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Thread 'Pigeon Forge TN FD gets new Rescue' http://nycfire.net/forums/threads/pigeon-forge-tn-fd-gets-new-rescue.82449/

We're only 49.75 years behind you guys. Happy anniversary!

I met up with @fdhistorian today and we had a great time at the Spring Melt. Among my other acquisitions today was a section of E*75 and L*33's old fire pole which I'll be cleaning up in the weeks to come.

Congratulations to Paramedic Bob Kelly of Station 14 (14Y) on his retirement after 32 years. A legend in the Bronx and widely considered one of the best paramedics to ever wheel and heal on the streets of NYC.

Quite the ride for 12R

No, it was gifted to the department after 9/11. The department found it could not be operated as a front line engine and then it was used as the caisson.

Spartan ERV bought it back and use it for ceremonial purposes.

In NYC, the only difference between CFR and BLS in regard to non-traumatic cardiac arrest is calling for ALS and transporting. CFR can also give Epinephrine auto-injectors. All companies are CFR except ladders.

In the last few years they've been replacing the vests at five years.

Every member is already issued one

The MDTs are new, their software not so much.

We already have vests and training, the bill just made it law.

Five guys on the rig is more than most career departments

Yes, best case scenario maybe a minute or 90 seconds

Is a jump crew the same as cross staffing?

My great uncle who fought in WW2, Korea and Vietnam, up until he died in Arlington, VA we'd send him Katz for his birthday.