Recent content by mfrjason

In some states it does exist.

I remember this one movie called "paramedics". I think it came out in the late 80's or early 90's, it poorly depicted our profession.

That is correct what chimpie said. A majority of departments require that you keep your hair at shoulder length, unless your a female with long hair which then you have to have it up in a pony tail. As for beards and mustaches, they have to be trimmed as well.

I dont see any real down side to it because of the fact they are both going to lead to one point...an emt license. Im in college right now and im trying to get them to start an EMT certificate program,i may also see if they can get it in as an associate's degree program.

There were a couple times I wanted to leave. Not because of something bad that happened, but because of the politics that was being introduced into the fire and ambulance departments. After my grandma died it drove me stronger into ems work because I wanted to make a difference, I didnt want the...

The service I worked for was Weesaw Twp Ambulance and it is a volunteer service,mostly made up of EMTs,there were also 4 MFRs. Our shifts ran anywhere from 12 hours to 72 hours,it just depended on what you could work and what you are scheduled for. The service use to be part of the fire...

I use to be on a volunteer service back in 03 and some of the calls I heard where the kind that no 2 were the same,every call was different in some way,shape,or form. The call that sticks out in my head the most is the drownings in July of 2003,4th of July to be exact. 7 people drowned in 1 day...

Hi there everybody!:) Sorry I havent been on for a while but I been busy with work and family and school and other things. I am still around though! I am doing fine,just been workin alot of crazy hours thanx to the 4th of July weekend but I did manage to get through it thank god! My daughter...

My vote goes towards red. Its visible during the day and night. Thats the color we use in Michigan, Indiana uses blue lights to ID fire department members and green lights to ID ambulance service members.

I hate LED lights all together. Just give me an old fashioned strobe bar or light bar with rotators.

The bad thing about using blue lights is the fact that you can barely see them during the day which would make getting around traffic alil harder,unless you got a siren to go with your lights which then its no prob.

In the county I live in we have a priority dispatching system that when a call comes in and the info is takin by dispatch they let us know if its a priority 1,which means we run lights and sirens all the way to the scene and priority 2, which means we get there as soon as we can but not in...

CONGRATS! Good job Brandy!

Getting in with a transport service is a good thing, cuz then if you decide you wanna go work for a fulltime service you will already have your foot in the door.

Chimpie is right. If you wanna go for your medic degree you should go now,otherwise you aint gonna have the time to.