bet ya the people who live in that building are happy that we responded when the FIRE WHISTLE SOUNDED!

Good to know that all the residents are safe! A BIG Thank You to our Volunteer Firemen and women!! I hope the firefighter who was injured is doing well and his injuries minor!

Condition of building remains uncertain, as status of firefighter, but I will update when more info comes from hospital and building dept. Errors before corrected: what was originally reported as an eight-family house, houses FOUR families.

Again the horns summon firefighters, this time to a fire. A firefighter was injured helping his community, a volunteer. Anyone who complains about the fire horns should either just get used to it or move out of town, its a way of life in Tarrytown.

AMEN!

The volunteer firefighters do a great service to the village...but the idea that anyone who thinks the fire horn should be discontinued should move is ludicrous. With that reasoning , perhaps we should be still using bucket brigades, or horse drawn pumpers. Personally I'd like the fire horn discontinued, but only if it doesn't affect response time.

I hope the injured firefighter has a speedy recovery and that the TTVFD continues to serve the village in the dedicated fashion they always have, and that the families affected by the fire get back to some semblance of normalcy quickly.

To Peter G., Options have been offered. Has the village acted or even didcussed the question with the fire department? As to moving, a liitle sarcasim shouldn't offend anyone. Many people move in to a town or village for its' charn and character. Well the fire horn/whistle has been part of the charm for well over 125 years! Many a house or family have been saved by responding volunteers for either fire or EMS. The value of the horn heavily out weighs any inconvience or temporary discomfort. Remember that you get to go back to bed, but the firefighters/EMT's are still up responding & saving lives!

Excuse me all for horn lovers - the issue is not the support we all show for the hero volunteer fire fighters and the appreciation we have for their action. The issue at hand that the ugly fire horn sound is way too loud and itrusive! I is sounded at times four five times a day and in the middle of the night and you have to stop everything you do in the duration. If you don't want Tarrytown to be a second rate village - find alternative means to summon the fire fighters. I think my 10K in property taxes annually should help. For every guy supporting this quality of life impediment there are other tax paying residents who don't. By the way, Irvington, Sleepy Hollow, and other villages who participated have more sane means of summoning the fire fighters.

I agree with you George - when I moved here to TT from Irvington they too had the loud firehorns - - I have tremendous respect for anyone that volunteers to help others as a fireperson or EMT or what ever, what I do not get is how in this day and age with all the technology we have at our finger tips - there is not yet an updated system that will not only be more effective that the horn but will not disturb so many residents.

Believe it or not over the years they have lowered the decibelthe whistle but a siren doesnt tell people where the fire is like the whistle does. State law mandates you must have an audible alarm system in addition to the pagers just remember the blackout of 2004 no power no pagers working after they lose there charge cant recharge them you are talking about peoples lives here if anyone has a better sytem to audibly alert the members I am sure the fire department will listen believe it or not they have slowed the use of the whistle down years ago at 12 nopon on tuesdays and fridays they would go to a fire box and test a box out which was longer then it is now they also used to blow recall when the fireturcks where back and they used to have 4 rounds instead of 3 so while it is not perfect they have tried to make it palatible for the residents without sacrifiing safety

Please site the law that you state mandates an audible alarm... It doesn't EXIST!!!!
Why can the volunteer ambulance corps respond without a siren? They have pagers....what did they do with the power out? actually the police radios have battery back up and there is a secondary radio system in the castle and County control can also dispatch if needed...there are 3 redundant systems. I don't hear sirens in many communities. They don't exist!! why? are they breaking your supposed law??? Wanting the horns and NEEDING the horns are 2 different things. You WANT them....but there is no NEED for them.

It is ISO, not statelaw that requirestwo, reliable means of alerting the volunteers. It DOES NOT SAY THAT YOU MUST USE BOTH, but have two means. Many towns that have combination or paid departments do not use sirens/horns as they have paid staff on call. ISO regulates how much you pay for fire insurance based upon a multitude of requirements. Alerting the volunteers is only one. There are more pleasant sounding horns/sirens. This matter has been kicked around for several months, but I have seen no action by the village to examine alternatives. The current administration hides from any controversy. Not enough space to list, but the board sits on its' hands doing little or nothing.

Fire alarms
Ten percent of the overall grading is based on how well the fire department receives fire alarms and dispatches its fire-fighting resources. Field representatives evaluate the communications center, looking at the number of operators at the center; the telephone service, including the number of telephone lines coming into the center; and the listing of emergency numbers in the telephone book. Field representatives also look at the dispatch circuits and how the center notifies firefighters about the location of the emergency. Now that we are telling the truth and not bullying and lying about made up laws we can have an intelligent conversation. The horn does not need to be sounded and if you would like to keep the "points" you just have to have it as a back up if needed. If you stopped sounding off the horn today NOTHING would change in the ISO rating nor would any law be broken and the volunteers would still show up. End of story! If you are a proponent of the horns because you LIKE them that is your right to say so and if you are against them you should note that there is no reason for them to be sounded other than nostalgia and "WE" meaning the proponents WANT them. THOSE ARE THE FACTS...

hey puillsnopunches stop by and get a application they
can use any help you want to give

ye sthere is reduncdancy and other people can dispattch but if the pagers are dead the men wont respond thats how u put out fires not with dispatchers wherever they may be