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Good luck collecting from the insurance companies. I know several departments that have tried to bill for rescue services on MVA's. Insurance companies are very reluctant to pay. There is alot of paperwork involved and it's not worth the aggrivation. I can see why they are doing it, but are...

From my personal experience. 1) Van vs mod in winter weather. Drove mods in blizzard conditions no roads plowed, no chains, did not get stuck once. Vans stranded all over the place. 2) Critical care transports, RN on board, pumps, equipment. No room for anything. 3) High winds: I've got...

I would like to ask everyone's opinion. Do you think van ambulances should be outlawed ? I feel they are only a glorified version of the caddy ambulances from the early days. No room, too top heavy, no good in winter weather. What do y'all think ?

For private services IFT's are the bread and butter. IFT's are the bottom line for private services. My services provides 911, IFT, Wheelchair services. I would say that transports makes up a good 75% of our volume. Private services can not just rely on 911's anymore. Even many moons ago when...

I'd have to say both. I just got home from doing the overnight dispatch tour for the weekend. We got clobbered. Between the amateur drinkers and beer muscles. If it was fights, it was ETOH overdoses, etc. My crews ran non stop. I couldn't keep a unit in service for more than 10 or 15 min. It...

http://www.firefighterclosecalls.com/news/fullstory/newsid/122482 A coworker of mine. It's a sad day for us.

Well, if the city/county/township govt's are raising bloody hell about this and the media blowing everything into left field. Here are some of my thoughts: They should do a ride along for a week and see what :censored::censored::censored::censored: we go through. How we are overworked...

There are questions being raised about HIPPA being only for only transport vehicles. Well, what about services that run QRS, or Rescue regardless if fire or EMS based who bill for rescue services ? It's obvious that they need demographics about the pt's involved. I know with QA/QI sessions...

I understand the need for photos for training purposes. But for goodness sake, do not photograph the car with a pt in it. If for some reason it was a crime scene, that is what the police is for. It's hard for media not spread around with wild fire these days with everyone having access to mobile...

:angry: http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/parents-outraged-over-video-of-daughter-dayna-kempson-schacht-killed-in-crash/19679815

Many Factors here. There is many factors for bleedover: All radios have PL tones. In order to not hear the bleed over, your radio should be set up that the PL is on TX and RX. We have the same problem in my neck of the woods. The county Fire CH had to go to PL being that we heard Broome...

He is another good one. One night I get a private line call from a facility. I asked what was wrong with the pt, and the called said: "The pt want's a vol. committal, she want's to leave right now." I dispatched the crew and adivesd them. The crew stated, "If I was in that place, I would want...

It's all about Mutual Aid I can't understand if this has been going on for so long, that they can not sign a mutual aid agreement with neighboring towns. I am sure in the larger cities there has to be plenty of private services. Where I work at we provide services for the city of Scranton, as...

All I can say is - WT?????? I have to agree that the council member should have looked at the facts before opening his mouth. He is barking about 20 + mins ? How about the poor crews in rural areas or areas that are not covered by city or township police, and have to wait maybe over an hour for...

Hey everyone: How has everyone been ? I haven't been on here in a while. I wanted to say hello and hope everyone is well. Things have been way too busy lately and I miss chatting and putting my two cents in. Got lots to catch up on. Hope to be back soon !

Any dispatchers please chime in. I work as a dispatcher for a private service, we do 911, transports and private lines. Here are some that frost my flakes. 1) I took a private line emergency from a personal care home for a pt with a nose bleed and shortness of breath. I asked the person that...

Howdy from Pennsylvainia. BTW a huge fan of your comedy programmes from across the pond.

Gotta love it Gotta love the people that call at 3 am and when you get there and ask: When did this happen ? and they say "Two weeks ago." The weekend nights are always fun when the radio cars [police] call you for everything under the sun, from taser deployments to the bar clearing brawls...

For the company I work for. We have two substations, and a main station. We are a combo IFT and 911 service. We have a big coverage area and do city 911 and ALS intercept for BLS services. Our system status plan is to make sure our units are mobilised to ensure prompt response times when our...

I was wondering how you respond to calls. Please respond to the poll. I know there has been alot of talk on here about system status.