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What's the best , worst, hair on the back of your neck standing up call out you have experienced to date?
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Permalink Reply by Rod Irvine on
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had a roof come in on my head one day that is the one hat has given me the biggest fright so far
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Permalink Reply by Bernicois Konig on
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What about a "best , worst, hair on the back of your neck standing up call out you have experienced to date" entry for every year of service?
Well, in 1992 .............. no, wouldn't do that to you.
This is about as worse as when, meeting somebody for the first and they hear that you are in the EMS, they immediately say "You must see really bad things" There are so many right answers, but oooooooohhhhh so many wrong ones!
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Permalink Reply by Courtney Sanders on
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I live in an Amish community, we had a call around 1800hrs. of a lantern explosion in a house ( a 20lb propane tank filled with white gas w/3ft riser and "bulbs" like a Coleman white gas lantern) with severe injuries. Upon arrival saw "D" side wall bowed out 1/2ft..... Result was two air lifted to trauma ctr. two transported via ground.http://www.wkyc.com/video/default.aspx?bctid=64225904001#/Middlefie...
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Permalink Reply by Alan McGuigan on
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I have to say my worst call we had just finished a call in town assisting EMS with a heart attack we had just got back to the hall when we received another call for an MVC extrication required we were responding to the call the roads were icy. On the way to the MVC I saw in my rear view mirror (I was the officer in charge on this call sitting in the front passenger seat of our pumper ) an ems unit coming up from behind us (the same unit we had just assisted with the heart attack call )he attempted to pass us on the left side I could see the ems unit start to lose control. it was like slow motion the unit started to swerve back and forthas he came up along our side he then cut right in front of us missing our bumper by inches I could see the drivers face, he then swerved back to the left across the oncoming lane and hit the ditch on the other side of the road, the ems unit rolled over servral times ejecting the driver and a lot of equipment we saw all this happen it seemed to like it was slow motion. I radioed dispatch mayday mayday ems unit off the road We pulled over to the side and i ran out in the field i was the first person to get to the driver that had been ejected It was a pretty hard thing to see We are a small community and we knew the ems driver he was a friend we did what we could do but unfortunately there wasn’t anything we could do a pretty hard thing to witness.
Our community lost and excellent Paramedic and a good friend , He will always be remembered and missed
I only talk about this story as a reminder that we need to get to the call take your time and adjust your driving to the road conditions Expect the unexpected
Always remembered “flare”
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Permalink Reply by Russ on
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My best day was when i was caught in a partial collapse and unable to move. seconds after my pass went off listening to the guys comming for me was so comforting. i was scared shitless but listening to the digging and them shouting for me calmed me down for a long time...the saddest day, was my last.
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Permalink Reply by John on
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Popped open a door to the garage that was on fire and had a flame front come in on me and all I could see was fire.......it was pretty awesome sight....Only a fraction of a second and had the bale on the nozzle open and putting the fire down though.
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Permalink Reply by Gary Stevenson on
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Any time working an MVC with traffic still moving.
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Permalink Reply by Perry Bryant on
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I love blowing through traffic.
Best experience was being the first special service on scene in another companies first due and hearing their chief say
"Command to Squad 2, youre going to be the first arriving special service, when you get on scene I want you get your hooks, go inside and start opening up for my engine".
Yessir lol, made my day, then I got to school smelling greattttt!!!
My worst was when I was the one to pronounce a patient Priority 4. (Dead).
He had been down for over 48 hours, defecated, vomited, lividty, nude, horrible living conditions, a poor dog. Just horrible.
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Permalink Reply by John Dobson on
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The bad: Paged out for a slip and fall arrived to find a shoot out on the front porch. "I feel as if I was denied critical need to know information"!
Worse paged out for someone trapped under a burning truck. We just could not get there fast enough. There were some ladies that had to stand there and watch him struggle. Still tring to get over that one all the way yet. (A week ago)
The best: A small child remember me from somewhere?? Smiled and said look mommy a fireman, I was in street clothes not even a pager. Another best I was more or less tackled by an oldman with a bearhug for having a firefighter shirt on. He told me a week before his heart had stopped and a firefighter saved him. He stated "I don't have money so I will not ever let a firefighter go by me without letting them know my gratitude. Thats the only way I can repay them". Worth more than all the money in the world in my book.
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Permalink Reply by David Francis on
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amen to the old man story. and the little kid story
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He wanted me to pass it on to all firefighters and I promised. "That he had great respect for us all and thanks". It was not just me it was every one of you as well. So old man bearhugs to all and a smile from his wife for the days they still have together. Now that is priceless!!
I even heard he raised money all by himself to buy the department that saved him another defibb. My nefuew is now on that department.
I may have to make a post of this sometime to keep my word to him. About letting all firefighters know some may not see it and I had forgot until this post.
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