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  1. Posted · Edited by GFD538

    Date: 2/15/07

    Time: 1942 hrs.

    Location: 34 Webster Ave. x Pine St.

    Frequency: 460.4625

    Units Operating: Initial Assignment: E22, E24, E21, L12, L11, 2302; 10-75 Assignment: E23, 30A1; Additional Units: L13, 30A2, 2301; Relocate: FDMV E204, L62 @ Sta. 1, E25 @ Sta. 3

    Description Of Incident: Units dispatched for a possible structure fire.

    Writer: GFD538, CAM502

    1942 hrs. - E22 transmitting 10-75

    1943 hrs. - E23, 30A1 dispatched

    1947 hrs. - E23 responding, 30A1 10-84

    1949 hrs. - Req. for 30A2 to respond 10-20 to scene, all occupants are out

    1950 hrs. - E23 to pick up hydrant on way in

    1951 hrs. - 2302 reporting fire in 2nd floor, all hands operating A/T/T

    1952 hrs. - 2302 req. 1 & 1 to cover (Mount Vernon E204, L62) at Station 1

    1956 hrs. - 2302 req. L13 to the scene

    1957 hrs. - L13 dispatched, 30A2 to standby at Station 1

    1959 hrs. - E25 relocating 10-20 to Station 3

    2004 hrs. - L13 10-8, 2302 req. ConEd Gas & Electric to the scene

    2006 hrs. - 2302 reporting main body of fire knocked down, all hands still operating

    2008 hrs. - 2301 on location

    2009 hrs. - 2302 req. manpower recall for 1 & 1

    2016 hrs. - 2302 req. Red Cross to the scene

    2022 hrs. - 30A2 to the scene, 30A1 transporting 1 to Sound Shore

    2025 hrs. - E204 taking a water condition call

    2028 hrs. - L13 to take in water condition at Darling & Leslie, E204 to stand down

  2. Posted

    BREAKING NEWS: Four-alarm fire in Mount Vernon store

    (Original publication: February 7, 2007)

    MOUNT VERNON - Firefighters are battling a four-alarm fire in a furniture store at Sandford Boulevard and Franklin Avenue.

    The fire was reported shortly after 10 p.m. and is still not under control.

    A Journal News/LoHud.com reporter and photographer are en route to the scene.

    CHECK LOHUD.COM FOR UPDATES AND READ MORE ABOUT THIS STORY TOMORROW IN THE JOURNAL NEWS.

  5. Posted

    I believe Pace University is currently conducting a study on regionalizing several career/combination departments in Southern Westchester. I think it makes sense to combine your resources with other departments this way they can pick up where you lack and vice versa. Another benefit is that it would cut down on the duplication of services & equipment. For example it would cut back on two departments that border each other from buying the same equipment and apparatus (ex: 2 identical pieces of apparatus stationed only a few miles apart when they could save money by utilizing their neighbors resources.). Overall, I think it would save money while increasing the level of fire protection being provided for your tax payers.

  6. Posted

    I went up and applied on Friday. As of around 1PM on Friday they had 600 people signed up. I go to school right down the road and my academic advisor is the retired chief of NHFD. As stated before, there is a big push to hire minorities in New Haven. In fact the results of the last officers exam were thrown out because there were no minorities in the op of the list. A group of guys who took the test sued the city to have the test reinstated and lost.

  7. Posted · Edited by GFD538

    Date:

    Time: 1740 hrs.

    Location: 5 Donnel Ct.

    Frequency:

    Units Operating: E314, SQ11, E310, E312, L70, L75, R1, Safety, B2

    Description Of Incident:

    Writer: GFD538

    1540 hrs. - Dispatch for a possible 10-29 in the basement

    1543 hrs. - All units responding

    1544 hrs. - E314 10-84

    1546 hrs. - E314 transmiting 10-29

    1548 hrs. - B2 10-84

  8. Posted

    hey fire rescue question 31 the addres was 9 pease rd..... allthe answers had 29 in front of them , i felt uneasy about that question, and i didnt care for the desirable questions, they really felt like it is a matter of opinion, not an actual factual answer.

    I noticed that too. Actually, one guy in my room raised his hand to ask the proctor about it so he ended up not being able to finish in the 10 minutes. I'm sure there will be plenty of people complaining about that especially if they don't get the grade they were expecting.

  9. Posted · Edited by GFD538

    Date: 1/18/07

    Time: 2241 hrs.

    Location: 1 Neptune Ave.

    Frequency: 460.4625

    Units Operating: E24, E22, E23, E21, L14, TL11, R4, 2302

    Description Of Incident: Multiple calls for a structure fire at the above location

    Writer: GFD538

    2241 hrs. - Initial dispatch (E24, E22, E23, L14, TL11, 2302) for a possible structure fire. 60 Control reporting multiple calls.

    2242 hrs. - E21 free from previous call, responding as 4th engine company

    2243 hrs. - All units responding

    2244 hrs. - E24 10-84 w/ smoke showing; investigating

    2245 hrs. - E24 reporting possible closet fire on 1st floor, stretching a line

    2247 hrs. - 2302 10-84

    2252 hrs. - 2302 reports fire in closet on 1st floor, knocked down, checking for extension

    2256 hrs. - 2302 reports fire is under control

    2305 hrs. - E23 10-8

    2309 hrs. - E22 10-8

    2316 hrs. - E21 10-8

    2319 hrs. - R4 10-8

    2335 hrs. - All units in service

  10. Posted · Edited by GFD538

    Date: 1/18/07

    Time: 1543 hrs.

    Location: 142 West Sidney Ave C/S Lincoln Ave

    Frequency: 154.145 (MVFD), 46.26

    Units Operating: FDMV , NRFD E22, EFD TL17; L4, E5 Relocated

    Description Of Incident: Working Fire

    Writer: GFD538

    1543 hrs. - Addt'l company on the 3rd Alarm

    1544 hrs. - New Rochelle E22 to scene

    1546 hrs. - Eastchester TL17 to scene

    1547 hrs. - Greenvile L4 & Pelham E5 to relocate to FDMV Sta. 3

  11. Posted

    Principles of Building Construction: Combustible & Noncombustible

    It's important to know what type of building you're going into an the different risks each type of construction presents.

    Fireifghter Survival

    Know how to save yourself

    F.A.S.T.

    Know how to rescue a fellow firefighter

  12. Posted

    There are 6 Haz-Mat Squads in Southern Westchester comprised of 9 career fire departments.

    Squad 1 - Yonkers

    Squad 2 - New Rochelle

    Squad 3 - Mount Vernon

    Squad 4 - White Plains

    Squad 5 -Eastchester/Scarsdale

    Squad 6 - Fairview/Greenville/Hartsdale

    Each Sqaud runs with a donated mini Bee-Line bus and an 18' trailer. I believe all members are trained to the Haz-Mat Technician level.

  14. Posted · Edited by GFD538

    As Engine 26? Or it was just Engine 6 way back?

    It was Engine 6 (before county numbering existed). If I remember correctly, Church St had 1 Eng. & 1 Lad., Hugenot St. Had 1 Eng., Station 2 & 3 were 1 & 1, Station 4 had 1 Engine and the North Ave. house housed Engine 6.

    When Station 1 was built, Chruch St & Hugenot St. house closed. Also for a while a 2nd engine ran out of Station 1 as Engine 6, nicknamed The Flying Squad because they responded on all box alarms in New Rochelle. They were also the first company in New Rochelle to have SCBA's. There was a picture of it a while back on the front page under "Classic New Rochelle Apparatus".

  15. Posted

    That used to be home to Engine Co. 6 back in the day. Also, I was told that the chuch across the street was a police station at one point.

    As a side note, there also used to be firehouses on Chuch St. (now a church) and Union Ave. x Second St. (now a deli I believe). As well as one on Huganot St. where New Roc City is now.

  16. Posted · Edited by Truck4

    Date: 1/10/07

    Time: 2047 hrs.

    Location: 9 Calmet Pl x Hayward St.

    Frequency: Dispatch: 46.500 Operations: 484.7125

    Units Operating: Initial: E307, E313, E306, E312, L73, L75, R1, B2 & Car 5; Addt'l: Car 6, SQ11 & MSU

    Description Of Incident: Initial dispatch of a 10-29 in the basement of the above location. Initial units on scene confirming the 10-29.

    Writer: GFD538

    2045 hrs. - Confirmed 10-29

    2047 hrs. - Saftey req. addt'l engine as a FASTeam

    2049 hrs. - SQ11 dispatched as the FASTeam

    2051 hrs. - Fire knocked down, checking for extension

    2053 hrs. - Transmitting a signal 10-30

    2055 hrs. - Car 6 10-84; B2 reports fire is out companies overhauling, req. MSU

    2105 hrs. - Saftey req. Empress to scen & to stage on Hayward; 1 injury A/T/T

    2109 hrs. - MSU responding

    2112 hrs. - MSU 10-84

    2215 hrs. - B2-A: dropping down to a 10-19 w/ E307, L73, B2; all other units picking up

    2220 hrs. - All units 10-8

  17. Posted · Edited by GFD538

    Date: 1/5/07

    Time: 1919 hrs.

    Location: Freightway x Garth Rd.

    Frequency: 154.100

    Units Operating: SFD: E54, E56, TL29, 2432, 2431, U37; HFD: E170, EFD: E31, TL17, 2101, 2102; SVAC, EVAC, SPD, ConEd

    Description Of Incident: Grease fire in ductwork of a chinesse restaurant. Initial call for smoke from the roof, SPD on scene with heavy smoke condition possibly from clock store on Freightway.

    Writer: GFD538

    1920 hrs. - Eastchester E31, TL17 dispatched

    1921 hrs. - HFD E-170 dispatched as a FASTeam

    1922 hrs. - Hartsdale toning out a Signal 9

    1923 hrs. - E170 responding

    1923 hrs. - Fire in kitchen of chinesse restaurant a/t/t

    1925 hrs. - 2432 advising EFD units to the front of the building on arrival, TL29 to set up

    1927 hrs. - 2432 req. 1 eng to cover, begin callback

    1928 hrs. - Greenville E150 to relocate to Scarsrdale FD H/Q

    1929 hrs. - Fire appears to be knocked down

    2029 hrs. - C&O dispatched

    2054 hrs. - Command reports companies are checking for extension

    2107 hrs. - Command reports fire is out, continuing overhaul

  19. Posted

    I didn't see it mentioned here, but EFD TL-17 & EVAC were added to fill out the assignment shortly after the initial dispatch. I think I also heard E-31(Station 5) reloacted to headquarters along with NRFD E22 & L12.

  20. Posted · Edited by GFD538

    You think so? did you read all the post's?

    Actually, in case you haven't noticed it seems that recently, anytime a career fireifghter even mentions anything related to volunteer firefighters there's an uproar. Just look at some of the responses so far (yours included).

    I'm guessing you probably wouldn't have had a problem if my last post was blamming career firefighters for any tension.............

  23. Posted

    As a current student at the University of New Haven, I would definitely recommend it's Fire Science program. UNH offers concentrations in Fire/Arson Investigation, Fire Dept. Administration & Fire Protection Engineering.

    As far as a major that will help with advancement, I would look into either Fire Administration, Public Administration or Business Administration.

  24. Posted · Edited by GFD538

    Date: 10/31/06

    Time:1712 hrs.

    Location: 110 Fisher Ave.

    Frequency: 154.340

    Units Operating: EFD

    Description Of Incident: Major gas leak on 6th floor. 2102 req. addt'l engine & truck to scene, Units in the process of evacuating residents. 2102 updating: 1 stand pipe line stretched, ventilating apartment 6A, holding all units

    Writer: GFD538

  25. Posted

    If you don't get a full crew (Fire or EMS) off of the first dispatch you should call for Mutual Aid. Then the next question is what do you do when the mutual aid department has to retone, which unfortunately happens too often in Westchester - just listen to 46.26. I remember listening to a department get toned out 3 times for a cardiac arrest call. Then the M/A dept. had to be toned out at least twice. It was almost 20 minutes before anyone signed on.