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For all employees of Rural Metro Fire Department or Ambulance service!
If you're going to carry RPGs on a call, you may as well have one for each hand, plus plenty of reloads. :-)
where I live most of us carry a firearm in our POV. But they do not come into the firehouse unless it is something like a show and tell over a new firearm. and then it is brief and promptly put back in the POV. Also many of us carry concealed weap...
PD or not, I'd still say no.
They are not equipped as a PD member would be when in their FF role...
gun no. tazer maybe
Only go in if you have the RPG's that someone dropped out of their bag in another post on this topic... :-)
Luke, Does this mean that I can't go to a house fire or church and enter with both six-guns blazing away? C'mon, dude, don't your and your family make a fine backstop to catch any rounds that don't hit my intended target? Bbbbuuuttt, I'll feel so ...
Even though we were suggested to stage the rescue and Batt chief went in to help!
And there in lies the problem. We can't be blinkered to what's going on, and we must maintain situational awareness.
At no stage should the Chief have done what he...
Sooo true.
As Lutan suggests, the horse has been beaten. Thread closed.
Finally, someone brave enough to adress the crisis of animal abuse in the fire department.
p.s.-He's not wearing proper PPE!
In interesting topic that has certainly been viewed as beating a dead horse. I am a member of a volunteer fire department, we do not have seperate bunk rooms for men and women, though our membership does respect each others privacy. It involves co...
How many different ways can raise the same issue?
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- Hometown:
- Birmingham
- I Live: (City, State)
- Birmingham, Alabama
- Years in Fire/EMS:
- 3
- Why I Joined the Fire/EMS:
- To serve others and so police officers could have role models! Lol! I love people and what better way to show it than to serve them in their time of need! We have many roles as a firefighter such as Hazmat response, medical, rescue, fire suppression, and even public relations, all of which gives us an opportunity to help others and make new friends!
- Relationship Status:
- Single
- Primary Fire/EMS Department:
- Center Point Fire and Rescue
- Department Type:
- Combination Fire Rescue Department
- Rank/Role There:
- Firefighter / EMT-Basic, Hazardous Materials Team Member, Driver / Engineer
- Years With This Department/Agency
- 3
- Dept. Web Site:
- http://www.centerpointfire.com
- Second Department (if appl.)
- Brighton Fire Department
- 2nd Department Type:
- Combination Fire Rescue Department
- Rank/Role at Second Department:
- Training Officer, Safety Officer, EMS Chief / Division Head, Captain, Firefighter / EMT-Basic, Hazardous Materials Team Member, Driver / Engineer
- Years With Second Department/Agency
- 1
- My Training:
- Firefighter II, Apparatus Operator Pumper, Fire Instructor I, Hazardous Materials Technician, Wildland Firefighter I and II (Basic and Advanced), Intro to Technical Rescue, FEMA (100, 200, 700, 800,) NFA-NIFRS, and EMT-Basic.
- Side Jobs or Other Organizations:
- Rural Metro Ambulance
- Top Issues Facing Responders:
- Other drivers on the road not yielding when we are responding to an emergency.
Volunteer departments not having the proper equipment and training.
Need a commission to regulate volunteer departments to ensure proper training and equipment.
- I Love Being in Fire/EMS Because:
- I can serve others in need!
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- At 12:24am on October 29, 2009,
Chuck Nondorf said…
- I am interested in trading patches with you if you are interested. Let me know and I will send you my address.
Thanks
Chuck
- At 7:03pm on June 29, 2009,
Chuck Nondorf said…
- I was wondering if you would be interested in exchanging patches? If so let me know. I am very interested.
Thanks
Chuck
- At 12:31pm on March 31, 2009,
sarah arledge said… - hi Mike welcome to ffn hope you like it here its a great place to be. have a great day stay safe take care
- At 6:42am on March 31, 2009,
Leo Cartwright said… - Hi there Mike; I’m Leo from Australia, Paramedic; Welcome to FFN hope U enjoy the site and gather many friends during your stay. If you read my profile and think that I am suited; please feel free to add me to your collection of FFN friends. If I have not added you as a friend, it’s because I have reached my Max and I am waiting for members to reply to me.
I also collect Patches and badges and would love to show one of yours in my collection. I am looking for Police, Medical, Ambulance, S&R; Dispatcher & Fire Service patches. If U are interested, or U know someone in these groups please contact me. My Email is lecar1@bigpond.net.au
Cheers Leo
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ummmmm....wow.....don't know what to say about this one.
I live in a rural area and never see anything like that. Even the town FF don't see that. I can't imagine.
Why, in your opinion, does that kind of thing happen?
We have several "priority" dispatches. Most are designed to tell us what we are walking into.
I won`t actually use the proper priority code, you never know when some whackjob with a scanner is reading....
P-1 lights and siren. emergency dispatch....
What I can really use information that defines the need for firefighters to be in top physical condition. Escpecially information covering fire departments that allow members to workout while on duty.
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