dadbo46

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  4. Posted

    SERIOUSLY...THATS it?

    Thats not even enough to be a "good" Lieutenant!

    Actually, no.....there's more:

    SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

    - Certification as a New York State Firefighter I and II

    - Coursework which must have included Introduction Fire Officer I and Fire Officer II

    - National Incident Management System (NIMS) certified in IS 700, ICS 100 and ICS 200

    NOTE #1: Volunteer experience may be substituted for each year of the above stated paid experience.

    NOTE #2: Unless otherwise noted, only experience gained after attaining the minimum education level indicated in the minimum qualifications will be considered in evaluating experience.

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    Wait a second there, old pal. I seem to remember an incident involving a wasps nest with 17-7-1 back in 1989 or 90. Wasn't that patient transported in 6-1, or did they wait for CVAC or Patterson??

    LOL JBE.....It was summer of '89. We had just received the new 7-1 when we had an ambulance call on N. Terryhill by the old town hall. We apparently ran over a wasps nest when pulling in to the house. We packaged the patient and when we were about to load him into the rig, we opened the door and found dozens of wasps in the ambulance. Closed the doors and called for a mutual aid ambulance from Carmel.

    PS - Kent PD gave me a ride back to the fire house and I bought old 3-1 to the scene. Used two CO2 extinguishers and took care of the wasp problem.....took several hours to clean the ambulance.

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    D.C. Metro to use rail carts for emergency response

    The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Metro) will use Mobile Emergency Response Vehicles (MERV), new motorized emergency vehicles to help agency and emergency services personnel respond to the scene of an emergency in the Metrorail system quickly and efficiently.

    http://www.metro-magazine.com/News/Story/2010/03/D-C-Metro-to-use-rail-carts-for-emergency-response.aspx

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    When I first started working at 60-Control back in 1983 the Mutual Aid plan book from the Fire Chiefs Emergency Plan was still laying around. Written in the 40's the plan which had alot to do with the Civil Defense plan in the event of an attack of NYC was interesting to read. Amazingly almost 60 yrs later the plan was kind of activated for 911. My grandfather was involved back then when there was no county dispatch center, I believe it was out Westchester Co. Police and was not manned 24/7.

    You're right Hudson. I remember reading that book too.

    Back in the mid '70's when I worked as a dispatcher for the old Parkway Police, County Fire Contol occupied the same office as the police communications supervisor. It was adjacent to the teletype room.

    When the phone rang (949-8883/4) or KED-281 was called by radio (there was a speaker on the wall above the teletype), you would run into the room and handle the call.

    There was also an apparatus status board on the wall with a "tag" for each apparatus in the county. When the tag was turned over, the apparatus was turned over. I believe that remnants of the board exists today at 60 Control.

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    Someone commented that there was one in Mt Vernon a long time ago. It was in either 72 or 73 if I remember right. Long before the mutual aid plans of today, all the technical advances etc. Air chisels were the best we could do then. DADBO help me out here. We had ambulance from all over southern Westchester and CT. Some from NYC as well. It also happened to be the annual inspection night so every rig went out with more than full crews. We managed to get through it with only one DOA and he was in the bathroom in the last car. Mt Vernon Hospital was just up the street and back then had a good E.D.

    It was June of '73. You're right, we were standing inspection at Engine 5/Truck 3 when the box at 1 & 1 was pulled. The collision was of a train stopped in the "new" Mt. Vernon East station on the New Haven line and of another train coming around the curve into the station. I don't remember the cause.

    Lots of injuries, but, you're right, only 1 DOA. MVPD made an announcement on the PD HOTLINE that ambulances were needed. Buses from all over showed up.

    Perhaps CHIEFHAC can add more. He got his picture on the front page of The Daily News the next day.

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    So, basically, there's no way for citizens to get data on response times or other actions performed by a commercial EMS provider, even though they are performing a service for the govermnent in some cases?

    In order to get the "response times or other actions," the information must be obtained from a government agency. And, it must be in the form of a report. There is no obligation on the part of the governmental agency to prepare a report for the purpose of the request.

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    Bloomberg wants to stamp out costly city fire alarm boxes, but union says it's a dangerous move

    BY Daniel Roberts and Kathleen Lucadamo

    DAILY NEWS WRITERS

    Mayor Bloomberg wants to get rid of fire alarm boxes from city streets, saying the measure would save the FDNY $2.5 million.

    http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/01/30/2010-01-30_lets_pull_fireboxes_mike_says.html#ixzz0e8RQGYCg

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    I don't think that there's an ethical problem here at all. There has been advertising on public transit vehicles, ytain station platforms and bus shelters for years.

    Since a fire apparatus is on the road a limited amount of time, the advertising impact is small. The ad on the apparatus is probably more of a donation rather than a true advertising campaign.

    I would be more concerned about someone driving in a car and actually reading the ad and forgetting that they are behind an emergency vehicle that may make sudden stops.

  25. Posted

    The JFK Marina Yonkers. It's the YFD's new boat purchased with grant money. The YPD has one in the works too, I don't think it was delivered yet. The details of the specs will follow.

    FD gets one.......so its an automatic that the PD gets one too !