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What is it with fire departments and parking their engine in a place better suited for the ambulance? Leave the driveway / side walk / access to the door open for the ambulance.


You'd think they'd know that, and that it'd be common sense, but nope.
 
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Posted at the sports arena, LMFAO is performing tonight.There are far too many guys cruising around with zebra print pants on
 
Linuss said:
What is it with fire departments and parking their engine in a place better suited for the ambulance? Leave the driveway / side walk / access to the door open for the ambulance.


You'd think they'd know that, and that it'd be common sense, but nope.
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How else would you know that the driveway or open door is there? Kinda of like when the police arrive at a fire first and park in front of the hydrant to let the fire department know where the hydrant is.
 
adamjh3 said:
Posted at the sports arena, LMFAO is performing tonight.There are far too many guys cruising around with zebra print pants on
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You poor thing. They traumatize me.
 
I wonder how many calls he's going to get for lower back/groin strains for people doing the "Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle" move.

:rofl:
 
Unfortunately I'm not cool enough to actually work the show, one of our contact facilities just happens to be a block away
 
adamjh3 said:
Unfortunately I'm not cool enough to actually work the show, one of our contact facilities just happens to be a block away
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Does that mean you're going to be in their next video instead?

I'm sorry, I couldn't resist.:P
 
Linuss said:
What is it with fire departments and parking their engine in a place better suited for the ambulance? Leave the driveway / side walk / access to the door open for the ambulance.


You'd think they'd know that, and that it'd be common sense, but nope.
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On the flipside, I've seen more than a few FIRES where EMS arrived first (because we do that) and managed to park IN THE WAY of the 1st due engine, truck, or in front of the plug. And then EMS complains when they get blocked in by 5".

If only FD's realized we felt the same way sometimes.
 
ffemt8978 said:
Does that mean you're going to be in their next video instead?

I'm sorry, I couldn't resist.:P
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"I'm not sexy but I act like I am?"
 
Jon said:
On the flipside, I've seen more than a few FIRES where EMS arrived first (because we do that) and managed to park IN THE WAY of the 1st due engine, truck, or in front of the plug. And then EMS complains when they get blocked in by 5".

If only FD's realized we felt the same way sometimes.
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True... but them blocking us at a medical call is infinity more common than we blocking them at a fire.
 
Linuss said:
True... but them blocking us at a medical call is infinity more common than we blocking them at a fire.
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They're the fire department don't they get special funding for the purchase of apparatus secifically designed to lift and remove ambulances from in front of fire hydrants?
 
If we get a fire standby out here, we get told to stage somewhere, and then if we're lucky they will tell us to park somewhere with a good view... lol
 
exodus said:
If we get a fire standby out here, we get told to stage somewhere, and then if we're lucky they will tell us to park somewhere with a good view... lol
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Same here. We don't get dispatched until it's confirmed that it's a working fire then it's priority 2 (code 3 but can be diverted) until they confirm there are patients then it becomes priority 1.

Sometimes they tell us which direction they'd like us to approach from other times they don't and then we park and walk up to talk to the BC and let him know where exactly we are staged at then we hang out until we get a patient or they put the fire out.
 
NVRob said:
Same here. We don't get dispatched until it's confirmed that it's a working fire then it's priority 2 (code 3 but can be diverted) until they confirm there are patients then it becomes priority 1.

Sometimes they tell us which direction they'd like us to approach from other times they don't and then we park and walk up to talk to the BC and let him know where exactly we are staged at then we hang out until we get a patient or they put the fire out.
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Sounds about right. We're then last out, but can be sent on a call if there's no other unit close enough. At least that's how it was on the whole one fire i was on lol.
 
Time to do our PAT survey.. Do it rob, you know you want to ;)
 
exodus said:
Sounds about right. We're then last out, but can be sent on a call if there's no other unit close enough. At least that's how it was on the whole one fire i was on lol.
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Yeah that's how it is.

Once we were posting and a wildland fire started just up the block. The Fire Chief got on scene and we heard over the fire departments radio channel "staging will be done where the ambulance is. Ambulance crew if you could light up for me."

Next thing we know we are surrounded by fire engines. Had to call dispatch and tell them we are out of service because we can't move.
 
firefite said:
Yeah that's how it is.

Once we were posting and a wildland fire started just up the block. The Fire Chief got on scene and we heard over the fire departments radio channel "staging will be done where the ambulance is. Ambulance crew if you could light up for me."

Next thing we know we are surrounded by fire engines. Had to call dispatch and tell them we are out of service because we can't move.
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Haha funny
 
NVRob said:
Physical Aptitude Test?

For what?
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Log into ninth brain and look under corporate annoucments or memo's. There's the info there. Our division is drawing off a 25 dollar gift card for doing it.
 
exodus said:
Log into ninth brain and look under corporate annoucments or memo's. There's the info there. Our division is drawing off a 25 dollar gift card for doing it.
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I see. I'll look and see if we are doing anything with it.

I don't work for AMR though haha.
 
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