Lthmh13

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    VERPLANCK FD (effective 1/7/12)

    2491 - Chief - Holly Haight

    2492 - 1st Asst. Chief - John Schembari

    2493- 2nd Asst. Chief - Jimmy O'Brien

    2494 - Captain - Frank Ramundo

    2495 - 1st Lieut. Thomas Breitschwerd

    2496 - 2nd Lieut. Tommy O'Brien

    2497 - 3rd Lieut. Gabe Hayes

    2498 - Deputy Chief Joe Curry

    2499 - Deputy Chief Mike Ruh

    Safety Officers - Bob Morrison

    Bob Daley

    8311 - EMS Lieut - John Delaney

    8312 - EMS Lieut - Josh Buland

    Best of Luck to all the new officers! =)

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    Dawn was just a good person. That's how I'd describe her. She'd do anything for you, she was thoughtful, caring and kind. But, most of all dedicated to serving the community....her community even as she battled through her medical issues, a warrior if you will. I will miss her. She is resting now in a better place. Thank you Dawn.

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    With the case of the Entergy Fire Brigade, they are interior qualified and I believe they have at least 5 brigade members on site at all times (correct me someone if I am wrong!). My position with rspect to IP is that while they are located in the Village of Buchanan they fall within the Verplanck Fire District,pay taxes and we are ultimately responsible for incidents there. Their on site fire brigade (and I was not there for this call) handled the fire and no "external" apparatus were needed at the incident site. Eventually within 10 minutes after arriving the Chief was escorted to the fire site to evaluate the incident site and was briefed about the incident (but only after he became vocal and this has happened before). All Verplanck fire apparatus remained at the gate. As for security, all of our guys and girls are badged to facilitate access to the site. Of course, our apparatus would still have to be screened by security and with any incident fire or ems, we are escorted by security.

    With respect to Buchanan FD's response (someone said something about this), this came in as a structure fire, not a transformer fire which it turned out to be. We have a tri-village response for structure fires which includes Montrose FD and Buchanan. The primary agency responds to the scene and if additional equipment/personnel is needed, the other two departments are already in their respective quarters with their crews ready for assignment.

    I tried answering or touching upon questions in everyone's posts. Better communication and getting the FD OIC to the site in a timely manner is key here.

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    With respect to the EPCR, I have my benefits and my issues with the use of this item. We are in the computer generation and while most of us are quite adept in the use of a computer, some in the earlier generations and those who don't use computers on a daily basis(and I've seen this in action), have a great deal of difficulty navigating through the tablet :unsure: . Hence, you are trying to enter information on scene or in the back of the ambulance instead of providing continued patient care. And, as we know, if you're on a call, you're out at least an hour on the call from start to finish and everybody wants to get back and there you are struggling to get the EPCR done and get signatures from both the patient and the hosp. Like everything else though, it's new :rolleyes: . It's change. For a large volume agency, I think it'll work. For a small volume agency, the question has to be put forth "will it be cost effective.? My agency does not use this but I was exposed to it doing my ride time with Empress. I was able to pick it up quickly.

    As many have said on this post, alot of the drop downs don't fit the situation. Also, many do not type!! And the hunt and peck on the narrative or to add meds, etc. is very time consuming and frustrating to some. Add-ons, maybe a little more user friendly geared toward those who don't use a computer each day but most of all training before sending it out into the field for all the use.

    So, there's alot of negatives but at the same time there's benefits as well in my opinion. The less paper for me the better. :P

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