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IN LOVING MEMORY OF WILLIAM H "BUD" POTTENBURGH -- Posted by admin on Sunday, May 24 2009 It is with deep regret that we announce the passing of Past Chief and Past Commissioner William H. "Bud" Pottenburgh. Bud passed away early this morning around 3:25 am at Vassar Brothers Medical Center. Bud joined the New Hackensack Fire Company back in 1964 and has been an unforgettable and influential member of this fire company since then. There isn't enough room here to discuss his many accomplishments as well as his influence around Dutchess County. You will be greatly missed Bud. Services will be at Delehanty’s Funeral Home in Wappinger Tuesday, May 26th Calling Hours: 2:00pm – 4:00pm 6:00pm – 9:00pm: A firefighter service will be held at 8:00pm. Members are asked to car pool and be at the funeral home no later than 7:30pm. Meet at the firehouse and car pool. Wednesday, May 27th 10:00 Funeral Services at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Fishkill Rural Cemetery immediately after the funeral services.

I am sorry to hear that. Hang in there. I hope you and your family are ok

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS FORWARDED BY THE NEW YORK STATE ASSOCIATION OF FIRE CHIEFS PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE. May 19, 2009 0509-42 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From NYSAFC Executive Director LaBelle: The Assembly passed the CDL bill late today! The Assembly passed the CDL bill tonight. The bill now goes to the Senate where it is hoped the bill will get passed and sent to Governor Paterson this week. The bills are S.1624-C and A.6051-A. -- Thank you to everyone who made FIRE 08 a huge success! Thomas L. LaBelle Executive Director NYS Association of Fire Chiefs 1670 Columbia Turnpike Castleton, NY 12033 Phone: (518) 477-2631 Fax: (518) 477-4430 E-mail: tlabelle@nysfirechiefs.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary - S01624 Back | New York State Bill Search | Assembly Home See Text S01624 Summary: BILL NO S01624C SAME AS Same as A 6051-A SPONSOR FOLEY COSPNSR VALESKY, JOHNSON C, SAVINO, BONACIC, BRESLIN, DILAN, ESPADA, FARLEY, FLANAGAN, HUNTLEY, LAVALLE, LITTLE, MAZIARZ, ONORATO, SEWARD, BONACIC, BRESLIN, DILAN MLTSPNSR Amd SS501 & 501-a, V & T L Allows a person to operate a fire truck without possessing a commercial driver's license. ________________________________________ S01624 Actions: BILL NO S01624C 02/03/2009 REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION 02/27/2009 AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION 02/27/2009 PRINT NUMBER 1624A 03/10/2009 REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO CODES 05/06/2009 AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CODES 05/06/2009 PRINT NUMBER 1624B 05/12/2009 1ST REPORT CAL.302 05/13/2009 2ND REPORT CAL. 05/18/2009 AMENDED (T) 1624C 05/18/2009 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING ________________________________________ S01624 Votes: ________________________________________S01624 Memo: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary - A06051 Back | New York State Bill Search | Assembly Home See Text A06051 Summary: BILL NO A06051A SAME AS Same as S 1624-C SPONSOR Sweeney (MS) COSPNSR Magee, Lupardo, DelMonte, Schimel, Fields, Lifton, Destito, Schimminger, John, Koon, Galef, Christensen, Magnarelli, Reilly, Jaffee, Russell, Alessi, Gordon, Paulin, Cahill, Gabryszak, Stirpe, Schroeder, Ramos, Gunther, Castro, Pheffer, Bradley MLTSPNSR Amedore, Bacalles, Ball, Barclay, Burling, Butler, Conte, Crouch, DenDekker, Duprey, Eddington, Errigo, Giglio, Hayes, Hikind, Kolb, Latimer, Lavine, Lopez P, McDonough, McEneny, Molinaro, Oaks, Peoples, Quinn, Rabbitt, Raia, Robinson, Sayward, Scozzafava, Tedisco, Townsend, Walker, Weisenberg, Zebrowski Amd SS501 & 501-a, V & T L Allows a person to operate a fire truck without possessing a commercial driver's license. ________________________________________ A06051 Actions: BILL NO A06051A 02/24/2009 referred to transportation 05/14/2009 amend and recommit to transportation 05/14/2009 print number 6051a 05/19/2009 reported referred to codes 05/19/2009 reported referred to ways and means 05/19/2009 reported referred to rules 05/19/2009 reported 05/19/2009 rules report cal.32 05/19/2009 ordered to third reading rules cal.32 05/19/2009 passed assembly 05/19/2009 delivered to senate 05/19/2009 REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION ________________________________________ A06051 Votes: ________________________________________ A06051 Memo: BILL NUMBER:A6051A TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the operation of an emergency vehicle without a commercial drivers license PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To clarify the scope of the e

May 22, 2009 -- New York State Association of Fire Chiefs Back CDL Bill Signed May 21, 2009 A bill that sped through the legislative process this week, pushed on by the up coming Memorial Day weekend was made into law when Governor David Paterson signed the "CDL" bill late in the evening of May 21st. “Firefighters perform an extraordinarily honorable and valuable service for our communities. We need to do everything we can to ensure that they are not needlessly burdened in carrying out their essential tasks,” said Governor Paterson. “I am grateful to the Legislative Leaders, Senator Foley, Assemblyman Sweeney and the all supporters for working with extraordinary dispatch to ensure that this legislation is enacted in time for Memorial Day, a day on which firefighters participate in parades across the State and we recognize and celebrate their contributions to our safety and well-being.” The bill was sponsored by Senator Brian Foley and Assembly Robert Sweeney, both of Suffolk County. The new law regains for the fire service an exemption from CDL requirements for fire apparatus when used in official functions, such as going to and returning from calls, training, inspections, drills and parades. Senator Brian X. Foley, who sponsored the bill in the Senate, said: “Our volunteer firefighters are heroes and deserve to be treated as such. I am proud to sponsor legislation that will protect our firefighters and allow them to serve their communities without being exposed to legal liability.” Assemblyman Robert Sweeney, who sponsored the bill in the Assembly, said: “Firefighters throughout New York put themselves on the line to protect and save lives in our communities. Correcting this problem in the law will help them to continue serving without fear of being penalized for driving emergency service vehicles for important functions such as training, safety drills, and building inspections. It is important that we not add an unnecessary burden as they protect the public.”

Great shots, thanks! The January MVA must have been interesting getting the driver out. Glad to see the Troopers with the vest on.

Nice good luck with it

This now awaits the Governors signature. They are hoping to have this changed by Friday 5/22 in time so Memorial Day events. So that fire apparatus can attend parades and other types of usage (drills, other details ie. getting fuel...) I agree more training should be done, but they must set a date for everyone to be in compliance instead of changing the law not telling anyone and then all of the sudden say "no CDL, limited driving by non CDL holders."

BVAC EMS in an EMS environment Emergency Medical Technician EMT Description: The Emergency Medical Technician-Basic performs skilled technical work in rendering emergency first-aid and basic life support medical treatment in emergency situations. Qualification: The successful candidate will meet all of the following: • Possess a current NYS EMT and CPR certifications. • Have at least one year of experience as an EMT. • Possess a valid NYS driver’s license for at least 3 years • Possess strong interpersonal skills. • Have the ability to work in a team environment. • Have the ability to lift 125 pounds • Have general Computer Skills. Located in Beacon NY, the Beacon volunteer Ambulance Corps is made up of volunteer and paid staff and is dispatched to approximately 2400 EMS calls per year. The Beacon Volunteer Ambulance Corps is an equal employment opportunity employer. Salary for this position will be commensurate with experience. To be considered for this position, please email your resume, availability and salary history to jobs@beaconvac.org. Company Name: Beacon Volunteer Ambulance Corps Location: Beacon Available: Immediately. Full Time. Part Time. Posted: 5/13/09

TOTALY AGREE! You can't break this law but it's ok to break those other laws. I wanna know who got paid off to have this little item passed. Lets see we make every firefighter driver get a CDL look at all the money the state will bring in. Really stupid unless NYS is going to train and provide CDL's to the firefighters then why do something stupid and endanger lives...oh right someone's pocket has to be lined with $$

Here are a couple videos I did

Nice shots Bill...I think we all got some really good shots from that fire. Here is the Central Hudson crew from the back of the building

]A few from me...

Waiting for a laptop to fall my way so I can do an instant upload to here while the incident is still going on.....LoL

Good job with limited manpower

There was also an attempted jumper on the Newbugh-Beacon bridge this afternoon. I guess it had to do with a domestic dispute and the woman threatend to jump. Beacon PD & NYSP stopped her

Date: 5/10/09 Time: 18:00 Location: Dover Train Station, Mill St & Market St Frequency: 453.900, 453.925, 453.800, 155.415 Units Operating: Dover FD & EMS NDP, DCSO, NYSP, MTA PD Weather Conditions: Clear 65 windy Description Of Incident: Person struck by a train Reporters: Writer: JETPHOTO While responding to a reported fire on a deck, units came across a person just struck by a train PD rpts to 911 possible fatality

Headline: NYS National Firefighter 1 Certification Exam Dutchess County will host a NYS OFP&C National FF1 Certification Exam on Saturday June 13, 2009 at the Dutchess County Training Center in Poughkeepsie. Additional information can be obtained from the County’s Training Web Page at www.DC911.com Application to take exam must be submitted to the NYS Office of Fire Prevention and Control Fire Science Academy in Montour Falls. Go to www.dos.state.ny.us/fire/Firewww.html Click on TRAINING on the left side and scroll down to forms and select NATION CERTIFICATION EXAM APPLICATIONS Additional questions contact FPS Al Deming at 607-535-7136 extension 610

Thanks for the photos. It sounded like it was doubtful from the start. I guess they have a really bad manpower issue in that area during the day Great job on the incident report

Good Laugh

Pike County has a pretty good tower site. I hear them all the time

Nice Bill. Great job East Fishkill and M/A depts.

Date: 5/4/09 Time: Apx 11am Location: 27 Highview Rd Frequency: 453.900, 453.925, 453.800, 453.450, 155.415 Units Operating: East Fishkill FD, Village of Fishkill, New Hackensack, Rombout, Hughsonville, Mobile Life Weather Conditions: Cloudy 58 Description Of Incident: Fire in a townhouse Writer: JETPHOTO East Fishkill dispatched for a reported fire in a structure Cmd rpts fire on the #1 floor of a 2 1/2 story townhouse Cmd rpts Fishkill's FAST team assisting with searches request another team, Hughsonville dispatched Fire knocked down, search's negative, overhaul beginning, Hughsonville may return reutilizing Fishkill as FAST Cmd req. Mobile Life to the scene for a resident with difficulty breathing Cmd later requested another ALS unit for a person haveing an athsma attack Released mutual aid, fire investigation in progress

A guy in my firehouse caught a 4 foot 36 lb stripper 2 weeks ago @ 2 am in Chelsea

If Steve VB is ever caught wearing bunker pants, I WANT PHOTOS!