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Does anyone now if NYPD is starting another class. I know the just graduated a class around Christmas but I also heard rumor of a new class starting maybe as soon as next week.

How does anyone know what the unions would or would not do. I could say the exact same thing about the volunteers. I see it as the volunteers having far more to lose then any union. All those little chieftons (sp) stand to lose a lot of control and that is their biggest fear. Even in the smallest combo depts. the career end remains para military and could easily fall in line with changes. Can the same be said about "all" volunteer depts. I just do not see them doing well with someone telling them what to do. I am sure there would be exceptions on both sides but who really stands to lose more.

Not to start or continue anything but West Harrison was called as the FAST (which to the best of my knowledge Port Chester does not have). Town of Mamaroneck was called for their cascade. That aside personalities certainly play a part in the choice of who is called, in some cases it my or may not be justified.

City of Rye 1150 in 2007 and starting 2008 out on the right (or is it the wrong ) foot

CORRECTION In Rye structure calls (automatic or other) 2 engines, ladder, utility. (sometimes dispatched as full department response) Mva/ Mvf one engine, one ladder, utilities All other calls one engine and ladder The ladder responds to all calls for that little bit more manpower

Who commissioned the current study ? Is it another Westchester 2000? Will this thing have legs; is it the start of something real? Sorry to keep asking questions it is a great idea. Lower Westchester needs something. I wish more departments would or could be involved but you have to start somewhere. I wonder if Larchmont will get in on it now that they have a career chief. Interesting how no combination depts. with volunteer chiefs seem to be involved. Goes to what most everybody seems to be saying nobody wants to give up their little kingdoms, it is a shame they cannot put that aside and see what would be good for all.

Which 9 departments ? Who is doing the study? Did the 9 departments being studied choose to be studied? Is there more info on this somewhere ? Thanks

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How is this for a interesting hose bed. Would anyone care to guess what happened here ? Very festive for the holiday season

Here is the deal Steve242 hit the nail on the head. Monday was hose testing day, and guess what ALOT of the hose failed. If you look at the green and blue hose some of it is 3 inch some of it is 2 1/2 inch. Spare hose is at a bit of a premium so what ever there was is what went on for now(hopefully ) The moral being two things: 1. Test your hose often. 2. Don't wait to the end of the year to do testing when there is no money left in the budget to replace what you lose.

Rye FD (Career) just finished today Swift Water I. Life Guard Systems taught us. Really can not say enough about the instructors, great guys, even better teachers. If anyboby has a interest in these classes you really should contact them and book a date they are busy guys, with very few open dates. We are hoping to do part 2 in November. Hopefully below are a few pics. from today.http://emtbravo.net/style_images/darkness/folder_mime_types/gif.gifhttp://emtbravo.net/style_images/darkness/folder_mime_types/gif.gifhttp://emtbravo.net/style_images/darkness/folder_mime_types/gif.gif

Date:08/21/07 Time:1442 Location: 1051 Boston Post Rd, City of Rye, City Hall Frequency: 46.260 Fire Ground 3 Units Operating: Engine 191, Engine 192, Ladder 25, Car 2422, Car 2424, Car 2425 Description Of Incident: Fire in Generator Room lower level of City Hall Fire Reported by Employees of Building Writer: turk182 1442 hrs smoke reported basement and first floor of City Hall 1445 hrs Engine 191, 192, Ladder 25 on scene 1446 hrs Ladder 25 reports smoke showing from 1st floor ???? hrs One line stretched into building ???? hrs fire uncontol 1553 hrs All units clear

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They have not said who the possible tenants may be. When they were pitching the project to the town they claimed they were planning on going after higher end retailers . There are also plans for another shopping center south of this one. Route 7 is on its way to become the Central Ave. of Ct.

Another shopping center with office space as well. Some where around 100,000 square feet I believe.

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We have had this conversation with the Chiefs nothing every came of it though. It is standard practice to bring in extra manpower for winter stroms why not summer heat ?

Here is a little more info.

They should buy old Rye Ladder 26 we used to let Port Chester borrow it. Better yet wait until the new one comes in (real soon) and borrow the old one a 2001 it's in better shape then that Maxim

Isn' t the Port Authority going to take over Stewart? What will happen to these guys then? Do they stay State employees or become PA employees? From the way it sounds they may be better of working for the Port Authority.

http://www.nhregister.com/site/news.cfm?ne...=7576&rfi=6 Seems Fishy?

So you would rather have taxpayers money go to guys sitting around doing nothing? I would give them credit for wanting to get out there and be useful to the community they serve

The thing that stinks is we can talk about this until we are all blue in the face and it is not going to change. How people can defend what they spend money on is beyond me. Lets say there is a department (lets call it Whole Wheat Fire Department) Now Whole Wheat covers +/- 6 square miles does approx. 850 calls a year has 2 front line engines 2 back up engines 1 front line ladder and 1 back up ladder. oh and lets not forget about the 3 chief cars, utility pickup, and 2 boats. Did I mention that the average personel reponse to a call is around 6 firefighters which would include 3 to 4 career firefighters. Yet when you question why Whole Wheat needs a third TIC or a third extracation tool or that $40,000 pickup you're told mind your own bees wax. Yet bring up real issues they are swept under the carpet faster than you could imagine. I guess departments like Whole Wheat can get away with it since they save so much money by not training, not providing physicals, not giving fit tests, and by not doing a assortment of other usefull and dare I say required things. Well I am blue so now a shut up. Have a Great Day!

http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/local...story?track=rss STAMFORD - In a move to improve financial and operational oversight of the city's five volunteer fire departments, the mayor plans to give control of their budgets to the city's Public Safety Department. Previously, city funding went directly to the volunteer departments, Mayor Dannel Malloy said. Under the transfer, in the next fiscal year, the five budgets would be consolidated under the Department of Public Safety, Health and Welfare, and dispensed to each volunteer fire department at the discretion of Director William Callion, Malloy said. Advertisement Under the city Charter, the volunteer companies are independent of the city and largely funded by taxpayers dollars. Malloy has asked the city for $2.1 million for the upcoming fiscal year to fund the volunteer fire departments' operating expenses. He also requested $200,000 to examine whether the current fire system provides adequate citywide coverage. The budget is expected to be approved by May. Malloy announced the transfer at an editorial board meeting at The Advocate yesterday. He said the change should improve communication between the city and the volunteer fire chiefs on staffing, training and equipment needs. "The volunteer companies will have to maintain a relationship with the public safety director and my office," Malloy said yesterday. "The public safety director will dispense the money based on their ability to respond to our reasonable requests for information about whether volunteer firefighters are certified, how many are physically able to respond to an emergency on an average day" and other questions. The Board of Representatives does not have to approve the change, he said. The move follows a dismal response from the city's six fire departments to a request from the public safety department to submit information, including number of paid and volunteer firefighters, medical exams and training. Callion said he has repeatedly asked for the information, which would give the city a better understanding of how the departments operate. As of the Feb. 27 deadline, the city has received information only from the Stamford Fire & Rescue Department, Malloy said. "It would be hard to continue on a status quo relationship if we don't have information that tells us who's capable of responding," he said. "I'm hoping we'll reach that compliance; it's a relatively simple request." Asked how he would get information from the volunteer companies, Malloy told The Advocate, "We need to know, and we will know - or there will be some difficulty." Later, in a telephone interview, Malloy said the city plans to continue to work with the volunteer companies to obtain the information. He said the transfer of the budgets to the public safety department does not imply that funding could be withheld. "It's not our intention to not fund the departments. What I'm trying to do is build a system, under the current Charter, with respect to all departments," Malloy said. "I can't imagine that the companies would not subsequently disclose that information." Historically, the city and volunteer companies have clashed over how to staff fire departments, train firefighters and respond to calls. Fire chiefs said they were unaware of Malloy's plan. Turn of River Fire Chief Ray Whitbread said he could not comment immediately on the transfer. But he said he did not object to providing the city with training and staffing documentation. Whitbread said it was the city's first request and the two-week deadline was unreasonable. Whitbread also said a letter he sent to the city asking for clarification about the purpose of submitting the documentation was never answered. He plans to submit the information to the city within the next couple of weeks, he said. "It was never indicated what this information was for. We had never been asked for it before. It was a brand new requirement for us," Whitbread said. "I certainly don't think it's an unreasonable request, but it's a lot of information to gather in a short time." Stamford Fire & Rescue Chief Robert McGrath said the transfer could save the city money on bargaining for fuel and equipment. "Instead of having five or six different fuel companies providing heating oil or fuel for stations, we could bargain with one vendor," he said. "It could certainly save the city money and the taxpayers that fund the fire protection to see that they're getting the best bang for their buck." Whitbread and McGrath said they support a study of the current fire system's coverage. Malloy and Callion have said they hope to start the study this summer. In the last four years, Malloy has asked the Board of Representatives twice for money to study the fire system and has been denied. The last fire study was done in 1995, he said. "It's time for an outside entity to look at our fire services," Malloy said. - Assistant City Editor Angela Carella contributed to this story.