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Very cool! Do you mind if I ask how much they go for?

You can get these LED's for almost any helmet. I am a big fan of the Morning Pride helmet. Also, remember that when crawling through a smoked out house, the 8 LED's in the front will point straight at the ground and the blue LED will point straight into the air..useless. I imagine that these helmet lights appeal to you because you can easily see the people in front of you from their blue LED. If this is the case, consider outfitting people with box lights will rear facing blue LED's these are great for performing searches and make it very easy to see people in front of you in low visibility since the blue LED's will always be facing backwards and parallel to the ground. Good luck with the search for new gear!

So true! I know a guy that has all his pockets full and even has a tool pouch clipped onto his bunker pants...i think that nuts.

Date: 3-24-2011 Time: 14:30 Location: 82 State Street Goodle Maps Frequency: St. Lawrence County Central Dispatch Units Operating: Canton FD/Rescue; Potsdam FD; Rensselaer Falls FD; Morley FD; (Others on stand-by); SLC Car 3; SLC C&O; National Grid Weather Conditions: Chilly, dry Description Of Incident: Working fire in a 2-story P/D. Fire originate in an attached garage then extended to the structure. All units back in service around 17:30. Reporters/Writer: PFDRes47cue Article and Picture (Second article down on page)

Picture from a fire in Canton that broke out in a 2-story unoccupied house. Incident Alert Video

Additional pictures are on the Canton Fire & Rescue website. Additional Pictures and Article

That is a great idea. Three people have come to me within the past 24 hours with that same idea. I even heard of a situation where attending PTA meetings actually proved beneficial and got a substantial amount of daytime EMT's. Thanks!

Found this article interesting. This shows why it is very important to find the proper C&O of fires and why reporting similar findings can be very beneficial. Good work by Watertown FD. Watertown Fire May Have Sparked Fan Recall

I run a lot of car accidents so the ARK kit is a must for me. All of my tools combined are just a bit bigger than a woodchock (minus the cpr mask). The wood/sprinkler chocks are in my helmet. The real issue profile wise is the bulky Rockin Rescue that I'm forced to carry on my person. I would prefer if it was on the air-packs. Pleasantville FD has us carry them on our person. Potsdam FD has them on the packs...I'm a fan of them on the pack. Too me it seems that if I am ever going to need to bailout I will be in a situation that requires me to have a pack on. So the bailout system on the pack means I would have it whenever I would need it. Unless I need to bailout at an MVA or brush fire... Also with everything said, it is important for me to note that all of my car accident tools which are kept in my small tool pouch are removed from my person for fires since I wont be cutting seat belts or punching windows. When going into a fire, the only thing left on me are a wood chock, knife, leatherman...sorry for the confusion.

This past season was great! I can not wait for the next season to air.

Thank God the child was found unharmed and returned home.

I know of a FD that used to rent out (or perhaps own) a vacation house that their members could use to go away for the weekend or so... This is not the case anymore.

Started my own thread to avoid tainting this gem Pocket Tools

You deleted half of the quote! Im sorry for bringing EMS into this! LOL

With Potsdam FD, I always have a Streamlight Survivor on my jacket. since we respond to the scene, I make sure it is charged all the time. I also have a Streamlight on my helmet (attached with the optional rubber band) I also have a Garrity light in my turnout coat pocket. With Pleasantville FD, I always take a Steamlight Survivor with me when I leave the rig. I often take a box light as well. I also have a Streamlight on my helmet (attached with the optional rubber band) I also have a Garrity light in my turnout coat pocket. I also have a small LED flashlight in my EMS jump bag.

They are often wearing the still CLEAN gloves while they write the PCR at the hospital.

Apparently no roll car in the doors and sides of the Camaro. What a shame to see such a classic muscle care get towed away in ruins. Hope everyone heals quickly and a new car is restored.

Well done Rengaw87.

It is true that the antenna will not pick up weaker signals. But I have had no problem with any frequency that I have wanted to listen in on in Westchester County or St. Lawrence County. Cold temperatures could be a problem. I personally have not had much of a problem with the suction cups failing (and I am in temps as low as -40) but since I know they can my antenna is mounted on the passenger corner of the windshield. They are higher maintenance and keeping the windshield clean helps a lot. I have had the suction cups holding my LED lights to the windshield fail so I am looking at mounting them to the headliner. Thanks for the info Izzy and Joe. -Madison

Date: 3-18-2011 Time: 04:25 Location: Parking lot IAO Key Bank (Union St. / Elm St.) Frequency: St. Lawrence County Central Dispatch; Potsdam PD; Potsdam Rescue Dispatch; Potsdam FD Dispatch; Units Operating: Potsdam PD; Potsdam Vol. Rescue Squad; Potsdam FD Weather Conditions: Cold Description Of Incident: 27 y/o female who was walking in the parking lot walked into the path of a DPW front loader that was removing sand from the parking lot. One of the front loaders tires ran over the females stomach area. Pt was transport to Canton-Potsdam Hospital and then airlifted to Fletcher-Allen Hospital in Burlington, Vt. Pt was listed as critical but is now listed as being in "good condition." Reporters/Writer: PFDRes47cue Pt upgrade to "Good condition" on 3-23-2011...see article

Welcome aboard! I also agree with you when you say that there should be more time spent on the hands on practical skills. The solution is not to spend less time on the other stuff but to add more time to the class for the practical skills. When I got my EMT 3 years ago, I also noticed quite a few people who were not taking the class as seriously as they should have. Sad part is that it is probably safe to say that most of, if not all of them are not EMT-B's. I agree with you as well. I feel that it is very important for new EMT's and old to refresh. I personally am not a huge fan of EMT's only doing CME's to refresh. There are a lot of good CME credit courses/lectures out there and while being very good to attend, people need to do hands on and test their skills. A lot of people I have spoken with, feel that their instructors taught to rely on the medic. This is wrong! BLS before ALS. Luckily, my EMT instructor was very big on not relying on ALS unless needed. What made me respect him for this, was because he himself was a Paramedic and had been for much longer than I have been alive. It was also useful that I took my EMT class up at school in a place where ALS is no first on scene to every call and often times not intercepted with until the BLS crew is almost to the hospital. I also have a lot of good senior EMT's in my VAC that have been great leaders for me. I realized very early on (even before my EMT class) that BLS comes before ALS. I have also been blessed to work with some very high quality Paramedics who also push for BLS before ALS.

Look into getting a suction cup mounted wire antenna that goes on the inside edge of the front or rear windshield. They get very good reception and are very well hidden and unnoticeable.

Does anyone think that it may also be a result of EMT-B instructors pushing kids through the classes? (NOTE: THIS IS NOT A DIG ON EMT-B INSTRUCTORS!)

Fatal MVA Cleanup What exactly are they CLEANING of the engine compartment??? Was there really a fatal accident in a parking lot? (I know possible but....) Also, the only damage appears to be a broken windshield and air bag deployment... If you look through the pictures, the only damage appears to be a minor dent in the front corner panel and the windshield...maybe the fatality was due to their EMS skills....

Was talking with some people early today about Deputy Chiefs and realized I know very little when it comes to anything about Deputy Chiefs... I know a lot of departments have Deputy Chiefs, but a lot don't. I also know of some departments that used to have them then got rid of them. Some questions I have are: If the department give it Chief's cars, are the Deputy Chiefs (who use their POV's) given lights/sirens? Pros? Cons? Are they allowed to use lights/sirens? Are they Chiefs all year? Term? Or just when needed? How many Deputy Chiefs do departments have? Do they receive the same LOSAP points as Chiefs? Lights and sirens for all calls? Especially when Chiefs are responding as well... Are they voted on? Thanks, Madison