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    If they were in fact "explorers", which are a group of young adults between the ages of 14-20 and are sponsored by the Boy Scouts of America, then they are restricted from taking any NYS OFPC class. If they are junior members that are legally approved by the AHJ as a "member" which is generally 16-18, then they have the right to sit in any NYS class as any other person, but cannot perform hazardous duties as sited in other replies here.

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    Link from article in POJO news...

    http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article...Fire-Department

    Some facts touched on:

    1) One of the charter members of the Beekman Fire Protectives which was formed in 1937, joined in 1939 and remains active to this day

    2) Fire Chief for 21 consecutive years from 1949-1970

    3) Serves on board of fire commissioners, today serves as chairman. First elected in 1970.

    4) Dutchess County, as well as the town of beekman, proclaimed 9/14 as Kenneth Mallen day

    5) The board of fire commissioners dedicated the addition at the fire station to Mr Mallen.

  8. Posted

    I think someone started to party all ready, lolol. Yea 26 Truck, lolol. This is great I am sure I will be thier. i could talk to Chief about bringing the Tanker for some refilling, lolol. Great looking Truck boys and girls. Good luck with it.

    Thomas

    we have a hydrant out front ;)

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    The Beekman Fire District will be having a "wetdown" for our new apparatus, a 2008 Pierce PUC rescue pumper on Saturday September 12, 2009.

    Event will begin at 1pm at the Beekman Fire Station, 316 Beekman-Poughquag Rd, Poughquag NY 12570

    There will be food, soda, beer, t-shirts, mugs, raffles, live music. Wetdown T-shirt/22oz. beverage mug combo (unlimited refills) will be sold for $15 each, and ceramic wetdown mugs will be available for an additional $15. Food is free.

    If you would like to bring a piece of apparatus for the event, please PM me so we can schedule accordingly. Please keep it to 50 PSI and fog nozzles only.

    Flyer (Pass them around!)

    3412WetdownFlyer.pdf

    Shirt Preview

    post-8470-1249572390.jpg

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    I stopped by their station the next morning to inquire if they had used the new foam system on the PUC as well, no one was around except the Terry FE service van.

    The PUC, sadly did not get used. we were going to use it for cleanup with the foam due to the huge piles of debris, but we had the excavator there quickly and we just pulled it apart and soaked it down with the water supply that was already established.

  16. Posted

    Some neighboring departments by me do the same as far as the shields go, but let me ask you this - does the orange signify probationary, or exterior? I always just thought a probie was an exterior member till they got off, then they could start "goin' in".....but I had my eyes opened by a good department here in Dutchess, who uses the orange/probie shield ID system, but at a multi alarm fire, he was packed up, with tools, a light, the whole 9. It hit me....just because a member is on probation, doesnt mean they cant fight fire...it all depends on the level of training. Thank you Beekman.

    To answer the question, if it even has an answer...it depends on the person joining up. The sooner you can get your basic qualifications and some time under your belt - the better your chances are to be a full fledged firefighter as soon as possible.

    We keep our guys on probation until they can prove that they can function as part of the team and do the skills needed to get the job done. Minimum, no matter what your background, is 1 year. To be interior in Beekman, you have to have FF1, survival, HM Ops, and annual rope training, at least 1 department live burn and 10 drills. Last year we did between 40-50 drills and 3 live burns. We weeded out all the dead wood and guys that just came for the "big one" and have a strong group of guys that I would be confident giving any job on the fireground.

    The guy you saw Dan, is doing his OJT and is on his way to becoming interior, if its who im thinking. Pawling fire?

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    some of the features of this rig:

    2008 Pierce Velocity Cab/chassis w/ TAK-4 independent front suspension

    6 man cab w/ 10" raised roof

    Cat 475 HP engine/ Allison 6 speed transmission

    1500 GPM REPTO driven pump (pump and roll capable) w/ Husky 12 direct inject foam system

    1000 Gallons of water

    1000' 5" hose, 300' 2 1/2" hose, (2) 200' Preconnect 1 3/4" hose

    20 gallons each of Class A/ Class B foam integrated into water tank

    Full Height/Full depth compartments

    4 Upper coffin compartments

    TFT Hurricane 1250 gpm Remote controlled deck gun

    Harrison 30KW Hydraulic generator

    Hurst Trimo 220V power unit w/ 3 preconnected tools, can run all 3 at the same time

    Night-Scan 4500w telescoping light tower

    FRC HID scene lighting

    Full Whelen LED warning light package