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    Date: 10-13-05

    Time:11:55 AM

    Location:West Point N.Y.

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    Units Operating:Car 1, Car 2, Car 6, Eng. 1, Rescue 1, Eng. 2, Eng. 3, KACH Ambulance, Mobil Life (ALS), Highland Falls F.D.West Point Military Police

    Description Of Incident:WPFD dispatched to a report of a person in a ragging creek off Lee Rd. 11:57 Car 2 on scene reporting one youth in the water. Car 2 reports rope rigging needed to lower rescures over steep hill to Creek/victim. 11:58 Eng. 1 Rescue 1 on scene setting up ropes. 12:00 Eng 2 on scene,Command directs Eng 3 to target hill area advising to enter from that direction. 12:10 Eng 3 advises unable to make rescue from there side water moving to fast, to much distance between them and the victim. 12:15 E-2 officer report rope rigging in place and ready.12:18 1st rescue lowerd down. 12:24 1 st rescuer makes contact with victim, Confirms 1 female youth in water holding onto a rock, calls for 2nd rescuer. 12:33 Rescuer 1 advised command he has entered water and made succesful grab and has victim on shore with him, minor injuries. Rescuer request hall team to hall rescuer and victim up the hill. 12:43 victim and rescuer back on top of hill, victim turned over to EMS.

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    i'm doing a search in southern westchester to find out were is a good place to get Car decals and i was wondering where is a good place where i can give the an image and they can make it car decals and maybe also make it in large quanties for like and ambulace corps.

          any and all suggestion are welcome and appreated

    "Sign Extreme" In Sleepy Hollow, They do great work for reasonable prices

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    My new Rescue-Pumper was $550,000 and ours is pretty deck out.  thats a $100,000 more them mine Thats a lot of extra's

    I heard that in this bond it also includes the purchase of a new Chiefs Vehicle and the purchase of a new utility vehicle....All of the money is not for the New truck.

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    In recent years, I have recently come to the conclusion that no one under the age of 25 has any business being behind the wheel of an emergency vehicle. I know others who'd disagree but in my experience drivers under 25 just aren't responsible and too often they learn the hard way. To my 18 year old friends and colleagues on here, I make no apologies. You're too bloody young to handle the responsibilites and LIABILITIES that go with operating such vital machines. If you are a driver in your FD or VAC, give up the wheel for a few more years. You'll grow into the position soon enough, and you'll save some already-overburdened taxpayers some money on insurance costs.

    235 How old where you when you first started driving for the FD and the VAC???? Do you have EVOC and are you currently a driver of your companys truck??

    I think it is unfair to lable someone immature due to their age. I think that's where officers need to be officers and not just the person with a white shield. If your an officer then you should know your personnel, you should know who the firefighters are who should be allowed to drive and those who shouldn't. I can think of some people, in your dept., over 25 who shouldn't be driving trucks, and if your gonna say under 25 is too young to drive then how old is to old to drive?? are we going to set an age limit on that also?? In some depts. at certain times of the day the only people around to get the rigs out are those who are under 25, in my opinion under 25 is not too young. You'll become a better driver with training and experience, you know the same way you become a better FIREFIGHTER. For the record I am well over the age of 25 and a chief officer in my dept. which has several drivers under the age of 25 trained to drive several different pieces of apparatus and it has worked out well for us because they have gotten the proper training.So instead of looking at someone's age and discriminating you should look at the maturity and training!!!!!!! Its a better place to start......