Pudge40
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And the Interior:
What does your agency ride in...
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WolfmanHarris
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Looks like a well designed interior there. No squad bench and it looks like the monitor can be secured on the platform between the captain's chairs. Do you guys have radio equipment installed within reach from there too as well?
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No, the radio equipment is accessable from the CPR seat and the normal captains chair. The monitor is not able to be secured to the platform those belts are to strap down the second patient. It would be nice if you caould secure the monitor to it though.
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I ride in this...
Untill we get these done...
It'll be VERY nice. I'm 6'1" and being able to actually have some room in the truck will be welcome. (Of course, a new truck is always a welcome addition.)
Our company just bought 8 of these Crestlines, and another 8 are on the way.
Untill we get these done...
It'll be VERY nice. I'm 6'1" and being able to actually have some room in the truck will be welcome. (Of course, a new truck is always a welcome addition.)
Our company just bought 8 of these Crestlines, and another 8 are on the way.
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we just got this one 
2010 Ford 450
2010 Ford 450
WolfmanHarris
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WolfmanHarris
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Looks like the Crestline "Commander" (based on the recessed wheel cowlings). A very nice truck to work in for space. You'll still be stooping to move around and watch your head on that grab bar. (Make sure you have lots of extra florescent bulb, the crestlines are brutal for burning them out.)
We need to copy those Euorpean box designs, tonnes of head room in them.
Could there be a more quintessential prarie EMS picture?
I was JUST thinking that!
I've worked out of a number of Crestlines, FleetMax, Apex, New Era, Legends, and Commanders. They're all nice - some better than others. Demers, I don't like... Unless you get into the MX170's.
n7lxi, You should enjoy those Crestline Apex's! They're quite nice, and a lot less nerve wracking to drive, as they're not as wide as the full size mods.
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WolfmanHarris
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I was JUST thinking that!
I've worked out of a number of Crestlines, FleetMax, Apex, New Era, Legends, and Commanders. They're all nice - some better than others. Demers, I don't like... Unless you get into the MX170's.
n7lxi, You should enjoy those Crestline Apex's! They're quite nice, and a lot less nerve wracking to drive, as they're not as wide as the full size mods.
Our new trucks are all Demers, and maybe it's the options we chose for this round, but I prefer them hands down in all but aesthetics. More space in the cab for personal gear, driver and passenger side compartments for equipment, with enough extra room for my gear bag for the day, control layout, etc. Oh and they don't have that weird sqeaking some of the Crestline "new ages" get at the point where the cab meets the box. Drove me up the way on long bumpy drives.
All the services I've worked for have had Crestlines exclusively, I'm judging the demers purely from my observations - it seems like the fit & finish in the mod is just not up to par with the Crestlines, and it appears as though it would be awful to try to clean after a call that goes south; lots of nooks & crannies for bodily fluids to linger.
Whats your opinion of this, Wolfmanharris? And, have any interior shots of those new Demers?
Whats your opinion of this, Wolfmanharris? And, have any interior shots of those new Demers?
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Why does a Sheriff Dept have an ambulance?
Pudge40
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The second pic fourth truck back is my agency's truck. The one with the red and blue stripe and rectangular leds. I just noticed it was there.
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I'm pretty sure Tift County or Mitchell County has orange trucks. One of them is all orange and the other has orange accents, but I can't remember which one has what. Monroe County has red trucks. Crisp County is blue with white accents.
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In some areas, Law Enforcement also does EMS... it's pretty rare, though. In those areas, FD doesn't do it, there's no muni 3rd, and no private companies that can do 911... go figure. It does make for an easier time starting up a tactical medic program.
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We've got mainly type-1's with about 7 type-3's. The type-3's are mainly equipped for bariatric patients.
our ALS units are mostly the newer model (2008-2009) fords with new grills, and the BLS units are 2002-2007 models. i'll post a photo of the interior and equipment tomorrow in my next post!
our ALS units are mostly the newer model (2008-2009) fords with new grills, and the BLS units are 2002-2007 models. i'll post a photo of the interior and equipment tomorrow in my next post!
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Just to let you know, van types like that are type II's, Type 1s are boxes on truck frames, TYpe III's are boxes on van frames.
They do look good though. I'm weird I like Type II's, since that's what I spent a lot of time on doing IFTs. A box seems to big to work in for me.
They do look good though. I'm weird I like Type II's, since that's what I spent a lot of time on doing IFTs. A box seems to big to work in for me.
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Thank you lol, that's what I meant, Type-2*
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There are a lot of police/paramedic agencies in this country. There are a pretty good number of them in Michigan Sheriff's departments. Los Angeles County has mountain rescue paramedic deputies. Nassau County, NY, runs full ALS ambulances on Long Island. Most of them, but not all are non-transporting. Some do the transport, too. I think it was New Orleans, up until a few years back the cops actually patrolled in ambulances, did traffic stops, etc. and responded to EMS calls. NYPD's Emergency Services Unit has their own rigs to transport their own officers if they are injured. (They ran some of the last Caddy ambulances in New York.)
In some places, cops have been doing EMS since before it was called EMS. It all depends on the community needs and desires.
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I know it has been a while since you asked, but I have been out of the loop and I assume you were asking about me.
When my service started in 1972, the county needed someone to cordinate to service so apparently they gave it to the County Sheriff (well undersheriff I guess.) That was in the days before my county even had fire protection.