FDNY 10-75

Yep....another big parade fire company, with the biggest band money can buy .

It bet they bought a lot of beer with that money

More than $1.00 is more than poor accounting! This is allegedly a fire protection district and under contract to the Town of Patterson. They are accountable, albeit indirectly, to the taxpayers of the town who fund their operations. The days of ignoring things "because they're volunteers" has to be over!
$6M from two Putnam FD's. Uncovered at roughly the same time. That speaks volumes about the over-budgeting and complete lack of fiscal responsibility in these two organizations. It's a disgrace and gives the entire fire service a black eye.
$6M would fund many years of operations and/or procurement of new equipment/apparatus. To think that it is "gone" is inexcusable.

I'd love to see where the money went and to who. $1 million is far more then poor accounting. I heard they had a funky way for funding their apparatus.

The article is subscriber only, but Federal Authorities supposedly uncovered the money missing during the Mahopac probe.
http://www.putnamcountycourier.com/news/2015-12-31/Front_Page/Up_in_Smoke_1_Million_Missing_from_Patterson_Fire_.html

This morning, at 0001hrs, EMTBravo turned 13 years old! Maybe it's just me that's excited over something so trivial, but to me, it means something
Seems like it was just yesterday when I sat dow at my computer, enjoying the relatively new, long awaited broadband connection, at my apartment in Woburn,MA, on New Year's Eve, when on a whim, I decided to create a website to replace my Westchester Fire & EMS email list. So, the very simple website went live at 0001 on New Years Day, and, like a snowball down a hill, kept growing each and every week that went by. Photos and information poured in to post on the original site. There had never been a site like this in the Hudson Valley and Southwestern CT, and was launched before anyone had really every heard about Facebook or the term "Social Media". You could tell imediately that this was something that people had wanted since learning the word "Internet". Heck, some people only ventured on the internet for EMTBravo, and that's the only use they had for the internet.. Seven months later, the EMTBravo Network forums (the site you're reading this one) was launched to replace the "News" section of the original site and become an interactive and dynamic way to exchange information and ideas . EMTBravo has grown tremendously since then. I'm proud we our are own website, with our own software, on our own server, all completely customized for EMTBravo by me.
It's still our vision, and it's been proven over the years, that firefighters, police officers, EMS workers, 911 Dispatchers, and everyone else with an interest in emergency services can work together, can become friends, can develop ideas, can learn from one another, and can make anything happen. Of course, it was our first mission to "get the word out" which is still true to this day.
One of the things that I am proud of, is that members of the site when it was first launched are still active members to this day! The loyalty and support of this site by the all of our members has been awesome, and has made the site what it is.
Personally, one of the things I'm most grateful for during the entire 13 years of this site was all the great friendships that I have made along the way, that I probaly wouldn't have ever met had it not been for this site.
In the next couple of days, we will announce our strategic plan for 2016, which will bring some exciting new things for our membership.
Warmest regards,
Seth Granville
Founder and Administrator, EMTBravo

Yet another Seagrave coming to Westchester from Hudson Valley Fire Apparatus!

3:30.....no one has stretched a line. No one seems to have completed a primary of the original fire occupancy, some dude is cutting like hell to open a Bilco door and another guy has his hood up under his helmet.....no face piece on....
This is confusing me....and looks terrible

Greenville E704 the 97 KME formerly of Bryn Mawr, PA is listed for sale.

These got stuck in the snow (and King Andy didn't like that) so they have ordered new 4x4s that will mimic the FDNY high axle vehicles much closer. Theyre delivered but not completely upfitted.
3 of these were originally lettered for NYSP, later stripped and repainted black to match DHSES scheme. 2 Others are DOT yellow with the DHSES logo on the door.

UPDATED Spy Shot.
They have begun to remove some lettering.

FDNY
New Brush Fire Unit 7
2015 International Workstar 4x4/KME
Shop # IM16002
Assigned with Engine Company 266 in the Rockaways

From a Yonkers Board Of Contract And Supply Meeting On October 22nd 2015.
This is in addition to the two new Ferrara engines placed into service a few weeks back.

Members,

Today (Nov.14) marks the 12th year that EMTBravo.net (Forums) has been online. EMTBravo.com, which is what these forums were born from, will celebrate it's 14th year this upcoming January.

(The name, "EMTBravo", originated from my AOL screen name which I had for years). Here's a little about me. I started at 14 years old, in 1993, as an Explorer with the Ardsley Fire Department in Ardsley NY where I Explorer Post Captain for almost the duration of my time there. I then continued on as a volunteer firefighter and Explorer post advisor with Ardsley FD when I turned 18. I took my EMT class at Irvington VAC, and went to work as an EMT for Empress EMS, which helped shape me and gave me a solid foundation for the rest of my career. I also worked part time in the ER of Stamford Hospital as an ER tech. I was lucky enough to get hired by 60 Control, where I worked as a Dispatcher. My dispatcher ID was 635, which is why I'm also known as "x635". During that time, I loved working for 60 Control and loved the people I worked with and the job I did. However, during the course of my employment there, my father was tragically killed and my Grandmother died a year later after a long battle with cancer, leading me to re-evaluate what I was doing and where I wanted to be in life.

In 2003, I decided to go to college, and moved to Woburn, MA and attended Paramedic school at Northeastern University in Boston. After graduating in 2004, I moved back to Hartsdale and went to work for Westchester EMS, and worked the "45 Medics" flycar system, and dispatcher. In September of 2005, my dream of being a career firefighter came true, and I got hired by the Hartsdale Fire District. I was blessed to have academy instructors who served as great role models for me, and I did things I never thought I could do. To this day, I still use the lessons they taught me.

In January 2007, I was injured severely. After several months, I was declared unfit to be a firefighter due to a traumatic brain injury and a spinal cord injury. My department did not have any light duty positions, so I was out of a job and couldn't work as a firefighter again. I loved being a firefighter in Hartsdale and the loss of that career was devastating, and still bothers me to this day. I decided to move to Round Rock, just north of Austin, in the central part of Texas to try and start a new life. I worked as a Police Dispatcher for the busiest sector of a large urban police department, and as a Paramedic for a busy rural/urban EMS service. However, a divorce dealt me another devastating blow in my life, but gave me my greatest gift, my beautiful daughter. I also had some health issues along the way. I moved back to NY for a job and other personal reasons, and I went through some more adversity which included a brief period of homelessness. A very generous person and great supportive friend went above and beyond, to say the least, took me in and got me back on my feet which was key. Another great, generous, supportive and understanding friend and mentor gave me a chance after all this, a job, another friend prepped me for the role I am in, and, for the first time in a long time, I am happy in my life and love my career (and my work family) with the leading firefighting equipment company in the area.
Why am I giving you my bio? Because I feel that many people on here don't know me and there are some misconceptions. This site is an extension of me.

Getting back on topic, the idea for a forums portion of the site sparked from the very successful "News" section of EMTBravo.com, in which people sent me news and photos and I posted on, what at the time was my personal small website (this is WAY before Facebook, etc even existed). From my apartment in Boston while attending Paramedic school at Northeastern University, the idea sparked and I pulled an all-nighter to get the forum going. It was meant to create an online community where those and those with an interest in the emergency services community could come together and communicate. And every day I log on, I am amazed that the snowball of this forum that keeps growing and has such a great, knowledgeable membership . We also have another EMTBravo forum, EMTBravoWest.com (Los Angeles, Phoenix, San Francisco, etc)

Of course, there's been negativity and controversy on and about this site over the years, but the good FAR outweighs the bad. There have been members who wish to cause trouble or spread rumors or don't accept modern social media, but I believe that we have been on the forefront of trying to keep this site positive and on the right path. Before this site, nothing like this existed for the emergency services communities in the areas we serve. A lot of valuable information has been spread on these forum, friendships forged and reignited, and all the other benefits a website such as this provides. We will continue to spearhead a new path and become an even better resource for our members, using our member's knowledge and feedback as our fuel. We will bounce back from the past couple of years of, for lack of a better word, quietness. There are a lot of copycats out there with tons upon tons of different Facebook groups, but EMTBravo offers something unique and special, And we're proud that we don't depend on someone else's homogenized software and servers to run our site, we can define it however we'd like.

I'd like to thank all the dedicated and loyal members of this site, who post, contribute, and read the site and make it what it is. Many have been with us since day 1. I'd also like to thank those that generously donate funds or advertise on the site, so I am able to afford to pay for this forum.
And most especially, the active members of this forum who post and make use of this forum, and share their knowledge and opinions, for which if they didn't, this forum wouldn't be.

Once again, THANK YOU to all the members and staff that make this site possible for the past 12 years, and I, with the EMTBravo team, look foward to making sure this forum is the best it can be for our EMTBravo members!!

If you have any questions about EMTBravo.net's history, please do ask on this thread, and I'd be more then happy to tell!! And please check out our new logo below (and read the other new thread about it)

Seth Granville AKA "EMTBravo" aka "x635"
Here are some quick stats 12 years later:
-1,000 member and guest visits a day
-8,000 registrations
-45,334 topics
-266,665 posts
-47,446,021 topic views
-39,500 personal messages sent
-Members from over 16 countries, and visitors from over 30 countries
and still growing

Every fire department should have a utility IMHO.
These days there is so much going on in the fire service that does not require a engine, ladder or rescue.
So if you can get a HD vehicle like this surplus. Why not? Great Job! thinking outside the box and saving tax payer $$$.

Paul R. Gerardi, "LTFIREPRG" (retired Deputy Chief Fairview FD), came up with this amazing design for the site, almost instantaneously. I feel it really reflects the theme of this site, and carries the "Work Together Win Together" message. The details take into account what this site is for, who it is for, and ties it all together. There are a lot of little subtle details that make it even more awesome.

I thank him so much for making this dream that I've had over the years and making it a reality. And I never knew talented artist was one of his many, many skillsets! He is a generous and frequent donor to the site, and this contribution to the site is just another way he has helped to make this site better. Thanks Chief for everything you've done for this site, for this, and for me.
Another member, who wishes to remain anonymous and is a tremendous support, took this logo to the next level and digitized it and made it bolder. It was a craft that took him many hours I truly appreciate his dedication and talent in bringing this logo to the next level. Thanks you (you know who you are!)

https://paladincenterny.com/training/courses/ems/86/Bob-Page-12-Lead-ECG-Interpretation-for-Acute-and-Critical-Care-Providers

Westchester County (NY) Police SOD-ESU Truck 9219
2014 Dodge 5500 4x4/Proliner
Photo by me. Don't forget to visit my photo site x635Photos.com for more apparatus photos!

https://www.flickr.com/photos/piercemfg/22525661926/in/dateposted/
Beacon will be delivered soon...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/piercemfg/22525661926/in/dateposted/
Beacon will be delivered soon...

Stratford, CT New Truck 1
2015 Seagrave Marauder/Aerialscope II 95'
Sold by Hudson Valley Fire Equipment
Thanks to all involved in helping me get the photos! If you have a new delivery I'd love to come get photos. Don't forget to check out my photo site at http://www.x635Photos.com for more of my photos.

Greenville Fire District
9-27-15
Underhill Rd & Sprain Rd
Multiple Alarm Fire In A Nursery/Garden Center
Fire involves a large wood frame barn used for garden center...
Numerous mutual aid units including Yonkers, Fairview, and Hartsdale on scene

file:///Users/josephruckel/Pictures/Photos%20Library.photoslibrary/Thumbnails/2015/09/18/20150918-151417/6Vz9UP8MSY+cltEc9PtICQ/thumb_2015091695111736_1024.jpg
New Yonkers 303 in service

Update: Yonkers will build new firehouse to replace Station 1
http://patch.com/new-york/bronxville/yonkers-build-new-firehouse-replace-condemned-one