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Scaffold, perhaps?

Yea, I have seen that one before. Also, putting cellophane wrap over a toilet bowl, another classic.

If you use a light head that is strictly a "motherboard" let's call it, like see on the Whelen Flatlighter as pictured below, you will not get good light "bending". Whelen Flatlighter A great advancement in the recent past has been the incorporation of reflective housings, which does allow the LED's light to reflect, and spread out, and not be uni-directional. Lets use, for example, the Whelen Talon. In front of the row of 8 LEDs, there is a clear plastic strip which breaks up and disperses the single direction light, and lets it bounce around inside of the reflective housing, and the light spreads out to a wider viewing area. The reflective housing is also a concept used in many, if not most strobe packages as well. Now I am not saying that by themselves strobes do not disperse light well, I know they do, but they also do incorporate reflective housings to enhance their light dispersal. Whelen Talon

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Any time I am around any accident scene, I always check with the IC and any Law Enforcement on scene before any photographs are taken. Nine times out of ten, I am told to go right ahead, just to not get in the way of anyone, but in just a few cases, I have been denied, or just asked ot wait until the investigation was under control.

On the top right of your page, there is a link "Members" Click on that, and go towards the bottom of that page. In the "Search and Filter Options" there is a blank space after "begins with"; just leave that blank. Go down to the row of drop down menus. Click on the first one entitled "All Members" and change it to say "Verified Members." Go to the next drop down, and change it from "Member's Name" to "Total Posts." Go to the next menu, and choose if you want it in Descending, or Ascending order (ascending will start the list with the fewest and increase in the numbers as the list goes down, descending will start with the highest, and decrease in posts as the list goes down). Hope that helps!

Some of the arrangements that I have seen that I think have a lot of good aspects are in the general apparatus functions. Something as simple as turn signals and brake lights being setup with LEDs are a great step forward. Don't get me wrong, LEDs have MANY other purposes, but it does seem that many seem to take it too far and exceed necessities, and are merely out for the look of a UFO as some do Mach 300 to calls. The "animated" turn signals (similar in concept to arrow sticks) catch the eyes more than just a blinking amber light, which in conjunction with the arrangement of warning lights, can be overlooked. Something that can be a great advantage, maybe to help from getting confused with the other warning lights on the vehicles. Also, dual intensity brake light setups. As many cars have today, a low intensity setup for "running lights" that dual as brake lights. As the brakes are activated, the intensity increases, sometimes with a double or triple flash just to catch the attention of following motorists. I do agree with JBE, there has to be some happy medium intertwining the use of rotating lights and strobes. I had at one point thought of the same idea as JBE said, replacing the halogen bulb in a rotator with an LED. Same effect, but brightness and replacements become nearly unneeded. I think the heyday of halogens in general are long since gone, strobes are still strong, but on their way out, and the LED is paving the way to cheaper (in the long run), cost AND visually effective warning, as well as other functions. LED flashlights have come a LONG way since their humble beginnings as well.

Very true. If you stop and are a medical professional (CFR/EMT/Medic) you have the Duty to Act. And of course, once care is initiated, we all know that it cannot be stopped until someone of equal or higher certifications shows up. For this to happen, you have to stop and be identified. I know if looks bad if you just keep going past an incident, but I have seen it happen, thank goodness it was no serious MVA. Yes, every minute counts, and the sooner you help the person in an MVA, you try to preserve the "Golden Hour", but consider this. You are responding (first due, second due, whatever) and come upon an accident scene. Your department has not even been toned/paged out for this yet, so without coming upon it by chance, no one would be on the road for said incident yet anyway. I hate to sound insensitive, but it does suck for that person, plain and simple. To re-iterate what many have said previous, you have an assignment. Anything deviating from said assignment is, yes, that thing we have hammered into us from the days of FFI, FREELANCING. Personally, I have been called to, and am responding to an assignment already. Just call into dispatch or your command and advise of the situation you encountered! Sorry to rant, but I have been following this thread for a while, and just felt like contributing my bit.

Good luck with the fingerprints!! You have to figure it will be quite the challenge. Try and figure how many people touch YOUR trucks, door handles, steering wheels, etc... To definitively come up with people, I suppose you could find any set of people if they are NOT members there, but I cna imagine it will be quite a challenge!!

WOW!!! I wish I had the time/patience to do any of that stuff.

http://www.thefirestore.com/store/category..._10_wack_packs/ This popular helmet accessory, includes Garrity Life-Lite, heavy duty rubber helmet band and Now two useful thermal plastic chocks (Great on sprinkler heads). Available in White, Red, Green and Blue.

Oooo. Nice toys all over that site. Thanks for the link, I shall be looking many new things up on here! Thanks for the link Porsha!

I never got into the diecast collectible market, although I have always had an interest. It is amazing the detail and craftsmanship that go into these pieces. Nice setup and nice rigs you got!

Thanks for the info guys!! I plan to call first thing Monday morning when I get back from Montour!

Having been involved in the fire service for only a few years now, and with the ink still drying on my EMT card, I can still quite definitely say that EMTs face a great deal of danger to life and health. Obviously, the 2 things that are hammered into our heads in out EMT class, the very 2 first things...BSI and Scene Safety...while seemingly stupid and annoying, can prove to be the best information any EMT, or Paramedic, can use. I think becoming an EMT has helped me gain a profoundly new respect for EMS, and the people involved. I think many good points brought up, and all of them were for telling how dangerous ANY line of first responder work can be! Oh, and by the way...

Just got a letter in the mail today informing me I am still on the list, my rank has been bumped up 21 spots. "The City is anticipating the possibility that an interview process will begin in the late spring for a Fire Academy class being held at the end of June 2007." It goes on to mention that interviews will only be given according to rank, and only to those who possess a current (within 1 year) CPAT. To the best of anyone's knowledge, when is the next CT CPAT being given? I figured I would approach you all here before I go and call the CT Academy to ask them. Thanks in advance!

It has an awesome light setup. I have been passed by it several times on my way to/from school. Very nice truck!!

Here are 2 links to 2 videos, both performed by the Roberts Park FD. ***NOTE*** - These are EXTREMELY LARGE files, so be patient and grab a cup of coffee High Impact Wallboard Test Burn HIgh Impact Wallboard Breach Test Thanks to Mr. Dave Walsh for providing these, the Instructor for the Fire Science Program at Dutchess Community College. He has MANY other educational videos, powerpoints, etc, on his page, I HIGHLY recommend everyone check them out! To see these, click on the Free Training Resources link on the left hand side, and the look on the right, and you can find powerpoints, videos, and audio clips.

I am going to try and get a link to a video I had once seen with a demonstration by an FD with the High Impact Wallboard. In one test, they had a firefighter try and breach a wall set up with it with just hand tools. It took almost 2 minutes, if I remember correctly, to make a hole barely large enough for himself to get through. Secondly, as FFD941 said, they also did ignite a fire on the inside to show fire advancement. A few things to keep in mind about this stuff: -the Lexan sheet is on the inside of the wall, normal sheetrock on the interior of the room side -just by looking you will not be able to tell it is there until you try and breach it, which can prove to be too late when the brown stuff hits the rotating blades -also, if you have a fire in a stud chase, Lexan IS a plastic material, and we all know how combustible plastic is As soon as I get a link to that video I will post it here.

This has been brought up in a past thread. See below. http://emtbravo.net/index.php?showtopic=12868 Also recommend this thread be moved to the Training, Health, and Safety Forum!

The RFID system would seem to make a bit more sense. Anyone who has even tried to use ANY GPS system inside anywhere, it seems to not pick up the satellites (at least in the instances I have noticed). This would seem to put quite a damper if no one could even be able to get a signal from a satellite to transmit back to command.

I had the same problem ALS.

Although it isn't Westchester, Dutchess County has the Sheriff's Office with a marine patrol. Hughsonville FD HAD a boat (last I heard it was OOS for a few reasons, don't know if it got repaired or not) and New Hamburg FD keeps their boat at White's Marina. City of Beacon has a small Zodiak boat, but to the best of my knowledge is it only deployed as needed.

Thanks for the confirmation! Much appreciated!!