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I was beginning to think they were doing just that when they introduced the Narcotics Sargeant and her team. That is, until they went BOOM. ESU portrayal would be nice. Remember "True Blue" (I think that was what it was called. They had the monster Rescue style ESU truck with the retractable blast shield in the front.

Could you elaborate?

alsfirefighter: keep in mind also that OVAC is actually two different agencies. The ambulances are OVAC, the flycars are "TriCommunity Flycar". I'll have to ask Neil what thier call volume combined and uncombined was last year for comparison.

I don't think I'll ever forget casualty #0001 of 9/11. There is already talk about miracles being attributed to Father Mike.

Somers on the Sound?

Remembering back? Ain't you a bit young to be remembering back? Now Charlie O'Connor gets permission to remember back, as he told us about when Northern Westchester was just the old red north building. Would I love to see pictures of those. But back to Drive Ins.....there use to be one in the Bronx somewhere. I remember when I was a kid still living in "The Vern" seeing a double feature that included "The Black Hole" which according to IMDB was 1979.

Hmmm. Says they are expanding thier 911 operations in Westchester. Wonder to where?

It's an American College of Emergency Physicians thing. Not sure when it started but you can find more info on

Anyone have any more information about this? Call was on Wednesday, I'd say about 2-3pm or so. I was working the other side of the county and heard the call go out. I would have taken notes but I was a bit busy myself that day. Call went out for an MVA at the construction zone near the FDR Park entrance northbound Taconic State Parkway. Update reports pedestrian struck. 34Medics on the scene report best access is from the FDR onramp. 1-2 minutes later they report CPR in progress. FD on scene later calls for second bus to the scene for patient in shock. I have nothing further. There is no information that I can find in the paper or news12.

.....and?

What? No "hose" jokes?

Way back when, Empress was called the Evil Empire. My how times have changed.

You best bring back some pictures. :->

Okay, again not being in the fire service, define evolution for me as it applies to the drill.

Westchester EMS Council Awards Dinner is tommorrow night.

Not being n the fire service, I'm not familiar, but what is the duty of a chaplain on a fire scene?i

With the speed that thing goes you don't need a siren OR a radio. By the time you hear the siren it's already on top of you, and the car will be able to travel to the reciever of any transmissions the radio puts out before the guy even hits the transmit button. :twisted:

I think chaplains have a very important role, regardless of the CISD. In a perfect world, I would love to see Chaplains be a PART of the CISD, and in some places, I am sure they are. Any time a CSID team is deployed to a debrief, there are at least two people, a peer and a mental health person. I'm sure that adding a person of faith, especially for departments with a large contingency of members of a particular faith, would be useful.

One word. SWEET

I'm still a long way from purchasing an SLR. I have seen and played with x635's Digital Rebel and it is quite nice. The best part about SLR Digital is the lack of delay when taking pictures, a problem that drives me nuts sometimes with my current digital. I have an older Sony Cybershot DSC-s30 and it works fine for doing web page work. In fact, the quality of the pictures it takes [for a 1.3mp] is quite excellent, but I doubt I'll be able to print larger than 4x6 with any decency.)

Sure. Why not? If there are no human patients that need to be cared for but there are animal patients that need tending to, I doubt you will be held liable for treating a pet. In fact, several cases in the past of EMTs treating pets from fires, etc have been seen by the public, and recieved very favorable results. I recall a few years ago Bill Rothchild (This Year's EMT-P of the year) was treating a pet from a fire with oxygen. The newspaper was there and took an award winning photo of him. Now if there are multiple patients along with animals in need of care, you have to treat the humans first. Only if there are resources available to spare, can you start dealing with the animals. The only exception that might apply would be to K9 Officers who are considered officers of the law, and may need to be treated equally, but I'm not sure.

Hey, how come fire departments dont use tankers the likes of milk trucks?

mike: I still have several 5.25" disk drives (albiet they are in storage but they still work). Of course you wont fit much on them since they typically hold 360k or 720k depending on the format. Now the real challenge would be to find a drive for the old 8 inch disks. Fry's in California still sells the media, not sure about the drive however. :-> The nice thing about digital media is it's very easy to duplicate, copy, transfer etc., and done at little to no cost. 5.25" disks obsolete? No problem: convert to 3.5" or ZIP disk or CD. Duplicating negatives is a bit of a hastle, costs a lot, and you loose some of the quality of the original. And negatives melt a lot easier than some of the digital media I've seen.

A little small tho....I think I'd need more room.