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Date: 3/4/11

Time: 1815

Location: Walden Road

Frequency: Multiple

Units Operating: Tarrytown (PD, E76, E77, E79, E80, L37, 81B1, 81B2) Sleepy Hollow (E87), Pocantico Hills (Tanker 12), Ardsley (E165), Irvington 1 Engine, Croton (Tanker 10), Greenburgh PD EMS, Westchester County PD (Bomb Squad, Crime Scene Unit, others), F.B.I.

Description Of Incident: Caller reported finding a device underneath his car which he believed to be a bomb.

Writer: gpdexplorer

Relocated:

Sleepy Hollow - E86, TL38 to TFD HQ, 73B1 to TVAC HQ

Ossining - L41 to SHFD HQ, OVAC to SHEMS HQ

While relocated, E86 and TL38 handled a reported Gas leak at 371 Carroll Close, all units returned to service, good intent call.

WCPD Bomb Squad made several controlled blasts during the course of the night.

Tarrytown Patch Article

Please send me a PM if I missed anything/anyone.

So, does anyone know if these 5 antiques are privatley owned or department/company owned?

To the best of my knowledge, Hope Hose Company owns their old Fox, Riverside Hose Company owns both of their old Seagraves, and Consolidated Engine Company either owns both old Ward LaFrances or 1 is company owned and the other is privately owned by company members.

I don't know the answers to your first questions, but I do know the answer to the last. Yes, as of yesterday it is still the powder blue and white.

Congrats on the new truck ttown do u now if or when eng 77 is going to get a new 1.

I haven't heard of anything, but my best guess would be at least 5-7 years. The old 78 was 25 years old when it was finally replaced, the current 80 is 23 years old, and 37 is working on a new truck and is also about 23 years old. The current 77 is only 16 years old. The members down there also keep there truck in tip-top shape, so I imagine it will be able to work faithfully for those 5-7 years.

Riverside Hose of Tarrytown is expecting delivery of a Crimson Rescue Pumper. Here are some spy shots of the current progress. More photos can be seen at Crimson Fire.

Thank you every one for your support, it is much appreciated. Words cannot express how much it means to us.

Detective Checchi is a top notch man, and an excellent cop. He was my little league coach for 2 years. He has had a positive influence on many over his years in Sleepy Hollow.

The driver's headset on my truck only has an "earmuff" on the right side, allowing for the left ear to remain open. The PTT button, in my opinion, is located in a very awkward position. The other downside is the radio traffic and speaking on the intercom over lap each other. Also if the PTT is pressed all mics on the intercom are then transmitted on the radio frequency.

Wireless technology is not there yet for the headsets. There are also plugs at the pump panel and on the turntable.

The driver should be focusing on one person, and that's the spotter. No reason to use a portable, and you don't want the driver to take his hands of the wheel to use a mic if he has any questions, etc.

We do have the headsets on our truck, just not on the rear to have that kind of set up. Thats why we use portables. I honestly would not be comfortable using the head set on a 2 foot wire to assist backing up a 40+ foot long, 65,000 pound truck. I cant see anything on the other side of the truck. Accidents happen, and I dont want to be the one in the drivers seat or on the rear headset when something happens. I'd rather be the guy with the portable who is a safer distance from the truck and getting the same job done.

If I'm at the wheel and my spotter says something to me that I need to verbally answer to, I stop the truck and respond to the message or I have whoever else is on the truck respond for me. Yes the driver always pays attention to the spotter, but must also be proficient enough to still scan his/her mirrors. Whether you using a portable or a head set, you're still getting the same message across.

Our guys just use portables. I think its a little safer because it allows the person behind the truck to get a better view because they are able to move about more freely to look for obstructions, etc. and also keeps them further away to avoid any potential accidents of getting hit by the truck.

Date:08/02/2010

Time: 1605 approx

Location: Tappan Zee Bridge

Frequency: Fire 14, WCPD, Marine 16

Units Operating: Tarrytown Marine 5, Sleepy Hollow Marine 7, WCPD Marine 3, Tarrytown 81-B2, Greenburgh ALS, Rockland Units

Weather Conditions: Clear

Description Of Incident: Jumper Down

Writer: gpdexplorer

Approx 1605, report of a jumper up on the North bound side of the TZB. Person later jumped, reportedly on the surface of the water, 100 ft from bridge. Victim was rescued by the crews of Marine 5 and 7, and WCPD Marine 3. Transported to awaiting EMS at Tarrytown dock by Marine 5 and transfered to 81-B2 and transported to WMC.

Agreed, I only stopped in because I was on my way home from Hartford. The collections were nice, but there was not a lot there too keep anyone there for any amount of time. Kevin, at about 1200 there were only 4 or 5 apparatus there, nothing special at all. Most were in service pieces.

As far as I know, the plan is to allow funding to allow members to take the courses at the county training center, not to hold them in Tarrytown, but don't quote me on that.

Yes, this is replacing the old Coke truck. While it looks a lot bigger than the old truck, it is carrying all the same gear, minus the new cascade, the generator and cord reels, and added room for manpower. The old utility only allowed for a total of 3 tightly packed firefighters to sit in the front. It also allows for everything to be more organized, as everything else used to be stored in bins that were stacked in the compartments and a pain in the rear end to move around.

And Seth, just as the members put a lot of work into the old utilty, we put just as much, if not more into this unit. And the unique look is starting to grow on me.

Good work by Assistant Chief Scott of the South Salem FD!

LoHud Article

Saw them filming this while I was recerting my peace officer status at the police academy last week. Keep up the good work YPD.

Having just finished writing my senior thesis on the death penalty, I can't say that I have seen anything you say in any of the arguments against the death penalty I read. While I still don't have clear cut side as to where I stand (alyhough I argued against in the paper), if you are so against the death penalty, there are so many more ways to argue against the death penalty (i.e. financial issues, racial issues, little effect on homicide rates) rather than bringing in your highly biased views and attacking members of the law enforcement community.

Very little changes with a tiller vs. a rear mount. The tillerman is the O/V, so once on the scene of a job, he goes to work as the O/V would in any company. The chauffeur will set up the aerial the same way he would in a rear mount. There's really not much too it. Hit the parking break, put down both tormentors and raise the stick. I've only worked in a tiller a handful of times as a detail, but for operating purpose (other than driving) they act the same as a rearmount. Once the ladder is in position it's available for the roofman to take up, if he hasn't found an adjoining building that is. The chauffeur is also now free to assist with ground ladders in the front of the building, or assist the O/V if he's made it to the rear. The chauffeur becomes the utility man, just as he would in any other stick. Now, TL's are a whole different animal...

That's kinda what I thought, I was just trying to see if maybe the money crunchers were trying to get rid of the tillers to save manpower or what have you, but I couldn't see the manpower being different on a tiller from that of a straight stick.

Besides making a chocks comment, this is why children should always be supervised when allowing them to explore the inside of a rig, especially when in the driver's seat.

A few questions, I'd appreciate some help. I'm looking for answers regarding the FDNY, put anyones input is appreciated.

Who is responsible for setting up the tiller once it arrives on scene? the operator of the tractor or the operator steering the trailer end, or both?

Once the stick is ready, does the operator of the trailer end go to work with the crew or stay at the truck and assist the other operator?

those old trucks are tanks, they can still perform under pressure.

RIP Capt Iaccino, may angels lead you in. My condolences to the family and his brothers and sisters of the Roosevelt FD.

My buddy at school filled me in on this.

4 FF's from Framingham, MA were injured when the apparatus where in crashed and rolled over. All members on board were seatbelted in. They were not responding to an emergency at the time of the incident. No official determination has been made as of yet as to what caused the accident.

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A good senior man is an experienced firefighter who will take younger firefighters under their wing and show them the ropes. He in understanding of the younger guy/gal, with out babying them, and knows it takes time to get it right, but lets them know what when they are f***ing up and shows them how to fix it. A good senior man isn't afraid to get down and dirty, but also lets the younger guys get in and go to work without putting them in a place they aren't ready for. The senior man doesn't necessarily have to have the most time in, because let's be honest a lot of the older guys around the firehouse are exactly the best role models on the fire ground. The senior man, while packed with knowledge, is humble and always willing to learn and train.

I consider the "senior men" to be such because they demonstrate the above, when I first started out, there were a group of guys who would show me what to do and how to do it. When it came to go out and jobs they would let me shadow them and when they thought I was ready for something, they would give me a shot at it. Then there weree clearly the other older guys who could swear up and down that they could teach every class out there and but never came out to drill.

My 2 Cents for now.

Looking at that picture, the stream looks to be hitting around 100 feet away from the quint, so why wouldn't a handline reach?

I don't think it wasn't that a handline wouldn't reach, I think they the IC chose the master stream because it provided a higher volume of water and could cover a greater area of land, the picture just shows where they are covering at that moment in time, I think they probably covered most of the hill with the master stream.