farm rescue/ firemans rant

[RINGPOWERTALLY]

Pat.... i heard all about this one, the guy that owns Iron Horse Equipment in Havana has the sod cutter in his shop........says over $65K in damages to a $12k brand new machine.........LOL i smell insurance fraud!!!!!!

 

[TomSeller]

Pat.... i heard all about this one, the guy that owns Iron Horse Equipment in Havana has the sod cutter in his shop........says over $65K in damages to a $12k brand new machine.........LOL i smell insurance fraud!!!!!!

Interesting. This guy is going to be exposed for what he is.

 

[firemanpat2910]

" sod cutting/planting machine was manufactured by Fairway Industries out of Amicus, Ga and they have been out of business for some time. "

This is all the info I could get about the machine. anybody ever heard of this company? any on line parts books? Thanks for any help.

 

[RobertN]

It is harder with more people working further from home. I do not respond from work, 20 miles away. Most incidents would be over by the time I got there.

It is harder, at least in my area, to retain volunteers, becausethe training levels are higher now. I know it varies by area, but our levels are high starting with longer academy. then, once you are in station, that continues. It is hard to get people to commit to the time required to keep up those training levels, in addition to CPR and EMT.

It is also more expensive now for gear, insurance etc. Our District has not added more volunteers in a while due to budget.

It's easy to find folks who want to volunteer for an hour project, or a day project. But, it is becoming much more difficult to find people to commit to a couple of years of firefighting.

It is getting harder to find young people to staff volunteer fire departments around here. Too many older guys by proportion really. I've only volunteered for two years, so I don't know the issues very well. I'm too old to waste training money on. Running around in full turnout gear with SCBA on is for younger people. But how do you attract them? You don't want bozos.

Just to pitch in for the community more than anything, I help out where I can with traffic control and keeping the station clean, equipment checks, etc.

The nearby town of ~7,000 residents pay a bit for those who turn out. They are considering putting two full time guys on duty plus volunteers. They have talked about an area combined approach, but we already do mutual aid runs so I don't know how much that would help really.

 

[farmboy12]

Southern MD just seems to be so different from the rest of the country. It's a busy area and almost all volunteers. One of my stations is the slowest in the county with 500 calls a year. The busiest runs about 10,000. All of us have plenty of young volunteers, you can volunteer and go in and fight fire at 16. Our biggest problem is lack of drivers. A Firefighter I class is 108 hours, EMT is 165, but it doesnt seems to keep people away.

Now, as for the OP of the thread...

I am the Technical Rescue Training Officer at my station, and the way I teach my guys all depend on the severity of the patient. If not too serious, and have the means to do so, most definitely take it apart and save as much as possible. The more severe it gets, the more damage you do to save it. Risk a little to save a little, risk a lot to save a lot. I'm not takin my guys into a fully involved vacant house, but if we roll up on a fully involved 2 story house and little Timmy's in his room, you can **** well bet I'll be the first one in there.

Just like securing power on a car accident, if It's just a door pop and the patient isn't too severe, and the car isn't serverely totalled, take the time to disconnect your battery cables instead of cutting them. Less work for the tow truck driver, one less repair for the owner to pay for.

Chief-

Good job on your rescue and don't let that prick get to you, it happens all the time around here and they rarely win. Fortunately I have only run 1 mishap with farm equipment and that was a man who reached down to grab a rock next to a PTO post hole digger, and it didn't end to well.


Kyleq

 

[TomSeller]

. Fortunately I have only run 1 mishap with farm equipment and that was a man who reached down to grab a rock next to a PTO post hole digger, and it didn't end to well.
Kyleq

Those PTO post hole diggers sure seem to come up a lot when it comes to farm accidents. I am glad I have a hydraulic FEL unit.

 

[RINGPOWERTALLY]

Magnum ENP - History

this company out in KS bought them up......