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If the EMT and Driver cannot communicate face-to-face regarding making very simple radio transmissions, maybe some agencies should consider integrating that into their training programs. We all have those partners who we don't look forward to working with, but I would think if there is such a barrier as outlined in this thread, some significant changes are needed.

Firefighter admits torching chief's house POSTED: 10:46 a.m. EST, November 3, 2006 CNN.com WEST BRANCH, Michigan (AP) -- A former volunteer firefighter pleaded guilty to a series of arsons, including torching a home owned by the local fire chief -- her mother. Rita Neveau pleaded guilty Wednesday in Ogemaw County Circuit Court to three felony counts of arson. She formerly served with the Richland-Logan Township Fire Department, where her mother is the chief. Police have said Neveau suited up to help fight many of the blazes she later confessed to setting. The fires in the area of Prescott date back to 2003 and include two at her mother's home and the burning of a camping trailer owned by her brother. A tearful Neveau told the court she was motivated to set the fires by abuse she said she suffered as a child. Defense attorney Jon Macdonald said his client didn't mean to hurt anyone. Neveau, 33, faces a maximum of 10 years in prison when sentenced December 6.

Date: 10-26-06 Time: 5:30 PM Location: Cortlandt Town Center Frequency: 155.505 Units Operating: NYSP 3K49, 3K59, 3K55, 3K83 Description Of Incident: Foot pursuit of a shoplifter. Suspect ran from Wal Mart towards Home Depot, then into Marshals. Subject taken into custody in Marshals. Writer: INIT915

Date: 26 OCT 06 Time: 8:55 AM Location: Sprain Brook Parkway S/B, between I-287 and Grasslands Rd Frequency: Multiple Units Operating: NYSP - 3K11(Sgt), 3K12, 3K15, 3K18, 3K21, Troop M BCI Unit WCPD - Sam-1, 25-Car, 25-Mike Greenburgh PD - Multiple Patrols NYPD - Off-duty NYPD Lt Description Of Incident: NYSP 3K18 investigating a 2-car PDAA, advises over the air, foot pursuit into the woods. 3K21 advising units about 1 mile into the woods, with 1 in custody.

Ape Scolded for Pulling Fire Alarm AP DES MOINES, Iowa (Oct. 24) - When firefighters responded to an alarm at a local research center, they found no fire and one guilty ape. A bonobo named Panbanisha pulled the fire alarm last Friday at the Great Ape Trust of Iowa, said apologetic researchers. "It's my understanding that she's been told not to do it again," Trust spokesman Al Setka said. The fire alarm is on a wall in an area used by the apes and members of the scientific team. Panbanisha, a 25-year-old female, is one of seven bonobos at the facility, and was among the first group to arrive in April 2005. Bonobos are among the most human-like of the great apes. Setka said Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, a lead scientist studying the behavior and intelligence of bonobos, scolded Panbanisha. Fire department spokesman Brian O'Keefe said Monday it was the first known case of an animal setting off a fire alarm in Des Moines. The center, on a 230-acre site, also has three orangutans. Copyright 2006 The Associated Press.

Not having read the BLS protocols on this, what is the rational behind knowing the BGL? Any new treatments for BLS to administer, or still limited to the oral glucose?

Patient-dumping on Skid Row investigated Criminal Investigation into private ambulance company's activities www.cnn.com LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Authorities have launched a criminal investigation into suspected dumping of homeless people on Skid Row after police witnessed ambulances leaving five people on a street there during the weekend. The city attorney's office is reviewing police videotapes and photographs of the five suspected dumping cases Sunday to determine whether the patients were falsely imprisoned during their transfer and whether the hospital, Los Angeles Metropolitan Medical Center, violated any laws regarding the treatment of patients. Two patients told officers they did not want to be taken downtown, said police Capt. Andrew Smith. One was not even homeless, he said. (Watch how five people were left on Skid Row -- 2:34 ) "There is an expression in the medical profession that is something to the effect of 'Do no harm,"' Chief William Bratton said at a press conference. "When a hospital or an ambulance service takes an individual into Skid Row and leaves them and drives off, they are subjecting that person to considerable risk." Medical center officials denied improperly handling the patients. "With all of the issues, why would we send someone there who did not ask to go there? It is illogical," John V. Fenton, president and chief executive of Los Angeles Metropolitan Medical Center, told the Los Angeles Times. Skid Row has one of the nation's largest concentrations of homeless people, in part because it has a cluster of shelters and services to help them. Police have long suspected that several institutions, including law enforcement agencies from outside the city, were using the downtown neighborhood as a dumping ground for homeless people. This is the first criminal probe by the LAPD into the practice. In one case, a man dropped off at Skid Row was in fact not homeless, said LAPD Capt. Andrew Smith. A police officer took him home and the man's family was "outraged," he said. "Not only did they not know that he was discharged, but the fact that he had been brought to Skid Row instead of being brought home was what further outraged that family," Smith said at a news conference Tuesday. The investigation began on Sunday, when an LAPD sergeant saw a patient being left in front of the Volunteers of America homeless services facility. The sergeant called an LAPD videographer, who over the next few hours recorded four more ambulances arriving at the facility and leaving recently discharged patients. Fenton said three of the five patients had arrived at the hospital from Volunteers of America or the nearby Lamp Community center, and gave the street addresses on their admission information. Officials at Lamp and Volunteers of America, however, said they had no record of any of the five patients having been at their facilities. Police also said the patients stated in their interviews that they didn't want to be left there. James Fraley, an attendant with ProCare, a private ambulance company, told police the hospital had hired his company to move discharged patients from the medical center to Skid Row, the Times reported. No law prevents hospitals from sending patients to Skid Row after they've been discharged. But the city attorney is investigating whether taking homeless people from a hospital to Skid Row would violate federal laws against releasing or transferring patients who are medically unstable and whether hospitals can be sued for unscrupulous behavior.

TIPTONVILLE, Tennessee (AP) -- The city's fire chief and three volunteer firefighters, including the chief's grandson, appeared in court Tuesday on arson charges stemming from a string of fires over the past two years. The men, all members of Tiptonville Volunteer Fire Department, were arrested Monday. All four were in the Lake County jail Tuesday afternoon after a judge set bond at $100,000 for Fire Chief James Blackburn and $25,000 or more each for the others. Police Chief Norman Rhodes said the investigation had been going on for about two years. "We've been pretty sure who it was for about the last year," Rhodes said. He didn't give a motive for the arsons beyond saying the suspects had formed a clique. All the buildings were vacant when they were set on blaze and no one was hurt. Blackburn, who is also superintendent of the city water plant, was charged with 10 counts of arson. His grandson, Brandon Blackburn, faces two counts of arson; firefighter Floyd Joe Kilburn was charged with four counts; and firefighter Chris Burrus was charged with two counts. Rhodes said he called on the state for help with the arson investigation, and James Blackburn, as fire chief, knew about the probe. "He was actually giving me static about calling in bomb and arson investigators -- said that was his job," Rhodes said. Police said the men are suspected of setting several fires since 2004. Among the buildings burned was an abandoned Victorian-style house. "There have been quite a few people who have been upset because this has been going on. They haven't been able to sleep at night," state bomb and arson investigator Ron Powers said. Tiptonville, 90 miles northeast of Memphis, has about 2,400 residents.

Those frequencies are correct- 155.505 154.920 155.565 The HELP Trucks are dispatched via MDT's and Nextel Units located in their trucks. There are no radio transmissions, therefore nothing to monitor.

I should also add, look at the minimum fitness numbers and be prepared to go in there Day 1 doing more than the minimum.

Weekend one month prior to the start of the Academy is mostly Medical related, not an agility. The start of the 194th Session has been tentatively rescheduled for January-February and is also tentatively going to be smaller than originally thought. Meaning many candidates who processed will have to wait for the next class. However, nothing typically set in stone until three weeks before the start of class.

I actually believe it is owned by HVHC, not PHC. HVHC entered into an agreement when they were closing to try to keep it open. Also, the now onsite PMD's are affiliated with HVHC. It is listed as an affiliate at www.hvhc.org.

Date: 09-17-06 Time: 12:04 AM Location: 3469 Lexington Ave, Mohegan Lake, T/Cortlandt Frequency: Multiple Units Operating: Mohegan VAC, Mohegan Fire, Cortlandt Medics, NYSP, Yorktown PD Description Of Incident: 16 year old female stabbed during an argument. Subject transported to WMC via Mohegan with ALS. Female pronounced dead shortly after arrival. Suspect, white female, blond hair, seen fleeing the scene. Writer: INIT915 (O/S)

Date: 09-16-06 Time: 6:53 PM Location: Originally South Fulton Ave, City of Mount Vernon Frequency: Multiple Units Operating: Multiple MVPD, Multiple NYSP, Empress Description Of Incident: File 1/Stolen Vehicle pursuit. One NYSP unit into a pole, one MVPD unit into the suspects vehicle. Followed by short foot pursuit and subject taken into custody. Operator stole the vehicle two weeks ago from a dealership. Operator is only 16 years old. Writer: INIT915 (O/S)

Tpr. Longobardo passed away this date from injuries recieved earlier this week in an ambush while he was on a stake out. Funeral information to follow.

For us non-fire types, POD is?

Date: 08-16-06 Time: Approx. 2315 Location: 9 Bank St, V/Croton on Hudson Frequency: Multiple Units Operating: Croton - 2081, 2082, 2083, 2087, E118, E119, E120, R18, TL44, 55B2 Croton PD OVAC - 36M1 Ossining - E97 Montrose - 2272, E121 Description Of Incident: MVA with large scale gas leak, area evacuated. Con Ed gas to scene. Writer: INIT915

EMS Buff, Actually we were discussing which facility was most appropriate? A trauma center or a reimplantation center that happens to not be designated a trauma center. Any input on that subject aside from your extraneous comments?

Clutch, You are correct the heading for Pg 79 is Helicopter protocols. However, if you skip ahead all the way to Pg 80, you will see the same for ground transport. And, if you go past Pg 80, to Pg 84, you will see Jacobi is recognized as a Regional/Burn Trauma Center. I do believe everyone is aware you may contact Medical Control for these purposes. But, getting back to the point made earlier, regarding Reimplantation vs. Trauma Center. And which is most appropriate.

WREMSCO states on on Page 79: Automatic Regional Trauma Center Criteria: On the list, skip to #3, which lists Limb Amputation requiring Reimplantaion. Doesn’t seem to me to be much room for interpretation. Maybe the REMAC could look into amending this to include reimplantation centers.

Is Montefiore just a reimplantation center or a designated Trauma Center? If they don't have Trauma Center designation, the Jacobi is the most appropriate facility based on WREMSCO Protocols. If they do have that designation, then Montefiore would be an appropriate venue for an injury such as this.

Use this link to find NREMT Test dates and sites: http://www.nremt.org/EMTServices/candidate...xam.asp?secID=1 BTW: New York is not yet a Registry State, so you will still have to either take a Challenge or Full Recert Course, either way, bringing you back up to New York at some point. If your VA EMT stays Valid, you can just use that for Reciprocity purposes if/when you move back to New York, thereby making the need for the NR exam mute.

Didn't they just give the test last year? They must have flew right thru that list.

I've always felt that the phone is a more appropriate venue for calling in and out of service for fuel/training/etc. Yes/No? Also, in the age we live in, how come message paging/email/etc cannot be used for meeting/parade/etc announcments, in place of your primary dispatch frequency. Any agenies utilize those alternatives versus tying up 46.26?

If you, as the party taking the risk of riding on the rig, are not concerned about your own safety, consider the position your putting the operator in... NYS Penal Law: Section 120.00 Assault in the third degree A person is guilty of assault in the third degree when: Subd 2. He recklessly causes physical injury to another person; Assault in the third degree is a class A misdemeanor. Section 120.20 Reckless endangerment in the second degree A person is guilty of reckless endangerment in the second degree when he recklessly engages in conduct which creates a substantial risk of serious physical injury to another person. Reckless endangerment in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor. Section 120.25 Reckless endangerment in the first degree A person is guilty of reckless endangerment in the first degree when, under circumstances evincing a depraved indifference to human life, he recklessly engages in conduct which creates a grave risk of death to another person. Reckless endangerment in the first degree is a class D felony.