HEY GANG JUST A LITTLE INFO ON RESPONDING TO ALARMS RECINTLY MY WIFE LOST A COMPINSATION CASE FOR 2 REASONS

1 I CALLED HER ON HER CELL PHONE TO ADVISE HER OF THE ALARM (CAUSE I KNEW SHE WAS OUT WITH OUT HER PAGER )

2 CAUSE SHE DIDNT CALL INTO COUNTY DISPATCH THAT SHE WAS RESPONDING

NOW WE HAVE BEEN IN FIRE SERIVCE IN NY FOR OVER 25 YRS AND ALWAYS BEEN TOLD THAT YOUR COVERED FROM THE TIME PAGER GOES OFF TILL AT LEAST 1 HOUR AFTER YOUR RELEASED FROM DUTY

AFTER RECIVING MY CALL WIFE ADVISED ME SHE WAS ON OUR STREET GOING HOME TO DROP OFF FROZEN FOOD THEN WOULD RESPOND

AFTER SHE DROPPED OFF THE FOOD SHE WAS RUNNING OUT THE DOOR THE BEEPER STARTED GOING OFF AGAIN ASKING FOR EMT'S TO RESPOND TO THE CALL (WHICH SHE IS)

THEN SOMETHING FELL BEHIND HER CAUSEING HER TO JUMP (FOUND OUT LATER I WAS AN EXTRA TABLE WE HAD IN DINNING ROOM) WHEN SHE CAME DOWN SHE TWISTED HER KNEE AND FELL TO THE FLOOR SCREEMING MY OLDEST DAUGHTER RUSHED TO H


ELP HER AFER A FEW MINUTES SHE DECIDED TO HAVE MY DAUGHTER TAKE HER TO STATION ( SHE FELT THAT IF SHE CALLED AMBULANCE TO HOME IT WOULD DISTRACT ME FROM OTHER CALL) WHEN SHE ARRIVED AT STATION DAUGHTER ASSTED HER INTO RADIO ROOM WHEN I CAME BACK FROM CALL I WAS TOLD TO REPORT TO RADIO ROOM

KNOWING THAT SHE WAS NOT INJURED BADLY WE DECIDED NOT TO USE AMBULANCE TO TRANSPORT HER TO HOSPITAL BUT TO TAKE HER MY SELF I NOTIFIED ASST CHIEF OF SITUATION AND WENT TO HOSPITAL KNEE WAS TORN LIGAMENTS AND TENDONS

CAPT WROTE LETTER STATING THAT SHE WASNT INJURED AT ALARM AND SHE DIDNT CALL IN THAT SHE WAS COMMING TO ALARM

WENT TO COURT AND SHE WAS GRANTED COMP THEN IN LAST MINUTE APPEAL FORM INSURANCE CO COMP WAS DENIDED SO NOW WERE SPREADING THE WORD THAT ALL VOLUNTEERS IN NY MAY NOT BE COVERED UNLESS YOU CALL IN LETTERS ARE GOING OUT TO ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NY STATE AND ALL EMS AND FIRE DEPTS AND THERE SUPPORT GROUPS CAUSE COMP IS SETTING PROTOCALL COVER UR ASSES BROTHER & SISTERS

MY WIFE AND I LEARNED AND WE'LL HAVE TO PAY THE BILLS BUT WATCH OUT CAUSE IT COULD HAPPEN IN YOUR TOWN BY THE WAY WIFE WILL NEED KNEE REPLACEMENT THATS PROBABLY WHY INSURANCE COMPANY APPEALED DIDNT WANT TO PAY BE SAFE DENNIS