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Volunteer EMS for Civilian SAR group
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Curtis Meloy Jul 2.
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I've been doing the volunteer thing along time 17 yrs (with this group) and 3 with another before going back in the service. I feel we should be helping others because we can and if anything our rewards will be in Heaven.
For many years this grou...
I just don't understand beam-counters justifying dramatic cut-backs in simple necessities while those same people believe (I really think that they think they have better "perspective" than those in the field, going out, over and beyond everyday) ...
Stress for me comes not the job, but the politics of those who don't work the field but feel you need to justify your job to them. And have been the authority to make your life hell if you don't follow their whims.
My unit was threatens for cutti...
Jodi Ma'am:
This is a hard one to answer briefly... I think I'll do some homework and email you directly when I get more time.
Don't think it applies because of the difference in County size, but when I was on the San Diego (CA) Sheriif's SAR team...
Our Thurston County Sherriff Office has required from our SAR units, proof that an EMS unit is needed in Search and Rescue.
The standard ALS and BLS response times in the 10 minutes in town. Rural is 30 minutes on the average.
More in the wildern...
I am currently putting together a SAR medical team and am starting from the ground up. We have only a few members from out side our County as we do not have a Jr College to recruit from. All the EMS is taught more than 30 miles away and in order t...
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- Role in EMS
- Instructor/Educator, First Responder, Other EMS, Civilian
- Primary Agency/Department Type
- Volunteer Rescue Squad, Non-Profit
- Primary Department/Agency Name
- Civil Air Patrol
- Department/Agency Web Site
- http://www.civilairpatrol.com
- Years in EMS/Public Safety
- 18
- My Training:
- All volunteer
- About Me
- I am a licensed pilot, trainer w/ CAP, Take numerous self study (credit) etc. Single,
- Day Job
- Entrepenuer
- I Love Being in Fire/EMS Because
- I can give back to people
- Relationship Status
- Single
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Joe, do you have some mango chutney to go with those red herrings?
There are many reasons to combine fire and EMS, and many good reasons to not combine fire and law enforcement.
Track record of most fire/law enforcement combination departments -...
So the entire stance that you've taken that fire/EMS saves money on support costs are really a lie then?
Most of the places that tried combination fire/police services were small towns or mid-sized cities.
Most of those places didn't have lots of administrative staff to begin with.
The fire/LEO combinations mostly ended up just being police departme...
See... doc... we've hashed this out before. EMS and fire support services are somehow magically different when compared police support services. Completely different 'skills' needed to sign checks, do background checks (I'll admit that police chec...
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