RSM2063

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  4. Posted

    Fire Departments and there response times do not "hurt the community we protect". More often than not, our communities are served be either paid emergency services or volunteer services or some combination of the two. Most communities outside of the larger cities utilize volunteer services because the call volume, and type of response required by the emergency has not waranted the incremental spending that would be required by a paid organization. Financially, a volunteer organization operates at a fraction of the cost of a paid organization and the majority of calls that most volunteer organizations respond to, do not include a life hazard or significant property dammage threat. Therefore if a politician were to employ a risk/benefit assesment to the situation, they would not find much documentation that an a quicker response time would have altered the outcome of the situation. There are, however, some exceptions and should a situation arise that response time significantly altered the outcome of the situation, the community and the politicians would have to re-evaluate the existing services. The key question to ask is would a homeowner in a bedroom community be willing to have their fire tax increase from a few hundred dollars a year to a few thousand dollars a year? Right or wrong, I don't see it happening. We all serve at the pleaseure of our communities.

    Just my two cents!!

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    Correct, Katonah started it last year and this year they invited other Bat 16 Depts to participate this year. I know that Katonah, Chappaqua, Mt. Kisco and Bedford Hills were involved this year. It worked very well, as it was propmoted through the schools in the district and every kid came home and wanted to have their parents to order pizza. We did come across one residence that did not have any smoke detectors and one residence whos detectors were over 20 years old. It was a win win for all involved.

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    Agreed!!! Its all about learning however speculation does not breed answers nor does it fill in the blanks that are left out in these forums. The people who need to learn from each instance are those involved (Q/A and peer review). In turn they then pass along their knowledge to those they work with to ensure that current and future generations of Firefighters and EMS Personnel have mentors with first hand knowledge and experience based on real world experience.

    I do believe that one can learn from these forums, however its discussions must be grounded in facts as their is an exception to every rule. Mistakes will be made by even the most seasoned veterans and we need to create more of an atmosphere where factual information is shared not criticized. The sharing of experiences is critical to the learning process.

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    The recent call on the parkway where the helicopter was used was requested by the Medic on scene and although the request came via radio from the fire chief, the request was initiated by the ranking medical person on scene. It is unfair to monday morning quarterback without full knowledge of the pertinent issues and facts that an individual case presents. Any critique should be between the agencies involved and those responsible for QA(who are privy to all of the facts and circumstances) in an effort to improve the system.

  11. Posted

    Im looking for some help programming the BCD996T. I thought I got all the info correct, but i have not had any reception yet. If i stop the scan on a control channel, i get the noise (in scan it doesnot stop on the noise). I have the band plan set correctly and have also input the six freq for each zone. Talk group Id's are in as well. The system is set as Motorola type II. What am i missing??

  13. Posted

    Chappaqua had a 106' Hahn straight stick prior to the 70' Sutphen. The Hahn was not only a POS, but was too big to fit in most residential driveways and cul de sacs. So we ent with the smaller apparatus where we gave up considerable ladder reach for a pump and manuvrability. The Sutphen is a much better fit for our district and in the instances where we know reach is an issue, we have added larger ladders to our 10-75 plan. We have a few pieces of apparatus from Pierce within the department and the only draw back with the Sutphen is that the quaility is not even close to that of Pierce, however it does not cost as much either. All in all it has worked for us very well.

    2062

  16. Posted

    Most of the quality issues we have with Sutphen in Chappaqua is related to the workmanship of small items. For example compartment lights are glued not bolted in, door handels are of a lesser quality than our other apparatus, intercom to the bucket has needed repair 4 times, switches have burned out etc. They do not seem to spend a lot of time on quality assurance of the little things.

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    The van they were in was completly filled to the roof with bags of concrete mix as well as cans of paint. It appears that weight load not only contributed to the cause of the accident but to the extent of injuries as well. Extrication was required due to the extensive buckeling of the vehicle.

  19. Posted

    Last summer Westchester County PD made a traffic stop on Roaring Brook Rd in Chappaqua. Both vehicles pulled of the parkway just before the railroad tracks. Within Seconds the light bar on the patrol car had been swarmed with thousands of bees. Chappaqua FD was called at 3AM in to assist. We had never had this type of call before and after trying to contact an exterminator, it was decided that we would foam the patrol car. Then a firefighter in full turnout gear got into the patrol vehicle and drove a few hundred yards away and turned off the lights. That ended the bee issue. Never a dull moment is this profession.