Danger

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  2. Posted

    It really should be a state law.

    I mean, could you imagine drinking in a Police Station?

    If firehouses want to be social clubs, then they can't be firehouses. Let them start a fraternal orginization and get themselves a hall or something that is completly seperate and remote from the firehouse.

    Maybe they can call it XYZ Volunteer Drinking and Parade Company (or XVDPC for short) and then I can worry about being a firefighter.

  3. Posted

    Law A7785 Passed by Govenor Spitzer

    TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the labor law, in relation to requiring employers to provide safety ropes and system components to firefighters

    PURPOSE: This bill would require public employers except those in a city of one million or more to provide firefighters with safety ropes and system components that meet standards set forth by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)

    SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: This bill amends Section 27-a of the New York State Labor Law.

    Section 1 of the bill amends subdivision 1 by defining "system components" as life safety harnesses, belts, ascending devices, carbiners, descent control devices, rope grab devices and snap-links.

    Section 2 adds a new paragraph © to subdivision 4, which provides that public employers provide firefighters with safety ropes and system components that meet the standards, codes and recommended practices established by the most recent edition of the NFPA 1983, Standard for Fire Service Life Safety Ropes and System Components. Moreover, public employers not in a city of a million or more are required to ensure the adequacy of the ropes and the component equipment by inspecting such and ensuring it complies with the established safety standards.

    JUSTIFICATION: On January 23, 2005, six New York City firefighters were caught on the fourth floor of a burning building in he Bronx. Due to a department order dating back to 2000, the firefighters were not equipped with safety ropes and the accompanying equipment. Sadly, the six firefighters were forced to jump from the building, falling four stories to the street below. As a result, four of the firefighters were seriously injured, and two of the firefighters, Lieutenant Curtis W. Meyran and Firefighter John G. Bellew, died.

    This bill must be enacted to prevent similar tragedies from occurring in the future. Safety ropes and accompanying system components can be used to save the lives of victims, as well as provide a means to escape for firefighters of this state that they be equipped with this necessary apparatus.

    To date, the Commissioner of the Department of Labor has not made it mandatory that public employers provide safety ropes and system components. This bill addresses this oversight by explicitly requiring the Commissioner to adopt standards, codes, and recommended practices promulgated by the NFPA in order to ensure the health and safety of the firefighters of this state. By adopting NFPA standards, this bill attempts to avoid uncertainty and ensure uniform application.

    Whats the reasoning behind the exemption of cities of one milllion or more? Is this just to let FDNY self govern?

  8. Posted

    I guess some people are in to that sort of thing. Whatever makes you happy. I've made a point to stay back for all our parades this year to run the calls that go on while everyone else has the $300,000 machine two counties away. Besides the 50 people at the parade/4 respond to a full first alarm issue, the most disgusting thing is a certain department who actually takes a engine out of service for the whole parade season! Talk about betraying the taxpayers and those whose donate.

  15. Posted

    All I can say, is that Fords suck, we just bought 2 new E-450 Lifelines, and they spend more time in the shop than on the road. So far, each has ablut 25,000 miles on it, and both have needed brakes, tie rods, ball joints, other front end parts, and not to mention both of them have died on crews at the hospital, and had to get towed home. A couple times already, they have died ith a patient in the back, luckily each time, Mobile Life was not too far behind, so they would just switch them over to the other rig and go. With almost 60 square miles of area to cover, and almost 1800 ems calls a year, they are no longer able to stand up to the punishment. We used to have a GMC topkick ambulance at one point in the past, and everybody seemed to love it. And if we do consider a new set of ambulances in a few years, I hope they ditch ford and either go with freightliner, International, or Chevy again. Just my two cents

    I was wondering why 39-72 is ALWAYS OOS. We just got 3 identical E-450s (PL Custom) not too long after you got yours and they haven't spent a minute out of service mechanical.

  16. Posted · Edited by AFD32519

    Interesting, I never knew they had dual axle tankers like this:

    http://www.fdnytrucks.com/files/html/brooklyn/e238.htm

    Is it possible that this is a former foam tender?

    http://www.fdnytrucks.com/files/html/other...y/Nicholson.htm

    Andddd for my final question, what is the role of the Alternate Fuel Response unit?

    http://www.fdnytrucks.com/files/html/brooklyn/e229.htm

  21. Posted

    From what I have heard, a big issue is liability. The person who explained this to me is a lot smarter than me and explained this in great detail, so bear with with me, this is the general idea: If an inmate is in cardiac arrest, and Alamo doesn't send the ambulance 5 minutes away, it's on Alamo. If the town makes a stand and says 34-79 is not to roll a tire unless it's a non-GHCF call, then the liability is with the town. All three parties involved have been consulting with attorneys.

    ALS, I completely understand where you are coming from. My district has a large college and a busy nursing home and too often, our units are over there and then the taxpayer has to get a bus from further away. However, we can't turn them away.

    As far as prisoners go, let them eat cake and let the state pay for all of MY medical expenses. :rolleyes:

  22. Posted

    First of all, "lunchbox" is on point, if not a bit brash. ;-)

    Yes, getting in and out of GHCF takes quite a bit of time. Perhaps that time could be better spent by having a Poughkeepsie crew make it out there, or perhaps GHCF staff could meet us at the door. Either way, they are part of the town.

    As far as backfill, Alamo dispatch absolutely makes the effort to backfill as soon as possible. Sometimes, especially during peak times or skeleton crew overnights, it's not possible. Sorry, but every commercial agency (at least around here) runs out of units eventually.

    On a side note, I respect a chief standing up for his Dept. and the town he protects. However, all this namecalling and public laundry airing smells kind of sour. Maybe one might stick to the high road of meeting with the town board and Alamo management.

  23. Posted

    Okay, I'll settle for stupidity-ism. It's not a John-ism, because I've left people standing on the apparatus floor watching me leave, because I already have another EMT.

    We have a private radio channel dedicated to EMS. When a call goes out, people get on the horn, if it's closer to my side of the area, I'll take my POV or the BLS fly car straight to the scene and my rostered partner gets the ambulance. And vice versa. At the end of the day it's quality of care and response time. Not how many vollys you can fit in to one clown car.

  24. Posted

    I was told this was because, some people forget to call in, or foget thier phone and cant call on the way. So when a crew of 3 leaves someone behind they are mad. Who cares?

    Mindblowing. Completely mindblowing. Two people is a crew. You don't make it, tough, take your car to the scene if you want to tag along that bad. Get out the door ASAP. Just another terrifying Westechester-ism about putting your own play over the public.