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  2. Posted

    Very easy to get a card in CT.

    You need to go to the CT DOH EMS site, they have a form to fill out - you need to send it to NYS DOH to get verification of your EMT card... then you submit it to CT, and bing, bang, boom. I believe they give you recporpsity until your NY card expires.

    I didnt' have to take any refreshers in any specific time.

    You can also use NY/CT recert classes against each other -- so take it in one state, submit paperwork to the other state, and they'll extend your card.

  4. Posted · Edited by mikeinet

    I rode with one of these depts for a few months... very solid operations.

    There is definitely a lot of apparatus and departments in the area, but they're not sitting around collecting dust. The depts have roles and responsibilities laid out, mutal aid plans (a lot of automatic), and it's a collaborative effort to cover the large area. They're in a constant "growing pain" as many of our volunteer agencies are... they're not seeing 100 people turn out to an AA, let alone a job...

    There's also some first response EMS that's done with some of the depts. Article fails to mention too that some of these depts are supplemented with day time paid staff, i'm sure that affects their budget!

    I do agree there could probably be some apparatus consolidation, but as noted, a lot of these depts have already done a lot of consolidation.

    For example, one of the depts (one of the busier I think) Latham FD has already run 197 fire calls and 211 EMS calls.

    And regarding Colonie Mall... when I was up there a few years ago, that place was a deserted diaster waiting to happen! (Sorry, was thinking about the Latham mall...)

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    In the future these cars might see service East of New Haven, on the Shoreline East. They are capable, in practice, of running over the Hell Gate Bridge into Penn, but this is not slated for any time in the near future.

    I thought I read that they can actually run all the way up to boston?

    What's special about the hell gate bridge that requires specalized equipment?

  13. Posted

    Have not seen this posted on here yet...Curious what everyone thinks of this article.

    http://openchannel.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/01/15/5843330-the-emergency-response-in-tucson-timeline-shows-ambulance-delays

    I think MSNBC does a decent job showing that there wasn't a delay in a single point, but a series of legitimate delays that often put the blame on "EMS being slow" (IE: Scene Safety, MCI not being officially declared, etc.)

    Thoughts?

  17. Posted · Edited by mikeinet

    Date: 10/30/2010

    Time:

    Location: 247 Main Ave, Norwalk CT

    Frequency:

    Units Operating: Stamford Bomb Squad, Norwalk PD, Norwalk EMS

    Weather Conditions: Cloudy

    Description Of Incident: Suspicious package left at 7-11. Bomb squad on scene, robot in use and bomb squad members in full protective gear seen walking on scene .

    Reporters: mikeinet

    Writer: mikeinet

    *PM if you have more info*

    http://www.thehour.com/story/493694

  18. Posted

    Most of the "citizens" of LOHUD just baffle me with their ignorance...

    Comments that "the building would have been saved if the FD was REALLY on scene in 3min" is nuts.

    I must have been mis-trained... I wans't aware that as a FF you can jump off a truck, walk into a burning building the second you get there and Taadaaaa.... the fire is out and the world is back to normal!

    Who cares about things like primary searches... or even those things that carry water and need to be hooked up and brought to the location of the fire... oh yeah, those hoses things!

  21. Posted

    SHELTON ---- The Shelton Police Department has announced that Sergeant Orville Smith, who was struck by a pickup truck Saturday night while on duty, has died.

    Smith was a a 39-year-veteran of the Shelton Police Department.

    Police say that Smith and his police cruiser were struck by a Nissan Frontier pickup truck on Route 110 at the intersection of Indian Well Road in Shelton while directing traffic after a private fireworks event. Smith was transported to Bridgeport Hospital.

    The Shelton Police Department Traffic Division and the Trumbull Police Department Accident Reconstruction Team are investigating the accident. The driver of the pickup, 63 year old Bruce Knapik of 96 East Eaton St., Bridgeport, was arrested and charged with driving under the influence. Knapik was not injured

    Smith was a Marine Corps veteran who served in the Vietnam War. He was also a a volunteer firefighter with the Shelton Fire Department White Hills Company Number 5.

    http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Shelton-police-officer-struck-by-pickup-567877.php

    RIP

  23. Posted · Edited by Chris192
    Link to story repaired. Additional links added

    http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local&id=7288641

    http://www.newsday.com/news/new-york/ny-boy-dies-after-ambulance-goes-to-wrong-address-1.1772075

    http://www.1010wins.com/Boy-Dies-after-EMS-Sent-to-B-klyn-Instead-of-Manha/6399256

    Another sad story...

    A shocking 911 mixup may have resulted in the death of 6-year-old boy Thursday, and now authorities are investigating what went wrong.

    EMS workers were sent to what they thought was the boy's address at 277 Avenue C in Brooklyn. After arriving at the home at 9:10 a.m., dispatchers soon realized they were at the wrong address. The victim lived at 277 Avenue C in Manhattan.

  24. Posted

    Date: 12/13/09

    Time: 12:35pm

    Location: Rt 110 and Indian Wells Rd - Shelton CT

    Frequency: Many

    Units Operating: Shelton FD, Shelton EMS, Shelton PD, Ansonia EMS, AMR EMS

    Weather Conditions: Icy

    Description Of Incident: 58 car MVA with over 60 patients - all minor injuries with 10 transported

    Reporters: echos199 (ctfire-ems)

    Writer: mikeinet

    White Hills Engine 52, Truck 55, Thruck 54, Gator 5

    Echo Hose Engine 2, Truck 9

    Pine Rock Engine 42

    Echo Hose Ambulace... All of them!

    AMR New Haven 2 buses

    Ansonia 1 bus, Mass Casualty unit

    Initial report was a massive milti car MVA in the area of Rt. 110 and Indial Wells Rd.

    E52 reported approximately 40 cars and requested addition EMS and stokes units. E52 assumed command

    Engine 2 Car 6 O/S with additional stokes, manpower and EMS supplies

    Car 6 assumed Command and made 502 North Ops and 5074 South Ops and Car 2 Safety

    FD Command worked with EMS Command 901 on patient priority and removal.

    No extrication was required via hydrolic/pnumatic tools

    10 patients transported, 48 patients in all (RMA)

    MSNBC National News Headline:

    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34410100/ns/local_news-new_york_ny/

    Incident pics:

    http://theshotbyron.smugmug.com/2009-Fire-Calls-Events/56-Car-Mva-SheltonCT/

    http://www.echohosefd.com/index.php/component/content/article/42-latest-news/437-58-car-pileup-rollover-crashes