EMTbravo

Members- Just wanted to go over the photo posting policy on this forum. 1. If you are going to post a photo, it MUST be yours and you must credit yourself for the photo in text. Also include details about what's going on in the photo, or information about the picture. 2. If you are going to post another persons photo(s), you must have that persons direct and written permission, and it must be stated in the tect. If no permission, post a link to the photo 3. If it is a common photo, i.e. a news photo use your discretion and give proper credit. 4. NO "HOTLINKING" of photos is allowed. 5. Finally, if you want to use someone elses photos and can't get permission but want the photo to be seen, it's easy- POST A LINK! Any questions, contact EMTBravo@EMTBravo.com -EMTBravo

Members, We encourage you to visit the NEW http://www.emtbravonewengland.com * Using money raised from proceed earned at the EMTBravo Store, http://www.EMTBravoCentral.com, we invested the funds into a new, more professional and feature rich forum software. From here, we are going to work as hard as we can to grow the New England member base and therefore increase topics and posting. The more members we have, the more knowledge gets shared. We hope you can help us with that. http://www.emtbravonewengland.com/ is run by The EMTBravo Group, The EMTBravo Group owns, runs, develops, and manages several websites dedicated to enhancing the Fire/EMS/Law Enforcement community in the Metro NYC snd New England Regions. http://www.emtbravo.com is the flagship and founding website of the The EMTBravo Group. http://www.emtbravocentral.com was recently launched as the offical store of EMTBravo. All proceeds earned from sales are reinvested back into the cost of running the sites and the gowth of the sites. If you have a chance today, please check out the NEW http://www.emtbravonewengland.com . Again,we'd also appreciate if you'd let your friends and brothers in the New England Emergency Services field know about us. Thanks for your time, have a great day! -EMTBravo New England Webteam http://www.emtbravonewengland.com EMAIL:MTBravo@EMTBravo.com *We just switched the domains over to the new server. Although most of you can see the new board, it sometimes takes 24-48 hours to propagate across the internet. Also, try clearing your browsers cache. P.S. We are still working on the sites look. Please excuse the site's apprearance. ------------------------------------- Official EMTBravo Merchandise: ------------------------------------- EMTBravo Central: http://www.EMTBravoCentral.com

Check out EMTBravoNewEngland's new look: http://www.emtbravonewengland.com

EMTBravo.com has come out with a new line of sweatshirts and t-shirts. Not only do these raise money for the site, but they also spread a message inspired by the goals of this website. We urge you to make a purchase and help support the site- we know t-shirts and sweatshirts have been requested by members since the forums inception. Now it's time for the members to step up and buy. The message of these shirts are Fire-Police-EMS Overcoming Every Challenge Together. Because if you look at the big picture, despite the tension in some areas, when it comes down to it, all agencies work together to get the job done. All the apparel is top quality and comfort tested by myself and Kristen. The T-shirts are Hanes Beefy-T's 100% Cotton, and the sweatshirts are Gildan Ultra Cotton Blend. The sweatshirts, I may add, are "built" rugged, and are warm- and most of all-comfortable. You can purchase these and other items at the new official EMTBravo.com store at http://www.EMTBravoCentral.com You can pay via Credit Card, E-Check, or PayPal All Payment Transactions are Secure, and handled by PayPal, a online payment gateway that has securely handled millions of online transactions safely. We'll accept money orders (coming soon) as well, via mail, contact us at EMTBravo@EMTBravo.com for details. I'm also seriously trying to get someone to model them for me, as the photos below don't do these beautiful shirts justice. Any volunteers? You'll get a free shirt and twenty bucks. Must have a nice figure though. Email me at EMTBravo@EMTBravo.com if you're interested. EMTBravo.com T-Shirts "Overcoming Challenges" FRONT OF SHIRT: [attachmentid=2222] BACK OF SHIRT: [attachmentid=2221] (Back Of T-Shirt Pictured) 2nd Edition EMTBravo.com T-Shirt " Overcoming" Hanes Beefy T 100% Cotton Sizes Currently Available: L, XL, 2XL, 3XL $15.99 For Large Or Extra Large $17.99 For 2XL Or 3XL EMTBravo Sweatshirts "Overcoming Challenges" FRONT OF SHIRT: [attachmentid=2222] BACK OF SHIRT: [attachmentid=2221] (Back Of Sweatshirt Pictured) 1st Edition EMTBravo.com Sweatshirt " Overcoming" Gildan Ultra Blend Sweatshirt Sizes Currently Available: L, XL, 2XL $24.99 For Large Or Extra Large 26.99 For 2XL You can purchase these item at the official EMTBravo.com store at http://www.EMTBravoCentral.com You can pay via Credit Card, Check, or PayPal All Payment Transactions are Secure, and handled by PayPal, a online payment gateway that has securely handled millions of online transactions safely.

[attachmentid=2187] The EMTBravo Group is proud to announce it's latest venture and website launch, http://www.EMTBravoCentral.com YOUR SOURCE FOR OFFCIAL EMTBRAVO.COM MERCHANDISE Including our latest "Overcoming" T-Shirts and sweatshirts http://www.EMTBravoCentral.com EMTBravoCentral.com is your official source for EMTBravo.com merchandise. As profit is not the goal of this site, all proceeds from this site, after covering the costs of running the EMTBravo sites, are reinvested back into the EMTBravo websites. Each product we design and sell is also aimed at getting the "message to the masses". This can be seen by our latest shirt release, that carries the message on the back "Fire-Police-EMS Overcoming Every Challenge Together". We hope you will support this site and help spread the message that EMTBravo.com is about. The EMTBravo Group owns, runs, develops, and manages several websites dedicated to enhancing the Fire/EMS/Law Enforcement community. http://www.emtbravo.com is the flagship and founding website of the The EMTBravo Group. The EMTBravo Group is currently undergoing some restructuring to provide our members with enhanced service and features. For more information on the The EMTBravo Group, TheEMTBravoGroup.com GET YOUR OFFICIAL EMTBRAVO MERCHANDISE: http://www.emtbravocentral.com [attachmentid=2186]

We've marked down the prices of the remaining sizes of the "Unity" and "Keyboard Commando" Hanes Beffy T 100% Cotton T Shirts. The markdown is because the size's weren't selling and we need to make room for new merchandise coming in. Unity T Shirts (Remaining Sizes) $11.99 Keyboard Commando (Remaining Sizes) $9.99 Visit the Clearance section: http://www.emtbravocentral.com

Why was someone else using your screename? This is a violation of the Verified Member Program. -Seth

This thread is being closed. As we are trying to breed a more professional atmosphere here, I find it disgraceful that some members are more concerned about going or not going to a parade then staffing a full engine with the proper amount of properly trained and capable firefighters at 12 noon on a weekday, oor getting an ambulance to a heart attack victim within 8 minutes. This forum is provided, for the most part, for Fire, Police, and EMS discussions, the sharing of ideas, information, and techniques, and the cultivation of professional relationships. Some off-topic discussions are permitted, but this won't be a place for discussion of social club type functions. This debate rages on year after year on this forum, and most members are sick of seeing it. Unless there's a specific parade issue, I don't want to see bickering over parades. Also, feel free to post your parade in our events section. I realize parades are a part of a community, and FD participation within reason is neccesary, but let's keep it real- time spent training, familiarizing equipment, driver/operator training etc is time better spent then taking a majority of your active members and apparatus that your taxpayers paid for away from the community they are supposed to be protecting, polishing chrome, walking down a street, drinking heavily, and then competing for a "trophy". Who cares about who can put out a fire better- it's all about the shiny trucks and whos in step. Pat yourself on the back for that trophy that's going to be forgotten about and collect dust after that night- let's see how well those same parade members do competing in a firematic competion. Personally, I spend over 50 hours a week (not right now though) at a firehouse. I NEVER find nothing to do- there's always reviewing chainsaw operations and finding stuff to cut, putting the aerial up, throwing ladders, tying knots, watching training magazines, driving around and preplanning, building familiarizations, etc etc. Plus PT, apparatus checks, firehouse maintence, etc there's plenty to keep busy firematically. Some people need to get their priorities straight. As parade season is about to begin, that's the EMTBravo stance on parade threads.

This thread is being closed. As we are trying to breed a more professional atmosphere here, I find it I

There are NUMEROUS discussions regarding the question you asked on this thread. Try reading through some of the older threads in this the Firefighting forum and the Safety forum, or try our search feature, and I'm confident your questions will be answered- in depth So, I'm going to close this topic and refer you to the multiple other exisiting threads on this issue.

To all VERIFIED MEMBERS: We have increased the amount of space per post that you have to upload photos. What does this mean? You can upload AND POST more and bigger photos in each post. (Although we do ask you keep photos/reduce your photo size to a 600x400 maximum per photo or so we don't have to scroll through a huge photo and to conserve bandwith) -EMTBravo Webteam

No. Photos can be directly uploaded to EMTBravo. I will post a tutorial in the coming weeks- or if a member wants to do one for me, it would be greatly appreciated.

It's possible that the image size is too large, which is the most common problem. What is the size of the file you are trying to upload? Also, email it to me at EMTBravo@EMTBravo.com, and I'll try uploading to see what the issue may be. -EMTBravo

At this time, no new site skins are planned.

To our Verified Members, EMTBravo Network's Verified Members are the backbone of our site. Your postings and the knowledge you share and the discussions you particpate in are what makes OUR forum what it is. We'd like to thank you for joining the program. We also wanted to take this email to encourage you to start and particpate in our many diverse discussions. It's what keeps the forum going. The more quality posts that the Members and Guests see on our forums, the more inclined they become to participate as well. So far, January 2007 has been our busiest month ever since the inception of the forums in January of 2004. Also, we'd like to ask you to spread the word. If you know ANYONE who may be interested in joining our forums but doesn't know about us, we ask that you let them know about our forums and websites. If you know a member that visits our forums but isn't Verified, please encourage them to join the program and participate in the forum. As always, feel free to contact us with any comments, questions, suggestions, or concerns -EMTBravo Webteam http://www.emtbravo.com

Members- Sometimes, a member will post a topic in the wrong spot in our forums. We ask that all members try to post their topic in the forum that best fits the description of the forum. We sometimes move topics to forums they would fit better in for discussion and orginizational purposes. We also sometimes change topic titles to make the subject of the thread more clear to all our members and therefore hopefully attract more members into that thread. Although we do have a "Moved" label, we don't use it generally. So, if you go to a forum and see that your topic isn't there, try checking some of the other forums, or search for your post by using the "My Assistant" feature on the top menu to find where your post has been moved to. We are working on a system to automatically notify members when their post is moved or title is edited, but right now we are unable to manually notify members due to time constraints. As always, questions, comments, and concerns are always welcomed. -EMTBravo Webteam

Members- To participate in the discussions on this forum, you MUST be a Verified Member PLEASE FOLLOW THE 3 STEPS BELOW TO BECOME VERIFIED: 1. You must edit your member profile on this forum, and add/update your: -Age range -Location, -Affiliation type -Ramk Click this link to edit your profile, or access "My Controls" to edit your profile http://emtbravo.net/index.php?act=UserCP&CODE=01 2. Please send an EMAIL to us at EMTBravo@EMTBravo.com with: -Your Name -Your Username -Your Age Range -Home Phone Numer Or Address -Email Address -Your Agency-Type Of Affliation (ALL emailed information will be kept confidential, and used for verification purposes only. It will not be shared with anyone at anytime unless there is a severe violation of forum rules and policy) 3. Please post in the thread "Applied To Be Verified" thread in the Site News & Information forum that you are requesting verification. When all the above steps are complete, it may take 1-3 days for the verification to process. You then will be able to post. If you do not follow the three steps above, you will not be verified without notice. You will not recieve an email when you are verified. However, check your forum profile. When your group is displayed as "Verified Members", then you have been verified and can post. Any questions, please email us at EMTBravo@EMTBravo.com -EMTBravo Webteam *We regularly conduct audits of verified members to ensure accuracy and truth in profiles.

Members- Although we appreciate every photo sent into EMTBravo.com, unfortunetly we do not have the time to post them all. A major reason why photos aren't posted is because of quality issues. We want to show the best possible photos on the site. Shots that are cut off or poorly framed, poorly lit, apparatus taken inside a bay, blurry, too small, etc are most likely not going to be posted. We're looking to show apparatus photos that show the appararus the best, outside complete shots of the rig and it's features. For action scenes, we want to see firefighters and apparatus in action. We don't want photos of the bystanders or photos that don't clearly show the incident. Don't forget, if you have one or two shots, feel free to post in the appropriate forum on the site. We recieve a large number of photo submissions each week. The best way to get your photos posted is to send in quality photos, and a few of them. Photo selections are made by me, and part of the decision goes to what the general population wants to see. Also, please make sure they are YOUR photos and include your EMTBravo username. If you have any questions at all, please feel free to contact me, via EMAIL, at EMTBravo@EMTBravo.com PLEASE NOTE WE WELCOME PHOTO SUBMISSIONS FROM EVERYONE, SO CONTINUE SENDING IN THE PHOTOS! Thanks! EMTBravo

Members- I'd just like to give you a example of what I deal with. This message was sent to me via our Private Message system, and although I am posting it publicly, I am withholding the members name to keep the anoynimty of the private message system. THE IDENTITY OF THE PRIVATE MESSAGE SENDER WILL ALWAYS BE HELD CONFIDENTIAL. Please note that I will never reveal what anyone sends me via PM, this is just an extreme case. Let me give you some background. This member posted some negative comments about an incident in the Incident Workshop forum, and since negative comments or incident critique is not tolerated, this post was deleted. This member then continued to taunt me. I wrote him a PM regarding the situation, explained to him why his post was deleted, explained to him the situation and addressed his taunting of me on the thread, and this was his reply. All I try to do is maintain a clean and constructive atmosphere on this forum. Although I take a lot of shit for it, I do take pride when seeing the behavior in other forums. I also strongly beleive that incident critque and negative comments about incidents on this forum leads nowhere constructive, and it has been a long standing policy in the Incident Workshop forum that it isn't tolerated. There is even a warning on the top of the forum. This member has been banned. Posting on this forum is a privledge, not a right. If you don't like this forum or have an issue with me, email me and we'll work it out. Otherwise, find another forum. Although I'm not upset by the letter given the obvious immaturity, I have a number of people who criticize this forum and send me hate mail over it. Here's an example I want to share. Also, to preface this letter, please note I said nothing about career or volunteer firefighters or firefighting in my PM to this member. Those who know me know how ignorant this member's comments are. This member, who is under age 20, buffed a recent fire and has had an attitude in the past on this forum that he and his department is the best. He had an issue with positioning at a particular incident. I rebutted his comment via PM with some facts, and also gave him the number of the chief of the department, since he had such an issue with it that he had to make a huge ordeal out of a minor issue. Little does he know I have photos of his department's rescue pulling up smack center in the front of the building, blocking the deparmtnents ladder truck, the same thing he felt so passionate about telling the world about this incident. I'm also curious about how someone who lives 20 minutes away from this particuluar incident could be there before the 2nd Alarm was called, which was immediately. The member also signed the PM with the departments listed. I have nothing but respect for these departments, and please do not think this one immature and angry person represents the memberships of these departments. He has since sent me threats that his chiefs won't care and support him in this matter, and has threatened me. I'm ashamed this person is a member of the fire service. I'm also curious where the "career prick" came from. If this person somehow makes it onto a job somewhere, I hope this attitude comes back to bite him. Rant off, read the letter.

Members- Today, I made some changes to the forums. This is part of a never-ending process to adjust the forum's formula to best suit the membership. You'll notice that the Firefighting, Emergency Medical Services, and Law Enforcment forums are in one group under the "Emergency Services Sectors" part of the forum. Also, I've added two new forums. -Special Operations, which is for the discussion and sharing of information regarding Haz-Mat, Technical Rescue, Rope Rescue, Trench Rescue, Collapse Rescue, and all other specialized disciplines. -General Emergency Services & Public Safety Issues. Sometimes, there's issues that affect us all in all sectors in this line of work. That's what this section is for. Additionally, the Law Enforcment Forum no longer requires a password. These forum sections are grouped together because we all stand together. Hope that you all will use these forums. -EMTBravo EMTBravo@EMTBravo.com

I always do that in January, takes me a while to get used to the New Year number. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.

Members- Due to lack of activity, I am considering closing or modifying the Law Enforcement forum. If I do keep the LE forum, I would remove the password protect feature, because I can't keep up giving out the password to people, and I feel the password protect feature is causing the low activty levels in the forum. Note that other Law Enforcment forums, such as Officer.com, is open to the general public without a password. Would the LE personel be OK with it being open without a password, if I do decide to keep the forum open. My other option is to change this forum into a "General Emergency Services" topic forum. This would include Law Enforcment, Technical Rescue, HazMat, and all other Emergency Services and others not affiliated with Fire or EMS. I also would like to know if you think we should add, delete, or combine any of the other exisiting forums? What do you think is the best idea? I will be acting on this soon. -EMTBravo

Here's what I've come up with: We're going to give the Law Enforcment forum another shot with an open format, no password. It'll be a fresh start, with all current topics removed to respect those members who posted unders the auspices of a password-only forum. If it sees little activity within a months time, then it will be removed, but I hope it takes off this time, as I know there are many LE officers and those with an interest on this forum. We'll also be launching a new Special Operations forum as described above. Look for these AND OTHER forum changes later this week. Please, give me any input you may have now......

I'm conflicted. One member suggested to replace the Law Enforcemnt forum with a Special Operations forum, for HazMat, Tech Rescue, Rope, Collapse, Trench, and all other diverse disciplines that don't really fit into the Firefighting category. I think that is a good idea, but I want to hear from more members. As WolfEMT suggested, another option is to keep the LE forum open with no password, and maybe it would get increased activity. Would the LE members of this forum participate if no password was required? PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR INPUT on these two ideas!

I'm actually considering closing the Law Enforcment forum due to lack of activity. It was only a trial to see how it worked. Also, there are a few other Law Enforcment forums out there that are open to the public.