dadbo46

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    All around general stupidity. From the genius Deputy Inspector in the NYPD Transit HQ that came up with the brilliant idea to have transit districts not field RMP's during the storm, and instead take the subway. That great idea worked on paper until the subways stopped running before the worst of the storm hit. I don't think I saw one RMP in the Bronx that had chains put on. The shops were closed, tire shops on the street were not sure about putting the cable chains on the new hybrids, or in my commands case, a new van, but the chains in our locker didn't fit this size tire. MTA Bus was equally unprepared, with numerous buses with no chains. The accordion style buses fared the worst, often taking on a jack knifed appearance and getting stuck in snow banks. I did see several NYC Sanitation trucks driving around Boston Road in the Gun Hill Area, one problem though, the plow doesn't work when kept in the raised position. Mid town Manhattan did look nice and clean this morning so that Bloomburg could go see his Broadway shows, while a good portion of the Bronx has yet to a single plow on the side roads.

    "Accordian" buses aka "articulated" buses do not fare well in the snow. Westchester Bee-Line did not dispatch artics yesterday. Only 40-foot standard buses were used......and they all have snow tires.

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    BVFD - Get your nose out of the books and use some common sense!

    1. Fire in an auto body shop. We know there's more hazards in these facilities then, say, most private dwellings. (I say most, some are ticking time bombs of God knows what). Using copious amounts of water will put it out. It's not rocket science. Remember your basic rules of engagement, Rescue, Exposures, Containment, Extinguishment and Overhaul. The neighboring house was saved, the original building was well advanced before anyone called it in. They all went home unharmed - mission accomplished.

    2. An auto body shop that is only one story, roughly 50' x 75', and basically 100% involved should never be an offensive, interior attack. What is gained putting your guys in there? Salvaging the charred remains of some cars? We had a body shop on fire in February, with apartments upstairs. Initial crews reported fire in the rear and middle of the building with extension to a loft storage area. Two 2 1/2" lines made the push and knock down which worked. If we had fire conditions like Briarcliff did this morning, we would of gone defensive.

    3. If you want to worry about containment of run off at a fire like this where you are flowing over 1000 GPM, let me know how well it works out. Sure you could call Haz-Mat or DOH to analyze the runoff, but other Officers here will probably agree with me that it isn't as high on the priority list as putting the fire out and protecting the exposures.

    Happy Thanksgiving everyone, stop being so over-concerned about what is and isn't done at incidents not pertaining to you. Got tactical questions, don't wait until someone has an incident to start nit-picking. Start a thread and get some answers!

    Thank you.....and,.....Amen !

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    I agree with Seth. Jet Blue has changed over the last year or two. They are no longer the discount airline that they used to be.The equipment is still good; the cabin staff nice; and I never had a TV that didn't work.

    I mostly fly from Westchester to Orlando (the other home) but have flown with JB as far as San Diego.

    Great airline, but, getting expensive and starting to look like all the rest !

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    I would think that to extend the runway out over 684 they would have to trim off some of the hill that is across the lake. Maybe they could make the extension like a parking deck and slope it upwards so the planes can clear the hill. That way they could leave the hill intact and keep the tree huggers happy.

    Yea.....but then you have the water issue. Rye Lake is part of the Kensico Resevoir which handles most of NYC's drinking water. The water huggers (fish ?) would not be happy.....and rightfully so.

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    No ticket yet. I have a fire hydrant near the side of my house in front of my alley way. And my next door neighbors drive way on the other side of my house. I have not so friendly neighbors and have parked in front of my house since Iv lived there. The pass week one of my other neighbors got a ticket from what I'm assuming to be for parking near a hydrant by a meter maid. The neighbors I have issues with, now placed duck tape in the street as markers from their living room so they can see how close one( they are waiting for me) parks to the hydrant so they can call the police. So what the law is telling me is I have to either park two houses down from my house or a house or two up?

    No. What the law is telling you is that you can't park within 15 feet either side of a fire hydrant.