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It is replacing the current Truck 9 which is assigned to 35-M-2

Condolences to his family and friends .Sad day

What good old day's of hearing Expedite the bus, one of the best was Put a push on the bus, I need a quick ETA, Don't they understand I need them now, This is a (BAD) patient. My partner and I would don our Superman outfit's, thump our chests 3 times with our fists, yell for Scotty to beam us up, hit warp 10, arrive on scene and stand with our hands on our hips and say! Did anyone call for the (PRO"S FROM DOVER)? MASH day's for those who don't remember? (THEN) to hear, we thought the patient wasn't breathing? Sir what happened? I WAS SLEEPING. LOLL. PLEASE STOP.

You know it, I know it and believe me Brother the Vulcans know it. Things will never change until individuals take responsibility for the course of their lives and the groups mind their business.

I have to agree with PEMO, I never really grasped why every call there has to be a notification. Perhaps I too am use to working in the City. I remember one of my first calls here in Westchester was an MVA in Phleps drive way, we pull into the ER and the nurse starts screaming at us that we didnt call in blah blah blah. I told her it happened in there drive way. She said it doesn't matter you still have to call. So I stepped outside and called from my cell phone and gave my report, they asked for an ETA I said the pt was already in there ER. I was told by the nurse that I was a smart a**.

Is this descision from another Judge who knows NOTHING about emergency services?????

I agree with all the posts before me who said this is not Affirmative Action, it is blatant racism in its worst form. If it is condoned by your higher-ups then I don't see why you could not file an EEOC against those higher-ups.
"When a fire engine pulls up in front of your building, nobody gets off and says 'What floors are the White People on?" -Dennis Leary
(Maybe Dennis was wrong)

Facts are simple. Most of the low priority calls are simply "taxi" runs. Some are actually for late clinic appointments, ER follow ups , etc. These people would complain if the unit arrived in 10 minutes. There are the exceptions that actually do require an ambulance either due to secondary conditions or incorrect information relayed during EMD. In a perfect world extra units could be added during extreme weather but unfortunately this politician is part of the same group that imposed budget restraints on agencies and the media is the same one that will list all of the "high overtime earners" names and address because they increased their base income to add these extra units. The politicians want it both ways. The simple solution is that these politicians should have held their press conference in a less environmentally hostile environment, ensure that their staff was safe and not created the problem in the first place.

Just a few clearifying facts. A post fainting heat related syncope us not a high priority. Also, regardless of Queen Quinn's statement the woman was immediately treated by a NYS EMT who happened to be her NYPD PO driver. The failure here is her failure to take a step back, distance herself from the incident, look at the big picture and find a solution without negatively impacting other NYC resident. The solution a SUV with official plates and ice cold a/c. First rule in heat rrelated injuries is to remove the patient from the hostile environment. The already cooled SUV could have surficed and also doubled as a transport option to an ER.

According to the story, once the call was upgraded an engine was dispatched. There are response protocols in place and just because she is the council leader you don't get to jump the line. By the time she finished calling everyone she could and throwing her inflated position around, there was a surplus or resources tied up for a fainting. Not a heart attack, stroke, seizures, etc, a fainting. She is a fine example of what is wrong with the political class today.

Quinn is like all the other politicians. They feel they are special and therefore deserve special treatment not accorded the masses. Yea, why not put her in the SUV and drive her to the hospital yourself? How hard was that to figure out. Did they really need to tie up a paramedic ambulance for a fainting?
Though I have moved South, I still get my NY Post every day. I look forward to reading the forthcoming stories of the decline of NYC post Bloomberg and Kelly.
The inmates will be running the asylum come January and it won't be long before they undo everything accomplished by Giuliani and Bloomberg. Public Safety wise anyway. Between the criminals in Albany and the clueless in NYC, by the time they finish accommodating all their personal and special interests the tax rates necessary to pay for it all will be simply staggering.

30 minutes for a Priority 5 call as it was first triaged with no available buses in the system and calls waiting is not long. The heat wave is taxing the system. Quinn states that there should be more units out there to handle the call volume and that the system was not prepared. This is the same woman that voted to cut the FDNY & EMS budget and reduce the unit count. I guess it was just lip service until those cuts hit home. They also could have picked this young lady up and put her in the air conditioned SUV that she had waiting and I am sure running to ensure it was kept cool instead of "dragging" her under a tent to keep her cool.

"Quinn was speaking before cameras about the reopening of the controversial E. 91st St. marine transfer station when the 17-year-old girl suddenly dropped to the ground in front of the crowd shortly before noon, witnesses said.
The speaker ran over to the teen, who may have collapsed because of the heat, and began rubbing her arms as a member of Quinn's detail — an NYPD cop who is a trained EMT — began rendering aid to the girl.
"It's going to be okay," Quinn told the girl as another bystander called 911.
They quickly pulled the girl into the shade under a tent as Quinn's security guard grabbed an oxygen tank to help the young woman breathe.
But Quinn finally lost her patience after waiting about 30 minutes for an ambulance to arrive and dialed NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly for help.
"We were trying to get through to [FDNY Commissioner] Sal Cassano, and I was unable to get connected," Quinn said."
http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2013/07/chris-quinn-slams-outrageous-30-minute-wait-for-ambulance-after-intern-collaps
Interesting, injured woman faints and is conscious and being treat by "trained personnel" (a police officer who is also an EMT). Triaged as it should and held for higher priority calls due to a 25% spike in call volume. But because it is the Speakers intern there is "outrage " because it should have been a "priority 1" call. Maybe they should hold the arrest, MI, stroke or true unconscious for her intern. This is the same Speaker that would have called for a City Council investigation if an MOS family's call was bumped up. I guess it is justified when you call the Police Commissioners private cell and pull strings to get your low priority call bumped up to a high priority "unconscious" even though the woman was conscious. Maybe the speaker and her intern should have followed her own instructions that she has been handing out since the heat wave started - stay hydrated, in the shade when possible and wear light colored, loose fitting clothing.

simple the county won't step in that is half the problem with the home rule state. It takes for over to set up policy that affect every department on the ems side. look at the policy on EMDing that the county ems council came out with... they were trying to get the number of 911 answers sites down, now if its a stubbed toe and its not EMD a medic goes.

An internet search of headlines turns up titles such as "Police officer injuried in accident enroute to call", "Respected Doctor killed in one car accident", "Belover school teacher killed in tragic auto accident". etc. Based on the explaination given these were journalistically poor headlines?

Does this mean I am just a Chiefs Car Driver?

Typical journalistic arrogance. Rather than bucking up to the fact that they made a mistake, they offer a half-baked justification. Typical.

A simple, "I did not realize that anyone would ever take that as derogatory, I am sorry." Would have stopped this all.

First, I must say nice job to Mr. Woebse, it's nice to see an agency and the upper level management stick up for it's employees. Mobile life seems to be a class act and a great example of what an agency should be. As for Mr. Adamis, I must say I like his defense, "we meant it literally, so it's okay."

Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.
Segments of the media and some politicians have had a long standing agenda against guns and this tragedy is their excuse to take action.

Na....your good..."Live Free Or Die" right?

I watched this go down via their live feed last night and noticed some interesting points.
1. Even some supporters of this bill stated that they didn't think that banning certain types of weapons would help.. But that we need a societal change
2. As stated legislators had 20 minutes to review this bill before a vote? Children spend more time then that on math homework!! This sounds like a back door deal that was shoved down our throats.
3. Greg Ball is very right
Just my two cents....

Yup, Same thing down here. Parties for the deceased (usually a thug) always end up with someone stabbed or shot and of course out of the 100 + people on scene nobody saw anything.