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The guys there acted exemplary for sure!

The guys there acted exemplary for sure!

Pictures from this morning's job in Norwalk.

Pictures from this morning's job in Norwalk.

Pictures from this morning's job in Norwalk.

Pictures from this morning's job in Norwalk.

Pictures from this morning's job in Norwalk.

Pictures from this morning's job in Norwalk.

Pictures from this morning's job in Norwalk.

Pictures from this morning's job in Norwalk.

After giving it some thought, I probably reacted to the letter to the editor from Mr. Maonis rather knee-jerkedly. I have worked on negotiations committees and assisted in negotiating 2 contracts for my Local so I take any attack on the benefits we have very harshly. Like you said, the benefits we enjoy today were obtained by members who served many generations ago. We are in the fight of our lives to keep the benefits we have and we don't need some jackass telling the public that we are assaulting the system and getting carte blanche benefits. It sickens me.
I have no ill feelings against volunteers. Just some of the systems they may have in place to promote their own. Mr. Maonis' attack on our benefits is out of line. I know that they are all involved in a quarrel in Stamford and its none of my business, but this garbage spewing big mouth needs to knock it off and go back to his job and let us do ours.
And...for the record, I do hope that he sees my comments here.

After giving it some thought, I probably reacted to the letter to the editor from Mr. Maonis rather knee-jerkedly. I have worked on negotiations committees and assisted in negotiating 2 contracts for my Local so I take any attack on the benefits we have very harshly. Like you said, the benefits we enjoy today were obtained by members who served many generations ago. We are in the fight of our lives to keep the benefits we have and we don't need some jackass telling the public that we are assaulting the system and getting carte blanche benefits. It sickens me.
I have no ill feelings against volunteers. Just some of the systems they may have in place to promote their own. Mr. Maonis' attack on our benefits is out of line. I know that they are all involved in a quarrel in Stamford and its none of my business, but this garbage spewing big mouth needs to knock it off and go back to his job and let us do ours.
And...for the record, I do hope that he sees my comments here.

For the most part, it has it's own saws, ladders, hooks and forcible entry stuff. We would take the critical things off of the in-service tower ladder when we went out training on the ALF just in case we happened upon something or were put on a run.
The critical items are the EMS gear, the RIT stuff and our SCBA's. I would also take officer stuff like elevator keys, map books, thermal imaging camera and my beloved rex tool. It has worked well, but now we are exclusively driver training with the new rig. It is being outfitted with more and more stuff as the days go on. It will be in service within the next few weeks I imagine.

We actually traded it to Hastings on Hudson for a old reserve rescue truck that we had (R3). We have been using for training and running calls when out on training. It has been well equipped and hopefully will be a viable spare going forward,
Here are the twins...

A few other shots worth sharing.
Enjoy!
Looks like delivery mid-next week?

Attached is a picture from our pre-delivery inspection at KME in PA. You could find more pictures of the new TDA in the photo gallery of our website, www.local830.org.

A few other shots worth sharing.
Enjoy!
Looks like delivery mid-next week?

Attached is a picture from our pre-delivery inspection at KME in PA. You could find more pictures of the new TDA in the photo gallery of our website, www.local830.org.

Attached is a picture from our pre-delivery inspection at KME in PA. You could find more pictures of the new TDA in the photo gallery of our website, www.local830.org.

Thanks all, I guess you never really know the impact you have on something until friends remind you. Really nice comments...they re-affirm why I got into this business in the first place. I am not going anywhere, I am planning to be around as much as time allows. I just felt really bad when I was unable to respond to messages from members looking for action on a specific post or topic. If I could be any help at all to any members in here, let me know. You all know how to get in touch with me.
JVC

After giving it some thought, I realized that I can no longer devote the time neccessary to be a member of the moderator staff on the website. I ran this by Seth and we decided this conclusively. I still plan on visiting the forum regularly and posting info as it comes up.
Thanks to all for lettng me help with the site for the last several years.
Joe Coppola

After giving it some thought, I realized that I can no longer devote the time neccessary to be a member of the moderator staff on the website. I ran this by Seth and we decided this conclusively. I still plan on visiting the forum regularly and posting info as it comes up.
Thanks to all for lettng me help with the site for the last several years.
Joe Coppola

After giving it some thought, I realized that I can no longer devote the time neccessary to be a member of the moderator staff on the website. I ran this by Seth and we decided this conclusively. I still plan on visiting the forum regularly and posting info as it comes up.
Thanks to all for lettng me help with the site for the last several years.
Joe Coppola

After giving it some thought, I realized that I can no longer devote the time neccessary to be a member of the moderator staff on the website. I ran this by Seth and we decided this conclusively. I still plan on visiting the forum regularly and posting info as it comes up.
Thanks to all for lettng me help with the site for the last several years.
Joe Coppola

Very nice tribute to Brother Joyce. Nice work Yonkers!