RANDY45

Some mentioned were big posters on here, often very critical of others, and very outspoken about what is right and wrong. Where are they now

Does yonkers stand by in other jurisdictions when asked or do they only go mutual aid when responding to the scene?

I agree. I hope it is false. My question was basically, will WCPD penalize Village of Ossining PD for this decision? Due to the reference of the Town no longer getting the same level of service, as mentioned in the quote below.

Thereby eating up the savings of the contract difference, so there will be no savings. VOPD said they will only hire 5 officers. Sorry, in the end, there will be no savings, and they will not get the same level of service.

Why not the same level of service? I bet it will be better VOPD is probably better versed in handling the patrolling of the town. They can handle whatever comes as they have shown in the past. If special services are need the county pd can be called on as the town residents continue to pay county taxes. In my opinion they get the best of both worlds.

I don't understand, if someone disagrees with you then the rules are changed. Nothing in this thread has been half as bad as I have seen you let others do.

Why souldnt the villages get money for their general funds? The villages are paying the fire departments budgets and it costs money to cover the unincorporated areas for Greenburgh. I am just not sure what you were getting at.

Does the bank teller in town get to run out the door when the pager goes off at 11am? How about the teacher who is teaching a lesson in the elementary school? I do t think they do. If your job is dpw get then that's your job not being a ff. When your done at work then you can play ff. But when the town is paying you to serve the town get to work!

Would you still go if your job stopped paying you?

Stop crying

Another idiotic comment! The teacher may not run but how about members of the custodial staff?

" when the town is paying you to serve the town get to work" what do you call volunteering.? That is serving the town! volunteers are considered employees!

Your most rediculous statement " would you still go if your job stopped paying you?" , we are talking about a volunteer fire department, they respond and don't get paid. They get up in the middle of the night when they are not being paid to sleep and respond to alarms.

No one is crying yet! The taxpayers will be when they have to pay for a fully staffed fire department.

Career departments are necessary in certain places and I hope those firefighters get the best pay and benefits. But, the volunteer service serves the majority of this country and many places can not afford a paid department. This thread is not about paid vs volunteer. We can both make stupid statements about the other side.

This is about a municipality depending on a life saving volunteer service but not being willing to let there own employees volunteer. It just does not make sense.

Exactly, and I can imagine that there are a lot of people out there, such as tax payers in spring valley who agree with the mayors stance. How many times have VFDs and VACs and other tax funded.public agencies been turned down lately in terms of purchasing new equipment and vehicles? Can you imagine the uproar in the community if it had been leaked that public employees were leaving their jobs to go on fire calls and getting paid at the same time?

Again agreed. I think the best option in this situation is for whatever union to get a clause or something put into their next contract that would allow village employees to go on unpaid breaks to respond to fire calls.

Are you kidding me, volunteer departments only survive because employers let the employees respond to fires/ems calls. Can you imagine the uproar in the community when those public employees no longer go on fire calls and instead the village has to PAY a fire department to respond, and the community has to pay for that. This is not about pay vs volunteer, but municipalities have to set an example and allow there employees to respond to calls if they expect other businesses to do the same. This is vital to the sustainability of the volunteer service.