Recent content by jlab

https://www.silive.com/crime-safety/2024/04/firefighter-injured-in-fdny-response-to-house-fire-on-staten-island.html

The first step is recognition of a problem which doesn't usually happen until a disaster strikes. Then the only solution is some type of regionalization of fire fighting resources but this may not help with response times.

Sometimes yes and sometimes no. It all depends on the location.

Another rear deck fire. https://www.silive.com/news/2024/04/fdny-responds-to-saturday-night-house-fire-in-eltingville-that-left-3-injured.html

A major vulnerability would be Gas mains and Water mains. Time to use the 2,000 gpm pumpers, Satellites and the Super Pumper to move big water from areas with working water mains or drafting sites to areas without them. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/06/nyregion/earthquake-nyc-overdue.html

My question is, if the incident is out in the middle of the water and at a time when very few victims are involved, how can sending many, many land based units to the scene be useful ? I can see sending fire boats, divers, ambulances and helicopters but I don't see how a large number of...

141 Norway Ave. 20:13 initial call. Under Control 20:43 Duration 30 minutes https://www.silive.com/crime-safety/2024/03/fdny-fights-fire-at-south-beach-houses-on-sunday-night-no-injuries-reported.html

Question is how effective was this product ?

I recently noticed a new style of residential building being constructed on Staten Island. Previuosly if the builder wanted to use a lot to accomodate two families the two houses would be built next to each other with a 2 hour sheetrock fire wall in between the two dwellings. Recently I noticed...

https://www.silive.com/news/2024/03/fdny-responds-to-warehouse-fire-in-new-brighton.html

https://www.silive.com/news/2024/02/ny-gov-hochul-announces-20m-to-improve-emergency-communications-throughout-state.html New York City $3,000,000 New York City will use the grant award to upgrade and improve the National Interoperability Channels, enhancing interoperability with the...

Thanks for the response. I wonder why they just don't use hydrants on those large mains with 2 or 3 steamer connections to take the volume ? Would connecting the new super pumper to a hydrant on a 48 inch main wiht 60 psi would be quicker than hooking up two pumpers in parallel or tandem as you...

Bill Proposed by State Senator Micharel Gianaris wou;ld require that media be able to receive unencrypted communications without delay while the general public would be able to access those communications with a 10 minute delay. This bill is currently in Committee and would affect the entire...

https://www.silive.com/news/2024/02/nypd-encrypts-staten-island-radio-frequencies-leaving-reporters-and-enthusiasts-with-silence.html