ExpatMedic0
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Don't worry, they will tell you. 
How do you know if someone is a volunteer EMT?
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m0nster986
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ha...ha...ha...
NYMedic828
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If they don't, their car certainly will.
NomadicMedic
I know a guy who knows a guy.
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Or their self congratulatory meme will...
Epi-do
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Don't forget the belt, complete with CPR shield, gloves, trauma shears, pen light, 4 pagers, and 6 radios.
NomadicMedic
I know a guy who knows a guy.
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It's funny, but prior to radio consolidation, the medic units used to have 3 radios... VHF, low band for fire, and UHF for C-MED. And we had three portables. :/
It was a whacker's dream job.
It was a whacker's dream job.
abckidsmom
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And now all we need is an iPhone and a toughbook.
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My part time place has an 800, VHF digital, and low band in the cab, along with portables for each. It is a disaster. Such is life covering parts of four counties.
Rest assured that we tar and feather whackers however.
abckidsmom
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We have a thing called a RIOS patch that lets our dispatchers make a patch between us and the neighboring jurisdictions. It's pretty cool.
NomadicMedic
I know a guy who knows a guy.
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In Delaware, we have a state wide 800 system. It's pretty nice, over 90% of the state is portable coverage. We never even have to use the radio in the truck.
Of course, people in Texas have bigger backyards than the state of Delaware…
Of course, people in Texas have bigger backyards than the state of Delaware…
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Where I work (not EMS unfortunately), we use a trunked 800 MHz system. It works REALLY well... We have great coverage throughout the county. The Sheriff's Department and all the Fire Departments use this system. The 911 system is primarily fire-based, so they need that system. The CHP uses their own comm system. The county's system can be tied into any of the systems throughout the region, so there's a LOT of flexibility there.
Personally, I very much prefer lower band VHF for certain applications, primarily backup, for county-wide communications.
Of course, I'm also a HAM and have LOTS of frequencies on tap... and I have quite a decent little radio that works really well for listening to some systems. I don't have a scanner that can pick up the re-banded TRS here now, but that's not a big deal to me. VHF/UHF works well for those applications that I need it for. And it doesn't look like I have a big radio pack on when I'm wearing my little radio.
No, I'm not a volunteer, but I would just so that I can keep my skills up in the prehospital arena.
Personally, I very much prefer lower band VHF for certain applications, primarily backup, for county-wide communications.
Of course, I'm also a HAM and have LOTS of frequencies on tap... and I have quite a decent little radio that works really well for listening to some systems. I don't have a scanner that can pick up the re-banded TRS here now, but that's not a big deal to me. VHF/UHF works well for those applications that I need it for. And it doesn't look like I have a big radio pack on when I'm wearing my little radio.
No, I'm not a volunteer, but I would just so that I can keep my skills up in the prehospital arena.
We had something like that at my old company that we enabled every night. We used to to link our OC and SD units together.
Martyn
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If they don't, their car certainly will.
Sorry but am I missing something here? I can't see why having a doll hanging from your mirror makes you a whacker :wacko:
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I think it's the doll that's hanging by a NOOSE that causes the whacker status... :rofl:
DesertMedic66
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Is that a radar dector on the windshield?
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Radar Detector? Why, yes it is...
DesertMedic66
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Wow. That was my first and last time trying to use the speak to text on my phone.
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I can only imagine the hilarity of incomphensibility that ensued...
74restore
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If they don't, their car certainly will.
Does anyone else notice the Spotlight style light in the far upper left corner? Or how about the cigarette lighter hanging on the ground to the right of the radios to make room for them?
Holy whacker....