NJMedic

I guess so. I've never seen APFD operate at a fire. Perhaps they have recall for off suty firefighters when they get a decent job.

Asbury Park puts 1 Engine, 1 Truck, 2 BLS ambulances, and a Battalion Chief on the road from one very old firehouse in the middle of the City. They have in their fleet 4 engines, 1 TDA Ladder, 1 Heavy Rescue and the two ambulances. They have rough 55 firefighters. The City spent an influx of money on the department a couple of years ago in which they acquired the rescue from South Wall, NJ; a TDA ladder from Balto County and three brand new Smeal/KME engines. The one engine in the photos is one of their newer ones. Medics are provide by a regional service called MONOC. From the photos I see a IAFF decal on the Mack Arielscope so I'm guessing they picked that up along the way as a spare ladder. I'm preety sure the Mack was formerly operated by the Freewood Acres Fire Company in Howell Twp, another Monmouth County company, a 1971 model that was originally operated by Jericho on Long Island and Brick, NJ before Freewood Acres ran it. The City is right on the oceanfront and has seen better days. Shootings and stabbings are not uncommon and their ambulances run all day in the summer.

Plantiffs lawyer: Mr Firefighter/EMT please show me in there SOPs from your department what is meant by the term expediate and how you should drive? Mr Firefigher/EMT: I can't Plantiffs lawyer: Why? Mr Firefighter/EMT: Its not an official term Plantiffs Lawyer: If I called the 28 other firefighters/EMTs from your department what would they say? Mr Firefighter/EMT: They would say its a serious incident and your arrival on the scene is needed fast Plantiffs lawyer: But isn't that why you have lights and sirens Mr Firefighter/EMT: True but we need to drive even faster Plantiffs Lawyer: Thank you for your testimony today ..... Three days later: The jury finds in the case of estate of Jane Doe vs your town that your town and department was negligent and the estate of Jane Doe will be awarded the amount of $5,000,000. Thank you.

Riding on the outside of a fire apparatus. Booster lines. Riding in a Cadillac/Oldsmobile ambulance. 3/4 boots. Most of the things I can think of fall into the catagory of having now vs what we didn't have before.....each memeber with a portable radio, PCs on vehicles, blood borne pathogen protection, nomex hoods, ightweight anything, everyone wearing SCBAs on the fireground, CPAP, LED lights, incident command (although some places still don't use it), rope rescue gear, Computer Aided Dispatch, seatbelt use, push bottom pumps.

I'm not with FDNY but I have no problem with a EMT overseeing ALS personnel. The EMT is not going to put him in a position to contermand a paramedics medical decisions but I know alot of EMTs that are operational superiour to our medics.

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Just what the World needs......more clueless drunks critiquing fire department operations.

NJ has a formal mutual adi agreement with NYC but I have no clue what the backlog was this week

Keep in mind the the San Men lost 400 positions over the last year. Some media (and other insiders in NYC I know) are suggesting the guys aren't going the next mile as they once would. On the other hand I have seen videos of City plows spinning their wheels. Basically anything to make Bloomy look bad.

NJ's goal was to send 20 (only 20, not forty) to K and Q for a 12 hour period beginning at 2100hrs last night and another 20 for 0900 this morning. I don't think the 20 mark was meet as some areas have their own problems.

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Sorry, 2000 (hyperactive fingers)

Four BLS Strike Teams were staging at the Holland Tunnel entrance for further deployment to Brooklyn ans Queens. One NJ EMT will split off from the NJ ambulance and ride with an FDNY EMT in a FDNY bus while the NJ Bus will be staffed with a NJ EMT and a FDNY EMT. First operational period ends at 0900 tomorrow when another 12 hours period will start. Latest intell sts FDNY is backlogged 20000 EMS jobs. Pervious records was 600 js delayed during the 2003 blackout also that last time NJ responded across the river.

Why would anyone want to draw blood for DWIs. Don't get me wrong, screw drunk drivers but who wants to waste a day in court and be cross examined on what technique you used to draw blood?

A truck (hence its mobile) where training takes place. I think it has a smoke maze in it. They can do window self rescues, and rappelling skills.

I posed that same question to our EMS Medical Director, also a paramedic and here is his response... Ok so you want me an answer this question in 10,000 words or less? I will try to be concise It is really what I want the ETco2 to be. The question is what do I want this number. I would pick a number and have someone bag as fast or slow as necessary to achieve this number. Really it depends on the patient lung status, tidal volume, degree of things like COPD to determine the degree of ventilation to get to a certain Etco2. In general I want the Etco2 nowadays in a traumatic brain injury patient of any age to be 35-40 which is not considered hyperventilation. H yperventilation is considered any Etco2 below 30mmhg and not really a rate. The concept of hyperventilation being "bagging fast" is really a false notion. For example a co2 retainer for any cause may need a ventilation of 30 to get the etco2 down. Sombody who is breathing shallow but then doing better will need various rates of ventilation. So if the patient starts herniating and I dont have available hypertonic saline and mannitol which is what I would normally give first, I would hyperventilate to an Etoc2 of approximately 30mmhg. If the patient was really herniating as determined by acutely dilated pupil I would do hypertonic and mannitol and hyperventilation all at once. This is the only pt by the way that the literature suggests is ok to hyperventilate If this patient could not have Etco2 and did not have a unilaterally dilated pupil I would tell people to bag at 10 breaths per minute.

wonder where the other EMT was? Hopefully there was one. I'm guessing most wrong way drivers are either under the influence or have mental or medical issues. There was a recent news video of a driver, I believe in the Philadelphia area, travel 60+ in the left lane of a three lane highway going against traffic. She caused a couple of collision but managed to make it home before police caught up with her. Wasn't it a year or two 6 people were killed somewhere in Westchester? I could research the particulars but I'm too lazy today.

I would be pissed if I got into a auto accident and there were no injuies or hazards present and got a bill from the FD just for responding. I'd at least be smart enough not to provide any information.

People pick and choose which NFPA standards they will abide by and which ones are not. Sounds like a scene from "A Few Good Men" I hate when people specfically ask for apparatus by town name. Wouldn't using NIMS typing but much easier? I guess the dispatch would send what you need and not who you want. Compare this to a report of a motor vehicle accident with people trapped and waiting for the ambulance to get there and asking for the rescue by town name.

You would think with the current rate of deaths to medical issues on the fireground an ambulance would be dispatch to any working fire. Our special ops truck as well as other Rehab units are seldom dispatched in the opening minutes of an alarm.

I think NYPD ESU would want to ride around in something a little more nimble then what Correctins is using.

You want to get people talking. Bring up emergency lights and who should have what color. Matches the crowd at the most popular booths at trade shows....the one with emergency lights in all their glory. No wonder people are called wackers.

WHat a waste of time and energy. I do think it looks unprofessional. On the other hand I guess Florida has no other problems if the spent time and effort to make it a law you can't have them. Don't tell New "The Nanie State" Jersey about this.

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No, for the 786 time, for one week back in 2004 is was.