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For those of you who aren't familiar with the case, On December 9, 1981 at 0350 hours Philidelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner conducted a traffic stop at the corner of 12th Street and Locust Street. PO Faulkner was attempting to arrest Wesley Cook when Cook's brother wesley (AKA mumia abu jamal who is a confirmed black panther) ran across the street and cowardly and like the piece of s*** that he is, shot officer Faulkner in the back. PO Faulkner was able to fire one round that struck mumia in the chest. PO Faulkner then collapsed to the ground. Mumia abu jamal in a second cowardly cold blooded move then shot officer faulkner 4 times at close range including once in the face.
The backup units arrived 90 seconds after the call for backup and found mumia next to officer faulkner holdig a gun, the gun that was used to murder danny faulkner. Mumia was identified by 4 witnesses as the man who murdered officer faulkner.
Mumia was found guilty in 1982 and sentenced to death. In 1989 the PA Supreme Court upheld the conviction and denied a request for a retrial. The US Supreme Court refused to hear arguments on mumias claims.
In 2008 a federal appeals court in their infinite wisdom ( please note the sarcasm) decided abu jamal should get a new sentencing hearing on the grounds that the instructions given to the jury in 1982 "may have been" misleading.
Yesterday, the Philidelphia DA decided to not seek the death penalty again and instead chose to seek life without parole.
This case had a mountain of overwhelming evidence and this mans guilt is undeniable but it seems that the pressure that was put forth by the likes of susan serandon, ed asner, maya angelou, alec baldwin, the beastie boys, harry belafonte, the black eyed peas, and the city of st. denis in france even named a friggen street after him - a street named in honor of a cop killer - UNREAL.
It is no secret that society sees the lives of police officers as expendable. It seems that today it is socially "hip" to be anti cop.
For those of you who took the time to read this rant I thank you. Very rarely do I let things get under my skin but I see the support for this murderer as a direct assault on myself and on police officers everywhere. Death would have been too good for this murderer but death is what he deserved. This animal gets to live out his life treated like a hero by those around him in jail but where is the justice for danny faulkner who is THE REAL HERO...

To all my Public Service Brothers and Sisters, but mainly LEO's. Today is Dec 1, what starts what we call SUS or Sitck Up Season. Please Be aware of your surroundings no matter what time of day. In these hard Economic times, people are resorting to comminting many types of crimes to provide for themselves or their families. If you see or hear something that doesn't seem right, it probably isn't. If you are home during the day, watch for packages being delievered to your neighbor's and watch for people removing same from your neighbors houses. Many people will be attending CHRISTMAS PARTIES at all times of the day and night which could result in Robberies and DWI's, always keep your heads on a swivel. It's hard enough for us in LE to go to work during the HOLIDAY SEASON, but it's alot more important that we make IT HOME TO OUR FAMILIES TO ENJOY THE HOLIDAY SEASON! BE SAFE!!!

Today marks the 8th year that EMTBravo.NET has been online.
Thanks to all the members, staff, and everyone else who have helped this forum to succeed and become what it is for the past 8 years, and many more to come.
Seth G.
Founder and Executive Director, EMTBravo
seth@emtbravo.com
AKA "x635"

Prayers for this Officer and his Brothers in Pelham Manor!
Hoping for the best and a speedy recovery.
http://www.lohud.com/article/20111115/NEWS02/111150366/Pelham-Manor-police-officer-struck-by-car?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Frontpage

As with every cause that is done it comes down to planning and getting the appropriate permissions in place. Fire Prevention and Public education is the primary function of an emergency service and to add on to your point about sports teams wearing pink and not switching entire parts of the uniforms...the members aren't asking to switch their entire uniform just the shirts they wear. Breast Cancer Awareness is a month and as with many organizations you have to choose what you feel is going to be a program you want to stick with and make it work for you. I know many FD's where it was agreed that October and wearing pink is the only endeavor of such that the administration would support while at work.
And you are correct why uniform standards are needed. Which is why when we approached our administration to do the same thing one of our points to them and all of our members was that everyone working had to have the pink shirt on and we had them all made to the same exact standard as our normal duty golf shirt...only difference is its pink and not blue.
Our "Proud to Wear Pink" experience has been overwhelming with the public support and positive PR that we've gotten for wearing them. On top of it we are selling pink t-shirts to raise funds to dontate to the new breast cancer center that is in the process of being constructed in a new wing of our local hospital. We just placed our 3rd order for more and our program to raise funds and raise awareness really exceded our expectations above and beyond.
So for some of you continue to live in your box and figure out why your communities don't understand what you do or why they pay taxes the way they do. Our community bought into what we set out to do and many because of our choice of support for our fundraiser have expressed their admiration for our investment into our community and its residents well being.
Cancer stretches wide and far...and while #6 on deaths breast cancer affects a significant amount of women and fundraisers and such have already improved treatments which allows that number to get lower and lower every year. Breast cancer is often a primary cancer because of great amount of lymph nodes that gives open access to the body for it to spread. If you don't like breast cancer that's fine...you and your agency don't have to pursue it...pick a cause and go for it.
And finally by the way the IAFF as a whole is doing the Proud to Wear Pink Campaign to raise funds for Susan G. Kohman Foundation. Just like they do a national local drive for muscular dystrophy. I could add more but I have to go wash my pink golf shirts for work tomorrow and go sell some more t-shirts for our fundraiser. Have fun blending in...I'll be interacting with my community tomorrow...all because we are "proud to wear pink."

FDNY had a very restricted policy at one time however Some ems union members took them to court and won. Free speech. Now there the restrictions that cover HIPAA type stuff and if you try to represent the department.

Another great job by one of EMTBravo's own, Helicopper. Congrats on another great job well done.
Lohud article

Members,
(Memorial Benefit Information Included In This Message)
It's been two years since Yonkers Firefighter Patrick Joyce took a higher calling.
This should serve to remind our members again that, you can be in one of the best fire departments in the nation, with the best equipment and plenty of manpower, and still be very vunerable to the evils of our job. FF Joyce was a man who loved firefighting, and loved his family. His death was during active duty firefighting, while trying to rescue others, and he sacrificed his life for those people that could and were believed to have been in there, but weren't. In the course of that, Yonkers lost a firefighter from the premier company in Yonkers, Rescue 1. YFD lost a brother. And most importantly, the Joyces lost a husband, father, brother, and son.
There is a benefit for the Patrick Joyce Memorial Fund **THIS SATURDAY**, October 15th from 2PM to 12AM**** at Social at Dunwoodie Golf Course. Please join us in Celebrating Pat's Life the way in which he loved to celebrate, drinking good wine with good food in good company! There will also be Irish dancing, Bagpipers, Raffles, Auctions and much more!
All proceeds will go to The Patrick Joyce Memorial Fund, which was created by the family and friends of firefighter Patrick Joyce Jr. to serve as a foundation that is committed to preserving his legacy of philanthropy, kindness and generosity. The primary mission of the fund is to provide financial support to those in need. Pat's goal was always to make a positive difference in the lives of the less fortunate. It is our hope that through these efforts the selfless and generous spirit that Pat possessed will continue to live on..
***For more information, visit the Pat Joyce website at the link below***
http://www.patjoyce.org/benefit.html
Tickets can be purchased online at the website above.
And The Patrick Joyce Memorial Fund has an official Facebook page dedicated to his memory and charity: https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Patrick-Joyce-Memorial-Fund/182606465150082?sk=wall
We ask that you forward this information to anyone who might be interested in attending this benefit. The family wants to make sure no one missed an invitation to this event.
-Seth Granville
Executive Director, The EMTBravo Group Of Websites
EMAIL: seth@emtbravo.com

I think it is too late to create an Incident Alert, here's some information from this incident.
PMFD Units: 2361, 2363, E1, E2, TL3
PFD Units: E5
NRFD Units: E22 w/FAST
MVFD Units: E203, E204, E205, TL63, R2
WPFD Units: E66, U70 (Foam Trailer)
YFD Units: E313 w/ Foam Unit, Bat 2
WCDES Units: Bat 15, FC 1, C&O Zone 2, TRT Officers
FDNY Units: E38, E66, E63, E97, E96 w/ Foam 96, , E72 w/ Foam 72, E95 w/ Sat 2, E84 w/ Purple K 84, E326 w/ Purple K 326, E238 w/ Foam Tandem 1, L51, L61, L39, Sqd61, R3, HM1 w/ E274 and HM Bat, Bat 15, Bat 20, Bat 17, Bat 14, Bat 27, Div. 7
01:59 – E1, E2, E5, TL3 dispatched for fire at the gas station, 5 Secor Lane.
02:02 – Mount Vernon FD getting multiple calls for fire in area.
02:03 – 2363 reports 10-75. New Rochelle FAST, EMS, Bat 15 dispatched.
02:14 – 2361 requesting units for a Foam Operation.
03:26 – Bat 15 reports WPFD being released.
03:27 – NRFD FAST being released, fire is darkening down and contained to original building, FDNY has a TL operating, 3 deck guns, Ladder pipe from MVFD, multiple handlines in use.
16:30 – Last FD unit clear of the scene.

Some recent photos of Mount Vernon's apparatus

Recently EMTBRAVO Member "Bad Box" was interviewed in His Own Words regarding his story as a FDNY Member during the Attack on the World Trade Center on 9/11. He worked the very busy Ladder 123 in Brooklyn, Engine 75, Ladder 33 and Rescue 3 in the Bronx during his career. His father was a Battalion Chief in the 38 of Brooklyn.
I have actually never met "Bad Box" but I have talked to him several times on the phone. No doubt I have seen him in action during my many years of buffing and chasing the fires of Brooklyn and the Bronx. But I do what to say, "He is a True Gentleman, and somebody who I have the Highest respect for." His story is also in the book "In Their Own words" written by Firehouse Editor Harvey Eisner.
His video interview: http://www.bradenton.com/2011/09/11/3483179/it-was-a-war-zone-retired-fdny.html

No, Yonkers only runs one Rescue Company per tour under normal circumstances. Today, RES1 is being used at a drill so RES2 is covering the city. The crew is 1 Officer, 3 Firefighters.
(Normally, if RES1's apparatus breaks down, the spare would be designated RES1.)

No, Yonkers only runs one Rescue Company per tour under normal circumstances. Today, RES1 is being used at a drill so RES2 is covering the city. The crew is 1 Officer, 3 Firefighters.
(Normally, if RES1's apparatus breaks down, the spare would be designated RES1.)

No, Yonkers only runs one Rescue Company per tour under normal circumstances. Today, RES1 is being used at a drill so RES2 is covering the city. The crew is 1 Officer, 3 Firefighters.
(Normally, if RES1's apparatus breaks down, the spare would be designated RES1.)

1961 Newsreel: FDNY unveils hydraulic ladders
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjRvRnXvn_s
I found this little gem online. I believe they are talking about the 146 foot Margirus ladders.
Stillman Fires Collection - FDNY Chief Officers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15o_ZFMLVUI
Also found this one. No idea when it is from, only there is no sound and it lists Superintendent F.P. Schwank.

Summer of 2002, both my sister in law and little brother, as well as my wife and I, were expecting our firstborns. All was going great and we were all very excited.
About 3 weeks before they were due, the doctors noticed "something of concern" with their baby in the sonogram..and they were sent for a more detailed eval down in Westchester. The news was devastating to say the least. The baby's internal organs including the heart were not properly formed, among other abnormalities..they were told she would not survive birth.
In August, they were scheduled for delivery at Wetchester Med...still shell shocked from the news. I remember driving down on August 14th....not knowing what to say, especially since our child appeared to be totally healthy and trying to not be overly excited in front of them.
The delivery was tough to say the least...not only did my brother have to fear losing his first born, but his wife nearly died during the process...the staff at WMC worked their hardest, stabilizing her, and delivering the baby, a little girl, aptly named Faith. She did in fact survive birth...barely...and the second she was born she was whisked away to NICU for so many tests and procedures...
My brother couldnt talk...his wife couldn't even so much as open her eyes..we didn't know what to do, what to say..
My brother was shown how to baptise Faith by our Preist...which he did, as well as her Last Rites..could you imagine that!? I still can't.
We were able to see Faith quickly..and I will be honest..knowing what I knew..I thought it would be best of she passed quickly...when I met her...her eyes were wide open..her little fingers moving...so much about her that day was amazing, but I still can picture her beautiful blue eyes..the eyes of a fighter! I knew right then that no matter what actions needed to be taken, no matter the cost..that little Faith deserved every chance in the world to survive.
And fight she did!
She was taken to Columbia Pres by Stat Flight ground crew..the very same people I had worked with so many times on Empress chopper jobs...My brother was told not to expect her to live through the trip. BUT she did! Faith and her mother spent months living at Colmbia Pres...so many surgeries..rebuilt her heart, as she was born with a single chamber..her kidneys...a feeding tube, chest tubes, so many other things they patched, fixed, or made..amazing work..GOD'S WORK.
MY little brother aged 30 years in that time..barely working so they could be together as a family..just in case..so many times they were prepared for the inevitable.
In November, our Son was born, 100 precent healthy. I would be lying if I said we didnt feel a tinge of guilt, but moreso releived.
Right before Christmas 2002, little Faith came home. Amazing.
She was in and out of the hospital alot...for a long time..more surgeries..got very sick easy..
This all took one helluva toll on my Brother and his Wife. They lived like zombies..no emotion at all..just numb.
We were on vacation in Myrtle Beach the next summer when the house phone rang in the middle of the night..my brother crying that Faith was being airlifted to WMC by Stat Flight and she wasn't going to make it. And we are 13 hours away..
Well...she did survive another battle!
As she grew, she lived a very normal life..but was still plagued by medical issues..a long term feeding tube..frail..
Faith and her mother just returned from her first vacation to Scotland, where her mom was born and raised before coming to th US..
Today we got together to celebrate Faith's NINTH birthday.. This little FIGHTER is as normal as any other 9 year old today..she is the TOUGHEST, BRAVEST, SWEETEST person I know. She could teach volumes on being a survivor...she has more fight in her than I ever will. A NINTH birthday for a wee little lass who wasn't supposed to survive birth. Guess she showed them!
So even though we read daily that the police, fire, EMS, hospital, and medevac staffs are overpaid, under appreciated, overworked, etc..know that there are peopl eout there who benefited from your actions, your training, and your skills..people who appreciate you and what you do - because as little, well, not so little anymore, Faith can prove...you are needed and appreciated..from the Doctors who reconstructed her heart, to the nurses who changed her, to the medics that responded to their house when she collapsed, to the firemen who stood by while the chopper took off with her, to the Trooper who didn't ticket my mother on the TSP...all of you made a difference.
Thank you.
And HAPPY BIRTHDAY FAITHY...I LOVE YOU!

While I'd say some of the views here are interesting and the writers are entitled to their opinions, I don't believe the fire department or any branch of public safety for that fact is just there to keep people employed.. While I think foam and sprinklers are good things I hardly think all the foam or sprinklers in the world are gonna stop every fire from happening. SMH
Take a read at the sprinkler and foam articles in the current edition. BTW - This is what your mayors and probably some Governors are reading and people wonder why things are so screwed up -
http://webapps.icma.org/pm/9307/
Stay safe out there Guys (and ladies)
Joe

Empress EMS EMT Elvin Delgado has fallen ill to a rare form of cancer,
from which recovery will be long and difficult.
He is a 15 year veteran of Empress EMS.
He has always approached everyday with a smile to the start of his day and to every patient he meets. Now we need to help him keep that smile, for himself, for his family by showing him the support he has from all of his friends, his family in Emergency Services.
10-13 FUNDRAISER
Friday, August 19
6:00 PM to 2:00 AM
Barney McNabb's
600 Tuckahoe Road
Yonkers, NY
http://www.barneymcnabbs.com/

The Squad responds:
1.As an Engine would normally.
2.If the Rescue isn't available, it responds on reported Structure Fires Citywide.
3.For Inside Gas Emergencies, they respond for half the city. (The Rescue responds on the other half)
4.On some parkways, they respond with on Vehicle Accident assignments instead of the Rescue.
5.For Mutual Aid, they're frequently used as the Engine that is sent.
6.For Building/Trench Collapse, they respond with the Collapse Unit (kept in their quarters.)
7.They're part of the HazMat Task force for large HazMat incidents.
8. They carry an inflatable boat when flooding occurs in the city.
9. They are an Extrication Unit. (Have the Jaws etc.)
I might have missed some of their functions...

The Squad responds:
1.As an Engine would normally.
2.If the Rescue isn't available, it responds on reported Structure Fires Citywide.
3.For Inside Gas Emergencies, they respond for half the city. (The Rescue responds on the other half)
4.On some parkways, they respond with on Vehicle Accident assignments instead of the Rescue.
5.For Mutual Aid, they're frequently used as the Engine that is sent.
6.For Building/Trench Collapse, they respond with the Collapse Unit (kept in their quarters.)
7.They're part of the HazMat Task force for large HazMat incidents.
8. They carry an inflatable boat when flooding occurs in the city.
9. They are an Extrication Unit. (Have the Jaws etc.)
I might have missed some of their functions...

The Squad responds:
1.As an Engine would normally.
2.If the Rescue isn't available, it responds on reported Structure Fires Citywide.
3.For Inside Gas Emergencies, they respond for half the city. (The Rescue responds on the other half)
4.On some parkways, they respond with on Vehicle Accident assignments instead of the Rescue.
5.For Mutual Aid, they're frequently used as the Engine that is sent.
6.For Building/Trench Collapse, they respond with the Collapse Unit (kept in their quarters.)
7.They're part of the HazMat Task force for large HazMat incidents.
8. They carry an inflatable boat when flooding occurs in the city.
9. They are an Extrication Unit. (Have the Jaws etc.)
I might have missed some of their functions...

Date:06-15-2011
Time:1556
Location:47 Mansion Av; betw Frey Av & d.e.
Frequency: 484.7125
Units Operating: E307, E312, SQ11, E313, L75, L73, RES1, SAFT, B2
Weather Conditions: clear, warm
Description Of Incident:Working Structure Fire
Writer:batt2
Caller reporting "smoke from downstairs window."
1608: s/c Additional Engine: E310

sure its for fire fighting..... its really for crowd control...

FYI - for the past 2 years this has become a useful drill to exercise deployment of our USAR resources as well as mutual aid. The 2 frontline units that participated were backfilled with fully stocked reserve apparatus prior to leaving the city (When we send mutual aid out and it goes to work our policy is to backfill them with reserve rigs). As far as the USAR resources it gives us an oppurtunity to deploy vehicles, trailers and other equipment - this allows us to identify best practices and more importantly any shortcomings.

New Morning Pride pants,with internal harness (leg straps run around leg inside the pants)