JackEMT

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    Here in MA, the highways going into Boston have "zipper lanes" (similar to the one on the TZB).  Each day, during operating hours of the HOV lane, a state trooper is parked at the HOV entrance and monitors each and every car that enters.  If the car is non-compliant, there is a "bail out" lane where the vehicle is merged back into the regular travel lanes.

    I can't tell you how many times I have seen people weave back and forth between the HOV lane and the regular lanes on the LIE.  It's posted that it's illegal, but people do it all the time.

    If people followed the rules, none of this would be necessary.

  7. Posted · Edited by JackEMT

    Wow, they thought the Altima's were tight on space....they probably wish to get back into an Altima after being assigned this "buggy"

     

    Second thought, now we know why they had to reduce the speed limit in the City.

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    Tomorrow the Capital District (NY) will be paying their respects to Richard Beebe.

    Rich will be greatly missed and leaves a huge hole in EMS.

    He spent countless hours as a nurse, paramedic, teacher, mentor, friend and family man.

    Every EMS professional in the Capital District area knew him in one way or another, took his classes or was taught by someone who learned from Rich.

    Many EMS professionals nationwide may have also used his study guides and not known the man behind the text.

    RIP Rich, you will be greatly missed, but your spirit lives on through countless EMS professionals.

     

    https://www.altamontenterprise.com/06092016/national-expert-emergency-medical-training-—-man-‘big-life-itself’-—-dies-58

     

    Professional Paramedic Study Guides

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    If you watch the Boston EMS tv series, patient and EMS staff complain about the ride of the International chassis.  So it's good to see they are looking at the F450 chassis (although I don't know that was the driving force on this decision).

    So I was surprised that FDNY was using those chassis for their rescue medic fleet (though storage space might be a major consideration here, where in Boston the rigs are purely ambulance/transport not multi-function as the FDNT rescue medic)

    Now if they fixed the roads, that would help too...

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    This past weekend I saw a F-Series Super Duty (F-350 or 450) with a plow and a wing-plow.  Anyone seen that set up before?

    This was a first for me.  I was driving and this was driving in the opposite direction, so I didn't have  chance to snap a photo.

    It must be a contractor, is my best guess.

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    Not really mean for use in tight areas.

    http://boston.cbslocal.com/2015/02/18/giant-snowblower-covers-west-roxbury-homes-with-dirt-ice/

    Many, many years ago might have been 1995-1996 season, I saw a similar piece of equipment clearing streets in downtown Albany. It pulled up to an intersection and didn't see the Honda hatchback at the line (yes, driver inside waiting for the light). Needless to say, with the augers running, it was not much of a match for the back end of the Honda.

  21. Posted · Edited by JackEMT

    Indeed they do.

    They are borrowing snow melters but they were just too many streets to clean all of them apparently. Not sure how much they can get done before today's storm.

    http://www.universalhub.com/2015/marking-room-more-snow-back-bay

    They really need to institute a street cleaning policy in the winter time. Who knows what the stat is, but they must lose 40-50% of street parking spots city-wide because of snow piles (which ice up).

    Boston has always had the Mother Nature approach to snow. She left it, she will take it away, eventually.

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    I am just catching up on Season 3. I am a bit surprised that the folks setting up in Alberta don't have lodging; either provided by the company or pooling in together a sharing a apartment. It must suck working and not be able to sleep in a bed. Then again, how many of us have spent their shifts sleeping in the front seat or on a stretcher?