RescueKujo

It's nice to see something good to come out of that horrible day

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That is one of the coolest tools I have seen in a long time. YPD Marine 2???? Right... Good for the NYPD staying on top of the counter-terrorism world. Do other major ports have similar vehicles? Newark, Wilmington NC, LA??????????????????????????????????

I heard on the news here that the San Diego Harbor Police and USCG Station San Diego are getting the same type of boats.

Is there a car god that I could be sacrificing stuff to?

Only if you drive a FORD....

Thought I'd post this for EMTBravo/X635....

KATHMANDU - Officials at Nepal's state-run airline have sacrificed two goats to appease Akash Bhairab, the Hindu sky god, following technical problems with one of its Boeing 757 aircraft, the carrier said Tuesday.

Nepal Airlines, which has two Boeing aircraft, has had to suspend some services in recent weeks due to the problem.

The goats were sacrificed in front of the troublesome aircraft Sunday at Nepal's only international airport in Kathmandu in accordance with Hindu traditions, an official said.

"The snag in the plane has now been fixed and the aircraft has resumed its flights," said Raju K.C., a senior airline official, without explaining what the problem had been.

Local media last week blamed the company's woes on an electrical fault. The carrier runs international flights to five cities in Asia.

It is common in Nepal to sacrifice animals like goats and buffaloes to appease different Hindu deities.

See, that's all the American carriers need to do...

PHOENIX - A suburban police officer is accused of leaving a police dog in a patrol car for more than 12 hours on a 109-degree day, killing the animal.

Chandler police Sgt. Tom Lovejoy was booked into the Maricopa County jail on a misdemeanor charge of animal cruelty after a two-week investigation into the death of a 5-year-old Belgian Malinois named Bandit. He was released later Wednesday, said Capt. Paul Chagolla, a spokesman for the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office.

The sheriff’s investigation showed Bandit was in Lovejoy’s patrol car from about 9 a.m. to shortly after 10 p.m. Aug. 11. During that time, the investigation found, the officer ran errands, napped and ate out with his wife. Lovejoy later found the dog dead in the car.

“I am certain Sgt. Lovejoy has suffered greatly from leaving his police dog in a sweltering car,” Sheriff Joe Arpaio said in a statement. “I do not relish the idea of compounding his sadness. However, Lovejoy must be treated like anyone else in similar circumstances.”

Lovejoy said Wednesday night that he is scheduled to appear in court Sept. 25 and that his lawyer advised him not to comment further.

“With the sheriff railing on me right now, it’s kind of hard to say anything,” Lovejoy said.

Chandler Police Chief Sherry Kiyler said in a statement that the department respects and supports the criminal justice system and its processes, and that an internal investigation has been launched.

Looks like someone's gonna lose their badge....

I do recall from labor and delivery rounds in paramedic class that any time a woman said that she wanted a natural, no drugs delivery that inevitably it was her first child. The ones yelling that they wanted their epidural and they wanted it NOW, were repeat customers.

You know, this would all be a moot point if qwomen wouldn't take seriously whats being poked in fun

We do if I can get some OT out of it.

Getting the Christmas shopping done early??

HMMMM, frosting....

Thanks for sharing, Jonesey. Nothing wrong with showing off your little ones.-Duane

Wow, Seth. I'm sorry to hear that. So much for serving the public, huh?? Did she happen to get a badge number or name so she can file a complaint with the precinct??

Seth,

Please do not let these naysayers get to you. Anybnody, with any agency, doesn't want the bad things from that agency aired in public. It's just natural as a human. It takes a lot of restraint to allow open discussion of the agency you bust your butt for.

great pictures, i was down in north Carolina a couple weeks ago and by some unfortunate luck i was not the driver as we passed every firehouse, almost as if it was planned.

I hear you Sean, it seems to be that way when I travel with my family anymore...

Seth,

it is my understanding that if there are no ideatifiers for the patient (name, birthdate, address etc.), then it is not a violation. There is nothing that can be done if someone is familiar with the call or person (s) involved.

With the increase of cases where prisoners go into cardiac arrest after being placed in custody due to "Excited delirium", every department using tasers should look at their policies. If the patient is so out of control that they must be tased, for liability sake I would get them to an ER for eval. Egg on one's face after the person in custody codes isn't pretty.

If we learned nothing from LA we should have learned that no matter of the length of the video, the news will show the most damaging 30 seconds of it. We should also learn that there is no double jeopardy for Law Enforcement, if some how you are found not guilty, they will find a new and different law to charge you under and let mob rule set the stage for a bogus conviction.

This is being played out here in San Diego with the brawl/riot this past Monday. The media only shows the officers entering the crowd and going after the group, only one has shown the bottles and other objects being thrown at the officers. This was a case of young males with lots of liquid courage and testosterone who thought they owned the beach. 2 groups of these idiots started fighting over the particular part of the beach and SDPD moved in. Then, when it all played out, the media is blasting the police for being stormtroopers.

Jimmy, great shots as usual. And I agree, with both roto-rays and Mars lights, those fronts look too cluttered.

How many times will we as senior people say it, tunnel vision gets people seriously injured or killed. As a responder, you do no one any good if you don't get to the scene. Drive safely and arrive. enough said.

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AP Online

via NewsEdge Corporation

NEW YORK_Retiree Gene O'Brien hurried to the World Trade Center site after Sept. 11, 2001, as a volunteer helping to shuttle supplies to police and fire workers. Some days, his only ID to get into the disaster site was a tattoo on his forearm.

"A couple times I showed them my Marine tattoo, and they said go ahead," recalled O'Brien, adding that he and other volunteers also came up with their own makeshift identification cards.

"We didn't forge anything, we just made them up with our own pictures and at one point we copied a UPC code off a Pepsi can and they were as good as gold," said the Scarsdale resident.

It might not be so easy the next time disaster strikes.

In an effort to provide better control and coordination, the federal government is launching an ambitious ID program for rescue workers to keep everyday people from swarming to a disaster scene. A prototype of the new first responder identification card is already being issued to fire and police personnel in the Washington, D.C., area.

Proponents say the system will get professionals on scene quicker and keep untrained volunteers from making tough work more difficult.

But they also know it is a touchy subject, particularly for those devoted to helping in moments of crisis.

"Wow, how in the world do we say this without love and respect in our hearts?" said deputy assistant U.S. Fire Administrator Charlie Dickinson.

"Everybody wants to come to the fight, so to speak, and no one wants to step back and say 'No, I can't do this.' The final coup de grace was the World Trade Center. Hundreds came that were never asked," Dickinson said. "Good intentions, good hearts, and it was extremely difficult for the fire department and the other departments to deal with them."

The Federal Emergency Management Agency came up with the idea after the World Trade Center attack and Hurricane Katrina in 2005, when countless Americans rushed to help - unasked, undirected, and sometimes unwanted.

Many of those volunteers angrily dispute the notion they were a burden. They insist that in many instances they were able to deliver respirators, hard hats, and protective boots to workers when no one else seemed able.

Ground zero volunteer Rhonda Shearer and her daughter launched a fast-moving supply system that bypassed regular channels, often infuriating city officials.

Even as she delivered box trucks packed with supplies over months of recovery work, she increasingly ended up in a cat-and-mouse game with New York City's police and emergency management agency.

Shearer, 53, said the experience convinced her that agencies are ill-equipped to handle major disasters - but don't want outsiders pointing out their failings.

Similar frustrations arose after Katrina, when people were shocked that the government struggled to take basic supplies such as water to the worst areas.

"They're more worried about keeping volunteers out than doing an analysis of what really went wrong," Shearer said. "Independent citizens need to be involved, where we have no ax to grind or cross to bear. But we will tell the truth, and we will tell what we see and bear witness to the incompetence."

Dickinson, the federal fire official, said the government is not trying to discourage volunteers, but he thinks there should come a time, within a few days of a disaster, when civilians step back and let the professionals take control.

Supporters say the ID cards could be checked at a disaster area with a card-reader device and used to verify a person's unique skills. For example, if police officers have been trained to handle hazardous materials, officials at the scene could deploy them to an area where their skills would be best put to use.

For reasons ranging from general safety to protection from lawsuits, construction and demolition companies want to see a disaster ID card program succeed.

Mike Taylor, executive director of the National Demolition Association, said his industry is talking with aides to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger about putting it in place in his state.

"If California goes ahead and does that, it will flow across the country. This is a really smart idea by someone in the Bush administration to be able to control access to the site and frankly, make sure there are no untrained people," Taylor said. "If somebody goes running down to the site, you have to stop and ask them, wait, are they certified to do this work?"

<<AP Online -- 09/03/07>>

Haven't had or heard of much trouble with this in the major wildland base camps I've been assigned to, so I don't know where I stand. Any thoughts?

Thanks for sharing. Interesting to see those old Wards and ALFs

At the 2000 briefing it was announced that the Zaca Fire is now 100% contained after burning 240,207 acres for 60 days (started on July 4th by a rancher and employees welding broken pipes) and 117 million dollars. Firefighters are continuing mopup, patrolling the fire line, and checking the interior of the fire area for any hot spots.

Buddy for HOV lane?

Could you send him with Seth on his next West Coast trip?? Me and a few others could use him...

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I find it interesting that TransCare is not supposed to bill residents of Wappingers; that the taxes pay for it. I have always been told that is called MediCare fraud. The rule being: if you bill one person, you bill them all, and you bill them the same way. Soft/hard, just be consistent.

Anyone know more on this?

Merlin,

I live in an area where our fire medics are paid for in our property taxes. If you are a citizen in the service area, your insurance is billed and they take that as payment. If you are not a citizen, if your insurance does not cover the entire bill, you get billed for the remainder.

Great post, RWC. Unfortunately, I feel too many people will not see a problem. For example, my company makes sure everyone goes to EVOC, but does not have in my opinion a good class in how to read a map. We get phone calls about our crews driving in circles when they cannot find the street they're responding to.

...and please - avoid the little hole in the wall shop on A1A in Daytona Beach...especially drunk......just a heads up...

Sounds like a story that needs to be told....