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Ed and 16Fire5...thanks for the info. Interesting staffing set-up that they have. Pretty cool that they run an off and 2 FF's on the ambulance. Even better is that they are equipped to run "non-ems" calls as well.

Date: 05-06-10 Time: 1525hrs Location: Mahopac Middle School - Baldwin Place Rd. Frequency: 46.38 Units Operating: Weather Conditions: Clear/Warm Description Of Incident: Haz-Mat Incident Reporters: Writer: BFD1054 1528hrs-Putnam 911 dispatching Mahopac, Mahopac Falls and Putnam Valley VAC; request for 2nd ambulance to the scene of a Haz-Mat Incident at Mahopac Middle School. ***PM me with additional info as i did not catch the original dispatch***

Hey Alex, welcome aboard and thanks for sharing the pic, hope to see more in the future. My department, Buchanan, will be taking delivery of a new rescue on a Spartan Furion chassis very soon. You may have seen the post and pictures of it, but i have included the link anyway. Its pretty sad that Miami's ambulances have "real" sirens , but our new rescue will not lol. Buchanan's to-be-delievered Spartan Furion: http://www.emtbravo.net/index.php?showtopic=36235

Date: 05-03-10 Time: 1530hrs Location: Veterans Memorial Dr. Frequency: 46.18 Units Operating: Pearl River FD (Dept. 12), South Orangetown EMS, Rockland Paramedics, Orangetown PD. Weather Conditions: Description Of Incident: Serious MVA Reporters: Writer: BFD1054 1530hrs (approx)-Vehicle driven by a 17-year-old left the roadway, crashed through a guardrail, went down an embankment landing in a creekbed. Driver able to self-extricate, walk to the roadway and call 911. 15 year-old passenger's leg was severed and he is in extremely critical condition. Link to Journal News article: http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=20105030383

Nice shots Chris, thanks for sharing! I like the "single and loving it" on the windshield of E67. Im guessing E67 is a single company house? I also like the ladder board on L34, very nicely done.

Nice shots everyone, whoever the hell took them lol. Im not familiar with this property at all, other than knowing there was a multiple alarm fire there a few years ago. Am i correct in that this campus is/was completely closed? Was this structure for offices or housing or what? Thanks in advance. Great job by all FD's that operated.

Date: 04-30-10 Time: 1312hrs Location: Camp Smith - Range #3 Frequency: Units Operating: Peekskill EMS 75B1, Peekskill Fire-Medic 39M1 Weather Conditions: Clear, warm Description Of Incident: GSW to the foot Reporters: Writer: BFD1054 1312hrs-Peekskill EMS, 39M1 dispatched to above location for the reported GSW to the foot. 39M1/75B1 en-route. 1315hrs-60-Control advising patient is a 25 y/o male, conscious and alert, possibly caused by a riccochet. 1320hrs-75B1 on location. 1327hrs-75B1 en-route ALS to Hudson Valley Hospital. 1336hrs-75B1 out at Hudson Valley.

Date: 04-30-10 Time: 1135hrs Location: 23 Slinn Ave. c/s Ewing Ave. Frequency: 46.18 Units Operating: SVFD (Dept. 17) 17-1 (IC), Hillcrest FD (Dept. 6) w/6-FAST, Nanuet FD (Dept. 8), Monsey FD (Dept. 7), South Spring Valley FD (Dept. 25), New City FD (Dept. 9), Tallman FD (Dept. 20)w/2nd FASTeam, Thiells FD (Dept 26). Weather Conditions: Clear, warm Description Of Incident: Working Fire Reporters: Writer: BFD1054 1135hrs-44-Control dispatching Dept. 17 to the above address for the Signal-10; Structure. 1136hrs-17-1 in service. 44-Control advising 17-1 that as per the caller, it was an apartment fire and in her words "it was going pretty good." 1140hrs-44-Control advising that as per PD on scene, working structure fire. 1144hrs-Spring Valley re-toned for the Signal-12, Hillcrest requested for their FASTeam & Nanuet with a pumper and manpower to the scene. 1145hrs-44-1 in service. 1146hrs-All units operating to switch operations to Frequency-3. 1150hrs-44-Control dispatching Monsey FD (Dept. 7); request for 7-Rescue with manpower to the scene. 1205hrs-44-Control dispatching South Spring Valley FD (Dept. 25); request for (1) pumper w/manpower to the scene. 1219hrs-44-Control dispatching New City FD (Dept. 9); request for 9-Tower to the scene. 1223hrs-9-Tower responding. 1259hrs-44-Control dispatching Tallman FD (Dept. 20); request for their FASTeam to the scene. 1301hrs-44-Control dispatching Thiells FD (Dept 26); request for (1) pumper w/manpower to the scene. 1310hrs-Dept. 26 officer equesting additional tones for manpower for the m/a request. 1420hrs-44-Control advising 17-Command that they are 2 1/2 hours into the operation. 17-Command advising main body of fire is k/d, staring the process of overhaul. 1518hrs-17-Command transmitting the Signal-11 (U/C). *1204hrs-Monsey FD (Dept. 7) dispatched to an oven fire at 76 Crest Ct. Call went under control in approximately 15 minutes. **1357hrs-Monsey FD dispatched to the Signal-10; Smoke from the structure in Dept. 17's area (Spring Valley) at W. Church St. & N. Myrtle Ave. This call also went under control within approximately 15 minutes.

Congrats Joe! Although i dont know you personally, i am quite sure you will make a hell of a Captain! Congratulations and best of luck to you in your new role.

Sage, I listened to this incident from the on-set. Sounded like it could have had a much worse outcome, but thankfully the child was located rather quickly. May have been a mis-understanding between babysitter and parent(s), but i am not sure. I was quite impressed with the initial response by PPD and the way things were handled. I thought the Lt's decision to broadcast the childs info over the DPW radio was a good call. Peekskill DPW is quite large and would provide numerous set's of eyes throughout the area to assist in the search. A K9 was requested and called very early in the incident, but was luckily not needed. Good job by PPD and glad to hear it had a good out-turn.

Date: 04-20-10 Time: 1535hrs (approx) Location: Ferris St. (Command/Access) - Depew Park Frequency: PFD Units Operating: PFD Cars 2341, 2342, 2348, 2349, 234-10, E130, E132, R134 Weather Conditions: Clear Description Of Incident: Large Brush Fire Reporters: Writer: BFD1054 1608hrs-60-Control advising Car 2342 that WCPD Aviation is in the air if they could be of assistance. Car 2342 requesting requesting them to fly over, as the fire is believed to be on the border of Depew Park and Blue Mountain Park. 1620hrs-60-Control advising that WCPD Aviation is unavailable due to maintenance. 1645hrs-R134 requested to the scene for equipment. 1658hrs-Car 2341 requesting a Gator to the scene for assistance (i didnt hear from which agency). 1701hrs-Car 2342 requesting E132 to the scene, R134 to go back in service, also requesting re-tone for additional manpower. 1703hrs-E132 dispatched/responding. 1705hrs-Car 2341 requesting E132 to back into Ferris St. from Maple Ave. 1708hrs-E132 on location. 1734hrs-Car 2341 requesting tones for additional manpower. 1735hrs-Car 2341 requesting TL45 to the scene for chainsaws. *1745hrs-E131, TL45 & R134 dispatched to 150 Rolling Way for the reported oven fire. Car 2349 en-route. E133 career FF advising he is in service and responding as well. 1811hrs-As per Car 2349, situation under control at 150 Rolling Way, units returning to quarters. Car 2341 requesting TL45 to report back to the brush fire for its saw's. 1825hrs-Car 2349 en-route to pick up refreshments. 1858hrs-Car 2341 advising brush fire at Depew Park is under control, units in the process of picking-up. *Some times are approximates

Date: 04-20-10 Time: 1120hrs Location: Lincoln Terrace Frequency: PPD Units Operating: PPD Cars 259, 262, 263, 257, 245 (Dets), Unit-5 (Lt), NYSP K-9 Weather Conditions: Clear Description Of Incident: Missing 4 year-old male Reporters: Writer: BFD1054 1120hrs-Patrols dispatched to address on Lincoln Terrace for the reported missing 4/y/o male. Babysitter last saw child 30 minutes in the past. 1122hrs-Unit requesting spanish speaking officer. PPD dispatch advising that one is en-route. Units on scene starting search. 1125hrs-Lt requesting PPD dispatch to broadcast info over DPW radio as they have numerous trucks working in the area. 1126hrs-Lt requesting NYSP or WCPD w/K-9 (bloodhound) to the scene. Units informed that child resides at different address on Lincoln Terrace, officers en-route to search that house. 1128hrs-NYSP en-route with K-9. Units advising that the childs father is out searching as well. Patrols given picture of child. 1135hrs-Unit advising that the child has been located and is with the father. PPD calling NYSP to cancel K-9 request. 1140hrs-All units in service aside from unit taking report.

Date: 04-14-10 Time: 1333hrs Location: 2147 Albany Post Rd. c/s Kings Ferry Rd. - Coles Market Frequency: 46.26 Units Operating: MFD E122, TL8, Montrose VA E225, MA28, Peekskill R134 w/FASTeam, Verplanck E128, Buchanan U12, Cortlandt VAC 88B1, 8805 (Rehab van), Batt-10, NYSP patrols, Sgt. & BCI, Con-Ed, C&O Zone-4 1404. Weather Conditions: Description Of Incident: Working Fire Reporters: Writer: BFD1054 1333hrs-Tri-Village tones transmitted; Montrose to respond to the above address for the reported electrical fire. Buchanan & Verplanck to s/b in their respective quarters. 1335-Working Fire transmitted, Peekskill FD FASTeam & Cortlandt VAC to the scene. PFD R134 Career FF requesing FASTeam members to assemble at Station-6 (E130/39M2). 1336hrs-MFD E122 on location advising working fire, requesting the Montrose VAFD to the scene with an engine. 1341hrs-VAFD E225 on location. E122 MPO requesting they stage behind E122 and send in their manpower. Verplanck FD re-locating an engine to Montrose FD HQ. 1345hrs-PFD Car 2349 & R134 (FASTeam) responding. 1350hrs-Croton to re-locate (1) engine to Montrose FD HQ, Ossining to re-locate (1) engine to the Montrose VAFD HQ. Verplanck E128 to the scene.

Date: 04-13-10 Time: 1422hrs Location: 241 Rockland Rd. Frequency: 46.18 Units Operating: PRFD (Dept. 12), Nanuet (Dept. 8) Weather Conditions: Description Of Incident: Working Fire Reporters: Writer: BFD1054 1422hrs-Pearl River FD dispatched to above address for the reported Signal-10; basement fire. Nanuet FD dispatched AMA for their FASTeam. 1430hrs-44-Control re-toning Nanuet FD; request for 8-Toower to the scene for the basement fire. 1435hrs-44-Control advising Dept. 8 that as per 12-Command, they can go back in service. 1448hrs-All Dept. 12 units in service.

I saw on Snews-12 that 3 firefighters were injured at the Spring Valley job the other day. However, i was unable to find anything on here. Anybody have any word on how those members are doing?

Chris, thank you for sharing so much info on the Aviation Unit. The pictures you added are incredible! It seems as though WCPD Aviation is much more active now than when i worked there in 01'-02.' As you said, you guys are now more pro-active than re-active. Having a helo has always been a great advantage, but having a newer helo with all of its technology is even better. Working with you, i know just how passionate you are about Aviation and it shows through and through. A big thank you to you and your fellow Aviation Unit members for what you guys do! You're our eyes in the sky and a huge benefit for the County.

Thats what i was trying to express, may not have used my words correctly lol. Thanks Chief.

ajsbear, the other "facility" that hudson and yourself are referring to happens to be the Mohegan Fire District. Hudson would know better than me, but i believe there has been at least 1 fire there that i can remember (80s, 90s?). These places are certainly of concern for soo many reasons. My father worked for Con Edison (since retired) and had to do work on some of these grounds. He too commented how outdated things are and how they most likely would not pass current fire code. Are they "exempt" because of their religious stature?

Bnechis and efdcapt...Priceless I too noticed the fire behind the lattice early on. Actually, you can see it from about 45 seconds into the video. Is it drop fire, a point of origin? Thank god they were soo concerned with breaking that front door. I started to time how long it took to force entry, but lost track and interest . It did appear that the first FF did "try before he pried." The member with the backward helmet...theres no words to describe my thoughts. Is that on purpose, does he know which way hes suppose to wear it or did he throw it on in such a hast that he put it on backward? Either way, its unacceptable. At about 3:35 into the video, a FF (MPO ?) stretches an additional line (+). However, the line is then charged with no FF's to man it. Its nice to have safety/back-up lines, but even nicer to have FF's to man those lines. Its rare that we critique career depts. Theres a lot of reasons for this. In this area, we are used to seeing "Professional" career depts operate. What i mean is that most career depts in our area are very well trained, prepared, experienced and professional in every aspect. If this is indeed a career dept, as it appears it is, this is a damn shame. Hell, things that were seen in this video would be unacceptable at any fire scene, whether in a career or volly district. Are these guys members of the IAFF? If so, im sure their brother union members would be quite concerned after watching this. Mr. Benz, thank you for finding and sharing this video with us. As Remember585 pointed out, this could be ANY of us (although it shouldnt be). Remember, big brother may be watching and you certainly dont want to be on a video such as this. Moral of the story; train, train and then train some more. Stay safe Have a nice Good Friday and a Happy Easter.

Date: 04-01-10 Time: 1722hrs Location: IAO Indian Brook Rd. & Garrison Woods Rd. Frequency: 46.38 Units Operating: Garrison Fire, Garrison VAC, Putnam-Medic, PCSO Weather Conditions: Clear, warm Description Of Incident: Lost & Injured Hiker Reporters: Writer: BFD1054 1727hrs-Putnam 911 re-dispatching Garrison Fire and VAC; additional manpower needed for the FD, full crew needed for the VAC. 1728hrs-Garrison VAC has a driver (3240) en-route to the rig. 1738hrs-Putnam 911 re-dispatching Garrison VAC; EMT & Attendant needed for the 10-year-old lost hiker w/possible fractured leg.

Congrats Seth on such a wonderful time. Best of wishes to daddy and mommy-to-be!

Link to Lohud/Journal News Article: http://www.lohud.com/article/20103310366 The Incident Alert: Date: 03-30-10 Time: 1115hrs (tow) Location: Rt. 202 & Lake Rd. Frequency: 46.18 (dispatch)/Frequency-3 (op's) Units Operating: Tallman FD (Dept. 20) Weather Conditions: Rain, wind Description Of Incident: MVA w/Extrication Reporters: Writer: BFD1054 44-Control advising Tallman FD units that as per an officer on scene, confirmed extrication, dump truck vs. car. May these young gentlemen rest in peace. Condolences to their families, friends and team mates.

Date: 03-31-10 Time: 1435hrs Location: 238 N. Main St. Frequency: 46.18 Units Operating: Spring Valley FD (Dept. 17) 17-2 Weather Conditions: Description Of Incident: Child w/Hand Stuck in Candy Machine Reporters: Writer: BFD1054 1435hrs-44-Control dispatching Dept. 17 (SVFD) to the above address for the Signal-20; Extrication, child's hand stuck in a candy machine. 17-2 responding. 1437hrs-17-2 on scene, establishing command. 1448hrs-17-Command transmitting the Signal-11 (u/c). 1454hrs-Dept. 17 Command terminated.

Date: 03-30-10 Time: 1115hrs (tow) Location: Rt. 202 & Lake Rd. Frequency: 46.18 (dispatch)/Frequency-3 (op's) Units Operating: Tallman FD (Dept. 20) Weather Conditions: Rain, wind Description Of Incident: MVA w/Extrication Reporters: Writer: BFD1054 44-Control advising Tallman FD units that as per an officer on scene, confirmed extrication, dump truck vs. car.

SWS, awesome work as always! I really like the color and lettering scheme on their patrol cars, they look sharp. I also like the quote on the back window.