Recent content by JCampbell

hmmm...wonder who this is?

Unless you're a traffic cop, mounted cop, foot patrol cop, motorcycle cop, bike cop, SWAT cop, etc... and then you have Patrolman, LCPL, CPL, SGT, LT, CPT, and Chief. There are different specialties and ranks in a lot of professions. Anyway, class is going great for me, 8hrs of WMD instruction...

Because constant posts about how much more advanced things are somewhere else don't TEACH anything, therefore nothing is LEARNED.

And another thing, what does who I currently work for have to do with ANYTHING? I expect more from you than that. This job was temporary while I got my Basic certs and now that's happened I plan to move on, but no matter where you work, YOU ALONE decide what your level of performance will be, if...

Ok here's what I mean. First off the OP just wanted to start a thread about meeting and greeting other EMT-I students. Then immediately someone jumps into a thread she has absolutely no business being involved in and states her well known opinion about different levels of EMS. That's abrasive...

X100 #1 reason I try to stay the hell away from this site. You know it seems to me that it takes around 5 minutes to read and make a post. So at 5700 posts thats close to 500 hours spent telling people how crappy their jobs are instead of spending that time continuing your own education. Oh...

Your best bet is to call them. You can find out what they pay in a few minutes. I was looking around the country at job postings and since I like CO I looked there, in Denver the service that advertised was paying $9 an hour. As opposed to our 911 services here starting at $15 and privates at...

Yeah, I'm gonna waste time on scene, and saline (our only H2O), and rags, and bio hazard bags, and spread feces from point a to point b inside of a poorly ventilated tiny box while trying to move a patient around on a tiny little bed that is sitting inches off the floor just so you don't have to...

Thanks to the rest of you for responding to this persons reply with such tact. I made a response and was not able to be so kind, so it was removed and I was warned. Maybe I can learn from your professionalism. When I posted the picture I didn't take the time to consider whether it would offend...

I saw a jacket I really like in a local uniform store. It was black but covered in tiny reflective dots that were almost invisible until light was shown on it, then the entire jacket lit up.

$13-14 an hour with a little OT will get you $32K easily. So will $12 with a LOT of OT. And BTW $10-12 per hour? OUCH!

The economy around here must be awesome...not only is it easy to get hired, but it's hard to get fired too.

I don't know if there is a "one size fits all" trick for sleep. I personally work 1800 to 0600 and I don't sleep much at all between calls. Our dispatcher is for about 5 units in three different parts of the state so I have to hear calls all night and listen for my truck number. But when I do...

I saw the last 2 seconds of the ball drop while wheeling the stretcher through a hallway at a nursing home.

Oh and here's a couple of links you might want http://www.nationalguard.com/forums/index.php And this guy's a full time MAJ in the CAARNG, not a recruiter but he loves to help recruit folks in CA, he can answer a lot of your specific questions about the situation there. **Mod edit: removed...