dadbo46

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    Ossining doesn't have 9 engines, 2 rescues, 3 truck, 2 utilities and 5 ambulances. They have Engines 96-101, Rescue 14, Ladder 41, Tower Ladder 42, 4 ambulance (2 of which are BLS and 2 of which are ALS). The boat is shared between Ossining Police and Fire. It's mostly used by the police since they very rarely dispatch fire for a call on it. They also only have 1 utility truck.

    I believe that he"s talking about Ossining and Briarcliff.

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    I believe that the Medical Advisory Committee for the Regional Council has finally taken steps to mandate that any EMS agency must be "in the ambulance" responding within three (3) minutes of a 911 call being received. I think the implementation date has been set, and that if an agency cannot meet this mandate the take themselves out of service for that day. More info is available from the regional council.

    With the Fitch & Associates study on EMS findings, positive changes should be forthcoming.

    With all due respect to the good intentions of the Regional EMS Council, a 3 three minute response time for volunteer agencies is just not reasonable.

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    Fox is re-airing the pilot episode of the series, "The Chicago Code", tonight at 10 EST.

    Good chance for those who are just getting into the series, or want to.

    9 p.m. in NY. Missed the pilot so will DVR this. Have been watching the recent episodes and find it a pretty good series.

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    Your anger is directed in the wrong location. It is the State of Connecticut's fault. Metro North owns 50% of the cars and wanted to replace them years ago. The state dragged its feet until it was too late. MTA Metro North did the best they could with the cards dealt to them.

    Only The first train did the 4000 mile acceptance test, now the rest only have to do 1000 miles of trouble free testing. Better to wait the get stuck between stations because something new and untested failed.

    Absolutely.

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    From the 2/26/11 NY Times:

    The New Police Siren: You’ll Feel It Coming

    By ARIEL KAMINER

    Joe Bader tried setting the two tones of his invention four notes apart on the musical scale, but the result sounded like music, not a siren. Same thing when he played around with a five-note interval. But when he set the two tones apart by two octaves and gave the siren a test run outside the Florida Highway Patrol headquarters in Tallahassee, the effect was so attention-grabbing that people came streaming out of the building to see what the strange sound, with its unfamiliar vibrations, could possibly be.

    http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/27/nyregion/27critic.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha29

  17. Posted · Edited by xfirefighter484x
    Fixed Hyperlink

    Two cadets from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point who had gotten lost and disoriented on a training mission were rescued from Storm King Mountain in Orange County by a New York City police helicopter unit that braved darkness, high winds and sub-zero temperatures to bring them down.

    http://www.lohud.com/article/20110220/NEWS01/102200383/NYPD-rescues-two-West-Point-cadets

  20. Posted

    The superbowl is no where near the most important event of today. This is Ronald Reagan's 100th Birthday. I wouldn't post this for any president but Reagan wasn't just any president. He was our 40th and our BEST. Reagan is regarded by both sides of the aisle as one of the best presidents of all time.

    His smile, his wit, his patriotism, his conservatism and his vision for American still endure to this day. For a man with such a gentle face, he was a pillar of strength and a profile in courage.

    Happy Birthday Gipper, We Miss You.

    While I'm not sure if he was our best (Washington and Lincoln come to mind), "The Great Communicator" was, without doubt, one of our best.

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    From yesterday's NY Times:

    Fire Dept. Revamps Approach to Emergencies on the City’s Waterways, or Nearby

    By AL BAKER

    With the nature of threats evolving far beyond typical building fires, the New York Fire Department is nearing completion of an effort over the past decade to overhaul and expand its maritime operations.

    In re-engineering its approach to the city’s waterways and more than 400 miles of shoreline, the department is adding large and small vessels to its fleet of fireboats in New York Harbor, and employing new technology that can turn a boat into a floating command and control center to assess, or to direct the response to, potential waterborne challenges, like rescues or terrorism attacks.

    http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/15/nyregion/15fire.html?ref=nyregion&pagewant

    helicopper and PCFD ENG58 like this

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    I remember that night. We (Ladder 2) went to MT Vernon Hospital as their generator failed. We were supplying power using the truck for lights in the building. We had power cords running up the outside of the building. The FD motor mechanic was brought in and after several hours got their generator running so we were able to go back in service. A short time later we went to a multi alarm fire started by candles at a large house on 3rd street about 1 block from the Hutch Parkway.

    .....and I was sleeping in a hose bed at 4 & 2 !