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Same outer size, the density inside the helmet is a whole other story...

Achievement unlocked: went down a size in my turnouts 👨‍🚒

To be fair, they're fine.......... until they're on fire, then they're generally way more annoying than an ICE vehicle fire. Buuuuttt... I've also had as many rather annoying gasoline fire where the gas tank was full, but leaking, and making a nice burning pool that also wouldn't go out (doesn't...

EV fires suck lol First in crew was there like an hour and a half before they called us for assistance, we were there another 3 hours, Hazmat was called, went thru as many SCBA Bottles as if we were on a structure fire, Chief eventually had us pull the car away from the building (so if it...

Depends. Sometimes you have a full Fire crew with 3 or 4 extra guys. Sometimes it's just you and a partner. Sometimes even with extra crew, you only have enough space to get one or two guys to pick someone out of such a tight space. Sometimes even with 4 crew carrying someone thru a maze of...

I mean it's easy to say "I'll only lift with my legs not my back" until it's 3am and you're trying to lift a 300lb Pt from in between the toilet and wall, and then carry them down the hall, a flight of steps (or two) to reach the gurney...

Well, as an aforementioned non-transporting hose dragger lol, from the BLS side, talking more specifically about interventions and skills (beyond general care/compassion as mentioned above), I would like the ability to check Blood Glucose levels (there's def been more than a few calls where...

Sounds like you should consult an attorney (preferably one familiar with business and ambulance company regulations in whatever part of the world you're located in). But hopefully, when you contact them, you use this thing called "punctuation". No one's expecting a College English class essay...

Idk why you're fishing for specific answers, especially on an EMS forum where you're getting confused by not knowing some entry level terms like "Emergency Department" or what one of the basic emergencies we're taught to recognize and treat are... But to be charitable, yes if I was present, and...

I hate to speculate, but such a drastic nosedive right after takeoff, could be a collision (birds, someones drone?) Possibly the load breaking loose and shifting as the plane pitched up? There was a dramatic cargo plane crash at Bagram in Afghanistan that stalled a min into take off and came...

How's everyone in So Cal? My family is on the opposite end of LA Co from all the fires, so they're fine, but damn, some of the pictures are freaking nuts, hope everyone else is doing ok..

Thanks. It's a bit rough because he was so young, so new to the Dept. The other guy on my Engine was classmates with him in Recruit Academy too, so we're doing our best to support him as well (aaaaand in much lighter news... it sounds like they made the calls to the 8 guys selected for the...

https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/01/07/live-honolulu-firefighters-address-loss-one-their-own-mccully-fire/

Our Dept just suffered a LODD last night during a building fire

Damn, at least 4 fireworks caused fatalities from 2 separate incidents (one of which was a 20+ victim MCI) last night here

Huh. Most guys I know (and even most comments I've seen online) are all like "WTF was the Engineer and Officer thinking... they were waaaayyyy wrong to go around RR crossing gates"

RE: the CPR vs RQI thread (posting here because it's more stupid humor, but still) It could be worse, back in the day, before CPR ever existed, they used to blow smoke up your ...4th Point of Contact... in attempts to resuscitate people https://www.instagram.com/annaakana/reel/DCFDbwwStbF/

I hear you can even see the pilot begin to sweat when their big fan on top shuts off!

Whew, just finished my interview. Took right about 10 (maybe 12) min out of an alloted 40 min available.. Hopefully I didn't stumble too badly thru the questions lol In what's blindly obvious now in hindsight, should have cracked open FAA study over some of our non Air Ops specific SOGs I...

Hope you all have a Merry Christmas, and Happy Holidays no matter what you celebrate! Got a bit of an early Christmas present from my Dept, I got selected to go to the Interview for our new Rescue Helicopter Hoist Operator position! Idk how many guys are actually getting interviewed, but...