PCFD ENG58

Pull up, Check for "life safety " pull a line, hand a pretyped letter to the home owner with the Mayor's phone # on it and what they have done ,then start flowing water from the safety of the outside ! We did not do this, we are here for you but with cuts that out of our control MY LIFE is most important to me and my family. 2 IN 2 OUT IS A LIFE SAVER!

Pull up, Check for "life safety " pull a line, hand a pretyped letter to the home owner with the Mayor's phone # on it and what they have done ,then start flowing water from the safety of the outside ! We did not do this, we are here for you but with cuts that out of our control MY LIFE is most important to me and my family. 2 IN 2 OUT IS A LIFE SAVER!

Pull up, Check for "life safety " pull a line, hand a pretyped letter to the home owner with the Mayor's phone # on it and what they have done ,then start flowing water from the safety of the outside ! We did not do this, we are here for you but with cuts that out of our control MY LIFE is most important to me and my family. 2 IN 2 OUT IS A LIFE SAVER!

link to the sicard loading snow.

Better get active ! They have been talking about it for 4 months now. No one from the F.D. is on the committee and they don't want one " we know to much " and we live it every day.

link to the sicard loading snow.

We received a post- arrest the other night in the local ER. She (a dialysis pt who missed her rx due to the winter storm) called 911 saying she couldn't breathe and "was probably having a heart attack." 2 minutes later PD broke down her door and found her asystolic-- started CPR. 2 more minutes later ALS arrived and loaded a few rounds of Epi and Atropine into her. Got a pulse. Gave 1 more of Epi and 1 more of Atropine. Scrambled her to me in the local ER with a pulse of 40 (mostly ectopic, med-based beats). We immediatley began the hypothermia protocol (AKA Code Cool).
Fast forward: 2 days.
She was warmed back up in our ICU from 93 degrees to 98 degrees and was extubated the day after. 2 days later she was extubated and asked ME, the one who received her and wrote her off as non-viable, ""What the Hell was I thinking bothering you people with my medical problems??? I'm so sorry I bothered you all!"
WE broke her ribs, tore her lip tubing her, and jammed lines and tubes all over the place in her tiny body, and she's apologizing to ME. This is why I do this. Beyond words. Seriously. There's so rarely a save post-arrest, and if the person survives, he/she rarely comes out of it as much more than a plant on a window sill. And she thanked ME.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, all. NEVER forget why you do what you do and NEVER assume your efforts are fruitless. This woman was proof to me to always the assume the outcome is going to be a GOOD ONE.

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Now 41 years old ,this Siccard Airport Blower has been doing it right for the D.P.W. It is know as "taz" and WATCH OUT because it's out to get you !

Number 1

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Coming from a Firefighter family also [me seinor man!] take great pride in your accomplishments and now it is time to take up, and put out that fishing pole, you deserve it! local #1971 PCFD

Hope all is well now, take it slow.

Wellcome aboard!

another shot

heres my new one, its a 73 harley ironhead rigid frame. 1000cc,kickstart,6 inch flat fender,and runs like a raped ape.

Thats my boy!!! brings that monster home at 1 am !

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1974/5? Brockway 361 with a 671 Detroit Diesel/ 643 Allison transmisson Saulsbury body. a real workhorse!

OK so I was bored! and took in a fire.

The new Engine 58 [2010 Pierce Puc 1500/30 Foam Pumper] was placed in service tonight @ 1700 hrs. Safe ride to all that ride her and all that need her help we have a state of the art rig to save you. The old rig[ 1988 Grumman Firecat ] served us very well but is very tired and will play a roll as a spare rig for a while. Any one wanting to stop by to check her out, you are wellcome to. I will do one more set of photos with all the gear on in the next few days. Thanks for all your comments.PCFD ENG58.

FYI...
A fireman's bell cap is intended to be worn with the brim facing the front.
No matter how cool you may think you look, it is never Ok to wear a uniform cap backwards. It is disrespectful to your uniform, your department, and the fire service as a whole.
It may even be grounds for a solid smack upside the head.
That is all.

Timely subject for me. Durning the last 2 1/2 years we [ engine 58 truck comm ] have been asking around about headsets on rigs and was shocked by the remarks that we got. It came out that about 50% liked them and 50% did not. It had nothing to do with age or how long one was riding a rig, they all said we use them all the time or we don't like them and never put them on. I have been driving fire trucks for 38 years now, So I gave my guys the chance to save there Hearing. Firecom 3010 in the new Engine 58!

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I hope we have more rigs next year as well,plan on the same weekend May 22nd 2011 , It was a busy day I was happy to see the field so full of teams as well as spectators. You all helped us raise money for the fund, I hope everyone had a good a time as we did.
Jimmy would have loved being in the middle of it all, but he actually was, if it was not for him we would not be doing this.
Thanks everyone see you next year,
Be safe
Jim Arena