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Published Today: RFI FOR INFORMATION AND EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF FAST RESPONSE FIREBOATS - Request for Information - PIN# 057060002946 - DUE 7-13-2006 AT 4:00 PM The Fire Department of the City of New York (”FDNY”) is seeking qualified vessel builders to furnish proposals for the construction of two (2) fast response fireboats. This RFI is being issued to promote competition and assess the availability and experience of interested shipyards. Vendors should note that this is not a pre-qualification process, contracts will not be awarded from this RFI, and the RFI will not limit the number of respondents to FDNY solicitation(s). Vendors responding to this RFI will be invited to participate in a separately issued open Competitive Sealed Bid for the construction of FDNY fireboats. Vendor Source ID:33601 Due Date 7/13/2006 Published 6/12/2006 Solicitation Request for Information Agency FDNY Contact Margaret Budzinska (718) 999-1234 Address 9 MetroTech Center, 5th Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201

Specs are ut to bid Aerial Ladder Truck Fire Department RFP-NR-4654 Bid Date 6/12/2006

http://www.lcfa.com/EXPO/

What was the drill about? What agencies were involved?

Bureau of EMS Policy Statement Policy Statement # 01-04 Date 05/16/01 Subject Re: EMT Staffing Standard for Voluntary Ambulance Services Supercedes/Updates New There have been issues raised about the EMT staffing standard that became effective January 1, 2001 for voluntary ambulance services. Article 30 of the Public Health Law states that "the minimum staffing standard for a voluntary ambulance service shall be an Emergency Medical Technician with the patient." The following is intended to help clarify the meaning of the law. This policy is written for ambulance service operation. It does not address first response service operation. A voluntary ambulance service must have an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) or higher, attending to the patient at the scene and in the ambulance while transporting the patient to the hospital. If a voluntary ambulance service has a written response policy in place in which an EMT is allowed to respond directly to the scene from home or work, the ambulance may respond to the scene of the emergency even if an EMT is not on board. If the EMT responding directly to the scene is delayed and the only other ambulance crew available are Certified First Responders (CFR), the CFR may begin care. It is acceptable to have a CFR as a part of an ambulance crew. The EMT assumes responsibility for care upon arriving at the scene. If the EMT does not arrive at the scene and another service is immediately available with appropriate staffing, the patient should be transported by that service. If no other service is immediately available the patient should be transported. An intercept with an appropriately staffed ambulance or first response service should be sought while en route to the hospital. Continual and repeated failure of a service to assure an EMT arrives at the scene to provide care may result in the Department taking disciplinary action against the service and/or the individual. A service may send an ambulance and equipment to the scene of an emergency if they know another service will provide the EMT staff necessary to perform patient care. The service sending the ambulance would share responsibility for the care being provided. These types of mutual agreements to share the staff and equipment must be done in writing in advance. The staffing standard requires one (1) EMT with a patient. Therefore, an ambulance must be staffed with at least one EMT. While it is preferable to have more than one EMT if there are multiple patients, the law does not require it. In the event of a multiple patient situation, the EMT would assume supervision of the care being provided to the patients being treated and transported. If only one (1) EMT is available to staff the ambulance crew, that EMT must be the patient care provider and/or supervise the patient care being provided. The EMT may NOT be the driver of the ambulance when a patient is being transported. NOTE: In a multiple casualty incident (MCI), local or regional protocols should be followed. An ambulance should NOT respond to the scene of an emergency if it is known, in advance that an EMT is not available, as previously discussed in this policy. It is recommended that all ambulance services preplan for the lack of staffing by written mutual aid agreements with neighboring ambulance services and by alerting the local Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) or dispatch authority as early as possible when you know that EMT level staffing is NOT available. Careful pre-planning, mutual aid agreements and continual recruitment programs are necessary to assure sufficient EMT staffing. Issued by: Edward Wronski, Director Bureau of Emergency Medical Services

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If you're not doing at least 70mph on the Sprain, you get passed or back up traffic behind you. Not enough enforcment of the speed limit. I'm surprised he got caught.

I'm with EMTBravo. There's no reason for constant negatives over and over again. Keep the rules!!! If someone doesn't like it, let them start their own website. EMTbravo - Don't get upset. There is a silent majority on your side!

Tarrytown VAC - 996 calls

Are there any circumstances where an ambulance crew dispatched to a call can refuse to transport the person asking to be transported. Or in other words, Can we refuse to transport a "frequent flyer" when they trully don't have anything wrong with them; and we've transported them 4 times in the last 2 days for the same issue?

This the one? http://www.nycfire.net/westaudio/index.htm

How does your Ambulance Corps or Fire Department VAC handle call response? In other words, do you have set crews? Or, whoever is around when the pager goes off just respond? How long do you wait before calling mutual aid? Do you run more than one ambulance and how are those rigs staffed?

Tarrytown VAC: Set Day Crews Monday through Friday - 7am to 7pm augmented with at least one paid personnel. Set Night Crews: Monday thriugh Friday - 7pm to 7am Weekends are rotated by the 5 night crews (Labeled Crew 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5) plus 2 additional crews ( Crew 6 & 7). They are 24 hours shifts from 7am to 7am. Started 20 or so years ago.... Today (Sat. 10/22) happens to be Crew #1, tomorrow Crew #2. Next Saturday Crew #3, etc. Generally comes to about 15 weekend shift per year. Backup calls/2nd calls are toned out for any available members. TPD does the paging. After 2 minutes with no responce, they are to go to Mutual Aid. One set crew 24/7/365.

This?

Our VAC is looking for new stretchers. Who's using what brand stretchers? What would anybody recommend?

I appreciate all of the responces. I had the same guy 2 times within 3 hours. If we can't refuse, can the hospital refuse to take him, or sign our PCR for him?

Antique fire engine muster and show, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Aug. 27, Volunteer Fireman's Museum, Fair Street, Kingston. Vintage fire equipment, police cars and other emergency vehicles will be on display. Call 331-0866.

Found This: Aug 27, Kingston, NY. Muster, hosted by Volunteer Firemens Hall & Museum. Info: Marv Cohen, enjine@aol.com.

TOWER LADDER 78 WAS DELIVERED TO TARRYTOWN LAST FRIDAY 8/19/05.

I believe 911 cell calls go to the NYS Police. At one time it was in Middletown, NY but now I believe it's the new State Police Facility in Hawthorne. From past experience, if you know the municpality you're in when you call, they can transfer you to them. If you're unsure, they will attempt to figure out where you are and send the appropriate responce.

Are there any portable radios on the market that can be programmed for Low Band, VHF and UHF at the same time? For example: Channel 1 - 46.26 Channel 2 - 155.94 Channel 3 - 465.555