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What a great news story!
They wonder why nobody buy's the Journal anymore!!
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Philadelphia has an additional firefighter on each ladder company and two additional firefighters on there squad company. In order for Jersey City to be staffed like Philadelphia you would have to increase there total firefighters by 80. Philadelphia has an officer to firefighter ratio of 3.2. Jersey City is not to far off.
I do believe they should look into making staff positions filled by firefighters instead of Captains. That would be a savings and by bringing Lieutenants back would also reduce the jump of 30% from firefighter to captain. These are two reasonable changes. Those two savings would not compromise the safety of the people of Jersey City!
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If they are guilty.. They should be dragged outside the courthouse and shot by a firing squad......But this is America, so these scumbags will be walking the streets again someday. Shame on this country!
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Metropolis Towers did not get it either. I picked mine up from the post office and just mailed it.
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I agree. It was put together very well. It is sad that all these Catholic Schools in the city keep on closing.. Hopefully St. Anthony's can stay open for as long as possible.
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"What If"
Manzo was not arrested and Healy was.. I think Lou would have a different take on this...
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Hudson County Fire Department! This would be beneficial to the residents of Hudson County. As long as they do not create the disaster in North Hudson. Savings would come with the reduction of Chief of the Departments from 6-1. Also the closing of firehouses that border other cities. Consolidation of Companies into larger modern houses. The savings would not be dramatic, but it will ease the burden on the taxpayers.
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Three of those firehouses were active not too long ago..
Boyd Ave- housed engine 17 & ladder 11.. Central Ave- housed engine 18** **Both Firehouses were going to be renovated, but I guess due to the times they can't keep these old firehouses running. The Summit Ave firehouse also housed the Arson Units.
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Yes I talked to security this morning and they said that Verizon is making Fios available at Metropolis Towers. Too bad I just signed a one year contract with Comcast
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This guy is a joke. Laying him off will save the taxpayers.
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I heard numerous fire department units responding past my building and i went outside to my balcony and noticed a moderate smoke condition coming from the Sand Bar. The fire was put out quickly.
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As a male bartender i understand how hard it is to find a job. I have worked in the same place for five years and went from bus boy to food runner to back bar to now bartender. So i would consider myself kinda lucky. I go to alot of bars downtown and i could care less if the bartender is hot. And this is coming from a single college student. Service is the only thing i am ever worried about.
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I will stand out there with you!
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Yess!! She was great. She was my favorite!!!
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The first city council meeting that I went to was in the spring of 2008. There were roughly fifteen people sitting in during the meeting. It is nice to see more people interested in City Government.
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Hopefully this project will help clean up the block.
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A good location would be the new tower at Metropolis (Between Marin and Warren). The approved project calls for 40,000 sq feet in Retail. It will be facing Columbus at the street. That would be much more appealing than the suburban super market like Shop Rite & BJ's.
The only problems are: -project does not look like it will get off the ground for awhile. -40,000 sq feet will be too small for a trader joes. I can dream i guess.
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NFPA 1710: Standard for Staffing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Kay3VsEXDY "if a fire captain on average manages 10 people in the US". Show me where a first level officer manages 10 people. The Incident Command System requires that any single person's span of control should be between three and seven individuals, with five being ideal. For a company perspective that would be one officer per 5 firefighters on the apparatus. That would fill the six seats on the apparatus, but Jersey City runs with 4 members on the apparatus. (One officer and three firefighters) A Battalion Chief normally has command of 6 or 7 companies on the initial assignment. So the firefighters report to the Captain and the Captain reports to the Battalion Chief. Suggestions: 1. Remove all Health Benefits from Part-Time Employees. 2. Remove Director Positions for Police and Fire Depts. 3. City Vehicles should only be used for essential departments. Reduce the fleet dramatically. 4. Evaluate Staff Positions in City Hall and eliminate wasteful positions. 5. Remove the 2 deputy mayor positions. 6. Move municipal elections to November. I know these are small steps, but you need to start somewhere. The City needs to live within its means. With all of the development in the City over the past ten years; it is kind of sad that we are in this situation.
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Demand the Mayor and City Council to cut some of these wasteful jobs in Jersey City??
They always go after the Teachers, Police Officers, and Firefighters. How about they go after all these political positions that are just draining the taxpayers here in Jersey City!
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What is the deal with Kabili Tayari?
Did he ever go to court for his arrest by the P.A.P.D? His salary was $104,872 for 2009? Do we even need 2 deputy mayors??
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My primary points were, from a layman's perspective: - perhaps the overall fire department (not the number of actual firefighters, per se) is overstaffed. - the personnel of the fire department appears to be overpaid. By a lot. And even if we adjust personnel to achieve desired ratios - the next question should be: do we have too many companies?[/quote] 1st point- The JCFD has the same ratio as most fire departments in Essex and Hudson County. 2nd point- They are paid the same as most firefighters in the state of New Jersey. ***This is not a Jersey City issue.. It is a state of New Jersey issue.. Not one fire department in New Jersey meets NFPA 1710.
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The general public has no idea how a fire department operates. The fire department need's to get out and educate the citizens on how a fire department needs to be run efficiently.
***Most Fire Departments operate in the State of New Jersey with a 3-1 ratio meaning firefighters to officers. The reasoning is most fire companies have 2 or 3 or 4 members on the rig. If the equipment was staffed correctly there would be a higher ratio of firefighters.
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The Jersey City Fire Department operates with 4 battalion chiefs, 1 safety battalion chief and i deputy chief for the 24 hour shift. Which leaves 1 extra battalion chief and 2 extra deputy chief to cover all vacation and sick time. Four captains are assigned to all 27 companies in the city. That means there are 108 captains assigned. Captains run the firehouse and the company. Captains are also interior firefighters. They pull hose, operate the nozzle, search, rescue, ladder, vent, etc.... They do everything a firefighter does, with the exception that they have to watch over the safety of the firefighter's in there company. The Jersey City Fire Department is understaffed at the firefighter position.
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Fulop for Mayor 2013!!!!
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Traffic downtown is a problem during rush hour. Mostly commuters drive like they are driving either on a highway or in a gang infested neighborhood. I have almost been hit three times in the past few weeks by people running red lights or by not stopping when they are turning on red.
Intersections: Grand & Marin Blvd Montgomery & Washington Columbus & Marin Blvd Solutions Possibly: No Turn On Red at every intersection and Cameras on busy intersections like they have in NYC.
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A company officer should be in charge of 3-7 men with the optimal being 5. According to the Incident Command System.
Every company needs to be staffed with a Captain. The typical JCFD company is assigned 4 Captains and 12 Firefighters. 1 Captain and 3 Firefighters per shift.
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Not that I agree with shutting down fire house, but.... Forestry is under the Department of Public Works. It was a joke on how they can get away with having 5 guys ride around in there trucks, but FD can't You obviously have no understanding of the fire service. Jersey City as well as every other fire department in the state of New Jersey is understaffed. Jersey City puts more companies on the intial box compared to New York City because they need the manpower.
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