the 100% directionless thread

[CALEMT]

turns out getting back under Height/Weight requirements for the Army, particularly to qualify for Warrant Officer school kinda sucks but I'm working on it lols

You're a fireman in Hawaii... don't you all run on the beach in slow-mo or something like that?

 

[DesertMedic66]

You're a fireman in Hawaii... don't you all run on the beach in slow-mo or something like that?

That’s after they get off the surfboard

 

[CALEMT]

That’s after they get off the surfboard

Only after getting out of the tanning chairs.

 

[Jim37F]

Hawaii Five O?

Actually not Five O (they finished that one before I got involved) but NCIS and Magnum on the other hand...

 

[RsqCrack]

Hawaii Five O?

He's a recurrent extra for the Visitor Channel 7.

 

[fm_emt]

we were just in Hawaii for a week (east Honolulu) and part of me thought it would be a lot of fun to work there. until we saw how busy the engine near our hotel was.... ;-)

 

[Jim37F]

Where was your hotel? It's funny, because Honolulu sends Ladders first up for medicals over Engines... most of the multi Company station Engines are far slower than their counterparts lol

 

[Tigger]

Where was your hotel? It's funny, because Honolulu sends Ladders first up for medicals over Engines... most of the multi Company station Engines are far slower than their counterparts lol

But why?

 

[ffemt8978]

But why?

Nobody is in a hurry there.

 

[CCCSD]

Nobody is in a hurry there.

Hawaiian Time…10 minutes later.

 

[Aprz]

I worked at Wing Stop and Baskin Robbins before I became an EMT.

 

[Jim37F]

But why?

Idk, prob some combo of 1970s logic "Well if there's a fire, we need the Engines available more than the Ladders" combined with "That's how we've always done it" and a dash of "Why *should* we change that?"

 

[CALEMT]

But why?

Because the trucks are lazy and don't do anything.

 

[EpiEMS]

Why send a $500k engine when you can send a $1.5mm ladder?

 

[ffemt8978]

Why send a $500k engine when you can send a $1.5mm ladder?

So the ladder guys can go on a donut run when they clear?

Or it could be something as simple as the ladder has more room for medical equipment

 

[Jim37F]

Oooof

EMS ambulance involved in head-on collision in Waianae

A Honolulu Emergency Services ambulance was involved in a collision with a van just before 11 a.m. Friday in Waianae.

www.khon2.com

 

[CCCSD]

Oooof

EMS ambulance involved in head-on collision in Waianae

A Honolulu Emergency Services ambulance was involved in a collision with a van just before 11 a.m. Friday in Waianae.

www.khon2.com

That’ll buff out.

 

[ffemt8978]

Pretty accurate I'd say.

 

[Akulahawk]

After a long night at work, I think I should consider implementing a "code Dragon" for the express purpose of alerting all staff when a significant number of us are tired and draggin... Then again, maybe that might not be a good idea as management might get a little upset at us…

 

[Jim37F]

That was us last shift at 4am getting back into a station from a brush fire we initially got dispatched to at midnight...