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Greenville fire capt. says son was sexually harassed, fired from dept.

GREENBURGH — Members of a local fire department subjected a probationary firefighter to sexual harassment in an effort to force his father, a fire captain, from his job, according to a complaint filed with the state.

Capt. Richard Bruno alleges the Greenville Fire District condoned this behavior toward his son as part of a campaign to push out the 53-year-old firefighter and protect the interests of certain members of the department.

Bruno, a 27-year veteran who is still working for the district, makes the accusation in a complaint filed this month with the state Division of Human Rights, which investigates reports of discrimination

http://www.lohud.com/article/20131021/NEWS02/310210039/Greenville-fire-capt-says-son-sexually-harassed-fired-from-dept-

something very ODD going on here

Rest in Peace

It was at Rt 6 & Mountain Rd in Greenville just after midnight Tuesday. 1 person was extricated and flown by Hackensack Air 1 to WCMC

It's missing the 4 point portable winch brackets

Dutchess County:

Mobile Life Sole Response: Fishkill Village, Rombout Fire District, Wappinger's Falls Village, New Hamburg Fire District, City of Poughkeepsie

Primary ALS Intercepts: East Fishkill, Fairview, Pleasant Valley. Other parts of the county as needed

Not exactly sure on ND Medics other than they are primary ALS for most northern towns

It replaces the old list and as departments need to hire they can canvas off the top of the list

From what I have heard about this electrical fire, unless someone called it in when the problem first started happening it would not made much of a difference. People forget you had 30 MPH winds driving that fire so once flame broke out the theory of fire doubling every minute went out the window.

I have heard of plenty of large fires were paid departments were completely in charge and they still lost a lot. I have heard paid departments cancel mutual aid just to end up calling them back 10 minutes later as they are loosing the building.

No volunteers are not perfect but no one is. In this current world especially in our situation where we have a large mix of paid and volunteer departments we need to stop fighting one another and work with each other to get the job done.

Believe it or not volunteers will support paid firefighters MORE when they are not A**holes back at them.

I hope they figure a way to keep them

Congrats & good luck to the new firefighters

Newburgh Fire Department to get 15 new firefighters with federal grant

NEWBURGH – The Newburgh City Fire Department will grow from its current 55 members to 70 by January as the federal government has committed $2.4 million to hire 15 new paid firefighters.

Fire Chief Michael Vatter hopes to have the new members selected and ready for training within weeks.

http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/2013/September/20/Nbrg_FD_grant-20Sep13.html

Sad part is zillions of gallons of water right there in the ocean

Photo of Firefighter at the Newburgh-Beacon Toll Plaza. The police & ambulance crews did not make this photo..

Photo from http://www.dawnsela.com/

Forestry now has Helo coming in for water drops

Fire chief says its not a unrealistic idea to use the bambi bucket, but none are close by

I did hear someone say national park service has buckets available.

Even if it took 45 min - an hour it would still be useful

Staff Sgt. Todd J. "T.J." Lobraico Jr. 105th Airlift Wing of the New York ANG

Killed last week while fighting the war on terror was brought home today. He arrived at Stewart Air Base where a ceremony was held and then he was escorted to New Fairfield Ct where he will be laid to rest. Along his trip from the airport down Rt 17K to Route 300 to I-84 he was proudly honored by many Fire, Police, & EMS agencies along the way.

I stood with my department and with the following fire departments that were at the Toll Plaza, Beacon, Beekman, Castle Point, Chelsea, Dover, Dutchess Junction, Fishkill, Glenham, Hughsonville, New Hamburg, Roosevelt, Beacon Vol. Amb. town of Fishkill police, village of Wappinger Falls PD, NYSP.

It was an honor to do so and it was nice to hear of the other departments that did the same.

12 years later gone but will never be forgotten. We still got your back

We remember the 343 Firefighters in NYC that died that day but we should not forget all the Police officers, EMT's and victims on the planes, in the Towers or the Pentagon and especially those who are suffering from or passed away from cancer because they dug the rubble at the site.

Or the K-9's that helped that got sick

When is it going in service?

Covering up a department name is done a lot on new undelivered units because technically the manufacturer still owns it. If it is being driven from the plant to the city it also stops someone from saying "xyz" ambulance passed by the accident and didn't stop, I'm surprised the word "Ambulance" wasn't covered up.

So much for brotherhood. That sucks!

I agree all firefighters should support one another.

$40k lol very funny

Looking at the roof, they had just a few solar panels

What's sad is searching the internet provides no definitive description of a "working fire" just a ton of opinions. So I guess it's whatever you want to define it as.

I prefer to classify car fires & dumpster fires as "Active fires" as they are not "working" to destroy lives or property (yes I know some people's including my own vehicle would be substantial property). Add other cars or buildings next to such and you have "exposures" now have the building going you have a "Working Fire".

Have a Chicken coop on fire and you have a "Working Chicken (lol ha ha chuckle chuckle) Coop fire"

JMO

Date: 8/29/2013
Time: Apx 15:54
Location: 409 Schultz Hill Rd c/s Route 199
Units: Pine Plains FD & EMS, Millerton FD, Amenia EMS, Milan FD, NDP EMS, Stanford EMS, Life Net Air 2, DCSO

Description: Overturned auto with entrapment and request for medevac

Apx 15:54 units dispatched

15:57 Pine Plains command confirms overturn request 3 ALS units & 1 BLS units to the scene also request a medevac launch

15:59 Command request Millerton's rescue to the scene

16:14 Life Net Air 2 reports ETA 1627

16:15 911 Dispatched Stanford with 1 ambulance to stand by in Pine Plains

16:18 Medic 70 with 4 min eta

16:20 Command reports 1 victim being transported to the landing zone

16:23 Command advises Millerton's rescue to stand by at Pine Plains Fire Stations

16:24 Pine Plains 55-71 at the landing zone awaiting medevac

16:27 Milan command at landing zone reports medevac on the scene

16:29 Command reports releasing Amenia's ambulance. NDP fly car in service 1 NDP unit to remain

16:34 Millerton's rescue relocated to Pine Plains

16:58 Landing zone command reports Air 2 transporting to Albany Med

Police call for helicopter; respond to Pine Plains rollover accident with entrapment

http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article/20130829/NEWS01/130829021/Police-call-helicopter-respond-Pine-Plains-rollover-accident-entrapment

UPDATED 8/30/13

Two teens killed, one in critical condition in Pine Plains car crash

http://www.dailyfreeman.com/articles/2013/08/30/blotter/doc522099e9d5459169277550.txt

2 teens die, 2 injured in Pine Plains crash

http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article/20130830/NEWS01/130830002/2-teens-die-2-injured-Pine-Plains-crash-

Duracell donated a huge box of AA batteries to a fire house near me.

Not a single thing in that house ran on AAs.

SCBAs: 9 volt, Smoke Detectors for public: 9 volt

Nice gesture, but totally worthless.

Come on I'm sure the TV remote uses them

First question is was the source of the transmission close by or far away? Second radio waves do not provide a complete saturation of an area guarantying reception as an example it's not like being in a ocean where you are surrounded by water and will definitely get wet but like a light rain storm where you will get wet but parts of you will remain dry if that makes sense.

I experience the reception issue often where in one room I will hear Pike County PA loud and clear but in another room with the channel on hold will not hear a thing or I will hear Mamaroneck fire apparatus on calls but will not hear Peekskill (which is a lot closer). It has to do with location and luck.