DCurtis

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    This is kinda scary to witness. Lets all watch as something that could be a revenue generating program for a municipality goes private. Just like everything else is going the way of private sector these days. Its all under the guise of cutting municipal budgets. I should just set up a private firefighting company and undersell municipal firefighters in various cities because then I could bill for a fire and ease a cities tax burden. I could pay my employees garbage and make good profit. Its the American way.

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    I never post on here, but I'll just say this.

    FDNY did an excellent job, and EMS really did solid work. The EMS guys first on scene did an expert job with triage and really started the rescue effort off right. There were several scene dedicated ALS and BLS units on scene within 10 mins and several ALS and BLS Transport units on scene not five minutes later, with more being dispatched every time units left the scene. I was sitting at my station watching the CAD for this (my regular unit was at the scene and no spares avail at the station) and they mobilized almost every unit in the north and north east Bronx. Not to mention, still maintain the normal workflow by back filling units and supervisors from both Queens and Manhattan.

    Personal opinion, this could only have gone as well as it did because it was handled by FDNY. To pull the resources from Westchester Fire and EMS departments necessary to effectively manage this scene and maintain workflow would be a nightmare. Not to mention the on scene nightmare considering every department has their own, SOPs etc. FDNY has the advantage of having a large amount of people all on the same page with standard procedures for MCIs. If Westchester would be able to establish a MCI plan and SOPs that would have all the incoming agencys on the same page, acting in a unified manor, I'd say they could handle it . . but they don't.

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    Shooting down this bail is good for the long term. Sure 700billion would stabilize the economy, but for how long? The market is finally coming back down to its true value. This is also good for our currency considering we wouldn't be pulling 700 billion in credit out of no where, if we did, our currency would be even weaker.

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    The debates are absolute bs, they are regulated by an organization run by only republicans and democrats. Thats why you never see any "third party" candidates at any presidential debate. I'd like to see some candidates from other parties brought to the table.

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    Ahh yes our Ferraras. **THIS IS MY OPINION ONLY** I will say, they have nice cabs and drive very well. However, yes our rigs are too big, and yes our hosebeds are way too high. I wasnt in the dept when they were specing these trucks out so there isn't much I can say about why they turned out the way they did. Not to insult anybody who worked on the project at all, there are a few things I would have done differently. It really is true, you get what you spec. As far as quality is concerned, its not very good. It always seems like something is wrong with at least one of the trucks at any given time. These may not big problems all the time, but even so, it seems like its always something that shouldnt be an issue. All this aside, they still make a decent truck, however this is my warning to any dept considering purchasing a Ferrara. They like to gloat about how good their warranty is and their customer service is. With our experiences, in this respect they have been absolutely horrible. They didnt want to warranty things that should be, and they just havent been good to deal with. This is as I see it, if there is anybody else from my dept on here, please, correct me if anything I said is inaccurate. Personally, do I like the trucks? I have to say, I'm not the biggest fan.

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    Seems like there is a lot of things that can break. Not to mention the additional cost to building owners (im sure in the grand scheme its not much, but you know they would put up a fuss). A little to complex for my taste. Looking at some of the other products that this company offers, it seems like they have really great ideas, but the implementation seems a bit far fetched or, almost, unrefined and once again, complex.

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    Arielscopes are awesome, but ours in Pleasantville is a sister truck to Hartsdale. It has all the same problems as theirs, except ours has failed in a major way. The internal hydrolics of the boom completely failed as they were crushed by each other. This happened right after it had been fixed no less, and luckly it failed during testing. Our truck has been in limbo ever since. Seagrave wont refurb it, and the rumor behind that is because they are in financial difficulty. But other than the 10-15 sister trucks to Hartsdales and ours, they are really solid platforms, they can take a abuse like no other, as long as maintained. Say, anybody got a spare one lying around that they might want to give to us? lol :)

  24. Posted

    You gotta keep it light, and simple.

    Shove knife in my left coat pocket

    Hook Knife in my left pants pocket

    Firefighting gloves in my right pants pocket

    Streamlight 4aa led flashlight on my helmet

    and last but not least

    an EXO PSS on my gemtor

    I keep a set of extrication gloves and safety glasses on the shelf next to my helmet, for extrication calls. No sense carrying those things to every single call.