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How does Banksville fit in with all this?

Anyone have a pic of the new 2432? I noticed they put new striping on Utility 37 too.

As a tax payer in the town of Eastchester, my sense is the officials in the town and the two villages do not want to get involved. They view the EFD as a separate entity. At one point I asked one of the mayors for their view on the consolidation concept and they would not address.

The residents of the town and villages do not understand the $14mm operating budget. Let alone the capital needs. We have no working ladder. Will the tower get more wear and tear so are we talking well over a million dollars if not closer to two to replace both within a short timeframe? And then the engines. Except for E29, they seemed to be acquired in a relatively short time frame. And the fire houses need Improvements.

Absent a sad event demonstrating the needs of the department, I am not sure how we get the residents to understand. And we are talking about a deparment in one of the weathiest areas in the country with what seems to be substantial neeeds! My impressions may not be correct and I welcome correction.

But sadly I think I am not that far off.

We have a new commissioner this year and a new chair of the board. Maybe we will see improvements.

The Town and Villages cannot get invovled, as the District is a completely separate government entity.

Great shots, and a good job by TMFD. Just wondering, how many career guys do they roll out with? And do the career guys have different turnouts and helmets than the vollies?

Who covers the other half of New Castle?

Great shots Joe! Any more?

How do they work? Dedicated circuit back to the borough CO?

Cheers!

Listen to citywide!

I would, but citywide ends at the county line. This incident was well into Nassau county.

Does anyone here have further details on a major MVA on the LIE westbound between exits 40-39? Reports of 4 ejected, 2 in tramuatic arrest. One extracated by NCPD ESU and also medevac to the scene? LIE Westbound at 40 closed until further notice.

Nice shots. The guys with the black turnouts are the vollys?

Nice shots.

Any pictures of the new Dodge ambulances?

This is not completely unlike my suggestion in a previous thread for a "fly" engine to cover a couple of towns/villages, staffed by one or two members of each department daily, 7:00 am to 6:00 pm and available to respond immediately to any calls in the combined villages. It 'guarantees' a quick response and spreads the load.

On a County wide level, the County could place a paid engine/crew in strategically located local firehouses that have the available apparatus space and amenities for a daytime crew. From there, they can be dispatched to

various local communities as an initial response to supplement the local volunteer departments. Looking forward, compact quints would make the ideal first response apparatus.

The biggest drawback would be if the local volunteers reduced their response in light of "the County truck will take care of it".

What Texas did is forward thinking, solution oriented action. It's commendable. As I also said in a previous thread, it's unfortunate to see so many new firehouse being built or renovated without any accommodation for

bunk space. That's not forward thinking.

Is this what is done in some counties in Maryland around Metro DC?

Anyone have a picture of the current Ladder 46?

Seems like it was canceled. Heavy storms are way up to the north

I remember seeing a pic (somehwere) of the blue and white scheme, but with the door stripes surrounding the patch and just "County Police" on the lower part of the doors. I'll try to find it.

What are the white domes on the trunk?

3) Before the CE took office we reviewed the DPS budget and found the county spends almost $20,000 more on equipping its comprable cars, than local PD. Part of the reason for the cost is they do not use the county contract for setting up the cars.

I'm confused- County employees set up the county cars?

What does the Rebreather unit do?

Good Pics! The new ladders and rescues look awesome! What is the tanker-link communications vehicle?

I think its a duct-rodder. Used to pull cable from manhole to manhole.

What exactly is housewatch?

Great shots. You're a favorite of mine on flickr.

Would like to see a pic of the car in the background behind the 1996 1st precint Caprice....looks like an older model Caprice?

Yep that looks like a 1986-1990 Caprice from Transit.

Rescue 6 has been delivered to TMFD.

Looks great! Saw a picture on LFD171's site. Anyone have more pics?

Is the new Engine a twin to E51?

Lets throw another wrinkle into this. 1st its not that Pelham will not provide additional taxes, in reality they can't. Because the population is so small, the per capita costs to improve are never going to happen. The real issue for Pelham, Pelham Manor and any other small community FD or understaffed FD (career, combo or vol.) is ISO's plan to change the rating system this year.

Under the new plan, any dept that responds to fire calls with fewer than 6 firefighters (2 in / 2 out, MPO & IC) will automatically become an ISO 9.

What does this mean for Pelham?

Annual insurance premiums for commercial and residential properties in Pelham is approximately $5.1 million. In Pelham Manor the premiums are approximately $5.9 million. Combined, the property owners in Pelham and Pelham Manor pay roughly $11 million per year in premiums.

Both PFD & PMFD are ISO PPC 4's. If the 2 depts do not restructure the way the respond to fire so the have at least 4 interior qulified members + an MPO & IC, Both villages will see the ISO change them to 9 and the insurance premiums will go up by 40% per year. Thats a combined increas of $4.4 MILLION.

This increase is more than the current combined budget of the 2 fire departments.

Meanwhile the Pelham Village Mayor and Board are considering reducing manning.

I suspect nothing will change until the ISO rating does and then the finger pointing at village hall will begin.

I agree, but how many people: A) know what ISO rating is, and B ) will know who to blame.

Soooooo-

I just got a new Dell Dimension 570. Have a SimpleDrive external hard drive. Plugged it into a USB port in the back of the tower and it works. Now today, wake the computer up from sleep and hard drive seems to have corrupted. Hard drive is stil under warranty.

But......

Put the hard drive in a USB port in the front of the computer, and it works. Whats going on?