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In this day and age,no formal requirment,for a full background check,is absurd.So,let's open our doors to anyone,allow them to drive 500K rigs or enter someone's home not having a clue who they are.. What's to stop some low-life pedofile from another state or town from joining the FD? This is something that is long overdue and some politician with a brain and conscious should push for this... To work at Wal Mart or Home Depot you need a full background check,but not to join an FD? We sure do have our priorities wrong! Not that it would have a difference in the Sleepy Hollow case.....

Passengers aboard the airliner that crashed in San Francisco Saturday pleaded for more ambulances to show up and help the wounded, recordings of their 911 calls revealed Wednesday.
"We've been down on the ground, I don't know, 20 minutes, a half-hour," one woman said from the runway. "There are people waiting on the tarmac with critical injuries, head injuries."
"We're almost losing a woman here," she said as a 911 dispatcher tried to reassure her that help was on the way. "We're trying to keep her alive."
From USA News: http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/07/10/19403360-were-trying-to-keep-her-alive-911-calls-reveal-drama-of-asiana-crash#comments
The finger pointing has already started claiming ambulances did not respond fast enough. People not in the emergency services think everything is like in the movies. No response is ever perfect unless it is part of a Hollywood script. Pre-plans are just blueprints. Twenty minutes to the scene is only part of the story. How long were the buses held until granted runway access? Did they have to wait for an airport escort vehicle? We are talking about an active major airport, just because a plane crashed does not mean everything on the ground is at a full stop immediately. It would not make for great headlines if responding apparatus struck an aircraft being re-gated. ICS and calm need to prevail. People don't understand that you also can't follow the movie line "send me everything you've got". There are other calls that need attention beside the airport. Stripping the system is not the answer. A response needs to be coordinated and things like triage, patient count, patient tracking, transport to avoid overloading one ER with everyone and preservation of the "crime scene" all have to be attended to.

Maybe Castle Point will buy one.......................................

It ain't about the height.....it's the REACH.
And with a majority of SFD's in the suburbs and rural districts being set back from the roadway, even 75' is too short, as my department has seen all too often.

I don't know what goes on in Canada but I can give a little insight what goes on around here (specifically with Metro North).
Way back when I took train emergency class taught by retired Metro North Assistant Chief Donald (Spanky) McLennan (sp?), as emergency responders we were in no way instructed what to do in order to properly secure a train Initially it's the train conductor in charge until an operations manager arrives.
As a conductor I was taught how to secure the equipment. Whether it's a parking brake on an M7 or Genesis locomotive or a hand brake on an M3, BL20, coach, freight car, etc. The steeper the grade the more hand brakes that have to be applied. We are not trained to fight fires other than small fires with the BC fire extinguishers on the trains (don't ask, I never got the answer).
If there's any considerable fire were told to evacuate the car or cars affected and if necessary the train. If it came to evacuating the train then we have to take tracks out of service, third rail de-energized, etc.
In the land of freight trains the conductor will have a manifest of the cargo in each rail car. They conductor and engineer are not taught how to fight a fire, that's the fire departments job. Cars containing hazardous material will have placards. The number of cars in the consist will dictate how many hand brakes need to be applied to secure it.
That sounds like he's passing the buck. If the locomotive was shut down then there may not be an adequate supply of air to keep the service brake applied in the event of an air leak. if the hand brake is not applied then it could roll. That would fall on the negligence of the company.

Personally I find it comforting to know that Canadians are as willing to dodge responsibility as are Americans. There, like here, the first thing to do after a screw up is to find someone else to blame for it.

Is it just me? But look in the photo above of the 3rd photo posted by Rex and look at the flames. does it not look like a man with a beard and cowboy hat in the window.

A few more pics, not sure who took them or i would give credit.

photo by Rescue 40

Date: 07/09/13
Time: 2200hrs
Location: Blooming Grove Tpk. and Rocky Ln.
Units: VGFD R480, E481, E479 (LZ), NWEMS
Description: Roll-Over MVA w/Entrapment
2200hrs-Vails Gate dispatched; Roll-Over MVA w/reported entrapment.
2202hrs-OC911 advising R480 that there is confirmed entrapment. R480 advising they are arriving on scene.
2212hrs-Vails Gate Command advising OC911 that NWEMS is requesting a launch of the Medevac. Command advising that E479 will set-up the LZ at the Price Chopper parking lot.
2214hrs-E479 advising they are out at the LZ.
2229hrs-E479 advising that the Medevac is on the ground.
2232hrs-Command advising that R480 is returning to service, E481 remaining on scene with the Tow company.
2242hrs-E481 in service, returning to quarters.
2243hrs-E479 advising that the Medevac is off the ground.

Here's a graphic on the Sleepy Hollow Engine they donated to Broad Channel FD:

Sleepy Hollow has donated there used surplus engine full of supplys to the Broad Channel F. D. who lost everything in Sandy. Hats off to them for taken care of fellow New Yorkers and NOT sending that like new engine to South America !

Date: 07-03-13
Time:2330
Location: City Terrace
Units: Newburgh City Police, Town of Newburgh Police, Orange County Sheriff's Deputies, MLSS

Description: Two subjects shot on City Terrace

Hi! I am actually the owner of the old 34th st firehouse in Bayonne. I came across this board while i was doing some research on my building. The firehouse was sold by the city at a public auction and a local guy had bought it and told everyone he was going to restore it and got everyone all excited, he then immediately turned around and put it up for sale and thats when I came across it and purchased it about 2 years ago
From the moment I stepped inside I thought it was so cool, nobody had touched it yet, and it was still in the condition it had been when they shut it down back in 2008 and locked it up and moved out. So it still had/has all of the original elements inside. I was really lucky that nobody had started doing any renovations on it and ruining it. Theres paint peeling off the walls, plaster coming down, urinals in the bathrooms, stall showers, 26 original chestnut lockers still with a lot of the old fireman's stuff hanging inside them like tatoo parlor cards they went to, and old p**** mags and old school original subway tiles in the kitchen and baths. The original tin ceilings are still intact, all of the old garment and hose racks and features of the place. Theres also a whole slew of hand painted murals on a lot of the walls with the engine company and their old mascot which was a bulldog with a fire helmet on. Theres a 7 ft mural of this staring you in the face in the back room that will ultimately be the master bedroom. Theres also a list of about 300 names of all of the officers and chiefs who have retired over the years on the bulkhead above the kitchen cabinets. I plan on keeping all of it as original as I can. I respect the history of the place and what it stood for for the city and I dont mind the roughness around the edges of the place....it adds character and I dont want to erase it.
I do plan at some point to have the mural in the kitchen with all the names of the retired duplicated on a big plate of brass and mount it outside on the garage door along the bottom like a giant brass kick plate so that people around town can appreciate those who have served here. That may take a while though since a) it will be pretty expensive to have made, and I have a list of about 800 other things I plan to address with the place as well.
The place is pretty bitchin though, its about 5000 sq ft and has plenty of room, I wash my car inside my house while its parked next to my living room haha. It is a b**** to heat and cool, but its super solid and has stood for the past 130 years and I plan to do my best to preserve it and have it stand for another 130 more.
A number of the old firemen who worked here that I have met at first thought I was some douchebag condo developer who was going to tear the place down or make it into apartments, I told them I planned on keeping it as the original firehouse and they were welcome to come by anytime they liked, and they seemed to appreciate that.
I have plans for the place that center around keeping it as original as possible, I like the quirks and imperfections of the building, it tells its story. I cant tell you how much wood floors and trim i have to strip of paint, adhesive, linoleum etc. hiding under all that is gorgeous chestnut and oak and old heart pine. thats going to be a b****, but itll be worth it.
But rest assured, I plan to keep the place intact as the spirit of the place alive. No hokey HGTV style renovations with modern finishes and sheetrock...If I had wanted that I could have bought a condo, I really admire the old buildings and craftsmanship that went into them. So if it matters to any of you, old E5 in bayonne is in good hands. Itll prob take me 10 years to finish the place, but Im in no rush hahaha.
What I would like to ask, in case anyone knows or could help, is, I am trying to find 2 old brass firepoles for the building. Originally there was one in the front, and one in the back. Both had been removed and they were given back to the guy who bought the property from the city. The bayonne fire museum had given him two brass poles to put back in when they found out he had bought the place, in good faith. They were here and promised to me when i was buying the building. Well a day or two before I closed on the place, he took both poles and probably scrapped them for the brass, who knows....I thought it was a shitty thing to do, and the fire museum agreed. Point is I never got any poles, but I have the two openings, just nothing to slide down. EVERY SINGLE person I meet, the first question they ask is always "Do you have a pole?"
Id love to put the two poles back in so if any of you happens to know of any old poles not in use, or a place that makes them, or a station thats being decommissioned etc, please let me know! It would be sweet if I could get some brass poles back in here. I have tried calling places, go go dance suppliers, railing companies etc. they have brass poles, but when I tell them i need 23 ft long they are like ohhhhhh, we dont have that long. So the poles that were in here were 2.5 inch OD x @23 ft long. Just figured it couldnt hurt to put it out there in case any of you happens to know of some old firepoles laying around.
Thanks!

Contact Peekskill FD, they know a guy who moves firehouses!

Test results are available to county employees, and I did the math

The hearts of the entire EMS community are with the family of Irene Gremmert at this time of loss. Irene was an amazing mentor, marine, preceptor, paramedic, but most of all an amazing friend to many of us. Rest easy we will take it from here.

The hearts of the entire EMS community are with the family of Irene Gremmert at this time of loss. Irene was an amazing mentor, marine, preceptor, paramedic, but most of all an amazing friend to many of us. Rest easy we will take it from here.

The hearts of the entire EMS community are with the family of Irene Gremmert at this time of loss. Irene was an amazing mentor, marine, preceptor, paramedic, but most of all an amazing friend to many of us. Rest easy we will take it from here.

Danbury is a level 2. We transport people out of Danbury and St francis frequently that were brought in as a trauma but need a level 1 center due to their injuries. While air transport from a scene is generally used for time critical patients we also carry a number of advanced care devices/medications not found on ground ambulances. By no means delay transport especially if it's less than a 30 minute ride but also keep in mind the specialized care a critical care team can provide.

Thank you!
My goal is simple. Make EMTBravo better and a place where all of us involved in Emergency Services enjoy visiting.
EMTBravo has some very loyal members and it's time to tap into that for some suggestions in making improvements.
We are nothing without YOU the members.
All I ask for is support.
Feel free to e-mail me with any suggestions for improvements, compliments or complaints. I will try to address each and every one.
Rob

.. and to answer your question they would go to WMC from Brewster. Patients choice only comes into play when there are two equidistant hospitals from the scene.

It's patient/family choice depending on what's the appropriate facility. And I was honestly surprised last weekend when the crew asked my patients wife what facility she wanted to go to, between Hackensack and WMC, and when she asked their opinion, they told her they were both about equal. I was expecting to hear them say Hackensack, but apparently, they don't feel the need/ haven't been told to push going to Hackensack

That has got to be one tired finger after it's all on.

That has got to be one tired finger after it's all on.