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Bert always wanted a pair of authentic cowboy boots, so, seeing some on sale, he bought them and wore them home. Walking proudly, he sauntered into the kitchen and said to his wife, "Notice anything different about me?" Margaret looked him over. "Nope." Frustrated, Bert stormed off into the bathroom, undressed and walked back into the kitchen completely naked except for the boots. Again he asked Margaret, a little louder this time, "Notice anything different NOW?" Margaret looked up and said in her best deadpan, "Bert, what's different? It's hanging down today, it was hanging down yesterday, it'll be hanging down again tomorrow." Furious, Bert yelled, "AND DO YOU KNOW WHY IT'S HANGING DOWN, MARGARET?" "Nope. Not a clue", she replied. "IT'S HANGING DOWN, BECAUSE IT'S LOOKING AT MY NEW BOOTS!!!!" Without missing a beat Margaret replied, "Shoulda bought a hat, Bert. Shoulda bought a hat."

For back ground you should research how dispatch centers operate today. Many PSAP's [ public safety answering points ] are multi jurisdictional units that provide 911 call answering and transfer of the inputed information to the appropriate agency that is then dispatched to handle the problem , whether is requires fire , law enforcement , or EMS response or a combination of all the above. With E-911 most states have gone to requiring dispatchers to be licensed as EMD operators in order to be able to provide pre arrival medical instructions , such as how to do CPR or in chest pain calls to administer ASA or how to stop life threatening bleeding. Some states require them to be EMT's also. Dispatch protocols are an ever changing thing , much as EMS as we learn better ways to provide service.

It always takes two to tango. In the majority of these cases both sides are equally at fault for dealing with the issue unprofessionally. Edit to add: Feb. 06--After a California Highway Patrol officer handcuffed a Chula Vista firefighter for refusing to move his engine at the scene of a crash, the chiefs of both agencies said in a statement Wednesday that they shared the "utmost respect" for each other's missions. The incident occurred at the scene of a rollover crash Tuesday night. The CHP officer had ordered the firefighter to move a fire truck because he felt it was unsafely blocking a lane of traffic at the scene of a collision on Interstate 805. The fire truck had arrived at the scene of the accident before the CHP. The driver, a 12-year veteran of the Fire Department, was parked behind an ambulance that was loading patients for transport to a hospital. Watch Arrest Video When the firefighter refused to immediately move the truck, saying he needed to confer with his captain, the CHP officer handcuffed the firefighter and put him in the back of a patrol car, where he remained for about 30 minutes. No arrest was made. The incident was caught on film and shown on local television. On Wednesday, Chula Vista Fire Chief Dave Hanneman and CHP Chief Jim Abele met to discuss the incident. After the meeting, neither side admitted fault, but the two issued a joint statement expressing "utmost respect for each other and our respective missions." They went on to call it "an isolated incident" that would be the topic of future joint training sessions, "in an ongoing effort to work more efficiently together." Before the joint statement was issued, the Chula Vista fire chief issued an individual statement saying, "I am very proud of how Engineer Jacob Gregoire and the other firefighters on the scene handled the situation." tony.perry@latimes.com

I wasn't jumping on either ones case Ruff. Just stating a point of fact. They both are in a profession where type A personalities abound and both professions have their own ideas of whats the right way for things to be done. California is not the only place this happens. NJ state troopers pride themselves on being in control and telling Fire what , Where , & when to park their apparatus. At least once a year they arrest some fire officers for disagreeing with them. Problem starts with different training. Law is taught to keep traffic flowing as best they can around an accident scene. Fire is taught to put the big ass truck to block a couple lanes and provide a safe work environment. The scenario goes something like this:: LEO: hey captain, could you move that damn big truck over and let me get traffic going???? Fire :; No way, I'm protecting my crew by giving them a safe work area. LEO : I'm telling you to move it or else. Fire: you & who else??? Leo: move it NOW. Fire : turns his back & walks away. LEo Pulls out the cuffs and the battle is on

Firefighters and police officers both have large amounts of TESTOSTERONE, which leads to many such pissin contests to see who has the biggest one.. Most are also hyper type A personalities, so they are easy to rile.

Most of our generation were HOME SCHOOLED in many ways. 1. My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE . "If you're going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished cleaning." 2. My mother taught me RELIGION. "You better pray that will come out of the carpet." 3. My father taught me about TIME TRAVEL. "If you don't straighten up, I'm going to knock you into the middle of next week!" 4. My father taught me LOGIC. " Because I said so, that's why." 5. My mother taught me MORE LOGIC . "If you fall out of that swing and break your neck, you're not going to the store with me." 6. My mother taught me FORESIGHT. "Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you're in an accident." 7. My father taught me IRONY. "Keep crying, and I'll give you something to cry about." 8. My mother taught me about the science of OSMOSIS . "Shut your mouth and eat your supper." 9. My mother taught me about CONTORTIONISM. "Will you look at that dirt on the back of your neck!" 10. My mother taught me about STAMINA . "You'll sit there until all that spinach is gone." 11. My mother taught me about WEATHER. "This room of yours looks as if a tornado went through it." 12. My mother taught me about HYPOCRISY. "If I told you once, I've told you a million times. Don't exaggerate!" 13. My father taught me the CIRCLE OF LIFE. "I brought you into this world, and I can take you out.." 14.. My mother taught me about BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION . "Stop acting like your father!" 15. My mother taught me about ENVY. "There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don't have wonderful parents like you do." 16. My mother taught me about ANTICIPATION. "Just wait until we get home." 17. My mother taught me about RECEIVING . "You are going to get it from your father when you get home!" 18. My mother taught me MEDICAL SCIENCE. "If you don't stop crossing your eyes, they are going to get stuck that way." 19. My mother taught me ESP. "Put your sweater on; don't you think I know when you are cold?" 20. My father taught me HUMOR. "When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don't come running to me." 21. My mother taught me HOW TO BECOME AN ADULT . "If you don't eat your vegetables, you'll never grow up." 22. My mother taught me GENETICS. "You're just like your father." 23. My mother taught me about my ROOTS. "Shut that door behind you. Do you think you were born in a barn?" 24. My mother taught me WISDOM. "When you get to be my age, you'll understand. 25. My father taught me about JUSTICE . "One day you'll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you!" *******************************

the pay is a lot better. My big snow blower had a cab and heated handgrips, electric start power steering. Speaking of retirement::: A Retiree's Last Trip To Costco: Yesterday I was at my local COSTCO buying a large bag of Purina dog chow for my loyal pet, Jake, the Wonder Dog and was in the check-out line when a woman behind me asked if I had a dog. What did she think I had an elephant? So because I'm retired and have little to do, on impulse I told her that no, I didn't have a dog, I was starting the Purina Diet again. I added that I probably shouldn't,because I ended up in the hospital last time, but that I'd lost 50 pounds before I awakened in an intensive care ward with tubes coming out of most of my orifices and IVs in both arms. I told her that it was essentially a Perfect Diet and that the way that it works is, to load your pants pockets with Purina Nuggets and simply eat one or two every time you feel hungry. The food is nutritionally complete so it works well and I was going to try it again. (I have to mention here that practically everyone in line was now enthralled with my story.) Horrified, she asked if I ended up in intensive care, because the dog food poisoned me. I told her no, I stepped off a curb to sniff a poodle's ass and a car hit me.

My customers have been billed over 4 thousand $$$ so far this winter. Thats for snow blowing , roof raking and clearing decks off. Not too bad so far, we are at around 5 1/2 feet as of this morning. Had 10-12 inches yesterday. You should get out and do some shoveling , it's a great cardio workout. I have a large commercial snowblower and two smaller electric ones for doing walks and decks.

What state are you in? Was it the practical or written exam? That will help to point you in the right direction.

thats how you do it

Mother nature decided to pay us another Wednesday visit. This time it was only a foot of the fluffy white stuff. Until Saturday when the next NorEaster is due anyway. Snowblower is getting a good workout this winter.

Maine Jokes Maine: We're Really Cold, But We Have Cheap Lobster Maine: For Sale Maine: You can spit on Canada from here You Know You're in Maine: If you own more than four pair of gloves. If every other vehicle is a 4X4. If camping is allowed it's only in steel sided campers. If, when the sun goes down, you start looking for your coat. If in March your vehicle is 43% mud. If you leave your keys in your car and the next morning your car is still there. If you're on the shoulder of the highway with your hood up and somebody stops to help you. If you can pay for six big macs with a personal check. If drive by shootings only occur on the evening news. If your central heating system is fueled by large logs. If you see numerous chauffeur-driven dogs. If you can see the stars at night. If people drive 100 miles to shop in a real mall. If a deer throws itself under your wheels. If you got a set of new snow tires for Valentines day. If more than 1/2 the meat in your freezer is moose. If the term "chill factor" is part of your daily vocabulary. If the bumper jack in your pickup will lift a house. If you only paid $5 to cut down your own douglas fir christmas tree. If you enjoy a hot chocolate more than you do a margarita. If a girls basketball game fill's the school gym. If you put the car heater on your list of best friends. If you pawned a snow blower instead of a set of golf clubs. If dressing up means wearing a tie with your flannel shirt. If you think you're in a traffic jam when you're in the second car at the light. If you don't use your blinker because everyone already knows where you're going. If your long john's don't come off until mid-May If the elderly neighbor waited until 7 AM to call for the ambulance after falling & breaking his arm at # AM , because he didn't want to disturb our sleep.

A MARRIED couple were invited to a swanky masked Halloween Party. She got a terrible headache and told her husband to go to the party alone. He, being a devoted husband, protested, but she argued and said she was going to take some aspirin and go to bed and there was no need of his good time being spoiled by not going. So he took his costume and away he went. The wife, after sleeping soundly for one hour, awakened without pain, and as it was still early, she decided to go to the party. In as much as her husband did not know what her costume was, she thought she would have some fun by watching her husband to see how he acted when she was not with him. She joined the party and soon spotted her husband cavorting around on the dance floor, dancing with every nice chick he could and copping a little feel here and a little kiss there. His wife went up to him and being a rather seductive babe herself, he left his partner high and dry and devoted his time to the new stuff that had just arrived. She let him go as far as he wished; naturally, since he was her husband. Finally he whispered a little proposition in her ear and she agreed, so off they went to one of the cars and had a little bang. Just before unmasking at midnight, she slipped away and went home and put the costume away and got into bed, wondering what kind of explanation he would make for his behavior. She was sitting up reading when he came in and asked what kind of a time he had had. He said, "Oh the same old thing. You know I never have a good time when you're not there." Then she asked, "Did you dance much?" He replied, "I'll tell you, I never even danced one dance. When I got there, I met Pete, Bill Brown and some other guys, so we went into the den and played poker all evening. But I'll tell you... The guy I loaned my costume to sure had a real good time!"

Since you landed on your derriere ::: they could have suspected a brain injury.

interesting concept, But what will the total costs be for this specialty ambulance? Will the CT scanner add half a million $$$ in costs to the specially built truck? Who will be staffing the stroke truck? Are they going to dispatch it to every possible CVA type of call or wait until an ambulance crew arrives on scene and determines that the pt meets criteria for brain infarct? Can't see how in a city the size of Houston it will save an hour of time to treatment.

You will have to take their computerized exam without question. Thats how they make their money. as far as taking coursework ::: No way of knowing that answer until they review your prior education and training in prehospital Emergency Care. They will compare your courses and see if they meet the same standards.

A distracting injury could be a fingernail torn off [extremely painful] ,or a compound fracture, All depends on how the PT feels and deals with pain.

Before anyone gets their panties in a bunch::: THIS IS A JOKE HUMOR I was eating breakfast with my 10-year old granddaughter and I asked her, "What day is tomorrow?" She said, "It's President's Day!" She's a smart kid so I asked her, "What does President's Day mean?" I was waiting for something about Washington or Lincoln. But she replied, "President's Day is when President Obama steps out of the White House and if he sees his shadow, we have another year of bullshit!" You know, it hurts when hot coffee spurts out your nose.

considering the number of fat pigs we have to treat in cardiac arrest nowadays.

I'm thinking that more heads will roll over this incident. At least a couple more supervisors up the food chain to placate the public.

If "THEY" are not always capable of treating a pt then "THEY" certainly can't be allowed to drive. PERIOD End of discussion. require a full medical evaluation by a DR. who can be retained by the service to provide confidential evals for them. Document Document Document Everything and keep copies in the persons personnel folder.

It now appears that the LT ms Davis has submitted her retirement papers. The local press are having a field day with this. Just what DC fire doesn't need , more bad press and public outrage.

Well you have to figure we've known each other for 15 years or so, over the web Mike. Kinda of similar to married couples being able to finish each others sentences. Happy ground hog day everyone

clean living & good timing

As a bagpiper, I play many gigs. Recently I was asked by a funeral director to play at a graveside service for a homeless man. He had no family or friends, so the service was to be at a pauper's cemetery in the back country. As I was not familiar with the backwoods, I got lost and, being a typical man, I didn't stop for directions. I finally arrived an hour late and saw the funeral guy had evidently gone and the hearse was nowhere in sight. There were only the diggers and crew left and they were eating lunch. I felt badly and apologized to the men for being late. I went to the side of the grave and looked down and the vault lid was already in place. I didn't know what else to do, so I started to play. The workers put down their lunches and began to gather around. I played out my heart and soul for this man with no family and friends. I played like I've never played before for this homeless man. And as I played 'Amazing Grace,' the workers began to weep. They wept, I wept, we all wept together. When I finished I packed up my bagpipes and started for my car. Though my head hung low, my heart was full. As I opened the door to my car, I heard one of the workers say, "I never seen nothin' like that before and I've been putting in septic tanks for twenty years." Apparently, I'm still lost... It's a man thing. pg 99 :-}