got a twitter alert late last night about this newark ship fire. God bless the LODD brothers and their families. The radio was busy but calm. so many special units responded and were staged. Things started getting bad when they started calling for more air bottles, batteries and water...
why would the city be liable? car is illegally parked on a fire hydrant during an active fire? tickets are written and dbags insurance prob wont cover it either. Do you like the broken window move or not?
god help the engine men if nosebleeds are getting cfrd engine responses. uncontrolled gushing blood like a broken pipe i get, but a regular nosebleed its overkill.
I visited the comm office and sat in for a EMS call. the caller had a nosebleed that wouldn't stop. the emt dispatcher proceeds to turn out a cfrd engine. after the call ended I asked emt why did she turn out an engine for a nosebleed and she said cause its a major injury and major bleed? is...
it would be nice though if NYC did up the CFRD pay and/or tie ot into our contract raise. Engine men are running more than ever for the same rate as when the cfrd program started. Maybe that would keep a few guys from going over to the truck. Engines out running 2 to 1 in most cases.
Fever...
has the house ever been renovated? I swear its the kiss of death for old houses if not tightly watched. The plans will say new apparatus floors and bathrooms.
6 months in,
the old wooden lockers are gone, wood floors are covered over with asbestos tile,
tin ceilings gone,
the old wooden...
i get what your asking. each company gets a rig nasically every 11 yrs. then those older rigs are used as spares. the older rigs from slower companys that do 1000 runs a yr prob have less and wear and tear on them and are the more reliable spares that have less oroblems but i guess there...