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Welcome back, Jon. Sometime, we'll have to get together over a beer or 6 and swap stories. Good to have you back and in one piece. :D

I saw that too. One of JetBlue's big selling points is that for a low cost domestic carrier, each seat has a seatback video screen. I'm kinda surprised that the flight crew didn't "suspend" their video feed, but I suppose they had more important things to worry about. Its amazing that they...

Chris, By chance was this small DMAT strike team from Arkansas????? Just curious. The AR-1 DMAt was assigned to the superdome....... -Capn [/b] No, the strike team that took over from us was from PA-1. The teams operating in Mississippi were under a seperate management team than the ones in...

AMR had two of their emergency operations folks at the shelter. They were coordinating many of the logistical/supply issues, hospital availability, and of course, transfers into and out of the shelter. These guys were local (one was actually living in the shelter because his house had been...

Just wanted to let you all know that I and the rest of my DMAT team (CA-1) got back from Mississippi last night. As you know, we got our Alert and subsequent Activation orders on Sunday, August 28. Most of the team (including myself) flew out of LAX for Memphis on Monday morning and we were...

We just got Activated about a half hour ago. I leave for Memphis tomorrow morning. No details yet...I should be getting a call from FEMA with my travel arrangements sometime this evening. I'll be sure to post an "after action" report when I get back. Take care all.

I'm watching it closely too. Katrina is now a Cat 5, and our DMAT team (CA-1) got an Alert notice about 0800 today to be prepared to deploy today or tomorrow. As of yet, we haven't been given a specific location...I think they're waiting to see where landfall will be. At this point, I don't...

Every year, we have a joint remembrance ceremony at the station with the police. We assemble and line up across the ramp for a moment of silence at the moment of the first collapse. Its very simple...we assemble inside, walk out in silence and take position, and the Chaplain makes a brief call...

Heard an interesting 9/11 story today. I've been at a county disaster preparedness conference the past two days (through my DMAT) and our keynote speaker today was Ed Buikema, who's the head of the response division of FEMA, and shared this with us. I didn't realize this, but FEMA was having a...

I have a Streamlight Scorpion that I wear on my uni belt, and I love it. It's small (bit thicker than a 2-AA Mag, but shorter), really bright and has a rubber shell that makes it easy to hang onto. Kinda pricey for a mini light ($30-40).It uses lithium batteries, so long life on those but more...

Maglite Solitaire from the San Diego Chapter ARC. This is the small 1-AAA cell keychain version. Mini-Maglite from the Greenwich Chapter ARC. No picture, assume its the 2-AA cell version. Let me know if you want me to check our Chapter the next time I'm there...they have a bunch of logo stuff...

Don't know the specific hours here, but we have 2 of our members in the weekend program at one of the local acadmies. They started last October and graduate on 9/11. Yup...11 months of all day every Saturday and Sunday (with a couple off for holidays). The full-time academy, which is a M-F...

Our policy is that PD responds for any call involving criminal activity, drugs, weapons, suicide attempts or psych patients. The only exception would be a psych call from a doctor's office where the doc has determined the PT isn't a threat...we got dispatched for one of those recenty (the PT was...

I was driving through the middle of downtown Los Angeles. I was still working for the oil company back then, and our local safety guy was up in the Bay Area for training, so I was covering a pipeline relocation project for him and was on the road early to get to the job site. I literally heard...

Have to agree...was good at first, but went downhill in the later seasons. As far as being representative of U.S. EMS, that's hard to say. EMS varies a lot in different areas. In NY, for example, even though the EMTs and Medics are now part of FDNY (they used to be a seperate EMS agency)...

Our full "station" uniform is navy blue Nomex shirt and pants with a badge. The only people I've had confuse me for a cop though are little kids. Most adults realize that if you don't have a gunbelt on, you're a firefighter. Plus, the cops around here wear black (municpal PD) or green and tan...

No way... Case of Asherman Chest Seals. of course, I've only had one work right, most GSW's to the chest aren't 1/4" or less in diameter. [/b] If he has to worry about gunshot wounds in the factory, I think its time to find a new job. :P

Actually, it was her son-in-law who was driving. She's also suing him because he apparently hit the accelerator instead of the brake. Here's another story with a bit more detail. Also, to clarify, she's not suing the emergency agencies involved. She's suing the town and various administrators...

Good job! Congratulations.

Welcome aboard from Southern California!