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At approximately 4:27 PM The Englewood Cliffs Fire Dept was Toned Out for a motor vehicle accident with Entrapment at Slyvan Ave(Route 9w) & Charlotte Place Also Dispatched was Englewood Hospital & Medical Center EMS 236 232 ALS 213 Tour Chief 294  Fire Dept unit’s on scene EC 2 (Rescue/Pumper)  & EC8 (Deputy Chief)  Unit’s found a 3 vehicle accident 1 car 1 SUV & An empty NJ Transit bus Driver of the SUV was extracted via door pop and he & the driver of the 2nd car were taken to Englewood Hospital ALS 213 triaged Driver at scene & released to the bls crew

I am not in Westchester County, however, where I am the following is the norm:
 
1) Most departments have minimal on-duty staff. Some have vollies to supplement but not all have vollies.
2) Every department has recalls. Members use either their personal cell phones to receive the request OR have a Minitor pager.
3) There is no requirement to come back for duty. Some members use recall as their 2nd job and come in a lot, others don't come in at all and may have their own business such as plumber or carpenter.
4) Many departments have no residency requirements and they work 24 on/ 24 off / 24 on / 5 days off. This leads to members living 45 minutes away in a different county and they are not even in a position for recall.
5) Most departments have a recall hierarchy. Example: If Group 1 is on-duty, then Group 2 may be the primary recall group. The first request goes to them. If no one calls in within 2 minutes, then Group 3 is the secondary recall group. They get paged out and if no one calls in within 2 minutes, then a recall for all groups is sent out. Usually these requests go out for a certain number of members. Example: 3 needed for station coverage and the first 3 to call in get the coverage.
6) Structure fire calls go to full-department recalls immediately and then it's a "you all come." Anybody and everybody can respond.
7) One disadvantage to the whole system is that there may be 2 or 3 calls for station coverage during the day and people are quick to jump on that. They get their hours in and then they turn off their phone/pager at night. Recalls for manpower after midnight and this includes structure fires will usually get very minimal recall. There was a nursing home fire (contained to one room) at 3 AM and a 2nd Alarm was struck. Only 2 off-duty members came in to help out. This department did not have vollies. Mutual Aid was used almost exclusively.
8) My only complaint is that many of the department members don't want more people hired because that would cut into their recalls. The more people on-duty, the less need for recalls. But then they cherry-pick their calls and you may have 10 off-duty members show up for a 2 pm fire and only 2 members show up to a 2 am fire. Unfortunately it's all about them and their bottom line. There seems to be less and less commitment to coming in when "the poop is hitting the fan." As for me, if a 2nd Alarm is struck, I feel a moral obligation to get up and respond no matter what time of day or night. It's the system that's been set up and some effort should be given in responding "for the good of the community." They seem to want it both ways, "If it's convenient for me and I'm short on funds I'll go. If it's not convenient then I won't go." In my area it's only a matter of time before the public becomes dissatisfied with the response to some pretty serious calls and manpower per shift will have to be increased. 
9) Departments in my area are staffed with anywhere from 3 on-duty to 12-on duty. The smaller departments will recall 3 for coverage once units are committed (car fire, MVA, etc.). The larger departments won't recall until available manpower falls below a certain number, 6 as an example.
10) Vollies only used for full-department recalls, not for station coverage and not to fill open shifts. 

Date: 11/10/17
Time: 1425hrs
Location: 205 Liberty St/Campbell St
District: City of Newburgh 
Battalion:
Channel: 
Weather: Cold/Windy 
Units: NFD C4 (IC), C3, E1, E3, T1, E10/T10 (call back), West Point (Truck), Air Guard (Engine), Castle Point (Engine)
Writer: BFD1054
Description: Working Fire 
1425hrs (approx)-OC911 alerting 2nd Alarm companies; West Point (Truck) & Air Guard (Engine) to the scene, Middlehope and Cronomer Valley to stand by Public Safety Building. 
 
1430hrs-Dispatch advising Command that E10 abd T10 have been re-hired, as well as an Assistant Chief.
 
1437hrs-Dispatch looking for a progress report. Command advising all hands working, (2) lines in operation, fire on the 3rd floor and into the cockloft, waiting for mutual aid to arrive with "plenty of work for them."
 
1448hrs-Command advising West Point and Air Guard working, companies checking exposures. 
 
1450hrs-E10 on scene.
 
1453hrs-Dispatch conducting status check. Command advising (1) line in the exposure building, crews still operating the 2nd and 3rd floor of the fire building.
 
1456hrs-West Point relieving T1's crew on the roof.
 
1457hrs-Command advising that the FAST is on scene. 
 
1459hrs-Command requesting Dispatch recall (1) member for Cause and Origin.
 
1505hrs-Command requesting Red Cross.
 
1510hrs-40 minute status check. Command advising interior fire in knocked down, crews working on exterior fire, all 2nd Alarm companies commited, 1st Alarm companies taking a breather.
 
1523hrs-Command placing the fire under control, all hands still working, holding all 1st & 2nd Alarm companies.
 
*All times are approximate 

Yes, that is correct.
 
Yes, there is a defacto minimum number of FT personnel on-duty each day.  Our PT personnel are not permitted to function as apparatus drivers or serve as officers.  As such, there must be one FT person serving as the shift OIC (Deputy Chief, Captain or a FF qualified to act) and 2 FT personnel serving as apparatus drivers.  The shift Captain will be one of the drivers as needed, provided they aren't needed to cover the Deputy Chief's position.
 
If the number of FT personnel for the day drops below 3, then off-duty personnel will be called in on OT to cover.  On rare occasion, OT may get called in even if there are 3 FT personnel working.  This only happens if none of the FT working are eligible to act up as the shift OIC, if those working decline the opportunity to act up or if one of the FT personnel has not been cleared to drive yet (someone newly promoted to full-time that hasn't completed driver training).

Englewood Fire Dept (career) Does Group Recall When ever There's  working fire or a piece goes Mutual Aid out of town (for that its usually to staff an other aerial & engine)

Although not in the area asked about, here's what we do.
 
We are a 2 station career FD (down from 4 stations 30+ years ago) with 21 full-time and 12 part-time firefighters split between 4 shifts.  We staff 5 as a minimum and up to 8.  Full-time personnel must live in the City.  Part-time can live anywhere, but must move in once hired full-time.  Most of them live close enough to respond for incident callbacks.
 
Whenever we have a working fire, a 2nd Alarm is struck, which is more of a "working fire upgrade" than a true 2nd Alarm.  It alerts our off-duty personnel along with adding mutual companies for RIT and an additional engine.  Off-duty personnel are notified using a series of notification mediums.  Most personnel are issued Minitor pagers and the primary notification for an incident callback is via the County 911 center.  Each shift has their own "tone" and there is also an "All Call" tone for a full department callback.
 
In addition to that, a text notification is sent out to all member's cell phones when a callback is in progress.  On top of that, most members are utilizing the Active 911 app on their phones.  We get notifications for all incidents, but get additional notifications when a callback is initiated.  So far, the redundancy of this has been working favorably as we've had problems with our County dispatch consistently making the proper notifications.  Sometimes they hit the tones and forget the texts.  Sometimes they've sent the texts, but forgot to hit the tones.  Among other issues.
 
We typically don't do callbacks to fill the stations on most calls.  Occasionally there will be a callback for a limited number of personnel to help with an incident or staff a reserve unit during it if units won't be able to leave for a subsequent call. 
 
If a unit responds to a call outside of the city and will be committed to that incident, then we will do a callback by shift using the same notification process described above until we reach minimum staffing.  We also provide river rescue services in our area.  So, anytime the boat leaves the dock, a callback by shift occurs to re-staff the on-duty units up to minimum staffing levels.
 
Response to callbacks is not mandatory and there is no official "time requirement" on them, but personnel know that they are expected to arrive within a reasonable amount of time.  So, guys outside of the immediate area (either by residence or physical location at the time), don't typically call in for the non-All Call situations if they can't be there within about 10-15 minutes.
 
 

Our dept. has 3 shifts of 6 and a very small "call division" of 8-10. Recalls occur fairly often about an average of 30 times a month but we can go days with none and have 6 another day.  These used to be by platoon a few decades ago when our call division was much larger, but now they are "all come" recalls. I track call payroll and FT recall attendance and on average we get 2.2 FT personnel per recall. We are paid a min. of 2 hrs OT for all recalls 0600-2300 and 3 hrs OT from 2300-0600 or anytime on holidays. Sadly only 3 of our career personnel live inside the city limits, so it does affect turnout and the speed at which the station is covered.  None of our call division personnel are EMS licensed, so that makes recalls a bit more difficult, as of course this is 75% of our work. Most are fully certified FF2 and driver operated certified annually, but alas, the call force is dwindling to the core group and there is very little outside interest to join.
 
I know that over the years recall attendance by career staff ebbs and flows. Younger guys tend to have other jobs off-duty, then there are guys with families that have childcare responsibilities during time off, those who get somewhat burned-out tend to not respond to routine recalls. On the plus side, we have one Lt. who lives in town who takes as much OT as possible come to most callbacks, and one or two other personnel who are pretty regular.  With structure fires being down, we get decent turnouts for most first alarms. My own personal situation is that I used to be 'Johnny on the spot" even though I lived about 15 min. away, but  as I've aged, I find getting back to sleep much more difficult and operating with less sleep much harder, thus I pass up more recalls at night than before even though I live closer. 
 
The one thing that seems to motivate career personnel  in our dept. is that your off-duty attendance of training and recalls can be a factor in promotions, as personnel who are "always" there tend to be favored when other things are on par between candidates. With a large percentage of our officers eligible to retire in the next 3 years this likely will result in some making a greater effort.  

My department in Michigan is kind of similar. 7 full-time total, 2 per shift with a swing to cover vacations/sick time. 20 paid on call. Recall is when all call page is transmitted. Residency requirements for full time is within 20 miles of city limits. Three live outside the city. One comes back in for about every all call fire. One does every once in a while. Last one never does. We really only have three that will come back regularly. The kicker is they're the only ones who can drive trucks. They don't come back only two trucks get out. And they're the ones preventing on calls from being able to drive.
 
It bugs me when guys join department's that do rely on call backs for stuff but never respond for them. You knew when you joined there would be call backs. No one forced you to take the job.

I am not in Westchester County, however, where I am the following is the norm:
 
1) Most departments have minimal on-duty staff. Some have vollies to supplement but not all have vollies.
2) Every department has recalls. Members use either their personal cell phones to receive the request OR have a Minitor pager.
3) There is no requirement to come back for duty. Some members use recall as their 2nd job and come in a lot, others don't come in at all and may have their own business such as plumber or carpenter.
4) Many departments have no residency requirements and they work 24 on/ 24 off / 24 on / 5 days off. This leads to members living 45 minutes away in a different county and they are not even in a position for recall.
5) Most departments have a recall hierarchy. Example: If Group 1 is on-duty, then Group 2 may be the primary recall group. The first request goes to them. If no one calls in within 2 minutes, then Group 3 is the secondary recall group. They get paged out and if no one calls in within 2 minutes, then a recall for all groups is sent out. Usually these requests go out for a certain number of members. Example: 3 needed for station coverage and the first 3 to call in get the coverage.
6) Structure fire calls go to full-department recalls immediately and then it's a "you all come." Anybody and everybody can respond.
7) One disadvantage to the whole system is that there may be 2 or 3 calls for station coverage during the day and people are quick to jump on that. They get their hours in and then they turn off their phone/pager at night. Recalls for manpower after midnight and this includes structure fires will usually get very minimal recall. There was a nursing home fire (contained to one room) at 3 AM and a 2nd Alarm was struck. Only 2 off-duty members came in to help out. This department did not have vollies. Mutual Aid was used almost exclusively.
8) My only complaint is that many of the department members don't want more people hired because that would cut into their recalls. The more people on-duty, the less need for recalls. But then they cherry-pick their calls and you may have 10 off-duty members show up for a 2 pm fire and only 2 members show up to a 2 am fire. Unfortunately it's all about them and their bottom line. There seems to be less and less commitment to coming in when "the poop is hitting the fan." As for me, if a 2nd Alarm is struck, I feel a moral obligation to get up and respond no matter what time of day or night. It's the system that's been set up and some effort should be given in responding "for the good of the community." They seem to want it both ways, "If it's convenient for me and I'm short on funds I'll go. If it's not convenient then I won't go." In my area it's only a matter of time before the public becomes dissatisfied with the response to some pretty serious calls and manpower per shift will have to be increased. 
9) Departments in my area are staffed with anywhere from 3 on-duty to 12-on duty. The smaller departments will recall 3 for coverage once units are committed (car fire, MVA, etc.). The larger departments won't recall until available manpower falls below a certain number, 6 as an example.
10) Vollies only used for full-department recalls, not for station coverage and not to fill open shifts. 

I am not in Westchester County, however, where I am the following is the norm:
 
1) Most departments have minimal on-duty staff. Some have vollies to supplement but not all have vollies.
2) Every department has recalls. Members use either their personal cell phones to receive the request OR have a Minitor pager.
3) There is no requirement to come back for duty. Some members use recall as their 2nd job and come in a lot, others don't come in at all and may have their own business such as plumber or carpenter.
4) Many departments have no residency requirements and they work 24 on/ 24 off / 24 on / 5 days off. This leads to members living 45 minutes away in a different county and they are not even in a position for recall.
5) Most departments have a recall hierarchy. Example: If Group 1 is on-duty, then Group 2 may be the primary recall group. The first request goes to them. If no one calls in within 2 minutes, then Group 3 is the secondary recall group. They get paged out and if no one calls in within 2 minutes, then a recall for all groups is sent out. Usually these requests go out for a certain number of members. Example: 3 needed for station coverage and the first 3 to call in get the coverage.
6) Structure fire calls go to full-department recalls immediately and then it's a "you all come." Anybody and everybody can respond.
7) One disadvantage to the whole system is that there may be 2 or 3 calls for station coverage during the day and people are quick to jump on that. They get their hours in and then they turn off their phone/pager at night. Recalls for manpower after midnight and this includes structure fires will usually get very minimal recall. There was a nursing home fire (contained to one room) at 3 AM and a 2nd Alarm was struck. Only 2 off-duty members came in to help out. This department did not have vollies. Mutual Aid was used almost exclusively.
8) My only complaint is that many of the department members don't want more people hired because that would cut into their recalls. The more people on-duty, the less need for recalls. But then they cherry-pick their calls and you may have 10 off-duty members show up for a 2 pm fire and only 2 members show up to a 2 am fire. Unfortunately it's all about them and their bottom line. There seems to be less and less commitment to coming in when "the poop is hitting the fan." As for me, if a 2nd Alarm is struck, I feel a moral obligation to get up and respond no matter what time of day or night. It's the system that's been set up and some effort should be given in responding "for the good of the community." They seem to want it both ways, "If it's convenient for me and I'm short on funds I'll go. If it's not convenient then I won't go." In my area it's only a matter of time before the public becomes dissatisfied with the response to some pretty serious calls and manpower per shift will have to be increased. 
9) Departments in my area are staffed with anywhere from 3 on-duty to 12-on duty. The smaller departments will recall 3 for coverage once units are committed (car fire, MVA, etc.). The larger departments won't recall until available manpower falls below a certain number, 6 as an example.
10) Vollies only used for full-department recalls, not for station coverage and not to fill open shifts. 

With the limited full time staffing in most department's in Westchester and the shortage of vollies I would assume most career or combo department's rely heavily on off duty call backs. I'm just curious how well department's can get members in off duty?
 
Everyone talks about the high housing costs, can full timers afford housing in the cities where they work? Can they afford to live off just their fire job? 
 
Also, how are they alerted to call backs? Are call backs mandatory or voluntary? If mandatory how are they enforced? Are there residency requirements? Are members expected to report within a certain time frame?
 
Thanks for any info.

Hi all, 
I am seeking some information from the community. I seeking help in identifying New York State Police vehicles. I am helping to organize and update a few wiki pages and within those wiki pages there is some information that is inaccurate or incomplete. To give an example, the information regarding the patrol vehicles in some towns are missing, like what their identifier is (3K-##, 2A-##, 7K-###, Etc). 
 
I have linked a few wiki pages that i am trying to edit and not only am i editing and updating the information for one troop but all eventually all troops in NY. So i am asking the community to help me in clearing up some of the incompleteness, so i can make updates to the wiki pages. Thank you and if you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask. 
 
http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/NY_State_Police_(NY) 
http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/NY_State_Police_Troop_A
http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/NY_State_Police_Troop_B
http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/NY_State_Police_Troop_C
http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/NY_State_Police_Troop_D
http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/NY_State_Police_Troop_E
http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/NY_State_Police_Troop_F
http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/NY_State_Police_Troop_G
http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/NY_State_Police_Troop_K
 
-Nicky P
 
 

 
Yes, the PPE is going to collect far more carcinogens than any of our tools and SCBA ever will.  At least removing the SCBA from the passenger compartment is a start.  I think this is more of firefighter safety concern than it is a carcinogen concern, though.  Obviously, keeping firefighters seated and secured while the rig is in motion is good thing so that we can all make it to the scene safely.  Removing the action of trying to don the SCBA pack while the rig is moving reduces injury in the even of an accident (even if it is just the FF losing balance and falling out the seat during a hard turn).
 
Yes, proper gear cleaning will solve a lot of the issues of cleanliness, especially when it comes to firefighter health and safety.  Period.  You can't argue against that.  I just wish more firefighters would take better care of their gear and wash it on a regular basis.
 
Yes, the rig is going to be longer with this configuration.  Of course, a side mount pump panel helps reduce the overall length...BUT, the overall length and turning radius should be considered during the spec phase.  We're never going to be able to spec a truck to fit in every driveway in our districts, but we can at least consider most of them.  Heck, one of the trucks can be spec'ed for the tighter driveways, just so that there is something to make it to the front door!  

Caught this  Ford E 350 (unknown year& Manufacturer)  At the hospital today

 It was a sweet ride and a workhorse of a engine 

Date: October 30, 2017 
Time: 13:00 
Location: 303 Heritage Hills Dr - Heritage Hills Security HQ Building 
District: Somers- #224 
Battalion: 13 (All Units Are operating on Fire 13 in the county trunked system) 
Channel: Somers District Wide (154.22), Fire 13 (Trunked) (151.1225), 60 control dispatch (46.26) (453.5625), Lewisboro EMS (151.535), County Fireground 1 (453.0375)
Weather: 53 Degrees F, Partly Cloudy, Humidity: 53%, Wind: 12-15 MPH, Storm Just Passed, Power Outages town wide
Units On Scene: C2442 (Command) ,C2445 ,E183, E185, TL18, A80B1, A80B2 (Somers) & 45M3 & TL57, U6 (Bedford Hills F.A.S.T) & C2531, E272 (F.A.S.T) (Yorktown) & C2261 (Mohegan) & Bat 17 & Cause and Origin Zone 4 
Units In Standby in Somers HQ: C2075, E148 (Croton Falls) & C2211, L39 (Katonah) & E140 (Goldens Bridge) & A40B5 (WEMS)
Writer:  TheNickyp0

Description:
10-75 Transmitted @ 13:00. Working structure fire @ 303 Heritage Hills- Heritage Hills Security Building (HQ). Car 2442 had command at  the scene.  Fire was approx. 100x100 and has reached to the roof within several minutes of dispatch. The fire was extinguished within 20 mins. 
The Call was initially reported as a generator fire by fire personnel on scene and then was upgraded to a 10-75 (Working Structure Fire) by C2445 later on. Within Several mins the fire reached the roof and the ceiling collapsed. Multiple other agency's responded to the 10-75 scene and also stoodby in Somers Fire HQ. Multiple Ambulances transported civilians to Northern Wes. Hospital and one firefighter injured when the roof collapsed (Minor Injuries) . Heritage Command had reported that the Fire was knocked down @ 14:35 . An additional Wires down with a small brush fire had been reported at the scene @ 14:42. The brush fire was cleared @ 15:00. After the small brush fire was knocked down the remaining units were in the process of raping up and clearing the scene. 
Somers IC (Incident Command) had begun releasing units from the scene and from Somers HQ. C2442 reported himself and all other Somers units in service with command terminated @ 16:12 and the scene was turned over to Heritage Hills Personnel. 
 
Units In Service: C2442 (Command) ,C2445 ,E183,E185, TL18, A80B1, A80B2, A80B3 (Somers) & 45M2, 45M3 & TL57, U6 (Bedford Hills F.A.S.T) & C2531, 272 (F.A.S.T) (Yorktown) & C2261 (Mohegan) & Bat 17 & Cause and Origin Zone 4 & C2075, E148 (Croton Falls) & C2211, L39 (Katonah) & E140 (Goldens Bridge) & A40B5 (WEMS)
 
 
 
 

Date: 10/27/17
Time: 1714hrs
Location: Rt 52 & Rt 17K
District: Pine Bush/Town of Crawford
Battalion:
Channel:
Weather: Rain
Units: PBFD C1 (IC), E226, Walden (tools) & Fire Police, 36-12, Mobile Life EMS, Town of Crawford PD
Writer: BFD1054
Description: MVA w/Entrapment 
1714hrs (approx)-OC911 altering Pine Bush for the reported roll-over MVA, Route 52 and Route 17K.
 
1716hrs-OC911 re-sounding Pine Bush, confirmed MVA w/Entrapment.
 
1718hrs-PBFD Car-1 on scene advising multiple patients entrapped, requesting Walden to the scene for additional tools.
 
1721hrs-Command advising (3) adult patients, (1) pediatric patient, (2) of which will be ALS.
 
1725hrs-Walden Rescue responding. OC911 advising (2) ALS ambulances en-route.
 
1729hrs-Command advising (1) adult and (1) child extricated, working on extricating the remaining victims.
 
1731hrs-Walden Rescue on scene.
 - Command advising (2) additional adults extricated, working on the last.
 - 36-12 and Walden Car-1 on scene.
 
1732hrs-Command advising that Mobile Life EMS is on scene.
 
1740hrs-36-12 advising the last patient has been extricated, extrication now complete.
 
1751hrs-36-12 advising Waldens Rescue has been released, their Fire Police remaining for road closure.
 
1758hrs-36-12 in service from the scene.
 
1809hrs-Command advising all patients have been transported, PB E226, as well as Fire Police from PB and Walden remaining on scene.
 
1816hrs-Command advising all Pine Bush and Walden units in service, returning, scene turned over to Crawford PD, Command terminated.

I noticed the same thing about the air packs being left exposed to the crew compartment. I must have watched it 3 or 4 times and was thinking that there must be roll-down doors which they had raised for the video. I froze the video at 2:43 and it doesn't look like there any doors. If there are no roll-down doors then I think it would be more dangerous as the average gung-ho firefighter might unbuckle his/her seatbelt, stretch-over and reach in to get the air pack in an effort to get ready to fight the fire.  Very curious.... 
 
Overall I think they did a great job in designing the truck. 

nice truck but looks like a camel being a race horse.  i like the idea of keeping the scba's out of the back and the reasons why but they are still in the back with this design.  look a the video again especially at 2:43 seconds into it.  you will see that the scba compartment is open to the back of the truck so anything off gases from the packs will still be in the same compartment.  i like the idea and the reasons behind it but i don't get the way they did it.  

The Community VFD is just outside of Houston, TX.  Their new Engine 91 looks like it was thoroughly thought out, especially when it comes to the health and safety of its firefighters.  I thought I'd share the video walk-around:
 
**This video was originally posted by Churchville Fire Equipment of Churchville, NY through Pierce Manufacturing**
 
Never mind the use of space in the compartments, there are few other things that really stuck out to me as I watched the video.  The first is the painted bumper edges, giving firefighters extra grip when stepping up on the bumper and tailboard.  The next is the stepped tailboard, allowing easier access to the roof and hosebed.  The last, and the major point of the video, is placing the SCBA in an exterior compartment, keeping firefighters seated and belted while the rig is in motion, and keeping the dirty packs outside of the passenger compartment.  Oh, did I mention the air conditioning that runs while the rig is plugged into shore power?

Good deal for someone
 
https://www.auctionsinternational.com/auction/12346/item/village-of-scarsdale-12346-75319

Caught this at the ER today Aero Ambulance Service out of Hackensack NJ A private Ambulance service I believe this is a new unit 2017 Ford Transit (unknown manufacturer)

Here's links to stories about ceremonies that took place Yesterday The Ridgefield 5 that gave Their lives that morning in Cliffside Park NJ  May they continue resting in peace http://englewood.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/videos-5-firemen-killed-in-cliffside-park-bowling-alley-blaze-honored/724310/

I recall this fire-as it occurred on my shift. The fire happened in the early Am, and the only occupant in the bus at the time of the incident was the driver. The driver was also the person who called 911, and took the video.

LayTheLine: That's far more than I anticipated. I'll have to ask if we have a similar thing in our area. I never remember being part of or hearing about a bus evacuation drill, but alas, it's been a few years since I rode  in a yellow bus.