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- Hometown:
- Marquette, Michigan
- I Live: (City, State)
- Lake City, Mi
- Years in Fire/EMS:
- 20 +
- Department Type:
- Fire/Rescue Department - Volunteer, EMS/Rescue Squad/Hospital EMS - Paid
- Rank/Role There:
- Fire Chief / Chief of Department
- Years With This Department/Agency
- 20 +
- Dept. Web Site:
- http://lakemissaukeefire.org
- Second Department (if appl.)
- DoD
- 2nd Department Type:
- Military/Federal Response Agency
- Rank/Role at Second Department:
- Retired
- Years With Second Department/Agency
- 20 +
- Web Site:
- http://military.com
- My Training:
- DoD and Civilian firefighting, ems, haz-mat, and aircraft crash/fire/rescue
- About Me:
- busy all the time
- Day Job:
- fire/ems
- I Love Being in Fire/EMS Because:
- it's me
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Ok... now your wondering just what I could want to know from you for "non-ambulatory" folks when I've got this kind of background... Well Rich, what's missing from the formula here is not how to set up decon shelters, showers, roller systems, hose lines and weather stations but instead develop a systematic way to accept the patient, strip and flip them and begin immediate patient assessment and protection. The pearls I'm looking for are things like having a ton of particulate masks for victims to immediately donn, storing Johnson & Johnson baby shampoo because it works really well when decontaminating pepper spray out of prisoners eyes so maybe it would work equally as well for WMD victims? I've been to a bunch of drills over the years but want to get input from folks who have actually dealt with a large number of chemical / hazmat victims that required immediate intervention.
Maybe your background might lend itself toward helping me discover and document more specifics when handling non-ambulatory decon... : )
Ah Marquette... I was there and it was COLD and snowing. Everyone I met there was really nice. I spent four days there teaching the hospital staff how to deal with receiving and treating contaminated patients. The course is called Hospital Hazmat and I've been teaching it nationally as well as other courses for years now.
Here's some questions: 1. Do you use trashbag decon procedures for all of your engine companies? 2. Does your department / county / state support Tox Medics, i.e. your hazmat or BC transporting a box that contains antidotes that are used by fire medics who are hazmat trained to rescue the rescuers. 3. Do you use any special acronyms for dealing with hazmat or WMD incidents?
Finally, let me know if this is too long winded. Maybe not cool for a public forum but I was thinking what better place to share new ideas or confirm that what we think are new ideas are actually things that another department has been doing for years.
I'm new to FN but stumbled on to your site and share your love for "german" beer and the fire service. I noted that you have a background in hazmat and was wondering if I could ask you questions regarding decon. Stay safe, Mike
Don't worry we will have The Cup again soon!
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