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7 hours ago, 25truck26 said:

Here is the latest on the city of Rye Fire Department 

http://www.ryecityreview.com/news/fd-to-add-career-deputy-chief-position-3-lieutenants/

Good on them. Glad to see they are moving forward with making the City of Rye safer. Congrats to FF PItts for joining the department.

Man, this is crazy. Seem like he was doing 80+ mph in there. Amazing only 1 person died. It will only be a matter of time  till the video's of it happening will start getting circulated. Probably the most filmed/live streamed place in the world. 

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One person is dead and 22 others injured after a speeding car plowed into a crowd into New York City’s Times Square on Thursday, officials said. The New York City Police Department said the incident, which occurred around 12 p.m. local time, does not appear to be terror-related.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/car-speeds-crowd-times-square-1-reported-dead-163019524.html

3 hours ago, FF402 said:

 

http://www.lohud.com/story/news/investigations/2017/05/04/port-chester-fire-department/100384536/

Just keeps getting worse for Port Chester. It's been a year out now and still they cant produce the simple info of the rolls. I bet when something goes wrong (i hope not) and OSHA/PERM/NIOSH come to town this will all end real quick and real ugly. When someone above the city says they want this stuff, the redacted info ain't gonna cut it. Everyday they play this game is another day that people are questioning what they are trying to hide.

I think the writing is on the wall. Towns are learning that the volunteer dept. are not there anymore. Gone are the days of 300 active members and waiting lists. Little to no turn out at calls. False claims of "active" members when the 2% money comes. I'm all for Volunteerism and for helping out but westchester is not built for it anymore. As is said, blue collar folks can't make it here anymore. At some point everyone is gonna have to go career or suck it up, put on their big boy pants and consolidate the county. Lord know most guys want that anyway.

16 hours ago, PCFD ENG58 said:

They can call Port Chester  volunteers they have over 300 !

Well that is problematic since they don't have a Career department to steal it all from. 

19 hours ago, DR104 said:

Saw this today on my way to Costco. Seems a little bit unprofessional  if you ask me due to the circumstance

Looking at this i have to wonder, do they staff the firehouse now? Like are there 4-6 guys per rig in the station 24/7? That to me would be what that sign is saying. I know in some towns (not Westchester), the house is manned at all times. There are bunks and rooms where guys sleep the over night. I have a feeling that while their hearts are in the right place, they are not giving the people of Port Chester what they deserve. I don;t think we have to wait for someone to die or be seriously hurt to start doing what is right. Letting guys go solely to help a line in the budget was not a good move. As a career guy i am also offended that they say they are "Professionally Staffed". This is not their job. This is what they volunteer to do. The guys who's profession this was were let go in the most egregious manner possible. 

I think the new one has a kind of high pitched almost tinny sound. The old one had more bass to it. 

All those people in the area are gonna have heart attacks when the tax bill come in and the Plants contribution is not there. Nice when your tax bill quadruples cause the plant which kicked a lot of cash into the area is gone.

1 hour ago, firstdue said:

 

How is it any different than most towns in Westchester hiring off resident list? 

You can still be picked by another town or village. If NYC don't pick you, you have to wait till next test. Also those aren't "points", if you score a 90, you don;t go to 95 on the county list. You are most likely competing with other people in your town. your score is compared against them. Your not getting a advantage.

Oh this should end well for everyone. Where will they be getting all this new energy? Canada? Really? Wind Farms? That should be able to create the same amount of energy of a nuclear power plant. I know Indian Point is old and could use a updating but you cant just cut a quarter of the power and think everything is gonna be ok.

2 hours ago, mustang22_2002 said:

If they are trying to make it equal for everyone  , then they shouldn't issue 5 point bonus points  for residents...  how is that equal???

I was thinking the same thing. Why give extra points for living somewhere? I can see veteran credits, but just living in the biggest city around? come on.

On 12/21/2016 at 1:10 AM, FireMedic049 said:

I would agree a 700psi drop is not good, but there generally isn't a build up of heat on the fill station end.  At least nothing I've ever experienced.  The heat is primarily generated by the air under pressure being pushed into the cylinder.  The friction of the air passing thru the cylinder valve raises the temp of the air going in.  The faster the flow, the hotter the air gets and that heat is transferred to the cylinder body. 

 

I was thinking that maybe the air moving from the Fill bottle, constant on and off when doing multiple refills at a scene over a period of hours. Since we don't use a refill rig, i was trying to think of ways a bottle could get hot. I think the issue was just a Fill station valve opened all the way and he got hot air. Just goes to show ALWAYS CHECK YOUR GEAR.

5 minutes ago, FireMedic049 said:

Which valve, the cylinder valve or the valve on the fill station?

 

But that's only if it's an incident of an extended duration in which you are using a lot of cylinders.  It's pretty common for us to only need to fill most cylinders once while on scene.  When that's the case, depending on who's doing the filling, it's not uncommon to see a drop in the pressure the next day necessitating topping them off.

The Fill station on full. I was taught to crack the "Fill" knock and slowly fill the bottle. The valve on the bottle is either full open or full close.

Well this is where checking your gear comes into play. when you get to work and go over your rig, you check air pressure. If you are filling bottles on scene you are most likely using them. Most departments don't have refill rigs so they refill back at firehouse. Either way the 700psi drop in a hour is not good. Also the bottle could have been the last one to fill so heat has been building from filling station.

3 hours ago, antiquefirelt said:

"the heat build up raises the pressure"Are they talking about the bottles be "warm" post fire or do they realize the filling process generates heat? I have to wonder how fast their filling their bottles. "Hot filling" speeds the process but always results in shrinkage (never good). 700 psi seems like a significant amount that likely is the direct result of speed filling the cylinders.

They are probably filling it with the valve full open. 700psi drop is a lot. I have filled bottles and lost a minute amount over a week. to lose that much in hours, something is wrong in the process. Slow is the way to go. if your on scene and doing refills then that's different. You most likely will use the air before it even starts to cool off.

On 7/25/2016 at 5:06 PM, somebuffyguy said:

 save some time and just flush your money directly into the toilet and cut out the middle man.

Slow down there now. I am sure plenty of us can take that cash off your hands without having to fish it out of the toilet.

Ya i laugh at those shirts that i am sure they sell thousands of at like the Fire Expo in Long Island. Alot of "I fight what you fear" stuff. As been stated if you need the shirt to say you've been there, you probably haven't. Anyone ever notice it's always the XXXL guys who are wearing them?

Stay Safe out there.

Who has time to take a selfie at a call? Every time I'm on a run i am too busy to take out my phone and snap a pic of anything, let alone myself. I feel this is more a "younger" firefighter thing. Most older guys still have flip phones and wish they could have kept their Nextel's. I think it goes to show how some Chiefs are just not aware of whats going on. Anyone who has say 10 years or more, what would happen to you if you were at a MVA and the Boss showed up and your taking a selfie in front of the wrecked car? Ya you would be fired or at least brought up on charges. Maybe lose some personal days. I've seen pics of guys wearing aviator glasses, looking like they were some kinda models. These guys of course will wash out down the road cause the job just ain't for them. The crew shot is OK if your just chilling out after everything is done and fires out.

I can see on some part of the Hutch where there is no shoulder but most of the time people just freeze. So annoying

Just wanted to pose a question to the EMS community.

Last night at a single car MVA,  had a single patient who was going to be transported. She was removed from the car to a backboard and placed on the ground and strapped in. when the ambulance arrived, she and the backboard were lifted and put on the stretcher. Then the Ambulance crew removed the backboard and transported her. there was no backboard on the stretcher and she was in a collar.

My question is, is this a new procedure? Was it done cause she was not thought of as a high risk? We asked the State trooper if he had seen this on the road and he said no. Just want to keep up to date with things and know how we should operate out there.

Call me ignorant, but what is the difference between Pelham and Palham Manor? I'm truly not familiar with them. And what is the paid staffing like with either department?

Two different village departments in the Town of Pelham. The Manor has 3-4 Career on duty. I believe Pelham has 3 on duty (correct me if I'm wrong).

Not that good, but here is one. http://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/new-castle/2015/10/22/ceremony-open-new-millwood-firehouse/74358022/

looks nice

any pics of the new house?

If Larchmont is a combination department, why didn't they fill out the engine with a career firefighter driving and a volunteer crew, leaving the remainder of the career guys to keep Larchmont apparatus in service?

Sending Vols to a all career department is a no-no. To Yonker, A very big no-no. Don;t know if the vols can drive in Larchmont, but i know some departments send some of the on duty crew and then back fill with career guys.

Pelham has told their volunteers they are no longer needed. They also had a fire today and Pelham Manor was not called.

Where did you hear this about their vols? Are they disbanding the vols?

Here is a video of a engine chauffeur arriving at a high rise fire scene. Some police have parked in the street up front and he needs to get through. You can imagine what happend next. Now what is everyones feeling on this? You can see that there is a PO right there who could have moved the car but this guys just goes for it anyway.

http://www.telegram.com/article/20140911/NEWS/309119690/

BLACKSTONE — The remains of three infants were found Thursday in a condemned home on St. Paul Street, authorities said, just a few doors down from the town's police station, which is billed as a safe haven for newborns.

You just never know what your gonna find in these houses.