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Paint a Picture with Words

Vehicle #1

First big snow of the season shows the rust we all have in our winter driving skills. Safety is only secondary in this installment. What do I want to know enroute to a vehicle accident? What is the most useless fact that I have to sift through trying to mentally prepare for my arrival? The dispatch information is a given in this discussion. Good or bad you have what you have. Obviously unknown vehicles, unknown…

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Added by Peter Lupkowski on November 20, 2007 at 10:18am — No Comments

My first working fire with sta 279

Well I got my first working fire as a probie on sat. It was the end unit of a series row houses. As I was going to the station I got to the back side of my block and there it was. At this point the tones finish dropping and the address comes over. I pass the location and pd is just arriving on scene about halfway there, pd reports a working fire, and my first out engine is already out the door with 5. I arrive at the station at the same time our second Captain arrived. He decides to jump the… Continue

Added by lemaireB on November 20, 2007 at 8:40am — No Comments

Looking for photos

Hello everyone, I am in the middle of writing a training manual on fire service hydraulics, and I am looking for photos of a engine pulling a draft from a pond or portable tank. Thanks William

Added by William Reinhard on November 20, 2007 at 7:39am — 3 Comments

Do you remember.....

Rubber turn out coats....

Tin Helmets (Cairns Senator)....

Thigh high rubber boots.....

Riding the "back step"....

Riding the back step to an alarm without any gear on....

Folding the turn out coats over the side rails of the engine and then buckle them so they wouldn't fly off....

Placing your size boots in just the right place so you wouldn't get stuck with a size 13 or worse a size 6....

The red…

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Added by Firstwhip on November 19, 2007 at 11:00pm — 7 Comments

I wish you knew

What I wish people knew about EMS, Firefighters, Dispatchers and Law Enforcement.

I wish you could know what it is like to search a burning bedroom for trapped children at 3am, flames roling above your head, your palms and knees burning as you crawl, the floor sagging under your weight as the kitchen below you burns.…

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Added by Laurie on November 19, 2007 at 7:30pm — No Comments

miranda rights for EMS

You have the right to be spinal immobilized despite the fact that you were only hit at a speed equivalent to that of a sloth on valium

If you give up this right to abuse the system, any attempt to fake neck pain later on can and will be used against you in the course of me starting multiple, painful, large-bore IVs

You have the right to distract the ER physician from treating any real patients and have an attorney present, which is why… Continue

Added by Laurie on November 19, 2007 at 7:18pm — 2 Comments

EMT Prayer for the Fallen of 9/11

Lord, Grant me the wisdom so that I may treat those of your children that lay at my feet. Let my hands be gentle, sure and swift to impart to them your sacred gift. Let me see only a patient's need not their color, race or creed. Help me to always be my best even when it's on my hours rest. Grant me the insight to understand why patients of mine are going to die. Let me remember that when they do there is a wondeful life in Heaven with you. Lord, if in the time of duty I should fall help my… Continue

Added by crystal eads on November 19, 2007 at 1:22pm — No Comments

THE FIREMAN'S PRAYER

A Fireman's Prayer

When I am called to duty, God

Wherever Flames may rage

Give me the strength to save some life

Whatever be its age

Help me embrace a little child

Before it is too late

Or save an older person from

The horror of that fate

Enable me to…

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Added by Kenneth Freeland on November 19, 2007 at 10:15am — No Comments

Firefighter/Paramedic Life

You stay up for 16 hours

He's been up for 48 straight

_________________________

You take a warm shower to help you wake up.

The rain in the middle of the interstate keeps him awake.

__________________________

You complain of a "headache", and call in sick.

He's chilled to the bone, hasn't eaten all day, has the flu, and then

runs out to another call

__________________________

You drink your coffee on your way to the… Continue

Added by crystal eads on November 19, 2007 at 8:40am — 2 Comments

What Firefighter's Are

Firefighters

There are many people that dont appreciate the job that a fireman does. Here's the bulliten.

When the fire trucks are delayed 40 seconds in traffic, People say:

"It took them 20 minutes to get here."

When the truck races at 40 m.p.h., it's:

"Look at those reckless fools."

When four men struggle with an eight-man ladder:

"They don't even know how to raise a ladder."

When firemen open windows for ventilation to reduce heat in… Continue

Added by candy on November 19, 2007 at 1:13am — 2 Comments

A Fireman's Life

It may take you two minutes to read this, but if you do not take the time to read this you are one of the people this post is talking about.

You stay up for 16 hours

Hes been for 28 straight

_________________________

You take a warm shower to help you wake up.

The rain in the middle of the interstate keeps him awake.

__________________________

You complain of a "headache", and call in sick.

He's chilled to the bone, hasn't eaten all… Continue

Added by candy on November 19, 2007 at 1:12am — 4 Comments

THIS IS NO JOKE MOST READ IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW HAS ANY KIDS

The Ugliest Drug Marketing Scheme Ever…

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Added by George Moe on November 19, 2007 at 12:26am — No Comments

Let me introduce myself

Hello everyone!

This being my first "blog" here, let me introduce myself to you all. I am 35, a call firefighter paramedic for a small community fire department (ok, I list this one first because I've been there forever), I work full time as a paramedic for a small, yet relatively busy service, and for another EMS only and fire department as a paramedic. I am the proud dad of 3 kids 16, 11 and 8 and I have been married to my wonderful wife for the past 12…

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Added by joshmac on November 18, 2007 at 7:40pm — No Comments

Finally, Some Peace and Quiet

Well, after several weeks of testing and being assessed and held under a magnifying glass, I await the results of our Battalion Chief's promotional list, which will identify who our next two BCs will be, as two of ours retire after the first of the year.

I have been a Captain in our department for 18 years, having not taken the option to do some other things because I loved the job so much. I mean, how many guys you know get to run around with dedicated "steely eyed killers" from…

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Added by Mick Mayers on November 18, 2007 at 5:19pm — 4 Comments

Local Firefighter Dies in Car Accident

Dallas firefighter killed in crash

09:23 AM CST on Saturday, November 17, 2007

From Staff Reports

A Dallas-Fire Rescue paramedic was killed early Saturday in a two-car accident in Oak Cliff, officials said.

The vehicles collided around 1 a.m. at Cockrell Hill Road and Illinois Avenue, Dallas Fire-Rescue Lt. Joel Lavender said. Julio Alvarado Jr., 32, was pronounced dead at the scene.

IRWIN THOMPSON / DMN

Witnesses said the Chevrolet ran a red… Continue

Added by Deborah on November 18, 2007 at 4:31pm — 1 Comment

what do you think

So to all of you what do you think of us volunteer fire fighters not getting the respect that all the rest of you guys get because to me it isn't fair.

Added by Jesse Kincheloe on November 18, 2007 at 2:20pm — 2 Comments

fire on 11/18/2007

hey good job @ the fire 2day to all of u that went all was good!!!!

Added by Chris Ambrogio on November 18, 2007 at 2:13pm — No Comments

Well howdy do!

And so begins another trip on this beast called the internet...

Yes, im the rookie to the site, and a rookie to the hall. The firehall has always been my home, being raised there and looking to everyone like family. Finally got the chance to join the explorer post came around and i go nuts.. Then i turn 16 and the fun really began. Now im taking the big classes, working my ass off, shinning trucks, cleaning floors, putting up christmas lights, running calls, going to EMT and fire…

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Added by Greg Robertson, Jr. on November 17, 2007 at 11:03pm — 2 Comments

One of those days...

It's been awhile since I posted a blog because it's been awhile since I have something to talk about. Things were sooooooo slooooooww for soooooooo looooooong...

That's over now. A minor MVA got us out a few days ago and I said then 'this is going to break our dry spell'. Well it did. We've had a few small calls since then and we did a training burn today that was frankly a lot of fun. But fate being the fickle finger that it is I'd no sooner gotten out of the shower this afternoon…

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Added by Gus2620 on November 17, 2007 at 10:58pm — No Comments