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Complain as we may, black eye or not, most of the volunteer firehouses I'm familiar with all contain bars and drinking does occur in the firehouse. If you do not want the public complaining about volunteer firefighters drinking and fox airing cartoons, get rid of the bars, take a strict stance on alcohol consumption in the firehouse and get rid of the clubhouse atmosphere.

Drinking alcohol in the firehouse should not be permitted, drinking in uniforms in bars following parades this behavior reinforces the publics negative view towards the fire service.

Depends on experience, if you're just starting out and going into transports that probably about right. If you are going into 911 should be a bit more.

A firefighter costume, you come up with that on your own?

Mine was a hasidic rabbi.

Hey....who was the crew, specifically the medic?

I think it is highly inappropriate to even ask that on this forum, I would think that you of all people would know better then to ask members to reveal the names of parties involved, specifically the driver. Lets not make it any easier for the press to drag them through the mud.

I would be willing to bet that nobody involved would want their names floating around this site on this thread, I know I wouldn't if it were me.

Lets show a little respect to our friends, coworkers and partners.

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That being said It really goes to show that this can happen at any time to anyone. It is scary. Here we have an ambulance traveling at a safe rate of speed, responding to a call, not in an intersection, and a car pulls out in front of it to make an illegal U-turn apparently not hearing the siren, seeing the lights or the massive vehicle.

A shocking tragedy.

Ithaca PD also have a VW beetle used to patrol the downtown commons area.

What about using or carrying it without a prescription. When it is carried in an ambulance or by an agency it is prescribed by a physician to be used by that agency, under the direction of the agency's medical director. Even though its "just oxygen", it still is a medication and when you administer it as an EMT or a paramedic you are administering it under a doctor's license. How does that apply to somebody who buys a tank on their own fills it on their own and then administers it on their own.

If you have access to a freezer, frozen meals work great. I like the weight watcher ones. Give up soda completely, Drink a lot of water or seltzer. I generally have one of those packets of instant oatmeal from breakfast instead of the bacon egg and cheese. Occasionally I'll bring in a salad with grilled chicken and a low fat dressing. I also try to eat a lot of fruit. I'm in the same boat, trying to lose weight while working 100 hours a week. Its not easy.

There is a Dr Nurse at Mt Sinai

I usually go to brother's police store on webster ave in the bronx, or odinville (I think thats the name) arms on eastchester ave in the bronx.

yeah I'll probably be there unless I find something a little closer

Besides the emt-b refresher at phelps that RWC130 posted, does anybody know of any emt-b refreshers this summer in southern westchester, WCC or new rochelle fire department would be great.

thanks

When does this class meet regularly, is it always going to be thursdays 7-10?

What about ford e-350s?

Chris, I do agree with you. Overreact was probably the wrong word to use. I think the entire thing could have been avoided if the advertisers went through the proper channels and diddn't just take it upon themselves to randomly place these devices. I understand what was done was necisarry. I think what I was trying to comment on originally, and what I found so alarming about the entire incident was how scary things have become as a result of global politics and terrorism that it has become

necisarry for a response like that.

I do agree the two guys are seem like complete idiots and their press confrence adds to how bizzare this whole incident is, and I don't think that is going to help their case at all.

And to Khas143, I really don't appreciate the personal attacks and insults. I feel it is wildly innapropriate to use name calling and personal attacks as a form of discussion on this board.

Secondly, I don't think that you really are in any position to comment on my skills or education for that matter. I am involved in training and have been found to be very effective at it.

Can't mess around with this kind of stuff. What happens when al-qaida sees this and then decides to do something similar to see how PD reacts. Even if the network would have notified the authorities of this, people are still going to see them and (hopefully) call. What happened to "If you see something, say something????"

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And what sort of stuff specifically, anything involving wires or led lights or advertising, or 80's video game style animation?

Unattended bags have been in the past seen as potential bomb threats and the cavalry has been called in and what not. If someone were to forget their bag in grand central, a concerned citizen told one of the many unarmed national guardsmen wandering around and the bomb squad got called in and they shut down grand central, metro north, and half of the city, would there be a witchhunt for whoever placed this hoax device and then have them arrested and spend a night in jail and face charges for placing a hoax device and disorderly conduct or whatever the city could think up at that given time.

Another thing to add to the rediculousness of this entire incident- from both sides- is the video of the press conference of the two "suspects" where they mock the press, is actually pretty funny.

http://video.msn.com/v/us/fv/msnbc/fv.htm?...bc.msn.com/&fg=

Any one watch aqua teen hunger force? I can understand the need to be cautious and take any necisarry precautions but this seems a little rediculous and the response seems a little in excess.

From New York Times online, feb, 1 2007

2 Arrested in Boston Ad Campaign Turned Bomb Scare

BOSTON, Feb. 1 — Boston temporarily closed parts of bridges, subway stations, an Interstate highway and even part of the Charles River on Wednesday after the authorities found what the police described as suspicious devices at nine places.

But the devices, which included circuit boards, turned out to be part of a marketing campaign by Turner Broadcasting to advertise a cartoon television show, “Aqua Teen Hunger Force.”

Two men, Peter Berdovsky, 27, of Arlington, and Sean Stevens, 28, of Cambridge, were arrested Wednesday night and charged with placing a hoax device and disorderly conduct. On Mr. Berdovsky’s Web site, photos show people putting the lights on a bridge, a hospital, a bar awning and a clothing store.

The two were scheduled to appear in court this morning for arraignment.

Turner Broadcasting, part of Time Warner, issued a statement saying, “The ‘packages’ in question are magnetic lights that pose no danger.”

The statement said the “outdoor marketing campaign” had “been in place for two to three weeks in Boston, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, Seattle, Portland, Austin, San Francisco and Philadelphia.”

The company said it was informing the local and federal law enforcement authorities here of the sites of its “billboards” and added, “We regret that they were mistakenly thought to pose any danger.”

Mayor Thomas M. Menino was in no mood to accept the apology.

“It is outrageous, in a post-9/11 world, that a company would use this type of marketing scheme,” Mr. Menino said in a statement. “I am prepared to take any and all legal action against Turner Broadcasting and its affiliates for any and all expenses incurred during the response to today’s incidents.”

The devices are dotted with blue and purple lights and are shaped like “Aqua Teen” characters, mooninites. One character, Err, seems angry, with slanted eyebrows and what appear to be raised middle fingers.

A film based on the cartoon is to be released this year.

Police officials in Atlanta, Chicago and New York said they had not noticed the devices or received complaints about them.

But in Boston, the discovery of the devices unleashed a sense of chaos as law enforcement officials vaulted into their emergency response mode.

From the time that the first device was found around 8 a.m., hanging from a steel beam under Interstate 93 at the Sullivan Square subway station, more reports of sightings kept trickling in. They included on the Longfellow and Boston University Bridges, in a room at the Tufts-New England Medical Center, on an overpass in Somerville and at intersections here and in Cambridge.

Explosives experts removed the device at Sullivan Square. Northbound Route I-93 and Storrow Drive were briefly closed. A Coast Guard cutter blocked off a section of the Charles River for several hours. Officials from the F.B.I. and the Homeland Security Department were called in, as well as bomb squads, and extra police officers were deployed around the city.

“This has created an enormous inconvenience for people in the city,” Police Commissioner Edward Davis said at a news conference about the same time that Turner was acknowledging responsibility.

At the news conference, Mr. Davis, Mr. Menino and Gov. Deval L. Patrick said no explosives had been found and urged calm.

“There is not a reason for anyone to panic,” Mr. Patrick said. “But there are reasons for us to be vigilant.”

He called the objects “hoax devices.”

After the involvement of Turner Broadcasting became known, Mr. Patrick said in a statement: “This stunt has caused considerable disruption and anxiety in our community. I understand that Turner Broadcasting has purported to apologize for this. I intend nonetheless to consult with the attorney general and other advisers about what recourse we may have.”

Brenda Goodman contributed reporting from Atlanta and Libby Sander from Chicago.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/01/us/01cnd...ton.html?ref=us

At risk of starting a firestorm, it seems that some of our homeland security concerns are getting a little rediculous, I understand fully that we do live in a post 9/11 world and we are under a constant state of alert, but come on, this seems pretty rediculous and a little in excess. I do believe, however, that the company in charge of the marketing ploy should have went through the proper channels and notified the proper agencies and what not instead of just throwing up magnetic led signs on random street posts on highways and bridges. It is also interesting to note that they were set up in numerous other cities including New York without complaint or even notice by the authorities.

Chances are if he stopped the trooper would have probably just sent him on his way. But what a moron, especially with his family in the car.

unless they've changed it since this summer, with napster you can't put the music onto an ipod, apparently its compatible with pretty much all other portable music devices but not ipod. I guess itunes doesn't like the competition.

In the past year or so I remember a firetruck was driven away at a firescene in mt vernon by a resident of the house on fire.

I think just like ambulances fire vehicles should all be outfitted with locks, many ambulances now have secret switches to unlock the doors and compartments without the keys, this would solve the "onstar" problem above.

It wouldn't fit in greenwich hospital er.

did this get pushed through the budget of some small department in long island along with the racecar and the spaceship?

we once succeeding in getting her to hang up on us.

I applied to be verified.

vinny was actually the guy in the basement mixing the bleach and ammonia.

Talk to 648Eng119 he's good for that kinda stuff