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From what I have seen, they get used until its more expensive to repair the unit as opposed to the entire value. Some of the WEMS fly cars barely work yet they are on the road 24/7 doing their thing. So long as it stops and goes it good.

Anyone have an I/A for this job?

I never said that I believed that, I said that is what a lot of the world seems believes. It is merely what I have heard asked of me when I have gone over seas to developing nations. Its not as if they expect our charity, it is just they question our spending habits when so many people in that country are living in such squalor and could be so easily have their situation improved by effective increases in foreign aid. I am not advocating doing one thing or another regarding Federal foreign aid, I am merely indicating that I think that donations like these should consider the greatest good for the greatest number of people. I am sorry if my wording was confusing, I didn't not mean to imply I believed it, just that it was a belief that I had heard.

Definitely Kudos to them, however, I do have this to say, there are mechanisms that exist in this country to get people the fire protection equipment that they need. There are various local, state and federal methods to secure funding for equipment. The methods are totally absent from most developing nations. While yes it is important to support and help those at home I ask a simple question, ignoring location, which community needs a fire equipment more? A department that serves 1,000 people over 10 square miles with a 30 year old rig and some bunker gear, or a department that serves 100,000 over the same area without a rig or any bunker gear? It my just be may involvement with charities such as FDNY BC Sheridans Mutual Aid Americas but IMHO the community that is even more severely lacking in fire protection should receive the equipment, regardless of whether or not it is overseas. I suppose that is the problem that much of the world has with us however, they think that we only we think of our selves before others. I am not saying that all rigs retired should go overseas, I am saying however that the greatest good for the greatest number of people should be considered.

anything to sell headlines. You see bias and attacks, they see dollar signs and copies sold.

Rest In Peace, end of an era for American Military History. Cpl. Buckles and the rest of the American Military Forces boots on the ground did in less than 365 days what the french, british and other allied forces could not do in more than 3 years.

It really amazes me how down in Westchester we completely ignore the EMT-I training and protocols. Where I am in VT, almost everyone here is an EMT-I. The EMT-I course up here is nothing more time wise than another EMT class (i.e. you meet for about 4-6 hours a week for about 3-4 months). In this time you learn IVs, some interventional med. administration, ECGs, and other advanced techniques. I guess since we staff our volly and career rigs 24/7/365 with EMT-Is minimum paramedics are not very common. Almost every rescue squad in the state is volunteer but staffed 24/7/365 with EMT-Is, additionally we always have EMT-Bs and EMT-Is "jump" the calls, get on scene before us and start treatment. Often if an EMT-I has responded and an IV is required, the IV is started and flowing before we even get there. I know WPs high angle team and YVAC have EMT-Is, anyone else in West. Co. use EMT-Is, I would imagine in areas where the VACs actually get out and paramedics are far away, having EMT-Is on the rig would be very beneficial.

Additionally, someone trained in ECGs, IVs, Med admin etc could if nothing else assist the medic in these things. So long as the Paramedic oked and observed everything the medic might not even have to touch the patient to give drugs and take an ECG and let the EMT-I do everything.

My question is was the building sprinkled, was it alarmed? When was the first call for aid, where and how did it start? Who ran the program and what is their staff to child ratio? I think the answer to these questions will give us greater insight into how something like this happened. Obviously it is not often that these happen but the common theme among these incidents is the failure to plan for emergencies by the staff of the program.

You are correct. Obviously an admin officer would not be giving considered a line officer. In trying to get everyone on the same page in the ICS world I was trying to see if he actually was talking about all officers and not just the one he mentioned.

in a word, yes. unless they are an admin officer with no direct impact on patient care/member operations.

1. While Watch Hill Road maybe in Mohegan, it is 5 minutes or 2.5 miles away from Montrose FD HQ, the nearest Mohegan Fire House is 8 minutes for 3.6 miles away 2. U-12 is a utility with the cascade system that is requested to all fires in the tri-village. It is not a front line piece of apparatus (I.e. ambulance, rescue, ladder or engine), it is more of a scene support vehicle therefore it is understandable that it would respond with no interior members. Sounds like a great job for one of life members who still wants to help out and can drive and operate the cascade system. 3. One would need to ask the chief on scene, but 14 minutes is too long to wait for a FAS Team 4. One would need to ask the chief on scene, however the VAFD has primary responsibility for their campus, it is possible they too were tied up 5. One would need to ask the chief on scene, however Peekskill is further away and I would be willing to bet the same guarantee for manpower. I am sorry this was not that unusual/out of line/controversial for you.

Blue LEDs are a SAFETY ISSUE not a police issue thank you very much. It became legal for police as a safety issue and is legal on fire apparatus for that same issue as well. Clearly you are letting your opinion get in the way of the facts.

Can you post/cite your research? I would like to know what figures and data points you are using.

I doubt they are solely decon trailers. WCDES has a few decon trailers floating about, one was at KFD. WCDES has 1 listed for Bedford/Katonah, 1 for Cortlandt and 1 for Port Chester. Additionally, it has support units listed for each one as well but I have no idea what those support units could be. Maybe those trailers are the support units?

I think that what he is trying to say is that it is very hard to compare these two locations. Ardsley was settled around 1682, Round Rock around 1851, seeing as Round Rock is a newer community it has had less time to see problems develop and mature. I am sure when Ardsley was founded almost 200 years before Round Rock they too thought they had a much better system then others (in this era read British). Now that you live in Round Rock you see westchester like those in 1682 saw their counter-parts, however, that does not mean that Round Rock will not develop its own, different problems then England or Ardsley once did. And what he was saying about Gasoline Tax is all of the money the state of Texas gets from the Oil and Gas companies for use of public land and other taxes and fees that large oil corporations pay allow taxes to be so low, kind of like how Alaska actually gives money back to its residents based on income from gas companies.

The police and government officials are being targeted for assassination yes you are correct, only because they are in the cross-fire in this gang war. And its a shame too that people are trying to make mexico safe again and yet are caught in a gang war fueled by america's failed war on drugs. According to the NYTimes, over 30,000 of those killed in Mexico due to the drug wars over the past 4 years have had ties to illicit activity. Obviously civilians have been caught in the cross-fire and the situation is obviously getting worse. However, I would venture to guess and rely on the information from other sources that the vast majority of the murders have not involved truly "innocent" civilians. However all reports on numbers and who was killed and what their true ties were are all anecdotal since no real numbers, figures or information exists regarding this topic.

its funny how american drug money buys american guns for the cartel which they use to get more drugs which they sell for more money to buy more guns. Obviously something must be done, the question is what can we actually do to keep someone elses house in order? We cant invade, and we cant legalize drugs so what can we do, its either prop up a failing government or ignore the problem, neither solution seems that effective if you ask me. What I find interesting is that other than the obvious tragedy of mexican officers being caught in the cross-fire, most of those killed are not what we would consider "innocent" or one of the "good guys".

Regarding documentation, theoretically, could a provider take picture of the restraint without the face of the patient in the photo to document the restraint used to show in case of a court case that the restraints used were not excessive?

google entabulator, it will all make sense then

RIP

It doesn't have to be grant money, if it was a line budget item or a capital project/investment then it would be included in their annual budget and not have originated from grants. They may have, I dont know, but it is entirely possible it was not provided by a government grant. I supposed someone could just ask the Commish. what was in those trailers, that would be pretty easy. I am sure someone on here has a direct line to him.

From the way the AOL article takes it seem, in my opinion, its not that he wouldn't respond, it is that he couldn't. While he may have physically been able to do his job, mentally it sounds like a different story. I would not be surprised if it was determined that this firefighter had some form of PTSD that reoccurred during this tragedy. As with all mental health issues, it is a very slippery slope and one never knows what little event can cause a devastating downward spiral leading to depression, anxiety, and much worse. I think there is A LOT more to this story than the few paragraphs in the article. This does highlight the need to CISM Teams for all persons involved incidents like this, not just only for those with blood on their hands.

We recently studied the Imperial Sugar Explosion in my Hazardous Materials class. It goes back to the idea of surface area, what burns better, a block of wood, or that same block of wood shaved into saw dust? Obviously the saw dust, now while one may not think that sugar or in this case toner dust might be flammable, anything given an LEL and heat will explode and combust. In the case of Imperial Sugar, a ball-bearing in a conveyor belt overheated and with enough sugar dust in the air it exploded and 14 people died. Safety systems that should have been in place either failed or were non-existent. Relevant OSHA standards for the Toner Explosions: 29CFR1910.22 Housekeeping 29CFR1910.307 Hazardous Locations 29CFR1910.1200 Hazard Communication General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1) OSHA Advisory on Combustible Dust: http://www.osha.gov/OshDoc/data_General_Facts/OSHAcombustibledust.pdf Imperial CSB report below: http://www.csb.gov/UserFiles/file/Imperial%20Sugar%20Report%20Final%20updated.pdf

Chicago Code is pretty good, I am curious to see where the plot goes but IMHO Justified on FX is better.