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EMTBravo.net's Spotlight Member Of The Week Ending August 2nd, 2008 is Photounit Member Group: Alpha Member Click Here To View Profile The EMTBravo.net Staff chose PhotoUnit as this week's Spotlight Member because of his dedication of posting quality photos with descriptions of incidents on the forum on a regular basis. Bill's awesome photos are enjoyed by the hundreds of members that view each set. We appreciate the time and effort it takes him from photographing the incidents to posting them here. Thanks Bill and keep the great photos coming! -Seth G. & the EMTBravo.net Team An EMTBravo.net Spotlight Member is chosen by the EMTBravo.net staff each week, and announced every weekend at the end of the week. Members are chosen based on their contributions to making this forum an informative and pleasant community to visit. Factors for Spotlight Member nomination include but are not limited to: -Regular, high quality informative posts -Detailed Incident Alerts -Photo sets -Member behavior and attitude -Member interaction with other members -Members willingness to help Spotlight Members are nominated and chosen internally by EMTBravo.net staff team, so please DO NOT contact the staff with any nominations or suggestions. EMTBravo.net Staff Members ARE NOT elegible for this program.

Honestly, I'd have to look in the settings to find out. I didn't even know there was a maximum. As mentioned above, we'll be re-inventing the points system come this Fall.........everyone will start again with 0 points, so currenty points are obsolete.

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Nothing right now. Coming this Fall 2008, that will change.

Thank You JetPhoto for your donation. One of the biggest problems facing EMTBravo is a source of funding, to provide domain registration, hosting costs, board license fees, etc. Your generosity and donation is greatly appreciated and will be put to good use maintaining and building a better community for you and your fellow members! Every bit counts! (This thank you message was automatically generated by our new donation system)

I'm currently considering designing a custom EMTBravo trading patch. This is one of the items you would be able to redeem points for. However, I'm stuck with how it should be designed. So, I ask some of the more creative minds out there to give me some ideas, draw something out, let's get this started!!!

All Incident Alerts and information contained within on any EMTBravo website may not be copied, redistributed, retransmitted, or used in any other fashion without the express written consent from EMTBravo. This Site and all the materials available on the Site are the property of The EMTBravo Group, and are protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws. The Site is provided solely for your personal noncommercial use. You may not modify, copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit, translate, sell, create derivative works, exploit, or distribute in any manner or medium (including by email or other electronic means) any material from the Site. © 2008 The EMTBravo Bravo Group All rights reserved. This includes any for-profit paging service that steals information from this FREE site to SELL to it's customers. As you may know, the Incident Alert writers and staff work hard to maintain the Incident Alerts, and they are provided for free to our members. When the above becomes an issue, EMTBravo will take steps to identify the parties responsible.

I'd like to invite everyone to join us in the brand-new EMTBravo.net Live Chat room this Tuesday night at 2145hrs EST. Myself and other staff members who can attend will be on hand to break in our new chat room. Come and meet some of the staff that makes this site possible. We want to hear your questions, comments, complaints, compliments or whatever's on your mind about EMTBravo. The chat room is accesible via the "Live Chat" link at the top of the page, or via the "EMTBravo.net Live Chat" link on the forum index. Hope to see some of you there! -Seth G. Director Of Development The EMTBravo Group LIVE CHAT DIRECT LINK: http://www.emtbravo.net/index.php?autocom=chatsigma

This is the advice from the company that provides us with the software: If you need further help, please submit a help ticket by clicking on the "Need Help Using The Forum?" link at the top of the screen so that one of our staff can assist you (as they are trained on the chat client, right now it's just me)

Chat's on now...c'mon in and say hello!

A bump for tonight's Live Chat w/ EMTBravo & Staff, updated time 2145hrs EST in the EMTBravo.net Live Chat room. Don't forget to bring with you your suggestestion for the site, and anything else you'd like to discuss with the EMTBravo staff. (I will be there from 2145EST to 2215hrs)

Verified Member profiles MUST stay accurate and truthful at all times. This includes Verified Members, Alpha Members, Alpha + Members, Premium Members, and select staff. Our staff routinely audits random profiles and is growing tired of warning members who are not in compliance with the terms of the program. One of the major issues is location. Either list a county or town where you live OR work. Comical descriptions, regional terminolgy, etc is not accepted. The following information is REQUIRED to be maintained in a Verified Member profile. Age range -Location (County or Town of Residence or Work) -Affiliation type -Rank You can update/maintain your profile here: http://www.emtbravo.net/index.php?act=UserCP&CODE=01 If you are found to have missing information in your profile, you will be contacted by a moderator and given a chance to update your profile. If you do not comply within 7 days, you will be removed from the Verified Member program for 6 months. Intentionally inaccurate information in a profile is a zero tolerance policy, and will result in a permanent ban from the Verified Member program. If you have need assistance updating your profile, please fill out a Help Ticket by clicking the "Need Help button at the top of the page. If you want to report a member who's not in compliance, please also submit a Help ticket. Thanks for your cooperation in helping us keep our Verified Member program on track. -Seth G. Director Of Development, The EMTBravo Group

Members, We've decided to put a ban on the posting of news articles or other information relating to people affilliated with emergency services who get in trouble unrelated to their career or volunteer role. This community aims to build camraderie and relationships, to promote interagency cooperation, share information and ideas, and highlight the emergency services community. I feel threads such as the ones described above aren't appropriate for the forum and really have nothing to do with Emergency Services. Often, these frequent threads just turn into a bash-fest, and are counterproductive. There's no need to hype up a media report, and give this person more publicity. There is no need for these types of incidents to be discussed on this forum. To shame someone on here, which seems to be the main purpose of these threads, serves absolutely no purpose, whether guilty or innocent, which is also not up for us to decide. Any new thread violating this new policy will be deleted by the staff. -Seth G. Director Of Development, The EMTBravo Group On Behalf of the EMTBravo.net Team

If you read what I and the mods above typed previously, these types of incidents described above are ALLOWED to be discussed! Members can go ahead and post the story if they think it that something could be learned from the discussion, however if it is deemed to be an unrelated personal matter that has NOTHING to do with emergency services, then the thread will be removed, and the member will be contacted as to why. If the member disagrees, the moderators will take their opinion in consideration whether to restore the thread. Are we going to discuss everyone on this site who cheats on their spouse or gets a divorce? Where do we draw the line? Do we want to gossip? So everyone is aware, we didn't just wake up yesterday and decide to make this rule. This was discussed and researched for a couple of months. Random members were consulted for their input. We also looked at previous threads relating to this matter, and found them to be unconstructive and of no clear intention. 99.9% of new threads and posts won't be affected by this rule. It's that rare incident every now and then. I am ending this thread now. There's no need to discuss this any further, I feel the rules is pretty clear, and this discussion is only confusing people.

There's nothing to be learned from these threads. If you are a proponent of these threads highlighting perverts and thieves, what's their to learn from these repeated frequent threads? I think we should all know these types of acts are wrong, and don't need to learn it from the thread. If you need to learn from these threads, then their are other issues! There's also no need to throw unwarranted embarrasment to a department and their members in a community of their peers for something the likely didn't have any knowledge about or control over. To reiterate what Jack said, this DOES NOT AFFECT those who act while on duty, or anything that directly relates to emergency services. In addition, if you want to discuss the topic at large without a specific incident, that is also allowed.

Members, THIS IS OPTIONAL, AND YOUR PARTICIPATION IS VOLUNTARY! We've added a field in which you can display your real name in the information on the left side of each post you make. This is not required, however we want to give the members who wish to do so that option. You can use your first name, last name, both, etc. You can add your real name by editing your profile via the "My Controls" link . THIS IS OPTIONAL, AND YOUR PARTICIPATION IS VOLUNTARY! This is part of a massive improvement project we are currently underway with on EMTBravo.net to enrich our members experience here. -Seth G. Director Of Development Founder And CEO, The EMTBravo Group

EMTBravo.net Staff Promotions Effective July 8th, 2008 jack10562 has been promoted to EMTBravo.net Administrator. Jack has previously held the role of EMTBravo.net Deputy Adminstrator. Jack has been instrumental in the operation of this forum over the past few months, and has been a tremendous asset to me in the administration of this forum. Jack will work with Truck4 and myself to keep the top-level administration going. xfirefighter484x has been promoted to Moderator on EMTBravo.net. He has previously held the position of Lead Member Support Associate, xfirefighter484x has demonstrated excellent moderator skills and interaction with members over the past few months, and has handled numerous situations with great professionalism. ems-buff has also helped to assist numerous members with using the forum, and his enthusiasm to assist fellow members makes him the best canidate for the Lead MSA role. I'd also like to note the rest of our EMTBravo.net team, who continue to work hard to keep this forum going. They put in a lot of work and time to provide these forums for you, and they do so completly for free. Chris192 Lead Moderator DOC22 Director Of Member Relations IzzyEng4 Director Of Technical Operations (Also Admin of EMTBravoNewEngland.com) ja3kfd Spirit Ambassador jcoppola Lead Moderator (Also Lead Moderator EMTBravoNewEngland.com) moosecfd368 Lead Moderator RescueKujo Associate Moderator (Also Admin of EMTBravoWest.com) RWC130 Executive Adviser To EMTBravo SageVigiles Member Support Associate TR54 Associate Director Of Operations Truck4 Executive Director Of Operations, Director Of Incident Alert xfirefighter484x Moderator SteveOFD Communications Forum Advisor Keep up the great work guys!!! -Seth

Since the staff of this forum is doing such a great job managing these forums on their own, I will be stepping out of the day-to-day forum operations, and handing it over to Truck4 and jack10562 and the EMTBravo Forums Webteam. I will be taking on the role of "Director Of Development". ! In this role, I'll be responsible for the continued development of the EMTBravo sites. I'll also be responsible for ad sales and other projects to keep the revenue flowing to keep the servers turned on. I will also continue top-level "behind the scenes" administrative duties and technical work needed to keep the site(s) going. Thanks to my awesome staff for helping me to make this site possible! -Seth G. Founder & CEO, The EMTBravo Group Director Of Development

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Today, we gave http://www.EMTBravoNewJersey.com a whole new look. We invite you to check out our new, clean and fresh interface. We hope you like it!!! Regards, The EMTBravoNewJersey.com Team (EMTBravo, CPAGE, Truck4, TR54) http://emtbravonewjersey.com/index.php

Thank You PVFD113 for your donation of 40.00 USD. One of the biggest problems facing EMTBravo is a source of funding, to provide domain registration, hosting costs, board license fees, etc... Your generosity and donation is greatly appreciated and will be put to good use maintaining and building a better community for you and your fellow members! Every bit counts! (This thank you message was automatically generated by our new donation system)

Thank You TR54 for your donation of 50.00 USD. One of the biggest problems facing EMTBravo is a source of funding, to provide domain registration, hosting costs, board license fees, etc... Your generosity and donation is greatly appreciated and will be put to good use maintaining and building a better community for you and your fellow members! Every bit counts! (This thank you message was automatically generated by our new donation system)

I'd like to take this chance to thank EMTBravo member BFD1054, who's been with us since the begining of this site, for his tremendous dedication to our Incident Alert program. To date, Mike's written over 1,000 (yes, ONE THOUSSAND) Incident Alerts, and does a great job of keeping the up to date and full of information. Thanks Mike, many member truly apprecaite the hard work you put in to get the information out there to us!! -Seth

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