the 100% directionless thread

NVRob said:
Where in the Sierras are you??

I've been planning on checking of TNSAR once I'm finished with school. Or ALS patrol at Mt. Rose as a side gig. Or Both :D
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Guessing that was for me? South of Tahoe. Just north of Yosemite. Little Town called Twain Harte (i.e. Harte of the Sierras), named after a couple of classic writers that lived up here for a while: Mark Twain and Bret Harte.

Not familiar with what TNSAR stands for. TCSAR, yes. TNSAR, no. I know of Mt. Rose, but it is a little out of my backyard.

Corky said:
Mtn! Welcome back to the Zoo!
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Missed ya... Time to feed the monkeys... :D
 
I dont believe it, I actually used a triage tag!
 
Wwttd? :D
 
Mountain Res-Q said:
Guessing that was for me? South of Tahoe. Just north of Yosemite. Little Town called Twain Harte (i.e. Harte of the Sierras), named after a couple of classic writers that lived up here for a while: Mark Twain and Bret Harte.

Not familiar with what TNSAR stands for. TCSAR, yes. TNSAR, no. I know of Mt. Rose, but it is a little out of my backyard.



Missed ya... Time to feed the monkeys... :D
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I know a volunteer firefighter up there name Lindsey. Very short. I saw one other guy who also volunteers up there. Do they have a lot of volunteers or what? I'm all the way down in Alameda County (met both of them in Hayward at Chabot College).
 
Aprz said:
I know a volunteer firefighter up there name Lindsey. Very short. I saw one other guy who also volunteers up there. Do they have a lot of volunteers or what? I'm all the way down in Alameda County (met both of them in Hayward at Chabot College).
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Not to my knowledge. In fact, half the volunteer fire stations are closed right now due to a lack of FFs. Often they volunteer for 6 months to get paid to go to the academy and then move on to CalFire or the FS.
 
exodus said:
Click here and that will bring you to a form where you can private message him. That makes it so it's within the rules: http://emtlife.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=33
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Thanks :) ffemt8978 has explained it to me very well.
I like rules. I just do not understand all the words right away. But I am learning more every day by all of you and I think I have improved me.
So much I've learned not more since my school time 15 years ago.
 
Mountain Res-Q said:
Not to my knowledge. In fact, half the volunteer fire stations are closed right now due to a lack of FFs. Often they volunteer for 6 months to get paid to go to the academy and then move on to CalFire or the FS.
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Ah, she was doing that, but was planning to stay instead since she loved it so much and the guys she was volunteering with. Makes sense to me now that I see all these Twain Harte Fire jackets and sweaters now. In the area I live in, everybody and their mom wants to be on 9-1-1 to get into a paid FD, or get into CalFire to do 9-1-1 near Gilroy (or so I hear, it's on one side of 101) or pump up their resume. Kind of sad.
 
Aprz said:
Ah, she was doing that, but was planning to stay instead since she loved it so much and the guys she was volunteering with. Makes sense to me now that I see all these Twain Harte Fire jackets and sweaters now. In the area I live in, everybody and their mom wants to be on 9-1-1 to get into a paid FD, or get into CalFire to do 9-1-1 near Gilroy (or so I hear, it's on one side of 101) or pump up their resume. Kind of sad.
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Pretty much... Wonder system we have created in CA...
 
Respiratory gas law mnemonic for the weird look fail

"Henry boiled Charles Dalton"

What kind of a sick weirdo boils people? Henry Dharmer?
 
Flipping through the blue california handbook trying to find out where it says that we have to slow down to 15 mph. I want to know what section. I can find in the handbook that it says that we are exempted from 21543, but I cannot find where it says that it has to be 15 mph.

It's a slight discussion my partner and I had the other week because I told him I was pretty sure it was the law that we could travel through at 15 mph without stopping, but he said we have to stop (and I think that's an AMR policy really).

Can anyone help me find it? I'm still looking. My only source right now is AMR-EVOC test, lol.
 
Hmmm, I thinking I should try something different with my hair when I get it cut this week, but what?!
 
Aprz said:
Flipping through the blue california handbook trying to find out where it says that we have to slow down to 15 mph. I want to know what section. I can find in the handbook that it says that we are exempted from 21543, but I cannot find where it says that it has to be 15 mph.

It's a slight discussion my partner and I had the other week because I told him I was pretty sure it was the law that we could travel through at 15 mph without stopping, but he said we have to stop (and I think that's an AMR policy really).

Can anyone help me find it? I'm still looking. My only source right now is AMR-EVOC test, lol.
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I looked through the blue book and didn't find anything on speed going through intersections. All I have to go on is my orientation which also said "California law states you can go through at 15 mph without stopping, but company policy states you must stop"
 
firefite said:
I looked through the blue book and didn't find anything on speed going through intersections. All I have to go on is my orientation which also said "California law states you can go through at 15 mph without stopping, but company policy states you must stop"
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That is all I can find as well. I do remember my AMR EVOC Instructor stating that it we were required to come to a complete stop and he made it a point of emphasis to state that according to CA Law a "complete stop" meant that the wheels are not moving at all for no less than 2 seconds; no rolling stops.

Whether it is law or not, it should be. I remember a study that stated that 70% of all Ambulance involved accidents happened at intersections and/or when turning on to a road. People encountering red lights and sirens turn stupid(er) and the code 3 drivers usually aren't much smarter...
 
firefite said:
I looked through the blue book and didn't find anything on speed going through intersections. All I have to go on is my orientation which also said "California law states you can go through at 15 mph without stopping, but company policy states you must stop"
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That's because the California Vehicle Code (CVC) requires nothing more than due regard (CVC 21056) and doesn't give a speed limit when it comes to intersections (straight exemption under 21055. Red lights are handled in chapter 2 of the division).

http://leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=veh&group=21001-22000&file=21050-21070
 
Mountain Res-Q said:
That is all I can find as well. I do remember my AMR EVOC Instructor stating that it we were required to come to a complete stop and he made it a point of emphasis to state that according to CA Law a "complete stop" meant that the wheels are not moving at all for no less than 2 seconds; no rolling stops.
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Your EVOC instructor is full of poop as the definition of stopping doesn't include a hard time frame under the CVC.

587. "Stop or stopping" when prohibited shall mean any cessation of movement of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the direction of a police officer or official traffic control device or signal.
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http://leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=veh&group=00001-01000&file=100-680

Whether it is law or not, it should be. I remember a study that stated that 70% of all Ambulance involved accidents happened at intersections and/or when turning on to a road. People encountering red lights and sirens turn stupid(er) and the code 3 drivers usually aren't much smarter...
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Are you saying that EMS providers aren't professional enough to utilize "due regard," therefore requiring more laws to be placed instead of self-governance and the use of professional judgement?
 
Mountain Res-Q said:
Guessing that was for me? South of Tahoe. Just north of Yosemite. Little Town called Twain Harte (i.e. Harte of the Sierras), named after a couple of classic writers that lived up here for a while: Mark Twain and Bret Harte.

Not familiar with what TNSAR stands for. TCSAR, yes. TNSAR, no. I know of Mt. Rose, but it is a little out of my backyard.
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TNSAR is Tahoe Nordic. Never heard of TCSAR. Tahoe Nordic is on the north lake side, I'm pretty sure Douglas county does south lake.

I grew up in Tahoe and work in Reno.
 
JPINFV said:
Your EVOC instructor is full of poop as the definition of stopping doesn't include a hard time frame under the CVC.


http://leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=veh&group=00001-01000&file=100-680
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Sorry... that should be CVC 22450. I didn't notice that that definition only applied to "no stopping" zones.

22450. (a) The driver of any vehicle approaching a stop sign at the entrance to, or within, an intersection shall stop at a limit line, if marked, otherwise before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection. If there is no limit line or crosswalk, the driver shall stop at the entrance to the intersecting roadway.
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http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=veh&group=22001-23000&file=22450-22456
 
Being a nightowl who does his best work between 9 and 12 really sucks with a 0500 shift change...
 
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