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I believe the same goes for EMS as well, you hit the nail right on the head.

can someone possibly in detail explain what ur talking about? cause all I see are "code red" "code blue" code.....i want to know what happend to start this thread about the "codes" was there a big fight w/ lots of guys w/ guns? (police assistance required?)

ok I missed the reference what do u mean?

Thats excatly the reason y I joined the local county HazMat team so I can get the advanced training and have a clue, I don't like to be clueless @ the scene of dangerous assignments I feel it's unsafe, and the local hazmat team will send me to all the cool training that fdny officers do anyway so i'm still one up.

ok i apologize to roofsopen...i'm not happy when people dumb down our jobs... when it was not so easy to get a spot on a tac truck I earned that. I am sorry

Thats incorrect because the certificate that the dept gave me says "Hazardous Materials Medical Technician 2 course -80 hours" If u dissagree take it up w/FDNY

My job is not strictly decon My job is PT CARE in areas of Haz Mat, hence E.M.S. HAZ MAT Tech, other wise they would have made a special unit of firefighters for decon, gone are the days of deconing everyone else, the job has changed greatly since homeland security and 9/11 and for the better I might add, EMS is being better utilized, and, as a side note there are 3 types of Haz Tac ambulances 1:Basic Life Support Haz Mat trained E.M.T.S Designated Henry units 2:Paramedic Haz Mat trained Techs Designated Zebra units and 3: Paramedic Haz Mat Techs trained for confined space rescue and rescue opps "Rescue Medics" Haz Mat Tech Casson Jr 17H3

Nice save!

This "made up" job is one that requires a judgement call and common sense, as my rule of thumb I pass nothing unless a fender bender, w/ everyone walking and not complaining of pain, no one should bypass any ancident they come upon in this case the jaws are required and people are bypassing it to go to a fire, both we should say are life altering jobs and if my mom was in the car u bypass to go to a fire and no one stops to render aid and the proper tools and equipment are on that truck......so help me god.......if u come upon something it must be addressed.

Hey, just wondering what everyone knows about their Haz Mat operations, looking for descriptions on riggs, equipment carried, places of storage trailers, generaly all the information u guys or gals can provide. I think it would be interesting. I could be wrong, but I have not seen too much Haz Mat stuff talked about on here and I know people from all over are on here. Pics would be cool Haz Mat is an obscure topic Casson Jr

anybody have any pictures that they would like to share?

What makes anyone think that they won't be checking this stuff? They found a battalion chief w/ a false degree as well as other F.D.N.Y. officers, I'm very sure all of this stuff will be scrutinezed I mean cmon all I can put on my locker is a flag. Their is a huge crack down on EVERYTHING.

Cool man thanks, I came out of 20 and there was talk of that stuff as far as the b3 happening I was on 03J and our input was asked to see where a station could go not sure where the property they finally bought is. 89/50 house is small, I have a couple of friends there, had dinner there a couple times they move the engine back about 1/4 way into the house and the choufer does have to be pretty skillfull opperating the truck, that house on that service rd never made any sense to me but then again I think alot of the houses in the city need to be moved due to traffic and various other reasons so what do I know. yea it would be cool to have the links thanks a bunch man safe tour.

If I may sir where are u getting ur information from? I would like to pass this information to others this is all very intriguing. thanks ahead of time.

I find this funny because i'm sure my answer is goin to be the same as alot of people on here only I'm happy i'm saying it first. "I wanted to help people" sds cheesy but really thats it. I wanted to do something that meant something to someone, so @ 16 I became an emt and rode w/a corp in NJ till I moved to ny and rode up here then, on the paid side I wanted to do something that I loved doing and I did it for free so I went to fdny ems so i'm pretty lucky so far. I have other plans career wise but i'm sure no 1 wants to hear that. Thats my story.

glad to see chester has such a vast budget great for the membership.......

I do agree w/ what ur saying but y should he get to live even if it's in a cage he should die. Living in a cage is to good for him while 2 familys are w/o fathers taken so suddenly.

right.....because i'm not issued a bullet resistant vest and have never been shot in my direction in the projects because my uniform dose not look like a cops rookie ur very ignorant please keep ur posts to what ur 100% sure about because ur not very good w/opinion

I'm glad thats what u think.... we would like to be placed lower on the suger strings so we can do what we are trained for instead of the drunk on the corner, that way the "regular" line units don't have to do what we're trained for, and people w/ a little bit more knowlege and equipment are on scene.

thats excatly the units I have explained above the units that say "rescue medics" are the Haz Tac paramedics trained in confined space rescue

Those buses in new york are paramedic staffed and they are rescue medics the busses are know as robert buses the medics go through confined space rescue classes they also I believe go through the fire rescue school so they can be on the same page during rescues

Haztac ambulances: I am trained to Haz Mat tech level 2 in New York City. My main function is pt care in the instance of a nuke or biological attack (the whole big yellow suit deal) the ambulances also carry c.o meters and we are suposed to respond to co calls w/ pts. Haz Tac ambulances carry 2 scott pack respirators, a hydrant wrench, rubber garden hose w/hydrant attachment for decon purposes, fireground radios for comm w/ fire,decon tub, and this is besides the regular assortment of ems equipment I might have neglected some things I'm doin this quickly. ok now for the other question....I was told that the ambulances bid has been put in but we'll be lucky if we see the rigs halfway through 2008 I was told the differences will be I believe the same chasis and 1 or 2 extra compartments on the out side and the bus and i belive it will be a bit higher This leaves no room for personal equipment such as the new P.P.E. we are suposed to carry and the normal set of ems equipment such as trauma bags and O2 thats why we wanted bigger buses but seems a bit late huh? Casson jr Haz Mat 17H3

Steve is my capt @ bat 17 just got there a couple of months back, a real standup guy, very personable, from what I was told fx to C spine and I was told he was released from 25 yeasterday (jacobi) thats all I know right now if I find out more I will post more Casson Jr Haz Tac EMT 17H3

Just an observation....I find interesting all the opinions of the publics services represented refering to the posts of every 1 who lists their ocupation and age. I see a point to all sides, fire,ems,police.

Monroe ems in orange cty bills we do a "soft" bill we bill the insurance and if we get no $$ from that we rcieve no help for expenses