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The Dept as a whole has no standards!

How many Career PC guys are on around the clock and covering how many pieces of apparatus?

19 hours ago, firecapt32 said:

lets look at this another way  all the career  firefighters in Port Chester are National certified firefighters one and two.  they should have been doing their "in service" training of 100 hours every year. All of them  have  well over 400 hours of initial training from the career fire academy. from FF1-FF-2 -codes -haz mat- FF survival- rescue tech  EVOC - ladder ops --eng ops. ect.

 

that  my  fellow firefighter  friends means  you are well trained  and certified by not only the State of New York but Nationally.

 

This may be a blanket kind of statement--I am sure there are exceptions  but here I go adding my  2 cents    how well trained are the volunteers in Port Chester?  don't  jump  down my  throat  if you have facts please   air them  out.  I am asking-  not criticizing.   I gave facts about the career staff.  Do the Chiefs have any Officer creditable courses??   how many interior firefighters  complete with new York state Firefighter one and or Firefighter two do they have??  maybe the departments  that call upon Port Chester should take a closer look.  again  my opinion.

FF1/FF2: National Certification etc etc doesn't mean a dam thing! I know a shitload of Career guys who have Certificates up the yingyang and are dumber then a box of rocks actually putting their lives along with their fellow Career FFs lives and the Public who they swore an Oath to protect in further danger. This can be directly attributed to, Nepotism,  lowering the Standards, turning a blind eye etc..etc... Just because you sat in a class and passed a test doesn't mean your automatically a Professional FF! If the Public only knew how many knuckleheads were out there so called protecting them! The Fire Service in many places is no longer a "Calling" its just a paycheck now unfortunately! Gimme gimme gimme!!!! Another handout Profession!

I just hope the fellow Career Brothers in neighboring Depts don't respond in to cover them!!!!!!! After all we are a Brotherhood right? Yeah OK!!!!

Ladder Tower. No you have the best of both worlds!

As seen all those Appointed Positions are nothing more then a Kiss Ass Job! Your nothing but a Puppet to the Administration and a Yes Man so who in their right mind would ever want it! You need absolutely no qualifications for the most part. Gotta give Kelly a lot of credit he said Im outta here "F" this place!

What the hell happened there?

Yeah I'm sure the Brothers in the Vern want to take on that Service! With what Manpower they're lucky they have enough guys to stretch a hose line ! It'll never work there!

Do you think the members don't push for more? On a second alarm we have another engine plus the spare truck manned, another Assistant Chief, a FAST from mutual aid, an additional engine from mutual aid, plus whatever else is needed. When help is needed, we call it in. If we don't need it, why call everyone and their brother?

What's the time frame for additional help to arrive!

^{How about guys lay off the Cigars/Cigarettes too? Now there's a start! I believe there's some Depts out there that have a "No Smoking Policy" in order to become and stay a FF, like Boston and some other New England Depts.. There's also plenty of guys that wont even mask up for a car fire so can we please stop blaming our Dirty Turnout Equipment for every ailment we get!}

I always considered Yonkers as the Sixth Boro of New York City. Looking at these photos, I think you will understand why.

Then I guess The Vern is the 7th lol!

Must have been a slow News Day! LOL!

They should have all gone to the Hospital! Where's the Union on this one?

Should never have been purchased what a waste! Friggin thing is useless!

Im surprised they don't have a Ladder down there? Would one fit and did they ever have one? Wheres the first due Truck come from anyway seems like it would be a haul no? Ive seen a few multiple dwellings down in that area, hate to see someone hanging from an upper floor window at 3am and only an Engine pull up with 2 guys Jesus!

They need to revamp that whole department. It definitely starts from the top down. The way things have been run are what has put the department in the position it sees itself today. I hope that with the new mayor and his hope to put the city on the right track, that that starts with a reboot of the fire department. It's not fair to neighboring communities that their fire service is put out of their jurisdiction for long periods of time to fight a fire in a city, where if they had the right number of manpower and equipment, they could probably handle most of those calls on their own.

They should start by raising the Standards! Stop hiring so many knuckleheads! Now there's a brilliant idea!

It doesn't work in FDNY and didn't work in YFD! Gotta get an outsider to turn that Circus around! Enough with the Nepotism and Political favors! Start promoting individuals based on merit to these Positions!

Well, the new Commissioner will be more in touch with the guys....he's got 12 years on the job and went straight from Firefighterto Commissioner.

It never works! Look what happened in YFD yrs ago!

These guys elected him President knowing full well the criminal charges? Shows who's in the majority in that Union I guess.

Yeah but the Quota was at least reached! That's important!

Just when the morale couldn't be any lower...BAM! Boom goes the dynamite! These poor guys.

Most of them don't care trust me!

Was something wrong with that hydrant I/f/o of exposure 2 on corner?

Never stopped them before plus same argument can be said for all other Depts that went M/A!

White Plains? Greenville? Isn't MT Vernon right next door?Makes no sense

Wax on, wax off!

Maybe start with a new City Administration that is an advocate for its FD?

Here's a novice idea YFD, maybe your powers to be should refuse M/A to the Vern? Just a thought. Cut all ties with them!