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  3. Posted

    Usually there is a Chief of department under a unified Commissioner.YFD gave up the Dept chief to go to the commissioner,YFD now has neither. No Offense but a PD or uninformed civilian who is a puppet for the powers that be is a no win for the FD.The guys and gals are in for a tough fight but need to watch out for each other so everyone goes home.

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    I find it ironic that guys always seem to have a comment about YFD all the time but I notice alot of pics of fires ,one just recently in dover where waist straps are dangling and nobody says a word. I worked in the YFD for 29yrs and take offense and

    I agree with a past statement and can't figure out how I got through all those years without the EMT Bravo police doing their monday morning quarterbacking. If your not on scene you don't know what's going on plain and simple.Maybe everyone should just worry about themselves and leave everyone else alone.

  9. Posted

    You can transfer from dept to dept. in NYS because I know dept's that take them. You keep your years in the pension but that's all. You start at the bottom as a proby with the dept you transfer into. Yonkers does not do this you must take the test all over and go through proby school just like everyone else no matter who you worked for. I know a few guys from other dept's including FDNY that have done just that.

    As far as promotion tests not everyone promoted is the right guy for the job just the guy who scored the best,not always but it does happen and depending on when you are allowed to take the test and where they work for the municipality,slow or busy house,the person promoted may not have the experience to actually be a good boss.

    Just my 2 cents

  10. Posted

    I usually don't bother posting in the forums because it usally gets out of control but having been a ladder truck operator for a city in westchester that definitely is not ladder friendly for many years ,I have to say that the ladder driver did a good job and maybe all the monday morning quarterbacks should try placing a ladder truck under those conditions and let's see how well they do. As someone said before no one got hurt and everyone went home,which is the most important thing.

    Be Safe!

  11. Posted

    I usually don't bother posting in the forums because it usally gets out of control but having been a ladder truck operator for a city in westchester that definitely is not ladder friendly for many years ,I have to say that the ladder driver did a good job and maybe all the monday morning quarterbacks should try placing a ladder truck under those conditions and let's see how well they do. As someone said before no one got hurt and everyone went home,which is the most important thing.

    Be Safe!

  15. Posted

    Yonkers was there with Squad 11, the Collapse Rig,Rescue 1 and Ladder 75 Car 4and a Battalion Chief and I believe so was NRFD"s Rescue. Sorry some screennames are being misused but guys love to throw around the wrong info in here trying to give some departments a bad name. From what I heard from some of my friends who were there EVERYONE did a great job

  16. Posted

    There are task forces from most of the downstate counties.Dutchess sent one and they are up in St Johnsville.I understand rockland is in delaware and orange is busy with port jervis and pike county pa. Anyone going just keep in mind if they tell you 24 hrs figure longer it's happened already to the people from dutchess cty.

    STAY SAFE!!!!!

  19. Posted

    [in my opinion, for Westchester County, it has to be the MASSIVE General/Mutiple Alarm Fire in Yonkers on Bronx River Road a few years back, to which not only was New Rochelle, Mount Vernon, Greenville, Eastchester, etc.etc., but a Full Battalion from New York City was brought up to help knock down the fire. I can't remember any other that was SO HUGE !!!]

    R3 then you must remember that 14 buildings were involved with people lost on Nodine Hill not to long before that one.We also had as many rigs when 377 N Broadway went up the first time of two times with fatalities in both cases with Lt Kuenher being lost the second time.I was the officer on the first due truck at 85 BronxRiver Road. For the real old timers I believe the Butter and Egg Fire down near alexander street was a good one also but that's before my time

  20. Posted

    this article may help

    NAEMT Issues Katrina Guidelines

    National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians

    Sep 1, 2005 6:01 PM

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    Many EMS responders have called the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians asking how they can help other emergency responders and victims of Hurricane Katrina.

    NAEMT recognizes the importance of providing emotional, financial and professional support to the EMS crews in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida, and issues the following responder guidelines:

    1. Do not self-dispatch to the scene.

    In accordance with the position of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, NAEMT urges EMS responders not to self-dispatch to areas affected by Hurricane Katrina without being requested and lawfully dispatched by state and local authorities under mutual aid agreements and the Emergency Management Assistance Compact. Coordination under the National Incident Management System is impossible when EMS responders are not part of an organized response team.

    2. Contact your local Red Cross office about volunteer opportunities.

    There is not currently an infrastructure in place to process individual EMS volunteers who want to help in the disaster area. Instead, NAEMT urges EMS responders to contact their local Red Cross offices to inquire about volunteer opportunities. Many local Red Cross offices are compiling databases of potential volunteers with specific skill sets. This is currently the best way for EMS personnel not currently affiliated with a medical response team to assist the disaster response effort. The following url goes directly to an online list of local Red Cross offices: http://www.redcross.org/where/chapts.asp. If and when new volunteer opportunities for EMS responders present themselves, NAEMT will post them on its Web site at www.naemt.org.

    3. If you are employed by a fire department, notify your chief if you want to be deployed to the hurricane scene.

    The United States Fire Administration has issued a call for responders needed for community service duties in the hurricane-affected areas. Responders must be:

    Physically capable of performing manual tasks under severe conditions;

    Experienced in working with minimum supervision;

    Capable of living in austere, severe living conditions with minimal or no creature comforts for a period of at least 30 days;

    Free of medical condition(s) that would prevent them from working in these conditions for this period of time; and,

    Able to work within the ICS, provide basic first aid, and follow orders.

    The work is non-operational community relations focused activities that consist of direct outreach to persons in the affected areas. They will assist victims in understanding how they will go about the process of getting federal assistance, distributing information, providing minimal first-aid, and taking reports. The work will be outside, exposed to the elements and will require significant walking.

    The current need is for 1,000 two-person teams. A department may offer more than one two-person team. These people will be deployed as a team, and the United States Fire Administration has expressed a preference that they know one another prior to deployment.

    This initial request is for full-time career firefighters that are employed by municipal government and sponsored by that municipality because of the way that salaries and expenses will be reimbursed. Members of volunteer fire and EMS departments are not being recruited at this time.

    4. Make financial donations to the NAEMT EMS Rescuer and Relief Fund.

    NAEMT established the EMS and Rescuer Relief Fund after 9-11 to collect money for the families of the EMS workers who died responding to the terrorist attacks. That fund remains operational, and funds collected at this time will be distributed to EMS responders affected by Hurricane Katrina.

    NAEMT urges anyone who is able to make a financial donation to send a check to the NAEMT EMS and Rescuer Relief Fund c/o the NAEMT Headquarters, P.O. Box 1400, Clinton, MS 39060-1400. Credit card donations may be made by calling 800-34-NAEMT. Individual and corporate donations are welcome. NAEMT has pledged to cover the operational costs of the fund, permitting all donations to the fund to be distributed in their entirety.

    The money collected will be made available to EMS professionals who need help re-building their lives in the wake of the hurricane. No decisions have been made yet as to precisely when and how the funds will be disseminated. After Sept. 11, 2001, NAEMT disseminated $107,553 to assist the families of EMS workers who died in the line of duty while responding to the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.

    5. Offer emotional support through NAEMTResponds@aol.com.

    Because many EMS responders in the hurricane-affected areas are working around-the-clock under very stressful conditions, and because many of them also have suffered great personal losses, NAEMT urges EMS responders to offer emotional support through any communication methods available.

    Electronic messages of support may be sent c/o NAEMTResponds@aol.com. These messages will be posted on the NAEMT Web site ( www.naemt.org), as well as forwarded to NAEMT Governors in the affected states for dissemination to local EMS responders. EMS responders are urged to use NAEMT communications channels to keep in contact with their EMS brothers and sisters affected by the hurricane.

    NAEMT is the oldest and largest association of Emergency Medical Technicians, Paramedics and other emergency medical responders. Its national headquarters are located in Clinton, Mississippi, and were temporarily closed immediately following the hurricane. NAEMT President Ken Bouvier and Past President John Roquemore, both from the New Orleans area, are currently serving their communities during the Katrina disaster.

  22. Posted

    Date: 1-3-05

    Time: 0309HRS

    Location: 10 Acorn Lane Hopewell Junction ,NY

    Units: East Fishkill's Cars 1,2 &3, Engines 39-11, 39-15, 39-21 Ladder 39-46, Squad 39-67, Tankers 39-32, 39-33, 39-34 and East Fishkill C&O. Mutual Aid-Fishkill(FAST), New Hackensack Tanker, Hughsonville Tanker to scene. Rombout And LaGrange to cover

    Writer: YFD216

    Description: 1 Story O/P/D well involved upon arrival. 2nd alarm dispatched on info from 911 dispatchers by EastFishkill Car 3 before arrival O/S. Heavy fire upon arrival. 3 lines stretched. Difficult access to fire in crawl space. Incident U/C 0917hrs.

  25. Posted

    I was at a christmas party last night with guys from my old house and i was told Squad 11 will do all the engine work that it did as 311 including EMS and will be used for other things at discretion of the IC on the westside or the eastside and even mutual aid.Sounds like it a name only. Oh and if you guys believe everything Pagano says you better be wearing your hip boots.Sometimes you have to start with baby steps and work your way up ,just like yonkers did to get our R-1 back we started with a 2 man squad truck and then finally got the fully equiped heavy rescue.This could possibly be a step in that direction