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An excellent program which keeps on getting better with each episode. Among the things that make it good is the use of the "powers" when you least expect it. ...Oh....and thank goodness for DVR's. In case I'm out, it's recorded for me.

The term "Wash down" had a whole new meaning when you would use the high pressure pumps on Lake Carmel's 17-2-1-and 17-3-1.

....and if you never saw the Super Pumper operate, you missed quite a site ! In the '70's, I started to believe that the Super Pumper was quartered with 82 Engine !!! LOL

Can't tell from the photos. The rig obviously has an aerial device and pumps but to be a quint, the apparatus must have: - An aerial device. - A complement of ground ladders. - A rated pump (750 GPM or greater). - Carry a complement of hose. - Carry water.

Con Rail under contract to the MTA.

I'm boked....12/2 - 12/12. HPN to MCO. Oh, and, your "favorite" airline with "great" coffee is making inquires at HPN.

That's right DOC. It was a Saturday night into a Sunday morning. Woke up and heard, what I thought was machine gun fire. It was, in actuality, branches breaking and falling on numerous trees. The snow melted Sunday afternoon but we were without power, and consequently heat and water, for 5 days. NYSEG did a superb job in restoring service.

Old firehouse tale.

Fire district spending has Farmingville hot BY JULIET CHUNG Newsday Staff Writer October 10, 2006 Farmingville's fire commissioners received a tongue-lashing last night from residents upset about the district's spending plans for next year - including more than $300,000 set aside for refurbished rec rooms and a new race car. As Newsday reported last week, the commissioners recently passed a $2.9-million budget that allocates $260,000 for the renovation of its stations' recreation rooms and $55,000 to buy a race car. The budget, which will raise local fire taxes by roughly $75 per household, also sets aside $12,000 to raise the pay of a recently hired maintenance mechanic who is the son of one commissioner, the stepson of a second and godson of a third. "I feel that my Farmingville fire district, my volunteers, are out of control," resident Terry Sherwood, 50, said to the commissioners last night. It was the first scheduled meeting since the budget was approved. "How many more comforts of home can you have in the firehouse?" Sherwood asked. "We expect, since we're paying taxes, that we'll have some kind of say in what happens," said Ray Wysolmierski, president of the Greater Farmingville Association, calling for greater accountability. In a back-and-forth that at times became heated, residents asked how buying a race car relates to saving lives and why such a costly renovation was deemed necessary. The commissioners, for the most part, declined to answer questions. Last week, when contacted by Newsday, several of them defended their planned spending as ultimately furthering public safety. One commissioner, Stephen Curtin, has criticized the budget as excessive and lacking proper priorities. In the district's defense, Commissioner Norman Neill, stepfather to the mechanic who got a pay raise, said that renovating the recreation rooms will decrease emergency response times by keeping volunteer firefighters at the stations. A new race car will hone the volunteers' firefighting skills by enabling them to compete in drill tournaments, said Commissioner Edward Stewart Jr., father of the mechanic. Local firefighters have long competed in tournaments where teams race in specially modified vehicles and climb ladders or hook up hoses. The pay raise for the mechanic, he added, aligns his son's compensation with what similar districts pay mechanics. Several residents at the meeting said they understand the need for perks, but said the district's planned spending seems excessive. "I understand these guys need something in the firehouse to keep them here," said one man, who declined to give his name. "But when I hear $50,000 for a race car - C'mon guys, let's be responsible." State legislators have passed bills requiring greater accountability from fire districts since a Newsday investigation last fall.

Try http://www.straphangers.org/ for NY metro area transit talk.

Bids for new Tarrytown firehouses come in very high By THE JOURNAL NEWS FROM STAFF REPORTS (Original publication: October 6, 2006) TARRYTOWN - The village's long-delayed plan to build two new firehouses would be far more expensive than previously estimated, according to construction bids opened today. The lowest combination of bids for the firehouses would result in a cost of nearly $5.1 million, well above the $3.8 million estimated by the village, according to a review of bids from 17 contractors by The Journal News. The costs could prove to be even higher if any of the contractors submitting the lowest bids were found to be unqualified to build the replacement firehouses during the village's analysis that is expected to take a week or two. The higher costs does not mean the village would automatically reject the bids or redesign the firehouses, said Mayor Drew Fixell. "I wouldn't rule it out. We'll have to look at the numbers carefully," Fixell said of the construction bids, which earlier in the day had been opened at Village Hall before an audience of hopeful contractors. Village officials had hoped the current plan to build two firehouses could be done by an earlier $4.2 million estimate for two firehouses that would have been built next to each other on White Plains Road east of Route 9. That site was said to be more expensive by village officials, in part because construction there would have required extensive rock removal. The new buildings would replace the village's Washington Engine Company's station on Kaldenberg Place with a new one on White Plains Road, and temporary quarters for Consolidated Engine Company on Sheldon Avenue with a permanent structure a short distance away. Can plans for one firehouse be far behind ?

WHAT ??? Would someone please convert this to plain English please ?

There's a few in Mt. Vernon: 23 S. 6th Ave. - Home for many years to Chemical 1/Engine 4. Later used by Truck 1 until Station III was built in 1977. Building is now privately owned. S. 3rd Ave. between E. 1st St. and E. 2nd St. - Formerly Engine 6. I remember as a kid the old Ahrens Fox that came out of there. Engine 6 moved to Station I in the early '60's. Building now used by an oil company. S. Fulton Ave. just north of E. 3rd St - Home to Engine 5 for many years until Station II was built in 1962. Rescue 1 operated from there until 1977 when they moved to Station II. Other buildings that have been knocked down include: 211 S. 4th Ave. where Engine 3 & Truck 1 operated for many years. Served as fire headquarters. Truck 3 was located on S. 5th Ave. between W. 5th St. and W. Sandford Blvd. Land is now part of a school playground. Engine 2 occupied a house on E. Sidney Ave. between Gramatan Ave. & N. 3rd Ave. Lot is now part of a parking structure.

Just a follow-up for all.... Civilian Award winner, Ex-Carmel Chief Tom Keck, just had surgery last week to correct a medical condition that was caused by the crash. After a week in the hospital, Tom is at home recupperating.

From a management perspective, correct decision by the governor.

Yes....there are different laws and rules for bounty hunters then what there is for the police. And believe it or not, in most states, bounty hunters have MORE power than the police. Here is an excerpt from the NYS Criminal Procedure Law (CPL) as at pertains to bounty hunting: 2. For the purpose of surrendering the defendant, an obligor or the person who posted cash bail for the defendant may take him into custody at any place within the state, or he may, by a written authority indorsed on a certified copy of the bail bond, empower any person over twenty years of age to do so.

Caught this on NBC Nightly News last night. An excellent piece of how the sons of heroes carry on in their father's footsteps. http://video.msn.com/v/us/msnbc.htm?f=00&g...id/8004316/&fg=

No buckets....tower ladders or snorkels....in LA City or County ?

We used to go sit outside of 82 Engine and load up with food from the bodega across the street. Was quite a show when the house got a box. 2 engines, 2 trucks and 1 or 2 battalions. I was fortunate to be invited to the Bronx CO on several ocassions. If I went on a Friday or Saturday night, greetings were brief. It was usually "pick up a pad and write down the box." The best thing that happened to The Bronx was when Jimmy Carter showed up on Charlotte Ave. and pledged to bring $$ into the urban redevlopment of the Bronx. While I differed in almost every political decision that Carter ever made, he kept his promise and the worst was over.

Buses are in service in the southern part of the county. Had to check some overpasses today in Bronxville (Pondfield Rd.) and Mt. Vernon (N. Columbus Ave.) to make sure the buses fit. They do. So far, so good. No problems.

He was a "psych" patient ???

In 1989, we had just put a new ambulance in service when my crew got a call in the middle of the night for a difficulty breathing. While the EMT went into the house to treat the patient, the driver and I removed the stretcher and bought it inside. The call was a relatively unremarkable one....until...... We bought the patient on the stretcher outside and found the inside of the rig swarming with bees. Apparently, when pulling to the side of the road, we ran over a hive....and the occupants were pi**ed ! After we called for a mutual aid ambulance, the cop on the scene ran me back to the fire house where I "promptly" responded with our utility truck with 3, CO2 extinguishers. I put my turn out gear on and jumped in the back of the bus with CO2 cans a blazing. I froze all of them suckers. Needless to say, when we returned to quarters, we spent the next couple of hours sweeping, vacuuming and sanatizing the bus. R.I.P. Mr. Bee !!!

Me thinx a "johnny" knows it all !

Mets fans sounds like Red Sox replacements !

Teens need more training and more experience before getting behind the wheel alone. A more restrictive driver's license is one of the answers. Statistics about teen crashes as compared to other segments of the population speak loudly about this.