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The Greatest Ride on Earth

 “I am on the Greatest Ride on Earth.”

Truck 106 and Fairfax Engine 401 at Highboro Way during a fire investigation call on 19 March 2010

March 21st, 2010 | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Training at an Acquired Structure

I dug up some photos from training on an acquired structure back in December that I had completely forgot about.

Yes, in a real situation, I would have my SCBA on.

Pulling the window open. this window opened inward from the middle when we slammed […]

March 7th, 2010 | Category: training, Truck 106 | Leave a comment

Some good EMS news from the homeland

Here is an interesting article from JEMS on South Korea’s progress in establishing a national EMS certification program.

http://www.jems.com/news_and_articles/articles/ems_in_south_korea.html;jsessionid=E33570F60E1017F285ED692047208968

From the article:

“The [Cheju Halla-Stony Brook Emergency Medicine Center based at Cheju Halla College on Jeju Island] was designed to establish an ongoing exchange between the two educational institutions for the purpose of promoting excellence […]

March 2nd, 2010 | Category: ems | Leave a comment