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Thank you LOL

Page 4 states everything.....And its illegal to put an age max (I think), has to do with equal opportunity employer.

The link that was posted can answer all your questions, also the biggest thing i see that may affect you Westchester applicants is it says "Be certified as an emergency medical technician (EMT) by the state of Connecticut by the time of employment", if you serious about the job you may consider looking into reciprocity asap.

Ive done 4 guys at once, all had lacerations on their hands from trying to grab a knife from a drunk guy at a party, they were all ambulatory and they all got their hands cleaned and wrapped and 3 sat in seat belts and 1 on the stretcher, was it a good idea? I thought so at the time. We can play the what if game all day, my commercial service company was out of units and we weren't waiting 20 mins for another truck so we did the 3 min transport to the ER.

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Under the budget, first item is annual inspection. Is that DOT, pump test, ladder test ect?

We cover 42 sq miles 35,000 people, id say 70% of calls are within the same "downtown" 12 sq miles, We cover Route 8 as well, We have 2 stations, HQ and north end, 13 a shift, 4 on eng and 4 on ladder at HQ and 4 on eng at north end, contract says we can go down to minimal of 11, subsequently they'll take that 1st spot off the ladder then the HQ eng, 1 in the SUV as shift commander, work a 3 on 3 off schedule, go to minimal medicals (unconscious, seizures, codes) or any other things dispatch EMDs as serious, If there's a fire in the city you go to work, theres no waititng aroundo to grow in alarms, 2nd alarm gets 17 guys called back, ( must live within 20 mins of HQ within in 1 year of employment), we are the only carrer dept in the area, next closest is Waterbury and Bristol and they're not up until something like 4-5 alarms, we rely on volunteer dept from surrounding areas as mutual aid and city coverage. Couple pics from a link from last weeks fire. http://www.flashoverimages.com/CONNECTICUT/2014-Incidents/TORRINGTON-CT-2nd-Alarm-404-Ma/i-7WGJHLG

You mean the "ambo", You gotta use correct terminology now that your in PG

Preliminary funeral annoucments http://www.hartfordfire.org/index.cfm?zone=/unionactive/view_article.cfm&HomeID=447999

Sounds like the engine crews cross staff the ambulances.

"Nothing showing means nothing."

At AMR we use life pak 12s, there old and rundown and behind in technology. Id like to get 15s, more options, color code screen, not as senstive to movememnt and can blue tooth your vitlas/ekgs to laptop.

Definition-1. A person who criticizes or suggests alternative courses of action from a position of hindsight after the event in question.

Paper work some money and some patience. I did the opposite, had CT and got NY, actually in the process to get my NY medic now.

What no wetdown? You mean no bringing half million/million dollar apparatus from all around the county away from their jurisdiction just to spray each other with hoses and the siren pedals pegged for 10 mins? shucks.....

Lol

The Uconn Health Center Fire Dept in Farmington CT, which is a ALS fly care FD for a hand full of towns in the area, has them for 2 years now and has seen an increase of ROSC in pre hospital but im unsure of hospital outcomes, theyre great, they free up a person and are very consistent and dont get tired, going down stairs theyre great and in the back of the truck it makes for a safer ride for the attendents being seated more appropriatly.

We also do tanker shuttles as well. Here's our new tanker about to be delivered in a few weeks. http://www.spartanerv.com/delivery.aspx?id=49377 It is replacing a1985 4-Guys/Peterbilt 2500 gallon tank with a1250 GPM. http://www.litchfieldfiredepartment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/engine4.jpg

Its a judgement call, at 1,000' half way, and 3,000' we have red lenghts so the driver knows they gotta stop and drop an inline assist valve, you can drop it earlier say for a steep incline.

This a couple mins to set it up and flow water but once its flowing theres no interuptions (usually) no waititng for tankers to fill, no waitiing for tankers to dump, ect. Packing the hose...ehh part of the job.

Here's the back step of it....

Here is a close up of my depts (Litchfield,CT) Eng 1, 1978 Oren / Peterbilt 300 Gallon tank with a 1500 gpm pump, off the rear is a split hose bed with 2-2000' sections of 5" hose (4,000' total).

http://media.registercitizen.com/2014/04/03/photos-of-toce-brothers-warehouse-fire-in-torrington#1 Just some facts.....Torrington is a career dept that consist of 1 eng 1 quint 1 ladder and 1 shift commander staffed by 13 guys per shift, hence the amount of help they called in for this scenario.

We do both, depending on the situation, either drop ponds and do shuttles with mutual aid tankers or lay from the scene to the water source or vise versa, on our E-1 we have 4,000' of 5" hose, we also have to 2 manifolds we drop at certain points (every 1,500 feet, or a incline ect).