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EMStar & MLSS can be dispatched by pager as well as a backup to CAD. Their CAD was down and they were paged instead of called via the phone.

Village of Chester is actually still a conflict. Now it is a conflict with the DA investigators, but they are so rarely on the radio it doesn't really matter.

Yeah I honestly couldn't say that I even knew that they had radios.

The town name is part of everyone's callsign technically and agencies not dispatched primarily by the county have their agency ID before their unit number in the CAD system.

Some other agencies have changed also Village of Chester which was in the 300s before are now in the 700s as well as Deerpark which was 220-229 and is now in the 900s.

Quite honestly, if your not interested in becoming a Medic just yet.. It can offer some chances to practice some basic ALS skills and get a little acquainted for them. I work full time in EMS, and I don't have time at the moment with other things in life to do Medic School. My EMT card was also going to expire... so I took a FREE class to go up a level and keep current with my card. Plus, I learned a lot of new stuff and I'll be a better EMT for it whether I'm just helping out a medic or working on my own even as a Basic.

Just because you feel it's a waste of time, doesn't mean to someone else it is.

(NYS will pay for your AEMT-I if you work or volunteer for an ALS Agency.)

It's not that EMT-Is are not used widely in New York, in this particular area they aren't used. If you go up north there are tons of agencies certified at the EMT-I level. I can think of one in Sullivan County that is, and sometimes BLS units up north would even get an AEMT-I as their BLS intercept. Yeah they may not be able to do nearly as much as a Paramedic but sometimes it makes a difference. For instance you have a pt who is requiring medications... If it's a bad call at least once you get the medic intercept there is already an IV Established, takes one more step away and quicker patient care.

So it really depends where you are, and what your region allows. I'm in AEMT-I Class now and we learn how to do IO, Decompress, and other skills not allowed by the local REMACs.

You can have wig-wags in the headlights on the fords the change that was made is that if you have your headlights on the wig-wags won't turn on.