Flashpoint

Any official info been released to the public yet? News 12 on the scene? Seems like something that they should be covering. Shutting down a career department seems like a very drastic step to take. Were the vols spared? If your gonna do something dumb and get rid of firemen then shouldn't they have cut everyone, career and vol?

What? There's no such federal law.
 
each state sets its fire laws up, and in NY a village is required to provide (either by direct supervision, Croton-onhudson, or contract, Mt. kisco) fire protection. Cities, and villages are required, towns are not allowed to set up fire protection. 
 
Port Chester is a village that directly oversees their fire department (it's a department of the village), so they have absolute rule over budgeting and such and staffing.

I Guess I'm wrong I was under the impression that is federal law to provide Police and Fire Service. EMS is optional 

There are NYS laws that require Police and Fire. But they do not define it. So if you have 2 volunteers and an Indian tank you can call it fire protection and you are covered.

I sincerely hope this is not true I hate to see people lose their jobs 

It is true and has been coming about for some time . Do any of you guys remember the time when North White Plains had there trouble  with there chief , well guess who's chief in Port Chester . Said day for my brothers in local 1971. We are a busy dept with no room for this and if anyone has driven in Port Chester lately you can see the village is booming with new housing

It is not a rumor. It is very true. 

Its a F!&@ing disgrace what happened, and that huge mega mall/hotel that they are going to build at the old United Hospital site underway,good luck being able to properly cover that, morons. 

Rally to support Port Chester Career Firefighters, 1PM, IFO Port Chester Village Hall. Wear red.
 
 
 

Wow, I'm totally disgusted by this very sad news. In my 48 years with the Department I have always been proud of our reputation as one of the best Fire Departments in Westchester County. That reputation was earned by the dedicated service and hard work performed by the Career and Volunteer staffs working together. Sure we had our differences at times (some not so pleasant) but we worked them out for the betterment of the service. The Village of Port Chester has been very fortunate to have a Fire Department that has saved many lives and millions of dollars in fire losses over the years. The quick response of the Career Staff with Engines 58 & 59 and the superb firefighting tactics of it's dedicated Volunteers have prevented many small fires from becoming major conflagrations. Anyone in the Fire Service knows how fast uncontrolled fires multiply by the minute and therefore the importance of the quick initial response. In most cases that is what the Career staff provided. To the Mayor and Members of the Village Board, as a former Chief of this Department I'm appalled by this decision. You should be ashamed of yourselves for taking this horrendous action and placing the lives and property of the citizens in jeopardy. I hope your actions don't cause any hardship or sorrow to anyone involved. To the Career staff I wish you Godspeed in finding new suitable employment in your chosen profession. To the Volunteers watch your backs, you never know who's next on the hit list.. In closing I feel a list of how the Village Board Voted should be posted so the residents know who is responsible for this unfortunate decision.....

 
http://strongswiftdurable.com/all-articles/first-responders-tolerate-unfit-police-firemen/

 
http://strongswiftdurable.com/all-articles/first-responders-tolerate-unfit-police-firemen/

 
http://strongswiftdurable.com/all-articles/first-responders-tolerate-unfit-police-firemen/

 

 
http://m.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/emts-hazardous-material-duties-paramedics-article-1.2594039

 
http://m.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/emts-hazardous-material-duties-paramedics-article-1.2594039

 
http://m.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/emts-hazardous-material-duties-paramedics-article-1.2594039

 
http://www.autoblog.com/2016/04/07/ford-police-interceptor-utility-light-bar/?ncid=edlinkusauto00000016

 
http://www.autoblog.com/2016/04/07/ford-police-interceptor-utility-light-bar/?ncid=edlinkusauto00000016

I've heard some things which I hope are just rumors. One of which is that there are some people thinking that Harrison could just tack themselves onto the White Plains contract, or Port Chester EMS could expand. But I see no reason for either since I don't think this is real.

 
 

 
 

 
 

http://www.mydaytondailynews.com/news/news/insurance-to-cover-most-of-1m-cost-of-totaled-fire/nqkMf/?icmp=daytondaily_internallink_textlink_apr2013_daytondailystubtomydaytondaily_launch

 
 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-extra-alarm-fire-west-humboldt-park-20160308-story.html