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Melville, NY - On December 12, 2012, the Suffolk County Emergency Service Unit and the Melville Fire Department responded to a car accident where the car rolled overand the driver was trapped.

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City Service Hook & LadderTrucks and Quads

City Service Hook & LadderTrucks and Quads

By Walter P. McCallAvailable from: FSP Books &

Videos, 188 Central Street, Hud-son, MA 01749-1330.

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grafix book measuring 8 inches by10 inches and has 126 pages. Theauthor is well known as a dedi-cated apparatus buff and I can per-sonally testify that he is one of themost knowledgeable in the subjectof fire trucks and their histories.

As many know, the difference

between quads and city servicetrucks by definition is that thename, “quad” is short for “quadru-ple combination” meaning that thevehicle specifically had a ratedpump, a hosebed, a water tank anda full complement of ground lad-ders.

It fit between a triple combi-nation and a quintuple combina-tion apparatus. A triple did nothave a full complement of groundladders and a quint was a quadwith the addition of an aerial de-vice. Many apparatus called quintstoday do not meet the strict defi-nition.

City service trucks customar-ily only carried ground ladders,but there were some that had achemical tank (soda acid andwater solution) and one on page89 has a 500 gpm front mountedpump.

The book has a chapter on theprinciple builders of these trucksfollowed by seven chapters stem-ming from the early years and intothe 1970’s and beyond. There is aninteresting color section from page113 through 126. The early quads

were distinguishable by their longbodies due to many ladders beingone piece.

When more ladder lengths be-came available with one or moreextension sections, is when themore modern quads assumed thelengths of pumpers and it was noteasy to distinguish a quad from apumper unless one went to the rearto discover the ladder comple-ment.

However, if a fire departmentstill wanted to have a single, longsection ladder as part of the inven-tory, then a modern day quad maywell be made in the extended bodyfashion. It is interesting to notehow long some cities continued touse city service ladder trucks. Youcan find out by reading the book.

The photo gallery, which ismost of the book is exceptionaland many interesting apparatus. Inmy opinion, a Walt McCall booksells itself so I will simply attest tobuying one and not being disap-pointed.

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MVA during Santa Run for MasticMastic, NY. On the evening of

December 22, 2012, Mastic FireDepartment Engine 5-12-2 was ontheir Santa Run and found a two carMVA at the corner of Floyd Roadand Surrey Circle.

The engine radioed back toFirecom that they would need EMSand police to the scene.

Mastic FD were also toned out,were on the scene all ready.

Firefighters handled all of thehazards on the scene.

EMS transported to a local hos-pital and Mastic FD Engine 5-12-2returned to their Santa Run.

- HAROLD JACOBS

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Flying Dutchmen lookback on the 2012 season

As outgoing captain Gary A.Schaum watched his replacement,Ryan Tenney, take the oath of officeas drill team captain of the FlyingDutchmen drill team on January 4,2013 during the West Sayville FireDepartment’s installation ceremony,his thoughts wandered back to theprior year. 2012 had been a goodyear for the team with six tourna-ment victories, the most of any teamin the state, coupled with a trio ofsecond place finishes and a pair ofthird place efforts making for an av-erage finish of 1.64. A record anyother team would certainly be envi-ous of. The six wins also increasedthe team’s total tournament victorycount to 164 since first engaging infirematic competition in 1892.

On top of that, the FlyingDutchmen compiled more overalltournament points than any of theirSuffolk County counterparts overthe summer of 2012 as well as in theindividual contests of Motor Hookand Ladder Class B, Motor Hookand Ladder Class C and MotorHose Class B. The season totalpoints championship was the team’ssixteenth since the honor was firstbestowed in 1973. The team’s profi-ciency and speed were further re-flected in the honor of topping theB Ladder and C Ladder contestsstatewide with the fastest comple-tion times of 4.99 seconds and 8.79seconds respectively.

West Sayville’s hard work re-sulted in an additional eighty con-test and tournament total pointstrophies and fifty-three leg trophiesgracing the shelves of the team’s al-ready 3,000 plus collection.

Most of these achieve-ments were duly noted back in Oc-tober when the Suffolk CountyParade and Drill Team Captains’Association held its annual awardsand installation dinner in OceanBay Park. Innumerable times theWest Sayville team was recognizedfrom the podium for its achieve-ments and accumulated ten awards.

The Suffolk County total cumu-lative points trophy for the MotorHook and Ladder Class B contestdonated by the Rowse, Paris and

Partridge families of Patchogue.The Suffolk County total cumu-

lative points trophy for the MotorHook and Ladder Class C contestdonated by the North LindenhurstFire Department.

The Artie Rogers MemorialSuffolk County Ladder Championstrophy.

The Suffolk County total cumu-lative points trophy for the MotorHose Class B contest donated by theBay Shore Red Skins.

The Suffolk County total cumu-lative points trophy for the B Hose,C Hose and Motor Pump contestsdonated by Robert Peckham.

The Past Presidents Trophy forSuffolk County total cumulativepoints trophy in the motorizedevents donated by the SuffolkCounty Parade and Drill Team Cap-tains’ Association.

The Suffolk County Drill Offi-cials Association total cumulativepoints trophy and plaque.

The John W. Van Wyen, Sr. Me-morial total cumulative points tro-phy donated by the West SayvilleFire Department

The Theodore Jaffie MemorialTrophy for total season points do-nated by the Suffolk County Paradeand Drill Team Captains’ Assoc.

The Suffolk County TotalPoints Cup donated by the WestSayville Flying Dutchmen whichwas designed and built by teamcoach Frank R. Miller, Sr.

The 2012 Flying DutchmenDrill Team was coached by FrankR. Miller, Sr. and G. Scott Schraderand comprised of Captain Gary A.Schaum, Lieutenant Ryan Tenney,David Banks, Kristy Banks, PatrickGarrett, Michael Heerbrandt, RyanHuguenin, Chad Leigh-Manuell,Michael Marra, Robert Marra,Frank R. Miller, Jr., Allen New-house, Robert Noonan, RichardQuenzer, Joseph Quenzer, DouglasQuenzer and Daniel Tenney.

- WARREN HORST


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Mastic, NY - At 12:00 p.m. on December 2nd, the Mastic pa-raded stepped off. People lined the parade route to watch allof the fire and ems vehicles pass by. The Mastic Fire Depart-ment helped Santa out by bringing him down the parade route.

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Capt. Patrick D'Onofrio presenting outgoing Chief Joseph Schroeder with his Ex-Chiefs plaque com-memorationg all of the ranks he attained in the department.

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Accident and gas leak in MassapequaAt 12:11 p.m. on Friday, De-

cember 28, the Massapequa FireDepartment dispatcher received acall for an auto accident atFriendly's located on SunriseHighway.

A car had hit the building atthe point where the gas line entersthe building. The high pressureline going into the gas meter wassevered.

A general alarm was put out

and Chief of Department Darestatook command of the operation.

Firefighters quickly began dig-ging a hole at the curb to locate thegas shutoff. Nassau County Policeshutdown Sunrise Highway anddepartment members evacuatedhomes and businesses in the area.

A short time later, the gas wasshutdown and National Grid ar-rived on the scene to correct theproblem.

Sunrise Highway was closedfor almost two hours causing amajor traffic problem.

The person in the vehicle thatstruck the building was not in-jured.

- ED TUFFY

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WSFD Installation DinnerThe West Sayville Fire Department held their Annual Installation Meeting on Friday, January 4,2013. At that meeting the new Chief of Department, Robert Doucet was sworn in as Chief by hisbrother, Ex-Chief Richard Doucet. Photos attached include Chief Doucet taking his oath of of-fice as his wife Debbie and children look on with pride. Second photo is of The third photo isof Chief Robert Doucet presenting Ex-Chief Joseph Schroeder with his Ex-Chiefs badge. Localpoliticians were hand also to honor Ex-Chief Schroeder and all of his accomplishments.

Share the gym, not the germs!

Cold and flu season is upon usand now more than ever, we haveto work hard to minimize the wide-spread of germs. Many of us sharethe gym, but that doesn’t mean wehave to share the germs. Here arejust some of the things to keep inmind so your workouts remain thepath to health and wellness as op-posed to illness.

First of all, wash your handsbefore you enter the gym. You notonly want to avoid picking upgerms, you also don’t want to bethe one bringing them in.

Come equipped with your ownbottle of water. Drinking fountainsare a breeding ground for germsand even the water cooler can be anissue. Many exercisers refill theirwater bottles or cups from thewater fountain or cooler and if theyare touching the spout with the cupor bottle that has already touchedtheir lips, well, here come thegerms.

Control the environment in thegym if you can. The temperaturein the gym should not be too warmor moist and should be well-venti-lated. If possible and/or necessaryopen a window, turn down the ther-mostat and make the room less“germ-friendly”. If you have nocontrol over the temperature, con-sult with management to see if theycan make the proper adjustments.

Cover cuts and sores. If youhave a cut, no matter how minor,cover it up before entering the gym.Those tiny wounds may seem likenothing, but they are the perfect lit-tle path for germs to enter yourbody. Shut the door to germs, aband aid is a simple fix here.

Use a bacterial wipe or spray towipe down any pieces of equip-ment you plan to use. We are all in-structed to wipe down equipmentafter we use it. I, however, alwaysrecommend that exercisers wipethe equipment down before andafter their workout. Let’s face it, bynot wiping it down before, you areassuming that the last exerciserwiped it down after. As you knowpeople vary in their level of com-pliance. Do you really want to rely

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on someone else when it comes tosomething as important as yourhealth? Wipe it down first.

Bring two towels, one towel toplace down on benches and mats be-fore lying on them and a second onefor wiping your face. I tell myclients to be sure to bring a towelthat is imprinted on one side so thatthey always know which side goeson the equipment and which side tolie on. Bring that second towel if youneed to wipe your face during theworkout. It’s also a good idea towipe your face with one side of thetowel and hold it or put it down onthe other. Sounds a bit fanatical, butstaying well is surely worth the extraeffort. An easy trick to keep theclean side clean is to fold the towelin half with the clean side in. Youcan then roll it up. The clean side re-mains clean and you can grab therolled towel or lie it down withoutcontaminating the clean part thatwill touch your face. I use this trickwith my exercise mat too.

Be sure not to touch your faceduring the workout. Your hands willbe touching all kinds of things whilein the gym. You may want to wearworkout gloves to protect yourhands. If so, be sure to clean yourgloves regularly and to store themaway from clean clothes and towelsto avoid contamination. The gloveswill protect your hands, but again,do not touch your face, until youhave removed the gloves and/orwashed your hands.

Wash your hands and face withantibacterial soap or use an antibac-terial gel on your hands immediatelyafter your workout. If possible,shower with antibacterial soap afteryour workout.

Keep your clean clothes sepa-rate from your dirty clothes andtowel. After your shower, be sure toput on clean clothes as your work-out gear will be loaded with germs.Keep clean and dirty clothes in dif-ferent bags or at least in separatecompartments. Wash dirty clothes assoon as possible and the actual dirtyclothes bag often.

This year has already becomeone of the worst flu seasons in UShistory. Let’s all be part of the solu-tion and not part of the problem. Doall you can to avoid the spread ofbacteria, germs and viruses. We allgo to the gym to strengthen our bod-ies and our immune systems. We cancertainly share the gym withoutsharing the germs.

As always, stay safe and staywell!

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Operation Wounded Warrior Pasta Dinner raises over $72,000On October 13th, the Locust

Valley Fire Department held theirFifth Annual Operation WoundedWarrior Pasta Dinner fundraiser tobenefit wounded soldiers returningfrom overseas.

Locust Valley FD has beenquite successful in their fundraisingefforts from over $12,000 in 2007,increasing each year, to over$72,000 this year. OperationWounded Warrior has been well re-ceived in the community throughthe efforts of the three co-chairs: Lt.Paul Long, Lt. Paul Marecki andLt. Brian Plumb.

The entire Locust Valley FDmembership, their spouses andchildren, the Chief of the Depart-ment, Dominick Scaperotta and As-sistant Chiefs, Brian Nolan, PeterGreenfield and Kevin Barry aresupportive. All of the aforemen-tioned were involved in the monthsof preparation and a full week ofcooking to get ready for this im-portant event.

The pasta dinner was well at-tended and fully supported by thesurrounding communities. The sur-rounding FDs assisted in bus andvan transportation of people to andfrom remote parking lots, directingtraffic, as well as serving the din-ner.

All in all, there were over 1,800meatballs, more than 120 pounds ofpasta and over 65 gallons of saucedelivered in a four hour period(4pm to 8pm).

The Head Chef, Mr. Peter Mor-ris, an honorary member of LVFD,coordinated the cooking in the fire-house kitchen assisted by his wifeTonya and their children. Besidesgreat food, there were a variety ofdoor prizes including a large flatscreen TV, 50/50 raffle tickets and aChinese auction with over 100items ranging from another 50 inchflat screen TV, to golf outings, towine baskets, to jewelry, to gift cer-tificates for local restaurants.

After dinner, everyone was en-tertained by former U.S. Navymedical corpsman and Iraq warveteran, Shannon Book and U.S.Marine Chief Warrant OfficerChristopher W. Hedgecorth, bothof whom travelled from North Car-olina for the event. Both of thesemen were awarded the PurpleHeart for their injuries while serv-ing abroad. They performed Book’ssong, “Welcome Home,” whichwas dedicated to all the returningtroops. Both men sang and playedtheir guitars before a packed house.The event was held on the truckfloor which was decorated withAmerican flags, state flags andarmed services flags.

On a sad note, this year’s pastadinner also was in honor of thememory of a local marine, 28 yearold LCPL John Schaefer, Jr. fromBayville. John’s three tours abroadin three and a half years eventuallycost him his life just two weeks be-fore Locust Valley’s fundraiser forOWW.

John left behind his grievingparents, Susan and John Sr., his sis-ter Michele and his fiancé Meghanand countless friends in theBayville and Locust Valley FDs

and surrounding communities. Atthe request of John’s family, dona-tions in his memory were directedto Locust Valleys OWW pasta din-ner.

To date, the donations have to-taled over $10,000, all of which willgo towards helping our injuredtroops. Nassau County Fire Fight-ers – Operation Wounded Warrior(NCFF-OWW), organized in 2006,is a non-profit 501c (3) organizationwhose mission is to provide neededitems plus gifts to the injured menand women of our armed services.

These items are personally de-livered by up to 100 firefightersfrom Nassau County, including Lo-cust Valley firefighters in early De-cember of each year. As noted bythe committee co-chairs, the annualtrip is when they “visit our injuredtroops in Walter Reed National Mil-itary Medical Center (former Wal-ter Reed Army Hospital) andBethesda hospitals and the recuper-ating injured troops at both FortBragg and Camp Lejeune in NorthCarolina.” Co-chair Lt. Paul Longwas truly amazed at the gifts and themoney that were donated by thecommunity. “We are truly blessed tohave such a supportive and givingcommunity” said Lt. Long. “It is anamazing tradition to be a part of”Long continued, “and we the chair-men and committee are simply inawe of the continued increased sup-port every year for our troops. Itmakes us so proud of our commu-nity to know that here we don't justpay lip service to our nation’s he-roes. We demonstrate that we gen-uinely care about our young injuredmen and women by digging deepinto our pockets to assist them eachand every year! We are proud thatour community has made the na-tion’s wounded warriors a top pri-ority.”

Co-chair Lt. Paul Marecki said,“I cannot believe how far we havecome from our first year when weraised $12,000, and an ever increas-ing amount every year followingthat. We have raised over $150,000altogether at this point for Opera-tion Wounded Warrior!”

”This is a great fundraiser and Iam so grateful for our community,”said Lt. Brian Plumb.

“The fact that all the food is do-nated and we don’t take a dime foradministrative costs is great,” saidHead Chef Peter Morris. “It is obvi-ous to see that the LVFD volunteersand Locust Valley and neighboringcommunities want to help ourtroops in any way they can.” If youwish to start an Operation WoundedWarrior fundraiser at your firehouseplease contact http://www.ncff-oww.com. If you missed our eventand/or wish to make a donationplease write to Operation WoundedWarrior and mail your check to Lo-cust Valley FD, 228 Buckram Road,Locust Valley, NY 11560, AttentionOWW.

- PETER W. OLSON


Bohemia’s first working fire for 2013On January 11, 2013 at 5:35

a.m., the Bohemia Fire Departmentwas activated for a reported struc-ture fire at 40 Middleton Road,Apartment #2.

Upon arrival, Chief of Depart-ment Richard Andersen and 2ndAssistant Chief Sterling Hayneswere advised of a fire on the secondfloor with a victim still trapped in-side.

Both chiefs attempted to rescue

the victim, but were unable to reachthe victim due to heavy smoke andheat.

Bohemia's Truck 6 was the firstarriving engine on scene. The crewbegan a primary search of the sec-ond floor where Firefighter ThomasGorman located and removed the

victim from a rear bedroom. With the assistance of the crew

from Truck 6, the victim was re-moved from the building and theyinitiated CPR.

The patient was then trans-ferred to the care of Sayville Com-munity Ambulance for furthertreatment and transported to South-side Hospital in critical condition.

- FRANK NUZZO

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Just today I received an e-mailfrom FASNY, indicating that NewYork State Governor AndrewCuomo was making appointmentsto three emergency preparednesscommissions on Hurricane Sandy.One of the appointees was FASNYPresident and former New YorkState Fire Administrator JamesBurns. Appointing Jim is a smartmove by the Governor. Jim is along-time advocate for the fireservice.

Hurricane Sandy’s greatestdevastation was in the mostdensely populated areas of NewJersey, Southeastern New York andSouthern New England. This stormwas the third serious storm in a lit-tle over a year to affect many areas.Every storm is unique. This stormcaused historical level high tides,coastal flooding and a tremendousnumber of outages due to fallentrees from high winds.

One of the unique aspects ofthis storm was caused by the lackof power to regional refineries andlocal gas stations. Within a day ortwo, mile-long lines were formingat the few gas stations that hadpower and fuel, reminiscent of thegas shortages and lines in the 70’s.

From an emergency servicespoint of view, these long lines pre-sented unprecedented hardships

for our emergency service person-nel. Some of our municipalities didnot have fuel for emergency vehi-cles.

In addition, many of our volun-teer firefighters spent 36 or 48 hoursresponding to emergencies and thenhad to wait on line for three hoursto fill up their personal vehicles. Thesame applied to volunteers at localambulance corps and career fire-fighters, police, paramedics, etc.,who were working massiveamounts of overtime and then wereforced to spend precious off-dutytime waiting in long gas lines.

I have been a strong advocatefor residents’ purchasing generatorsin order to keep running basic ne-cessities like refrigerators, freezersand the food they contain, as well assump pumps, wells, lights and heat.

However, these small gasoline-powered generators are very thirstyand consume a great deal of gaso-line if run constantly. A 5,000 KWgenerator will easily consume eightto ten gallons of gas per day.

Thousands of generator ownerswere desperate for gasoline, in ad-dition to the normal need for gas.This added greatly to the demandfor gas and the long gas linesthroughout the heavily hit areas.

This situation caught many inthe emergency services off guard aswe scrambled, like everyone else,for fuel for vehicles and our owngenerators.

I encourage the Governor’snewly formed Emergency Pre-paredness Commissions to consideran effort to encourage gas stations(as well as supermarkets and cell

phone towers) to have back-up gen-erators.

They should also consider aprogram that the state of New Jer-sey has been working on, wherebyretail gas stations voluntarily partic-ipate and are pre-certified by theirState Office of Emergency Manage-ment for priority re-supply fueling.

These stations will agree toservice emergency responders dur-ing a declared State of Emergency.These facilities should be clearlyidentified with signage, indicatingthat they give priority to emergencyservices official and personal vehi-cles, i.e. a separate pump could beprovided for police cars, EMS vehi-cles, fire vehicles and active emer-gency services personnel-ownedvehicles, as long as they haveproper identification.

If these type stations can be lo-gistically located in all areas of eachcounty, it would be of benefit to thestation owners and would assist the1st responders during periods wherethey are, in many cases, beingpushed to the max.

Hurricane Sandy should serveas a warning, as we seem to be ex-periencing more frequent and moreserious storms. Imagine what thedevastation would be like if we gethit in these heavily populated areasof the northeast with an actual Cat-egory 1 or 2 hurricane or a massiveice storm, as was experienced in thelate 90’s in northern New York Stateand Canada. I encourage states toconsider addressing the gasolinesupply problem as part of their rec-ommendations.

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Mastic Fire Department provided a stand by crew at Island ParkFD after Hurricane Sandy.

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Iver Roslund celebrates 75th Anniversary of active service

On Friday, November 30th,the Locust Valley Fire Departmentcelebrated the 75th Anniversary ofEx-Captain Iver Roslund.

Iver, a longtime resident ofLocust Valley joined the fire de-partment on November 18, 1937.He has been an active memberever since.

The only time he was not ac-tive in the department was duringhis military service in World WarII as a 1st Lieutenant in the USArmy Armor Division from 1941to 1945.

Iver married his long timesweetheart, Ruth Hicks in 1943,and has two children: Robert andCindy.

Iver and Ruth have five grand-children: Holly, Heather, Robert,Jr. Erick and Evan.

In 1945, Iver was given anhonorary discharge from the USArmy. Upon his return to LocustValley, Iver worked with his fatherand his brother, Henry in the fam-ily carpentry business.

Iver’s father built 17 buildings(house and shops) in Locust Val-ley over the years.

In 1946, Iver’s father passedand Iver and his brother, Henry,started Roslund Brothers, a localconstruction company.

Originally, Iver was a memberof Engine Company No. 1 andthen after World War II EngineCompany No. 1 was split into twocompanies, thus forming EngineCompany No. 2, which Iver is acharter member.

Iver has held several companypositions from Secretary to Treas-urer to 1st Lieutenant and then toCaptain. He was and is still theoriginal member of the Depart-ment Budget Committee repre-senting Engine Company No. 2.

Iver remains active in the de-partment and has never missed adepartment or an Engine Com-pany No. 2 meeting.

He is known for his candid re-marks, his positive attitude, andfor his dedicated service to thecommunity.

The fire department displayed

a 20 foot long banner outside thebuilding to share this historiclandmark with the community.

At the dinner, Iver received ci-tations, certificates of appreciationand proclamations from the localgovernment, the community andfrom his department.

This humble man receivedmuch deserved accolades from hispeers; however, the highlight ofthe evening was his award of thefirst Honorary Chief’s position inthe history of the Locust ValleyFire Department.

Iver’s interesting stories andkeen wit have made him an in-trigue part of the Locust ValleyFire Department and the commu-nity.

He has been known to say onseveral occasions “if I can’t take itwith me, then I’m not going.”

Congratulations to HonoraryChief Iver Roslund on your 75thAnniversary, we wish to thank youfor your dedicated service andwish you many more years atLVFD.

- PETER W. OLSON

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Mastic handles vehiclefire during storm

Mastic, NY - On December 29, 2012, the Mastic Fire Depart-ment was toned out for a vehicle fire at the corner of Mont-gomery and Clifton Avenues. A Mastic engine found smokeshowing from the vehicle. The crew dropped a line and madea fast knock down on the fire. The cause of the fire was un-known at this time.

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1. Look for a bargain: Accord-ing to the National Association ofRealtors, home prices often drop byan average $7,000 after Labor Day.Prices in the Northeast can plum-met by nearly $20,000 by October.

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4. Kick the tires: Fall is the timeof year when the weather takes aturn. When you're buying a home,the leaf litter and returning rain pro-vide ample opportunities to seewhere the current homeownershave done work and what they'veneglected. For the most part, thereshouldn't be leaves piled up in thegutters in late September or earlyOctober. There also should be de-cent gutter drainage that doesn't in-volve water spewing from where adrain pipe once was.

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Winter operationsand personnelsafety Part III

Problems may be encounteredin locating and establishing awater supply. Hydrant and staticw a t e rsources maybe difficultto locateunder snowbanks ord r i f t i n gsnow.

S o m ecommunitieshave localo rd inancesrequiring thenearest resi-dent to maintain the hydrant freeof snow and debris. Other com-munities have an adopt-a-hydrantprogram in which one of theneighborhood residents maintainsthe hydrant. There still is no guar-antee the hydrant will be clear andeasy to spot.

To further complicate matters,the hydrant may be frozen andwill result in a delay in gettinghose lines into operation. Test thehydrant before hooking into it andhave a secondary water supply es-tablished as soon as possible. Ifyour response is within an areaserviced with a hydrant system, allresponding engine companiesshould locate at a hydrant and se-cure a water flow before making acommitment to that hydrant.

Static water sources that haveiced over will require extra time inpenetrating the ice.

In either situation, on boardwater should be used by the firstin attack pumper while a watersource is secured and the use oftanker relays may be the only vi-able source under extreme condi-tions.

All departments, includingmunicipal departments servicedby hydrant systems, should have atanker relay plan in place as an al-ternate source of establishing awater supply. Hydrants should bechecked annually and permitted todrain after each use to preventfreezing in the barrel.

If you have a problem drain-ing a hydrant, the water companyshould be notified to respond. Hy-drants aren’t used every day, forthat matter, most hydrants aren’tused at all, therefore the need foran annual or semiannual hydrantinspection program.

As for static water sources,your department should have awater resource officer, who isknowledgeable as to the locationof all reliable water sources withinthe community that can be tappedwhen the need arises. A map ofyour jurisdiction with all staticwater sources should be on boardeach apparatus.

Apparatus pumps should bedrained in the winter and all linesblown free of any water. Gaugesand valves have the potential tofreeze and should be properlymonitored and drained. It onlytakes a drop or two of water tofreeze up and place the pumperout of commission, and usually ata most inopportune time.

Front mounted pumps mayhave a blanket or heating unit toprovide protection from coldweather and long distance re-sponses. Secure water extinguish-ers in the cab of apparatus or in aheated compartment to protectfrom freezing.

Also protect medical suppliesand other items that can be af-fected by freezing temperatures.The placement of apparatus, espe-cially aerial apparatus, on icy sur-faces and inclines will requireconstant monitoring and the use ofsalt and or sand to aid in main-taining the stability of the vehicleand any positioned outriggers.

The surfaces may not be icywhen the operation begins, but aswater begins to be used the hazardwill develop. If the spot the appa-ratus is positioned looks unstableand un safe relocate to a safer po-sition as there is no need to losefirefighters or apparatus.

Then, when the fire has beenextinguished and it is time to pickup and return, the fun will beginin retrieving frozen hose lines,tools, and retracting aerial equip-ment that has become locked inplace due to icing. Care should betaken when attempting to retractaerial devices and the manufactur-ers’ recommendations should al-ways be followed. Somedepartments have thawing equip-ment to assist in picking up hose,and no matter what method youuse the least number of folds inthe hose when frozen, the better.The best may be to wait for thesun to do its’ thing!

Winter operations increase thepotential of personal injury toemergency responders with a di-rect impact on their personalsafety. Being prepared for extremewinter conditions will greatly re-duce that potential

A last note, if you create anunsafe condition because of yourresponse and actions to extinguisha fire, i.e., water freezing on theroadway while extinguishing a ve-hicle fire, you are responsible tomake the roadway safe beforeopening it. Request a highwaysander to the scene before reopen-ing the roadway if you are unableto alleviate the condition yourself.

Till next time, Buckle Up,Stay Safe and God Bless!

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Manhasset-Lakeville goes mutual aid to Great Neck Alert

On December 18th at 10:17p.m., Manhasset-Lakeville FireDepartment Companies 3 and 4were dispatched to respond mutualaid to the Great Neck Alert FireCompany, who were operating ata house fire on Bayport Lane inthe Village of Saddle Rock.

Tower Ladder 8744 andHeavy Rescue 8730 responded tothe scene. Heavy Rescue 8730was assigned as the FAST unit,while Tower Ladder 8744’s crewwas immediately put to work.

The fire, which was spreadingquickly throughout a very large

private house under construction,was being fed by wind gusts com-ing off Little Neck Bay. Afterthirty minutes of battling the fire,interior firefighting operationswere halted and an exterior opera-tion commenced. Several two anda half inch hose lines, a deck gunand ladder pipe were used to ex-tinguish the fire.

The Great Neck Vigilant FireCompany was on scene with En-

gine 8314 as well as providingEMS services. The Port Washing-ton Fire Department respondedwith Rescue 8522, providing asecond FAST unit.

The Nassau County Fire Mar-shal’s office was notified for animmediate investigation. The inci-dent commander was Great NeckAlert Chief of Department Plakstis(829). All Manhasset-Lakevilleunits were released from the sceneby 3:15 a.m.

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Tool job for MelvilleMelville, NY - On December 12, 2012, the Suffolk County Emergency Service Unit and the MelvilleFire Department responded to a car accident where the car rolled over and the driver wastrapped. The Emergency Service cops used their tools to free the trapped driver. In all, two peo-ple were taken to the hospital by the Melville Fire Department Rescue Squad.

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Hagerman standby crew for Superstorm Sandy.

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Propane truck overturnsEast Patchogue, NY. On the

morning of December 24, 2012shortly after 10:00 a.m., a car wastrying to make a left hand turn intothe Bayside Deli located at 740South County Road.

A propane truck slammed intoa fire chief truck and overturned,crashing into the deli store front.Hagerman Fire Department andSouth County EMS were toned outto the scene.

Hagerman chief’s arrived onthe scene and found that they had a2100 gallon truck overturned and it

had crashed into part of the deli,trapping the driver.

Hagerman command requesteda Level One Technical Rescue re-sponse from Brookhaven TechnicalRescue Task Force, made up of tenfire/rescue agencies.

Firefighters worked on freeingthe driver from the propane truckand dealt with the active propaneleak.

Command requested incomingengines to pick up a fire hydrantand set up a foam operation. LIPAwas also requested to shut poweroff to the area.

After two hours, the propanetruck was emptied and two heavyduty tow trucks were brought in toupright the propane truck.

The driver of the truck wastransported to a local hospital withminor injuries and the driver of thecar was not injured.

- HAROLD JACOBS

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South Hempstead fire hitsbefore Superstorm Sandy

Before Superstorm Sandy devastated portions of Long Is-land, crews were called to 605 May Street in South Hemp-stead for a structure fire. The late morning fire broughtmutual aid from Hempstead for their ladder and Baldwin fortheir FAST truck.

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