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MVA at night with no patient found near vehicle. TIC can be used to scan wooded area for body heat if the victim got ejected or stumbled away and went down.

IT also looks like the fire truck didn't stop after the crash?

What are task forces and light task forces?

An interesting read, I am looking forward to find out the outcome. Firehouse.com Article

Let me see if I got this right. A vest can't be considered a class 3 because it doesn't have enough surface area. So the only class 3 devices are full length jackets? Those jackets fun at about 100 a piece at retail. That could get pretty expensive for departments to purchase and outfit members with.

What is the maximum?

What are the Bravo points good for?

The first picture of the Somers rig is the original Rescue 20. I can't think of the year right now though.

So your saying that it is embarassing to want to learn? Wow that certainly goes against everything i've been taught by instructors and "senior men" whom I respect greatly. Seth wasn't it your intention to create this forum to promote the sharing of knowledge and education throughout the emergency services community and between departments? Not everybody does things the same way, maybe you can learn to do your job better by learning how other areas do it. I might be wrong but that was the impression that I got from your post (I'm sure that you will correct me if i'm wrong). You have to remember that the youth is the future of the fire service everywhere. I know that personally I try to learn as much as I can. That is the main reason that I was drawn to this site in the first place. This is a place where you can learn from the experiences of more experienced vets. BUT I think that lately more and more people are becoming disillusioned from this site for many reasons, including this topic.

Somers has recently implemented a structured rehab program. We now have utility 88 which is a converted passengeer bus. It has heavy duty air conditioning and heat for the winter months. It is a place to get out of the elements and where monitoring can be done by EMS personell. It also carries tons of water and gatorade, chairs, a large tent, and other supplies for prolonged operations or anything where rehab is needed. Our department has also instituted the policy where after two air bottles at a fire you are immediately sent to rehab where the rehab officer holds onto your interior tag untill he feels that you are ready to go back to work. We do blood pressure monitoring and we have a detector that can measure how much CO is in your body while you are in rehab. As a side note our Utility 88 ( the Rehab and cooling bus) is available for mutual aid to whom ever requests it.

Here is my first real attempt at photography some cool shots from Montreal during my trip last week. Montreal's accident investigation unit I thought that this thing was pretty cool. It is a Montreal Public safety golf cart.

Awesome pics

Does anyone know where to find the application?

Somers 2442 requested them for an investigation. Not a structure fire.

Finally Montreal police bicycle patrol: They seem to have a lot of officers on bike patrol and they make a strong presence around the city. Maybe rising fuel prices have something to do with it.

Here are some bad shots of a Montreal Ambulance:

Buckwrapper does your gator have an attachment to carry a stokes?

Some VAC's have personell that respond to the scene where a member could be on scene before the ambulance.

I Think that you meant UNEMPLOYMENT lol

Yeah I saw that recently too at 7-11. That is the only place that I have ever seen the disposable cans.

NFPA Releases Annual On-Duty Deaths Report PETER MATTHEWS Firehouse.Com News LAS VEGAS -- While the number of on-duty deaths for America's fire service in 2007 did not see a dramatic change, the number of wildland firefighter deaths dropped by almost two-thirds. Experts say a new set of tactics -- based on safety -- may be the reason for the decline. Jim Smalley, manager of the NFPA Wildland Fire Protection Division, believes that the reduction stems from a major change in tactics following recent fires that took the lives of multiple firefighters. Citing the 2006 Esperanza Fire that claimed four firefighters and the Thirty-Mile fire in 2001 that killed four, he said there has been a reduction in night firefighting operations. "Night firefighting is very infrequent now" Smalley said. "They have gone from doctrinal principles and they do what's right and do what's safest while effectively doing their jobs." Smalley believes that other changes over the last five years, including the reduction on the deployment from 21 days to 14 days, advances in firefighter hydration and the overall length of the work day, are advancing the firefighter safety measures. Presenting the report at the annual NFPA conference on Monday, Rita Fahey, manager of fire databases and systems, said: "This is a fairly typical breakdown of the 102 on-duty deaths." The NFPA criterion for on-duty death differs from the USFA and National Fallen Firefighters' Foundation. While the number of calls has doubled over the last 20 years, the number of fires has decreased by one-third and the number of EMS calls has doubled. "The number of fires calls is going down and that has helped decrease the number of firefighter deaths," Fahey said. Fatal vehicle crashes tied 1988 with 26 incidents -- the second highest number since the NFPA has collected such data. Fahey said 37.6 percent of those wrecks involved personal vehicles; tankers/tenders, 21 percent; pumpers, 21 percent; support vehicles, 13.5 percent; ambulances, 4 percent; ladder trucks, 2.3 percent. While 2007 saw the second highest number of structural firefighter deaths in 10 years, the number of wildland deaths was the lowest in 10 years, with only three. The average had been 10. The NFPA Report Shows: * Of the 102 fatalities in 2007, 53 were volunteers, 42 career and five were employees of the federal or state land management agencies. One was a contractor to the land management agencies and served on an industrial fire brigade. * Fire ground actions 35 percent * Responding and returning to alarms, 29 percent * Training deaths, 13 percent with seven percent being non-fire emergencies. * Sixteen percent of deaths were categorized as "other on-duty." Those include 11 that occurred during station duties, two during community event preparations, one returning from a prescribed burn, one while preparing for a parade and one while flagging a fire line at a construction project. The number of asphyxiation deaths increased dramatically, but it was attributed to the nine firefighters killed in Charleston. Sudden cardiac events totaled 38 deaths, and 21 of the victims had pre-existing medical conditions including prior heart attacks and heart disease. Dr. Thomas Hales, an epidemiologist who investigates firefighter fatalities for the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, spoke on the heart attack risks that firefighters face. His research shows that only 57 percent of departments require medical evaluations for its members, and 21 percent require stress tests. While 39 percent of departments have a wellness program in place, only nine percent have a mandatory fitness program. Most firefighter heart attacks occur in the late afternoon, when firefighters have the most runs, compared to the public, whose heart attacks occur in the morning. Courtesy of www.firehouse.com

I have always been curious as to how the zones are set up. Anybody know the reasoning behind it. I assumed that it went by frequent mutual aid requests and location. If you look at Batt. 13 and Somers for example. Somers is pretty far mutual aid wise from Vista and Pound Ridge. Or is mutual aid not figured into the zoning?

There is an interesting article in JEMS from the May issue about rehab for the fire service it is title "More than just a standard." It gives info on how to setup protocols and starting a program. It also explains NFPA 1584 and what is required. This article is definately a good resource for anyone trying to set up a program. Somers FD is in the process of designing a rehab/MCI vehicle it will be designated as U-88. It is a converted Heritage Hills bus that we acquired. I'll try to get pictures and a list of what it will carry.

Wow talk about luck

Date: 6/2/08 Time: Approx. 10:29 Location: Rt. 6 Westbound @ Taconic State Parkway Description Of Incident: RMP struck by vehicle which fled the scene. EMS req. for injuries to officer. YPD looking for a Red Blazer DNK9808 on the Taconic. Writer: JM15