eagle5473

So much for trying to keep things the same for training and being familiar with your patrol vehicle.

Out of control and should be shut down? If you feel thats the case, hit the report button, thats what it is there for. This thread and it's posts have so far been professional, mature, and a lot of decent points have been made about other options that may have been available to YHFD instead of continuing to build a firehouse that the taxpayers said no to not once, but twice. Instead of stomping your feet that this thread is "out of control and should be shut down", how about providing an educated, well thought out rebuttal as to why the firehouse is a necessity. And please stop with the "people are against us cause we're volunteer" nonsense; quite frankly its getting really old. If someone from YHFD would like to provide some information as to this firehouse, I'm sure everyone would respect some insight. Personally I think it's silly to go forward with this build considering the close proximity of Millwood, and as my parents are taxpayers in Yorktown, I'm curious how many firefighters live in the south end of town to staff the apparatus. That opinion is based on facts provided by others... My opinion can be changed if someone can offer up a logical argument to convince me otherwise.

I have to concur, that the cooling chairs are by far the best tool for rehab. Our team has been up and running for 4-5 years, and if you show up with 1 thing, it would be 5-6 cooling chairs. The fans tend to just get the nozzles clogged and then just spew water and get people wet.
Part of the CT Region 5 rehab group our unit has
10 Cooling chairs
6 unit cooling vest system
2 10x20 tents with sides
1 10x10 tent
Heating unit powered by propane
Medical kits
Masimo Rad 57 CO monitor
Masimo rehab tags
4 large coolers
Rehab sector command kit
3 Honda 2000 watt gensets
3 cooling fans
2 folding benches
normal folding chairs
1 portable tent privy
granola bars
1 ice machine at base
3 folding shelter cots
1 folding table
3 water coolers
and a bunch of other small stuff
2011 ford F350 tow vehicle and 14 ft enclosed trailer
Aaron Hodge
Roxbury Ems
CT Region 5 Rehab Team

I have to concur, that the cooling chairs are by far the best tool for rehab. Our team has been up and running for 4-5 years, and if you show up with 1 thing, it would be 5-6 cooling chairs. The fans tend to just get the nozzles clogged and then just spew water and get people wet.
Part of the CT Region 5 rehab group our unit has
10 Cooling chairs
6 unit cooling vest system
2 10x20 tents with sides
1 10x10 tent
Heating unit powered by propane
Medical kits
Masimo Rad 57 CO monitor
Masimo rehab tags
4 large coolers
Rehab sector command kit
3 Honda 2000 watt gensets
3 cooling fans
2 folding benches
normal folding chairs
1 portable tent privy
granola bars
1 ice machine at base
3 folding shelter cots
1 folding table
3 water coolers
and a bunch of other small stuff
2011 ford F350 tow vehicle and 14 ft enclosed trailer
Aaron Hodge
Roxbury Ems
CT Region 5 Rehab Team

Where to start. I am an auto appraiser for my real job, and get to see lots of bags deployed.
The cover on the wheel now is a bad idea. When it first came out you only had steering wheel bag.
With all the other bags in cars now the cover would give the rescuer a false sence of security and may lead them to over look undeployed bags in other tareas of the car.
5-10-20 is the rule to teach and pass along. The most critical skill that MUST be passed along is to EXPOSE EVERYTHING before you cut.. I witnessed an Audi that was cut by a nearby FD that they did not do this and in fact cut thru the tube that expells the propellant from a side airbag canister in a C post. They have no clue at how close they came to cutting into the caniser (1-2 inches on both sides!!!)
Air bags and their parts are everywhere
-steering wheels
- dash
-side of front and rear seats
-Head rails
-A post and in the hinge post
- Dash Knee air bags on alot of cars not just the old Kia Sportage anymore.
-There are also airbags now on the big Motorcycles too
- Ford is also toying with airbags to prevent pedestrian inj on the exterior as well.
Other things to keep in mind are pre-tensoners for the seatbelts, and auto deploying roll over protection as well on convertables. Any we have not gotten to th eHybeds or electrics yet.
Extrication has become increasingly complex and dangerous for the rescuer IF you do not keep up on new technologies you are going to get hurt. And trainning on 15 year old cars is NOT real world trainning anymore.
Contact your local car dealer to see what is new in safey
Aaron Hodge

Where to start. I am an auto appraiser for my real job, and get to see lots of bags deployed.
The cover on the wheel now is a bad idea. When it first came out you only had steering wheel bag.
With all the other bags in cars now the cover would give the rescuer a false sence of security and may lead them to over look undeployed bags in other tareas of the car.
5-10-20 is the rule to teach and pass along. The most critical skill that MUST be passed along is to EXPOSE EVERYTHING before you cut.. I witnessed an Audi that was cut by a nearby FD that they did not do this and in fact cut thru the tube that expells the propellant from a side airbag canister in a C post. They have no clue at how close they came to cutting into the caniser (1-2 inches on both sides!!!)
Air bags and their parts are everywhere
-steering wheels
- dash
-side of front and rear seats
-Head rails
-A post and in the hinge post
- Dash Knee air bags on alot of cars not just the old Kia Sportage anymore.
-There are also airbags now on the big Motorcycles too
- Ford is also toying with airbags to prevent pedestrian inj on the exterior as well.
Other things to keep in mind are pre-tensoners for the seatbelts, and auto deploying roll over protection as well on convertables. Any we have not gotten to th eHybeds or electrics yet.
Extrication has become increasingly complex and dangerous for the rescuer IF you do not keep up on new technologies you are going to get hurt. And trainning on 15 year old cars is NOT real world trainning anymore.
Contact your local car dealer to see what is new in safey
Aaron Hodge

Where to start. I am an auto appraiser for my real job, and get to see lots of bags deployed.
The cover on the wheel now is a bad idea. When it first came out you only had steering wheel bag.
With all the other bags in cars now the cover would give the rescuer a false sence of security and may lead them to over look undeployed bags in other tareas of the car.
5-10-20 is the rule to teach and pass along. The most critical skill that MUST be passed along is to EXPOSE EVERYTHING before you cut.. I witnessed an Audi that was cut by a nearby FD that they did not do this and in fact cut thru the tube that expells the propellant from a side airbag canister in a C post. They have no clue at how close they came to cutting into the caniser (1-2 inches on both sides!!!)
Air bags and their parts are everywhere
-steering wheels
- dash
-side of front and rear seats
-Head rails
-A post and in the hinge post
- Dash Knee air bags on alot of cars not just the old Kia Sportage anymore.
-There are also airbags now on the big Motorcycles too
- Ford is also toying with airbags to prevent pedestrian inj on the exterior as well.
Other things to keep in mind are pre-tensoners for the seatbelts, and auto deploying roll over protection as well on convertables. Any we have not gotten to th eHybeds or electrics yet.
Extrication has become increasingly complex and dangerous for the rescuer IF you do not keep up on new technologies you are going to get hurt. And trainning on 15 year old cars is NOT real world trainning anymore.
Contact your local car dealer to see what is new in safey
Aaron Hodge