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Should've gotten the FDNY tiller too, now that would be cool! lol

Check this website (and truck) out: (I dont know what to think of this lol) http://www.projectresponder.com/

Firefighters Combat Challenge Championships From Ottowa Canada On ESPN2 Today, from 1600-1700.

:roll: ESPN2 "Program Alert" Ticker stating it will not be seen. In its place, the Winter X Games. No word on when it will be rescheduled.

One more thing.... It's important to be able to paint a picture to the ER staff of what happened. Letting the staff, and yourself too, know how the injury happened and occured as opposed to how badly damaged the car was is crucial. By knowing this, you can also predict other injuries associated with the mechanism.

I agree with alot of the great points made here so far. I feel the most important skill in a trauma situation is speed. The patient needs the surgeon typically alot more than they need us. As ALS providers, we must be careful to treat any underlying causes or complications that we can reverse, but in most cases , the patient needs the surgeon. As for trauma assesment/MOI question, I feel alot of the skills come from experience AND training. You hear "Sick vs. not sick".....well in trauma, it can be "Damaged vs. Not Damaged...the patient, NOT the car". Do your assesment for life threatening stuff (ABC's)....while your partner(s) are packaging the patient and GET THE PATEINT TO THE HOSPTIAL!!!!! Finish your secondary assesment,etc enroute. I've seen cars demolished, and the victims walk away without a scratch. In the field, even as an ALS provider, do I have the capabilties to say they're fine? No. I do have the capabilty to NOT get tunnel vision, and say the patient is stable and send them BLS, and preserve myself for other calls where my skills can be better used and applied instead of on a "very remote chance, just in case" call. I feel the main problem here is the loss of self-sufficency and skill of some BLS providers nowadays who have become to dependent on ALS. Especially patient assesment, which is your most important skill. In trauma, scene times need to be cut.Even with ALS, if you can't get the tube, can you maintain a good BLS airway? MOVE! Get the patient to DEFINITIVE CARE. On an added note. While one partner is initially assesing the patient,assuming they are not critical, the other can quickly asses the mechanism.

Interesting Situation. I wonder if this would be postural hypotension? I wonder how legit this patients story actually is? Does he actually pass out,or feel like he is going to pass out because of an inner ear thing, etc? I'd probaly do a standing takedown, see how the patient felt or reacted, and take a set of vital signs. If this condition proved itself, I'd probaly, after consulting medical control for further information or advice, KED or shortboard the patient and transport with head elevated.

I hear it will all,or most of it,will be revealed in April at FDIC (Fire Engineering Mag/Fire Department Instructors Confrence Expo, held in Indianapolis I believe)

If you're considering buying a Seagrave, I'd wait a few months first. Seagrave will be rolling out a whole bunch of new stuff this year, including new chasis, aerial options and offerings,new components etc etc. It's gonna be an even better company by this time next year. Myself, I beleive Seagrave, Pierce, E-One, ALF, and Smealare good trucks as long as you spec them right.

Yorktown Truck 51 on FDNYTrucks.com http://www.fdnytrucks.com/files/html/other...n%20Heights.htm I believe this was shot on Monday, The guys from YHFD's Truck Co. do a great job with this rig and keeping it up. It's such a nice classic Seagrave. It better not be going anywhere when it is replaced,lol.

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Some Excellent Advice!!!!

Well, January is half way over.....Anybody hear anything further about when the results will be released?

Nope.....at that height for leverage, and safety (wouln't want it at head level) Some departments uses tall signs or flags or street markings for better placement identification

I found this while perusing the Excellance Ambulance website: http://www.excellance.com

Check This Out: http://www.winchesterstar.com/TheWincheste...0/Area_roof.asp Some pretty scary pictures there. Looks like it was an overhang of some sort they were on. Hope the FF's involved are OK.

Also, Rye has a Seagrave Lo-Pro http://www.fdnytrucks.com/files/html/other...upstate/Rye.htm

Their Photog's get alot of great shots. They also just published an awesome book entitled " New York's Bravest: Eight Decades of Photographs from the Daily News" Myself and TR54 have purchased it . http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearc...576871584&itm=1

Personally, I feel one of the biggest issues facing the WC Fire (and EMS) service is lack of affordable, or even any housing for young single working class people. Besides Pound Ridge, does anybody know of districts that are doing something about this situation? It seems like WC is just interested in servicing the wealthy upper middle class, and the low income population, and those of us inbetween are forced to live with our parents, pay out incredible sums of rent, live in an undesirable area , and/or to buy in the county is a rare oppurtunity. Even when you are married, it is tough to buy. Why can't we live in the towns we grew up in, like generations before us did? IMO, most of these Manhattan tranasplants are destroying Westchester for us, and forcing the true citizens out. And most of them could care less about us either. $$ talks I guess. When a new park or "open space" or whatever yuppie issue is more important than your local services, you have serious issues....how can these people justify voting down firehouses and engines etc as well. This isn't just a volunteer issue either, IMO. Paid personel are forced to move to Dutchess and even further, how is this going to affect off duty recall times when a disaster strikes? Also, how does a 1+ hour commute each way affect stress levels?Also, how much does gas and wear and tear eat in to your paycheck and time spent traveling eat into your personal and family life? Just a little rant and something to think about.

http://www.nyjournalnews.com/newsroom/1230...affordable.html

BTW,, from past personal experience, I believe the 5-8 on a regular basisi thing is a bit of an exccaduration.

Maybe 2 minutes later the dispatcher should irepeat the address and incident type. BUT, if you dont hear the intial dispatch regularly than are you regularly delaying response? YES. As you know, every minute counts, so you shoudl train yourself to listen and asorb the dispatch the first time, and if this is a dept wide problem for whatever department, then another method (alpa) needs to be availabe. That's why myself and a lot of other dispatchers start with the address. That is the most important thing to listen for. And you do that because SOME of the people who let the excitement get the best of them dont and wont listen to ANYTHING after the word "Fire" is said. Also, you should NEVER EVER EVER do anything without thinking in this business, whether it's a water condition or a structure fire. You need to think with a clear head, regardless of adreanline.

Ah, the old Brockway..I loved playing on that thing when I was 22 at 60cntrl,lol.. ...1977 Brockway/Saulsbury...That chasis was a monster!!!both the chasis and body had heavy rust/corrosion and it used to take FOREVER to get the air tank for the brakes to fill when they used to move it. ...it was at WCFTC then moved to the DPW shops on the Grasslands Campus then to its final resting place at Brookfield wreckers about a year ago after it could not be sold at auction (Myself and a ex-captain from my dept wanted to buy it to screw with our then chief,lol) Before it was at WCFTC, is was at EFD's Bronxville Station with E-29.

No, it is NOT very important to keep toning out, especially when you are dispatching and operatying on such a congested frequency as 46.26. This not only ties up the WHOLE county radio system, but the dispatcher(s), but can and will cost lives. If the tones are going out repeatedly,], how are other units supposed to communicate with each other and what if there is a fire in another community simultanously. My opinion, 1 dispatch per incident, or a second if the job gets upgraded or special circumstances warranrt. A "Rattle Off" is a better alternative to several tones. 1. Not quick....safely and efficently. 2. When I hear a dispatch, I listen to all the details the first time.If I miss someting, I ask my partner or then ask dispatch again. How can I say I am going to be safe and do my job correctly if I do not get all the details to start. THATS how response errors occur. Bedford is dispatched twice anways, on two seperate towers. Sometimes, when a job is UPGRADED, it is redispatched. Listen to the job the first time,(Get further info off alpha page or MDT) make a mental plan, and go.