FireMedic049

Sure, but when you're riding around in hot weather and your AC isn't working because your employer hasn't gotten it fixed, it won't seem like a very good option.

Sure, but when you're riding around in hot weather and your AC isn't working because your employer hasn't gotten it fixed, it won't seem like a very good option.

Sure, but when you're riding around in hot weather and your AC isn't working because your employer hasn't gotten it fixed, it won't seem like a very good option.

Great that they are replacing a 39 year old (donated?) engine.
What is sad is that the Great State of New York with a $136.5 BILLION dollar budget needs a grant to replace this engine. It should have been replaced 20 years ago. Shows you how high a priority fire service training is in NYS.

Let us also not forget the efforts and sacrifices of our brothers/sisters in blue and in EMS on that day along with that of the crew and passengers on Flight 93 that prevented further tragedy.

I disagree. All fire trucks should carry water............... in easily deployable 16-20 ounce plastic bottles.

Let us also not forget the efforts and sacrifices of our brothers/sisters in blue and in EMS on that day along with that of the crew and passengers on Flight 93 that prevented further tragedy.

Let us also not forget the efforts and sacrifices of our brothers/sisters in blue and in EMS on that day along with that of the crew and passengers on Flight 93 that prevented further tragedy.

Let us also not forget the efforts and sacrifices of our brothers/sisters in blue and in EMS on that day along with that of the crew and passengers on Flight 93 that prevented further tragedy.

I have often heard people question the wisdom of sending firefighters into the World Trade Center on Sept. 11th. It is not their fault, these people simply do not understand that firemen do what they do because they must, for without their actions lives would be lost. So much is made of the losses that fateful Tuesday 13 years ago and that is as it should be, but when looking back at that terrible day in New York let us not forget that the sacrifice of the 343 brave FDNY firefighters lost and the actions of their comrades who survived directly saved the lives of over ten thousand people, TEN THOUSAND!!!!. So in the midst of all the sadness and anger that comes with this day let us also remember that those 343 lives were not lost in vain.


I will never forget you, the 343, and all you gave, your sacrifice gave life to thousands, THANK YOU!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq_n_...ature=youtu.be

I disagree. All fire trucks should carry water............... in easily deployable 16-20 ounce plastic bottles.

I disagree. All fire trucks should carry water............... in easily deployable 16-20 ounce plastic bottles.

I disagree. All fire trucks should carry water............... in easily deployable 16-20 ounce plastic bottles.

I disagree. All fire trucks should carry water............... in easily deployable 16-20 ounce plastic bottles.

I disagree. All fire trucks should carry water............... in easily deployable 16-20 ounce plastic bottles.

I disagree. All fire trucks should carry water............... in easily deployable 16-20 ounce plastic bottles.

I disagree. All fire trucks should carry water............... in easily deployable 16-20 ounce plastic bottles.

I disagree. All fire trucks should carry water............... in easily deployable 16-20 ounce plastic bottles.

I disagree. All fire trucks should carry water............... in easily deployable 16-20 ounce plastic bottles.

I disagree. All fire trucks should carry water............... in easily deployable 16-20 ounce plastic bottles.

Now, I'll qualify those answers with the following:
1) Is it important that as a fire department, we are consistent with our response to a dwelling fire? Is it important that we always send 2 engines and 1 truck or is ok to do that sometimes and just send a mini-pumper sometimes or just 1 engine and 1 truck? Setting aside the "every fire is different" aspect, can we expect a consistent outcome, if we aren't consistent with how we respond to the same type of incident?
2) Is it important that the individual companies in the same department respond in the same manor (SOPs), operate in the expected manor, use the same concise terminology and format?
3) Dispatchers will always exhibit their own "style" in their dispatching. However, that must be done with compliance to their dispatching SOPs as consistently as possible. Would it be ok for a dispatcher to use 10-codes because it's their "style" when the SOPs clearly state they are not to be used and there are no locally adopted 10-code definitions?
If the SOP says the dispatch format is tones, address, complaint, company due, is a big deal if a dispatcher occasionally announces calls as tones, complaint, address, company due? I would say no, because nobody will be exactly consistent 100% of the time and the variation is minor. Does every dispatch have to be given as a monotone oration like tones, 123 Main Street, Building Fire, Company 5 respond? I would say no, the dispatcher can throw in a little style as long as they stick to the basic format and convey the required information in a timely fashion, like - tones, At 123 Main Street in Anytown for a report of a dwelling fire, Company 5 is due to respond.

It's somewhat of a pet peeve of mine and I don't have any definitive answer to that.
Personally, once the patient is in the ambulance, unless there's a critical issue that immediately needs to be addressed - like an airway problem, I want to get moving. We're 20-30 minutes from a trauma center by ground, so I want to get moving and I'll do what I need to on the way. If we're going to fly, then I want to get moving to the LZ. If makes no sense to me in the vast majority of cases to sit on scene doing stuff and potentially have the helicopter land before you get there vs going to the LZ and then doing whatever you can get done before they arrive. Unless there are extenuating circumstances, every minute that the helicopter is on the ground and not yet with the patient is wasted time.
I've ruffled a few co-worker feathers over the years telling people to get out of the ambulance so we could leave the scene.

I live in Chesapeake, VA now, and distance between firehouses are much more than he mile or two I was used to in the northeast. In the rural areas of this city of 215,000, there are places where the first due engine (a tanker) is close to10 min for the run to the scene. Second due is another 10 min. As we have learned, a typical fire doubles every 10 min, so with 3-man companies, the first due cannot make entry legally and must wait for the second due to make entry. That means the fire has grown to four times the size it was when the homeowner called 911. Aside from an exterior knockdown and wait for another company, there's not much OSHA will let you do.
Let's say that when the first due pulls up, the homeowner announces to the officer that her baby is inside. The officer repeats this to his crew and one guy goes VES at a rear window and makes a grab of the baby. What happens to the Officer and FF? They are heros and OSHA keeps its mouth shut.
But let's say the baby dies because the ff was waiting for the 2-out?. OSHA again is probably silent.
If the baby dies and the FF is injured? OSHA hangs everybody
The Motto if the story: Life is not fair, OSHA will probably hang you, and FF's usually listen to their conscience when they calculate Risk Assessment.