Hello to all visitors, feel free to drop a line, for any of those around the quad state area where i am from, i am trying to make a forum for this area, fire and ems wise, inspired by emtlife, standy by for further details coming soon...
currently licensed in KY and IL, live on the border and work full time in KY and do Fire/ems volunteer in IL, there are fees and a process but it opens up more doors for you as far as employment also.
Paducah KY, town of about 30,000 and 10,000 in the county have a private service here i work for we are the only service in county and do all IFT, emergency, standyby...etc.. on our way to hit over 14,000+ runs this year.
Seems like you said a chemical reaction almost similar to smoke being inhaled by someone with asthma or other respiratory pathology, just triggers a firestorm.
Here is one on a busy day.
Dispatch: Standy Medic 83
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Dispatch: Medic 83, Emergency, (nursing home) for a ** y/o female pt. having severe leg pain, pt. has no legs
i guess its a good thing that they were using dry chemical extinguishers...becuase i would hate for them to have grabbed an APW or something and tried that without any PPE...most people in the general public dont know about magnesium in cars being water sensitive...that stuff will spark and...
i know these people ment well, but like someone previously posted...shaking the car and moving them without proper immobilization could have further injuried or paralyzed them...but if they dont know that then they cant be blamed...of course you know there is always some goob that is the least...