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Ford E 350 wheeled coachUnsure of year  but here's thier special care transport unit @ Englewood 's ER

Rest in peace Ira I had met him @  fire matic events very knowledgeable on Jersey city fire history

 
We have two Oshkosh Striker 4X4's and a Chevy Tahoe that are staffed by the Airport Operations Department.  The Tahoe (Airport 1/2951) is staffed by the airport operations supervisor who establishes Airport Command and is the incident commander until it's transferred to a mutual aid chief.   The strikers (Airport 7 and 11) are staffed by a minimum of two airport operations coordinators, so one in each truck.  During the weekdays we have additional staffing, so you'll see two in each truck.  Our job is the initial containment of the fire and to assist victims with evacuation from the aircraft.  Once mutual aid is on scene with us, we become the technical advisers for the strike teams operating in and around the aircraft.
 
As for training, I'll preface this by stating that we only do ARFF; We don't do any structural firefighting at the airport (but we will take care of car fires and brush fires on the field).  We are all certified by FAA standards to be ARFF personnel (IMO that's definitely not enough training).  Some have been to FAA approved 40 hours basic ARFF classes, and few have been to the advanced classes.  So, overall, there isn't a lot of initial hands on fire training (mostly because NYS is a home rule state and we can get away with meeting the FAA minimums).  There are a few of us that are or have been volunteer firefighters, so we do bring a lot of experience and knowledge to the table, and everybody learns from us who do have real experience.  The operations department does meet monthly to conduct re-certification training in the 11 ARFF areas that we need to train in, and we also throw in extracurricular classes such as first aid, CPR, incident command, and general OSHA training.
 
We do train with some of the responding agencies.  Again, IMO we don't train with them enough, especially since we only tend to conduct nursing drills feed the ARFF trucks.  I would love to see more training with all of the responding agencies in all of the aspects of the emergency response plan like handline work, aircraft extrication, triage, airport familiarization, etc.  So, tell your chief that you want to train at the airport more and do more than just flow water to a giant masterstream on wheel! haha

Date: 03/01/2016
Time: 13:20
Location: 1323 State Route 209 [Paradise Farms]
District: Cuddebackville
Units: Cuddebackville (full response), Huguenot Engine 812 (fill tankers at Shore Drive & Guymard Turnpike) & Tanker 813 t/s; Mount Hope FAST & Tanker 823 t/s; Westbrookville (Sullivan County) Tanker 34-31 t/s; Pocatello Tanker 152 s/b Mount Hope; Otisville Tanker 145 s/b Cuddebackville, Orange & Rockland t/s; FI 36-101 & 36-108 t/s
 
Description: Cuddebackville DC1 on scene with a 2.5 story, 20 x 20 barn - working fire; Cuddebackville Car 2 assumed command; 10 minute status check: 4 hand lines in operation; 20 minute status check: fire knocked down and under control, discontinue status checks

I believe shift change when transcare was 37 M1 & 37 m2 was either out of mount pleasant town hall or Valhalla VAC HQ, I am not sure which one. 

I believe shift change when transcare was 37 M1 & 37 m2 was either out of mount pleasant town hall or Valhalla VAC HQ, I am not sure which one. 

Transcare ambulances sit abandoned at the Mount Vernon base Saturday 2-27-16.
 

WEMS first call in North White Plains as 37-M-1
 
(Photo submitted by EMTBravo member)