Fatal on I-80 today

Just bs from the poster. I have never seen one certified to operate the equipment and safely do an extrication. It is a team effort and impossible otherwise.

 

Every firefighter weather career, volunteer or what ever, each and every firefighter is trained to use extrication equipment or they are Not on the fire dept. Done it for 30 years and never by my self.

 

What those above me have said. It doesn't happen. Either you're FOS, or he's feeding you lies. I've been in the fire service going on 12 years and no where in the country is only ONE person trained to do extrication. Advanced Life Support maybe, but not playing with the "toys of the trade."

 

I know the area you live in. I still call BS.

My county is much smaller and it is not Chicago.

We are only a small area with total volunteers at all of the fire departments.

Many of our calls do not have more than 5 people at them.

So, you will need to know that we DO KNOW.

I am a licensed AVANCED LIFE SUPPORT Paramedic as well. I go to all of the calls including fires. I have been the only paramedic available to cover an entire county at no pay.

Calling people IDIOTS and AHOLES is a violation of the forum rules.

 

sounds like he should look for a different career--you gotta leave that crap back where it happened or its going to kill you

 

If his words are so GOLDEN...then go along with him to find out just actually how he can be the "ONLY ONE CERTIFIED" and have the knowledge and skills for the job.

Where I grew up...Ely, NV...we had a 100% volunteer department, we all learned all the tools of the trade when in Explorers with the department. that is beginning at 15 years of age. Including extrication, underground rescue, confined quarters search and rescue, along with the standard medical and fire suppression for both wild land and structure work. It is a mining town/county...so we all were also trained in deep shaft rescue.

My final Dept. was in north Central CA...east of Folsom in the foothills. We were comprised of 15 paid personnel and backed by 75 volunteers. both paid and volunteer are required to be proficient in all aspects of fire service work. The specialized training and State certification is/was required in specific, extra hazardous work...such as, deep shaft rescue, underground and swift water rescue, high risk vertical rescue, rappelling and helicopter insertion. The medical side of the department required Paramedic (EMT-P), although all personnel were required to be at least EMT-1 or better...and every one of the volunteers took their tasks as personal as did the paid staff having this as their chosen career. We all carried our gear with us at all times, and we all had tone pagers for all calls to the department. This is standard practice at all departments.

As to my personal background...add in being a licensed and certified Funeral Director...so death, dismemberment, and all the "uglies" of this living world I have seen and dealt with at some point in my experiences. Fire Dept. personnel have the luxury of dealing with the victims on the scene. Try dealing with extremely upset family members after the fact they lost a loved one to another jamoke's stupidity. Or try being directly involved in the loss of a persons life...

 

I have been driving the route from Morris, Il to Mpls, MN for the last month. I was only 4 hours ahead of this driver. Really will be a sad site to pass on Monday.

 

This was a sad post for all of us. Please stop the posturing and take a moment to hold who you love. The name on the side of the truck is inconsequential at this point.

 

Sorry to hear about the death of another driver,Thank You to all of the fire fighters and emergency personnel on this site you are very appreciated !