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WolfmanHarris

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  1. Thank-you all for your condolences; they're appreciated. I don't have much else to say at the moment. We're still working to come up with the planning and details for Julia's memorial and will share them when they're worked out. It will be a public memorial for everyone who wants to gather and remember and in keeping with Julia's spirit, as positive as possible.

  2. While many of you are already aware, it is with a shattered heart that I have to tell the rest that Julia is reaching the end of her battle. After Christmas she started to get worse quickly and entered Southlake where she's been since Dec 30. While we'd hoped she would amaze us all and recover from this after weeks of watching and waiting, recovery is at this point impossible. She is unconscious and is being kept comfortable surrounded by family and friends around the clock. We expect that s...

  3. Just about all our trucks now have the side seat on a track. Can rotate through 180 and slide forwards and back with a three point seat belt. They've placed commonly used equipment in two drawers within reach and gloves above. I really like it; much nicer ride on bumpier roads too then having your back on the wall. We use the Demers MX170. Great trucks!
  4. So the guy who made this video is definitely a new recruit at YREMS! Keep an eye out! (And yes it will get stuck in your head)

  5. Most police services here don't have a badge as part of their daily uniform. Their badge is in their wallet with their warrant card. We're issued a badge by the service along with our provincial ID but it's a wallet badge.
  6. Last night we stumbled across this old coat; almost forgot we had it. Carter went out in Grandpa Steve 's old coat. Of course we had to take a photo for Nanny.

  7. Nothing easy in this household. Was pretty sure Carter needed to poop before bed but no luck on the potty. He woke up screaming at 0030 and hello fecal impaction. Anyways... Glossing over the graphic, awkward for both of us, sobbing details, first success in the potty.

  8. We have Stryker power cots on every truck and stryker power loads on most trucks as its phased in. It's actually lead to crews not putting in reports on trucks to avoid being switched into a truck without power load; we love them that much. To address the weight of the cot we have tracked stair chairs on all trucks and use them for in and out of the house when ambulating isn't practical. For bariatric we have the LBS version of the power cot and the powered stair chairs available on a response unit along with lifting airbags. Every truck carries the bariatric abdominal restraint now too. Anyways, long story short, love the stryker power for!
  9. I was insanely lucky to get such a great partner who became one of the best friends I could ever ask for! Thanks Aimee , now go kick ass in school!

  10. Earned my pay and then some today. Seven calls. Well five Code 4's and two transfers but still. Three down four to go!

  11. Who told Runkeeper I was feeling better. It just tried to guilt me into going for a run. "We had a great workout last week..." Screw you, I've been sick for three of those seven days I haven't been running.

  12. Netflix may have enough Ken Burns documentaries to monopolize my binge watching for the next few weeks.

  13. Dear overtime fairies: Please give me an OT shift for tomorrow on RRU. Or at least in the north; with someone cool; on a truck with power load.

  14. Standby at the Community Safety Village! What an awesome way to spend a work day!

  15. Busy day! Walked to the market and saw a steamroller, bulldozer two cranes and a backhoe on the way. Then went to the market and saw an Ambulance going to a call. Then had lunch by the river and saw a huge wood chipper cleaning out the gardens. And then we went and bought a great book from the used book store. And then we went and saw fire trucks! Now time for Toy Story. - Carter's day.

  16. Off to the Wednesday market.

  17. Losing a wallet sucks. Losing a wallet SOMEWHERE in your house drives you insane!

  18. Carter is "helping" me cook. His job is mixing flour, water and paprika.

  19. Why does everyone seem so excited about Colbert taking over for Letterman? The loss of The Colbert Report is comedic tragedy.

  20. My phone is down for the rest of the night. Please call Julia 's to reach me.

  21. Great show at The Emergency Monologues tonight!

  22. Original SWAT are not the best boots I've had, but the are the best that my boots allowance covers. Given that we're expected to replace our boots every six months I can't speak to how well they hold up over the long term, but they're comfortable, resist scuffing pretty well and the side zipper has held up to a lot of use. Prior to that I had converse. I was not impressed. They started coming apart at the sole and the seams fairly quickly and got beat up extremely quickly even with regular polishing. My best pair was a composite toe, composite shank pair of Dakota's from when I was in school. Was above my $150 boot allowance.
  23. Very interesting. We already use an anti-idle system in our trucks, but with extremes in weather it's been found wanting. A true hybrid chassis may do a great job cutting down on idling on scene, at hospital when the bay's full and some of the in town driving at the very least. Wonder how it will be affected by the discontinuation of the E-series? Will the transit chassis be as amenable to being changed to a hybrid?
  24. An hour of OT on the RRU?! That's not supposed to happen. Pretty good day until the blizzard kicked in and everything went crazy busy.

  25. Carter asked me to put on music. I asked him what he wanted to listen to and he requested "Sousa." So we're watching the US Marine Corps Band on YouTube.

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