JohnnyOV

Please remember to always use appropriate traffic precautions such as flares, traffic control ect., when on a road side scene. Lets all hope that they all make it out ok.

LCFD968, I speak on behalf of me and hopefully the rest of my department. Yorktown’s apparatus are carefully planned out to meet the job that is required. I don’t know if you have ever driven through Yorktown during the hours of 1200-2000, but if you have you already know that traffic is absolutely horrendous. The lights were put on the Chiefs car they way the are for the safety of the Chief and the people driving around him.

oh yeaaaaaa =P~ =P~

I think that this is a great proposal by our Senator =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D>. This could put an extra $1000 in my pocket in order to pay for books for college. Great idea!

hey, i live in florida for most of the year because of school. I miss the snow alot. The skiing, the cold and mountains make NY beautiful. So before you go and rag on the place you live, move somewhere else! I would give alot to be back up there right now.

send them all out

every few summers my family and I head up to lake george to a camp ground called turtle island. Its a nice little island with a nice spot on a rock to throw a line or two out into the lake to catch dinner. I think its the niceest spot at lake george cuz its not "on the water" but rather next to it, and you avoid all the heavy boat traffic and such.

My vote goes for ladder 49, hands down. Much more realistic and I think showed the better side of the FD then Backdraft did.

ill repeate here what I asked in the other post regarding this topic, would trust your ownself at 16 to drive a heavy truck through red lights and down the wrong side of the road

I personally have seen the "squeeze" device in use and I do not think it works very well. I know I should not be jumping to conclusions off my first use of the device, but I felt I should share my story and see if other had similar accounts. We had a call for an unresponsive person down in a home. We had/have (unsure if its still in use) an agreement with a neighboring department to show up on scene with us to utilize the device and see how it preformed. Upon finding the patient, she was a frail, small 80 y/o woman who looked like you could break her in two if you touched her. The ok was given to try the device out and we did. It took 1-2 minutes to get the device on her and another to program all of the information required to properly perform the compressions. Well, even though the trained operator put all of the correct information in, and the device was hooked up properly, when it was started, it compressed her so hard that her legs shot up in the air and her stomach distended to the point that it looked like it was going to blow up. After 2 or 3 compressions, the device was immediately shut down and manual compressions resumed. I was the "lucky one" to perform the compressions. I do not mean to sound grotesque or disgusting, but those who are squeamish pass this next paragraph of the post. Upon starting them, it felt as if her chest had turned into jelly and I could feel multiple ribs that had been crushed in multiple places and along the sternum. The sternum its self was intact (as we know it is very hard to break). Although this particular woman was basically dead already, down approximately 30 min. before found, we have this woman every chance possible to survive, not because protocol said so, but because she had family there and no DNR or living will; do not take that the wrong way i.e. I only truly apply myself to people without DNR and Living wills and people with family. Every call should be treated as if you are trying to help someone that you love. Getting back to the discussion on mechanical vs. manual, my vote so far has to go to the manual way of performing CPR. Like I said before, I personally have yet to see the device work properly but I am looking forward to using it and seeing it work properly. However, until then, I have to stick by manual CPR.

Maybe you ought to apply =D>

i totally agree with you X635. If we still went along with the "its not broke dont fix it" saying, we would not have 911, E911, and we would still have a tank of water carried by a horse to the scene. pbvpm, you need to look at what technology has brought to us. Without it, we would still be doing things "the old way." Change is good. Without change, there is no progress in the world (i think i stole that from somebody, not sure who though). You wouldnt even be able to complain on this forum ( :wink: ) if it wasnt for technology and its advances. Hell, getting away from the communications side, we would all still be weaing highrise leather boots with a heavy leather jacket if nobody had said, you know what, there has got to be something better and safer for firefighters to use. Same applies with the CAD system. It is a safer system for the county to use because it enhaces the dispatchers ablility to identify whats going on, whos where and what needs to be taken care of.

I totally agree with you WAS967. Not to put down the so called "parade departments," but I feel that a good engine or ladder or what have you, should be based on performance, not looks. Would you want your brand new 2005 Engine that has been waxed and washed twice a day rolling up on scene and not having its pump work because nobody remembered to perform the maintenance checks on it? Or would you rather have an older rig that is semi-dirty and has been maintained every week, and you know that when you pull up on a working fire, you can damn well be sure that when you call for water, water will be there. So my vote has to go to the engines that I can depend on, from every department. If you maintain, check and double-check that every bolt, every light, and valve work properly, and you are proud of it, in my book, that should define a favorite rig.

To be a career FF you must take FF II, along with S-205 Wildland Firefighting and urban interferance, sexual harassment and cultural diversity

That is correct. Just recently, within the last 2 months, shifts have changed from a 2 man (paid) to a three man (paid) team with room for one volunteer in each rig. As for the volunteers, they are declining rapidly. They have set up a new system that stinks when it comes to getting ff out and about. Before any firefighter can even respond to a call, paid or not, they must complete 12 classes totaling 264 hours of training. These classes are Bloodborne Pathogens, CPR/AED, ICS I, Emerg. Resp. to Terrorism, Report Writing, First Responder, Oxygen Therapy, CPR IRHMI: Basic Concepts, Semi-Automatic Defib, ICS II-VI, EVOC, Basic Pump Operations, and finally NFPA Firefighter I. Because of the time it takes to complete all of these classes, possible members are turned away. In my station, we have a total for around 10 members if my memory is correct. As for the response time, I’m am uncertain of a law about this in FL but numerous times while I have been at the station, I have seen the engine leave w/o lights and sirens and continue down the road w/o them. The only times I have seen it leave w/ the lights and sirens on is for I-95 car accidents and Poss. Struc. Fires. Most of the land of Volusia County is west of I-95 and is completely swamp and forest with the occasional muddy road with a Trailer or two on it. The stations west of I-95 cover huge amounts of area with minimal back roads and shortcuts. As for areas that my station is located in, the Holly Hill district, we receive numerous sf calls that take us through the crowded streets and single lane, narrow back roads that people refuse to pull over for and let the engines through, elongating the response time.

YVAC pages out 4 times

were you talking about volusia county? :-k

i unfortunatly must say that during school, i volunteer for Volusia County Fire Services, ranked number 4 for worst response times :sad:

In Yorktown VAC, we either have a crew for the bus or not, and if we dont, a page immediatly goes out to all members to fill the crew. Every 30-45 seconds a page goes out for a maximum of 4 times. After the 4th time, we go mutual aid

it all depends on the agency when it comes to being dispatched. For yorktown, 911 calls go to the PD, who then dispatch the VAC. We are given the address and then the type of call it is, normally in detail, no 10-codes. As for the Alpha Bravo ect. Yorktown if fortunate enough to have Advanced Life Support staffed 24/7 at our headquaters, 2 from 0800 till 2000 and 1 from 2000 till 0800. So ALS is dispatched to all calls in a fly car along with a BLS VAC bus. On the scene it is determined wether or not the call will go ALS or BLS and who ever needs to jump in the bus goes.

to bad im away in college...i would love to go!

i agree with E64PCFD2044. It is an awsome idea, but unfortunatly for fire departments such as yorktown, there is not enough call volume to reasonably and practically staff somebody to stay at the fire deparment even if they punch out to run on calls.

through the grapevine I heard that it should be arriving sometime inbetween June to August

like i said before, i was unsure when it came to moving an engine down to staion 3, but i agree with you that 271 should be moved down there because it hold more water then 275. IMO i dont think it has anything to do with age of the apperatus(just like what afd65 said) but the capacity of water it holds. Always a pleasure to supply info

thats awsome!! great thinking on his part