MoFire390

this is the first I am hearing about this. Knew that the Montrose VA went up with Haz-Mat 3. From my understanding it was an invite only party.

I'm sorry. I miss read your post. Yes, some of us look like we have lost our dog. Especially with recent changes in the schedual. The crews out of the fishkill station aren't as happy as we used to be. But, thats another story for another day.

do you care to elabrate???

thank you kyle...I didnot read the I/A was just going on what the Tanker Taskforce is. and was hoping to get some of it correct

Capt to answer your question to some extent. I believe South Salem falls into the "Tanker Taskforce" catagory. So they get a tanker from Vista, a Tanker from Banksville, A tanker from Croton Falls, A tanker from New Cannan CT, a tanker from Millpond CT, and their tanker. If I'm not mistaken they use one of their own engine as the pond relay engine. (I dont know what the location looks like if it was up hill I would think they would need another engine in there somewhere to help get the water up hill.) I'm not sure who they used as the source pumper for refilling the tankers I believe there is a fill site at South Salem's firehouse. Hope this gives you a good idea capt. Side note: Sounds like the boys and gals from South Salem had a tough fight. Hope all was safe.

that is correct. the three men who bought the company have many nursing homes. Care1EMS is NOT licensed in NJ. only in PA, and NY. The new owners are trying very hard to expand the territory they have now. Many changes are comming along. I have also heard a possible bid for the Putnam ALS contract when it comes up. The new owners have been intouch with other companies to get a better working relationship between companies. Considering we are all in the same line of work and are here to help people. I hope my input helps sorry it took so long to respond. Ken

CCVAC: 1125....Minus the mutal aid calls for coverage.

What no croton input there 2081??

DISPATCH: 60 Control to _______VAC, **M1, _____ Main St, 2nd floor unkown medical. Unit: **B2 enroute, **M1 enroute 60 Control: K both units responding @ time....Units be advised pt has blue hands and blue feet... UNKOWN UNIT: I sure hope he was finger painting **M1: (laughing) 10-4 on the blue hands and blue feet. **11: 60 control show me enroute to the Blue hands and blue feet call 60 control: 10-4 Capt. got u enroute (voice in the background.) He wants to finger paint too!!! **11: Yes I do. Is that ok with you??? 60 Control: thats a negative Capt. as long as you make me something pretty. **11: 10-4 Making you something pretty.

Looks like I'm in deep...My spelling sucks!!!

Lmao...I remember hearing that!!!!! John u have to have more then that...I mean I hear you all the time busting someone you know's chops.

a few years ago: Unit: "2**1 to 60 control" 60 Control: "control is on chief" Unit: "Give me a rush on the bus" 60 Control: "10-4 chief Bee-Line notified ETA 10min. Is that ok with you?" Unit: "Looking for my ambulance responding to the call." 60 Control: "your ambulance just called on scene do you see them?" Unit: "I do now, Thank you control."

Mikey, I must say I'm not a big fan of "buffing" calls. While at one point I have been guilty of "buffing" a few calls it kinda drives me crazy that I would ever think of something like this. While having a family now I understand the importance of staying home and letting the host department "play". If the pager goes off then I'll go. But the days of me leaving home without the pager going off is over.

Good topic... Montrose we have different color tags to ID interior, from exterior firefighters. Interior- Green Exterior- Red. Usually a deputy chief or Chief gets the tags of the firefighters who are operating inside the structure, members riding the rigs usually tag out on the pump panel so the driver knows who was on his rig. we also have our names on both our helmets, and coats. as well as having our badge numbers as our identifier for our company issued protables. Mutal aid companies I'm not too sure about sorry I cannot answer that question. I will attempt to find out for you.

good luck with the new rig

hey all found this article on JEMS.com. kinda scary how the state of MI hasnt already had AED's in the schools. anyway heres the link to the article. http://www.jems.com/...teen-wants-aeds let me know if any of the schools u all have in ur area have AED's...I know Hendrick Hudson School District has AED's in the Adminstration building, and all of the schools.

Thank you for the input. Looks like this is gonna be a hard task to come by. I'm gonna have to really bust my buns and get moving on this.

Hey all im posting this here as it pertains to the topic. I would like to know if someone could point me in the right direction as to start a program where school districts with small budgets are able to recive AED's to be placed in their buildings. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. Again I'm not sure if there is something out there like this already. would just love to help some schools out who really need it. Thanks, Ken

was acutally looking to answer some of the other questions that were asked on here. but since u just so happened to quote me i guess i will add what i think. 1. i thought that FDNY Rescue companies do alot of specialty work such as tech rescue, and could be utlized as a truck company to do search and rescue at a fire. 2. i see where this is gonna lead, and like every other topic its gonna come down to paid vs vollie. because vollies dont have as much training as career staff. it gets kinda old and seems to be popping up more and more frequently. i know im not the only one tired of seeing it.

Not for nothing but if the patient wants to video his care and not allow me to do my job as an EMT to help him. Then I believe I have the right to ask him to turn off his/her phone. and you can be sure I will be documenting the incident in my PCR. There have been many times where i've had patient's family members ask me over the phone what's going on. I explain to them that if they would like to speak with me they can do so at the hospital. patient privicy is one thing that i respect. regardless if they are family of not. I have a pt that i pick up on a daily basis everytime we leave her room she puts the blanket over her own head. So I asked her one day why she does it. and her statement to me was she hated when peope looked at her on the strecher. and that it made her feel uncomfortable.

REALLY???? members on here have educated us about members of FD's that are short and have been more then capable of doing their job.

been looking for the NFPA requirement of a rescue truck. but for some reason cant find it. i know its stated in NFPA 1901-2009 standards.

i hope u guys get a new truck quickly. good luck i hope everything works out

hess trucks are still very very collectable. saw one on ebay go for over $1,000 dollars. not sure of what year it was, but still alot of cash for a toy truck.

so if im not doing my best what am i doing??? my career is that of an EMT in a commerical agency. but that isnt realivent. Am I or any other volunteer Emergency Medical Service personal becoming a neusance in a field that should be run by a career staff??? because pretty much thats how ur post is starting to read. there is a key word that some people keep missing and thats VOLUNTEER...I've been one for 8 years on the EMS side and 6 almost 7 years on the fire side. KRF, if in any way i offended u please allow me to appoligize in person. feel free to pm me would love to meet with u.