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Water can and irons on all MVC's here and charged attack line on the ground before extrication tools touch a vehicle with entrapment MVC's here. And it's not just my dept, area wide and trained statewide to have a hoseline on the ground before beg...
Got to go with Loyd on this one. Craftsmanship is the key. My first station was metal and after 15 years was a money pit. But my current 10 year old brick station leaks severly due to lack of sealing etc. We just sent off a mold sample to be analy...
I had the great fortune to attend the NFA in 07. I arrived the day of the ceremonial just hours after it ended. Unfortunately I was unable to secure travel to attend the ceremony that year but hope to in the years to come.
Each day during my 2 wee...
An apparatus can only be counted once. So to answer your question it is either an Engine or a Service but not both. The good news is alot has changed in 20 years so you may be in a good position to receive a better ISO rating, but then agian maybe...
Well put Chris!!
Motivation is a great one as for my department,
1-Required 1 hour of PT per shift
2-Annual Physical Agility test- you fail not eligible for promotion. Retest 90 days later, fail again written reprimand and placed on probation. Retest again 90 day...
AC got to go with the rest of the responses, shouldn't jump on the Dispatcher at fault bandwagon. I've seen/heard dept's skip over a neighboring dept to get mutual aid due to feuds. Then there is the possibility of crazy boundary lines without mut...
Does it go all the way around the cuffs and the bottom of the pants? If so then you are describing what is called 'Dragonhide'. Here is a makeup of the fabric.
DragonHide™ fabric weighs 9.7 oz/yd2 (330g/m2) and is made from a blend of 34% para-ar...
Dallas/Ft Worth or Oklahoma City..
EMS dispatch is pretty good about auto-lifting an aircraft from information they receive from the caller here. But the EMS unit responding to the scene monitors our frequency so it's pretty easy to recommend an aircraft once we get on scene. We ar...
Pierce Velocity
100' midmount
1500gpm waterous pump
4 man cab w/ EMS cabinet in the rear
rollup doors
10kw generator
500hp engine
How many depts have you tested for and how many times? Robert hit the nail on the head. I've been on our dept's interview panel twice and an evaluator three times. The same old answer I like to help people, I was born to do this etc just won't cut...
Yeah a video would help.. lol
We stopped eating out a long time ago. And can only make food runs on the way back from a call, pre-plan etc no special trips. This all went into affect this time last year due to the soaring fuel prices. I don't lik...
Yes we've applied for the FireACT grant 4 times
Successful 3 times, still waiting to hear on the 4th
1. Turnout Gear
2. Cascade System
3. Plymovent (Waste of FireACT $$ in my opinion. I was asked at the time & voted to apply for TIC & multigas det...
If 10% of the volunteers you put through a FF 1/2 course stay with your dept for 3+ yrs AND stay active that whole time, then your dept is in the norm. Higher than 10%? then count your lucky stars! The fact is volunteer dept's have a huge turnover...
Wow good one Chris I will definately have to come back when it's not so busy at the firehouse and post my thoughts, strategies and tactics on this one.
Profile Information
- Hometown:
- Joplin, Mo
- Years in Fire/EMS:
- 13
- Relationship Status:
- Single
- Department Type:
- Combination Fire Rescue Department
- Rank/Role There:
- Driver / Engineer
- Years With This Department/Agency
- 3
- Dept. Web Site:
- http://www.ozarkfire.org
Comment Wall (3 comments)
- At 9:19pm on June 28, 2009,
EngineLadder said…
- Truckie Jay what I was saying and I read thru the whole thing again and I did not find what I was looking for so mabey I commented on the wrong thing but I could have sworn that there was some thing inthere about not going into vacants and I was just saying that that dose not work for every juristictions I wor for a place that has 70,000 vacants most of them rowhomes and the way we operate is its not vacant till it searched and we go in if we can everytime because it might be a middel of the group vacant but some lil old lady might live at the other end the county guys always say that all we do is fight 3 story dumsters but if you do not it turns into a block long dumster
- At 9:49pm on April 21, 2009,
Fireyladd Chief Sharp said… - Jay, welcome to the FF Nation. I am glad you dropped in to join the group. Dont be shy. There is lots to do, read and be involved with. Your participation and involvement is important to us all. Takes a bit to kinda figure it all out but you will be glad you did. Have fun and look around.
Chief William Sharp
Southern Oregon Coast
- At 2:27pm on April 21, 2009,
Deanna said… - Hey, welcome brother, from a fellow Missourian!
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