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  1. Posted · Edited by yfd910

    If you were taking the towns and village test and answered 105 Questions do they take points off for not following directions?

    No, it is not a DQ or an automatic failure and no they do not take points off. As long as they answered the required 60 questions for the towns and villages, the only things anyone who did all 105 was waste time and energy on unnecessary questions...and yes...prove that they can not follow simple instructions...

    redtruck75, Bnechis and newsbuff like this

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    I suggest those that come to you crying because they can't take or answer questions, or accept insight , tips and a little criticism from experienced members of this group be banned or dealt with, instead of banning, editing, deleting posts, or writing "strongly worded letters" to those that have something to offer (like a friend of mine, banned, who is a CAPTAIN in a local department)......I myself have had many posts edited or deleted, which is why I stopped posting here, rather than crying to the moderators about it.....

    Every department has its vacant lots, faults and deficiencies and can get criticized in one way or another about certain or everyday incidents.....instead of crying and bitching about it, answer the question as honest and straight up as possible without putting a twist on it, accept tips and criticism, learn from it and try to overcome or fix it rather than act like nothing's wrong or that it's someone else's fault for asking or pointing something out.........

    If that's too harsh, then just tell the 'whiners' not to get involved, instead of catering to them, which seems to be the new American way....cater to those that whine the most......

    Oh, and I still haven't seen anyone post "I brought this or that up to Seth because 'so and so' hurt my feelings by saying........." ....you guys wouldn't last a day on the job......

  5. Posted

    Seth,

    Redundant as it may be at this point, I have to back up EFDCAPT115.....60 Control most certainly did tone out for Departments to respond to Manhattan that day. I was working on Eastchester's E31 and EFDCAPT115 was the Captain that day.....the only thing I remember hearing on the initial dispatch tones, and I'm going to say they came in around 10-10:15am, were for 'All Career Departments south of 287 are to respond to Manhattan, all other Departments north of 287 are to respond to the Westchester County Fire Training Center to back-fill for the Career Departments'. Any tones after that I might not have heard as we were out gathering supplies and fueling the rigs, or we were already in the Bronx and out of the rigs. That's what I remember specifically hearing, 8 years later......

    That's what was most surprising about getting to E63/Batt15 on 233rd and seeing so many Northern Westchester County Dept's there......and I won't even get into the nonsense that went on that day down at that firehouse and out on the street as EFDCAPT115 has already touched on it.........oh, and at the Raceway later on that night.......

    Who authorized that is beyond me......and I'm not blaming 60-Control for anything, just stating what I remember....

  7. Posted

    I just wanted to send a HUGE Thank You to the FDNY and all the Westchester Fire Departments that filled our

    Yonkers firehouses with mutual aid and allowed all of our members to attend the funeral of our fallen brother Pat Joyce......

    you have no idea how big a part you played in Pat's send-off.........

    Thank You.......

  13. Posted

    To stay on topic, which not one person has done, I would think my Chief would ask the Officer of the rig if this was in fact true,

    and since I'm sure this isn't true, the Officer would say "No, it isn't". Then the Chief would probably tell him to make sure this doesn't happen,

    to which the Officer would say "Yes Sir."

    Now, to go off topic, to all here with whatever stupid comments you want to make or whether you find it "totally unacceptable", I say mind your business.

    Worry about yourselves and your own departments, and don't worry about what Larchmont does.

    There's no proof to this accusation or story......

    ...and Jack10562, I'm sure the pic with the "Police escort" is just a generic pic, not from the actual incident itself.....

    Answer the question ("What would your Chief say....") instead of sounding like a bunch of disgruntled vollies....

  14. Posted

    I know the title my sound crazy and sci-fi, but is it possible that in the near future, firefighters can be replaced by robots.

    PD's use bomb robot and intelligence roboyod.

    So why can't the FD's? What about robot that could make entry into a building with an intergrated TIC to give the OIC a better look, temparture, etc? Or one that coud be deployed onto a truss roof to vent, or into a basment to knock fire down.

    Or, a evacuation robot that goes through a large building wanring people to evacuate the area?

    No...

  16. Posted · Edited by yfd910

    Do volunteers ever spend any time at their firehouses anymore, instead of responding from home?

    Just curious....I would think that might save some gas to use the department's rig rather than your own car.

    To get back on subject, Eastchester Fire District (Combo Dept.) used to give, I believe, a $50 gas card

    (they had an account at a local gas station) to the Volunteer who responded to the most runs in a month.

    They haven't done this in quite some time now, over 5 years.

    The voters of Eastchester also defeated a pension reward program back in the early 90's...

    Basically, if you choose to volunteer, do it for free........or let your own department cover your rewards.

    There's no reason the State should sponsor or pay for these rewards.

    (...and I believe Chief Flynn, when he mentioned "vacations", did not mean not showing up to volunteer for a week,

    but the lavish get-away's to the Caribbean and such that some L.I. departments have come under fire for......)

  18. Posted

    The top three conductors are 4KV primary, the "thick" cable is 13.8KV feeder, and the ones being "deflected' by the boom are CATV fiber-optic.

    It's actually okay to make casual "contact" with the 13.8 with a boom like that, (even though it doesn't look like he did) it is insulated.

    In any event, when the boom is up into any wires of any find, ASSUME that the TRUCK itself could be energized...

    DO NOT TOUCH the truck while standing on the ground.

    Opening a compartment to get something could get someone electrocuted.....

    I don't think that boom is insulated................

  19. Posted

    Get the Con Ed Reference card out of the rigs and look at the place on the pole and the hanger system that is used. I think you will see where I am coming from.

    LT,

    Did just that today, then when I was out I looked up at the poles on Rt 22 in Eastchester and saw it. So you are right about aerial primaries.

    That is an eye opener.

  20. Posted · Edited by yfd910

    Anyone out there work for Con Ed or NYSEG that might clear this up ?

    There are actually 2 sets of power lines on a pole, Primary & Secondary.

    As far as I know and I am pretty sure I am correct, the top 3 wires (in the upper left) are PRIMARY Wires and can have 6,000 volts and higher in them.

    The secondary (House Service) is 120v. and is lower down on the pole.

    The Secondary (120v) line appears to be between the upper bundle of heavy black wires (Cable) and lower bundle (Telephone) and IS in contact with the boom.

    I don't think anyone needs to be from ConEd or NYSEG to clear this up.

    Yes, the top 3 separate wires are Primary and can have 4-13K volts in them. Yes, the next set of wires down SHOULD be the secondary wires, carrying 240volts between them, BUT, in this situation, judging from the hangers used between poles, the second set down are not secondary wires as ConEd (not that I've ever seen) doesn't run secondaries in the form of triplex wires (3 or 4 wires wrapped around each other, like the ones that go from the pole to your house) but as 3 or 4 separate wires from pole to pole also, but who knows what ConEd might've done in this area.

    The only set touching the boom is the lower set. The picture angle is deceiving. Go to the website to see other pictures.....

    None of us were there and we know not to let aerials come in contact with power lines.

    I also agree that the drivers and Officer's in that part and any part of Yonkers (or that matter, anywhere) know their first due area, what hazards are encountered and what runs from pole to pole.

    Instead of arm chair quarterbacking this picture, use it to your own advantage and go outside and look at the poles in front of your house or in your first due area while driving around.

    You may notice a lot of different things.

    I'll just wait for someone who was on that call to explain what was done fighting a "suspicious" fire.........

  21. Posted

    Yea im pretty sure that the ladder is in contact with the wires

    Yeah, they certainly are in touch with the wires............Phone and Cable TV wires!!!

    The bucket is not even close to any wires.