Posts Tagged: Long Island
EMS official grabs WNBC-TV camera. Apparently they don’t read U.S. Court of Appeals decisions in Suffolk County, New York.
Was Long Island exempted from the Constitution?
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Raw video: Long Island house fire.
House fire in Kings Park.
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Unsolicited PR advice from STATter911.com on the Long Island drill team wreck. If you believe in & can justify what you are doing don’t run & hide. If not, change course.
What I have to say isn't very complicated, but is often missed by those in a position of leadership when they are angry and defensive about those nasty reporters breathing down their necks.
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Must see video: It ain’t all bad out there Statter. Look how this police officer handles one man armed with a camera & a gun! Plus, charges to be dropped against man with camera in Suffolk County, New York & internal investigation back after Las Vegas citizen photographer beaten.
Dave is now president of the Cpl. Matt Lyons fan club. Care to join?
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What country is this? A look at some recent incidents where the police become news editors & decide what is & isn’t okay for us to see.
Dave thinks these words from a police chief are great words to live by for first responders: "Do your job so that if you were being taped and the tape was shown to your loved ones you would never be ashamed."
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A Long Island fire department’s clear message to OBL. Plus, the view from a Manhattan firehouse.
More reaction from firefighters to the killing of Osama bin Laden.
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Fire & police radio traffic from scene of firefighter shot in Bellmore, New York.
Firefighter has non-life threatening injuries. Gunman is dead.
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UPDATE: Firefighter shot on Long Island at Bellmore crash scene. Police in Nassau County shoot & kill gunman.
Crash victim opened fire on ambulance crew.
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FireTruckBlog.com: Glenn looks at the trooper ticketing the fire chief. You will want to read this one. Plus, another example of why the chief was right.
Trooper didn't like that chief had blocked two lanes.
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Another fire chief/PD battle
Long Island fire chief gets ticket for blocking lane at crash scene.
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How not to respond to the press: A Long Island fire department deals with a reporter asking questions about the Confederate flag.
FD threatens legal action and shuts door on reporter asking questions about the department's patch.
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The Elmont FD in Long Island is Under Scrutiny for using the Stars and Bars
The Elmont Fire Department in Long Island is under scrutiny for using the Confederate Flag (stars and bars) in their logos.
Apparently, the Elmont FD has a run territory that includes 35,000 people. Most of whom are black.
Questions are rising over the departments use of the confederate flag in their logos.
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Raw video: Levittown, New York house fire.
Friday morning house fire in Nassau County, Long Island.
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Quick Takes
Tuesday's fire and EMS news.
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Video: Long Island restaurant fire. Later arriving ladder severs LDH while trying to get into position.
Two firefighters briefly missing during the interior attack.
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Early video: Three new school buses burn. Portable classroom damaged on Long Island.
Pre-arrival video from school in Lynbrook, New York.
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Helmet Camera Video of House Fire in Hagerman, New York. I can hear it now: And the Oscar for best Score in a Helmet Camera Video Goes to…
1st Assistant Chief Tony Citarella (5-10-31) was the first to respond to the call. While en-route dispatch notified him that the caller is stating the house is "fully engulfed". 31 arrived on scene and confirmed he had a working structure fire. He immediately requested for 1 Engine from Bellport Fire Department, a RIT (Rapid Intervention Team) from Brookhaven Fire Department, and North Patchogue Fire Department for an Engine to standby at Hagerman's quarters.
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The fire next door: Building fire in Baldwin, New York next to firehouse.
Vacant stores destroyed in fire on Thursday.
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The TSA needs a Smiley Face
When I departed Long Island for Las Vegas a few days ago I noticed that the TSA was profiling blue hair. Oh I understand everyone is on edge with recent breeches, put this was the definitive example of perhaps spending too much time on the wrong person.
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Quick Takes
Fire and EMS news for Wednesday
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Quick Takes
Tuesday's fire & EMS news.
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PIO’s should be Repetitive to get their message across to the Media
The seven-minute broadcast interview is typically truncated to a seven-second sound bite of the spokesperson’s main position within the report. The thirteen-minute print interview? A spokesperson is lucky if one attributed quote is more than thirteen words. The rest of the media story is typically filled with “texture” to round out the subject: an opposing point of view, “person-at-the-scene” reactions, related data and facts, etc.
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Quick Takes
Tuesday's Quick Takes includes: Jacksonville firefighter shot & killed; Early video from Virginia townhouse fire; Don't Panic Foundation; New Haven promotions move another step toward reality; Free sprinklers for group that opposes them; Not guilty plea from former Long Island chief; Two-alarm house fire in Pennsylvania.
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