Returned To Find A Smiley Face...

[x635 4,066]

OK, I've been in EMS for over 10 years now and this is a first for me, first time I've even heard about something like this much less witnessed it.

Has anyone gone inside a patients residence on an EMS call, and returned outside to find that someone has spray painted a large happy face and their intials on the side of your agencies brand new, 2 week old ambulance???

[Guest EFFP411]

OK, I've been in EMS for over 10 years now and this is a first for me, first time I've even heard about something like this much less witnessed it.

Has anyone gone inside a patients residence on an EMS call, and returned outside to find that someone has spray painted a large happy face and their intials on the side of your agencies brand new, 2 week old ambulance???

Wow, was this in westchester? I could see something like this going on in SOUth Central LA, or harlem, but i would not think it would be a common occurance in Westchester. Was it in a gang infested area? Maybe some bored punk kids.... When I lived in the Bronx, i remember seeing an FDNY bus tagged with gang symbols not too far from my neighborhood. It got shipped of to maintenance to be cleaned up, but you could still tell it had been done.

[ny10570 745]

Its not often, but once in a while a FDNY bus still gets tagged when the crew is away from the vehicle. The dept is quick to get the vehicle out of service and cleaned up.

[Oswegowind 17]

If I recall...An Empress Van was "tagged" during a job in Schroeder a few years back. Wasn't a smiley face though! And I believe Chris King was on that bus too.

Weird, his name keeps coming up eh Dan?

[minivac 0]

OK, I've been in EMS for over 10 years now and this is a first for me, first time I've even heard about something like this much less witnessed it.

Has anyone gone inside a patients residence on an EMS call, and returned outside to find that someone has spray painted a large happy face and their intials on the side of your agencies brand new, 2 week old ambulance???

That is crazy! those people are so stupid! Don't They Know How much they cost?

[WAS967 97]

Do you think someone who tosses paint on any old surface just to get their "tag" seen cares how much it costs? They've tagged police cars even.