Crime runs wild in Italy

http://abcnews.go.com/International/italian-circus-closed-pass-off-dogs-pandas/story?id=27793003

Video - response to NYPD ambush

http://www.ems1.com/volunteer/articles/2045350-Video-EMS-Response-to-NYPD-Officer-Ambush/

rapid transport to hospital by 2 ambulances

3 minute video shot from overhead

Chinese cops vs Ostrich

http://abcnews.go.com/ABC_Univision/runaway-ostrich-races-truck-highway/story?id=27787220

video shows ostrich blowing thru tollbooth on highway without paying toll

Palm Beach County FD Just Says No to Backboards

http://www.jems.com/article/news/florida-fire-department-abandons-backboa

Radley Balko at Twitter

https://twitter.com/radleybalko
Author of "The Rise of the Warrior Cop"

London UK cut trauma deaths by 30%

https://twitter.com/Obidoc

? London UK ? - 30% reduction in trauma deaths since trauma centers were opened 2 years ago

Charlotte NC - saving 80% of heart attack victims

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/12/09/5371865/charlotte-improves-cardiac-arrest.html#emlnl=Todays_Headlines

Mecklenburg County saving 80% - Charlotte saving 50% - USA average is 15%

(I thought that Mecklenburg County EMS covered Charlotte? - maybe not - maybe Charlotte FD and a private ambulance company serves the city)

Ferguson MO - eyewitness statements

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/national/ferguson-witnesses/

Did Michael Brown charge Darren Wilson? Here are the witness statements.

USA - 3,000 die from seizures annually

http://www.nih.gov/news/health/dec2014/ninds-08.htm

10 lies you learned in EMT class

http://limmercreative.com/10-lies-learned-emt-class
11 lies actually

Unarmed police around the world

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police#Weapons

Police do not carry guns in - United Kingdom - Iceland - Ireland -
Norway - New Zealand - Malta - (mostly island nations)

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China apparently has 2 types of cops - regular unarmed cops - plus
Armed Police (who also operate the FDs) - since 2006 the regular
unarmed cops have been given gun training and some guns - but there is
just 1 emergency phone number for police (so they must be functionally
consolidated)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Public_Security_%28China%29#Firearms

regular police in China historically have not carried guns

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_India#Weapons_and_equipment

Police in India usually leave their guns at the station house
 

USA - race, age, & police killings

http://www.realclearpolicy.com/blog/2014/10/21/race_age_and_police_killings_1107.html

nice article

Ferguson MO - shots fired call on wrong channel

http://www.stltoday.com/news/multimedia/special/darren-wilson-s-radio-calls-show-fatal-encounter-was-brief/html_79c17aed-0dbe-514d-ba32-bad908056790.html

What are the odds that no one on the planet heard the "shots fired" call?

openness

Murder in Ferguson MO

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/body-of-man-found-in-canfield-apartments-in-ferguson/article_60822f0e-d41e-5809-83ce-2e51e611c4f4.html

Police reportedly did not respond to initial call

6 minute video from Finland

http://youtu.be/tp-gF2rdemc

Estonian guy versus cops in Finland

1:00 cop backs up

1:49 cop backs up

2:47 cop backs up

3;20 - 4 cops at scene now

no one got shot and killed - all of the cops have guns - (they used pepper spray and batons)

Contrast with Ferguson MO

Using crows for Search & Rescue

http://www.ted.com/talks/joshua_klein_on_the_intelligence_of_crows#

this 6 minute video explores the intelligence of crows - and at the
end - it is suggested that crows could be trained to do SAR

Video - disturbance at Texas airport - Oct 2014

http://youtu.be/XxWimFepdn4

crowd jumps on aggressive guy - 7 minute video - 5 million views as of Nov 22 2014

East Orange NJ - cop saved by body armor

http://www.policemag.com/videos/channel/patrol/2014/11/new-jersey-officer-saved-by-body-armor-during-shootout.aspx

US DOT Values Lives at $9.2M

http://www.usatoday.com/longform/news/nation/2014/10/27/plane-fires-crashes-deaths/16530225/

 This article discusses the danger of fuel tanks in small planes.

The US Department of Transportation now values each life at $9.2 million for the purpose of safety analysis.

British Prime Minister confronted by man on street

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/watch-british-pm-david-cameron-confronted-by-man-on-street/

Info about search warrants - from policemag.com

http://www.policemag.com/channel/patrol/articles/2008/03/how-to-tell-when-you-need-a-search-warrant.aspx?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Cartels using hand grenades

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/hand-grenades-increasingly-mexican-cartels-article-1.1909015

Midland County Texas - police LODD

http://www.policeone.com/Officer-Safety/articles/7656729-Texas-officer-killed-serving-warrant/

Smokey Bear 1954 Vs Smokey Bear 2014

https://twitter.com/Pike_Shep/status/518978529220755456

1 poster

I gotta agree 10000%

4 Russian cops blown up

http://en.ria.ru/russia/20141005/193697874/Four-Policemen-Dead-Four-Injured-Trying-to-Prevent-Terrorist.html
They stopped a terrorist with a bomb at a concert in Grozny

Manhunt continues in Pennsylvania

http://www.policeone.com/investigations/articles/7634027-Police-grab-trooper-ambush-suspects-food-supplies/

Waynesville NC - police make rescue at fire

http://www.statter911.com/2014/10/02/caught-video-police-grab-ladder-fire-truck-rescue-man-fire/

Nigerian businessman dies after rape

http://allafrica.com/stories/201409090468.html
Nigerian businessman dies after being raped by 5 of his 6 wives. They were armed with sticks and knives.

????????????????????????

Police training video - defending against the bear hug

http://www.policemag.com/videos/channel/careers-training/2014/09/test.aspx

Items found by TSA at USA airports

http://blog.tsa.gov/2014/09/tsa-week-in-review-33-firearms.html

Who forgets that they have a gun in their luggage?

Suspect IDed in shooting of two Pennsylvania State Troopers

http://www.wpxi.com/ap/ap/us/profile-of-gunman-who-ambushed-troopers-released/nhNQM/

Memphis TN area 911 all messed up

http://www.localmemphis.com/story/d/story/mpd-gives-out-new-backup-number-as-911-problems-co/47904/FuN3HPrPA0ChNM9ZJosx0g

Video - Ohio cop tasers murder suspect

http://www.policemag.com/channel/patrol/news/2014/09/11/ohio-officer-tasers-knife-wielding-murder-suspect.aspx

Memphis TN - rape kit tested after 14 years

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/09/11/tested-after-14-years-rape-kit-incriminates-ex-memphis-cop-who-now-works-at-kids-home/
ex cop incriminated

he changed his name and moved to Atlanta to work in Boys Club

Los Angeles - police find $70 million in drug money

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/huge-los-angeles-raid-nets-90m-cartel-money

The race gap in USA PDs

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/09/03/us/the-race-gap-in-americas-police-departments.html

very informative article

Oklahoma City - white cop raping & assaulting black women

http://jacksonville.com/breaking-news/2014-08-23/story/police-officer-accused-sex-assaults-patrol

Gel can stop bleeding in 10 seconds

http://www.fastcoexist.com/3034403/a-gel-that-can-stop-bleeding-in-under-10-seconds-gets-closer-to-human-use

wow wow wow

USAers have little confidence or trust in police

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/26/americans-have-little-confidence-or-trust-in-police-survey-shows/

Becenti NM - Navajo PD doing guard duty for tribal elections

https://twitter.com/navajotimes/status/504423830312714241/photo/1

Life in the USA - 2014

"Life in the USA - 2014"

From Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States

USA population in 2014 is estimated to be 318 million folks

USA has 86th densest population (people per square mile)

USA has the 4th worst income distribution in the world

USA accounts for 37% of global military spending

From CCHR - http://www.cchrint.org/psychiatric-drugs/people-taking-psychiatric-drugs/

78 million in the USA were taking psychiatric drugs in 2013

Since Wikipedia says that the USA population in 2014 is 318 million, that means that 25% of USAers are taking psychiatric drugs

From gunfaq - http://www.gunfaq.org/2013/03/how-many-guns-in-the-united-states/

2009 - in the USA - 114 million handguns - 110 million rifles - 86 million shotguns - total of 310 million - nearly 1 for every single person

(Of course we probably also have 600 million knives; and lots of sticks and stones)

The Real "Use of Force" Rule

http://blog.simplejustice.us/2014/08/23/the-deeply-thoughtful-discussion-on-force-yada-yada-yada/

Cop fights guy at subway station

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10200894447842895&fref=nf

Early video from Ferguson MO

http://youtu.be/5Wt8yEGacIs



seems to be 2 police dogs and 2 cops with assault rifles - no helmets - King Alfred Plan is mentioned in the comments (???)

Striking images from Ferguson MO

http://www.glamour.com/inspired/blogs/the-conversation/2014/08/the-most-striking-images-from

Photo of protestors kneeling in Ferguson Missouri

http://animalnewyork.com/wp-content/uploads/ferguson_riot_guys_kneeling_any.jpg

Dueling autopsies - Ferguson MO

general information - 1 page article

http://www.propublica.org/article/what-to-look-for-in-dueling-autopsies-of-michael-brown

this might be one of the most important articles ever written in modern times

UN Chief speaks out on Ferguson Missouri

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/18/united-nations-chief-calls-on-us-to-protect-the-rights-of-ferguson-protesters/

80% of USA cops are fat

http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2014/08/14/fbi-80-percent-of-police-officers-are-overweight/

70% of citizens are fat

cops are 25 times more likely to be killed by a heart attack than a perp - wow, thats interesting!

USA - news media narrative about fires

What do we read in the newspapers and see on the TV news about fires in the USA?

1. The fire department aggressively extinguished the fire.

2. The fire was too big / spread too fast - there was nothing the fire department could do.

3. There were no working smoke detectors.

4. Cause of the fire is unknown.

5. Please send money to support the survivors

You will never see this -

1. The idiots lit their house on fire again

2. The FD couldnt fight their way out of a wet paper bag

I suspect that Japan & Europe is different. Their news media might say -

1. Dont send money - it only encourages them

2. This is what the FD did - these are the lessons that were learned - (actually - maybe no one on the planet does this in the public news media)

Los Angeles County FD does Pulsepoint now

http://www.emergencymgmt.com/health/Cardiac-Arrest-App-Crowdsources-Good-Samaritans.html

calls in homes and apt blds are not alerted

not sure if this is connected to radio comms or not - I dont see any indication at Broadcastify

they have a 5 minute average response time by the County FD already - they want to reduce this via enlisting Good Samaritans

Johnny and Roy have been replaced by an app ;-)

keywords - rapid response - rapid dispatch - openness - live scanner audio - CPR - reducing response times - saving lives

Sudden Cardiac Arrest in the USA

http://www.aedstoday.com/AED-Facts_ep_52.html

sudden cardiac arrest kills 300,000 per year in USA

save rate is 5% - (which indicates a 10 minute delay in defib)

20% of cop cars now have defibs

90% of victims can be saved if response time is 1 minute

(CPR extends VF (ventricular fibrillation) which is a shockable rythym
- without CPR, VF changes to asystole ("flat line" - which is not
shockable - is the end of the road)

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Maybe the big plan should be ->>>>> make sure that all cardiac arrests
are witnessed - make sure that 911 is called immediately - make sure
that 911 gives CPR instructions - try to get AED to scene in 1 or 2
minutes

Is it doable? TOTALLY as far as I am concerned - (even without public
safety officers - even without putting firefighters on patrol)

$500 million down the drain

http://www.jems.com/article/news/terror-threats-chemical-plants-still-und

USA spends $500 million to inspect 40 out of 11,000 chemical plants

For research - you can look up Bhopal India

Taser used in Hawaii

http://www.policemag.com/videos/channel/weapons/2014/07/maui-mayoral-candidate-taser-d-in-foot-chase.aspx

I suppose that might not have been legal - but it was sure effective

1 minute video clip

Iowa cops stop a crazed driver

http://news.yahoo.com/video/raw-iowa-police-dash-cam-221327240.html

approx 3 minute dashcam video has all of the action - daytime

Imagine if .......

Imagine if .....

1. All the UPS guys had AED built into their toughbooks - and all the
UPS CADs were tied into the 911 CADs - how many sudden cardiac arrests
do you think they would save annually? 100,000? 200,000? 300,000?

2. Imagine if all the taxis had AEDs also. And all the utility trucks.
And all the tts. And all the postal carriers. Etc.

3. What if they all had a fire extinguisher and a can of mace also.
And all of their CADs were tied into the 911 CADs.

4. What if all of the news media helos were staffed by medics?

What a wonderful world it would be.

http://youtu.be/hhzG9aeOn9w

2014 - Time to Nationalize?

2014 - Time to Nationalize?

Is it time to nationalize all of the public safety agencies in the USA?

Massachusetts - MCI Info

http://www.mass.gov/eohhs/docs/dph/emergency-services/treatment-protocols-1101.pdf
- see page 159

Their definitions

MCI = any situation where the NUMBER of patients exceed capability

Level 1 - no mutual aid needed

Level 2 - mutual aid is needed

Level 3 - local and regional EMS are overwhelmed

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If there is a person with a sprained toe in Holland Mass (Region ?3),
but the only responder is coming from New Braintree (Region ?4) with a
bag of ice - is this a level 3 MCI? It sure is by these definitions.

By these definitions, every incident is a Level 3 MCI until someone
gets onscene and gives a report.

By these definitions, every time that a ambulance is slow to be
staffed, that is a Level 1 or 2 MCI.

By these definitions, every time that a 2nd ambulance is needed in a 1
ambulance town, that is a Level 2 MCI.

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What is a MCI really? A massive casualty incident. Either some heavy
patients - or alot of not heavy pateints.

Maybe it would be good to dump all of this level 1 / level 2 / level 3
/ Phase 5 stuff. The focus should be on getting a report of the number
of injurys to the dispatcher as soon as possible. 5 critical and 6
walking wounded. That is all the dispatcher needs to know. (maybe a
few more details would be good - 3 decon pateints - 2 burn patients -
etc - but that is not common)

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Simpler still

Initial report - "approx 15 patients"

Followup report (within 5 minutes) - "we have 3 black + 3 red + 3
yellow + 3 green" - any special conditions? - "yes, 2 of the red need
to be deconned"

Thats all she wrote

Leavenworth Kansas - 5 year old girl killed in police shootout

http://www.policemag.com/channel/patrol/news/2014/07/21/5-year-old-girl-killed-in-police-shootout.aspx

NYPD "chokehold" incident

http://theerant.yuku.com/sreply/718409/Staten-Island-man-dies-NYPD-cop-puts-chokehold-VIDE

this seems to be a police website - lots of acerbic words here

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/07/20/four-nyc-emergency-workers-suspended-from-911-work-over-chokehold-death-response/

2 EMTs & 2 medics suspended now
 

Vigil held for Santa Fe medevac crew

Vigil held for medevac crew - Santa Fe New Mexico - short video clip / news report

Phuket Thailand - Police Chief orders 10PM curfew for teens

http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket-news/Phuket-Police-launch-10pm-street-curfew-minors/31240#ad-image-0

British police arrest 660 pedophiles in 6 months

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/british-police-arrest-660-suspected-pedophiles-24579114

Can the USA be far behind?

Pedophiles (or whatever) at Disney

http://www.wcvb.com/national/theme-park-employees-caught-in-sex-stings/26954174

long long long article

Living in a fire station and going to college

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10152516852913140&id=305338923139

If you want to go to college and live in a fire station - here is some
info from Maryland

Univ of Maryland at College Park has a fire engineering program - its
a full 4 year undergraduate engineering degree - you learn calculus,
differential equations, thermodynamics, etc - the real deal

AFAIK - Many FDs near College Park offer live in arrangements -
College Park, Branchville, Riverside, Chillum Adelphi, Hyattsville,
etc - there might be a list of them at the Prince Georges County FD

Rape at NY college

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/us/how-one-college-handled-a-sexual-assault-complaint.html

Detailed story in the New York Times about the rape of one young girl by members of the football team

Memphis TN police suffer from Blue Flue

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/554-memphis-police-officers-call-in-sick-to-protest-health-care-cuts/

554 of 2,200 officers call in sick to protest vote by City Council to reduce health care subsidies in order to redirect money to pensions

Photos of old NYPD callboxes

https://twitter.com/NYPD78Pct/status/486335624581251072/photo/1

Womans Ambulance & Defence Corps - California - 1942

https://twitter.com/AncientPics/status/486371189414453248/photo/1

Photo of their switchboard and switchboard operator

(I have never heard of them before)

Video - house fire in Germany

http://youtu.be/3XjE0S-IPa4

30 minute video - shown first are the fire units responding to the
scene - then the fireground operations are seen - they use trailer
portable pumps that suck water from ponds - aerial ladder was used
also - I suspect that the trailers carry hose - and I suspect that the
portable pumps came out of the rear end of the small pumpers

check out the VW van - seen at very beginning and very end of the video

Video - dramatic fire rescue via aerial ladder in Vienna

http://youtu.be/laIN0IGHgyM

http://youtu.be/laIN0IGHgyM

10 minute video - daytime fire - a real nail biter

I dont usually yell at the computer screen but I was saying - come on,
come on, come on, with the aerial

South Sudan - dial 777 to reach police

http://www.upperniletimes.net/details/844

New communications center - new telephone number - maybe new Police Department also

2014 Video - Dusseldorf Germany motorcade

http://youtu.be/qXq7cNDlUuw

Motorcade for China President

Utah VRPT freqs

From a 2013 list of freqs for Uinta

VRPT 2 - 155.025 RX - 155.985 TX - 151.4 RX PL - 210.7 TX PL

VRPT 3 - 155.895 RX - 151.1975 TX - 131.8 RX PL - 186.2 TX PL

VRPT 4 - 158.7975 RX - 154.3025 TX - 127.3 RX PL - 203.5 TX PL

SOA Rptr 1 - 168.775 RX - 164.9125 TX

SOA Rptr 2 - 172.1375 RX - 166.3125 TX

TX = the freq that the mobile or portable transmits on - (ie this info is used to program the portables or mobiles - not the FB2 or MO3 or FB2T)

July 4 2014 - this info is only partially listed at Radio Reference - I am not sure if the info applies statewide or not

4 Minute Video - Lee County Florida

http://www.flyingmag.com/videos/video-channel/flying-the-airbus-as350

A good look at Sheriff's aviation operations - plane and helicopter

Cheyenne Mountain Fire Department Information

http://www.afspc.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123070675

very interesting 2007 news article

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https://twitter.com/CSFDPIO/status/484071861722939393/photo/1

July 1 2014 photo of joint automobile extrication training with Colorado Springs FD

If I had to guess, I would guess that is the Cheyenne Mtn pumper next to the SUV

Lawyers & Engineers & Judges - Oh My!

http://www.nist.gov/forensics/scotus-cell-phone.cfm

Supreme Court cites a NIST engineering document 3 times in a recent ruling about cellphone privacy versus police searches

"Text to 911" Implementation Map

https://twitter.com/Smart911/status/483744324304502785/photo/1

Map show areas presently having "text to 911" service

Los Padres National Forest - 2014 Radio Channels

http://gacc.nifc.gov/oscc/ecc/lpcc/LOGISTICS/DISPATCH/LOS%20PADRES%20NF%20RADIO%20SITES_Revised_May2014.pdf

 apparently there are 16 repeaters on each of the repeater nets

for field to dispatcher comms there are 3 or 4 options apparently -
Forest  Net - Admin Net - Forest Net Direct with Tone 8 - and maybe
via 168.625

First Emergency Telephone Number in The World

https://twitter.com/BTArchives/status/483587930909184002/photo/1

first emergency telephone number in the world

June 30 2014

https://twitter.com/CFPalerts/status/483742544572858368/photo/1 - photo of train on fire on a bridge over the Ohio River at Louisville Kentucky