2 security officers killed in Las Vegas

http://www.fox5vegas.com/story/37163701/vegas-pd-2-security-guards-shot-killed-at-arizona-charlies-decatur

there was a reported disturbance in a hotel room - 1 hotel officer was armed but she did not draw her gun - perp killed himself

San Diego will staff 6 "peak hour" engines

https://web.archive.org/save/http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-sd-fire-response-times-20171230-story.html

4 man crews - 9 AM to 9 PM

response time goal is 90% of all calls in 7.5 minutes - which roughly translates to an average of 4 minutes I think

Warrensburg MO - new CPR procedures

https://www.ems1.com/ems-products/cpr-resuscitation/articles/371240048-EMS-agency-implements-new-CPR-procedures

or

https://web.archive.org/web/20171231174624/https://www.ems1.com/ems-products/cpr-resuscitation/articles/371240048-EMS-agency-implements-new-CPR-procedures/

some 2015 USA statistics here

quoting from the article -

Traditional cardiopulmonary resuscitation used manual chest compressions, Lockard said, but national outcomes have been poor, with less than 10 percent of patients surviving out-of-hospital cardiac arrests, according to the American Heart Association.

The longer it takes emergency personnel to get to the patient, the less likely the patient will survive a cardiac arrest, he said.

The ResQCPR System, approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in March 2016, is the first and only device indicated to improve the likelihood of survival in adults who have experienced non-traumatic sudden cardiac arrest.

The system is composed of a ResQPUMP, a hand-held pumping device with a suction cup that is placed on the chest during CPR to perform active compression-decompression CPR, and the ResQPOD ITD, a respiratory adjunct that returns more blood to the heart and lowers intracranial pressure by regulating airflow during CPR to increase the vacuum in a patient's chest during chest wall recoil.

NYC will have lowest murder tally in decades

https://twitter.com/cnnbrk/status/945723745880150017

US military spent $250M per day for last 16 years in war on terror

https://twitter.com/davidsirota/status/925458989248233472

life expectancy trending downward - https://twitter.com/NPR/status/943815351837569025 because of opioids - https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/life-expectancy-decline-obamacare/ - because of opioids because of ObamaCare

rich getting richer

Police & ICE make MS-13 gang stronger

https://twitter.com/JonathanBlitzer/status/945315520168976384

Texas Statewide Interoperability Channel Plan

https://web.archive.org/web/20171226111454/http://www.dps.texas.gov/LawEnforcementSupport/communications/interop/documents/tsicpMOU.pdf

radio channels for public safety interoperability communications in Texas - dated December 2017

AED in 1 minute gives 90% save rate

http://hvremsco.org/ - see lower left of this page

Manassas VA - sexting case

https://twitter.com/CatoInstitute/status/944255222259515397

you wont believe this one

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could I get a warrant to force a teen to shoot a certain person in the head to prove that the teen had the stones to shoot a certain person in the head?

USA 2016 - 63,000 die in drug overdoses

https://twitter.com/KEYTNC3/status/943820859415977984

Life is worth $$$$$$

One life is worth $9.1M - per
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/10/27/plane-fires-crashes-deaths/16530225/

this new drug costs $1M per person -
https://twitter.com/techreview/status/943227085786636288

if a dog year is equal to 9 human years - no wait -

if cats have 9 lives - no wait -

so confused

Perp arrested in Baltimore

https://twitter.com/Eastcoastphotog/status/942832080031043584

video from helicopter

Former Paris FF talks about Princess Di crash

http://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/princess-dianas-last-words-revealed-by-a-firefighter-at-deadly-car-crash

Crime doesnt pay - or does it?

https://youtu.be/NkObGEZDyYw - Moe from the Simpsons

Pit bulls maul owner to death

http://wtvr.com/2017/12/15/bethany-stephens-obit/

rural Virginia

USA missile defense is all wrong

https://twitter.com/seancostigan/status/942026824892153856

Smoke from wildfires is hugely deadly

https://web.archive.org/web/20171216132835/http://arlington.wickedlocal.com/zz/shareable/20171215/smoke-from-wildfires-may-be-surprisingly-deadly-scientists-report

Memphis TN USA - 7 year investigation produces murder charges

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/21781112/sherra-wright-robinson-arrested-connection-death-former-nba-player-lorenzen-wright

NBA player was murdered - his wife is charged in the murder

The modern world has better resilience to disasters

https://twitter.com/HannahRitchie02/status/939213765127544832

https://ourworldindata.org/natural-catastrophes/

Racist NJ Police Chief in trouble

http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2017/dec/14/truth-examiner/new-jersey-police-chief-said-black-people-have-no-/

I wonder if at trial he will testify that he has saved 10 black people with CPR - if true, that would give the jury a headache probably

Boston MA - murderer gets life in prison

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/peter_gelzinis/2017/12/gelzinis_lena_bruce_killer_sentenced_to_life_at_last

after 25 years

2 cops shot - Saint Louis County MO

https://twitter.com/stlcountypd/status/941337444783333376 - they seem to be OK - perp is holed up in a house apparently

https://youtu.be/vOSSgM29u98 - radio traffic

update - perp was taken into custody

All she wanted was someone to talk to

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-ci-police-friendship-20171213-story.html

Baltimore cop befriends 98 year old woman

Baltimore cop may have taken own life

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/bs-md-c-suiter-uncle-20171213-story.html

FBI may investigate the case

Fallston MD - attempted rape at fire station

https://www.statter911.com/2017/12/11/update-victim-attempted-rape-md-firehouse-17-year-old-male-member/

male vs males - 17 to 20 year olds

White on white crime in UK

https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=161_1512915560

drunks battling in the street in daytime

Military green Mobile Command Post

https://twitter.com/KempterFireWire/status/939635294671900673

1 photo - maybe mobile latrine - Will County "Sheriff Police" - Illinois - 3 axle

US paramedics have 400% higher suicide rate

https://twitter.com/kriskaull/status/939879703665451009

Cops dont hate dying kids

https://twitter.com/SunnyvaleChief/status/939618997460377600

we are so f*cked

Women live 5% longer than men

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expectancy

click on svg file on right graphic - cool

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_expectancy#Variation_over_time

classical Rome had the shortest life span - only 25 years - too many
lions I guess LOL

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keywords - life expectancy - life span - length of life - expiration
date - age at deat - death day - till death do us part - hick

Hurricane Maria actully killed 1,000 in Puerto Rico

https://twitter.com/DavidBegnaud/status/939182810077700097

Digging Up Info on Walker County Alabama Fire Departments

Today I spent a little time digging up information on fire departments
in Walker County Alabama.

1.Searching for "Walker County Alabama Fire Departments" at Google
Search gets us a list of 27 FDs from the County 911 Center -
https://www.walker911.org/index.php/agencies

The Alabama State Forestry Dept also provides a list of 27 FDs -
http://www.forestry.state.al.us/fire_department_listing.aspx?bv=1&s=10

2. FireDepartment.net is missing 7 FDs but it does indicate some
substations - Boldo has 2 stations - Jasper has 3 stations - Curry has
2 stations - Saragoosa has 2 stations

3. HomeTownLocator.com is missing 1 FD - but shows 2 stations for Mt
Zion FD (which FireDepartment.net does not show) - HTL only shows 2
FDs with more than 1 station

4. Radio Reference has no fire station info

5. FCC info might have 6 or 7 FDs with local radio licenses - but
nothing says they will have a fire station address listed - even
though often they do

6. eVoter confirmed several fire station locations - they are used as
voting places

7. Google Maps has 17 correct fire station markers and maybe 4 bad map
markers (one is a closed FD I think)

8. I dont bother with the US Fire Administration FD Census or whatever
they call it - the info seems to be very bad usually - many missing
FDs - no indication of sub stations any more

9. There is a GPS website that boasts maybe 1300 fire stations in
Alabama - but they dont seem to have any sub stations

10. Possibly I could dig up a little more info at the County Assesor
or County Clerk or County GIS website - I have not checked them
recently

If anyone knows of a better way of digging up this info - please drop me a note.

( this is pretty typical across the USA - very very few counties have
a comprehensive countywide list of fire stations online )