DaRock98

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    There wouldn't be anymore liability then if you are in district and start responding to a call if you did something outside the scope of the law or within the standard of practice. As far as just driving around there isn't any increased liability again as long as you follow the rules of the road. You have insurance to operate the vehicle and can anywhere...your insurance isn't just district wide.

    I think this comes down to common sense and if its something at a management level you don't want occurring, is something simply fixed by having a written policy. No written policy no leg to stand on. Personally I don't feel that crews should be driving outside of district for the sake of driving. If you hop across the border to get a meal because there are little to no options within your own, understandable. Performing official business...obvious.

    I like the drivers training thought process and couldn't agree more. If you want to be successful, particularly in volunteer agencies you must try to do what best accomodates persons you are bringing in. If that means doing drivers training at 2 am...so be it. Just understand that your drivers training program should introduce and expose your candidates to all conditions (within reason) they will operate in. So at some time it would be a good idea to get them out when possible during rush hour/heavy traffic times.

    As far as other districts...if you feel that is the best for you agency...who is anyone to judge otherwise. Communication is best with management of the other agency as we all know opinions and hard feelings run wild in some aspects. While I would rather just have a map in all units and go over map reading and how to stay oriented to what you are reading..again...anyone who does what they feel is best for their agency and even more so have it in writing I will always give kudos to.

    Thank you that was the answer I was looking for!

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    sorry, must of forgot our vac only operates 9-5, mon-fri, i'll remember that in the future.

    the thing with our vac is we have MANY people who are not from the area, so 'no' there are many members who do not know m.a. areas at all. having members not from the area is very feasable bc we have shifts and it does work out really well. hoping someone responds to hq when the tones go out isn't great for ems in our area, but for the vfd's it seems to be fine. its a much more reliable system

    i'll be ending my share of this topic here

    I ended mine about 2 weeks ago when I wrote the topic

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    if you go to other districts frequently for m.a. calls, it's probably beneficial to know a little bit of those districts to better your response time. and speaking of the response times, in my vac we encourage crews to stick together for the duration of their shifts, whether it's in quarters or "driving around" who cares...the response times are still better than crews responding from home and thats kind of the point.

    i try to do things logically, rather than traditionally....

    **i'm adding my response to DaRock, but here its says it's jcarps quote. something off here?

    I agree you need to know about your neighboring districts BUT if you go there frequently and you are living in the town Im pretty sure you already know a lot about it. I was just asking because in my dept. it's not the "norm" to do driver training out of town/district or at 2 or 3am.

  9. Posted

    The truck will be housed at the Elmsford House. We are currently in the planning stages of adding a small bay to the fire house and it will create some additional space. The truck will be white to be neutral. Although it will be housed at EFC it will be a departmental truck, like both ambulances (Which are housed at Live Oak). Not company specific per say.

    Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and a Happy and Safe New Year to All.

    Mike Eannazzo

    Chief

    Elmsford FD

    Also what is the status of the new addition to the house?

  13. Posted

    Well, there needs to be some degree of common sense to any PPE that you wear. If you will notice in my post I said this;

    Meaning, if you rifle your hand into someones pocket forcefully than you are going to get jabbed with something. I dont know the procedures that all of the LEO follow, but like a few mentioned above, squeeze the outside of the pocket to see if there are bulky items inside, than proceed to check the pocket with caution. Would I strap on some latex gloves and try and catch a bullet? No. But if I am cleaning the back of the rig after a bad trauma and I use common sense and approach cautiously with gloves on I have Some Degree of protection from any stray IV needles. Thats all I was referring to brother.

    Personally, I think its an unnecessary risk for our officers to have to do. I think they should be allowed to just cut the pocket open, or have the subject empty their pockets slowly, anything to make their jobs safer. It seems too risky in todays world to go sticking your hands into a strangers pockets. Would an X-ray machine work to find small sharps and knives? The kind you walk through like in courts? I know they are pricey to install in every PD but it would cut back on medical expenses for tests on LEO that got stuck with sharps. And please, this is just me being concerned for the brothers/sisters who are PO's and face getting stuck with a dirty needle containing HIV or something worse, and not in any way an attempt to start something.

    Thanks

    Oh ok I wasn't trying to be a wise a** sorry if it came out that way I was just asking out of curiosity if it had been tested with a needle I didn't know they made such gloves that are puncture resistant.

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    The bigger issue would be what if someone put that there due to the hydrant being faulty and (as most times in my areas case) the word didn't filter down the way it should?

    In my Town, where my husband happens to be the Asst. Superintendent of the Water Dept., when a hydrant is out of service he notifies the appropriate Fire Chief.

    Also when we have a big snowstorm, his guys go out and shovel the hydrants. Many people I know shovel out their own, after all it is for their own safety. My 86-year old father even shovels his own hydrant!

    Do they some how mark the hydrant if it is O.O.S or just tell the chief of the dept.?

  19. Posted

    There are gloves out there that are puncture resistant, and if the officer goes slow enough will offer them the protection they need from sharps. Heres a link for you;

    Puncture Resistant Nitrile Gloves

    I know ours is, and we even did the demonstration they used in their add, we took a fork and tried to puncture the gloves, and we couldnt. They are pretty tough! :blink:

    Did you also try this with a CLEAN needle? I think a needle is a little sharper then a fork.

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    Just a warning to every dept the has the rescue jack system my dept just purchased it and during the demo while lifting the car one of the pins ripped the sheet metal on the car and the car fell back onto the ground. Be very careful if you are operating under the car trying to remove a pt.