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GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE, AND THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING THE ANNUAL HAITIANS ON HUDSON FIRE DEPARTMENT INSPECTION.
I THINK IT'S A NICE VIEW, MAYBE NOT A NICE DAY, BUT WE'LL MAKE IT.
I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY IN ATTENDANCE TODAY AS WE CELEBRATE THE HUNDRED 50 ANNIVERSARY OF THE HASTEN ON HUDSON FIRE DEPARTMENT.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO CONGRATULATE PROTECTION ENGINE COMPANY NUMBER ONE ON ITS A HUNDRED 50TH ANNIVERSARY AS THE FOUNDING COMPANY OF THE HASTINGS FIRE DEPARTMENT.
IT'S AN HONOR TO HAVE EVERYBODY HERE WITH US TODAY AS WE CELEBRATE THE REMARKABLE WILD STONE AND RECOGNIZE THE PROUD HISTORY TRADITION OF OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.
DEPUTY CHIEF SERTY, WOULD YOU LEAD US INTO MY PLEDGE? I PLEDGE FLAG, UNITED STATES AMERICA, WHICH ENHANCE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GONNA INTRODUCE THE VILLAGE, OUR HASTINGS VILLAGE OFFICIALS, STARTING WITH OUR VILLAGE MAYOR THOMAS DRAKE.
I'LL DROP, I'LL DROP THE BALL EVERY TIME.
UM, I JUST WANNA THANK EVERYBODY.
YOU KNOW, I WAS A MEMBER OF THIS DEPARTMENT FOR WELL OVER 25 YEARS, SO YOU ALREADY KNOW WHERE I'M COMING FROM.
UH, AND YOU KNOW WHO I AM, YOU KNOW WHERE I'M COMING FROM, YOU KNOW WHAT I BELIEVE IN.
UH, BUT I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO CAME THE OTHER NIGHT, UH, IN UNIFORM, OUTTA UNIFORM AND ATTENDED THE NINE 11 CEREMONY THE OTHER NIGHT.
AND I, I SAID A LOT OF THINGS THAT NIGHT, AND I'M NOT GONNA SAY THEM ALL TODAY, BUT THERE'S A JUST FIRM BELIEF THAT I HAVE THAT ONCE I BECAME A TRUSTEE, WE NEEDED TO START CELEBRATING THIS, NOT CELEBRATING, HONORING THIS EVERY YEAR, UH, BECAUSE THERE HAD BEEN A TIME WHERE WE DIDN'T FOR A LITTLE BIT.
SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE, ESPECIALLY ON THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY, I ASKED THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO COME AND MAKE THIS LIKE PROBABLY THE NICEST EVENT WE'VE HAD FOR THIS HONORING THIS ANNIVERSARY IN A VERY LONG TIME.
WE HAD SO MANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ABOUT HOW MUCH THEY APPRECIATED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BEING THERE.
AND MIKE, THANK YOU FOR ARRANGING, MAKING SURE THAT HAPPENED.
AND JOHN LINDER, THANK YOU TO ALL THE CHIEFS.
THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE AND HELPING IT OUT.
I, I SAID TO, UH, DEPUTY CHIEF RUSS, HE WAS TURNED AND LOOKING AT ME WHILE I WAS SPEAKING THAT LIKE THERE WAS A FEW PEOPLE IN THE CROWD THAT I KIND OF FOCUSED ON THROUGHOUT THE EVENING.
AND, AND BOBBY RUSS ACT WAS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT I KIND OF JUST FOCUSED ON.
AND I, I LOOK FOR LIKE, GUIDANCE FROM THOSE PEOPLE THROUGHOUT EVENTS LIKE THIS AND THAT.
AND BOBBY WAS NODDING HIS HEAD AND I KNOW, OKAY, WE'RE DOING THIS RIGHT BECAUSE HE'S A STINGY OLD GUY,
MY WIFE IS HERE, JULIA, I EVEN KNOW SHE'S OVER HERE.
NOBODY'S HEARD THIS OR SOME PEOPLE HAVE HEARD IT, THE ACRONYM.
SHE IS THE FLO HO, THE FIRST LADY OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON
SHE HAS HER COFFEE CUP AND EVERYTHING.
SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO REFER TO HER NOW AS FLO HO, THAT'S FINE.
EVERYTHING LOOKS GREAT OUTSIDE.
AND EVERYONE IN HERE LOOKS BEAUTIFUL.
WE HAVE A FORMER MAYOR LEE CANE, FORMER METER MAYOR.
FORMER MAYOR LEE, UH, NICOLA ERKO SENDS HER REGRETS.
UH, I DIDN'T SEE VILLAGE TRUSTEE MORGAN FLE, VILLAGE TRUSTEE.
TRUSTEE SAMANTHA MERTON MERTON SENT HER REGRETS.
TRUSTEE MCCLAY SUNBURG BERG, UH, VILLAGE MANAGER MARY BETH MURPHY SENT REGRETS.
OUR VILLAGE CLERK, ANTHONY CONSTANTINE WAS HERE.
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HAD TO GO TO A CONFERENCE.POLICE CHIEF DAVID DOSEN WAS ALSO HERE.
AND FOR OUR COMMITMENTS, OUR POLICE LIEUTENANT ROB GAGLIARDI, TECHNOLOGY DIRECTOR, ROB RAZZI RAP, EVERYTHING IS WORKING BEAUTIFUL TODAY.
BEHIND THE CAMERA, JEN CORSO, OUR FIRE INSPECTOR ALAN HARMON SENDS US REGRETS.
OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT ASSISTANT COLIN STEVENS ALSO SENDS US REGRETS BUILDING INSPECTOR.
SUPERINTENDENT AARON POTTERS SENDS REGRETS, I GUESS.
OUR DIGNITARIES, UH, I DIDN'T THEY'RE HIRED IN YOU, TOM.
I DIDN'T SEE A CONGRESSMAN GEORGE LAIR.
ARE WE? I JUST WANNA MENTION HIM FIRST.
HE'S, WELL, I SEE OUR STATE SENATOR, A GOOD FRIEND OF A'S FLORIDA DEPARTMENT, ANDREA STEWART COUSINS.
SHE HAS SOMETHING SHE WOULD LIKE TO PREVENT.
I KNOW YOU HAVEN'T STARTED EATING OR DRINKING YET.
THAT'S WHY WE COME EARLY SO THAT WE CAN GET OUTTA YOUR WAY SO YOU CAN HAVE A GOOD TIME.
BUT I JUST, UM, WANTED TO BE HERE TO CONGRATULATE, UH, THE DEPARTMENT FOR 150 YEARS OF SERVICE.
OBVIOUSLY, AS THE MAYOR SAID, YOU KNOW, WE TAKE SO MUCH FOR GRANTED UNTIL WE DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY OF TAKING IT FOR GRANTED.
AND CERTAINLY THE UM, 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF NINE 11 BRINGS IT ALL BACK ALL THE TIME.
AND THE GRATITUDE THAT WE HAVE FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO EVEN UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE WILL CONTINUE TO RUN INTO DANGER WHEN OTHERS RUN AWAY, UNDERSTAND THAT THAT IS, UH, A RESPONSIBILITY THAT YOU'VE TAKEN ON WILLINGLY.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR COURAGE.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXAMPLE AND ON DAYS LIKE THIS, WE ARE HAPPY TO APPLAUD YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED, UM, COMMITMENT TO YOUR NEIGHBORS.
SO I WAS NOT HERE ON THE NINE 11 CEREMONY, UH, BUT I WAS AT ABOUT SIX DIFFERENT, UH, CEREMONIES AND UNFORTUNATELY I MISSED ABOUT FIVE OTHERS.
BUT IT JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU WHAT A GRATEFUL COUNTY AND A GRATEFUL STATE WE HAVE AND HOW WE TREASURE, UH, WHAT YOU DO, YOUR FIRST RESPONDERS, AND OF COURSE ALL THE, ALL THE FAMILIES THAT SUPPORT YOUR ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER THE CALL.
SO I REPRESENT, AS YOU KNOW, UH, THIS YOU ON THE SENATE LEVEL.
I'M THE LEADER OF THE SENATE AND CHIEF, UH, ON BEHALF OF THE SENATE.
WE ARE HONORING THE HASTINGS FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR A HUNDRED AND 50TH YEAR.
UH, WE ARE PROCLAIMING THIS, UH, THE HASTINGS FIRE DEPARTMENT DAY ON THE STATE LEVEL.
AND WE WANT TO CONGRAT IT'S YOUR DAY, ENJOY IT.
AND A GUEST, UH, OBVIOUSLY THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO AND WISH YOU 150 MORE AND CONTINUE TO INSPIRE OTHERS TO VOLUNTEER TO BE PILLARS AND EXAMPLES IN THE COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SERVING.
OUR STATE ASSEMBLYWOMAN, MARY JANESKY.
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THANK YOU MIKE.AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO ARE HERE.
UM, 150 YEARS IS THE KIND OF MILESTONE THAT PEOPLE, THE, THE SIZE OF IT, THE SCALE OF IT IS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE CAN'T FULLY GRASP BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A LONG TIME.
BUT WE ALL KNOW IT'S A VERY LONG TIME AND IT IS GOOD TO KNOW THAT OVER THE GENERATIONS, WITH ALL OF THE GOOD TIMES, ALL OF THE BAD TIMES, THE HASTINGS FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN THERE FOR 150 YEARS.
HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE THERE FOR 150 MORE.
AS THIS IS THE WEEKEND OF THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF NINE 11.
SO MANY OF YOU IN THIS ROOM WERE EITHER DOWN THERE, HELPED OUT IN THE CITY, WORKED ON THE PILE, OR KNEW A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DID.
AND I'M SURE WE ALL REMEMBER TODAY THAT THAT EVENT MADE A LOT OF CIVILIANS WHO NEVER REALLY GAVE THE HELPERS AROUND THEM VERY MUCH THOUGHT THAT YOU ALL ON LARGE SCALE THINGS, SMALL SCALE THINGS AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN, PUT YOURSELVES AT RISK TO TRY TO KEEP THE PEOPLE IN YOUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
AND WE ARE FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR THAT AND PARTICULARLY FOR THE HASTINGS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THIS IS THEIR DAY.
HAPPY A HUNDRED 50TH BIRTHDAY AGAIN.
THANK YOU MARY JANE, OR COUNTY ALLEGED SLATER, DAVE MOORE.
UH, SO I HAVE TO SAY THAT THE SADDEST PART OF MY DAY TODAY WAS TELLING MY 5-YEAR-OLD SON THAT HE COULDN'T INSPECT THE FIRETRUCKS TODAY HERE AT HAYS
AND I SAID, I PROMISE YOU, LEO, WE WILL SEE MANY FOUR FIRETRUCK.
I PROMISE YOU WE'LL DO THIS, BUT TODAY WE CAN'T DO IT.
AND HE WAS LITERALLY ON THE VERGE OF TEARS.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, AS HAS BEEN SAID BEFORE, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT ON 150 YEARS.
UH, WHEN I WAS ELECTED TO THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE, I AM PROUD TO SAY THAT ONE OF MY FIRST VOTES WAS TO GIVE EMS AND FIRST RESPONDERS A TAX CREDIT FROM THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER BECAUSE YOU DESERVE IT.
ALSO, EARLIER THIS YEAR, ONE THING THAT I'M VERY COGNIZANT OF IS THAT FOR EVERY PERSON RUNNING TOWARDS DANGER, THERE'S SOMEONE AT HOME WORRYING ABOUT THEIR LOVED ONE.
AND I WANNA THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT FOR YOUR SACRIFICE.
BUT I ALSO WANNA THANK YOU IN A SIMILAR FASHION BECAUSE THIS YEAR THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER PASSED THE TAX CREDIT FOR THE SURVIVORS OF EMS WORKERS WHO ARE LOST AND FIRST RESPONDERS WHO ARE LOST ON THE LINE OF DUTY.
YOU KNOW, IN POLITICS THERE ARE VERY FEW TIMES WHERE THERE'S AN ABSOLUTE RIGHT AND THEN THERE'S AN ABSOLUTE WRONG.
THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE RIGHT TO THANK YOU.
CONGRATULATIONS ON A BUNCH OF 50 YEARS AND HAVE A GOOD DAY EVERYONE.
THANK YOU DAVID, OUR COUNTY EXECUTIVE, KEN JENKINS.
SO FIRST, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
IT'S CERTAINLY GREAT TO BE HERE WITH YOU.
I CAME FOR THE INSPECTION 'CAUSE I DIDN'T GET THE MEMO RIGHT, SO I MADE SURE TO GET HERE WITH THE WHITE GLOVE READY TO GO, BUT IT WAS STILL RAINING OUTSIDE.
SO AGAIN, AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS ON 150, UM, ANNIVERSARY OF THE HASTING ON HUDSON FIRE DEPARTMENT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO, WE ARE ALL OF OUR COLLEAGUES IN GOVERNMENT.
WE ARE ALL GONNA CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SUPPORTING YOU AS BEST AS WE CAN AND MAKING SURE FOR US IN THE COUNTY THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO INVEST NOT JUST ON IN, IN
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TRAINING AND MAKING SURE THOSE SUPPORT THINGS ARE THERE WITH THE HEROES PROGRAM, AS DAVID TALKED ABOUT, UM, WITH THE TAX CREDIT FOR VOLUNTEERS AND WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR COLLEAGUES ON STATE GOVERNMENT TO CONTINUE TO DO THINGS TO MAKE SURE WE ARE SUPPORTING ALL OF YOU.I'M GETTING READY TO GO TO ROD BROOK FOR ANOTHER INSPECTION 'CAUSE IT'S INSPECTION SEASON
OUR GREENBERG TOWN SUPERVISOR, I DON'T SEE HIM.
PAUL FIGHTER, OUR DIS DISTRICT DIRECTOR OF OFFICE OF GEORGIA, LADER MAYOR SLASH GREENBERG TOWN, COUNCILWOMAN ELL HENDRICKS.
LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT VOLUNTEERISM.
I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER HOW MANY YEARS AGO I WAS LIVING UP ON CIRCLE DRIVE AND I GOT A CALL THAT A BRANCH HAD FALLEN ON MY HOUSE AND MY CAR.
AND AS SOON AS I ARRIVED IN HASTINGS THAT I WAS TO LET THE FIRE DEPARTMENT KNOW, MIKE GUNTHER MET ME AT THE, AT THE TRAIN, GOT ME INTO HIS CAR, DROVE ME UP TO MY HOUSE.
HE SAID, YOU STAY HERE, GIVE ME THE KEY.
HE WENT, WALKED THROUGH MY HOUSE, MADE SURE IT WAS SAFE FOR ME AND MY FAMILY.
THAT'S VOLUNTEERISM, RUNNING INTO THE PROBLEM.
I'VE HAD A LOT OF SNOWSTORMS,
DON'T PARTICULARLY REMEMBER THAT ONE, BUT YOU'RE WELCOME
OKAY, I THINK WE'RE GONNA JUST BREAK FOR DINNER.
ENJOY YOUR DINNER AND WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU LATER ON.
I JUST WANT DO SIR CONGRESSMAN CHAIR PLATTER.
KEEP EATING WHILE I TALK JUST LIKE THEY DO WHEN I'M HOME.
UM, THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO GIVE VOLUNTARY SERVICE AND IT MAY SEEM LIKE SOMETHING YOU SAY AUTOMATICALLY EXCEPT THAT, UH, UH, FROM HERE I'M GOING TO, UH, THE PORTCHESTER FIRE DEPARTMENT WHO IS HONORING CHUCK MULLO, WHO'S HAD HIS 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF VOLUNTEER SERVICE AND THE PORTCHESTER FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND EVERY ONE OF THESE COMMUNITIES HAVE PEOPLE LIKE YOU THAT GO OUT OF YOUR WAY TO DO SOMETHING.
YOU PUT YOURSELF OUT ON THE LINE WHENEVER THERE'S A FIRE.
AND ALL OF US CIVILIANS WHO RUN THAT WAY WHEN THE FIRE COMES, AS YOU RUN THIS WAY, WE DEEPLY RESPECT IT.
AND IF I CAN DO ANYTHING FOR YOU, LIKE GET YOU MONEY, THAT'S REALLY WHAT MY JOB HERE IS AND I'LL DO THE BEST WE CAN.
THANKS FOR LETTING ME SAY HOLD.
I'VE ASKED, UH, DEPUTY CHIEF BRIAN SCH CURRENT COMPANY, CAPTAIN
AGAIN, JUST COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS ON THE HISTORY OF PROTECTION BEING THE FOUNDING COMPANY OF THE FIREBALL.
ALL RIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON, ARE YOU? A FEW MONTHS AGO, MIKE TASKED ME ABOUT PUTTING SOMETHING TOGETHER FOR THE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF PROTECTION ENGINE TO READ THE INSPECTION.
AND HE SAID, WELL, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO READ.
SO, UH, I HAD SOME TIME TO PREPARE.
HE ALSO TOLD ME THAT HE WOULD RETURN ME IN THREE MINUTES IF I DID NOT GET IT DONE IN TIME.
ALRIGHT, SO LET'S START FROM THE BEGINNING.
THE FIRST COMPANY IN THE DEPARTMENT STARTED IN 1876 FROM THE ASHES AND BURNT BRICKS OF THE SUGAR REFINERY FIRE ON CHRISTMAS EVE, 1875, A FEW HUNDRED YARDS SOUTH OF WHERE WE SIT RIGHT NOW.
UM, YOUNG MEN OF HASTINGS SWORE AN OATH TO START THIS ORGANIZATION, WHICH THEY INITIALLY CALLED HASTINGS PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION.
THERE WAS A VOTE, THE NAME WON 12 TO 11, SQUEAKING OUT A WIN AGAINST EMPIRE PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION OF HASTINGS.
THEY ALSO DOUBLED AS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS WEIRD.
THERE WAS NO POLICE DEPARTMENT THEN.
THANKFULLY WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT JOB.
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UM, THEY PUT UP THEIR OWN MONEY, THEY PURCHASED THE PROPERTY AND THEN THEY HOLD BRICKS FROM THE BURNT OUT SUGAR REFINERY FIRE AND BUILT THE FOUNDATION THAT IS PROTECTION ENGINE NOW ON 5 53 OR AVENUE.THE FIRST COMPANY IN THE DEPARTMENT.
MY SECOND HOME, SPARKY'S FIRST HOME
UNIONTOWN 1899 RIVERVIEW MANOR, 1903 HOOK AND LADDER, 1934, THE AMBULANCE CORPS 1955, ALL BUILT ON THE DESIRE TO SERVE AND THE NEED FOR SERVICE.
I LIKE TO JOKE THAT MAYBE THE GUYS AT UNIONTOWN WERE LIKE, HEY, LET'S PROTECTION GUYS ARE AGAIN OUT FOR CALLS.
WE GOTTA START OUR OWN FIREHOUSE HERE,
OR SOME OF US GO THROUGH IT NOW.
SOME OF US CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH IT.
I THINK THAT COMPETITION AMONGST THE COMPANIES BREEDS EXCELLENCE IN OUR DEPARTMENT.
WHEN THE GAME, WHEN IT'S GAME TIME, WE'RE ALL THERE AS A COHESIVE UNIT OF SUCCESS.
PROTECTIONS HISTORY IS RICH WITH FORMER MAYORS AND RESIDENTS THAT NOW HAVE PARKS AND STREETS AND PARKING LOTS NAMED AFTER THEM.
UNIONTOWN HAS A LONGSTANDING HOSE CART RACE RECORD FROM THE EARLY 19 HUNDREDS THAT IS WITHSTOOD THE TEST OF TIME.
REARVIEW MANOR, AS THEY PROCLAIM IT, THEIR SMOKER IS WHERE THE ELITE NEED TO EAT.
AND AND AT INCEPTION THEY MAY, THEY MAINLY COVERED THE EVENING SHIFTS AS OF THE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE A LOT OF THEIR MEMBERS WERE OUTTA TOWN DURING THE DAY.
NOW THEY'VE BECOME THE PRIMARY DAYTIME COMPANY.
THE LADDER WITH ITS CLASSIC TRACTOR DRAWN AERIAL TO NAVIGATE THE NARROW STREETS EMERGED IN THIS TOWN, EMERGED AS THIS TOWN GREW TO WHERE GROUND LETTERS DIDN'T CUT HER ANYMORE.
THE AMBULANCE ESTABLISHED IN 1955 AS PART OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS WHERE MANY TIMES I THINK WE SHINE AS A DEPARTMENT AS A WHOLE, MAKING SAVES, DOING COUNTLESS CALLS.
THEY DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF FIRE CALLS THAT WE HAVE FOR VOLUME IN A YEAR AND THEY CONTINUE TO OPERATE AS ONE OF THE LAST FULL VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE CORPS IN THE COUNTY.
SO, ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THAT.
IF YOU, UH, ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN, UH, FUTURE HISTORY OR FURTHER HISTORY, UH, AS THE COMPANIES HAVE THEIR OWN UNIQUE STORIES, A LOT OF THEM WERE RECENTLY TOLD ON WHOH BY MYSELF AND DEPUTY CHIEFS, GUNTHER, TY, AND RUSK.
AND IT'S HERE AGAIN, THAT CAMERA ADDS WEIGHT.
IN CLOSING, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION WHAT I THINK IS THE REAL DRIVING FORCE OF THE DEPARTMENT AND WHY PEOPLE SIGN UP.
SO I FOUND THIS LISTENING TO PETE DAVIDSON.
EVERYONE KNOWS WHO JOHN CENA IS.
UM, SO THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, MAKE-A-WISH, UH, REQUESTS FROM AS A CELEBRITY AND JOHN CENA HAS THE MOST IN HISTORY.
AND PETE DAVIDSON WAS BASICALLY MAKE-A-WISH KID BEFORE HE BECAME A COMEDIAN.
HE WAS, UH, HE, HE LOST HIS DAD ON NINE 11.
HE WAS IN LADDER ONE 18, WHICH IS THAT FAMOUS TRACTOR DRAWN EARLIER AERIAL GOING ACROSS THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE TO THE TOWERS.
UM, HE'S TALKING WITH JOHN CENA ABOUT HOW WHEN HE GOT HIS FIRST REQUEST, IT REALLY MESSED HIM UP.
AND JOHN CENA WAS LIKE, YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SIGNING UP FOR.
YOU'RE SIGNING UP TO BE SOMEBODY'S HOPE.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE ARE AS A DEPARTMENT.
WE'RE THERE WE'RE WE ARE SOMEONE'S HOPE WHEN IT SEEMS LIKE THEY HAVE NONE ON THEIR DARKEST DAYS, WE'RE THE ONES THAT COME TO THEIR AID.
AND ALSO NOT JUST THE BAD TIMES, MEMORIAL DAY PARADES, DOWNTOWN EVENTS, PASSING RESIDENTS THAT WANT TO SEE THE TRUCK INSIDE THE FIREHOUSE OR FIRE PREVENTION EVENTS.
MAYBE JUST A KID THAT WANTS TO SEE YOU WAVE AND BLOW THE HORN AS THEY DRIVE BY.
IT'S SOMETIMES IT BECOMES A SMALL ANNOYING TASK.
BUT FOR THAT KID IT'S THEIR BIGGEST MEMORY.
SOMETIMES IT'S AN ADULT THAT REALLY WANTS TO SEE THE FIRE FIRETRUCK THAT WE HAVE PLENTY OF THOSE
SO BEING THE HOPE FOR OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN A CORE VALUE.
IT'S BEEN FOR 150 YEARS REGARDLESS OF ANYTHING THAT'S GONE ON.
WHO WAS IN CHARGE? WHO THE COMPANY OFFICERS WERE, WHO THE MAYOR WAS, WHO THE COUNTY DIGNITARY TO, WHO THE COUNTY DIGNITARIES WERE OR WHICH COMPANIES GOT OUT FOR THE FIRST CALLS, IT DIDN'T MATTER.
WHAT YOU ARE PART OF THIS HISTORY WILL BE TOLD THAT THE 300TH INSPECTION, IT'S A HISTORY OF DEDICATION, EXCELLENCE, AND SERVICE ABOVE SELF.
AND HOPE IT ALL STARTED 150 YEARS AGO ALONG THE WATERFRONT, DOWN THE STREET.
SO LET'S RAISE A GLASS TO 150 YEARS OF PROTECTION IN THE ENTIRE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
CAN I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION AGAIN? ONE MORE TIME PLEASE.
WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE WITH OUR PROGRAM.
I ASK, UH, FRANK, ASSISTANT CHIEF DEUS TO COME UP AND, UH, INTRODUCE OUR COMPANY OFFICERS.
I GET THE HONOR INTRODUCING, LIKE MIKE SAID, THE INTRODUCING THE COMPANY OFFICERS.
SO FROM ENGINE FOUR FOUR, DEPUTY CHIEF AND CAPTAIN BRIAN SCH NIVI, FIRST LIEUTENANT WILLIAM KENNEDY.
ACTUALLY, IF WE COULD JUST HOLD THE APPLAUSE AT THE END.
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'EM ALL OUT.UH, ENGINE FOUR FIVE, CAPTAIN THOMAS GUNTHER.
FIRST LIEUTENANT ANDREAS FELL SECOND LIEUTENANT SEAN GUNTHER.
SECOND LIEUTENANT JEREMY REINER.
SECOND LIEUTENANT RICHIE DOON.
I THIRD AND FROM THE OUR AMBULANCE CORPS CAPTAIN RON COHEN.
FIRST LIEUTENANT ERNEST O OTA AND SECOND LIEUTENANT MARCEL
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR, UH, YOUR SERVICE AND HELPING US OUT WITH THE COMPANIES.
TIME TO CALL UP ASSISTANT CHIEF CALLUS, INTRODUCE OUR DEPUTY CHIEFS.
FIRST WE HAVE DEPUTY CHIEF JAMES DRUM, DEPUTY CHIEF CHARLES HOFFMAN, DEPUTY CHIEF ROBERT RUAK, DEPUTY CHIEF LEE JENKINS, DEPUTY CHIEF JAMES TY, DEPUTY CHIEF STEVEN PESAK, DEPUTY CHIEF JEFFREY BANNON, DEPUTY CHIEF RON GAGLIARDI, DEPUTY CHIEF MARTIN GUNTHER, DEPUTY CHIEF RON MCC, DEPUTY CHIEF BRIAN SCH.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THESE ARE THE ONES THAT MAKE THE MOST NOISE.
IS THEY RIGHT OF TOWN? CHIEFS ASK, UH, ASSISTANT CHIEF LINDER TO ANNOUNCE THEM.
ALL RIGHT, FROM OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE NORTH FROM THE VILLAGE OF DOBBS FERRY.
GOT UH, CHIEF JOE GIULIANI GIULIANO.
FIRST ASSISTANT BILLY OSBORNE, NAIA AND SECOND INVALID ASSISTANT.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE INVITATION.
UH, IT'S NICE TO FINALLY SEE THE APP HASTINGS, WE USUALLY GET TURNED AROUND AT THE BORDER, SO IT'S JUST NICE TO SEE YOU IN PERSON TONIGHT.
UH, WITH ME TONIGHT I HAVE THE ORLEY AND IRVINGTON FIRE DEPARTMENT AS WELL.
SO, UH, THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING US AND CONGRATULATIONS ON A GREAT INSPECTION AND HUNDRED 50TH OF PROTECTION.
FROM THE VILLAGE OF ORLEY, WE SEE ALL THE TIME ON JACKSON AVENUE, CHIEF OF DEPARTMENT, BRENDA LINDSAY, EXCUSE ME, LINDSAY, PLEASURE.
TONIGHT HAVE FIRST ASSISTANT CHIEF JOE ZEL, SECOND ASSISTANT CHIEF.
AND PATRICK, WHO'S THAT? OKAY, YOU JUST STOLE ALL MY LINES.
BUT, UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING FROM THE VILLAGE OF IRVINGTON.
I KNOW, BUT RUSSELL'S SHORTER.
UH, JUST WANNA SAY WE HAVE MR. CUTTER OVER HERE AT OUR TABLE.
UH, THE MEN IN EQUIPMENT LOOK GREAT.
MIKE, THANK YOU FOR THE INVITE.
UH, WE DON'T GET CALLED HERE, UH, SCENES USUALLY BECAUSE WE GET TURNED AROUND.
OKAY JOAN, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
EVERYTHING LOOKED GREAT AND I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING, UH, YOUR BROTHERS WHITTLING OF WOOD NEXT TIME.
OKAY, SO, UH, YEAH, YOU GOT DAN BILLINGS AND UH, CHRISTOPHER WAS HIS FIRST AND SECOND ASSISTANCE, UM, FROM ELMSFORD, OUR GOOD FRIEND IN CONNECTION TO THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FIRE DEPARTMENT, NELSON DIAZ.
ANY, UH, IS GENE MALONE HERE OR NO? OH, OH, OG.
UH, FROM FAIRVIEW HOWARD, UH, CHIEF HOWARD REESE,
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THERE HE IS.IT'S ACTUALLY ME AND I HAVE MY WIFE.
IT'S OUR 22ND WEDDING ANNIVERSARY, SO THANK YOU.
AND HE'S THE ONLY GUY GETTING PAID HERE TOO.
IT'S A SERIES OF TREMENDOUS DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING YOUR WORK.
SO VERY LUCKY TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH ALL THESE DEPARTMENTS.
HARTSDALE, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, VILLAGES, SCARSDALE FIRE DEPARTMENT, CHRIS MCIN, UH, MI DON'T THINK HE'S HERE ANYHOW.
AND OF COURSE, UH, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, DES BATTALION 14 COORDINATOR.
AND YOU CAN'T STAND ON THE CHAIR.
AH, SO THE BEST FORM OF FLATTERY IS COPYCAT, RIGHT? AH, SO GO WITH THAT.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE INVITATION.
UH, I JUST WANT TO KIND OF POINT OUT SOMETHING.
SO ANYBODY THAT I'VE TRAINED IN THE FIRE SERVICE, STAND UP PLEASE JUST FOR A SECOND.
ANYBODY IN THIS ROOM THAT'S PASSED FIREFIGHTER ONE IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, STAND UP.
ANYBODY WHO WISHES TRAIN BY SOMEBODY ELSE.
I WANT YOU, I WANT YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AROUND AND SAY THIS IS THE FUTURE OF THE FIRE SERVICE.
THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE STEPPING UP, THEY'RE THE FUTURE OF THE FIRE SERVICE.
WE'RE, WE'RE TRAINING THEM TO BE OUR REPLACEMENTS.
AND THE FACT THAT HASTINGS CONSISTENTLY SENDS NEW STUDENTS TO BECOME FIREFIGHTERS IS A TESTAMENT TO YOUR DEPARTMENT AND YOUR WORK ETHIC AND, AND THE COMMUNITY SPIRIT THAT YOU GUYS PROVIDE.
SO WITH THAT, I WANT ALL THE CHIEFS, CURRENT CHIEFS, DEPUTY CHIEFS, AND EX XS, PLEASE STAND UP.
SO THESE NEW PEOPLE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO WHAT THEY DO WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE THAT AND PROVIDE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE LEADERSHIP TO DO SO.
SO WHEN YOU TAKE YOUR, YOUR SENIOR MEMBERS AND YOU TAKE YOUR NEWER MEMBERS, YOU PUT TOGETHER A RECIPE FOR THE FUTURE OF THE HASTINGS FIRE DEPARTMENT AND, AND SUCCESS TO COME.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO AND THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY THAT PARTICIPATES AND VOLUNTEERS IN A TIME WHERE VOLUNTEERISM IS DECREASING.
CAN I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION FOR THE LAST TIME THIS AFTERNOON? NOT THIS EVENING.
WILL EVERYBODY LEAVE AT ONCE WE KILL HIM? MUSIC.
BEFORE WE GET TO OUR LAST PART OF THIS AFTERNOON'S AGENDA, THERE'S A FEW PEOPLE I'D LIKE TO THANK.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, THE SPECIAL THANKS TO THE HARVEST MANAGEMENT AND ANGELO.
BEN, CAN I FINISH? ANGELO? BEN, STEPHANIE AND THE ENTIRE STAFF OF THE HARVEST WERE SET UP THIS EVENT.
I THINK IT WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
OKAY, SO, AND ONE SPECIAL THANK YOU IS TO MY MOTHER WHO MAKING A TRIP.
YOU SEE MY THANKS MOM STILL IN THE WILL, RIGHT?
NOW FOR OUR UH, NEXT PART OF THE PROGRAM, WE'RE TOP RESPONDER AWARDS.
IT DID A LITTLE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY HAVE FIRST THROUGH THIRD PLACE.
UH, REASON WHY I DID THAT AND THE CHIEFS DECIDED BECAUSE OF BETWEEN THE SECOND AND THIRD PLACE, THE NUMBERS WERE REAL, WERE TOO CLOSE TO CALL.
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HARD TO KEEP IT ALL TO A FIRST THROUGH A SECOND AND THIRD.A LOT OF TIMES IN THE FIRST PLACE THEY WERE, THE NUMBERS WERE PRETTY CLOSE.
SO WE DECIDED TO DO THE TOP THREE RESPONDERS FROM EACH COMPANY.
SO I'M GONNA ASK, UH, CHIEF CALLAS TO THE TOP RESPONDERS FOR ENGINE FOUR.
ALRIGHT, THE TOP RESPONDER FROM ENGINE 44 GOES TO GARDNER.
COME ON MARKY, WHERE ARE YOU? HE'S OUTSIDE HAVING A CIGARETTE.
SECOND PLACE IS TOP RESPONDER.
ALBERT OSTERMAN NOT MUST BE WITH SPARTAN.
AND THIRD PLACE TOP RESPONDER GOES TO TIMOTHY HOUSE.
I GUESS HE'S OUT DRYING THE TRUCK WITH SPARKY AND ALBERT.
OKAY, I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF TOP RESPONDERS.
FIRST PLACE GOES TO MARTIN GUNTHER.
WE'RE NOT GONNA EMAIL YOU A PLAQUE.
THE SECOND PLACE GOES TO SEAN GUNTHER.
AND THIRD PLACE GOES THROUGH THOMAS GUNTHER.
YOU CAN ALWAYS BILL THIS SAYS JUSTIN, A GUN.
THANK YOU CHIEF LINDA, WILL YOU DO ENGINE FOUR SIX.
OKAY, FROM ENGINE FOUR SIX, FIRST TOP RESPONDER ALAN GOS SECOND, UH, TOP RESPONDER.
CAN YOU COLLECT YOUR HARDWARE AT THE FRONT OF THE DESK PLEASE? SPARKY, YOU WON.
YOU WERE THE TOP RESPONDER FOR PROTECTION IN MANY WAYS.
HEY, TAKE THE REST OF THE HARDWARE DUDE HERE.
OKAY, FOR LADDER 22, I'M GONNA ASK CHIEF DEZA.
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OKAY, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, OUR LET'S CALL AND I'LL HAVE THE PLEASURE OF DOING THAT FIRST PLACE.YEAH, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS IN A ROW EVERY YEAR.
MICHAEL O2 THIRD PLACE SASHA NAVAR.
OKAY, THAT DOES IT FOR THIS AFTERNOON'S EVENTS.
WE'RE GONNA EVER GET THROWN OUTTA HERE BECAUSE THEY WANNA OPEN THE RESTAURANT AT FIVE.
SO ENJOY THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON.
SOMETHING WE FORGOT TO, UH, INTRODUCE OUR NEW MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT IN THE LAST YEAR.
CHIEF LINDA WILL HAVE THE PLEASURE DOING THAT.
IF I CALL YOUR NAME OUT, PLEASE STAND UP AND IF YOU'RE NOT HERE, WELL YOU MISSED IT.
UH, FIRST OFF, ONE OF OUR NEWEST MEMBERS, LEAN FINN, FATHER OF HIS FATHER'S A MEMBER OF 45.
KEVIN GORMAN, HE'S A MEMBER OF 46.
KAREN GRIFFITHS, WHO'S AN EMT AN EMS MEMBER OF 46.
ANDREW GROSS, WHO IS ALSO AN EMS MEMBER.
MICHELLE, I'M GONNA BUTCHER THIS.
MICHELLE, I KNOW I SAW YOU HERE.
CRO KRO, KROGER GUARD, I THINK THAT'S RIGHT.
HE'S EMS MEMBER FROM FOUR SIX.
ROBERTO IS A MEMBER OF A NEW MEMBER OF ENGINE FOUR FOUR EDUARDO SIERRA RODRIGUEZ.
LOU, UH, SHE'S A EMS MEMBER OF ENGINE FOUR.
THERE'S A FUTURE CHIEF IN A FEW YEARS ON THE DANCE FLOOR HERE.
SEAN YOUNG MEMBER MEMBER OF ENGINE FOUR FIVE STAND UP THERE.
SEAN, HIS GRANDFATHER WAS A MEMBER OF THE DEPARTMENT AND ALSO AN FBNY, UH, FIREFIGHTER.
AND THE LAST IS GEORGE SANO AND HE'S ALSO A NEW MEMBER OF ENGINE FOUR OR FIVE.
GOOD THING THEY'LL ALL BE SEEING RUSSELL SOON.
OKAY, NATE, I THINK THAT'S IT.
THANKS AGAIN EVERYBODY FOR SHOWING UP.