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  1. Posted

    I can tell you're rusty... Tarrytown is M5, Irvington has M4.

    There are some boats in Westchester that have numbers which, according to the original "plan" aren't what they "claim" to be. I am pretty sure at least one, maybe more, have lower numbers which would indicate they are firefighting vessels, but they aren't.

    585- You can have him back any time you want. He already knows everything about firefighting. You say the word and he's back at 60!

  3. Posted

    So if the truck had an "Official" license plate, would a call to PESH help?

    Then again there is this gem in the news:

    Hasidic bungalow colony members defy town order to vacate building

    By Victor Whitman,Times Herald-RecordPosted: July 18, 2009 - 2:00 AMWHITE LAKE — The Town of Bethel remains in a showdown with a Hasidic bungalow colony over the use of a newly built shul and community center. The town this week ordered the colony to vacate the building and stop work for safety reasons, but on Friday, a steady stream of people entered and exited in defiance with the town supervisor looking on.

    "The stop work order and order to vacate is posted in the window, and we expect it to be complied with," Supervisor Dan Sturm told two Hasidic men while others strolled in an out of the unfinished building off Route 17B holding prayer books. "It will be complied with."

    http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/...;emailAFriend=1

  5. Posted

    Motorized Drills: The Events

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    This description of events is provided by NYS Drill Teams the ultimate web site for Nassau/Suffolk Drill Team information.

    Three Man Ladder

    Three men start at 50, 75, and 100 feet from arch. Men must simultaneously climb a 25 ft. ladder (secured to the arch). First two men must touch top rung, last man must grasp and hold top rung.

    B Ladder

    One driver, three ladder men and one climber, using a class B fire vehicle equipped with a 25 ft. speed ladder, start 150 feet from arch. Vehicle and personnel race to arch. Vehicle stops an the arch. Ladder men and climber must get off and raise ladder to arch. Climber then scales ladder. Climber must grasp and hold top rung.

    C Ladder

    One driver, three ladder men and one climber, using a class C fire vehicle equipped with a 25 ft. speed ladder, start 475 feet from arch. Vehicle and personnel race to arch. Vehicle stops at the arch. Ladder men and climber must get off and raise ladder to arch. Climber then scales ladder. Climber must grasp and hold top rung.

    C Hose

    One driver, one hydrant man, one nozzle man, one break man and one slack man, using a class C fire vehicle equipped with 200 ft. of hose, (150 ft. usable and 50 ft. unusable) start 475 feet from hydrant. Vehicle and personnel will race down track, stop at hydrant to let hydrant man and slack man off. Hydrant man will connect hose to hydrant. Vehicle and remaining personnel will continue down track to target where they will stop. Nozzle man and break man will get off. Break man will then break connection between the usable and unusable hose length's. Nozzle man will then attach a nozzle to the usable length's and trip the target with water.

    B Hose

    One driver, one hydrant man, one nozzle man, one break man and one slack man, using a class B fire vehicle equipped with 200 ft. of hose, (150 ft. usable and 50 ft. unusable) start 150 feet from hydrant. Vehicle and personnel will race down track, stop at hydrant to let hydrant man and slack man off. Hydrant man will connect hose to hydrant. Vehicle and remaining personnel will continue down track to target where they will stop. Nozzle man and break man will get off. Break man will then break connection between the usable and unusable hose length's. Nozzle man will then attach a nozzle to the usable length's and trip the target with water.

    Efficiency

    Eight men (with three 50 ft. lengths of hose) will start 50 feet from hydrant. At start signal men must connect hose together, connect a nozzle and connect to hydrant, run down track and pass water through hose to trip a target.

    Motor Pump

    Eleven men and class B fire vehicle will start 75 feet from hydrant. Men may not get off vehicle until it crosses the 25 ft. line from hydrant. At this time the vehicle will stop at hydrant and men will jump off. Hydrant man will connect inlet line to hydrant and another man will connect one end of hose to pump outlet on vehicle. Water will pass from hydrant through pump on vehicle to hose connected to outlet. Nozzle man will then trip the target with water.

    Buckets

    Twelve men will start 75 ft. from arch. At start signal , five men will climb a 25 ft. ladder secured to the arch. The first man up the ladder will go to top of the arch and will dump water into a 55 gallon barrel. The remaining four ladder men will position themselves on ladder to enable the passing of buckets to the top of the arch. The remaining men will draw the 5 gallon buckets from the tub and pass the buckets to the ladder men.

  6. Posted · Edited by Beekman

    The fire department racing team is a big thing on Long Island (go figure). On one of my trips to Long Island last summer I saw a brand new training course that is specifically set up for training of the racing team built behind a fire station. It's like a firefighter challenge but just with muscle fire trucks and insane firefighters...more insane than us "normal" firefighters.

    I remember growing up and the local department practicing about a mile away during the summer time. Kinda neat to watch.

    http://www.nysdrillteams.com/areas/linkpage.htm

    Just looking at the list, there are a lot of departments that did away with their teams as none of the current "drill" teams are from my old neighborhood. Also, back in the day, they at least looked a little like fire trucks. Can't say that looking at some of the teams now.

  12. Posted

    I'm guessing Wake can bill the insurance companies? The Fire Districts cannot so you lose all that money by letting the insurance companies off the hook. I don't believe the laws would allow the County to bill either. Sitting in the "4 Town" meetings for the past few years, you are talking about a significant amount of money that you would not be able to recoup if you had a County run EMS system vs a Commercial Service based system that could bill.

  14. Posted · Edited by Beekman

    Not to change the area but lets look at Dutchess. On RT9 from 84 north to the Poughkeepsie Galleria you have 5 different Police agencies covering that stretch of roadway. Fishkill, Wappingers, Town of Poughkeepsie, NYS Police and Dutchess County Sheriffs.

    6. Town of Fishkill then Village of Fishkill then back to the Town of Fishkill before heading into the Town of Wappingers

  15. Posted

    Hey Dan,

    I think I know who you are referring to and he will be spoken to as he is NOT Interior as he hasn't completed Firefighter Survival. The Chiefs Council came out with an Interior Standard a few years but I haven't a clue which departments are compliant as I know of departments that still don't have their folks complete physicals. This really becomes an issue when you have mutual aid departments on a call and you don't know what level their guys are trained to.

    It's funny how you mentioned it though as the Beekman Officers will be discussing the "Probie" subject on Monday night. Fuel for the fire.

    Thanks Dan.

    Some neighboring departments by me do the same as far as the shields go, but let me ask you this - does the orange signify probationary, or exterior? I always just thought a probie was an exterior member till they got off, then they could start "goin' in".....but I had my eyes opened by a good department here in Dutchess, who uses the orange/probie shield ID system, but at a multi alarm fire, he was packed up, with tools, a light, the whole 9. It hit me....just because a member is on probation, doesnt mean they cant fight fire...it all depends on the level of training. Thank you Beekman.

    To answer the question, if it even has an answer...it depends on the person joining up. The sooner you can get your basic qualifications and some time under your belt - the better your chances are to be a full fledged firefighter as soon as possible.

  17. Posted

    Quick question for the LEOs on here and I'm sorry if the question seems silly:

    I would assume the system checks more plates that are coming from the opposite direction than the patrol car is headed in more suburban areas. If so, is there going to be a more concerted effort to enforce the V&T statue that requires vehicles registered in NYS to have the front license plate installed?