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Overkill of what?
He almost "overkILLED" a police officer!
He was reckless and endangered the general public!
As Chris stated, and it really opened my eyes...he COMMITTED no less than 21 OFFENSES.....

Overkill of what?
He almost "overkILLED" a police officer!
He was reckless and endangered the general public!
As Chris stated, and it really opened my eyes...he COMMITTED no less than 21 OFFENSES.....

Take home cars have long been part of the perks offered as part of compensation in the corporate world, both public and private sectors. This is used as a bargaining chip to attempt to get the best canidate for the position.
Unfortunatly, in the volunteer fire world, this same perk is extended, HOWEVER, as we have seen ALL TOO OFTEN, THE BEST CANIDATE IS NOT ALWAYS THE CHOICE...FD elections are still a good old boy's popularity contest. (YET another topic for another thread, and one more instance where we can be our own worst enemy).
I feel the most obvious case of abuse is the Chief Car parked at a train station while the Chief is at his job. He obviously can NOT respond quickly to an incident, if at all. That should be concern for his district.

This is something that I have discussed in the past, and honestly - IT BUGS THE CRAP OUT OF ME!
I DESPISE the notion that a Past Chief (whom I have ALL THE RESPECT for in the world, once a Chief, ALWAYS A CHIEF), is made a Deputy Chief...like mentioned above, why? Thanks for your time and service, but pass the torch. Let the junior officers get the experience. They WILL come to you if they need help.
Where I come from, the Deputy Chief is "Car 2", the second in Command....Chief, Deputy Chief, then Assistant or Station Chiefs....Past Chiefs are just that.....NOT an EX Chief, but PAST CHIEF. They go back to being a fireman, black hat with a gold leaf Past Chief shield...or sometimes appointed as Safety Officer.

POLICE...POLICE...POLICE!!!!!!!!!
You will HAVE to keep parents out of the immediate area, for their safety and the integrity of the operations!

Another point to bring up, as it was mentioned earlier in this thread in regards to pulling mutuail aid units to the scene.
It is common to "stagger" or pull resources from different areas, which the majority of the time, makes sense so as to not deplete one township or city. I agree with this for the most part.
However, during an incident such as this, a complex and critical situation, do you feel it might more prudent to use any or all appropriate resource in the area immediatly, then backfill with mutuail aid? meaning, don't skip units, call the closest units you need, then relocate units....

Another point to bring up, as it was mentioned earlier in this thread in regards to pulling mutuail aid units to the scene.
It is common to "stagger" or pull resources from different areas, which the majority of the time, makes sense so as to not deplete one township or city. I agree with this for the most part.
However, during an incident such as this, a complex and critical situation, do you feel it might more prudent to use any or all appropriate resource in the area immediatly, then backfill with mutuail aid? meaning, don't skip units, call the closest units you need, then relocate units....

What if we promise them "Tsunami Technician" t-shirts?

What if we promise them "Tsunami Technician" t-shirts?

You are in the wrong place to be spouting anti-union rhetoric.
UNION STRONG!

You are in the wrong place to be spouting anti-union rhetoric.
UNION STRONG!

You are in the wrong place to be spouting anti-union rhetoric.
UNION STRONG!

You are in the wrong place to be spouting anti-union rhetoric.
UNION STRONG!

THAT...WAS...AWESOME!
STRONG WORK YFD!

Ha! It's been awhile but I knew it was that building!

So was R1SE one of the rescuers?

Thanks Chief....ALL of the YFD are THE BEST!

No personal attack Brother. Not at all....I am just curious of what you meant by "use your own men"? FAST is something that I feel is very, very important, and honestly - there is no excuse for not having one at a fire...they might not get there within 10 minutes, but in more rural areas, that is common.
While it is OK in the intial stages of a job to use your men to satisfy 2 in 2 out, a seperate FAST TEAM, an actual group, complete with training a
tools should be on the way.
Oh - and given your scenario, be it that one, or a few rooms off on an upper floor.....I don't twiddle my thumbs at any fire...
But enough thread jacking...I was hoping to give you an experienced point of view, and satisfy my curiousity of your statements/SOP's....I try to never stop learning and was interested to learn what you meant...stay safe.

Thank goodness! Thansk!

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NO I am sure he meant CO monitoring of the members...every one wants to get there paws on a peice of the job...
While I can see the merits of rehab...we HAVE to draw a line...
No wonder firefighter savoid it at all costs....onceyou get there, you are stripped of you pack,coat, etc...people use equipment they usually dont know how to use, and then you are STUCK there because "they say so"...even though they read your blood pressure wrong! There is a reason they call it EMS Prison.
Save the money for water and Gatorade...hand me one while I change my bottle, then get out of the way and let the firemen DO THEIR JOBS.

NO I am sure he meant CO monitoring of the members...every one wants to get there paws on a peice of the job...
While I can see the merits of rehab...we HAVE to draw a line...
No wonder firefighter savoid it at all costs....onceyou get there, you are stripped of you pack,coat, etc...people use equipment they usually dont know how to use, and then you are STUCK there because "they say so"...even though they read your blood pressure wrong! There is a reason they call it EMS Prison.
Save the money for water and Gatorade...hand me one while I change my bottle, then get out of the way and let the firemen DO THEIR JOBS.

Chevrons....to keep NFPA happy...if that is at all possible.

Reachable with an aerial?