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  5. Posted

    Quick-Thinking New York Volunteer Makes Rescue Without Gear

    STACEY ALTHERR

    Newsday

    It took the experience and dedication of a Hicksville Volunteer Firefighter to save an elderly man trapped in a burning house.

    Firefighter/EMT Patrick Scanlon was returning from a call on a minor house fire when he heard the reports of another house fire on his car scanner.

    It was about 7:10 p.m. on a foggy Jan. 13. Scanlon drove up the street but didn't see any problems. It wasn't until he arrived at the house that he noticed flames shooting from an upstairs window.

    "I didn't know if there were people trapped," he said. "I didn't hear that on the scanner."

    When he arrived, an elderly woman told him her husband was inside.

    Scanlon, a supervisor for the Town of Oyster Bay's Old Bethpage solid waste water disposal facility, said his 33 years of firefighter training told him he needed to get inside fast. "That's usually the rule, two in and two out, but that rule goes out the window when there's a life involved," he said. He was not wearing his fire gear.

    Once inside, Scanlon reach a hallway that was dark, smoky and very hot. "I kept my nose to the carpet and outstretched my arm," he said.

    Two feet into the bedroom, where the fire had started, he felt the chest of the man.

    Scanlon dragged the man down the hallway. A neighbor met Scanlon at the top of the stairs and helped carry the man downstairs. They were met by former Hicksville Chief Owen Magee, who assisted Scanlon in getting the man outside.

    "I stayed with him until the fire trucks got there," Scanlon said. "I was covered with blood."

    The man, a stroke patient who was on blood thinners, was so badly burned about the face, ears and hands by the fire that his skin was peeling. He also had inhalation burns in his lungs. The fire was extinguished in 30 minutes, Chief Bob Chiz said.

    Scanlon visited the man two weeks ago, but he was still heavily sedated. "I say a prayer for him every day," Scanlon said.

    A lifelong resident of Hicksville, rescue volunteerism has become a family affair. His wife, Eileen, is the bioterrorism coordinator for Nassau County Department of Health; his son is a second-year medical resident and chief of the Jericho Fire Department, and his sister and brother-in-law also are Volunteers in Hicksville

  6. Posted

    Firefighter killed in truck crash

    By Heather Yakin

    Times Herald-Record

    hyakin@th-record.com

    Monticello - A longtime volunteer firefighter and EMT died yesterday in a crash on Route 17.

    State police said Edward "Eddie" Wong, 46, of Monticello, was heading west on the highway when, for unknown reasons, his pickup truck veered into the median and slammed into the Bailey Road overpass abutment, just before Exit 105B.

    Wong volunteered with the Monticello Fire Department for about 20 years, until medical conditions, including severe diabetes, kept him from the service. He was also a volunteer EMT with the former Monticello Volunteer Ambulance Corps and a past exalted ruler of the Monticello Elks.

    When Wong crashed at 4:17 p.m., Monticello firefighters, Mobilemedic and sheriff's deputies were about two miles away, cleaning up after another crash. Firefighters and deputies jumped to respond to the call.

    Sgt. Paul Pratti got there first and started CPR on Wong as firefighters arrived right behind.

    Monticello fire Chief Glenn Somers said that at first, they were so intent on rescue that they didn't realize it was Wong. Firefighters Allen Kesten, Allen Schachnovsky and Keith Kurthy joined in the CPR effort.

    Wong was taken by Mobilemedic to Catskill Regional Medical Center in Harris, where he was pronounced dead. Firefighters stood solemnly on the roadside after the crash. Among them was Roy Rojas, a retired sheriff's detective and firefighter.

    "Roy Rojas just talked to (Wong) an hour before the car accident," Somers said. "He was going to meet him to run Bingo at the Elks tonight."

  7. Posted

    International Police Program Iraq

    Civilian Police Program in International Police Program

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    Interested applicants must be active duty, retired or recently separated sworn law enforcement officers. US citizenship is required.

    Compensation Package up to $175,632 per year.

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    Qualifications

    • US Citizen

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    • We are seeking applicants with two years experience in specialized skills.

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    Additional Details

    Up to 1000 civilian police advisors will be deployed to Iraq to help organize civilian law enforcement agencies.

    Liaison Officers will work with Iraqi criminal justice organizations at the national, provincial, and municipal levels and mentor personnel at all levels of the Iraqi law enforcement system.

    Contract length is one year. This is an armed, plainclothes mission.

    Compensation Package up to $175,632 per year.

    All lodging, meals, and transportation as well as logistical, technical and administrative support is provided at no cost to the officer. Dependent medical coverage available.

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    Applicants should forward comprehensive resumes to DynCorp International for consideration. Resumes should detail specific experience, certifications, specialties, ranks and assignments. Please include dates of employment.

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  8. Posted · Edited by ace84

    Date: 01-16-06

    Time:06:55 hrs..

    Location: 143 Conklintown Road x Summerville Way (Town of Chester)

    Frequency:

    Units Operating:Chester Fire Dist.(Full Dept.) CFD Car 1 (IC), Orange Car 19, Goshen FD Engine 932, Goshen 937 Truck (FAST), Monroe FD E-537, Warwick FD Tanker 639, Campbell Hall FD Tanker 901, Stand-By Co's : Middletown Truck 3 to Goshen Station 3, Washingtonville Engine 583 to Chester Station 1

    Description Of Incident: Structure Fire Type 5

    Writer: ace84

  9. Posted

    Date: 01-16-06

    Time:06:55 hrs..

    Location: 143 Conklintown Road X Summerville Way

    Frequency:

    Units Operating:Chester Fire Dist.(Full Dept.) CFD Car 1 (IC), Orange Car 19, Goshen FD Engine 932, Goshen 937 Truck (FAST), Monroe FD E-537, Warwick FD Tanker 639, Campbell Hall FD Tanker 901, Stand-By Co's : Middletown Truck 3 to Goshen Station 3, Washingtonville Engine to Chester Station 1

    Description Of Incident: Structure Fire Type 5

    Writer: ocff75

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    Firefighter II /EMT

    Testing Agency: Upper Freehold Township Fire Dept./Hope Fire Co.

    Location: Allentown, Monmouth County, NJ

    Requirements: 21 - 35 yrs old; NJ FF I & II cert; NJ EMT cert. or NREMT cert. Haz-Mat Ops.

    Salary: 12. 65 per hour

    Filing Deadline: December 30

    Special Instructions: The Upper Freehold Township Fire Department holds the recruitments for the Vol. Hope Fire Co. You must pick up the application by December 16, 2005 and return it by the deadline date. There is a $30.00 application fee.

    Contact Info: You may pick up an application from the Hope Fire Co., 82 Rte 526, Allentown, NJ 08501