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    The photo provided by Alpinerunner is the POV operated by the Chief of the Kiryas Joel FD, picture is about 3 years old. I'm not saying it wasn't this vehicle, however the previous post speculating on the non-existence of DOH stickers are not required on a vehicle operated by a fire chief. Kiryas Joel FD & Kiryas Joel EMS aside from being in the same village and dispatch agency are completely separate agencies and operate very different. I know many FD members around Kiryas Joel, and they have no complaints about dangerous operation at or enroute to fire scenes, and notify the county on every call so that anyone outside the village who called the KJ 7-digit, still gets the proper FD dispatched.

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    Delivered

    GSO #8016 - Napanoch Fire District

    Napanoch, NY

    Custom Pumper

    KME Predator MFD w/ 22" Raised Roof Cab

    Detroit Series 60, 515 HP Engine

    Allison 4000 EVS Transmission

    Hale QMAX, 1500 GPM Single Stage Pump

    1,500 Gallon Poly Water Tank w/ 20 Gallon Foam Cell

    163" Flatback Body w/ 12 GA Stainless Steel Body

    Onan 15kw Mobile PTO/HYD Generator

    Akron 3126 Foam System

    398" OAL/ 217" WB/ 121" OAH

    ASA Voyager DUal Camera

    Whelen Warning Lights

    Two (2) Hannay 120v. Electric Cord Reels

    NS Vertical 240v. Optimum Light Tower

    ** All information & pictures courtesy KME website.

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    They also like to "self dispatch" to calls and incidents, and are known to show up outside of their jurisdiction on their own. I guess they are trying to be helpful, not sure if I agree or not agree with how they do this.

    Why do you say "self dispatch" like it is a bad, or uncommon thing? There are multiple fire departments in Orange County that have their own self dispatch. They do the right thing and respond to everything that they are dispatched to. 99% of their calls come through 7-digit lines to their own dispatch center, which I believe is KJ EMS. Then they call out to OC911 when responding who in turn dispatched the proper FD if it is out side the Village of KJ. Yeah they have a funny accent on the radio, and sometimes are hard to under stand, but every time I hear them on the radio it sounds no worse then the rest of the cluster**** that is emergency communications in Orange County.

  9. Posted

    They are official fire department, have been since 2000ish. They used to contract with the Village of Monroe for fire protection, then for assistance on Jewish holy days. They now operate 100% on their own 24/7/365, and are an official part of the Orange County Mutual Aid Plan. They actually use mutual aid & automatic response less then a large amount of other FD's here in Orange County, and have been requested under mutual aid multiple times.

  11. Posted

    I do remember seeing what looked to be a medevac helicopter doing what I thought were touch and go's in the vicinity of the Crystal Run Galleria a few months back.

    Most likely landing and taking off from NYSP Troop F HQ, Crystal Run Rd just north of Rt. 17 Exit. Besides NYSP helo operations their helipad is used as the primary LZ for Horton Hospital's medivac missions. Mobile Life meets the crew at Troop F, transports them to Horton, and back with the patient.

  12. Posted

    *I just noticed the engine has no front suction. I think this would be the first new pumper in a very long while in Eastchester (aside from a spare maybe) since the American LaFrance pumpers of the mid 1950s without front suction, which became more or less SOP for the job for many decades; a practical application when engine companies only had a career Chauffer.

    Unless I'm missing something, or they are tucked away in the large rear compartment, I don't see any hard suction at all.

  13. Posted

    I don't know much about the schedules or times but Ulster Community College offers a NYS Sanctioned Police Academy. The last 3 part timers hired in the Village of Walden were PT dispatchers there first, they "paid" their way through the academy and Walden sponsored them for part 2 of the academy then hired them. I know of at least a dozen cops who got their starts as a PT police dispatcher first, gets the foot in the door and not to hard to come by.

  14. Posted

    There is no list requirement for part-time police officers in Orange County. I know of a few that hire part-time:

    Village of Walden (1/2 FT & 1/2 PT)

    Village of Maybrook (4 FT & Rest PT)

    Village of Montgomery (All PT)

    Town of Montgomery (1/2 FT & 1/2 PT)

    Town of Highlands (Not sure %)

    Town of Deerpark (Not sure %)

    And I belive the OCSO hires part-time, not a 100% positive though.

  17. Posted

    I may not be correct, but it didnt seem like all of those units made it to the scene? Perhaps some canceled in route? Do you know whos ladder went to the roof because i could have sworn it was Montgomery, and Coldenhams Tower was the only other one there that i saw.

    I believe everyone but the Goshen FAST & stand-by Co's made it, we passed a Bullville Engine respondingwhenwe were returning.

    Yes it was Montgomery's truck on the roof, they were the only truck to go to work I believe. Walden's truck was in the rear of the building, we actually met Coldenham's Tower at the 208/17k intersection on the way in.

  19. Posted · Edited by 201/65

    Date: 09-26-09

    Time: 1245hrs (approx)

    Location: Montgomery Shop Rite

    Frequency: Orange 911

    Units: Montgomery FD, Coldenham FD, Glenham FD (Dutchess), Buchanan FD (Westchester), others

    Walden FD, Maybrook FD, Bullville FD, Silver Lake FD, & Goshen FD

    Description: Roll-off dumpster fire with minor extension to the structure

    On Saturday, Sept. 26, the Buchanan & Glenham FD's were on stand-by at Coldenham FD as CFD had most of their apparatus in a parade. Buchanan E161 & Glenham E 43-11 stood by from approximately 10am - 4pm.

    At about 1245hrs, as Coldenham members were preparing to leave for the parade, a call came over for a dumpster fire with possible extension to the structure in Montgomery FD's first due area. Glenham E43-11, Buchanan E161 & Coldenham Ladder 205 responded. I, along with one of my FF's responded on CFD L205 with a CFD driver, FF & Capt., as BFD E161 responded with a crew and Glenham E43-11 responded with a crew & a CFD FF as the "GPS."

    We pulled into the shopping center to encounter a heavy smoke condition. Glenham E43-11 was 1st due (i believe), with Buchanan E161 close behind, while Montgomery Ladder (?)221 was the 1st due truck and Coldenham L205 was the 2nd due truck. The fire was located on the "B" side of the building. Lines were stretched from GFD 43-11 and Montgomery put their stick to the roof. CFD L205 was staged near the front entrance of Shop-Rite. It was a busy Saturday and between all the cars and people evacuated from Shop-Rite, it made staging a bit difficult.

    Silver Lake E-161, who was covering the district for Montgomery, was the 1st due engine. Their chief was first arriving and and requested a second alarm, although I don't think he knew what that brought. (FAST, 2 Trucks, & 4 Engines)

    Orange County Car-? 36-12 was on the scene as a coordinator and released CFD L205 within approximatley 10 minutes. We (L205) then returned to Coldenham FD to find City of Newburgh Engine Co. 4 and Car 1 (?) standing by for coverage. As soon as Buchanan E161 & Glenham E43-11 were released from the scene, City of Newburgh E4 was returned. I had the chance to meet and talk to the NFD crew and they were some really cool guys. We were able to share a few laughs before they returned to the City.

    City of Newburgh operates 2 engine companies, 1 & 3, I belive the current unit operated by E-1 is lettered 4.

    I must say that this was a cool experience for me, as well as my crew from Buchanan. It was interesting to work with depts from (2) different counties and to see their response procedures. It was also a great opportunity to meet new people and make new friends. I thought it was a great call by the County Car to release the units that werent truly needed so that they could go back in service to release covering crews.

    There was alot of staring at helmet fronts and alot of "whos engine is here?" CFD's safety officer was conducting accountability and it was quite funny to see his reaction when he was told who we were (the 2 Buchanan guys on their Ladder) and what engines were on scene (Buchanan and Glenham). There were some people there taking pictures, so it would be funny to see them with the different apparatus there. It was also funny to hear Orange 911 releasing Buchanan & Glenham from the scene lol.

    A special thanks to Coldenham Chief Walt Miller (former Buchanan Lt.) and the rest of the CFD for the invite.

    It was definitely an experience, especially since the first 3 arriving engines were not normally on the assignment (Silver Lake, Buchanan, & Glenham). If this fire were 15 - 20 minutes later it could have been a 4 or 5 county response because the way it was set was either Bloomingburg (Sullivan Co.) or Forest (Pike Co. PA) would have been responding to accompany the Walden Truck.

    Not knocking anyone but this could have been a lot worse in normal response conditions. In fact with exception for Goshen FAST every unit on scene was manned in quarters already, due to the Orange County Parade being held in Walden.

  21. Posted

    If you are going to be purchasing these for a first response or BLS transport agency I would first contact your local ALS provider to find out what monitor/difib they use. I would recommend that what ever you purchase have a compatible connection with what they use, this allows easy transfer of pt care as you don't have to peel and place new pads.

  24. Posted

    Our department doesn't require it, but we have multiple officers with the certification. Under the "Village of Walden Code" the Chiefs of the Walden Fire Department have authority to enforce local and state codes, in addition to the police officers, building, inspector, and code enforcement officer. Our department also gets and reviews building plans for all proposed building in our district, however we rarely review anything other then the fire protection/access side of the plans.