mikeinet

Never thought I'd hear "Westchester county international airport".... how will they handle customs?

Very easy to get a card in CT. You need to go to the CT DOH EMS site, they have a form to fill out - you need to send it to NYS DOH to get verification of your EMT card... then you submit it to CT, and bing, bang, boom. I believe they give you recporpsity until your NY card expires. I didnt' have to take any refreshers in any specific time. You can also use NY/CT recert classes against each other -- so take it in one state, submit paperwork to the other state, and they'll extend your card.

I understand freedom of the press and stand 100% by our constitutional rights... but seriously, why would a news agency actually PUBLISH THE DOCUMENTS? Why not present a story ABOUT this, not present the ACTUAL documents! geesh. We can be our own worst enemies at times.

I rode with one of these depts for a few months... very solid operations. There is definitely a lot of apparatus and departments in the area, but they're not sitting around collecting dust. The depts have roles and responsibilities laid out, mutal aid plans (a lot of automatic), and it's a collaborative effort to cover the large area. They're in a constant "growing pain" as many of our volunteer agencies are... they're not seeing 100 people turn out to an AA, let alone a job... There's also some first response EMS that's done with some of the depts. Article fails to mention too that some of these depts are supplemented with day time paid staff, i'm sure that affects their budget! I do agree there could probably be some apparatus consolidation, but as noted, a lot of these depts have already done a lot of consolidation. For example, one of the depts (one of the busier I think) Latham FD has already run 197 fire calls and 211 EMS calls. And regarding Colonie Mall... when I was up there a few years ago, that place was a deserted diaster waiting to happen! (Sorry, was thinking about the Latham mall...)

Have i got news for you.... you're APPRECIATED.... hah... pretty cool song

Congrats guys! About damn time!

very cool, thanks for the details! Nice to see there was careful planning done here and not "hacks done to bandaid things" after the fact!

Crappy way to start your shift!

I thought I read that they can actually run all the way up to boston? What's special about the hell gate bridge that requires specalized equipment?

Not sure I agree about HIPPA... they're not talking about patient names or any identifiable information. Article carefully noted it only shows PUBLIC locations where there are emergencies -- I'd say that's covered under good samaritan laws.

Have not seen this posted on here yet...Curious what everyone thinks of this article. http://openchannel.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/01/15/5843330-the-emergency-response-in-tucson-timeline-shows-ambulance-delays I think MSNBC does a decent job showing that there wasn't a delay in a single point, but a series of legitimate delays that often put the blame on "EMS being slow" (IE: Scene Safety, MCI not being officially declared, etc.) Thoughts?

Looks like there was some political conflict that led to this: http://www.northjersey.com/news/113553654_Ambulance_operations_under_scrutiny.html

Why do you feel that way? What if the officers are still working to secure the scene, recover weapons, etc.?

nice article on the efforts: http://mta.info/news/stories/?story=168

s c a r y. most dreadful thing a skier could imagine... though i'm not sure which could be worse, being stranded dangling 40-50' in the air, or coming crashing down to the ground

i was going to say... that's great that SOP may say to leave a patient...but what does the law / NYS say about that? I don't remember ever being taught it's "ok" to leave a patient UNLESS you a personally in danger...

Date: 10/30/2010 Time: Location: 247 Main Ave, Norwalk CT Frequency: Units Operating: Stamford Bomb Squad, Norwalk PD, Norwalk EMS Weather Conditions: Cloudy Description Of Incident: Suspicious package left at 7-11. Bomb squad on scene, robot in use and bomb squad members in full protective gear seen walking on scene . Reporters: mikeinet Writer: mikeinet *PM if you have more info* http://www.thehour.com/story/493694

Most of the "citizens" of LOHUD just baffle me with their ignorance... Comments that "the building would have been saved if the FD was REALLY on scene in 3min" is nuts. I must have been mis-trained... I wans't aware that as a FF you can jump off a truck, walk into a burning building the second you get there and Taadaaaa.... the fire is out and the world is back to normal! Who cares about things like primary searches... or even those things that carry water and need to be hooked up and brought to the location of the fire... oh yeah, those hoses things!

Since when does LoHud include pictures of patients during extrications.... no such thing as privacy anymore?

Excellent video! Well represents Westchester and very professional and insightful for the public on what happens behind the scene!

http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Shelton-police-officer-struck-by-pickup-567877.php RIP

I love how LOHUD says the first thing they're buying is 20 pagers with $161k... nice job boys!

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local&id=7288641 http://www.newsday.com/news/new-york/ny-boy-dies-after-ambulance-goes-to-wrong-address-1.1772075 http://www.1010wins.com/Boy-Dies-after-EMS-Sent-to-B-klyn-Instead-of-Manha/6399256 Another sad story...

Date: 12/13/09 Time: 12:35pm Location: Rt 110 and Indian Wells Rd - Shelton CT Frequency: Many Units Operating: Shelton FD, Shelton EMS, Shelton PD, Ansonia EMS, AMR EMS Weather Conditions: Icy Description Of Incident: 58 car MVA with over 60 patients - all minor injuries with 10 transported Reporters: echos199 (ctfire-ems) Writer: mikeinet White Hills Engine 52, Truck 55, Thruck 54, Gator 5 Echo Hose Engine 2, Truck 9 Pine Rock Engine 42 Echo Hose Ambulace... All of them! AMR New Haven 2 buses Ansonia 1 bus, Mass Casualty unit Initial report was a massive milti car MVA in the area of Rt. 110 and Indial Wells Rd. E52 reported approximately 40 cars and requested addition EMS and stokes units. E52 assumed command Engine 2 Car 6 O/S with additional stokes, manpower and EMS supplies Car 6 assumed Command and made 502 North Ops and 5074 South Ops and Car 2 Safety FD Command worked with EMS Command 901 on patient priority and removal. No extrication was required via hydrolic/pnumatic tools 10 patients transported, 48 patients in all (RMA) MSNBC National News Headline: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34410100/ns/local_news-new_york_ny/ Incident pics: http://theshotbyron.smugmug.com/2009-Fire-Calls-Events/56-Car-Mva-SheltonCT/ http://www.echohosefd.com/index.php/component/content/article/42-latest-news/437-58-car-pileup-rollover-crashes

I can't wait for my next call when a patient demands a heli tx because they saw it on TV and they do it for everything!