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Holy Mackerel, that is a beautiful place to have a school! I am guessing that it is a multi story semi commercial with halls lining the exterior? How did it start?

Some of my LE friends were talking about this the other day, I remember in High School, Red Bull and Vodka was the concern, Now its a cheaper more efficient way to drink, and get drunk...

Stay safe Port Authority, NYPD, and FBI.

Whats going on at JFK?

Stay safe Boys!

Woooooo!

For a moment, I thought I would have to go back to reading the Boston Globe with my morning coffee!

Sorry I couldn't donate, In the same situation as you, except with a Fiancee who is expecting!!!

Thanks!

He was going fast!

"Yeah why don't they just go in there."

You, Deserve to be shot.

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Did you throw out your boxers at the scene, or once you got back to the firehouse?

I woulda tossed out my whole load of bunkers!

Lemme tell ya, that place would be getting the S*** vented out of it thats for sure. The TIC would be perfect, but who knows what kind of other stuff gives off heat in an office...

What Make Of lightbar is that? and what Colors?

I have massive OCD when It comes to those things. Often times I will find myself responding with the Med and they are locked out, But the irons are always where i need them and not floating around in the back of my Vehicle.

Send him to college, if he even has finished high school, and I thought I was a bad driver as a teen.

Personally, I only use the rear cabinets when I am an IC at a major incident (rarely) other than that I only use it as a place to use the toughbook and it has streamlight and portable chargers...

Maybe in terms of EMS priority dispatch could help decide appropriate response levels? Anyone use priority dispatch?

We Do, Alpha being low, Delta being High.

We usually only Roll code 3 on Charlie calls and up, but occasionally the dispatcher will relay mid run that the patient is no longer breathing and than it becomes a Delta Response and we light it up

I run Red/White in the front dash of my POV, with Blue and Red in the Grill, and Red and Amber in the rear, In New Mexico You can have whatever lights you want on your POV/Apparatus as long as the person driving and placing the apparatus has a Class E license as well as the mandatory Apparatus Placement Class provided by the state.

When I respond on any med call or public assist i put on bunker pants, you never know what you'll be kneeling in and my 5.11 duty pants are way to hard to wash. I never wear the bunker top unless its cold out or I am going to be in a hazardous situation, the morning pride gear on our med unit is fantastic, but we really only use it when were at a pin job or at a structure fire.

NJ medic ,

We also have morning pride gear but in a dark blue it has been a little rough transition but my guys are adjusting I am curious you said something about USAI funding could you elaborate ,I am trying to get more gear and it runs 1400 per man so any help I can get would be appreciated ..than

Its Pretty Easy to find used bunker gear, I'm sure you could find some cheap EMS Gear. The EMS Jacket and Helmet we Keep on our Med unit was donated from a former east coast dept. that was disbanded.

We Have back up cameras in all of our apparatus aside from one of our reserve engines.

What is the standard(if any) for gear or other protective clothing for EMS? Does OSHA/PESH have requirements? Is there an NFPA standard? Thanks.

What do you mean? As In Bunker Gear? Or as in Uniforms?

I beg to differ. In winter my gear lives in my hallway, and I don before responding. My usual POV is small - a rice burner, and a stick shift to boot. I've never had the slightest problem. I'm not a small guy - 5'11" 190lb - but I can believe a bigger guy might have problems. But 'impossible'? Definitely not.

Mike

I'm 6' 4" And I find my Dept. Tahoe hard to drive, Its even Harder to drive my A4 With bunkers on... I would rather don my gear at the station or on scene,

Have You ever tried driving your Admin Vehicle going code on the highway in full bunkers? or your POV? It's Impossible, Being an officer I find that at the most driving the apparatus you should wear your pants, I don't want any of my guys driving to have any sort of obstruction to the pedals, audible and visual warning controls and other items inside the cab, In my Dept. the Engineer Usually only wears a t-shirt bunker pants, Safety Vest, radio harness and Command Jacket if its cold out.

Rest In Peace

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Your Badges Shined

Celebrate the lives of your brothers

Just from first glance, keeping that vest on would make life a lot easier to keep him floating. Very simple treatment. Airway, spinal immobilization, treat any other injuries, transport.

I believe they had him on the boat, From what I understand a member of the US Ski Team Pulled him out.

Excuse the foul Language, A friend of mine In Utah showed me this video of an Intoxicated gentleman.

What would you do in this situation?

With the barrage of fires these past couple of days I can not stress the importance of STAYING HYDRATED enough. Granted with the equipment load we carry, our PPE and on top of that our duties (depending on riding assignment) there is nothing that can change that but we still need to be cautious in respect to our bodies. I failed to mention for all the fitness/workout buffs that maybe it would behoove you to take your scheduled duty day off from training as to not unnecessarily tax your body that day. When you come out to take a blow, try and open or take off as much as you can. Stay Low.

Also Keep In mind if your drinking almost freezing cold liquid it takes longer for your body to process it.