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Well, would it also mean a 25 footer would way 150 pounds?

One reason I can think of off the top of my head is; you need MANPOWER to carry a heavier ladder. The video from VES said a 50 footer weighted 300+ lbs. How many of our departments have the necessary mp to carry that.....

Finally some good new for the Brothers. Thanks Truck 4 for the info!

Thanks turk, that's a great video. Really enjoyed it.

You guys got a CHROME FITTING on the front bumper????!!!! OMG!!!! What a waste of money!!!! (Just an inside joke for our fan club from DC).

That's a good one Chief. I always get a kick out of "at this time." As in "what time would you rather use, Greenwich Mean Time."? LOL

that was the only fun part of doing cpr..........

Always out of damn rep points when I need 'em the most. nice posts today INIT, Chris, all you guys. This is a crappy situation. nobody wants to see a dead college kid; but when they make BAD DECISIONS like this one did....well look at the results of his actions. I feel so bad for the Brothers involved in this. I can just imagine what it's going to be like with a grand jury, the media coverage, the modified duty, etc. It SUCKS.

10-4, 10-8, 10-20, 10-30.....the only ones I ever used. Everything else was spoken English.

It's because the media needs to sensationalize these events. That how they make the $$$, sell the newspapers, and get people to watch their dumb @ss news broadcasts. They'll get Rev Al and all the rest of them to pipe in on this, but they'll all revision this incident, and conveniently forget the guy had a cop on the hood of his car, and hit a couple of others in his stupid state of mind to flee for some reason. He must have been high or drunk to not comply with the officer's simple request.

I don't care if you're the President of a University, a football player, a nuclear physicist, or a nun; you use your vehicle as a weapon and try to run down a police officer, a firefighters, or an emt, you should be stopped by any means necessary, including deadly force before you kill somebody. Too bad this football player didn't understand that driving with a cop on the hood of your car is reason enough to be stopped with deadly force.

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I was just checking in on blowhud about that: http://www.lohud.com/article/20101017/NEWS01/10170421/Police-shot-and-killed-driver-during-Thornwood-melee

"Say uh....ya think you can add another thousand gallons to the tank capacity?"

Was in contact with a Chief from a rural volunteer fire district in New England in dire need of firefighting equipment. If your department has recently received a FIRE ACT grant or upgraded equipment for other reasons, and you have anything that might be usable please e-mail me with details (you can e-mail me through the contact info in my profile). I can liaise with the Chief and maybe coordinate something to donate and help them out. Thank you, George

Along with the "Facebook Sucks" list, I'd like to add Cablevision, Fox and throw in Comcast while we're at it.

http://www.whitefieldfirerescue.com/

No disasters or anything like that. The Chief is a retired Deputy out of a large city in Maine, and now looking to improve this department, which has been operating without enough basic gear for a very long time. They recently won a FIRE ACT grant to help purchase a pumper. The town has committed to rebuilding their station. I asked what the basic gear situation was like, and he said they don't have enough; from airpacks to extinguishers. I offered to ask here and see if we could possibly drum something up. All offers will be relayed to the department, and if taken up, we'll figure out logistics after that.

You have to unlock that to get to the hosebed.

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23888454-london-firefighters-announce-strike-dates.do

Good point. Accountability of the commanding officers then to ensure they aren't working the members beyond acceptable, reasonable levels?

That's why they have racks in the VACs. Use them!

Most days I check the list of membership anniversaries to see if there's any of the regulars here that are celebrating one. And the birthdays. And the new members list. Question: Who are some of these people? So many of them don't post, or even log on. There's many names I don't recognize day after day. Are all these members "verified"? An issue came up recently, and I was discussing with a member of administration who stated on another site, if you apply for membership, they have a moratorium period before they will actually let you become a member; after you've applied. This makes perfect sense. Should EMTBravo adopt that policy? And what about cleaning up the membership list? What about a member who, let's say has been registered for 5 years, has no posts, no log-ons, etc? Should you maybe give them the boot? Maybe every once in a while, the board should "clean house" so to speak. Just a suggestion.

Happy Anniversary, happy anniversary, happy anniversary.....haaaaapppy annniversary!!!! SPARKY (6), firebuff10-28 (6), RICH HYLAND (5), muts2244 (5), mb3857 (4), mlfleming (4), NCHammer914 (3), szabc (2), jefe4065 (2), Tom Powell (2), dpfd144 (2), emt4free (2), medic84r4ny (2), looker234 (1), divvyk (1)

I thought for sure you had a copy under your pillow Cap!