CFFD Happenings-Drill Night- Communications

For those of you who are not first responders in Westchester County, 60 Control is the beating heart that supplies and provides us with critical information and additional resources (ex. mutual aid.) Our 60 Control Team consists of seasoned firefighters and EMS providers. Their mission is to support first responder needs, including Fire, Haz-Mat and EMS. On Monday, CFFD along with Somers, Goldens Bridge and Pound Ridge Fire Departments (to name a few) participated in an informative session about the 60 Control Mobile Services available for our use, as needed. Mobile Field Communication Units are essentially dispatched to the scene of a large multi-agency event. The units Field Comm 1 and 2 are equipped with mobile technology, bringing the dispatch team to the scene. Each unit contains a variety of additional tools and resources: telephones, CAD, digital recording devices, weather monitoring, portable radios and remote paging capabilities. In addition to the mobile units, departments can tap into the following equipment resources as needed: multi band portable radios, multiple command post radios, UTAC repeater, UTAC/VTAC repeater, wireless phones and portable wi-fi routers and multi band desktop radios. The attendee's had a chance to peek into each of the mobile units, unfortunately none of my photos survived my less than stellar photography skills. :(

Many thanks to 60 Control!

Last Saturday a few members of CFFD joined dozens of first responders (and non-first responders) in the annual Putnam Valley Holiday Parade. Many thanks to 2072 and 2073 for allowing me to tag along and a shout out to my ride or die ladies (Joanne and Deb) in the girl's car! Always good to connect with neighboring departments and catch up with some of my favorite Instructors Kinash and Fanelli, not to mention seeing my firefighter sister Angela Maass! Great to see so many happy little faces waiting for Santa!~