LTNRFD

In the article it mentioned that he used the pen name of Gene Hughes.

As I stated earlier you may be charged. It would be a stretch to think that by you just driving by this could happen. With that said, the med/legal lawyers that I have heard talk on this topic all make this point that you may be charged. If you just drive by and can't stop, most likely nothing will come of it. No one is even going to know you were there. What they refer to is the people with the placards, stickers, lights, sirens etc. on there POV or jackets that are a walking billboard, slowing up or stopping at the scene, looking then going on there way. The lawyers explained it as, it may have prevented some other trained person from stopping because they saw another responder already on the scene. You may not have contacted the patient directly, but you may have prevented the patient from receiving 1st aid. I don't make these things up, this is how the Med/Legal lawyers view the statutes.

Patient abandonment. You must have been on a run during your on duty EMT training when medical legal was covered. If you advertise that you are an EMT, stickers, lights on your car and you pass an accident scene and someone grabs your license plate, you could be cited for patient abandonment. It has to be proven that the EMT was driving and he aid would have made a difference. The chances of this happening are slight, however it could. How would you deal with the blood and fluid issue. Your training tells you not to come in contact with it. If you don't have gloves and eye protection, you are covered by your training. Safety first. You can only function at your level of training and equipment on hand.

I believe you have the wrong info on this. The Good Samaritan Laws protect the general public, who to their best knowledge and ability would help the ill or injured person as any other lay person would. As to there being a difference in accountability between a volunteer EMS provider and a professional provider. There is none. You are held accountable to your level of training. There might be a difference as to the insurance coverage a volunteer agency has over a commercial company.

HFD. Firefighter Steve Petit - left, who was the tiller man on Truck One on the way in, now assumes the position/duties of the outside vent man and throws his first ladder..... Once he threw all his ladders and took the windows, he scotted up and headed for the roof to open the same..... These guy's are a well oiled machine...... Just to point out a safety concern. In this picture it would have been a better use of FF's if one of the five that was 'packing up' helped the tiller man raise the 24. It would of made the raise safer if there were 2 sets of eyes looking for hazards. The ladder looks to be within 2-3 feet of the structures' electrical service line. A slip in footing or raising the ladder could have ruined the day. When ever I touched a ladder and still to this day when a grab a step ladder, I can hear NRFD's D.C. Kelly saying "look up before you put up". He never let us forget it and I haven't.

When the Town of Mamaroneck was replacing Quad 5 back in 1977, it was to be replaced with an engine. In the search for which company would get the contract, Ward LaFrance offered a rig in production at a great savings over ordering a custom engine. They told us that it was being built for a T.V. show that was not being picked up for an additional season. We had to take it as is. TMFD declined and the T.V. shows replacement Engine 51 was sold to another fire department. TMFD went with Seagrave. For those that don't know, TMFD only had assigned ENG 36, ENG 37, QUAD 5, LAD 19, U-4 And RES 6. They needed an addition engine # for the new engine. They requested the NEXT available engine number nearest to ENGS, 36 & 37. The next available was ENG-51. Too bad TMFD didn't go for the rig in production.

A year or two ago there was a fly over at Yankee Stadium. As the jets were returning to their base, they flew over New Rochelle and right over my house. We were about ready to evacuate the house thinking the jets were crashing. They were still very low. As they past over my neighbors house, the sonic boom caused a large tree in their yard to be uprooted and fell into the street. There was some rot to the base of the tree. The tree just missed a car traveling on the road and took out the power lines. The neighborhood was without power for almost 8 hours. Needless to say here were a few people that did not appreciate this fly over.

It looks like someone did a major spring cleaning of a storage room somewhere in Mt. Vernon. There is some old stuff on the auction block. Also saw some company log books up for auction. A lot of history of the MVFD up for the taking. Too bad these items could not be part of a fire museum for the MVFD. Lots of history.

In my years in EMS, it seemed that I had more chest pain and codes on Monday mornings. Friends would ask me when I was the busiest. They thought it would be Saturday nights. It always ended up being Monday mornings.

Which county ????? Who should run for the hills ???

Date:July 20, 2008 Time:2324 Location: 20 Jason La, Town of Mamaroneck Frequency: fire 15 Units Operating: Ladder 19, Rescue 6, Larchmont VAC Description Of Incident: Porch collapse with person poss. trapped under brick wall. Minor injury reported. Writer: LTNRFD 2355 Hrs. EMS unit cleared-RMA

He really shouldn't keep his feeling bottled up inside. He should just let his feelings out, say what's on his mind. And have a double espresso.....

Quick questions....how did the dog and the guy on the 'mini-bike' get to Thornwood in the first place?? And if it was a 'mini-bike', why did the LEO wait till he crossed a double yellow to pull him over??

And remember...it's better to have lobsters on the piano, then crabs on the organ !!!

How many FF's were on that 5" attack line ? Was it a standard engine company, or did they have to special call additional units for this special ops ??

From the Martha's Vineyard Times http://www.mvtimes.com/2008/06/19/news/turkey-attack.php

In the Town of Chilmark, they are pretty much the job. Maybe 6 full timers and 4 summer cops. The turkey will most likely feed the entire department.

It may have been more than 45 minutes that the patient was face down. The windows went from dark to real sunny before anyone got help. And that thing that was sitting in the bottom left seems to be upset that the activity was disturbing her nap.

EMS crews!!!!

If any Fire Dept. responded on an odor call and found CO of 400 ppm, they would deem the structure unsafe. They would not allow anyone inside until the problem is corrected and made safe. The mold and vermin kind of fall into the same area. Might not be as dramatic as CO in the building, but can be as unhealthy. The mice and other vermin should not there. A good exterminator on a regular schedule should eliminate and prevent the return of them. What is good for the general public should be good for those that protect the public.

Sam should be the Saw Mill units. Harry should be the Hutch units. Baker should be the Bronx River units.

Well now he doesn't have to worry where he will have to put his stuff.

The hippy dippy weatherman has made he final forecast. He had such great stuff.

About 15-20 years ago George Carlin did a benefit fundraise for the Larchmont Volunteer Ambulance Corp at the Iona College gym. If you never got a chance to see him live you missed some funny stuff. He was able to use the 7 words that you can't say on T.V. and then some.

George, You seem to like to write. I have enjoyed your little essays and stories about the job. What I can't understand is why when Eastchester F.D. and New Rochelle F.D. had duel responses to the HRP, you always turfed the BIFR of to Eng-23. Most of those calls in your estimation were in NRFD's area of the HRP. Well I checked they were EFD's. You owe me a cold one, or two. Enjoy your retirement, Marc