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He's actually not suing because he was glued to the seat (he says its not Home Depot's fault that a prankster did that). What he's suing for is that the staff didn't believe him when he called for help, and basically ignored him until he was finally able to convince someone to call 911.

Yeah, I spent two weeks in Biloxi with DMAT CA-1...I'm one of the team's safety officers. Our FPS guys were a little more concerned than some of the others because we had some security issues at our site (which I can't really discuss in detail, but involved some threats against some of our...

Not sure of the advantage to placing the house O2 under the squad bench, other than being able to load/unload it in a narrow bay from the rear. On our two rigs, the house cylinders are both perpindicular to the body, one accessed from the compartment behind the driver, and the other accessed...

Confined space accidents unfortunately rarely turn out happy. There's just too much working against you there, and by the time you take the necessary precautions for rescuer safety, whatever slim chance has usually faded. Sounds like you did everything you could though. Regardless of the...

Sorry I haven't been around much lately. Life seems to have decided to get very busy on me as of late, and it still feels like I'm catching up from being down in Biloxi those two weeks. Hopefully, things are starting to calm down. I've been helping to organize a full-day conference for about...

We use the scoop all the time. Or perhaps I should say, I use the scoop all the time, since I tend to be the one who suggests getting it out fairly often (and I usually get an attaboy from the officer on-scene for remembering and suggesting it). ;) We probably run on 1-2 hip calls a month...

On our radios, it sends an alert onto one of the screens at our dispatch center. All of our radios are programmed such that they identify themselves to dispatch, both for normal and emergency use. For example, if you key your HT to talk, dispatch will see an identifier telling them that, say...

On our main route to the hospital, there's an undercrossing for the freeway. The road has a concrete divider (about a lane wide, with plants and such) a good block in either direction (and on the approach from town, this divider extends to a T-intersection). If you make the turn onto the...

I was quite ticked off when I found out about this situation, particulalrly since all the DMAT teams (at least all the ones I saw) were sent out with armed Federal Protective Service officers for "force protection". Our team, in fact, had 4 officers for the majority of our deployment, and they...

Yeah, it was my understanding that there's specific design features (at least of the newer ones) to make Tasers both visually and tactilely distinguishable from service weapon. Also, all the officers I've seen that carry the Taser carry it in a very seperate location from their service weapon...

A well-known Pasadena landmark, the mansion at 380 S. San Rafael Avenue which portrayed Wayne Manor in the 1960s Batman TV series and which was featured in many other TV shows and movies including "Rush Hour", was destroyed in a major fire today. The house, which recently sold for over $6...

More Emergency! trivia. - Watch the opening credits, in the scene where the engine and squad were pulling out of the station. The VW Bug in the parking lot was the POV of the one and only Jim Page, one of the fathers of the paramedic system and founder of JEMS. - "Station 51" is actually...

For us, generally an engine, the ambulance and the BC, but we'll usually have a second engine staffed and ready to go if needed. More often than not, the ambulance or BC will be first on scene and will determine its a false alarm before the engine even arrives.

****ies is actually making EMS pants now. Can't remember where I saw them, but they looked pretty good. You should be able to order them through the ****ies website, I'd guess.

That's the one in my pic. Its the one that was used for the majority of the show and was restored a couple years ago and sent on the "Project 51" tour around the country, including the Smithsonian. If you look closely, you can see the "County of Los Angeles Fire Museum" sign on the upper rear...

Ambulances? We don't need no stinkin' ambulances. :D And yes, that's your's truly. Here's the one I drive. Unfortunately (or fortunately depending on your point o view), all the ambulances around here tend to be fairly traditional. In fact, when I pull into the ER, you have to actually...

That's what we generally do. Once the PT is transferred from the gurney to the ER bed, the PT care person stays to do the transfer, and the driver takes the gurney out into the hall, strips the sheets, cleans it and makes it with clean sheets. The driver then takes it out to the rig, cleans the...

Don't know what or any of this I'd mentioned before, so here's a brief synopsis. For the past several years, our EMS program has been coordinated by a career FF/paramedic from a neighboring department. He's very active in EMS in the county and did all our training drills, conducted periodic...

Our DMAT just got re-deployed to somewhere in Texas. Apparently they sent people who did not go for Katrina, and they didn't include the rest of us on the Alert/Activation notices, so I don't know any details beyond that. I'm assuming a number of the teams that were out on Katrina or are still...

I honestly don't know. I was so busy finishing up paperwork (somehow I got assigned to be the keeper of the timesheets and ICS-214 forms too) and helping get the truck's loaded that I didn't get to talk to any of the PA-1 folks. I only knew where they were from by seeing their shirts. :D