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How.....How do some of the officers fit in there?  I'm 6' 4" and I complained about driving a Chevy Colorado.

I know a few troopers of the same size who used to drive the 5.0L Mustangs.
We used to chuckle watching them getting in and out of those cars. 
 
 

NYPD has almost every kind of vehicle. They use scooters, they hade Cushman trikes for a long time. It is not unusual to see a 15 passenger van being used to transport foot patrol officers. They are very divers and innovative in vehicle deployment.

LOL!!!!!

I think FDNY also considered fire assist rescue team,until they realized it would be F.A.R.T......

England was using them for years . I don't know were you put the bunker gear. 

They "DO" look like "Clown Cars" and I know I wouldn't want to be the guy driving it. I have trouble getting out of a full size SUV, let alone this little midget.
 
BUT, maybe for practical purposes, it's use will be very good getting around tight traffic spots of Manhattan, or as those scooters were sometimes used, for the parks and maybe a few housing projects.
 
The plus side of it for the officers is that they are heated in the winter and air conditioned in the summer. New York City is the Proving Ground for anything new. Whether it be the police dept or the fire dept.
 
 As I look back on the years, at least as I remember, with few exceptions, it was NYC that changed from OPEN CAB fire apparatus to ENCLOSED CAB fire apparatus. After that we all just followed. Or from three quarter boots to bunker gear.  NYC was the first place to have a designated fire company as a FAST Co, despite what others might like to take credit for. Which in the beginning was referred to as a FAT Company (Firefighter Assist Team).
 
 Whether the "Clown Cars" work for the NYPD is something that NYC will test for any other major city before they have to spend the money for themselves.
 
 All kidding aside, any police or fire chief, police officer or firefighter, that wants to learn from the most experienced department in the world, "they are very often willing to share the information they have to others who may need it. For those who live just outside the NYC area, you have a pretty good opportunity to learn from the most experienced. Just don't go in there and tell them how to do their job. I know on a few occasions, and ONLY A FEW, I had such a character with me. He ended up making a fool of himself and it just didn't go over too well. 
 
 In this case, if your a Police Chief, let NYC do the work for you. If your department might have an interest in anything like this, give them a year trial and see how they work out. I know before the fire dept made any commitment on bunker gear, that's just what they did. A trail period of one year in some busy companies before they made the final decision to buy about 10,000 sets of bunker gear.

NYPD has added new vehicles to their fleet. I saw a few of these in Manhattan today. 
 
Maybe we could have a caption contest? 
Here are my entries 
1) "I thought I told you not to leave the RMP out in the rain!"
2) "And what do you want to be when you grow up?"
 
 

Date: 12/21/2017
Time: 10:59
Location: 65 Victory St
District: SFD
Battalion: Westside
Channel: Ground 1
Weather: 34 & Sunny
Units: SFD: E3,E2,E1,E4 (RIT),T3,U4 (IC),U6 (Safety),FM108 (C&O),C1 (Chief),C11 (Asst Chief)
          SPD: 1C45,1B41,1A20,1D19,2A32,2C52
          SEMS: M5
Writer:  AFS1970

Description: Multiple calls for fire on 2nd floor of multi family house. PD unit on scene confirmed smoke from back door on 2nd floor. T3 arrived and reported smoke condition. U4 established command and transmitted working fire at 11:06. Recall transmitted at 11:20.

Thanks guys, just what I was looking for. A lot easier when listening to the scanner.

I will try, but I am not the best expert in some of these subjects.
Organization largely depends on who you talk to and what source you use. However per the city charger there is one fire department. This despite the fact that there are still six fire departments. 
 
Stamford has 1 Chief, 2 Assistant Chiefs (one being selected at least partially by the VFD's and serving as Chief of Volunteers), Then various line and staff officers. There is 1 Deputy Chief on each shift & either a Captain or Lieutenant on every SFD apparatus all of which have 4 man crews.
The five existing SFD stations all remain as is, although over the years some redeployments have been made. 
 
Station 1 (Central) houses Engine 1 & Truck 1 
Station 2 (South End) houses Engine 2, Truck 2 & Haz Mat 1 & 2
Station 3 (West Side) houses Engine 3 & Truck 3, as well as SEMS Medic 1
Station 4 (East Side) houses Engine 4
Station 5 (Woodside) houses Engine 5 & Rescue 1 (formerly at Station 1)
 
The five VFD stations are all still there although with various staffing solutions, currently Belltown is the only fully volunteer station. Long Ridge still has career firefighters who work for the company and are not part of SFD.
 
Glenbrook houses SFD Engine 6 (formerly at Station 1), then Engine 32, Engine 34, Truck 31 & Utility 35 as well as SEMS Medic 2 (Day shift only)
Belltown houses Engine 41, Engine 42, Truck 45, Rescue 44 & Utility 40
Springdale houses SFD Engine 7, Engine 52, Rescue 54 & Utility 55
Turn of River Station 1 houses SFD Engine 8, Engine 62, Engine 64, Truck 67, Rescue 66, Tanker 68, Utility 60, Utility 61 & Utility 69
Turn of River Station 2 houses SFD Engine 9, Engine 63 (temporarily relocated to Long Ridge #2)
Long Ridge Station 1 houses Engine 71, Engine 73, Rescue 77, Tanker 78 & Utility 75
Long Ridge Station 2 houses Engine 74 (currently using E63) & Engine 72 (Reserve)
 
SFD sends some type of response on the initial alarm in all districts, VFD's can cancel these units if they have staffed & equipped apparatus responding, although I have only heard this done on still alarms. On full boxes it is common to respond with any extra apparatus and wait for someone on scene to adjust incoming response. SFD recently adjusted several responses to better deploy and utilize their rigs, which applies citywide. There are some slight differences in the VFD stations but for the most part the VFD is dispatched along with the standard SFD response for the call type. 
 
There seem to be Utilities responding on a lot of calls, but most of those are medicals where the utility can do the same thing as an Engine or Truck. I know that one challenge to getting larger apparatus on the road is driver training. For quite a while in what were the combination houses there was no urgency for volunteers to become drivers because the career members would drive. Ultimately this has proven to be a problem as stations have transitioned to fully staffed SFD rigs as well as irregularly staffed volunteer rigs. 
 
There is what can be called a pilot program that so far is only running in Belltown, where volunteers can staff a rig with a full crew and they will be listed as staffed & equipped at the dispatch center and we will dispatch them citywide based on location. This has so far not been extended to any of the other VFD's, although it seems to have proven to be a success in Belltown. 
 
I hope this helped. Although it is hard to discuss the current state of any fire department without at least some elements of both the past and the future. 

SFD has 5 fully staffed firehouses in what had been the Stamford Fire District (basically from LI Sound north to Bulls Head and Greenwich to Darien West to East). These stations house U-4 (on duty Deputy i.e. Shift Commander) Engines 1,2,3,4 & 5,  Trucks 1 (TL), 2 & 3(Ladders)  and Rescue 1. Each unit is staffed with four. Additionally SFD has Engine 6 in Glenbrook, Engine 7 in Springdale and Engines 8 & 9 in Turn of River (1 in each TRFD station) also staffed by four.
 
As for the VFDs, the resources excluding personnel  are as follows
Glenbook  -2 Engines, 1 Ladder 1 support unit
Belltown - 2 Engines, 1 Tower Ladder, 1 medium duty Rescue
Springdale - 2 Engines, 1 Suppprt unit
TRFD - 2 Engines, 1 Ladder, 1 Rescue, 1 Tanker
Long Ridge - 2 Engines, 1 Pumper/Tanker, 1 light duty Rescue. 1 Tanker (2 career personnel on duty 24/7, FM on duty M-F 8-4)
 
As far as responses go, to the best of my recollection the City is dispatched to ALL calls citywide with an Engine (or other unit if no Engine is available) dispatched to life threatening medical calls and a full box assignment for fire calls (which I believe is 3E's, 1T &1R with a 4th E dispatched with traffic, upgraded to code 3 response as FAST if confirmed WF) 
 
For calls in the VFD districts that VFD will also be dispatched. VFD responses vary from nonexistant to 100% which is why SFD is dispatched to all calls. 
 
Hope this is what you were looking for
Merry Christmas

The newest patrol vehicle for BPD is this 2018 Ford Police Interceptor SUV. 
It replaces a 2011 Ford CVPI and has been assigned Car 267. 
 
 

Date: 12/15/17
Time: 2348hrs
Location: 2 Mark St c/s Willow Ave 
District: Vails Gate/Town of New Windsor 
Battalion: 4
Channel:
Weather:
Units: VGFD C3 (IC), E478, T484, E481, T482, City of Newburgh, New Windsor, Cornwall, Salisbury Mills, Washingtonville, 36-14,  NWPD, NWEMS, NWFI, NWDPW.
Writer: BFD1054
Description: Structure Fire
2348hrs-Vails Gate dispatched for the report of smoke in the residence, 2 Mark St.
 
2350hrs-Car-3 on scene, establishing Command, fire through the roof, requesting the 2nd Alarm.
 
2351hrs-OC911 alerting City of Newburgh and New Windsor; Newburgh FAST and New Windsor Engine the scene. 
 
2352hrs-OC911 alerting Salisbury Mills and Cornwall; SMFD Engine and CFD Truck to re-locate VG Station-1. 
 
*City of Newburgh E1 went to work
Salisbury Mills Engine moved up to the scene.
Cornwall Truck moved up to the scene as the FAST.
Washingtonville to the scene with their Truck. 
 
Photos courtesy of Washingtonville FD:
 
 


 
 
 
Link to VGFD Facebook with story and pictures:
 
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=663312310723231&id=240851959635937&__tn__=*s*s-R

Date: 12/16/2017
Time: 20:58
Location: 33 Grenhart Rd (Between I95 S/B off ramp and on ramps for Exit 6)
District: Stamford
Battalion: Westside
Channel: Ground 1
Weather: Cloudy & 33
Units: SFD: E3,E5,E1,E2 (RIT),T3,R1,U4(IC),U8(Safety),E9(2nd Alarm/Water Supply),U121 (Mechanic), C1 (Chief), FM107 (C&O),FM110 (C&O)
          SEMS: M1, M901 (Supervisor)
          SPD: 8S1 (Sergeant),1A20,1B27,2A21,2A32,2B35,2C42,3B22
          RELOCATIONS: E6 (From Glenbrook FD to Stamford 1Co), E8 (From Turn of River Station 1 to Stamford 5Co)
Writer:  AFS1970

Description: Initial calls for smoke coming from a house, multiple calls received while units were en route. E3 arrived on scene and confirmed heavy smoke condition and declared a working fire. U4 special called E9 above the 1st alarm for water supply. C1 arrived on scene and reported fire was in a welding shop with multiple acetylene cylinders involved in the fire. Stamford police blocking streets in area. State Police notified due to proximity to I95.
 
A short time later an automatic alarm in a high rise hotel a few blocks away took more units. A second call giving a different address for the hotel briefly became a third incident and reported smoke on a higher floor. Even when these were confirmed as the same location units were still tied up investigating the odor of smoke which was determined to be from the original fire. 

Date:12/12/17
Time:23:47
Location:400 Broad Ave C/o Woodland & Hillside
District: Leonia Fire Dept 
Battalion:
Channel:154.355 153.445
Weather: cloudy 
Units:Leonia Volunteer Fire Dept Fort Lee Co#3 Ladder 1 (Fast). Englewood Engine 1 Englewood  Hospital Als 211 BLS 233 Tour Commander 295
Writer: vodoly 

Description: At approximately 23:47 hours Bergen County Communications Dispatched  The Leonia Fire Dept (Dept 29) for a Reported structural fire at The Cvs 400 Board Ave   29-8 (Deputy Chief) arrived on scene & Comfirmed a Garbage Can fire extending to the overhang of the building 29 Engine 1 called in responding & was ordered to hit hydrant & lay in Command then requested an All Hands (retone & Fast Team Plus Extra Engine )Fort Lee Com Center then dispatched Ladder 1 Out Of Fort Lee & Engine 1 From Englewood Fire Dept 29-Ladder 1 was Then Ordered To The Roof & to open. Up area over fire 29-9 (Dept  Chief ) assumed Command at this point unit’s Used 2 Lines To Totally extinguish the Fire & Check For extension unit’s on scene  approximately  2 hours

Date: 12/10/17
Time: 1321hrs
Location: *missed it
District: South Blooming Grove 
Battalion:
Channel:
Weather:
Units: SBGFD (Car-1 is IC), Salisbury Mills (Engine), 36-14
Writer: BFD1054
Description: Structure Fire
1321hrs-OC911 alerting South Blooming Grove for the reported structure fire.
 
1322hrs-OC911 alerting Salisbury Mills; (1) Engine requested to the scene in South Blooming Grove. 
 
1325hrs-SBGFD Engine responding.
 
1327hrs-SBGFD Car-2 on scene.
 
1328hrs-SMFD E549 responding. 
 
1331hrs-SMFD E549 on scene. 
 
1335hrs-Command advising kitchen fire, (1) line stretched and operating, main body of fire knocked down, using all assigned companies.
 
1340hrs-36-14 on scene.
 
1341hrs-Command requesting an FI to the scene.
 
1342hrs-OC911 alerting 36-115, 36-104 and 36-109 for the FI.
 
1345hrs-Command placing the fire under control, overhaul in progress, awaiting the FI.
 
1349hrs-OC911 alerting Command that 36-104 and 36-109 are en-route.
 
1416hrs-Salisbury Mills E549 in service.

Date: 12/11/17
Time: 1443hrs
Location: 327 Old Forge Hill Rd.
District: Vails Gate/Town of New Windsor
Battalion: 4
Channel:
Weather:
Units: VGFD (C1 is IC), New Windsor (Engine), 36-13
Writer: BFD1054
Description: Working Fire 
1443hrs-Vails Gate dispatched for the reported structure fire.
 
1444hrs-OC911 alerting 36-13 and New Windsor; New Windsor (1) Engine AMA to the scene in Vails Gate.
 
1448hrs-Car-1 advising small fire on the #2 floor of a 2-story OMD, searching for the source.
 
1453hrs-Command advising OC911 main body of fire is k/d, checking for extension, New Windsor Engine to re-locate VG Station-1.
 
 
 
Link to 1stResponder News;
 
http://www.1strespondernews.com/webpages/news/displaynews.aspx?ID=ff513a8f-eb3a-4b37-94b2-b571802fb7c1
 
 
 
 

So I'm pretty sure most or all of this comes from Priority Medical Dispatch, who have developed the phonetic response determinants based on the old four square risk model? Attached is the model from the EMD field guide. They note that the codes are given the same in every system, but the system users/admin determine the given response to the codes based on the local system.
 
For example, our system locally does not have ALS or BLS trucks, we have volunteers that may or may not have ALS in town or two career staffed EMS services that have ALS on duty. So if we're short  on medics, we send a medic on all calls that are Charlie, Delta or Echo, but hold them back on Alpha and Bravo calls to ensure their availability. Echo calls in our system have the dispatcher notifying the EMS, fire and PD resources in the dispatched area to ensure the fastest unit arrives as quickly as possible and can begin CPR or notify the others of the situation.

The question about Echo responses is really up to the department. The thing about non traditional resources responding is really for paid departments that have a lot of staffed apparatus. This way if there was a CPR call across the street from a rescue company or Hazmat company they would respond along with the assigned box. 
 
I never got the BLS hot / ALS cold thing on the Charlie responses either, but that is thr model in the EMD training guides. Again it is probably designed for paid systems that have many more BLS units than ALS.  This way the closer BLS unit responds hot and assesses the patient and can make a decision on cancelling the ALS unit or upgrading them to an emergency response. 
 
Charlie level calls are most ALS calls that are not imminently life threading. (I.e.  Diabetics but conscious, Abdominal pain over age 35, Difficulty breathing but still alert and able to speak in full sentences; Stroke symptoms without airway compromise; Chest pain without altered mental status or severe diff. Breathing )

That’s cool did not know that  Thanks

They do mutual aid/ 2nd due response in Mahwah.

Finally caught Demerest’s New Freightliner M2 King cab Braun unit 427  at The ER this am  This is Their new color scheme also  A member of the crew commented back LED lights bright  no need for Chevrons !!!

Date: 11/20/17
Time: 1020hrs
Location: 463 Temple Hill Rd
District: Vails Gate/Town of New Windsor
Battalion: 4
Channel:
Weather: 
Units: VGFD (Car-2 is IC), New Windsor, Washingtonville, Coldenham, Cornwall-on-Hudson, City of Newburgh, Air Guard, Castle Point, 36-1, 36-13, others 
Writer:  BFD1054
Description: Working Fire in a 300x200 Commercial structure 
1045hrs-3rd Alarm requested. 
 - Staging area will be the New York Life building across from the fire scene.
 
1057hrs-M/E Engine to set up an LZ at the Temple Hill School for an inbound Medevac.
 
1130hra-Command requesting tanker task force to the scene.
 
Numerous ambulances requested for multiple injuries 
 
**Im monitoring and only getting bits
and pieces

Check out this unusual color scheme on this  Ford F 350XLT (unknown manufacturer of box) unit ID 55-31 Believe they were doing Inter Hospital transport