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So the kids called the PD? I would like to know why they called them. I think the only place where this guy went wrong is touching the kid. Especially around the neck. Although I agree that this kid needs some discipline there was no justification grabbing him or his board. It looked like I was my self on TV. No respect anymore. I actually like calling parents and telling them. They are clueless as well. Not my little Johnny, he would never do that. I hate the word DUDE, unless I am watching The Big Lebowski. I am wondering if they were taping him or if this was just a You Tube set up between all parties even the COP. If it is true, that tape never would have made it on You Tube. it would have been in my pocket till I could erase it. We had a run in with some kids not too long ago. Wise guys like this. I caught one of them in a car taking pictures of us with his phone. Those pictures are no longer on his phone because I deleted them. Interesting to see how this will work out.

I log in and it goes to the recent topics so I browse them for something I want to read.

I think intubating is a skill you either have or you don't. I think you have to be very confident in yourself to do this skill as well. I have seen many MEDICS as well as DR's not able to get a TUBE. They think they get it, but they don't. The result is they get to the ER and the PT hasn't been getting enough O2 which results in a poor outcome for the PT. Many MEDICS wait on scene way too long attempting to get the TUBE. PRIDE gets in the way. Just TXP and say you couldn't get it. How many times have you heard that a PT was too ANTERIOR? Come on now, not everyone is ANTERIOR. How come people forget that you have simple tricks to help you out. Put a pillow or towel under the shoulders. It helps so much. Have your partner or EMT do CRIC pressure. I don't think they should take it away from EMS. What needs to be done is a study on how many tubes a MEDIC gets in a year. If you are only doing TXP's, your aren't getting that many tubes. Being in a busier place will make your TUBE numbers go up. Now of course you have those BLACK CLOUD people that always get the CARDIC ARREST, MI, CHF, etc...or TRAUMATIC situation. These are the people that don't seem to be able to do this skill. I happened to like getting TUBES. I knew that I was good at it. Wouldn't mind NASAL either. Thought that it was easier with a CHF PT then trying to force them to open their mouths and get it in their airway. It is also a good feeling when an ER DOC picks you in the ER to do tube rather than a RESIDENT or STUDENT. So don't take this skill away. Monitor how many are being done SUCCESSFULLY in the field. Right Mainstem is kind of successful. That could be from moving the PT or just the ride to the ER. At least the PT was getting some O2 and the belly didn't look like a VOLCANO.

Thank you. Like I have said in the past. I don't know SQUAT about FIRE. I know that it is hot and hurts when you touch it and that it can make things go BOOM. What I am saying and knowing from experience is that I am going to attempt to put out the fire if not too big and if NO LIVES including mine are in danger. Ok just because I need to know, how hot must it be to make an hydraulic arm blow off?

Yes that is an OXYMORON. You don't think that it is a waste of $$ Chris? How many TOWN/VILLAGES have POLICE COMMISHONERS? Well Elmsford sounds like the first to me in this COUNTY anyway. Towns have Town Supervisors and Villages have Mayors. I think they see over the municipal services don't they? Of course they are going to listen to what the CHIEF of a DEPT has to say but in the end they may be VOICE that everyone listens too. I am prob wrongs since I hate POLITICS and that is all this is. But for an 18 man DEPT. That is just a waste of money.

You think that he is wrong for trying to put out the fire? None of us were there so we don't know how good the fire was going when he got there or how far the crowd was from the car. If it was totally engulfed I wouldn't have attempted to put it out. Is that the same scenario with a HOUSE FIRE? There is a good to great chance that I PD will be at a House fire before the FD. If I hear somebody is still inside, I am going to do my best to get them out WITHOUT HARMING MYSELF. If it is too hot I guess all I can do is wait for the FD. Sorry if putting out the FIRE takes your fun away. (In the car fire incident). Doing the right thing is what it should be about. Not PD versus FD.

I can say this, at work they want us out on the road and not hanging around at HQ. If you live within you GOE then you can stop home and eat and do whatever. If you don't, when you take your meal you can be at HQ. I am not saying that people don't hang out at HQ, I am just saying that we shouldn't. Prob the only place where crime isn't being done is at HQ. Or is there? SSM sucks. Ok I said it. Funny this topic came up today because I was talking with 2 of our MEDICS yesterday morn one of whom made a joke with me about SSM. I hated that CRAP. I hated moving from POST 1 on a middie to POST 2. Most of the time I would just stay on POST 1. Anyway, if you work in a VAC like JJB said then you have the building that you need. Our Town Medics are allowed to hang out in the VAC's if they choose. 87A2 has Taylor Care Center to hang out in. NEW RO has the FD's. I am also pretty sure that WP has a place for their peeps to hang out. At least when I was there they did. Empress is prob still Empress. Churn out those TXP's then get back to Post only to do and EMS run then do a Dialysis return. BS. Glad I am done with that. I don't know why EMS is THIRD CLASS CITIZEN. Maybe because nobody voices their OPINIONS to the right people. Maybe those people don't care. I do know this, it is FREAKING COLD out. I hate working in this weather. Hopefully will be over soon.

Although not an ICE RESCUE TEAM, MT PLEASANT PD has a DIVE TEAM that TRAINS both above and below the ICE. We have cross trained with multiple VFD's in the area. Have all the gear and are looking to take a course. Of course we haven't had much ICE around here in awhile. Maybe after the cold this week we can get out. KEEP US IN MIND.

Thanks for the info. I will pass it on to my bosses. Hopefully we can get to this class.

Our Dive Team has been looking into taking a SWIFTWATER course if we can. If anyone has any info please let me know. I think there was a thread on this last year and I thought that Yorktown FD was hosting a course.

I was looking at how nice their COMMUNICATION area was. Did you see how many chairs are in that lobby? And how perfect the camera picks up the colors of the OFFICERS UNIFORMS. I guess they might be hiring now. ELKHARDT PD here I come.

Just goes to show how DANGEROUS it is for WHEEL guys to do ESCORTS. Good luck to all.

Here is the follow up article so far

Everyone is fine. Can't go into more details now though. I think you can all understand why.

I do it mostly to emphasize certain points of my post that I want to stick out. Sorry if it bothers you. Just a habit that I like to do. I read by scanning. I don't read every word in a sentence. When I see CAPS, my brain tells me to read that sentence because it may be something important. I notice this on lots of posts, not only mine. Great minds must think alike then.

Lots of time we get called for AUTOMATIC ALARMS. Patrol will get there and find out that there is no real problem and attempt to cancel the FD. We then call 60 Control and let them know what we have. Most of the time, the FD Chief will be on scene and cancel the other Apparatus. On the other hand, I find out from the homeowner where the alarm came from. On a call once I did this and found that a MICROWAVE had gone bad and actually started to heat the inside of the wall. After touching the wall and it was HOT I wanted the FD to check it out. We have to dispatch the MEDIC to EVERY CALL which I personally think is ridiculous. But it is what it is. I know that you can't go on dispatch INFO for PT info. You know the UNKNOWN MEDICAL. How do you have and UNK MED? Never figured that out. If you are calling for the AMB there has to be SOME KIND OF PROB. Regardless, we send the MEDIC. I would say 90% of the time the MEDIC is there first anyway so they determine if it is going to be ALS or BLS. Given the nature of the original call, if the AMB wants to cancel the MEDIC then so be it. EMT's know the difference between ALS and BLS don't they?

I bought a book awhile back about ropes. Hard as hell to do reading but it looks like that site may help me. Thanks.

BNECHIS what you did when you worked AMB 1 and what goes on now I am sure is WAYYYY different. Maybe because you were involved with EMS before you became a FF made it different. I know that all your FF's are EMT's or higher but that doesn't mean that they want EMSers to train with them. I am sure in their minds they are thinking, lose some weight, take the test and become a FF. I personally thought that most of the FF's thought who they were. Couple of cool people, but for the most part, they didn't really care about the EMS part of the FD. Unfortunately that is where FF is going. Better built building = less fires. I can ask my job for training but will I get sent? If I walked in and asked to go to a ROPE RESCUE class they would probably ask for what. They have a point. Am I going to train with myself? NO, but it is good to know that there is 1 more person int the Town that has what I would call RARE SKILL. Being Paid you also have the advantage of training. YOU GET PAID TO DO IT. What else are you going to do when you are waiting for a run. I know you can eat and lift weights but you can also train. Lots of PEOPLE in VFD's and VAC's don't have that opportunity. Maybe once a month and usually a different TOPIC. I think you get where I am going.

Do you really think things have changed?

I worked AMB 1 and NEVER ONCE did anyone from the FD ever ask me or my partner if we wanted to sit in on a class. I would also feel it is not in my place unless I was asked. So if one was sitting in on a class and did get called out on and EMS run when you get back you are in the dark about what happened the past say hour. So I just wasted my time when I could have been sleeping. LOL. I would definitely agree that some EMSers are not in good enough physical condition to even consider this. Heck, you might need to set up a rigging exercise just to get them out of bed.

Since my son was born 2+ years ago he has been in the water. Given the first few months. When he began to take baths without being held, he was going under water. Seemed to like it. Got to the point that at any pool all he wanted to do was go under water. Of course somebdoy was always within a fingers reach of him. At the local pool parnents would freak out when they saw him under the water. They would tell the lifeguards. Whenever he surfaced he was laughing and wanted to do it again. The lifeguards would watch as we would run(that is all he seems to do) from the 1' to the deeper water and go under. They would even come up to us and say that is pretty cool. Tried to let him go off the Diving board or slide but he was too little. Maybe this year. WATER like FIRE needs to be RESPECTED. I have always been comfortable in water so I want him to be comfortable in water. Teaching your kids not to swim at a young age is NEGLIGENT. Unless of course you don't feel comfortable in water as well. Just my opinion.

Ralph was a great guy. Got to know him because he was at PACE SECURITY. Will be at the FUNERAL TOMORROW. RIP RALPH and GOD BLESS YOUR FAMILY

Now obviously the PT's condition depends on this, but just out of curiousy what AMB's go to HVHC on a regular basis? Prob the only Hospital in WEST/PUT that I am not familar with. Then given that the PT is stable enough to go to another hospital what are the TXP times? How long will that take the AMB out of service? I mean from Yorktown to Phelps is prob a GOOD 10 min ride. I remember from NORTH SALEM to NWHMC was a long time or what seemed like a long time especially when I had to leave the fly car there. Sorry, that is for another topic that has been bothering me. I always said that DIVERSION was a COURTESY to the HOSPITAL. If the PT wanted to go to "ABC" hospital then that is where they were going. Most of the time the PT and Family members were more worried that their PRIVATE DR affiliated with their normal hospital would not be able to take care of them. I would tell them once that the HOSPITAL that they wanted to go to was on DIVERSION. If they didn't care, that is where I went. Then of course you get the ER's ATTITUDE. I can still hear the NURSES now. Like it's my fault the hospital doesn't have any room. Thank God I don't have to deal with that BS anymore.

Ok so it is paid for by OFPC. Does that mean I have to be a FF to take the course? The thing is, how do we know who is CERTIFIED in ROPE RESCUE? If you take one of JJB's cases, whether it be MI in the WATER TOWER or MVA over the embankment, and the FD shows up are they going to be qualified? If not does a QUALIFIED TEAM get paged out like MUTUAL AID? PT CARE is now going to decline and that is what we don't want.

You got that right. Now we get to serve the BULLET PROOF ORDER OF PROTECTION LOL. The only thing this law did was take the LIABILITY away from PD's across the COUNTRY.