DaRock98

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  1. Posted

    I've heard Hawthorne numerous times over the past couple of weeks going mutual aid to Pleasantville for EMS calls.

    Does Hawthorne have a paid crew for their ambulance? Do they send them on mutual aid? If they do send the EMT's Hawthorne pays for, are the Hawthorne taxpayers footing the bill to cover all these Pleasantville calls, technically giving Pleasantville free paid staff?

    Yes Hawthorne does have 2 paid EMT's from Empress EMS staffing the ambulance 24/7.

    Yes the paid staff does respond mutual aid so yes they do respond into Pleasantville.

    And despite what others posted in here Hawthorne FD has recruited members for EMS over the years. The new recruits join and feel that unless they are sitting at the station 24/7 it is hard for them to respond to calls and get any real time and on the job training because they can never make it down to the firehouse before the ambulance gets out the door. Those members resign fairly quickly and have been told to try other VAC's for example PVAC. Having paid staffing in our EMS system to me is a double edge sword on one hand the ambulance is getting on scene in a timely fashion to provide quality pt care but on the other hand it deters a lot of new recruits away.

    I've been saying this for years that its time for a Mt. Pleasant EMS system to take place.... PVAC is the last VAC in Mt.Pleasant to run a strictly volunteer ems system they see the issues they are having and are working towards a solution. Maybe its time for everyone to look at the bigger picture here and combine EMS services in the Mt.Pleasant area.

    Maybe we can stick to the topic at hand now about EMS service in the Mt. Pleasant area. If someone would like to talk about Thornwood FD and Hawthorne FD's dual response they had set up for 1 year we can start a separate topic.

    Joe Carpentieri

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  11. Posted

    Date: 11/7/13

    Time: 0530 (approx)

    Incident Type: Structure Fire

    Location: 55 Nepperhan Ave

    District: Elmsford

    Units:

    Elmsford : 2111 (IC), 2112, 2113 E137, E237, TL21, L55, U86 and 58B1

    Fairview: E175

    Irvington: 2201, 2202 L36

    Valhalla: 2481, R9 (Fast)

    Hawthorne FD: 2192, 2193 E155

    Hawthorne EMS: 63-B2

    Elmsford PD, Greenburgh PD
    Hartsdale: E170 (Orignially To relocate to Elmsford HQ and than re directed to the scene)

    Ardsley: L50 (Relocated to Elmsford HQ)

    Tarrytown: E80 (Relocated to Elmsford HQ)

    Thornwood: 2472, R75 (2nd Fast)

    WCDES: Batt. 11 and C&O Zone 3

    Description: Working structure fire in a commerical building. Heavy Fire upon arrival all units removed from the building due to structural damage. Valhalla Fast put to work requesting 2nd Fast. All M/A units released at approx 0930.

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  14. Posted

    We tried using East Fishkill’s system as well and it worked for a while, but water always found a way in overtime and destroyed the paper so we were always replacing the cards. We went with a hard (credit card) type of card that has dept. name, firefighters name, photo id, dept id, and interior / exterior on it. We then put it inside a hard plastic luggage tag holder green for interior red for exterior. We ended up buying a card printer which comes with design software and use it to make yearly dept. membership Ids as well as the gear tags.

    Do you have the name of this software?

  16. Posted

    Date: 6/20/13


    Time:1549


    Location: Bradhurst Ave/ Brighton Ave IAO Shell Gas Station


    Units:

    Hawthorne: 2191, 2192, 2193 (IC) E155, 63-B1

    Pleasantville VAC 76-B3

    Briarcliff FD EMS: 2053, 53-B1

    Valhalla VAC 82-B3

    Mt. Pleasant PD Car: 45, 49 and 50

    37-M1, 37-M2

    WCDES: EMS 11

    Elmsford FD EMS 58-B2 (covered call at 500 Summit Lake Drive in Hawthorne)

    Sleepy Hollow VAC - 73-B1 (covered call at 401 Columbus Ave in Valhalla)

    Ossining VAC- 36-M1 (Stand by in Town of Mt. Pleasant)

    Discription: A car into a bus with 6 passangers. 2913 on location requesting 2 additional BLS units 1 from Pleasantville and 1 from Valhalla to the scene with a total of 7 patients. 2193 than requesting 1 more additional BLS unit and 1 additional medic to the scene. (Briarcliff FD EMS and 37-M2 requested. All patients removed from the bus and car with a total of 7 transported.

    Hawthorne 63-B1: 1 ALS to Westchester Medical Center w/ 37-M1

    Pleasantville 76-B3: 2 BLS to Northern Westchester

    Briarcliff FD EMS 53-B1: 2 BLS to Phelps

    Valhalla VAC 82-B3: 2 ALS to Westchester Medical Center w/ 37-M2

    2193 reporting all parties have been transported all fire units are back in service.

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  18. Posted

    Date: 1/6/13

    Time: 02:31

    District: Briarcliff Manor

    Location: 9A NB North of the TSP entrance ramp

    Units: Briarcliff: 2051, 2052, 2053, E-94, R-37, 53-B1 & 53-B2

    Hawthorne: 2193, U41, U15 & 63-B2

    Westchester EMS: 45-M1? m/a medic

    Mt. Pleasant PD: Car 41, 44 & 50

    Briarcliff PD

    Frequency: 46.26, Fire 12

    Weather Conditions: Cold

    Reporters: DaRock98

    Description: Briarcliff Fire/EMS with Hawthorne Fire/EMS with a m/a Medic dispatched to the Taconic State Parkway Northbound in the area of the 9A northbound flyover for MVA with pin. 60 control advises all units enroute call back from PD on scene location is on 9A proper north of the TSP entrance ramp. Upon arrival of 2052 confirmed 1 person pinned. 3 people transported to WMC by 53-B1,53-B2 & 63-B2. All units back in service shortly after.

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  19. Posted

    While I agree this topic has been beat to death on this site I do believe departments need to have a strict set of rules and regulations about this. I will not take my car anywhere I can not respond from in a short amount of time. I do agree that having a district owned vehicle 30-40 mins out of your first due area is abuse of the system and needs to be addressed by the powers to be. It just doesn't look right to the public and especially to the taxpayers during these hard economic times. Just my 2 cents.

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  22. Posted

    At 0130 hours Fire and EMS get dispatched to a local highway for an MVA with injuries. Upon arrival you find a 1 car MVA with heavy front end damage and the driver already in police custody. EMS crews attempt to treat the person in custody and are denied access to the patient by police. Police state they never called for EMS and that EMS cannot see or treat the prisoner. After discussing the issues of not checking out the patient who is highly intoxicated for about 15 minutes Police finish up the report and clear the scene with the patient. As an EMS provider what do you do?

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  24. Posted

    My former dep't had a policy that we did not reset alarm systems.

    The law dep't stated that the fire dep't would be liable once it reset the system should the system malfunction.

    Can you post that law here?

    We have no written policy on resetting the alarm but as long as there is no password required to reset we will do it before we clear the scene if the building is unoccupied.

  25. Posted · Edited by DaRock98

    Date: 7/26/12

    Time: 0223

    Location: 15 Bradhurst Ave

    Frequency: 46.26, Fire 11

    Units Operating:

    Hawthorne: 2191, L56, E155, U41, 63-B2

    Valhalla: 2481, 2482, E84, TL-49, R9

    MPPD

    Batt. 11

    Weather Conditions: Warm

    Description Of Incident: Hawthorne dispatched to the area of 15 Bradhurst Ave for an explosion in the area and an unknown type fire.

    0226: 60 Control re dispatches Hawthorne for above address

    0226: L-56 and 2191 responding 60 advises caller heard a loud explosion and now sees smoke and flames.

    0229: L-56 on location with a working fire

    0230: 2191 on location requesting Valhalla to the scene, E-155 responding

    0231: Valhalla FD and Batt 11 dispatched

    0232: Batt 11 on location with L-56

    0233: Batt 11 reporting units still trying to gain acess to property

    0235: Valhalla units responding, 2191 reporting they have a fully involved car fire with extention to the structure.

    0255: 2191 reporting all visable fire is k/d units are overhauling

    0325: 2191 reports situation under control and Valhalla units are returning to service

    0355: All units are clear from the scene

    Reporters: DaRock98

    *All times are approx.*

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