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    Why men are just Happier People

    truth in advertising I've been married 25 years this month, we have 3 little people and 6 grand little people. My wife and I have had only one argument in 25 years (once you lose the first one you figure, Whats the point?) Funny or not.... to me it read like an autobiography :glare:
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    Forming an equipment wishlist for my agency... suggestions!

    suggestion try http://www.buyemp.com/ also Amazon has alot of useful tips and books on the matter. I used to live in Kodiak. If the coast Guard base is still there I would ask them or even the air force base there in anchorage, I bet they could help you a bunch, I'm assuming all that is still...
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    If I hear one more person complain about EMS wages...

    Home on the range For a minute I thought we might be doing good when I saw the comparison of 30$ versus 10$, Then I realized yall were talking about per hour. In our little hole in the wall, EMTs make 30$ and paramedics make 60$.... That is per day :sad:
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    Driving - "courtesy" lighting

    Rural Texas We are a volunteer EMS unit. We have one ambulance covering an area of 1,431 square miles. In the southwestern most part of our county its an hour or more in any direction to any medical facility. Down here if a vehicle fails to yield ROW to us with L&S on, we call it in and Law...
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    Driver Training Ideas/Tips

    Try this being a former cop I am trained extensively in emergency driving skills. That being said and as my primary duty is to drive the ambulance. Our department has a surefire training method for drivers. They took me out in an old decommissioned ambulance with worn out shocks. they went to...
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    Going to Middle of Nowhere - what to take?

    use the time to your advantage+ I work in the oilfield part time in security, and do volunteer work with the local ambulance service. One of my friends is the regional director of safety for the energy company. He's 39 and makes in excess of 180,000+ a year. He said he started as an EMT in the...
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    Driving - "courtesy" lighting

    greetings I am new to your forum and this is my first post. I am a former police officer and just starting my career as a volunteer EMT, having just finished the first responder course. From a Law enforcement perspective, only police officers may use emergency lights to direct traffic which...
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