JackEMT

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    It is "dead" or has it changed? Look at the nuclear family, how many families sit down to dinner together, without the television on, without electronic devices?

    I am not convinced it's the Brotherhood that is "dead" but a reflection on how society in general is now. Sad, but I think it is true for general society and not just the Brotherhood. I think this extends to many other environments, even us in corporate America.

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    30 minutes is too long to wait. Everyone knew for days the heat wave was coming and was going to be extended. Should there be extra buses on for extreme weather, probably.

    But because she is running for office, she has a platform. Most lay people, probably would have waited 10 minutes then used a personal vehicle to transport.

    The real question is, how long do low priority jobs wait on an average day and how long were low priority jobs waiting on that day.

    They are probably not the only ones waiting 30 minutes for EMS that day and they are probably just as outraged as Quinn is.

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    I am not a firefighter. But is this an "old school" practice?

    Watching "dramatic" fire scene videos, you often see firefighters hanging or jumping out windows to escape room and follow firefighters scrambling to put up a ladder to help. Why not throw up the ladders so you have the additional egress options?

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    Interesting concept, pretty simple and helpful data for rescuers.

    http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/25/mercedes-benz-putting-qr-codes-on-cars-to-speed-up-rescues/

    ...In future a QR code, which can be read by smartphones and tablets, placed on Mercedes-Benz cars, will provide a rescue map for every vehicle type, which can be shown on the device's display. This chart contains all the information necessary to rescue any injured occupants speedily...

    ...The sheets show firefighters, police and paramedics the design details they need to know in order to use the rescue shears effectively, for example. The rescue sheet, specific for each vehicle type, also informs about the location of the airbags, the battery, the tanks, electric cables, high-pressure cylinders and other components – in the case of hybrid models the location of the additional batteries and high-voltage cables, too. This information can save lives, because in an emergency every action counts and every second is precious...

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    I'd agree that part of the problem is people being too-reliant on GPS. GPS eliminates the absolute requirement to look at a map and have "the way" sketched in your mind prior to leaving. It promotes lazy navigation, last minute lane changes, ignorance of road rules. Do Thornwood/Pleasantville have to put up one of those over-the-road signs w/ dangling chains that says "if you hit these chains, you'll hit that bridge"? (I know that would never happen).

    Boston has these bars with dangling chains (Storrow Drive and Memorial Drive on the Cambridge side) and they do little to deter a driver from getting on the roadway. In fact, just this morning a truck got stuck on Memorial Drive under the Mass Ave overpass. Usually these kind of events are reserved for Labor Day and students with rental box trucks, but it does happen with larger commercial vehicles during the year. [ http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/local/boston/12009500519933/truck-stuck-under-mass-ave-bridge/ ]

    Shortly after Hurricane Sandy, I saw a convoy of out of state utility workers being lead by a foreman (in a pickup truck) getting on the SMRP at Thornwood and heading SB. I am hoping they were going to the Thruway. Though they probably could have made it all the way to Yonkers (did they replace that pedestrian walkway south of Dobbs Ferry?)

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