Bnechis

http://www.local2029.com/news-and-events/2016/3/29/board-of-fire-wardens-weakens-qualifications-to-be-chief
 
What do you need to be chief?

I'm close friends with their immediate past chief and he said it was used to drop about 75 firefighters. Just because they still sent other rigs on an alarm does not make up for layoffs. Everyone ends up working hard. Also the union pushed hard to go back to engine and ladders, but it took a full fleet replacement 20 years to do it.

Quint/midi was a shell game to cut firefighters 
 
standard engine and and ladder in a double company with 3ff/1of each =8
 
then quint with 5/1 and midi with 1/1
 
hey the quint is a ladder and it only needs 3/1.   Bang you now have 6

The citizens there and in most communities have no clue about the local FD. 
 
They are much more concerned with the goings on at the yacht club and the golf club.
 
Sadly it is neither a hoax or an April Fools Joke.
 
Thier former city manager said it best when he described the department as: "Staffed for Failure"

I'm close friends with their immediate past chief and he said it was used to drop about 75 firefighters. Just because they still sent other rigs on an alarm does not make up for layoffs. Everyone ends up working hard. Also the union pushed hard to go back to engine and ladders, but it took a full fleet replacement 20 years to do it.

I'm close friends with their immediate past chief and he said it was used to drop about 75 firefighters. Just because they still sent other rigs on an alarm does not make up for layoffs. Everyone ends up working hard. Also the union pushed hard to go back to engine and ladders, but it took a full fleet replacement 20 years to do it.

Quint/midi was a shell game to cut firefighters 
 
standard engine and and ladder in a double company with 3ff/1of each =8
 
then quint with 5/1 and midi with 1/1
 
hey the quint is a ladder and it only needs 3/1.   Bang you now have 6

Quint/midi was a shell game to cut firefighters 
 
standard engine and and ladder in a double company with 3ff/1of each =8
 
then quint with 5/1 and midi with 1/1
 
hey the quint is a ladder and it only needs 3/1.   Bang you now have 6

I'm close friends with their immediate past chief and he said it was used to drop about 75 firefighters. Just because they still sent other rigs on an alarm does not make up for layoffs. Everyone ends up working hard. Also the union pushed hard to go back to engine and ladders, but it took a full fleet replacement 20 years to do it.

Quint/midi was a shell game to cut firefighters 
 
standard engine and and ladder in a double company with 3ff/1of each =8
 
then quint with 5/1 and midi with 1/1
 
hey the quint is a ladder and it only needs 3/1.   Bang you now have 6

My dept. FF/EMTs are level A suit trained to use duaDote and Mark I kits. There is no way anyone could administer rectal meds in a level a suit. Protocol during WMD's is inject thru clothing. With level A double or triple gloves, it's like trying to pickup a dime while wearing a baseball glove

All ALS treatment in the hot zone is limited to med injections, (i.e. DuaDote, Mark 1 and Valium). No way is advanced airway or IV's appropriate in the hot zone. By the time patients are moved to the cold zone they will be DOA. 

My dept. FF/EMTs are level A suit trained to use duaDote and Mark I kits. There is no way anyone could administer rectal meds in a level a suit. Protocol during WMD's is inject thru clothing. With level A double or triple gloves, it's like trying to pickup a dime while wearing a baseball glove

The new broom installed him in January 

The new broom installed him in January 

Mamaroneck Rescue Squad did that

My dept. FF/EMTs are level A suit trained to use duaDote and Mark I kits. There is no way anyone could administer rectal meds in a level a suit. Protocol during WMD's is inject thru clothing. With level A double or triple gloves, it's like trying to pickup a dime while wearing a baseball glove

The new broom installed him in January 

 
Well, the reality is that underfunding is at the heart of some problems.  So, there's not much you can do to fix those problems if you don't put up the money.
 
In this case, the "problem" appears to be that the all volunteer ambulance services are having a hard time maintaining adequate membership to reliably respond to their calls.  This isn't a new or unique situation.  Many other places have faced this exact problem and have pretty much solved it.
 
Their solution wasn't to lobby for lower training standards.  Instead they started hiring people to staff the units on a consistent basis allowing them to maintain or improve the level of service they provide.
 
I can certainly understand the reluctance to increased taxes if one is already paying $20K in property taxes.  However, it's kind of ridiculous to already be paying that much, yet not have adequate public safety services.
 
 

Actually it is four different departments.  City of Rye Fire Department is contracted to cover District 3 of the Harrison Fire district.