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I heard Acadian in central Texas is killing off its 24 hour shifts in favor of 12 hour shifts. Is that true?
If so, does that mean they're going to do layoffs and close stations?
Did they lose a contract? What's the scoop?
 
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Handsome Robb said:
Yessir. Started the academy last Friday. Definitely happy to be here. Unless something really changes I'll definitely be spending my career here.
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Well just let me know if you head my way. Cynthia wants to visit Austin sometime so maybe we will see about grabbing a drink.
 
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cryptometaphor said:
I heard Acadian in central Texas is killing off its 24 hour shifts in favor of 12 hour shifts. Is that true?
If so, does that mean they're going to do layoffs and close stations?
Did they lose a contract? What's the scoop?
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24 hour shifts in busy systems are shown to be unsafe. I bet that plays a big part. To maintain the same trucks, they'll actually probably need to hire
 
RocketMedic

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Handsome Robb said:
I can't wait. A little daunting though to take 10 months off then come back to a system with protocols like ours and such high standards. I know we're all under the microscope for a long while. The 100% peer review of charts is intimidating but I'm sure I will learn a ton.
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ATC or WilCo?

In other news, Acadian has eaten ETMC-Pasadena.
 
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RocketMedic said:
ATC or WilCo?

In other news, Acadian has eaten ETMC-Pasadena.
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The better one.

And I heard that. Cuts a little into CLEMCs 911 area, cause ypu know they're not going to let them run So Pasadena calls anymore. They'll hace a Webster truck grab it.
 
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TransportJockey said:
The better one.

And I heard that. Cuts a little into CLEMCs 911 area, cause ypu know they're not going to let them run So Pasadena calls anymore. They'll hace a Webster truck grab it.
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You say that like Acadian will staff it and have trucks available lol. Bring on the 1-hour responses!
 
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RocketMedic said:
You say that like Acadian will staff it and have trucks available lol. Bring on the 1-hour responses!
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How do you think they run Webster? They just will stop thei dispatch from sending mutual aid
 
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Almost got to do my first RSI since medic school a year ago. Initially gcs of 3. By the time I got all the meds drawn up and set up to go he was starting to talk to us and by the time I finished my reassessment he was gcs of 14. Just a little confused. Grumble grumble grumble... I was really excited.
 
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Picked up a new toy today... a Kenwood TS-480SAT. It's an HF rig that can transmit all HF HAM bands and also on 6M. I was looking at an ICOM unit as well but found that I prefer being able to directly enter frequencies, so the Kenwood is what I went with. I powered it up this evening and I've got a little ways to go before it's 100% ready to get up on the air but just connecting some coax cable that was lying on the floor and not connected to antennas, I was able to hear the time clock on 15 MHz. I start my 4 day work week in just a few hours more and likely won't be able to get my antenna tuner properly situated and powered until mid-day Monday. Given that my previous radio worked reasonably well with this setup, I expect at least equal results with my new radio. New radio has an internal tuner but it's a bit limited but the external unit seems to be able to tune darned near anything...
 
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Almost got to do my first RSI since medic school a year ago. Initially gcs of 3. By the time I got all the meds drawn up and set up to go he was starting to talk to us and by the time I finished my reassessment he was gcs of 14. Just a little confused. Grumble grumble grumble... I was really excited.
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Is it really RSI if their GCS is 3 to begin with? :p
 
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He was still breathing.
 
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RocketMedic

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cryptometaphor said:
I also just heard last week that Austin Travis County has lost 20 people in one month...whoa.
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Well, it could be the low pay relative to work and cost of living, the asinine staffing policies that hold good people back or having to swim in the seas of Kool-Aid...
 
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@Chewy20 You still hanging out there?
 
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