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Well, kind of......B)

I just discovered it online. This is a picture taken by a bystander of an accident I was at back in November after all pts had been extricated and transported. I am the guy in the turnouts. And that is my engine behind me.

I am sure you all could care less..............:rolleyes: But I had to post it.

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"Your" engine?

Man, I wish I could afford an entire fire engine....



I wish I had found some pictures of the MVC from last week. I mean, I HAVE some that I got from someone else on the scene, but I want it to be from a news source to limit the amount of company / legal stuff that can happen to me.
 
So do I! Which seat is mine?



PS-- Where's the fire? I see turnout gear, but no smoke! :ph34r:
 
Linuss said:
So do I! Which seat is mine?



PS-- Where's the fire? I see turnout gear, but no smoke! :ph34r:
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Considering they did a full roof removal, I'm guessing the bunkers were for extrication and not firefighting.
 
Linuss, you can have the left rear-facing seat. Unless you want the operators seat. The officers seat is mine. B) So solly.

ffemt8978 said:
Considering they did a full roof removal, I'm guessing the bunkers were for extrication and not firefighting.
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^That. Although we did have a small fuel leak and a 2.5 inch pulled per SOP.

Darn those non fire types. Always think there has to be a fire to wear turnouts. Don't they know we look so much more cooler in turnouts? I wear them on every call. CPR is a bit tough in full turnouts, and the helmet keeps sliding down in my eyes. Oh yea, and wraparound sunglasses are a required part of any uniform when outside the station. :P

I am being sarcastic........................
 
ffemt8978 said:
Considering they did a full roof removal, I'm guessing the bunkers were for extrication and not firefighting.
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You sure the roof was removed? Maybe it's one of those new fangled "convertible" type thingies.



PS I was being facetious :P



I was kinda embarrassed at my MVC. I was looking at one of the cars and under it I saw red/blue waving stuff on what looked like a puddle. My first thought was "FIRE!" Turns out it was a trash bag reflecting the emergency lights.... found that out AFTER I said "Maybe we should get someone on that fire"
 
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Linuss said:
You sure the roof was removed? Maybe it's one of those new fangled "convertible" type thingies.



PS I was being facetious :P



Be a man and crawl into a decimated car with nothing but EMS pants and a Tshirt. Then you can say you're brave like me!
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Yeah, we all want to be like linuss :P

I've been in cars during extrication and there's enough sharp things in there like jagged metal and broken glass that I definitely prefer wearing bunkers while doing it.
 
Is it just a weird angle or do you really dwarf the other guy?

gotta be just the angle..... :unsure:
 
Linuss! Here is the perfect partner for you then.

Had a scene this past summer where a transport amb crew-member (from a different service, not mine) was all pushing (literally) past fire and rescue who were doing extrication and trying to climb into the vehicle before it was cleared. She ended up with some pretty serious lacs to her arms and hands. One of the guys doing extrication was like "Hey, do you know you are bleeding all over the place?" She was so fixated on this stable, non critical and it turned out minor injury pt that she didn't even notice she had torn her own arm open on something. Even then she said something like "I don't matter, we have to get this guy out now. We gotta go NOW." I have never seen anyone such a bad case of target fixation. She was literally frantic and the poor (uninjured) pt was starting to get pretty worried. :wacko:
 
foxfire said:
Is it just a weird angle or do you really dwarf the other guy?

gotta be just the angle..... :unsure:
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No, that's about right, there is a little angle interference, but not much.

PS....he is my chief. :P
 
lightsandsirens5 said:
Had a scene this past summer where a transport amb crew-member (from a different service, not mine) was all pushing (literally) past fire and rescue who were doing extrication and trying to climb into the vehicle before it was cleared.
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You laugh, but in my county where all FDs are either first responders, or maybe if we're lucky, EMTs, and most of them being volunteer, we will most likely be working an MVC without any FD extrication for a while, and we will/do crawl in if needed.




Thankfully the guy at the MVC was already gone. Had he still been alive, that would NOT have been a fun working extrication. Still took nearly an hour to get him out, engine compartment taking up most of the front of the passenger area.
 
Linuss said:
You laugh, but in my county where all FDs are either first responders, or maybe if we're lucky, EMTs, and most of them being volunteer, we will most likely be working an MVC without any FD extrication for a while, and we will/do crawl in if needed.
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I am not laughing. Don't worry.

I understand what you are talking about. But we have a dedicated rescue squad that rolls with the amb into any area not covered by fire department extrication. It sure is nice.

And in this case, there was already an intermediate with the pt. And the amb crew member is a basic.

And I was just joking you know. I have myself been inside vehicles wearing just pants and my uniform shirt when I am crewing the amb and fire or rescue is still a ways out and I have a critical pt.
 
It is a shame New Zealand Fire Rescue is funded by part charges on insurance premiums and not Government taxes. Why you ask? Coz then Brown could get a seat in the fire truck.

*Brown puts on bunker pants, blue Fire Service tshirt and Rayban sunglasses, hops into the drivers seat and starts the engine .... ok lets go, Engineer Brown away!
 
Better start buying ice cream for your station. Cool pic tho
 
lightsandsirens5 said:
Linuss, you can have the left rear-facing seat. Unless you want the operators seat. The officers seat is mine. B) So solly.



^That. Although we did have a small fuel leak and a 2.5 inch pulled per SOP.

Darn those non fire types. Always think there has to be a fire to wear turnouts. Don't they know we look so much more cooler in turnouts? I wear them on every call. CPR is a bit tough in full turnouts, and the helmet keeps sliding down in my eyes. Oh yea, and wraparound sunglasses are a required part of any uniform when outside the station. :P

I am being sarcastic........................
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New Years Eve, I ran a 5k and got smoked by a whole team of people wearing turnouts.

I told them they weren't all the way to manly if they weren't wearing their boots...every last one of them had on running shoes.
 
lightsandsirens5 said:
No, that's about right, there is a little angle interference, but not much.

PS....he is my chief. :P
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Wow, how tall are you?

I have had ride along shifts where I am a good bit taller than both the preceptors.B)
 
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