Reputation from PCFD ENG58 - Page 11

lhfdvolly liked a post in a topic by PCFD ENG58 in Village Of Port Chester Disbands Career FD May 4, 2016

My hands are still shaking over this . I was at Gulliver's and as you all know to well that it is the early stages of the fire that are the most critical and that night we through firefighters after firefighters at the rescue side of it and saved over 100 but that was when Engine 58 had a 2 man crew and Engine 59 had a 2 man crew because there where 16 on the job and the Volunteer side had men hanging off the rigs because there where no seats left to sit in. Port Chester is a very busy dept and the call volume will burn out the volunteers going to the small calls like CO ,trash, brush, car, and what ever in the middle of the night . One of the Chiefs is a member on here .

x635 liked a post in a topic by PCFD ENG58 in Village Of Port Chester Disbands Career FD May 3, 2016

As a member of local 1971 [ retired ] and a 44 year member of the PCFD . It's not about the firefighters it's about the community we live in and the safety of the residents that now are at risk . Most of you guys know me and know that during my career I had my share of fires over the years many and I mean many that I pulled up to by myself. Many voll pulled lines off my rig and started to attack the fire before the rest of the rigs got there . Now that element is lost We worked together well and that my fellow firefighters is what made our dept work .

LineCapt liked a post in a topic by PCFD ENG58 in Village Of Port Chester Disbands Career FD May 3, 2016

It is true and has been coming about for some time . Do any of you guys remember the time when North White Plains had there trouble with there chief , well guess who's chief in Port Chester . Said day for my brothers in local 1971. We are a busy dept with no room for this and if anyone has driven in Port Chester lately you can see the village is booming with new housing

LineCapt liked a post in a topic by PCFD ENG58 in Village Of Port Chester Disbands Career FD May 3, 2016

It is true and has been coming about for some time . Do any of you guys remember the time when North White Plains had there trouble with there chief , well guess who's chief in Port Chester . Said day for my brothers in local 1971. We are a busy dept with no room for this and if anyone has driven in Port Chester lately you can see the village is booming with new housing

x635 liked a post in a topic by PCFD ENG58 in Village Of Port Chester Disbands Career FD May 3, 2016

As a member of local 1971 [ retired ] and a 44 year member of the PCFD . It's not about the firefighters it's about the community we live in and the safety of the residents that now are at risk . Most of you guys know me and know that during my career I had my share of fires over the years many and I mean many that I pulled up to by myself. Many voll pulled lines off my rig and started to attack the fire before the rest of the rigs got there . Now that element is lost We worked together well and that my fellow firefighters is what made our dept work .

LineCapt liked a post in a topic by PCFD ENG58 in Village Of Port Chester Disbands Career FD May 3, 2016

Not a rumor , shut down already and sent the guys home , by vote of the Board of trustees of the village

lhfdvolly liked a post in a topic by PCFD ENG58 in Village Of Port Chester Disbands Career FD May 4, 2016

My hands are still shaking over this . I was at Gulliver's and as you all know to well that it is the early stages of the fire that are the most critical and that night we through firefighters after firefighters at the rescue side of it and saved over 100 but that was when Engine 58 had a 2 man crew and Engine 59 had a 2 man crew because there where 16 on the job and the Volunteer side had men hanging off the rigs because there where no seats left to sit in. Port Chester is a very busy dept and the call volume will burn out the volunteers going to the small calls like CO ,trash, brush, car, and what ever in the middle of the night . One of the Chiefs is a member on here .

lhfdvolly liked a post in a topic by PCFD ENG58 in Village Of Port Chester Disbands Career FD May 4, 2016

My hands are still shaking over this . I was at Gulliver's and as you all know to well that it is the early stages of the fire that are the most critical and that night we through firefighters after firefighters at the rescue side of it and saved over 100 but that was when Engine 58 had a 2 man crew and Engine 59 had a 2 man crew because there where 16 on the job and the Volunteer side had men hanging off the rigs because there where no seats left to sit in. Port Chester is a very busy dept and the call volume will burn out the volunteers going to the small calls like CO ,trash, brush, car, and what ever in the middle of the night . One of the Chiefs is a member on here .

fdalumnus liked a post in a topic by PCFD ENG58 in Village Of Port Chester Disbands Career FD May 3, 2016

Don't worry about where I came from , NOBODY AND I MEAN NOBODY spoke to the board about the jobs but firefighters . The pubic does not care about the jobs and that is my point , all they care about is tax's going up and that's what I meant by not to focus on the guys because they [ pubic don't care ] about the guy's

PCFD ENG58 liked a post in a topic by nfd2004 in Village Of Port Chester Disbands Career FD May 4, 2016

Of course I find this unbelievable of how a place like Port Chester, NY could eliminate its skeleton crew of firefighters. I find this very hard to believe because in this day and age, we all know it is a national trend that the volunteer fire service is NOT attracting the numbers like it used to. That is a sad fact, but with todays economy that is a fact of reality.

I live in the eastern half of Connecticut. It is an area of mostly rural towns but with two or three smaller cities. Many of those surrounding towns have been forced to hire some type of fire fighters due to the fact that those volunteer numbers are dwindling. Just within the last ten years, the following rural towns have been forced to hire some type of career fire staffing:
1) Montville
2) Waterford
3) Colchester
4) Voluntown
5) Canterbury
6) Preston

In some cases, they have been forced to hire MORE than just one driver. Preston hired three, Colchester is up to five (I believe). Montville and Waterford has added evening shifts. Within the area are two casinos (Foxwoods and Mohegan) as well as the U.S. Federal Sub Base Fire Department who have their own staffed fire departments that also are used to protect these surrounding areas.

More towards the middle of the state, the smaller Town of Portland, Ct has contracted with the staffed City of Middletown to provide one engine company on a routine basis for fire emergencies.

Apparently all of the above realize how important it is to provide some type of fire protection for their areas. Is it a fully staffed fire department ? Of course not. In some cases the fact remains these are only skeleton crews and there is still a much needed force of a volunteer system of firefighting.

But for a fire district or town to take a step backwards like this is putting its citizens at a greater risk. I would think that would be a liability issue for this district should a serious event occur. I am reminded of a very serious fire that took the lives of 24 young victims the night of June 30, 1974 at a place called "Gullivers" right here in Port Chester, NY. One of the worst fires in our nations history. Apparently that is all forgotten about now.

fdalumnus liked a post in a topic by PCFD ENG58 in Village Of Port Chester Disbands Career FD May 3, 2016

Don't worry about where I came from , NOBODY AND I MEAN NOBODY spoke to the board about the jobs but firefighters . The pubic does not care about the jobs and that is my point , all they care about is tax's going up and that's what I meant by not to focus on the guys because they [ pubic don't care ] about the guy's

x635 liked a post in a topic by PCFD ENG58 in Village Of Port Chester Disbands Career FD May 3, 2016

As a member of local 1971 [ retired ] and a 44 year member of the PCFD . It's not about the firefighters it's about the community we live in and the safety of the residents that now are at risk . Most of you guys know me and know that during my career I had my share of fires over the years many and I mean many that I pulled up to by myself. Many voll pulled lines off my rig and started to attack the fire before the rest of the rigs got there . Now that element is lost We worked together well and that my fellow firefighters is what made our dept work .

x635 liked a post in a topic by PCFD ENG58 in Village Of Port Chester Disbands Career FD May 3, 2016

As a member of local 1971 [ retired ] and a 44 year member of the PCFD . It's not about the firefighters it's about the community we live in and the safety of the residents that now are at risk . Most of you guys know me and know that during my career I had my share of fires over the years many and I mean many that I pulled up to by myself. Many voll pulled lines off my rig and started to attack the fire before the rest of the rigs got there . Now that element is lost We worked together well and that my fellow firefighters is what made our dept work .

PCFD ENG58 liked a post in a topic by Frank1381 in Village Of Port Chester Disbands Career FD May 3, 2016

What a political manuver done with the guise of saving tax payers money. The reality is once the residential and commercial fire insureance rates go up and the ISO rating drops as a result of going from a paid Department to a all volunteer one, businesses and residents of Port Chester and Rye Brook are, on the whole, going to be paying more out of pocket anyway. The only difference is instead of the town receiving the money in the form of taxes the insurance companies will receive it in the form of increased premiums, and the lives and property of both jurisdictions will be less safe because of it.