RescueKujo

Seth,

Thank you for first of all your friendship, it has meant a lot to me this past year. Your vision and abilities to give us these sites is extrordinary. Congrats and here's to many more.

Paramedics Michael T. Sanchez, Raul Garcia, and Pilot Robert Goss perished when their Valley AirCare EMS helicopter crashed into a bay off the South Coast of Texas near Brownsville on Tuesday night. The helicopter was reportedly en-route from Harlingen to South Padre Island for the medical evacuation of a patient from the Port Isabel Convention Center. The crew aborted the mission due to weather and shortly thereafter lost communications, according to a Coast Guard media release.

May they Rest In Peace. Prayers and condolences to their families.

AeroMedical Helicopter Crew Perishes in Crash

Date: 02-06-2008

Time: 11 p.m. PST

Location: 9900 Valencia St

Departments: San Miguel FD, Lemon Grove FD, La Mesa FD

Description: 2nd alarm fire with 3 children killed and 1 person transported to UCSD Burn Center. Single story single family residence. Reports are occupants were cold and started a fire using gasoline, which spread the fire. Children trapped in a back bedroom. Investigators still onscene this morning.

Links: 3 Children Killed in Local Fire

Writer: RescueKujo

A oress conference has just concluded at the scene. Earlier this morning, the suspect fired upon members of the LAPD SWAT Team and members of the LAFD who were attempting to protect surrounding exposures after the house the suspect was in caught fire, possibly after flashbang grenades were put into the structure. SWAT Team members returned fire, the suspect went down, and was pronounced dead at the scene.

From the floor, more photos....

1) The rear of the Ca OES Rig from Rosenbauer. Guess LAFD and LACoFD aren't the only ones going to chevrons....

2) Rancho Cucamonga Fire Department Brush 177

3) Viejas Fire Department Brush 25

4) Ca OES Swift Water Rescue Staffed by the Stockton Fire Department

5) Front of the new E-one model, The Quest. Butt ugly if you ask me...

Day 2-more photos and more local rigs outside of the convention center. No other LAFD rigs. Unfortunately, because of the way the dealers/manufacturers position tillers, it is almost impossible at a conference like this to take photos while they are being demo'ed. AS rigs are being taken out tomorrow, I will try to get photos of the aerials. So for now, here's a few from today...

Local rigs at the convention center today..

1) Federal Fire Department San Diego Truck 7

2) Federal Fire Department San Diego Engine 6

3) National City Fire Department Engine 34

4) MCAS Miramar Fire Department Engine 61

Prayers and condolences to FF/EMT Mueller's family, friends and Brothers and Sisters of the West Islip FD. May God guide them during this very tragic time.

Duane Kuhlow, Jr.

Dispatcher/EMT

American Medical Response San Diego

Here's some more photos. I did not get every rig today, there will be more tomorrow and Thursday....

1) Federal Fire Department San Diego Truck 1 outside the Convention Center

2) Marin County FD Type 3 Brush 1564

3) Poway FD GMC Medic Ambulance

4) San Diego FD KME Engine 18

Hey Guys and Gals,

The exhibit and classroom portion of the conference started today. I spent part of the day in my SPAAMFA group's booth, and the rest of the time taking photos. I renewed many friendships from around the San Diego County area so I can photograph their departments. Here's a sampling of Day 1....

1) New California OES Type 3 from Rosenbauer

2) New Los Angeles FD Medic Rig

3) Sacramento Metro FD Type 3 Brush Rig

4) Ventura County FD ALF Engine 57

more to follow....

I seriously had a major bowel movement when Eli broke free of that mess..... YES!

Did you really need to share that?? lol

I thought the Bud Light commercials were great. The first being "Breathing Fire" where the guy ends up sneezing and burning everything, including the cat and girl, the second was "Ability to Fly", when the guy gets sucked into a jet engine. But as was noted before, not many great ones this year.

As much as we San Diegans despise anything Manning, if it will shut everyone's pieholes about how great the Pats are, I''m rooting for the Giants....

Rob,

Let me know if there's any thoughts of anything out here in conjuction with EMTBravoWest.

Duane

Thanks for posting the article. As a former military EOD Tech, I am always interested in this type of news. Anyone have a photo of one of their rigs??

Duane

Damn fool! Didn't anyone ever tell you that marriage is punishment for shoplifting in some countries?

And all I was going to say was run away quickly....

Seriously, good luck!!

Duane

Gotta love the oldies but goodies...Thanks for sharing

Thanks for the laugh, Rob!

Congrats, Rob!

Congrats, Doc. You deserve it.

Duane

I sure wish we had something like that out here...I'll be starting to hit the road hard soon. We're getting rain about every 3 days right now, so it's hard to plan photo days right now.

I've got a better one for you guys. We have people who work either as EMTs or Medics that either can't read or refuse to use the map book. As a dispatcher, I am constently asked for maps pages or asked for directions, even from Medics that I know have responded to that location. Where has the Professionalism gone??

Good news, Seth. Hope it all works out for you.

Duane

Thoughts and Prayers to Officer Ridley's family, friends and coworkers at the Mount Vernon PD. May God watch over you during this tragic time.

Thoughts and Prayers to Officer Ridley's family, friends and coworkers at the Mount Vernon PD. May God watch over all involved, including the responding officers that fired.

I believe this was a Northern California FF, as there isn't a community of "Pacifica" in Los Angeles County, but is a city in the Bay Area.