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It would actually be nice to see Ralph Stupple get it, considering the fire district decided to eliminate his position and demote him not too long ago. That would be the stand up thing to do, considering the circumstances.
 
He is also extremely qualified, after having served as an assistant chief for many many years and serving as a westchester county fire instructor for many years as well.
 
But hey, what do I know......If you advocate for doing the right thing, you must be the crazy one.

Ignition key removal boxes were available long ago, not sure if they still are or modern vehicles prevented using them.  You could leave the vehicle running without the key in it and as soon as anyone stepped on the brake it would cut out.  You have to step on the brake to overcome the park / shift interlock so it would prevent you from even getting the vehicle in gear.  

Yes but Newsday needs to find some way to be critical of Trump, and this is just as good a story as any.

What happens to peoples snow shovels over the summer that they have to go out and buy new ones at the first hint of snow.  ??????

Date: 3/15/2017
Time: 04:00
Location: 1 Hawley Terrace
District: Northwest Section of the Cit Of Yonkers
Battalion: Car 3
Channel:
Weather: Snow, Icy, Windy
Units: Full City of Yonkers General Alarm Assignment and 1 City of New Rochelle Ladder Company
Writer:  61MACKBR1

Description: http://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/yonkers/2017/03/15/yonkers-fire-hawley-apartments/99199648/
 
http://westchester.news12.com/news/at-least-1-dead-in-raging-yonkers-apartment-fire-1.13266437#autoplay=true
 
Mutual Aid from Greenville, Eastchester and Mount Vernon
 
Do not know the exact alarm (1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th General Alarm) assignment at this time (should anyone know this, please feel free to post)

But just think how much money the protesters brought into the city for both the UN and Trump Properties!  

Shovel the Hydrants for the FD stock up on food & get ready BE Safe All!!!

Your worried about the cost for Trump and his familiy, Our President,  I know where to get the money.
 
Look what it costs to protect the UN with direct and indirect costs.............
 
Table 5. Estimated Costs to New York City
Figures reflect annual impacts in millions of 2014 dollars.
Direct Expenditures Forgone Tax Revenue
Security $8 million
Real Property Tax $72 million
Education $45 million 
Personal Income Tax $26 million
Mayor's Office for International Affairs $1 million Sales & Use Tax $1 million
 
Direct Expenditures - $54 million
Forgone Tax Revenue - $99 million
 
Source:
The Economic Impact of the
United Nations Community
on New York City
 
Lets trim a little from their budget to protect our President.

One other factor with this will be the difference between what is requested and what is provided. Sometimes this is understandable and with good reason but there may still be a difference. Does the Secret Service require a FF to monitor the panel? Is NYC assigning 2 to that task on their own? Has any other first family had a dedicated ambulance staged at their door? If NYC decides to do this who should pay the bill? Then factor in any credible threats that may increase coverage. This is certainly a complicated issue.

If I remember correctly SWAT (another show with a horrible remake) featured a couple of characters who were vets.
 
That being said, I fail to understand why when remakes are made the original is seen as a problem that needs fixing. I also fail to see why so many shows are remade as comedies when they were not comedies to begin with.
 
Then again, I don't understand remakes at all, I am not a writer but I don't get why nobody seems to be able to write their own story anymore.

One other factor with this will be the difference between what is requested and what is provided. Sometimes this is understandable and with good reason but there may still be a difference. Does the Secret Service require a FF to monitor the panel? Is NYC assigning 2 to that task on their own? Has any other first family had a dedicated ambulance staged at their door? If NYC decides to do this who should pay the bill? Then factor in any credible threats that may increase coverage. This is certainly a complicated issue.

Anytime we had the President stay in the city, there was a detail assigned to the hotel at night. Usually POTUS stayed at the Waldorf Astoria (not anymore, since a Chinese company bought the hotel recently) when he stayed in Manhattan (obviously Trump will stay at his "place"). We hired manpower for an engine and a ladder, and we staged in a hotel room one floor below POTUS, with standpipe "roll-ups" (hose) and truck tools and PPE/SCBA. Also there were 2 F/Fs stationed at the fire command station /alarm panel. It was an OT night tour, but not as nice as being in your own station. One night tour I worked the Presidential detail, we had a member of Ladder 2 on the crew. Since it was his company's  administrative/building inspection district, he knew the fire safety director. He asked him to have the hotel staff bring up as many folding cots as could be fit into the room, so we could all have a "resting place" during the night. The beds filled the whole room- when there was a smoke detector activation at 0200,  and the brothers at the alarm panel called up to us, it was chaos as  11 guys tried to find their bunker gear and Scotts under the beds! Also, the deputy chief was pissed several days later, when the Waldorf sent the dept. a bill for all the food/snacks ordered from room service and used from the mini-bar. Ah, the good old days!

If I remember correctly SWAT (another show with a horrible remake) featured a couple of characters who were vets.
 
That being said, I fail to understand why when remakes are made the original is seen as a problem that needs fixing. I also fail to see why so many shows are remade as comedies when they were not comedies to begin with.
 
Then again, I don't understand remakes at all, I am not a writer but I don't get why nobody seems to be able to write their own story anymore.

If I remember correctly SWAT (another show with a horrible remake) featured a couple of characters who were vets.
 
That being said, I fail to understand why when remakes are made the original is seen as a problem that needs fixing. I also fail to see why so many shows are remade as comedies when they were not comedies to begin with.
 
Then again, I don't understand remakes at all, I am not a writer but I don't get why nobody seems to be able to write their own story anymore.

Yes but Newsday needs to find some way to be critical of Trump, and this is just as good a story as any.

If I remember correctly SWAT (another show with a horrible remake) featured a couple of characters who were vets.
 
That being said, I fail to understand why when remakes are made the original is seen as a problem that needs fixing. I also fail to see why so many shows are remade as comedies when they were not comedies to begin with.
 
Then again, I don't understand remakes at all, I am not a writer but I don't get why nobody seems to be able to write their own story anymore.

If I remember correctly SWAT (another show with a horrible remake) featured a couple of characters who were vets.
 
That being said, I fail to understand why when remakes are made the original is seen as a problem that needs fixing. I also fail to see why so many shows are remade as comedies when they were not comedies to begin with.
 
Then again, I don't understand remakes at all, I am not a writer but I don't get why nobody seems to be able to write their own story anymore.

So...it's what's expected for any VIP...it's not the first time the city was not reimbursed for services to a VIP....won't be the last.......

This sums up how I feel. Not just the quote below, but the whole letter you can read at the following link.
 

https://medium.com/@suewalsh/an-open-letter-to-dax-shepard-76f0d578c4b0#.o7fcshg6u

Pretty neat idea.
 
 

Big OT number are almost always a result of failure to properly staff a department. With enough staff to ensure minimum staffing and cover some anticipated OT they would not see these "windfalls". Also, the article notes their numbers are total compensation (salary+benefits+OT) which is different than how much actually money the individuals take home. One must wonder the cost of health insurance and other similar expense in CA vs. other places. I know our City adds roughly 40% to any wages to figure benefits. In many places the pension systems are very different, some pay based on your total best year or years, other only on base wages. Also, while some FD's in CA run 42 hr weeks, many (most?) still run 56's? which is 40% more hrs. 
 
As noted above someone's math has to be way off, to say that every $1 of OT costs $1 to the pension system. That would be a 100% contribution and would be basically make overtime cost 3 times straight pay instead of 1.5?

 
So, if a FF/EMT-P makes $250k in a year after overtime, the OT cost is $162,300.  The regular salary is at just over $40/hour (assuming a 4 platoon schedule for math purposes), which correlates to about $60/hr for OT.  This comes out to 2,700 HOURS of overtime!!!  That's more hours than the regular schedule (2,183 hours)!  Now, this also means that these firefighters are working 4,883 hours per year, when there is 8,760 hours in a year.  They are literally working MORE THAN HALF THE YEAR!!!
 
I don't know about you, but I would want some free time and some extra hours off, especially since this business is extremely stressful, both physically and mentally.
 
 
The math doesn't seem to work out right.  If police and fire are making the unusually substantial overtime earnings, it might actually be cheaper to hire a few more people to alleviate the amount of overtime, as there is a tipping point where overtime does cost more than hiring more personnel (that point is different for individual agencies based on pay rates and benefits).
 
But, then there is this...
 
If everyone is working this extraordinary amount of overtime, what is it doing to the personnel?  Are they getting enough sleep?  Are they becoming mentally and physically deprived of basic needs because they are at work more than they are at home?  Are injury and accident rates rising?  Are they setting themselves up for that preventable injury or accident?  Working that much, as I've said before in another thread, is that this much work will inevitably wear out the personnel to a point where cognitive abilities will not be fast enough to stop an injury or accident from happening.  Why kill ourselves in the process of not trying to kill ourselves.  I'm fairly sure we all want to make it to retirement.

So to summarize,
 
the municipalities choose to hire ot vs staffing increases to save money on benefits and these guys made upwards of 300k working overtime shifts at a rate that the municipality agreed on in a contract that they signed
 
they made money for shifts they worked
 
what's the problem?

Date: 03/17/17
Time: approx 1530hrs-ongoing (as of 2000hrs)
Location: River Rd.
District: City of Newburgh/New Windsor line 
Battalion: 4 
Channel: OC911/Base-5 (NW)/NFD FG
Weather: Light rain/cool
Units: C/NFD C4, E1, E3, T1, others, NWFD (numerous), West Point (HM), Castle Point VAFD (HM), Orange County Haz-Mat Team, 36-1, Vails Gate, C/Newburgh PD, NWPD, NWEMS, CSXPD, many others...
Writer: BFD1054
Description: CSX Train rerailment w/injuries and Haz-Mat

 
 Sir, yes I am aware of how things went just prior to the merger of the NHRFD. That's why I used it to make my point.
 
 So when do these other places start ? And who throws in the white hat and collar pins to say, "Yes, I'm ready to do the right thing" ? "I care more about the people I am assigned to protect, than my own self image". Lets put that FIRST QUESTION out there. Whoever it is I will stand and salute. Those are really Great Leaders who are willing to do that for OTHERS. Therefore, let the Leaders take the Lead. Let them be the first to show us how important regionalization is for the fire service today.
 
 That is how we can begin.