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It was a very busy week for me but I am pleased to announce that my
1974 Mack CF will be featured in the movie NON-STOP with Liam Neeson.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2024469/
I was also cast as an extra and got to drive my rig in the movie as a Firefighter/Chauffeur.


Movie should be out in February 2014

Date: 8/1/13
Time: 13:00 hrs
Location: 1000 Coopertown Road
Delanco, NJ
Burlington County

Description: Major Fire at Dietz & Watson
266,000 square feet building
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=9226607
As of 8/2/13 at 0121 hrs units are still operating. *12th Alarm*

Date: 8/27/13
Time: 0350 HRS
Location: 4 Cross Street (Croton Creek Steak House)
Units: BAT13, E147, E148, E168, E273, T1, T2, T6, T8, TL57,
U88, U36, 2071, 2072, 2073, 2211, 2213, 2452, 2531, 2532, 2033, 72B2, 67B1.
Additional Engines/Tankers from Putnam County
Description: Working Fire
3 Story 75x75

Date: 8/27/13
Time: 0350 HRS
Location: 4 Cross Street (Croton Creek Steak House)
Units: BAT13, E147, E148, E168, E273, T1, T2, T6, T8, TL57,
U88, U36, 2071, 2072, 2073, 2211, 2213, 2452, 2531, 2532, 2033, 72B2, 67B1.
Additional Engines/Tankers from Putnam County
Description: Working Fire
3 Story 75x75

Ex Chief Dominic Santoro of East Meadow FD (Long Island) is MISSING.
He is 90 years old and suffers from Dementia
He was last seen driving a 2009 Blue Chevy Aveo,
Plate number: NY CTB-5242
If seen notify 516-542-0578
http://eastmeadow.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/90yearold-east-meadow-man-with-dementia-reported-missing

Date: 8/27/13
Time: 0350 HRS
Location: 4 Cross Street (Croton Creek Steak House)
Units: BAT13, E147, E148, E168, E273, T1, T2, T6, T8, TL57,
U88, U36, 2071, 2072, 2073, 2211, 2213, 2452, 2531, 2532, 2033, 72B2, 67B1.
Additional Engines/Tankers from Putnam County
Description: Working Fire
3 Story 75x75

http://www.fdnyengine63.com/news/index/layoutfile/home/layout/yes/page/18
REST IN PEACE BROTHERS!

I have the same issue in my house. One scanner is very good..picks up everything. The other one is OK for local stuff. I've moved both all about the house. Not much change.
Oh..by the way. The scanner that picks up everything is about 16 years old.

http://www.nynow.org/post/10-years-after-blackout-how-has-power-grid-changed

What were you doing on this date?
How did it effect the operations of Emergency Services in your town?
Were you ready?
Any changes today?

I think the New York State Police did everything they could to avoid taking a life.
No Police Officer ever wants to do that.
Things went from bad to very bad in a second. That second is all a Police Officer has
to make a decision.
Perhaps "CHiPs" or "T.J. Hooker" would have only thrown a batton at him but this real life.
What happened is very sad. God bless Mr. Terzani.
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/videonetwork/2618913686001?odyssey=mod|tvideo2|article

Date: 8/21/13
Time: 03:45
Location: 49 Hunter Street
OFD Units: 2331, E96, E97, E98, E99, E101, TL42, L41, R14
CFD Units: E119 w/ FAST
BMFD Units: 2051, R37 w/ Cascade
Relocated to OFD HQ: MFD 2252, E247 & SHFD 2312, TL38
Standby TFD: L37

Description: Fire in a three-story 60' x 35' multi-family dwelling, reported Colliers Mansion conditions.
03:45 - Ossining dispatched to reported house fire.
03:48 - 60 Control reporting multiple calls to 2331 reporting wires down and on fire as well.
03:50 - 2331 transmitting 10-75. Croton FAST, OVAC, Battalion 12 to scene.
03:56 - Millwood Engine, Sleepy Hollow Truck to OFD HQ.
04:18 - 2312 requests a Truck on standby from Tarrytown in own HQ.
04:23 - Brarcliff Cascade dispatched to scene.
04:28 - Battalion 12 reports 30 x 50 three-story, fire throughout, looking for an ETA from Con Ed.
04:39 - Battalion 12 requesting Pleasantville VAC Rehab to scene.
04:55 - Battalion 12 reports companies pulling out, defensive attack, using all hands. Con Ed in process of shutting off power.

Date: 8/19/13
Time: 1819 hrs
Location: Carpenter Hill Road near TSP
Units: New York State Police,
Dutchess County Sheriff, East Fishkill PD
(other LE agencies)
Search for EDP w/ Gun

Additional Information CREDIT: Hudson Valley Reporter

It would never work in Westchester, there is no bucket.

UPDATE:
Bill has been in a coma and on a respirator since the accident on 7/30
He opened his eyes for the very first time on Saturday 8/10 but he was not alert.
On Monday 8/12 he went for an MRI and it did not go well.
I ask that you please keep him in your thoughts and prayers.
Fundraiser will be announced very soon. Thank you.

Here in the wild west, such vehicles are merely called "stealth cars" or "aggressive driver cars." The typical aggressive driver car is a Dodge Charger, but I've seen a few Challengers and Camaros, too.
Almost no one spots these cars as undercover police cars. But, then, I drive a fully-marked Crown Vic with a full-size light bar on top, and people still commit violations right in front of me. I was once on the freeway, in a hurry to get back to my beat and not intending to make any traffic stops, when a woman went flying past me doing 22 mph over the posted limit. I pulled behind her and tapped the air horn, hoping just to slow her down. Nada. I bleeped the siren. Nada. After a couple of miles, I lit her up and made the traffic stop. When I approached the driver, I said "I just want to get a look at the kind of person who would fly past a fully-marked police car doing 'criminal speed'." She said "I didn't SEE you....I was talking! (to her passenger)." Amazing. No wonder there are so many collisions.
The point is that few drivers are going to notice ANY stealth car.

GOOD JOB!

I have a few I would like to share......
1. Back in 1992 having just finished my EMT class I came home to find my Mom's boyfriend on the kitchen floor in
Cardiac Arrest from an Asthma Attack. He still had the phone in his hand. I called for help and began CPR but in the
back of my mind I knew he was dead. I guess I just couldn't stand and do nothing.
The most comforting part of the incident was the response from Emergency Services. When the call goes out for a MOS or family member MOS we come out in full force. My block was shut down due to so many emergency vehicles.
THANK YOU!
2. I had the pleasure of knowing Lt. Pete Lund, FDNY Rescue 2 who over the years would allow me to come down have meals and ride with the brothers at Rescue 2. One night back in 1995 I was riding with Rescue 2 we got a run reporting a fire in the subway station. As we got into the rig I could hear the radio... the dispatcher was announcing the run. "Box 927 Kingston Ave and Fulton Street, Smoke and Fire in the Subway Station" as we started responding another radio transmission from the dispatcher "Brooklyn to the 57 Battalion... now getting reports of a man on fire" Upon arrival I saw a man walking up the stairs with all his clothes burned off, He had severe burns. The Incident made national news. http://www.nytimes.com/1995/11/27/nyregion/attackers-set-fire-to-token-clerk-in-brooklyn-subway-station.html
Sadly the victim died a short time later.
My buddy and mentor survived 9/11 and retired in 2003. Pete loved firefighting so much he remained a Volunteer Firefighter with Woodmere FD and Kentland FD. He also had his own Training Group. In 2005 just 2 years after retiring he suffered a Heart Attack and died LODD on Long Island. I miss you Pete. RIP!
3. In 1995 I responded to a call for a child drowning. Upon arrival the Lifeguards had already pulled the little boy out of the pool and began CPR. After several minutes of CPR it was a successful save. What an amazing feeling that was!! Lifeless little boy was now breathing.
4. September 11, 2001 a day that none of us will ever forget. I responded down with Peekskill FD to the staging area in the Bronx (Quarters of E81/L46) just off 87. A lot of emotion just thinking about that day. I guess every detail about that day stands out but some more then others. Towers coming down. Hearing over 300+ Firefighters were missing. Then hearing one of our PFD members Sam Oitice a FDNY Firefighter at L4 was among was missing. Seeing and smelling all the smoke, Fighter jets flying overhead and feeling of the unknown realizing the world as we once knew it had changed forever.
5. Septmber 13, 2003 while working as an Armed Security Supervisor on Long Island I came upon a shooting IN PROGRESS at a night club. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/14/nyregion/man-is-shot-to-death-after-a-fraternity-party.html As luck would have it a Suffolk County Police Officer was driving by and I alerted him to what had just happened. As I was telling him... POP! POP! more shots. Once the chaos had calmed down we saw a man down. One of them shot in the stomach and in bad shape. I grabbed the EMS bag out of the police car and started providing emergency care. PD was very busy with crowd/scene control not to mention the pursuit of the perp vehicle that fled. The victim died but the perps were all caught. I got a nice thank you letter from the SCPD for assisting. Fast forward 3 years I met the PO's sister. She told me you have no idea how much my brother appreciated what you did having his back.
Over the years so many incidents. I guess that covers a few........
BE SAFE!
.

I have a few I would like to share......
1. Back in 1992 having just finished my EMT class I came home to find my Mom's boyfriend on the kitchen floor in
Cardiac Arrest from an Asthma Attack. He still had the phone in his hand. I called for help and began CPR but in the
back of my mind I knew he was dead. I guess I just couldn't stand and do nothing.
The most comforting part of the incident was the response from Emergency Services. When the call goes out for a MOS or family member MOS we come out in full force. My block was shut down due to so many emergency vehicles.
THANK YOU!
2. I had the pleasure of knowing Lt. Pete Lund, FDNY Rescue 2 who over the years would allow me to come down have meals and ride with the brothers at Rescue 2. One night back in 1995 I was riding with Rescue 2 we got a run reporting a fire in the subway station. As we got into the rig I could hear the radio... the dispatcher was announcing the run. "Box 927 Kingston Ave and Fulton Street, Smoke and Fire in the Subway Station" as we started responding another radio transmission from the dispatcher "Brooklyn to the 57 Battalion... now getting reports of a man on fire" Upon arrival I saw a man walking up the stairs with all his clothes burned off, He had severe burns. The Incident made national news. http://www.nytimes.com/1995/11/27/nyregion/attackers-set-fire-to-token-clerk-in-brooklyn-subway-station.html
Sadly the victim died a short time later.
My buddy and mentor survived 9/11 and retired in 2003. Pete loved firefighting so much he remained a Volunteer Firefighter with Woodmere FD and Kentland FD. He also had his own Training Group. In 2005 just 2 years after retiring he suffered a Heart Attack and died LODD on Long Island. I miss you Pete. RIP!
3. In 1995 I responded to a call for a child drowning. Upon arrival the Lifeguards had already pulled the little boy out of the pool and began CPR. After several minutes of CPR it was a successful save. What an amazing feeling that was!! Lifeless little boy was now breathing.
4. September 11, 2001 a day that none of us will ever forget. I responded down with Peekskill FD to the staging area in the Bronx (Quarters of E81/L46) just off 87. A lot of emotion just thinking about that day. I guess every detail about that day stands out but some more then others. Towers coming down. Hearing over 300+ Firefighters were missing. Then hearing one of our PFD members Sam Oitice a FDNY Firefighter at L4 was among was missing. Seeing and smelling all the smoke, Fighter jets flying overhead and feeling of the unknown realizing the world as we once knew it had changed forever.
5. Septmber 13, 2003 while working as an Armed Security Supervisor on Long Island I came upon a shooting IN PROGRESS at a night club. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/14/nyregion/man-is-shot-to-death-after-a-fraternity-party.html As luck would have it a Suffolk County Police Officer was driving by and I alerted him to what had just happened. As I was telling him... POP! POP! more shots. Once the chaos had calmed down we saw a man down. One of them shot in the stomach and in bad shape. I grabbed the EMS bag out of the police car and started providing emergency care. PD was very busy with crowd/scene control not to mention the pursuit of the perp vehicle that fled. The victim died but the perps were all caught. I got a nice thank you letter from the SCPD for assisting. Fast forward 3 years I met the PO's sister. She told me you have no idea how much my brother appreciated what you did having his back.
Over the years so many incidents. I guess that covers a few........
BE SAFE!
.

Looks like SP East Fishkill on 84

Looks like SP East Fishkill on 84

In over 30 years there are so many.
- Drowning, pool was like milk, couldn't see anything in the water, started a grid search. On second pass swan right into victim, scared the sh_t out me. Got him to surface. DOA w/broken
neck.
- Victim cut in half by train, half the body facing one direction the other half the opposite direction.
- Working to extricate two accident victims from an overturned car with my brother as it starts burning and hoping the engine arrives quickly.
- A deliberate hit and run at a bar, the victim had visible tire tracks across his body like you see in the cartoons. He had minor injuries.
- Advancing a line and having the ceiling cave in with me on one side and the rest of the team on the other.
- An EMS call to a seemingly normal, well cared for house with a BMW in the driveway, met by a stylishly dressed woman only to find it like an episode of hoarders on the inside.
- The actual and attempted suicides by drugs, guns, stabbing and hanging.
- The EMS call for a young man with an orifice impaled by a boat oar when he fell from the step ladder he was on while 'utilizing' the oar.
- Having to wrestle down a doctor with the police who became an EDP when he missed his meds for a condition no one knew he had. He cursed and fired all his staff on the way out. When
we got to the hospital there were scores waiting to help him.
- While at work, alerting the residents of a triple decker apartment house and carrying out a child as fire raced up the back staircase, going back to try to access an apartment with a potential
victim, fire too advanced, she wasn't home.
- Responding while on the rear step.
- SCBA for only a few.
- Getting one of the first Hurst tools in the County.
- Being there as my nephews came in and up in the ranks.
- Being in the station when a distraught and lost deaf woman came in for help. We calmed her down and had one of the guys lead her back to her house.
- Lots more, you forget more than you remember, but over the years you've helped a lot of people, most you didn't know which makes it all the better.
I once told the nephews, we're a small town, but be here long enough and you'll see just about everything, and I have.
There is no better calling

Very early response to the World Trade Center, nothing will ever compare to that

I will be there selling code 3 fire trucks & some Gi joe firefighers

Please say a prayer for my cousin Bill Conklin, Red Knight and Metro North Railroad employee who was seriously injured yesterday in a Motorcycle Crash up in Dutchess County.

http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article/20130731/NEWS01/130731002/Motorcyclist-sent-hospital-serious-injuries-after-crash

Please say a prayer for my cousin Bill Conklin, Red Knight and Metro North Railroad employee who was seriously injured yesterday in a Motorcycle Crash up in Dutchess County.

http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article/20130731/NEWS01/130731002/Motorcyclist-sent-hospital-serious-injuries-after-crash