Firefighter57

Members
 View profile  See their activity

  • Content count

    236

  • Joined

  • Last visited

Posts posted by Firefighter57

  1. Posted · Edited by Firefighter57

    I must apologize from my self foremost and my co-worker secondly. From my self first off for apparently not logging out of my EMTbravo account at work and secondly for my co-worker. It seems to me in an unfortunate case of misguidance that their lack of college education and GED high school education has left them with little to no maturity and an even worse vocabulary as well as the grammar of a middle school aged teenager. I for one did not realize that they could spell their own names no less EMTbravo. Not that it matters but i have actually been with the fire department for 4 years now, seen numerous fires, and am halfway done with a BS (bachelor of sciences) in fire science and occupational safety. But enough airing my own dirty laundry and misfortune of high jacked pass words.

    They bring up a good point. Firefighting isn't for everyone and in many situations i do feel like if you are not scared every once in a while, you should not be (in the case of a building fire) inside the building (or at least i don't want you in with me). This is for the simple fact that if you have no fear/no limits, you will have not respect for the dangers of our job. I am sure many would agree that a lack of respect for the dangers and really the job itself would put ones self and ones crew in serious danger.

    Anyways, again i am sorry again for the post...

    Original post so we can continue the discussion.

    "I am a junior member of my fire dept, and would like to know what its like in a real fire? I have been in the smoke house for fire prevention and its not really to intense. What should I look for? One time I got really nervous and had a anxiety attack when we were training but thats because they taped my scott mask so that I couldnt see. maybe im not cut out but i would like to give it a whirl.

    If anyone can give me tips or pointer please help me out"

  3. Posted

    I didn't hear this happen but from my understanding, it was a job well done by all hands on scene

    I remember my first car fire we were dispatched to be in our district on the saw mill by the Mount Kisco/Bedford Hills line. we didn't find anything so we went on to find the car fire in mount Kisco closer to Chappaqua then it was to Bedford Hills. we called MK and as they responded, we put the fire out. when they got there, they knocked the rest of the fire down and overhauled. But is all of this really the dispatchers fault. After all, doesn't cad tell the dispatcher what to send?

    So my point being i don't exactly know how the whole cad system works but as far as I know, the dispatcher does nothing but send the rigs out that the cad system tells him/her to. some one please correct me if I am wrong.

  4. Posted · Edited by Truck4

    Date: 3/30/2007

    Time:1421

    Location: 23 East AVE. X Nealson

    Frequency: 151.445

    Units Operating: engines 1, 2, 3(?)RIT, ladder 1, rescue 2, car 2

    Description Of Incident: Dispatched to the above location for a possible building fire.

    1425 smoke showing in a 3 story wood frame

    1431 car 2 confirming working fire

    1437 car 2 advises under control

    Writer: Firefighter57

  6. Posted · Edited by Truck4

    Date: 3/17/2007

    Time: 0040

    Location: 93 Katonah Ave, cross from Vally RD to Park Ave: Katonah Village Market

    Frequency: 46.26

    Units Operating: 2212, 2213, engine 116, U 8, Bedford PD

    Description Of Incident: Katonah FD originally dispatched to assist pd in gaining entry into a building.

    0046: 2212 advising he is on scene with a partial building collapse of the front of the building. Requesting the engine and rescue

    0048: 2212 requesting Con ED gas and NYSGE to the scene

    0050: 60 advising no eta on either utilities

    0054: engine 116 responding

    0104: 2212 updates; 30 foot section of the front of the building collapsed onto the side walk. unable to gain entry through the front. at this time, crews are trying to enter through the back of the building.

    1012: U8 responding

    0128: Town of Bedford Building Department to the scene

    0129: 60 control: Building department notified

    2212 advising primary search is negative, all companies continuing to operate

    0131: con ed on location

    0132: NYSGE on location

    0152: situation under control, all units to return when ready

    Writer: firefighter57

  10. Posted

    Yup and the same for the left turn where the same jerk makes that left turn from the right shoulder (of a 2 lane road).

    What about the people who dont make a wide enough turn and almost take your front drivers side conner off of your car.

    my biggest problem with drivers is when people dont get into the outside lane on the saw mill so that others who are trying to get onto the saw mill can't. it is the worst when there is a line of cars in the inside lane but none in the outside lane and they wont move over so you can pull onto the parkway.

  12. Posted · Edited by Firefighter57

    Date: 2/12/07

    Time: 2223

    Location: 4 Klim Ln X Apple Tree Ln and the dead end, map 1

    Frequency: 151.445

    Units Operating: Station 1, station 2 (engine 1, engine 2, rescue 2, truck 1, car 2)

    Description Of Incident: Reported to be heavy smoke from the office area of the structure-Possible structure fire. Hydrant located on Klim ln.

    2229 all units on scene, engine 1 is out investigating a heavy electrical smoke smell

    2235 blower motor burnt up, fire out, situation under control. Engine 1, truck 1 will handle

    2242 truck 1 clear

    2243 engine 1 clear

    Writer: firefighter57

  13. Posted

    What is a Fall Back Step #3 for Manhattan?

    "FALLBACK - During times of heavy activity we implement Fallback to reduce the amount of apparatus assigned to an incident. This preserves unit availability. There are 3 steps:

    Step 1 = No contact - no response to ERS boxes. This is in effect every day from 0800 to 2300 hours.

    Step 2 = Step 1 and 1 engine reponse to mechanical boxes.

    Step 3 = Step 2 and 1 engine, 1 ladder and a BC to all structural alarms"

    http://fdnewyork.com/terms.asp

  16. Posted · Edited by Firefighter57

    there is so much smoke from this job that there was thought to be a basement fire down the road and also a few departments out of the city have gone out for outside smoke. I think they are deffensive only now. I heard MV dispatcher come on the air and tell everyone to clear the building and that there was fire through the roof.

    2329 requesting salvation army for coffee and support

  17. Posted

    So its basically a bunch of guys calling themselves a Tech rescue Team, with no trumembers, no true training, yet funding. Sounds like a major duplication of service as well as a way to spend tax money.

    not at all what i am saying. we have a lot of memebers. not sure how many exactly but when they first started with this idea in 2000, there were about 100 members so i am guessing we have around 50 to 60 who are members and many more interested. so we have team members. the 30 i was talking about is my guess of what would be atleast 30 CRT-A members before we could start to respond.

    Considering that rockland tech rescue team is needed to be called in to half of the county if somthing happens like the peekskill call a few months ago and it takes 45 mins to get them to the scene, this is not a duplication at all.

    where are the meetings held at??

    we have a meeting tonight at the training center. look at the room postings for the room number

  18. Posted

    How many constitutes a team? How many need to be retained throughtout the years to keep a functioning team? Will it work like the Hazmat team?

    As far as I know it will be like the hazmat team. As to the number of guys trained, i am not sure on that. My guess would be at least 30 to start running but remember, there is a lot more to tech rescue then high/low angle rescue. Members have to be trained in trench, building collapse, they said they wanted to do cold water/ice rescue, they mentioned something about wilderness rescue, along with some other odds and ends that people need to be trained on. My guess is they want at least 20 people to be fully certified in the main 3; high/low angle, trench, and build collapse before we start responding. Again though, I am not totally sure.

    At the moment, I think we have something like 5 or 6 guys who are CRT-A and a bunch who are CRT-B so we still have a ways to go to get everyone trained up.

  19. Posted · Edited by Firefighter57

    Yeah, we are up and running. The rescue is a maybe but who knows what will happen. We have short meatings with a training after on last tuseday night of the month (like stated) and yes we have funding and are aproved from the county. they just got us some great gear to use. we even have a battalian chief now who does special opps (tech rescue and hazmat). The team is making great head room and is now getting CRTB in for members who need it. from what i've been told, we will get CRTI and CRTA soon. while i am at it, i want to say congrats to Tim and Tom for sticking with their idea and getting it this far. They have both done alot of work and it is going to pay off.