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The only time this should be ALS is if an arterial bleed is uncontrolled...maybe for no exit wound or long txp time(30min+)?

I am aware of these things, he just made the tone of the post sound as if he was ok with allowing someone to RMA with a pulmonary embolism with a trivial issue such as lack of insurance, like he was dealing with a stubbed toe or something. I worked in the NYC system where you had to spend 30 minutes on the phone with telemetry to even consider an RMA like that or it would be your a$$.

You allowed someone having a possible pulmonary embolism to RMA???

Beacon is the big city? But seriously that is a long trip from PV down to Beacon

Though I don't envy that job in this day and age it is definitely on of my favorite genres...they are usually better than fd movies LOL. I don't think Training Day, Fort Apache, Copland or Colors have been mentioned. On a side note I always thought report from Engine Co. 82 with the right director, lens and ADVISORS would make a great movie.

I think you have to pay for parking too

Dont worry they will still be allowed to do whatever they want...

I am as politically conservative as anyone else on this board but my feelings when it comes to property taxes is that you get what you pay for. When I was young and dumb I bought a home in an area where the taxes were low around 3k a year and basically everywhere I went around town it felt as though an episode of COPS was about to break out. I had halfway houses and section 8 on my block. While there were many good families around, there was enough skells to keep me looking over both shoulders day and night. Now I live in a town where I pay closer to 10k in property taxes but the piece of mind is worth every penny. I don't worry as much about my families safety and I can go to the supermarket without feeling like I am going to get car jacked in the parking lot.

What makes you think none will be in wealthy neighborhoods or Manhattan? Engine 4 which was saved from the chopping block at the last minute last year is first due on Wall Street!!!

I have lived my entire life in the nyc area and I have never seen a "Tefillin" in my life. If a guy like me who grew up in an area with more Jews than anywhere outside Israel doesn't know what they are, how is a 25 year old stewardess from Kansas with a junior college degree and an 8 hour course in diversity gonna know what they are?

The physical agility is easy. The academy is pretty far from a bootcamp, but was academically challenging. In 2004-05 it took me about a year from when I initially applied to when I was hired. Good luck.

I don't think you understand exactly what I'm talking about. If you have a minute look up crossfit on youtube. Any serious crossfitter would have no problem climbing 6 flights of stairs and going to work. I rarely run but when I do I still post ridiculous times. Crossfit is fast becoming the workout program of choice for military special ops and emergency services personell all over the country because it works. Unfortunately it hasn't caught on as much here in the northeast but it is gaining poplarity everyday.

Do lots of deadlifts, squats and kettlebell swings. If you can afford it go to a CROSSFIT affiliate...if you can't follow their workouts as best you can on the crossfit.com website. Cardio is OVERATED, take a run through the woods every now and then or jump on stairmaster with a waited vest once or twice a week. Also climb ropes and do lots of pull ups and push ups...when you get tired do some more. Eat natural food..don't eat processed crap made in a science lab. Follow this advice and you will be a beast at the academy.

I got to do this for EVOC in FDNY EMS. I think this simulator and the one at the rock were donated by NASCAR after 9/11. I remember the instructors saying and I dont know if this is BS or not but most of the people who get sick tend to be older. Younger people especially males tend to do fine and they were saying this is because we grew up playing Nintendo, play station etc., and we are "condtioned" to immersing ourselves in a video screen. I know I did not feel any dizzyness or ill effects.

I like the idea...makes a safer spot for non essential family members to sit than in the back of bus.