quint

Ok I have spent part of the day looking over the OSHA regs. All I can find is that facial hair is a contributing factor to poor fit, but no statements that require you to have a clean shaven face. It does say that the employers are suppose to use a quantitative fit test (the one that actually measures the amount of are circulated and "leaked in and out" of the respirator. It even states in one of their reports that the growth of facial hair is grounds for a retest within a two week window if the employee feels that the seal is compromised. Here is a link to the explanation of the new rules on OSHA's website http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.sh...&p_id=13749 (sorry it does not supply a direct link, but I couldn't get it to work like I thought it should on this forum, admin feel free to fix this link and delete this parenthesed text). Hope you enjoy reading, but it was very informative for me.

Michael

I think this sums it up pretty good. Remember you are voluntarily in a hazardous job market from the word go.....do you really need to roll the dice and find out that your mask no longer seals on a scene??? just my .02 worth

Fire/EMT, passion is subjective. Judging by the rules laid down about excluding training and what not you are apparently trying to boost your own opinion.

I agree with Anthony, passion is what dictated me going full time in the medical field and not remaining a volunteer.

Are they drunk or retarded? Perhaps both.

Nope. Canadian!

teak

weld

I am a yes, but don't exactly know why! I guess that is why they call it faith. Not big on organized religion, though.

I 2nd the motion!

One thing that has been evident during the shortage of personnel, is that the tour of duty stays the same while employees are now performing tasks that took 3 guys to get done with having only 1-2 employees to do them now.

Should the captain have to get into the "trenches" and help with the low complexity tasks? Who then fills the captains role of admin?

I guess I am looking for ideas without the sacrifice of having to prioritze what's important and what just doesn't get done. IMHO this attitude leads to missed critical items.

Ok. A few things.

1. Porn in the workplace is bad. Violence in the workplace is bad. A damn movie? Grow up. As adults, we are all entitled to a few things. As long as everyone in the workplace is sensative to the opinions of others, why does it matter?

2. This is now your second post here posted in part to promote your religious beliefs, without promoting religion. A part of EMS is defined by being able to read between the lines to see a patients real issue. Its rather easy to read between the lines here.

3. This is my last and only nice post. Next time, im going to release the hounds :grommit: :grommit: :grommit: . Stop being a troll and become a productive member of the community.

Thats all...for now.

PRPG

=D> =D>

Just to be clear. You are not asking about not having enough personnel, right?

Shortage of personnel is exactly what I am getting at. I guess I should have been clear, I am not saying shortages as in employees unwilling to do work or anything of the sort. I am getting at the fact of doubling the workload due to management not filling vacancies.

So we are right in the middle of a shortage on bottom of the totem pole guys and it got me to wondering, who is responsible on day to day operations? I am talking about morning truck checks, road testing of apparatus, and overall safety items usually left for the lower guys to check out everyday. Who picks up the slack? Employees? Supervisors? Both? Upper Management?

No right or wrong posts just looking for others interpretations.

quint

EMS= Pt. Care

Fire= Fire/RESCUE

Police= Donuts

There are reasons for the role and history behind each one, I have yet to see a plumber that specializes in TV repair.

quint = annoying

thanks beeg!

beeg= impish

I may need more of a life, but atleast the special effects are awesome!

evil

:oops:

pervert

edited to say "Do not feed the cookie snatcher, he is a slow poster and does not need to be distracted!"

analogous

scholarly

rollicking

Quint---- In Relation to whom? You're quite facetious nonetheless..... 8)

ACE

With the quote I thought you were talking about ITK, but I now see there was another post in the center!

I will take the witty comment of yours in jest and post hospitable for chbare!

Ace is that read----MANUAL CHARISMA???

Here's an idea........if you want to expand your skill set, enroll in a GD Paramedic class and quit with the rehashing!!!!!!!

umm what are you thinking about?..let me help you find the word

RULES

yeah something like that...uh huh...yep :notworthy: :pottytrain4:

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