joetnymedic

on a serious note - this guy does need to do at least 30 days locked up and some counseling http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/fairfield_cty/man-calls-911-to-solve-beer-emergency

while there are no photos of bin laden himself dead (and yes, most definately I am glad that POS is dead) Reuters did publish photos from the compound which show stuff as well as a few bodies. here's the link. draw your own conclusions. http://www.reuters.com/subjects/bin-laden-compound I will say this, there has been a big deal made by some who say he was unarmed when he was shot. You know what, all I have to say/ask is how many people were armed in the towers, DC, and PA on 9/11/01? Exactly. The bastard got what he deserved. Joe

You know my son just called me from school. He goes Hey Dad - We took out Bin Laden 5/1/11. We cornered Hitler 5/1/45 and he killed himself. Maybe May 1st is just a day for tyrants to die. Wonder what Quadafy is thinking right now. you know things always come in 3's.

After 10 years. Osama Bin Laden is where he belongs....Dead. Although I for one would have liked to have taken him alive, tried hin for 9/11 and then publicly executed him on live TV. But I'll settle for this although I think his death was too quick.

and another one - this time in Connecticut. I'm pretty sure this one is going to wind up being caused by an underlying medical problem though. but that's just a feeling. joe http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/new_haven_cty/man-dies-after-being-tasered-in-waterbury

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/21/911-responders-screened-for-terror-ties_n_852198.html?icid=main%7Chtmlws-main-n%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk1%7C210508

but he started it-lol http://www.wfsb.com/news/27443099/detail.html you cant make this stuff up

What a bunch of bufoons. Best wishes for a speedy recovery Paramedic Stow

couple that with new haven and bridgeport and their latest batch of bad pcp

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2011/03/26/2011-03-26_montana_radio_shack_gives_away_free_guns_to_customers_with_new_satellite_dish_se.html

I've been into scanning for years. Like Izzy said, the type of antenna you need to get will depend on what you listen to. Say 60 control was still on 46.26, your antenna would need to be tuned for low band which is a good size antenna. now if you were listening to uhf you can get away with I believe a 4 inch whip antenna. If you are litening to multiple bands, you will need a multi band antenns which again is noticable. Larsen makes both a mount and an antenna for vhf/uhf/800 which is pretty good. as for the glass mount antennas, be prepared as I have one and while it's ok for me and when/where I listen to things, it's not all that great of an antenna. Also, as Izzy stated, the suction cupp antennas are great if you are monitoring a very close or very strong system. but they stink in the cold and are quite a bit of maintainance. I will tell yo9u I also tried to go that route awhile back and I did have the suction cup fail and fall off. The other option, if you are listening to just one band are the stealth antennas used by some departments for two way radios, but once again, some are good, some aren't so good. Also a** mentioned just because you pay top dollar doesn't mean you are going to get the best antenna. I'm sure many on this board will have opinions and you can also check out www.radioreference.com which can also give you quite a bit of information. Good luck, I hope you get the antenna you are looking for. joe

what a hit - glad nobody was hurt. did you catch the fact that the female officers cell phone was thrown into the back and destroyed. if anyone was in that car they were toast

before i post this article, i just wanted to say my heart goes out to the downed officer, his family, his department and the officer who fired the shot. That said, here's the latest article appearently a retired cop with a scanner may have caused this sad incident to occur. it doesnt matter whether you're off duty, retired, just a buff, etc. If you're going to listen to a scanner, you really shouldn't chase calls. If you do chase a call for pictures or whatever, you need to be responsible and held accountable for your actions. Never get in the way and always stay by the sidelines. In this incident, nobody but the cops should have been there in the first place. http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/li_police_slay_guy_meddler_Yi3NDp5N3hS7mXaHDErnkJ joe

i can tell you from my experience that I have seen and even used smaller blazer and even jeep type vehicles as paramedic fly cars. This was years ago so I hope the quality has improved. I used a jeep ckerokee in trumbull, ct as unit 905 and at both Westchester Ambulance and Danbury I used Chevy Blazers. They did not hold up very well at all as well as being very uncomfortable for a guy my size. I think if I remember when I was working for CMTI (cough, cough - did I say that-lol. There were alot of good people there tho) they had a chevy suburban for a flycar. I used to see them all the time at the garage in Yonkers, but I think they were used in Kingston. Vems in the valley here in CT used to use suburbans too if memory serves correct and they handled and for the most part handled well. CMTI also had a few taurus supervisor cars which were a joke. Having one of those as an emergency vehicle back in the day made about as much sense as some of the PD's here in CT using K-Cars for patrol (yes they did). Based on my experiences with smaller vehicles in emergency use. overall, the smaller vehicles did not hold up well at all. What is needed if you are going to use these vehicles in emergency services is a good heavey duty vehicle: crown vic, Tahoe, Expedition, suburban, etc. if you're not going to spring for a police or special duty package at least get a towing package so you have a slightly better suspension. Like I said these are just my experiences as well as my opinion. I know Westchester EMS was using a tahoe when I was working there in 2001 that they had alot or issues with, but I think that was just that truck. I know they used a dodge ram sport as a supervisor flycar and that worked out ok too. They mostly used Ford epeditions and I believe they are using those now as well with little problems. Maybe WAS967 can shed some light. Not sure what Greenburgh is using. I know Sleepy Hollow uses a Tahoe also for a BLS flycar. Good luck hope you find what you need. Joe

Date: 3/11/11 Time: approx 01:30 hrs US time Location: East of Sendai and northeast of Tokyo Japan Description: Catastrophic earthquake of 8.9 magnitude Hundreds of deaths reported with massive damage and tsunamis occurring. Tsunami warnings across entire Pacific including Hawaii and CONUS west coast. Aftershocks continue. Links: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/11/japan-quake-idUSL3E7EB0IP20110311 Writer: joetnymedic, et al

well said i couldn't agree with you more and btw - here in ct school supers make around 200k a year. in new haven, it was just "discovered" their term not mine that 60% of school staff doesn't even step foot in a classroom. I'm not going to bash unions as they do have their place, what i dont like is in schools, and the pd at least here, we have a ton of management positions filled and less people at the "street" level then we should. my take is alot of these so called supervisors should be out there with the rank and file everyday not behind some desk. as far as pensions go, i think that if you put 20 years out there on the street putting your a** in harms way, then after 20 years you're entitled to that as a thank you for your service at the very least. joe

RIP Lt.

orange and black? yup i'll be coming back up again to get a picture of this.....

Here's an oldie but Goodie. I'm sure WAS967 will agree that this vehicle was totally "safe" ::::::eye roll:::::::

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/emt_tries_victim_help_in_li_car_ykdNTKGK437z00nX6UF9AJ

yup, you all go drag her over to oak street - roflmao. attacked by a warthog too. wow

lol- ya see the power of the press I bet they read his mind too - lol gotta love it

ok, i'm going to chime in here. Many moons ago when i first got my EMT here in CT, I used to belong to a VAC here. I'm not going to mention the VAC by name as it doesn't serve a purpose. Anyway, the on duty crew was hungry and took the rig to get something to eat at the local mcdonalds which was on the other end of town. as this was what I would call a rural vac, there were plenty of woods around and on the way back in a rig which had just been refurbed, they struck a deer and totalled out the rig. The vac then changed some rules about when a rig could be out of the building, what it would have on it crew wise (like I said this time the rig was fully staffed) and I believe how far the rig could be from quarters if not on a call. Anyway, I have mixed feelings on this type of issue. should a rig be used to go out to luch per say - if the rig is returning from a call or from fueling up, etc. Then I say ok. If you are not on a call, then thats what your personal vehicle is for. I for one dont advocate taking a rig out for something without a full crew either. In this case the driver was under the influence of sleeping meds and should not have been driving any vehicle period. I'm glad at least that he didnt have a crew on board as they could have been injured, but at the same time, if there were a crew with him, it would be their responsibility not to have been in the vehicle with him if they knew he had taken the med. That also leads me to this issue. If you are on duty at a vac, you have absolutely no business being there in the first place if you are taking sleep meds. you are of no use to the rest of the crew or those you serve. in fact as proven here, you are actually a liability. If you are under the influence of meds or alcohol, you have no buisness being on an emergency vehicle of any kind. And as for using the vehicle for personal errands for the most part I'd say no. And yes, I know I am being a hypocrite on that note as alot of us, myself included have been on duty in between calls and stopped for something to eat or to check something out, etc. So yeah, it's a case of pot calling the kettle black in that respect. However I can honestly say driving under the influence is a definate no-no and I've NEVER done that. all I'm saying is not only are you driving a billboard with your services name on it, you are doing the equvlent of driving a bullet with someones name on it.

i'd like to chime in here for a second also. as a former street medic. not to go against any medic who is tems, but i think if you are going to be a medic on a team that you should be armed with at least a pistol. i think that by placing someone who is unarmed out there, you are making them a liability as they can not defend themselves which would mean at least one other member of the team will have to watch over them. this leads to another issue. if the medic sees that a member of the team is in danger of being shot or taken out by the target can the medic take out the target without liability and how would that be percieved. granted the medic would obviouly have to be armed. another thing is there anything that says if the medic is treating a wounded team member and they are in danger of being shot that the medic can not take the wounded members weapon to defend them against further harm? i am not a tac medic, so thats the purpose for the questions as i'm sure other non tac medics would probably ask the same thing. i dont think anyone should be out there unarmed with a target on them