Comments on: the Angry Captain’s Close Call http://happymedic.com/2009/11/07/the-angry-captains-close-call/ Ever walked into a scene and said "You called 911...for this?" then you're in the right place. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:04:16 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: James Rosse http://happymedic.com/2009/11/07/the-angry-captains-close-call/comment-page-1/#comment-2227 James Rosse Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:08:46 +0000 http://happymedic.com/?p=1152#comment-2227 Nope, my dumb. --JR Nope, my dumb. –JR

]]> By: the Happy Medic http://happymedic.com/2009/11/07/the-angry-captains-close-call/comment-page-1/#comment-2217 the Happy Medic Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:45:07 +0000 http://happymedic.com/?p=1152#comment-2217 James, great comments indeed. Did you notice the date of the event at the beginning of the post? Many of the standard practices from those days have been changed. Thanks for reading. James, great comments indeed. Did you notice the date of the event at the beginning of the post? Many of the standard practices from those days have been changed. Thanks for reading.

]]> By: jamesrosse http://happymedic.com/2009/11/07/the-angry-captains-close-call/comment-page-1/#comment-2215 jamesrosse Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:07:06 +0000 http://happymedic.com/?p=1152#comment-2215 Glad to hear you made it out in one piece, despite your truckies. Your chief should be having a conversation with them regarding their choice of ventilation sites. I'm betting they feel really bad about this right about now.<br><br>Was your pack's diaphragm was frozen upon arrival? Or was it because you were in a freezing environment long enough for the diaphragm to freeze, after being in a nice warm station? I agree that a quick inspection of the gear would have been a good idea.<br><br>We use Interspiro SCBA, and they have a "spirogate" which is just begging for someone to pop it open inside a life-threatening atmosphere. I don't know as that's the right choice for equipment on a mask.<br><br>This is, in my opinion, yet another reason to move the crew inside the truck, no matter how much we may enjoy tailboarding. I grew up tailboarding, and I miss it. However, if it keeps firemen alive, then I'll live without it. Plus it means that I show up at the structure fire in dry gear, when the weather's inclement, rather than risking steam burns from gear that's soaked through. Never mind when it's sleet and freezing rain out. That's just miserable, as it wicks down your hood inside your coat.<br><br>Once again, it shows how the basics come to our rescue, time and time again.<br><br>EMT/LT James Rosse<br>SSVFD Glad to hear you made it out in one piece, despite your truckies. Your chief should be having a conversation with them regarding their choice of ventilation sites. I'm betting they feel really bad about this right about now.

Was your pack's diaphragm was frozen upon arrival? Or was it because you were in a freezing environment long enough for the diaphragm to freeze, after being in a nice warm station? I agree that a quick inspection of the gear would have been a good idea.

We use Interspiro SCBA, and they have a “spirogate” which is just begging for someone to pop it open inside a life-threatening atmosphere. I don't know as that's the right choice for equipment on a mask.

This is, in my opinion, yet another reason to move the crew inside the truck, no matter how much we may enjoy tailboarding. I grew up tailboarding, and I miss it. However, if it keeps firemen alive, then I'll live without it. Plus it means that I show up at the structure fire in dry gear, when the weather's inclement, rather than risking steam burns from gear that's soaked through. Never mind when it's sleet and freezing rain out. That's just miserable, as it wicks down your hood inside your coat.

Once again, it shows how the basics come to our rescue, time and time again.

EMT/LT James Rosse
SSVFD

]]> By: jamesrosse http://happymedic.com/2009/11/07/the-angry-captains-close-call/comment-page-1/#comment-2214 jamesrosse Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:07:06 +0000 http://happymedic.com/?p=1152#comment-2214 Glad to hear you made it out in one piece, despite your truckies. Your chief should be having a conversation with them regarding their choice of ventilation sites. I'm betting they feel really bad about this right about now.<br><br>Was your pack's diaphragm was frozen upon arrival? Or was it because you were in a freezing environment long enough for the diaphragm to freeze, after being in a nice warm station? I agree that a quick inspection of the gear would have been a good idea.<br><br>We use Interspiro SCBA, and they have a "spirogate" which is just begging for someone to pop it open inside a life-threatening atmosphere. I don't know as that's the right choice for equipment on a mask.<br><br>This is, in my opinion, yet another reason to move the crew inside the truck, no matter how much we may enjoy tailboarding. I grew up tailboarding, and I miss it. However, if it keeps firemen alive, then I'll live without it. Plus it means that I show up at the structure fire in dry gear, when the weather's inclement, rather than risking steam burns from gear that's soaked through. Never mind when it's sleet and freezing rain out. That's just miserable, as it wicks down your hood inside your coat.<br><br>Once again, it shows how the basics come to our rescue, time and time again.<br><br>EMT/LT James Rosse<br>SSVFD Glad to hear you made it out in one piece, despite your truckies. Your chief should be having a conversation with them regarding their choice of ventilation sites. I'm betting they feel really bad about this right about now.

Was your pack's diaphragm was frozen upon arrival? Or was it because you were in a freezing environment long enough for the diaphragm to freeze, after being in a nice warm station? I agree that a quick inspection of the gear would have been a good idea.

We use Interspiro SCBA, and they have a “spirogate” which is just begging for someone to pop it open inside a life-threatening atmosphere. I don't know as that's the right choice for equipment on a mask.

This is, in my opinion, yet another reason to move the crew inside the truck, no matter how much we may enjoy tailboarding. I grew up tailboarding, and I miss it. However, if it keeps firemen alive, then I'll live without it. Plus it means that I show up at the structure fire in dry gear, when the weather's inclement, rather than risking steam burns from gear that's soaked through. Never mind when it's sleet and freezing rain out. That's just miserable, as it wicks down your hood inside your coat.

Once again, it shows how the basics come to our rescue, time and time again.

EMT/LT James Rosse
SSVFD

]]> By: Brian http://happymedic.com/2009/11/07/the-angry-captains-close-call/comment-page-1/#comment-1993 Brian Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:36:09 +0000 http://happymedic.com/?p=1152#comment-1993 Captains! They never can resist getting back on a hose line :) Captains! They never can resist getting back on a hose line :)

]]> By: Brian http://happymedic.com/2009/11/07/the-angry-captains-close-call/comment-page-1/#comment-1598 Brian Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:36:09 +0000 http://happymedic.com/?p=1152#comment-1598 Captains! They never can resist getting back on a hose line :) Captains! They never can resist getting back on a hose line :)

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