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  1. Posted

    8 hours ago, BBBMF said:

    Lets put 200 grand into lights and sirens, parade around town, tell everyone we're firefighters and not be there when they really need us.  Anyone who agrees with this guy is a coward and deserves a "Hit it hard from the yard" T-shirt!

    Correct. 

    And that was the 1 item that was found to be in his favor. On the rest of the case, the judge did not rule in his favor (there were multiple aspects of the lawsuit) .In sure He will most likely receive  nothing. 

    Hihfty 

  14. Posted

    I'm reading a lot of continuing talk about why NOT to respond "RLS", yet all the reasons I read seem to highlight the failings in the system of adequately covering an area and not questioning the method of getting there. If the system is set up to spread coverage to even out a geographical area, then a neighbor shouldn't be moved one town over.

    If the fire is in Dobbs Ferry and Irvington, Tarytown and Hastings are operating, then an engine should be moved there from, say, Port Chester and a ladder from say, Peekskill. Thats just an abstract idea, but that's how you spread coverage efficiently. You move people from COMPLETELY uneffected areas to a central location to offer coverage to a group of municipalities that are committed to an emergency. Also.....those relocated units should NOT be sent to the scene, if it can be helped.

    The above is why relocating in emergency mode becomes necessary. You need those units to get to the area that needs coverage quickly. When there is a fire in midtown Manhattan, the relocations come from Harlem and Queens. Who says you can't compare this to Westhchester? Forget the municipality, this is just how it should work.

    Is, "the odds of there being another emergency are slim" really the argument? If that's the case, then just pack up your fire department to begin with, because there's only a slim chance of disaster......

    Stop with the defining of an emergency....too many gray areas. A serious hole in emergency service coverage IS an emergency. No one says to go bombing through red lights, but stop, look and proceed.

    Truth

  20. Posted

    In older areas, natural gas distribution was low pressure. Gas suppliers have been changing the mains to high pressure which involves sliding plastic pipe through older galvanized pipe for building service. A gas leak in the street has the possibility of seeping through the space between the old pipe and the new pipe and entering the building.

    This is not to say it's the cause of gas explosions or the possible increase in odor-of-gas runs. I just wrote this so you are aware of this possibility.

    Thank you.

  21. Posted

    Doesn't the president travel with his own armored Type III ambulance painted black like the other Secret Service vehicles?

    Can't the Feds supersede local and state jurisdictions? It would probably be logistically impossible to have one ambulance if traveling through multiple jurisdictions.

    I'm surprised that it wasn't Empress. The Pope uses Empress when he's in town.

    I'm interested to find out the facts, hopefully from someone as MLSS. It is a pretty cool honor to have!

    Yes the Feds can do whatever they want. The paramedics would not be administering any patient care. One would drive with a secret service agent in the front , and the medic in the back would do nothing . His doctors would be treating him, and yes most likely in the president's armored ambulance that's also in the motorcade.

    x635 and SageVigiles like this