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    HARRISON - Harrison Emergency Medical Services is planning to suspend operations Sunday night because the town has yet to fund the ambulance service, a board member said Thursday.

     

    "We will no longer be able to respond to any emergency calls, effective 11 p.m. Sunday," said Robert Frankel, a member of the EMS Board of Directors. "We won't have the money to pay people or maintain our equipment."

    Town Attorney Frank Allegretti confirmed that the town has not released $137,500 in funds to the EMS, which he said has historically received payments at the end of each quarter.

     

    "Quite frankly, there are concerns about mismanagement of the EMS that we're looking into," he said.

    Harrison Supervisor Ron Belmont said that "residents will be protected" if the EMS does stop answering emergency calls, and the town is looking into options on how emergency calls will be handled if service is suspended.

     

     

    MORE:

    http://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/harrison/2016/03/31/lacking-funds-harrison-ems-suspend-service/82480952/

     

     

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    This will only work if you train and keep training your dispatchers. This is something that most agencies are uninterested in. There are many theories but they all revolved around funding and a general disrespect for dispatching as a profession. Hearing a MAYDAY and doing anything else other than relaying that message to the IC requires not only a well developed SOP but also an understanding of what a MAYDAY is and when & why it is used. Then and only then would I feel comfortable making any decision.

     

     

    You can have all the training in the world, if the policy is read the screen and advise only you will rarely have decision making 

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    2 hours ago, somebuffyguy said:

    According to their website Greenwich has 106 firefighters. So if they ran 24 ff at any time (leaving 10 left for administrative positions) they could run 6 fully staffed companies. If they're putting 2 on some rigs with that staffing could it be they're running more engines than they need?

    I do not know GFD's details, but your assumption of 24 on duty (based on 96 assigned to suppression) is not likely unless they are backfilling about 20% of the time with ot. This is needed to cover contractual time off (vacation, personal days, sick etc.) it often does not cover long term service connected injury or sick leave. If they are not covering it, that would leave them closer to 19 per shift or 4 staffed rigs plus command with an aide.

     

    How many engines do you think they need?

     

    Greenwich is 67 sq miles. If properly located an engine company (based on ISO & NFPA standards) can cover 1.5 road miles in any direction, that's approximately 5 square miles. When a station is located along a distric (or in this case a state line) the area for that company is cut in half. Even at the maximum road distance of 5 miles, that's about 15 square miles, but your rating will be very poor.

     

    now add truck companies, a rescue and tankers.......

     

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    3 hours ago, CTFF said:

     

    First "two in, two out."  goes out the window with a report of people trapped.  

    But it does not go out the window when you pull up and your told everyone's out.  Being told everyone is out does not mean a primary search is not needed and without more staff your options for an interior attack is delayed, allowing the fire to grow and making it more hazardous when the rest of the troops arrive 

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    3 hours ago, Dinosaur said:

    Want more comprehensive simulation based training - demand it from NYS.  Wait!  We can't because we keep fighting against a common standard for training to begin with.  Forget about ongoing continuing education training. Ha!

    All this command training is great, but until we establish a legitimate minimum standard for training for firefighters, company officers and command officers we are spinning our wheels.

     

    just this week one Westchester FD past its new minimum standards for becoming chief:

    Firefighter 1

    iCS

    and must live in the district.

     

    thats all to be chief of department.

     

    and you want advanced command training? Probationary career firefighters have more training in the first 3 weeks of the 17 week academy than this department requires the chief.

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    1 hour ago, Morningjoe said:

    Regardless of what this survey comes out with, Westchester should abandon the UHF Fire ground radio system which is line of sight and unmonitored , and adopt one which allows the dispatchers to monitor all fire ground radio traffic. NIOSH report after NIOSH report lists that Dispatchers being able to monitor fire ground transmissions in the event of a mayday is imperative to firefighter safety. All departments should reject any proposals without this important feature included.

    This would only be of use if dispatchers were allowed to make decisions.

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    21 hours ago, 61MACKBR1 said:

     

    Mount Vernon FD Snorkel 1. Workhorse of a rig. Worked many major fires during its run in the Vern. This was an era of the FDMV, when Chief Campbell was running the show and they had excellent front line equipment and was running with 6 Engine Companies (plus 2 spares), 1 Snorkel, 3 Truck Companies (plus 1 spare), 1 Rescue, 1 Foam Unit, and 1 Ambulance. Sad how this department has a gone down hill as it relates to manpower and equipment (no wonder they use Mutual Aid like people drink water)

    Sounds like they were well staffed, but just because they had rigs "in-service" what was the staffing per rig? I'm sure the foam unit was not staffed. And I remember going on EMS calls where the 1st due engine had only 1 or 2 and the rescue was the manpower for every rig.

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    A request for proposal is just that...a request for proposals. The municipality can and should put in its wish list. The potential vendors do not have to comply with every component. The municipality wants to hear the vendors ideas. 

     

    This is is no different from when we do an RFP for a truck and get many different options. And the city has the right to pick what it feels is best, and it's not always cost.

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    40 minutes ago, Skooter92 said:

    Thank goodness Empress had the assets to step in. This is a prime reason why municipalities need to rethink farming out EMS to save a few bucks. You trade stability and possibly longevity just to slash budget lines.

    As long as NYS does not mandate EMS coverage for municipalities like it requires police and fire, this is exactly what they will do, save a few bucks.

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    31 minutes ago, whyme? said:

    The CON is good only for 30 days. If the ambulance service does not Operate for 30 days the CON cannot be transferred without special approval from the regional council... No one wants the Evil Empire or the good humor men invading 

     

     

    All CON transfers require review from the region. DOH has the final approval not REMSCO. Define "no one" ? Do you know who is on the REMSCO and how they will vote? 

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