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