Recent content by AYoung

Happened 2 miles from my station. I know two of the three. Phil was a great dude and Brent is a hell of a cop. Please keep their families in your prayers.

We had a kid do this locally AT school. He's now facing felony arson and felony vandalism charges.

Local Coverage May he rest in peace.

https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/blazing-fire-breaks-out-at-cleveland-heights-new-4-story-apartment https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/cuyahoga-county/cleveland-heights-large-fire-new-cedar-lee-apartment-complex/95-27f67e41-acf9-4c77-a2ca-51c6b323518a I'm going to try to...

That wasn't a helicopter that hit a drone. It was a fixed wing asset. The "super scooper" is designed to refill their water tanks by basically landing on a body of water and picking up water before taking off again. They're owned by the Quebec government, hence their callsign.

OH TF-1 is headed down as well.

I would have to agree and it seems, at a quick glance, most of their trucks are TDAs with a few middle mount sticks intermixed. They have one tower, but it's a rear mount. So it would seem the mid mount tower would probably be a bit of a change for them.

Ohio Task Force 1 left yesterday night as a Type 3 team. They hadn't decided where they were headed when the deployment made the news.

All good. I was slightly worried because they (the news) really didn’t cover much of the stand-off.

Do you have any news coverage confirming that? He was found roughly 10 miles from where the shooting happened. Columbus is 150+ miles away. This also happened pretty local to me, as in I have friends on the PD in the city that the standoff was in, and I've not seen anything about another cop...

Suspect has been found and is dead after taking his own life during a standoff.

You can only provide the services the tax payers are willing to pay for. I've been told that for many many years. This applies to everyone, but honestly applies more to the volunteer jurisdictions that anywhere else. Luckily I work for a full time department with established automatic mutual...

Yep. Were a crew of 6, minimum on duty is 5 with an engine, truck and 2 ALS busses.

I’ll completely agree with you. Between my dept and 4 other surrounding depts, we have a total of 4 aerials over 6 stations. For the amount of use that they get it’s not worth it. We could probably drop one and still be just fine for their lack of use. I can’t remember the last fire that the...

The biggest city in my area, Cleveland, has gone to quints on all their truck companies. No closure of companies or reduction in manpower just easier for them. They run into situations where the truck ends up by themselves for awhile and are able to start suppression if need be. Same goes for...