FireMedic65

I thought $2 bills were no longer in circulation

Only reason I can think of for a copy taking a camera would be for evidence in a crime scene or sensitive material. In that case, just tell the guy to bring the camera to the station and copy the pictures. But like others have said, the cop didn't know this guy.. who knows why he was even there.

Definitely! When I communicate with the ED over the radio.. I can whip out a report in a few seconds. "Inbound with xxETA, xxYr old patient complaining of bleh. bp catastrophic/ridiculous, pulse 200, skin soft, breasts firm, eyes pretty..." (Disclaimer.. I was JOKING on that report) It is best to use acronyms when talking over the radio ONLY IF THE RECEIVING END KNOWS WHAT THEY MEAN AND YOU ARE ON THE SAME PAGE!!! because of anyone being able to listen in on the radio traffic. And again, you can't say you have a person coming in that is emotionally disturbed... because, we are not psychologists, we cannot make that assumption.

Personally, in my opinion, all documentation should be written in plain English. This means no abbreviations, acronyms, 10-codes, etc etc...

I feel your pain Captain... I have always wanted to get instructor credentials so I could teach or at least assist in teaching (yes.. you need to be an instructor to HELP teach a class), but alas, other things have come up such as food on the table and I was never able to afford it. Especially since you rarely even get paid to teach the classes.

be careful of how you label a patient.. you are not a doctor.. you can't make assumptions like that

I forget all that information. I had it saved on my old computer.. but it was many years ago. I tried facebook/myspace and didn't come up with anything. I did however, know a guy who worked in some sort of military office and this person looked up the name for me. I was told, "he is alive.. that is all the computer tells me". so, we will see!

I am trying to find a friend of mine from when I was in high school. He joined the navy shortly after I graduated. He was a few years older than I.. and was our assistant soccer coach. We remained good friends after is one year of coaching for us. Last I talked to him was at least 8+ years ago. He was stationed somewhere in the Mediterranean. He told me he was deploying in a few days and was then going to BUDS. I understand the Navy won't tell me where he is since I am not family. I do not really care WHERE he is. I just had a thought the other day about him and hope all is well with him. If there is anyway I can send him a letter/e-mail or have my info sent to him and he can contact me.. please, any help would be great. Thanks!

Good luck!

Hello from PA as well. Hope you enjoy the site and most especially the crazy weather we are having!

Jokesters will be jokesters... people used to change "block party" signs to something that is another name for rooster all the time. Sometimes people get into the DOT electronic road signs and change them to say things. There are sites that have many of those signs and advertisements all messed up.. most of them are obviously stages though, but none the less.. funny.

Someone linked this to me earlier and I laughed, a lot! My first thought was GENIUS! Shortly after I felt it was a horrible idea. CAUTION LINK CONTAINS NUDITY!!!!!!! http://www.vulva-original.com/en/

I tore mine back in high school when I was on the track team. It hurt like a mofo! Recovery was around the same time as your doc is talking about. Although, I must admit I slacked on doing the PT exercises at home. PT was painful and I just didn't want to endure anymore pain at home than I had to. Word of advice... do not do as I did.. do the PT.. and do the exercises. PT sucks, it hurts, but it does help. Also.. you better heal up in time for Marsh Madness!

what? grammar please

Technically speaking... if you post what I say in a thread to reply to it.. that is copyright infringement... just saying

What is the name of the software? Motorola Programming Software?

Of course not. I don't need the FBI kicking in my door.

Well.. we have it installed already that mysteriously appeared one day. That computer is slowly dying though. We don't have a lot of money and new radios are quite expensive. We can't program our older ones (GP300 I think) because the software or whatever needs DOS. I will have to look into it more. I just wanted to get ahead and be prepared ya know? I guess I could (in theory) snoop around a few "places" to see if I can "demo" a copy

Well.. programming frequencies and junk into radios is regulated under FCC... I would rather not use pirated software to do something like that. All I want to do is program some radios at the firehouse. Guess we will just have to pay someone to come do it.

thanks guys

Anyone know where to get the software needed to program radios?

Try http://www.images.google.com

I fully agree with moving apparatus around for staging and more efficient location when others are out doing whatever. I can speak from experience though, it sucks A LOT having to sit in the cab of a fire engine for 3hrs while staging (especially when you are the nozzle guy and sitting in the middle of two guys twice your size). But that is besides the point. Sitting around all day doing nothing is not justified for the pay they receive.. but they will whine anyway when they have to do something other than put wet stuff on red stuff. I retract my previous post because I misunderstood the topic at hand.. I thought they wanted the fire fighters to drive around all shift. (the link wasn't working when I originally posted)