Oswegowind

Yonkers has hired a new dispatcher...starts on Sept. 15...congratulations Steve. Is taking the spot of the recently retired and well missed Karin McNicholas. Steve, is the first hired off of the new list.

Yes it was at headquarters the other day...large box truck with van front, looked like a used veh...street hawk (old trooper-like) light bar with heavy duty a/c mounted on cab...approx 13 foot high 15 foot long just from looking at it...just wondering who will be the first from CIU to put it into a bridge on one of the parkways...is above height!

Trooper Medic Morgan gettin the big hit...nice...

The vehicles were viewed at American LaFrance this past week by the department mechanic and Lt. Immich (the guy who places the order) Seems set for delivery to Yonkers possibly next week 3 Engines, 1 Squad (rescue pumper) Squad will carry extrication tools making it the 7th Apparatus to carry such (Res1 L75 70 72 73 74) To follow, 3 smeal straight sticks a new tower ladder a new rescue largest engine co delivery since 1998 (smeals- 304 307 310 312)

Date:2/16/06 Time:approx 2100 hrs Location: Bronx River Pkwy NB x Cross County Pkwy West Ramp Frequency: YPD 1, NYPD Pursuit/citywide sod, WCPD Units Operating: NYPD, 204, 102, 103, Anti Crime 546 and others Description Of Incident: NYPD Pursuing Armed Robbery Suspects Writer: Oswegowind Writer rec'd call from NYPD Pursuit Dispatch requesting assistance on BRP nb approaching Yonkers. Armed Robbery suspects within a white audi. NYPD has vehicle stoppen NB at CCP 11w. Westchester Hotline aired for County Police notification and response. 204 10-23 given, two in custody, 2 guns and evidence recovered by NYPD units. 2 lanes closed for ensuing investigation. Yonkers units clear.

Date:01-29-06 Time:1630 hrs (approx) Location: 143 Bronx River Road (Parkway Shell-Gas Station) Frequency: YPD 1 & YPD 2--County Hotline & Bx 15th Division Hotline Units Operating: 202,210,trk2,trk4,504,203,205,204 Description Of Incident: Gas Station Attendant Robbed at Gun Point Writer: Oswegowind At approx 1630 hrs. YPD gets call for panic/hold up signal at above location. Dispatcher on Ch.1 airing priority 1 job. Within a minute, second call from location in regards to armed robbery just occured. W/I/C light skinned male black, 6', black jacket, blue jeans, baseball cap fled on foot unknown direction of travel. Aired on YPD channels, County Hotline, and Bx 15th Division Radio. R/C 504 in area on location confirming condition and description. Sgt 210 having all cars meet with him at location prior to canvass. 203 checking the wakefield RR Station. Complainant can id. No further, unable to locate the suspect. 202 to write the job. Suspect did use a gun.

If anyone has any canon camera compatible lenses and no use there for and is interested in money...let me know, i am looking for lenses to use with my x901 canon rebel... As well, are quantaray lenses rated as good as original canon series lenses? that is what ritz camera carries and is trying to sell me.

thanks...didn't seem quite right with the price and all...

how about building a raised highway...or we could just ban rainfall to the area...

Oswegowind to go digital 3/11/05...

wow, a whole 50,000 dollars US currency....try to work there in the summer when there is no staff and half the time you can't go home when you want to...not worth it...oh yeah and then again Yonkers starts at about that and no one has been forced in 2 years...more staff-more calls-better pay...no brainer...oh and steady shifts...

And then try to write a ticket in Cortlandt...oh I know this one and I know that one...is apparently all you get...so then you have to be careful not to piss someone off and get relocated or something...

People kept calling 9-1-1 to report fireworks being set off...and one lady said "that is illegal and I want those responsible arrested and prosecuted"....right...go and enjoy the free show or turn the tv up...It is July 4th, our independence day you know...freedom ah freedom...well not according to the old hag from colonial heights assoc of taxpayers! what a joke...

What is funny is news 12 called the other day asking me if the fire/police dept was broadcast over any websites...so if it happens please keep it amongst the members...private...news 12 has been getting awful annoying calling everytime we set off a tone...what is it? should we roll?....leave me alone................................................................. Oh yeah I think they are going to do an exposé on disorderly youths in Yonkers ...cause they keep asking us questions about what priority these calls go in as and if camera's on the city's southwest side would help...right...why don't they go down and move the youths along and see how easy it really is.

Don't know but I was hearing them quite clearly...especially on the 4th...I was ch2 for the entire night so I wasn't quite that busy but i was backing up both 1 and 3 and heard everything clearly...maybe it is a scanner problem...400 car was clear as day even though he was 400b...

Actually Orp that day you speak of was my first day...remember that pretty well now I do...

Well, I have taken 6 to the hosp in one ambulance so was that an MCI????? 3 motor vehicles involved in a collision...all walking wounded...1 in the pass seat, 1 in the captains chair, 3 on the bench and 1 on the stretcher...me, I just stood there and handed everyone an acr...they can read and write, right?...901 was my partner at the time...just make sure you carry extra pens somewhere in the ambulance...in fact there have been times in Yonkers where an EMT has remained upon a school bus with excess of 15-20 patients that were either un-injured or had minor injuries and the bus followed the "bus"to the hospital and the 2 EMT's were responsible for all the paperwork...so does that qualify? An MCI is a situation where the number of victims outweigh the amount of resources available without extending transport times of victims to area hospitals...in this case units are set up, the first EMS team at the scene triages the case and determines what is needed...a potential MCI may not be a true MCI...

when you can do it in 2 minutes and do it 14 times in 1 day let me know....so my chauffeur was driving a lot ya know

hey doc the cops don't control the fire dispatch...there is an fd lt in there and they just sort of rent space and dispatcher time from the police...however if you all will be broadcasting me there is a fee. You can contact my agent at 1-866-dispatch...and they will get you guys the account set up for when I am on the air k.

Ch 3 is not even worth listening too unless you hear a car req another unit to switch over...we don't even monitor it in the radio room until we want to see what they want each other for.........

We have had a crackle in the radio room and motorola (ESS) was there to look into it..let me know if it continues

don't you ever just wonder where all our tax money goes...oh yeah to everyone else's spending needs...it is just like profit sharing in baseball...we pay high taxes here and others get some because they don't have as much money...imagine that

MDT's on fire trucks in Westchester would definitely free up 46.26...but you have to teach sooooo many people how to use them...YPD has them in almost every car and very rarely is anyone ever logged on...3-4 cars at the most...

Currently only Eng. 309 is carrying the LDH...E312's stash is on the barn floor due to rig problems...While the Smeal is out and they are in an older Mack they are unable to carry due to space on the truck...

It is definately nice to have a chauffer...901 was mine for 4 years...he was tac-6 aide to central...