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@DragonClaw it’s Houston Fire. Par for the course.
 
DragonClaw said:
Are there logs to show they regularly check equipment for safety and fraying? Or is there an expiration date for a tag line?

If they used one and did it right, I say they're "not guilty"
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Rescue rope gets inspected after each use (at my dept. can’t speak for others) and it will be inspected annually. There’s a log that we fill out after each inspection. Wether after it’s used or annual testing. Shelf life IIRC is 5 years before it’s replaced.

Wether it was negligence or just one of those **** happens situations hopefully the dept. has standards with rescue rope.
 
We had our little march on Saturday afternoon. The mayor marched with us and we had a police escort.
 
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VFlutter said:
If we are going to defund the police then we need to repeal the NFA act. Peace through superior firepower
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I live for the day when I can buy a suppressor OTC.
 
CALEMT said:
I live for the day when I can buy a suppressor OTC.
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I lived in a country where they were hanging on racks in The Man Store. Those spindle ones you see sitting on the floor. Just grab the size you need and pick up anything else and pay at the register.
 
Why can't every day be like today. Sunny and 68.
 
GMCmedic said:
I want a love button like facebook.
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We have it and it's not the one we gsve CalEMT. He's got the "special" one. If you the thumbs up icon next to like, you're presented with a few choices for your button.
 
Peak said:
Category III through V substances (Ativan being schedule IV) do have lower tracking requirements through the DEA than Schedule I or II.

All schedule I through V drugs do require a double lock of some form. Typically in EMS we consider a fixed safe and locking the doors or a locked box inside of a fixed safe to be sufficient.

Schedule II through V drugs can technically be signed out by someone who can legally posses the drugs and would not need to be double locked as they are not being ‘stored.’ I would think of this as when someone signs out drugs not typically carried by our crews (pentobarbital or methadone for example) for a specific transport. That individual is responsible for the drug though and should still be storing it securely. At some point the drug would need to be dispensed for administration, returned, or wasted.

Leaving Ativan (or any other controlled or high risk drug) unlocked in the bus is bad practice and does not fall in-line with DEA requirements.
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I told one of my employers this was a bad idea, no use in arguing with someone who thinks versed and Ativan are different classes I suppose.
 
Well.....the summer season is officially upon us. I think I've been on 3 scenes this week with gun shots as background noise and transported 3 in the past 2 or so weeks. Let the games begin.
 
Hmmm.... so I'm on long term relief (TDY) at that Sunset Beach station, meanwhile my Captain at my official assigned station is trying to get the Recruit (who's now past his Probation) back. Problem is we're officially full crew, so either me, the Senior FF whose been there however many years, or the current new Recruit (well no longer Recruit, same class, also just finished Probation) would have to transfer out.

The Senior guy has zero intentions on moving, and with me being gone at that other station the other new guy has been integrating with the rest of them, so.... they're giving a little firm, if friendly, pressure to say "Hey Jim, you should really think about putting in transfer paper to 1st Watch (which is already partial crew so there's an opening to remain at the station), or the nearby Engine on our watch...."

Like I get it? But I don't really wanna move so soon after I just moved? Like 😬 so idk

(I'd actually strongly consider putting in for the Sunset station I'm currently relieving at, but the 45 min drive vs 5 minutes... that and the fact that the waiting list of guys who have more seniority than me who want to transfer there is like a mile long lol)
 
Jim37F said:
Hmmm.... so I'm on long term relief (TDY) at that Sunset Beach station, meanwhile my Captain at my official assigned station is trying to get the Recruit (who's now past his Probation) back. Problem is we're officially full crew, so either me, the Senior FF whose been there however many years, or the current new Recruit (well no longer Recruit, same class, also just finished Probation) would have to transfer out.

The Senior guy has zero intentions on moving, and with me being gone at that other station the other new guy has been integrating with the rest of them, so.... they're giving a little firm, if friendly, pressure to say "Hey Jim, you should really think about putting in transfer paper to 1st Watch (which is already partial crew so there's an opening to remain at the station), or the nearby Engine on our watch...."

Like I get it? But I don't really wanna move so soon after I just moved? Like 😬 so idk

(I'd actually strongly consider putting in for the Sunset station I'm currently relieving at, but the 45 min drive vs 5 minutes... that and the fact that the waiting list of guys who have more seniority than me who want to transfer there is like a mile long lol)
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I'd leave the transfer in to your official station just to piss people off.... but that's just me so...
 
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