefs, all with department issued command vehicles.
When all Chiefs are away, planned (vacation, business, work, other travel, etc) and are out of the district and unable to respond for an extended period, does the Command Vehicle get loaned to the next in line officer, such as a Captain for use while they are Acting Chief?
Our department, if the Chiefs are all away, all the Command Vehicles sit in their driveways at home or at the firehouse. I'm trying to change that so our line officers have the Command Vehicle when they need to step up to that level. Does any department have this protocol?

I'm basing this on a volunteer department with a Chief and two Assistant Chiefs, all with department issued command vehicles.
When all Chiefs are away, planned (vacation, business, work, other travel, etc) and are out of the district and unable to respond for an extended period, does the Command Vehicle get loaned to the next in line officer, such as a Captain for use while they are Acting Chief?
Our department, if the Chiefs are all away, all the Command Vehicles sit in their driveways at home or at the firehouse. I'm trying to change that so our line officers have the Command Vehicle when they need to step up to that level. Does any department have this protocol?

I'm basing this on a volunteer department with a Chief and two Assistant Chiefs, all with department issued command vehicles.
When all Chiefs are away, planned (vacation, business, work, other travel, etc) and are out of the district and unable to respond for an extended period, does the Command Vehicle get loaned to the next in line officer, such as a Captain for use while they are Acting Chief?
Our department, if the Chiefs are all away, all the Command Vehicles sit in their driveways at home or at the firehouse. I'm trying to change that so our line officers have the Command Vehicle when they need to step up to that level. Does any department have this protocol?

I'm basing this on a volunteer department with a Chief and two Assistant Chiefs, all with department issued command vehicles.
When all Chiefs are away, planned (vacation, business, work, other travel, etc) and are out of the district and unable to respond for an extended period, does the Command Vehicle get loaned to the next in line officer, such as a Captain for use while they are Acting Chief?
Our department, if the Chiefs are all away, all the Command Vehicles sit in their driveways at home or at the firehouse. I'm trying to change that so our line officers have the Command Vehicle when they need to step up to that level. Does any department have this protocol?

http://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/joseph-griffo/griffo-calls-upon-governor-budget-100-million-funding

Answer? Consolidation. Mount Pleasant EMS (Hawthorne, Valhalla, Sleepy Hollow, and Pleasantville)

Here's what I heard on the radio:
60 Control repeatedly asking 73-B-2, Sleepy Hollow Ambulance their status, 73-B-2 repeatedly advising awaiting an EMT, an obviously and rightfully frustrated 60 Control dispatcher advising them they are at the 30 minute mark, 73-B-2 still not responding or requesting mutual aid. 5 minutes later, 73-B-2 advised 60 Control per Sleepy Hollow PD, they (Sleepy Hollow PD) are going to be requesting mutual aid, they are going back into quarters. 27 minutes later, Irvington 64-B-2 is on scene. So about an hour for an ambulance to arrive.
What happened there? Maybe I missed the call type. Probably just simply a poorly trained or ignorant member? Why did 73-B-2 wait so long that the PD had to directly request mutual aid? Does a 60 Control dispatcher have authority to override a unit? I would guess no because this dispatcher obviously given his tone would have done so. Sleepy Hollow PD got to override them directly thankfully. 35 minutes 73-B-2 waited for an EMT before they were told to stand down.
#mountpleasantemsproblems

Here's what I heard on the radio:
60 Control repeatedly asking 73-B-2, Sleepy Hollow Ambulance their status, 73-B-2 repeatedly advising awaiting an EMT, an obviously and rightfully frustrated 60 Control dispatcher advising them they are at the 30 minute mark, 73-B-2 still not responding or requesting mutual aid. 5 minutes later, 73-B-2 advised 60 Control per Sleepy Hollow PD, they (Sleepy Hollow PD) are going to be requesting mutual aid, they are going back into quarters. 27 minutes later, Irvington 64-B-2 is on scene. So about an hour for an ambulance to arrive.
What happened there? Maybe I missed the call type. Probably just simply a poorly trained or ignorant member? Why did 73-B-2 wait so long that the PD had to directly request mutual aid? Does a 60 Control dispatcher have authority to override a unit? I would guess no because this dispatcher obviously given his tone would have done so. Sleepy Hollow PD got to override them directly thankfully. 35 minutes 73-B-2 waited for an EMT before they were told to stand down.
#mountpleasantemsproblems

Here's what I heard on the radio:
60 Control repeatedly asking 73-B-2, Sleepy Hollow Ambulance their status, 73-B-2 repeatedly advising awaiting an EMT, an obviously and rightfully frustrated 60 Control dispatcher advising them they are at the 30 minute mark, 73-B-2 still not responding or requesting mutual aid. 5 minutes later, 73-B-2 advised 60 Control per Sleepy Hollow PD, they (Sleepy Hollow PD) are going to be requesting mutual aid, they are going back into quarters. 27 minutes later, Irvington 64-B-2 is on scene. So about an hour for an ambulance to arrive.
What happened there? Maybe I missed the call type. Probably just simply a poorly trained or ignorant member? Why did 73-B-2 wait so long that the PD had to directly request mutual aid? Does a 60 Control dispatcher have authority to override a unit? I would guess no because this dispatcher obviously given his tone would have done so. Sleepy Hollow PD got to override them directly thankfully. 35 minutes 73-B-2 waited for an EMT before they were told to stand down.
#mountpleasantemsproblems

Here's what I heard on the radio:
60 Control repeatedly asking 73-B-2, Sleepy Hollow Ambulance their status, 73-B-2 repeatedly advising awaiting an EMT, an obviously and rightfully frustrated 60 Control dispatcher advising them they are at the 30 minute mark, 73-B-2 still not responding or requesting mutual aid. 5 minutes later, 73-B-2 advised 60 Control per Sleepy Hollow PD, they (Sleepy Hollow PD) are going to be requesting mutual aid, they are going back into quarters. 27 minutes later, Irvington 64-B-2 is on scene. So about an hour for an ambulance to arrive.
What happened there? Maybe I missed the call type. Probably just simply a poorly trained or ignorant member? Why did 73-B-2 wait so long that the PD had to directly request mutual aid? Does a 60 Control dispatcher have authority to override a unit? I would guess no because this dispatcher obviously given his tone would have done so. Sleepy Hollow PD got to override them directly thankfully. 35 minutes 73-B-2 waited for an EMT before they were told to stand down.
#mountpleasantemsproblems

Heard Sleepy Hollow's Tower Ladder 38 is out of service "long term", and that it's been shipped to Pennsylvania for evaluation? It's getting time to replace that truck also.
Anybody have the facts?

I thought more people would be thankful, guess not. Thank you! See took two seconds.

I'd love to see where the money went and to who. $1 million is far more then poor accounting. I heard they had a funky way for funding their apparatus.

I thought more people would be thankful, guess not. Thank you! See took two seconds.

Thank you for all that you do.

This morning, at 0001hrs, EMTBravo turned 13 years old! Maybe it's just me that's excited over something so trivial, but to me, it means something
Seems like it was just yesterday when I sat dow at my computer, enjoying the relatively new, long awaited broadband connection, at my apartment in Woburn,MA, on New Year's Eve, when on a whim, I decided to create a website to replace my Westchester Fire & EMS email list. So, the very simple website went live at 0001 on New Years Day, and, like a snowball down a hill, kept growing each and every week that went by. Photos and information poured in to post on the original site. There had never been a site like this in the Hudson Valley and Southwestern CT, and was launched before anyone had really every heard about Facebook or the term "Social Media". You could tell imediately that this was something that people had wanted since learning the word "Internet". Heck, some people only ventured on the internet for EMTBravo, and that's the only use they had for the internet.. Seven months later, the EMTBravo Network forums (the site you're reading this one) was launched to replace the "News" section of the original site and become an interactive and dynamic way to exchange information and ideas . EMTBravo has grown tremendously since then. I'm proud we our are own website, with our own software, on our own server, all completely customized for EMTBravo by me.
It's still our vision, and it's been proven over the years, that firefighters, police officers, EMS workers, 911 Dispatchers, and everyone else with an interest in emergency services can work together, can become friends, can develop ideas, can learn from one another, and can make anything happen. Of course, it was our first mission to "get the word out" which is still true to this day.
One of the things that I am proud of, is that members of the site when it was first launched are still active members to this day! The loyalty and support of this site by the all of our members has been awesome, and has made the site what it is.
Personally, one of the things I'm most grateful for during the entire 13 years of this site was all the great friendships that I have made along the way, that I probaly wouldn't have ever met had it not been for this site.
In the next couple of days, we will announce our strategic plan for 2016, which will bring some exciting new things for our membership.
Warmest regards,
Seth Granville
Founder and Administrator, EMTBravo

To be fair, the Chief does appear to be busy smoking a cigarette at the 1:15 minute mark

C'mon guys! Put your masks on! I don't like "Monday Morning Quarterbacking", but this is pretty blatent. The Chief is also just standing there and watching it. One guy is even using his hood as a "filter". These guys could probably saves thousands of dollars by not buying SCBA equipment they aren't going to use, and just use their filter hoods instead.

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Sorry, but no. Not why we need a bailout system. This is why we need ground ladders placed quickly and efficiently. Among other things.
Looking at that video, there were many things to do before bailing out.
Am I advocating for not having bailout systems, no?
But, that room didn't flash in a matter of seconds. It was free burning and finally got to him. Get to an area of refuge, close a door, do a window hang until the ladder arrives.
Bailouts and survival should be part of our training, but watching that video, my first thought was not, I wished he had a bailout kit. It was, I wished his boys had placed ground ladders like good operators and truckies should. But once that didn't happen...yes...It was time to bail.
Play heads up, don't get caught in the first place..