old medevac

this documentary on Detroit FD is eye opening . this is a must see . these firefighters are poorly paid and work with beat up equipment in a war zone type enviroment . 93% of the fires these guys go out on are arson . the city is full of vacant homes that have been abandened and lit on fire . their chief is from lafd and trying to make it work . my opinion  firefighters dont deserve to have to work  like this !!  BURN is on netflex

thanks so much LA wasnt forth comming on the air

last night at 2300 hrs LA announced the death of a firefighter his name was Sean . no details were given . if anyone knows more please post . LA asked that our thoughts go out to his family .

about six months ago i was talking to the guys on squad 111 , asking how they liked the dodge ram truck . both gave a good report on the dodge and said that down the road the county will be getting larger trucks . in santa clairta everyone is still using the dodge  truck . i am wainting to see what the county comes up with for a larger rig !  they didnt mentiom KME's

good articles on FireEngineering.com  on the radios

i was working the bee fire in santa clairta they had me and my partner working a hard closer at copperhill and san franisquito canyon rd . we stood watch for 7 horus . at this time a bat chief had been released ,iasked if he had knock down . he said for the most part . he then said they had to deal withsome " cat eyes"   now my guess is that cat eyes are glowing fuels that havent burnt . maybe  something like a stump ? i know you wildland guys may use this term .  ps is another term for smokers .

from what i have listened to , the truck is the leed piece of equipment on say a structure fire . and the captian is the ranking officer up until the bc arrives . most of the time when in the city i have scene the the truck has been in the leed !  the LAFD has an interesting structure to it .  like captian 1's and 2 .  when i would see these lite forces i just figured that the pump was there to be used in a ladder pipe operation because the truck had no water . as time has gone by i have learned more .

i just went thru both series adam 12 and dragnet i have enjoyed these shows since i was young boy . i am aging myself but they were new when i saw them . all 3 shows emergency and ad 12 and dragnet . were always favorites . who of us old guys didnt want to be paramedics like john and roy !!  RA  Cinader and Jack Web got it right ..  when i worked on the ambulance we would watch emergency if we were in quaters . we called it continuing education . 

not sure totally but i believe they handel strike teams and fill in for bc's that are commited to an incident . this was a question i asked back before the bravo crash .. or i could send you to that post   . glad the bravo is back !!!

R I P all . we are not out of this season yet !  i just hope all go home . 

i heard a term that was new to me . on the angeles national forest  (ANF)   fire weather forcast . the ranger said that conditions called for a plume dominated fire .  

hi i am old medevac have been an emt-1 in the late 70's currently i am a CERT assistant instructor and a los angeles county sheriff volunteer . i am also a big fan of the fire service . i grew up at glendale fire department in california . i had a relative that was a dispatcher for over 20 years . i am glad to see emt bravo back up . i have enjoyed talking to the members here .   get well and best wishes seth !! i was a member for 6 years i think >>