What did YOU do today?

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Permalink Reply by Tad Cervantes on August 13, 2008 at 6:24pm

I stress every shift to my D/O's about driving, mainly my tankers I don't want them on the ass of my engines. We have tried this a few times where two trucks leaving the same station would take totally different routes.
I like to know if anybody else has tried that and if it works for there department?

I Stress PPE's all the time, I know false alarms suck guys but put all your proper gear on every time you make a run.

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Permalink Reply by Brian D. on August 24, 2008 at 12:24am

Every time we roll, I make sure everyone is seat belted. If I'm driving, I won't move the rig til everyone is. We don't really have anyone who refuses to buckle up, and we've got clear SOP's on the issue.

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Permalink Reply by Robert Vogel on September 12, 2008 at 5:27am

I make sure when we are working on the highway we park to protect and everyone has on PPE.

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Permalink Reply by Andy Marsh on November 22, 2008 at 5:07am

For drill, this past Wednesday evening, I gathered our firefighters and did a few "trust" exercises. Then I organized a couple of our trained 1st Responders to obtain baseline vital signs, BP, HR and Resps. for all who were in attendance. On behalf of our line officers, I stated that we will try to gain vital signs before and after as many drills as possible. The vital signs were something "free" that we can do for our members. Even at this very basic level, this may help determine potential problems.It also provided some added practice for our 1st Responders. We actually found a member with an elevated bp reading, even though he has been compliant with his meds. He was surprised, but stated that he would address what we found to see if his meds needed adjusting. Last year we added "rehab" equipment to our Utility Vehicle. So, we also informed the troops that when our rehab sector is set up, the medics will be doing that for us and there will be parameters set before getting back into the game or being sent for further evaluation.

Capt. Andy Marsh
Mt. Oliver Fire Dept.
Allegheny County, PA
Station 199

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Permalink Reply by Adam Myers on January 8, 2009 at 8:12am

Made sure everyone was seat belted for response,and wearing high visablity safety vests on the road for wires burning call.

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Permalink Reply by 118 CHIEF on January 8, 2009 at 12:50pm

Proper PPE, would have to be the top one on the list making sure that everyone was in full turnout gear and safety vest. Responding to a Vehicle Accident on one Major Highway in our area. Making sure that all the responding apparatus was being positioned correctly for scene safety. So many times do you hear about incidents involving emergency services personnel and apparatus at highway incidents, we are trying to make sure that it never happens so everyone goes home not only on accidents but also on each and every run.

Stay Safe
Steve

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Permalink Reply by Ralph L. Carr IV on June 8, 2009 at 10:12pm

In class every day, we hear "is the scene safe?".....The "yeah yeah yeahs" come like death and taxes.

Do we REALLY insure that it is on every call? Do we actually look around the scene before we hop out of the ambulance like a night in shining armor? TALK the call out with your partner before you even arrive on scene. "Park down scene if a piece of apparatus is there before us, if not, block it till they get here". "You grab the drug box, I`ll get the board and monitor". "Hey, looks like gas there on the road, park back here and block till an engine gets here".

By ALL MEANS..........When you stage off-scene to await LEO`s securing the scene, don`t give your damned location over the radio. Next to idiot driving, it`s my biggest on-job pet peeve. "Alpha-62 is staged at Michigan and Bradley".............WTF!?! Any NUTJOB with a BearCat can find you that way. If it is by chance Dept or Company policy to announce to the world where you are staged, TRY TO CHANGE IT. It`s just not safe.

Always talk out scenarios with your partner at the start of the shift. "Hey, if this goes down, you do that, I`ll do this". Some laugh, but it reinforces what we already know and SHOULD pratice.

Not to mention, EVERYONE GOES HOME!

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Permalink Reply by Jason Hoevelmann on July 5, 2009 at 3:07pm

Put out cones on a wires down call. Stayed put on the scene until electric company arrived. We all were buckled up.

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