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Very long time since I was last active, but I have to say this team has done one awesome job. Glad to comeback after years and still find great modding activity out there. Just an offer if you have any interest: For my own personal edit of 2.01, I added to the fire station so the brush is in its own bay and door where it parks. If you all have any interest in it for your work, I would be glad to send it to your team.

Looks good itchboy, if I recall, the Emergency! mod for EM3 had some crowns in it. It's amazing to see all the work you've done across the community since I've been less active

EMT is essentially a better structured form of basic first aid. Some states let you do things like IVs, or even advanced airways, but for the most part they don't. You'll learn your the structured methods of assessment, treatment, anatomy & physiology, and a tiny bit of pharmacology. The one thing they tend to forget to teach you is the more important customer service and human interaction skills you need to be a good provider. Classes are fun, just make sure you study, and get as much hand-on experience in practicals and ride-alongs as you can.

Alright, so I've started diving further into creating my own 3D models. The problem is blueprints that I have from KME, Pierce, etc. are of course huge. So when I crop them to create the background images, they end up really squished, even when I re-scale them they still are compressed. Does anybody have any ideas on an exact image size to use?

-Our newest gear is Honeywell... We aren't real impressed so were going to Globe on our next order. -Our old gear was Sperian/Securitex, which we loved, but is no longer being made. -Helmets are Cairns 1010s and 1044 -We have a mix of boots - We know use Scott SCBAs countywide

Glad to see this post, and very glad to see things getting back on track. I appreciate the work you all have done to keep the integrity of the community and the rights of it's technical artists intact.

I personally carry: 2 Webbing pieces - 1 22' rescue loop - 1 16' utility loop 1 Channel Lock rescue tool 4 Wooden wedges 1 utility knife or cheap trauma shear 1 cheaper intrinsically safe flashlight 1 pair utility gloves 1 pair ems gloves -safety glasses 1 hand warmer packet I also have a streamlight vantage, a foxfire helmet band, and 2 additional wedges on the helmet

A working fire in rural areas here will get a tanker task force to establish water supply. That's a 6,000 gallon nurse tanker, 4 additional standard sized tankers, and an engine for the draft site. You also have an additional 2 tankers already assigned on initial dispatch. So you'll have roughly 18,000 gallons of water being hauled in by tanker, and it's very very hard to keep big water flowing at these incidents, and we're surrounded by water, but it's too shallow and too silty to draft close to many sites. The lack of relay pumping can be very realistic.

is there any chance I could get a copy of the map ground texture? I've been editing a personal copy

I've been an EMT for 4 years and an Emergency Medical Dispatcher for the past 2.5 years. My current volunteer fire department only runs assistance calls. So the most I do in the field anymore is take vitals and sit with patients until a transport arrives.

yes that's what I was looking for, thank you

Those are Chevy Caprice Police Interceptors not impalas... On an interesting side not one of our local troopers learned they don't float about a week after those were first issued.

Very cool and ambitious project I'm not sure how realist you are going for, but: -OCFD does not run any Seagrave apparatus -The OCFD RAC unit is an old stepvan from the 80's -I've never seen an MSP Ford Explorer anywhere on the shore, you will see Tahoe's but there only Commercial Enforcement - MSP does not use Impalas -I'm not super familiar with OCPD, but I don't think they have a lot of those units, at least specifically designated riot units. I believe they also utilize the public safety command unit, not their own. They do have mounted and bicycle patrols in the summer Best of luck

HI all, Several years ago... I'm thinking at least 6, there was a mod set in the Netherlands that had an Oshkosh Striker in it. It's one of the few mods I don't seem to still have a copy of. Does anyone know which mod it was and where I can find it?

Not all American firetrucks are huge beasts. This department is isolated on their own island with very narrow streets. They actually used to have a golf-cart mini pumper. This is their support piece, and they run a min-pumper and a very small wheel base engine

Biggest tip I can give: If they're standing they can walk, outside of that pay attention to complaints. If their head is potentially injured they'll be yellow tags. There are a handful of green tags tucked in among the rest of the patients, I think it's like 4 .

I really think it's all a matter of the fire company choosing what will work best for their area. A lot of companies have a problem of going and spending a lot of money on new equipment that ends up really not being designed for their response area. They just want it so they can have the biggest, best, and fanciest toy. The Rosenbauer looks pretty nice, but the crew compartment must be ridiculously cramped. We can seat 6 in some of my department rigs, but realistically only 4 would fit with any sort of comfort.

Fundamentally, it changes nothing minus civilian access to the hydrant. Your primary failures in a hydrant are due to the internal components below ground. As far as everything I've ever read about his design, he doesn't address those issues. It's a nifty idea, but really has no added benefit beside temporarily halting civilians from using them. Given time, they will still find a way in by either making a tool, or buying one.

Speaking very generally, as every agency has their own specific policies, the system changes gear. -911 lines will overload, and people will get a waiting message, assuming systems are not disrupted. If they are down, the system goes dark. -Radio transmission should still be possible depending on whether radio towers remain up. -Communication centers will usually have a back up power source to restore basic functions, but most operations will be done using manual card systems. -Communications centers have to have a back up center to move to in the event of a disaster, they will do that while keeping the original center open. -The Agency will also transition into a full EOC activation, and start bringing in officials to a centralized area. -Many agencies will enter a sort of priority system.This means that minor calls (stubbed toes, minor lacerations) would likely not get a response, and instead people would be told to go a designated triage facility. -Fire stations would of take care of their own immediate response area. They would start a drive through of the area and relay damage information, and treat wounded if they can, or inform dispatch that they are out of service due to the event. The comm center would filter the incoming info from the field to help reallocate resources to the worst hit areas. That's a very very generalized description of what would likely happen.

We take quite a few of those calls around here. I'm not 100% sure on the UK legal system, but around here the officer would document the issue, and make contact with both parties. The victim and their family would usually be referred to a local magistrate if they would like to seek some sort of protective order.

It has kind of devolved into more of conversation about how different departments are everywhere, there's just no standard department make up in any country. People get very accustomed to how things are where they live, and accept them as sort of standard. Having lived in a few different locations it's just amazing how different they get.

Here's the quick run down on my whole county (just to show some variation). We have 15 volunteer and 2 paid (forestry) fire stations for 982 sq mi, and a population of about 32,500. County Seat -Volunteer Large Town- Volunteer Small Town/Rural-Volunteer Small Town Volunteer 7/8 hydrant area (serves about 13,000) 1/2 hydrant area (serves about 2,300) 1/4 hydrant area (serves around 800) 1/2 hydrant area (serves about 600) 4 Engines 2 Engines (1 reserve) 2 Engines 2 Engines 1 Tower 1 Engine/Tanker 1 Tanker 1 Tanker 1 Rescue 1 Tower 1 Rescue 1 Brush Unit 1 Hazmat (with 2 support trailers) 1 Brush 1 Brush 1 Ambulance 1 Brush 1 Utility 1 ATV 1 Boat 1 Dive Trailer 1 Boat 1 Dive unit 1 Ambulance 1 Dive Unit 1 Utility *1 staffed county ALS ambulance* 1 Ambulance *2 staffed county ALS Ambulances* Small Town/Rural- Volunteer Rural w/ villages-Volunteer Village/ Rural- Volunteer Rural- Volunteer 1/4 hydrant area (serves about 2,000) No hydrants (serves around 300) No hydrants (serves about 1,000) No hydrants (serves about 200) 1 Engine 1 Engine 1 Engine 1 Engine 1 Engine/Tanker 1 Rescue/Engine 2 Tankers 1 Tanker 1 Tanker 1 Tanker 2 Brush Units 1 Brush unit 1 Rescue ( not in service yet) 1 Brush Unit (getting a 2nd again) 1 ATV 1 Brush Unit 1 Utility 1 Boat 1 Boat 1 Ambulance 1 EMS chase unit *1 staffed county ALS ambulance* Rural- Volunteer Small Village-Volunteer Island Village-Volunteer Village /Rural-Volunteer No hydrants (serves about 600) No hydrants (serves about 600) No hydrants (serves about 430) No hydrants (serves about 500) 1 Engine 1 Engine 1 Engine 1 Rescue/Engine 1 Engine/Tanker 1 Rescue/Engine 1 ATV 1 Ladder 1 Tanker 1 Tanker 1 Brush 1 Tanker 1 Utility 1 Nurse Tanker (carries 6000 gallons) 1 Utility 1 Brush 1 Brush Unit 1 Brush Unit 1 ATV 1 Boat 1 ATV 1 Boat 1 ATV 2 Boats *1 county staffed ALS* 1 Ambulance Rural w/Major Highway-Volunteer Island Village-Volunteer Small Island- Volunteer USFWS Fire Service State Forestry No hydrants (serves about 2,700) No hydrants (serves about 260) No hydrants (serves about 75) Protects Wildlife Refuge Responds as needed 1 Rescue/Engine 1 Rescue/Engine 1 Engine/Tanker 3 Type III engines 1 Type II Engine 2 Engines 1 Tanker 1 Tanker 1 Tanker 1 Bulldozer 1 Tanker 1 Brush Unit 1 Brush Unit 3 Large All-Terrain Units 1 Marshmaster 1 Nurse Tanker 1 ATV 1 EMS responder car 1 Bulldozer w/ transport 1 Brush Unit 1 Boat

Here our fire assignment would be 3 engines, 1 aerial, 1 rescue, and 1 ALS ambulance. I'd request a 2nd ambulance off the bat due to possible entrapment. So: 1st engine will be an 1 3/4" 300' lay to the seat of the fire depending on exact conditions 2nd engine grabs the plug, crew will proceed in for primary stretching a 2nd 1 3/4 line of engine 1. 3rd engine will be RIT Aerial will stage on the hard surface and do vent, preferably vertical depending on nature of the fire Rescue will perform secondary 1 ALS unit will have Rehab section 2nd unit will remain on scene available pending any potential injuries or victims

Our department requires a member to have a class C for our brush and utility, a class B (large vehicle) license for the engines, rescue and ladders, a class A for our semi-truck hazmat, and have a minimal amount of certified driving time on each piece. Additionally,we are required to be certified to operate the pumps, aerial appliance, cascade systems, light towers, or whatever else would be their assigned task on the fire ground. We are now being required to also take a separate Emergency Vehicle Operator Course, so many people are getting IFSTA ProBoard certification as apparatus operators. To become a full member of our department, you have to be cleared as a driver and have your class B license along with Firefighter I, EMT, and Hazmat Operations certifications. Legally without a license, you can drive to emergencies here with lights and sirens as long as you have EVOC training whether or not you have a license. However, you cannot drive them non-emergency without the appropriate license, so it makes it a moot point to send a truck out without a way to get it back to station.

Down here, I get a lot of cracks about how I say road when dispatching. Apparently my western PA/OH accent just sound weird to Marylanders. Still, they don't give me anywhere near as hard a time as the guy from upstate NY. @Xplorer: If you want a standardized set of lines just let me know, I'll hold off posting anything until you make a decision.