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Here's EMS 8 of  North Bergen EMS at Englewood Hospital ER today 2016 Chevy/Medix

don't have any idea Who built this Ambulance but here's Alert Ambulance  service  unit 7910 ( unsure what the partnership with Hackensack Meridian Health care is) Look like a 2017 Ford Transit though Parked out side Hospital ER this afternoon 

This reminds me of the talk of Haz-Mat responses back in the 1980's when departments were just getting involved in Haz-Mat responses. There were extreme ideologies back then as well. Some thought it was inevitable and something the fire service could not avoid. Others thought it was pure craziness and the barn doors should be kept shut if there was a green cloud floating through downtown. 
 
I think that starting a Tech-Rescue team is a good idea whether its career or volunteer. What are the alternatives? Have some child fall down a well and the totally untrained towns people gather together and try to form a human chain down into the well? With that being said, proper judgement has to be used by a Haz-Mat team or a Tech Rescue team when things are beyond their capability and that comes with training.  
 
If a local Haz-Mat team got called to a train derailment and there was some really severe Ethel-Methal Bad Stuff mixing with Super-Duper Sticky Stuff and it was obvious that special teams from the production companies and a professional clean-up crew would be needed to mitigate the situation, then perhaps the best approach would be to evacuate, pull-back and try to protect the environment if able to.
 
The same would hold true for a Tech-Rescue team. If they respond to an old excavation site to discover someone has fallen 100 feet into a 2 foot diameter hole, they may decide they need to call a professional excavating company and a professional rigging and shoring company to come in and assist. 
 
In both cases training, judgment and size-up are needed to determine, "can we handle this?" A chief wouldn't send a crew of firefighters into a fully-involved, collapsing house on a report someone was inside - same idea.
 

This reminds me of the talk of Haz-Mat responses back in the 1980's when departments were just getting involved in Haz-Mat responses. There were extreme ideologies back then as well. Some thought it was inevitable and something the fire service could not avoid. Others thought it was pure craziness and the barn doors should be kept shut if there was a green cloud floating through downtown. 
 
I think that starting a Tech-Rescue team is a good idea whether its career or volunteer. What are the alternatives? Have some child fall down a well and the totally untrained towns people gather together and try to form a human chain down into the well? With that being said, proper judgement has to be used by a Haz-Mat team or a Tech Rescue team when things are beyond their capability and that comes with training.  
 
If a local Haz-Mat team got called to a train derailment and there was some really severe Ethel-Methal Bad Stuff mixing with Super-Duper Sticky Stuff and it was obvious that special teams from the production companies and a professional clean-up crew would be needed to mitigate the situation, then perhaps the best approach would be to evacuate, pull-back and try to protect the environment if able to.
 
The same would hold true for a Tech-Rescue team. If they respond to an old excavation site to discover someone has fallen 100 feet into a 2 foot diameter hole, they may decide they need to call a professional excavating company and a professional rigging and shoring company to come in and assist. 
 
In both cases training, judgment and size-up are needed to determine, "can we handle this?" A chief wouldn't send a crew of firefighters into a fully-involved, collapsing house on a report someone was inside - same idea.
 

I am by no means a seasoned veteran (run a lot of medical calls & fire alarms) but the volume, pressure, and thickness of smoke coming out of the building between the 11 & 12 minute mark is the heaviest I've ever seen!

 

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2017/07/24/passaic-new-jersey-fire/
 
 

Well the wait is over Finally got a chance to get pictures of the new FLA 3 It's one of 2 totally new units Built by PL Custom  2nd one is assigned to FLA 4  The 3 rd unit will be a remount of  FLA1's box on to a Ford F450 4WD Chassis   FLA 3 & 4 Feature White out privaticy window treatments new warning light set up plus Push Bar strip LED warning lighting These units mark a return to Pick up truck style chassised units since the late 70's when they operated 3 Chevy chassised  units

I love the color scheme!

 
http://highlandscurrent.com/2017/07/24/putnam-prepares-assemble-specialized-rescue-team/

Here's the million dollar question....
 
Who's going to staff it?  It is going to be a volunteer system, much like the Westchester Haz-mat team, which due to slow response times, has been skipped over many a time for a properly staffed rig?
 
Tech team responses require an immense amount of training, and if you get the cert once and never handle the equipment for months, you're gonna lose that skill...

 
Here's what I'm getting out of this statement:

If Putnam County is willing to share resources to obtain a grant, AND Westchester County is willing to share resources (to get a grant), AND Orange County is willing to share resources (to get a grant), are these counties setting themselves up to become a regional technical rescue response team?  In my mind, the sharing of resources cuts the cost to the taxpayers by setting up a system where this task force has this and that task force has that, and they share the resources based on what is needed where.  This is obviously in contrast to each county being set up exactly the same as the others.
 
Anyway, kudos to Putnam County on their progress in organizing such a specialized team!  It takes a lot of time, hard work, and resources to bring together such a project!

Date: 07/26/2017
Time: 20:05 (Aproximate)
Location: East Branch of Stamford Harbor off Saddle Rock Rd
District: SFD 4
Battalion: Eastside
Channel: Ground 2
Weather: 69 and Sunny
Units: SFD: E4, R1 (Relocating for Fireboat), U4 (IC), E1 (With Zodiac), Marine 236
         SEMS: M3, M5
         Greenich PD: Marine 139
         Darien: Unk Marine Unit
Writer:  AFS1970

Description: Initial report for boat taking on water, 4 occupants with only 2 life jackets. Units arrived at initial location of Shippan Point and could not see the vessel. Arriving at updated location U4 was able to see vessel was capsized and 4 victims were in the water. U4 called for E1 with the Zodiac. Darien Marine unit arrived as well as a civilian boat responding to the distress call. U4 Greenwich Marine 139 arrived at nearby Marina Shortly. U4  canceled E1 due to multiple boats on scene to assist. 
 
** As I was hearing this on a scanner I was not able to get information on police units responding unless they were mentioned over the fire radio. 

Date: 07/21/2017
Time: 19:02
Location: Aproximately 1 mile south-southwest of Shippan Point
District: SFD 4
Battalion: Eastside
Channel: Tac 1
Weather: 86, Partly cloudy
Units: SFD: FB236, E4, E5 (Relocate for fireboat), R1 (Relocate for fireboat), U4 (DC)
          SPD: 3B28, TE2, 1C54, 8S3 (Sergeant)
          SEMS: M3
          Greenwich PD: Marine 139
          Noroton FD: Marine 34
          Norwalk PD: Marine Unit (Unit # Unknown) crew called back to staff boat
          Norwalk FD: Fireboat 238
          USCG: Unk Vessel from Eatons Neck
Writer:  AFS1970
Description: Multiple phone calls from people on a 12 person fishing boat, reporting male & child overboard, no qualified operators on board. Due to language barrier with callers no vessel location other than Connecticut and no vessel name were able to be obtained. GPS/ALI location for 1 caller showed well inland (likely tower) and one showed location in water. Due to this, the call was broadcast to neighboring towns for any available public safety boat to respond. Siren from Noroton Marine 34 was heard over phone, assisting in locating vessel. Stamford Fireboat 236 located boat and found nobody overboard and all subjects accounted for. Vessel was escorted into marina, EMS transported a child with a minor laceration. Coast Guard responded to pier to meet with vessel operator. 

Date: 07/12/2017
Time: 14:07
Location: 46 Seaside Ave
District: SFD 4 (Eastside)
Channel: Tac 1
Weather: 87 Hot Humid
Units: SFD: E6, E2, E3, T1, R1, E4, U4 (IC), C1 (CoD), C2 (ACoD), U6 (SAFETY), U7 (SAFETY), U8 (SAFETY), FM111 (C&O), E1 (SPECIAL CALLED), U121 (MECH), U122 (MECH), U123 (MECH), U9 (FIELD COMM)
          SEMS: M2, M5, U91 (REHAB), M901 (SUPERVISOR)
          SPD: 3B33, 2C291, 3D48, 8S3 (Sgt), K9-1 (K9 Sgt)
Writer:  AFS1970

Description: Multiple calls for house fire. E6 initially sent as RIT but arrived first and declared working fire. U4 arrived and assumed command, special calling additional engine. M901 called for 2nd ambulance and rehab unit. Eversource (power company) notified also.
 
** Tac channel being used in place of fire ground channel due to radio reprograming project.

Date: 07/09/2017
Time: 18:39
Location: 58 Stephen St
District: SFD 3 (Westside)
Channel: Ground 2
Weather: Sunny & Clear
Units: SFD: E3, E5, E1, T3, R1, E4 (RIT), U4 (IC), U8 (Safety), E2 (Special Call), C1 (Chief of Department). FM110 (C&O) C2 (Asst. Chief of Department), U123 (Mechanic)
          SEMS: M3, M901 (Supervisor)
          SPD: 1C21, 1B14, 1A45, 8S1 (Sergeant)
Writer: AFS1970
Description: Initial reports of smoke inside the house. E3 arrived and confirmed the smoke condition. U4 arrived, assumed command and declared working fire. U4 requested Eversource (power company) to respond. U4 special called an additional engine company. Also called was the Red Cross and a Fire Marshal.

 

Caught Hackensack VAC At the ER    today Has It's a Frazier mounted on a Chevy Chassis 

Date: 06/20/17
Time: 1630hrs
Location: Temple Hill Rd & George Green Dr
District: Vails Gate/Town of New Windsor 
Battalion: 4 
Channel:
Weather: Clear/warm 
Units: NWEMS/ALS, NWPD, VGFD, Air-2
Writer: BFD1054
Description: MVA/Pedestrian Struck 
1630hrs-Units dispatched for the reported pedestrian struck, victim reportedly under the vehicle.
 
Patient removed by EMS and PD
 
VGFD re-directed to set up the LZ. 
 
 
Link to Mid Hudson News article;
 
http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/2017/June/21/NW_car_bike_acci-21Jun17.htm

Here's Ridgefield Tankers 5 A 1988 International Tech weld  375 2200 tank This is a former Port Authority Tunnel washer unit acquired by Ridgefield & Converted to fire department use all work done by Dept members & was painted by the DPW unit is used on the NJ Turnpike & brush fires in area It's part of the Bergen County Tanker Task Force Credit to the photographer

 

The Danbury Police Explorers are currently raising money to fund a new van. Their program is one of the largest in New England, when I aged out we had 75 Explorers; now they are up to about 100 members; however, they only have two 15-passenger vans at their disposal. These young men and women do an incredible amount of work to support DPD and the entire Danbury community; including supporting the Patrol Division with traffic, parking, and/or security details for special events, conducting land searches to support missing persons and other Detective Bureau cases, performing Honor Guard duties at ceremonies, among other duties. On average they support about six events per month, and the program receives very little in terms of funding from the City.

Please consider donating to help these guys get a new vehicle so they can continue to support events in the western CT area:
https://www.gofundme.com/danbury-cadets-need-a-new-van

Here's Englewood Engine 3 A 1984 Hendrickson Eone 1750/750 Refurbished in 1996 with addicion of Hurricane cab & repainted red/white at an mva Englewood Car 3 in background 

Date: 06/14/17
Time: 2255hrs
Location: 904 Little Britain Rd - Two Brothers Deli and Pizza 
District: Vails Gate 
Battalion: 4
Channel:
Weather: 
Units: VGFD Cars 1 (IC), 2, 3, E481, T484, E479, T482, E478, R480, City of Newburgh (FAST), 36-13, NWEMS, NWPD, NWFI's
Writer: BFD1054
Description: Working Fire in a Deli/Pizzeria 
 
Link to VGFD's FB page with description and picture.
 
https://m.facebook.com/VailsGateFD/photos/a.257174668003666.1073741832.240851959635937/558091034578693/?type=3&source=48&__tn__=E

 
Urban Studio Unbound (www.urbanstudiounbound.org) along with members of the Yonkers Fire Department have opened a two week exhibit honoring the history of the department with photos and displays.  The exhibit opened this past Saturday and runs through June 24, 2017.  The studio is located at 66 Main Street in Yonkers.  There is no entry fee but donations are greatly appreciated!  Hours are: Wednesdays 2-7 pm, Thursdays 11am-4pm, Fridays 12-5 pm, Saturdays 1-6 pm, and Sunday June 18, 1-6pm.  The exhibit closes on Sunday June 25th.
 
Members past and present, along with their family members have commented on the heartwarming and sincere effort that went into displaying the hard working firefighters over the years and the professional rememberance of those members who lost their lives in the Line of Duty