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Fire Department Chronicles

Fire Department Chronicles

Күн бұрын

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@boomchakkalaki
@boomchakkalaki Жыл бұрын
Geez Jason I thought your eyeballs were gonna pop out your head with the small elevator cab rant! I'll pass this along to the commercial architects I work with!
@nicklikesradio
@nicklikesradio Жыл бұрын
Thats partially due to the fires he fights melting away his eyebrows 🤣 Errybudy loves jason.
@Serenity_yt
@Serenity_yt Жыл бұрын
Pretty sure I look exactly like that every time after I had another Stamp lift (my nickname for those suckers). So pretty much Daily even worse when it's in a care facility or doctors office. Smallest one I ever had was just big enough to stand up in as a thin person but you still touched almost all walls and guess what that baby took space away from the staircase that was now also barely usable with a carrying chair if you dont consider the blood trail my nuckles left on the roughcast. Also an important law the heaviest patient always lives on the highest floor in the building with the worst lift and stairs, show me the weight and Ill tell you which floor they live on. Sometimes Im really close to believing architects build those kinds of crap to enrage EMS. If you want to make it usable and there isnt much space don't put a lift in and make the staircase even smaller we cant use that tiny thing anyways so just leave us a bigger staircase with no twisted steps (the automatic stairclimber we use for overweight pts cant do twisted steps forcing us to do it by hand and if we have to use a canvas sling bc pt cant sit you have to coordinate at least 3 ppl to not mistep) If there is space please make the lift big enough for a stretcher.
@wilhelmpfusch3699
@wilhelmpfusch3699 Жыл бұрын
This is the moment where you know hes really not joking and more in for a short kind of emergency steam release.
@samaelsandalphon5600
@samaelsandalphon5600 Жыл бұрын
He does have some spectacular bug eyes.
@seant.7751
@seant.7751 Жыл бұрын
He was also turning legitimately red, with rage. O_O;
@MP-eg1ec
@MP-eg1ec Жыл бұрын
Jason! I hear ya about the elevator crush, and you'll be pleased to know we architects are doing something about it. The current building code actually has a requirement for elevators, reading in part: "...at least one elevator shall be sized to accommodate an ambulance stretcher that is 24 inches wide by 84 inches long with corners having radii of 5 inches or more." I personally bludgeoned a car dealership owner into increasing the size of the elevator going into his two-story building just for this reason. I'm a 30+ year active member of a huge volunteer EMS system in Virginia Beach, a 20+ year running architect, and a retired Commander in the USN. Every building coming to my drawing board gets the "EMS passageways expansion" protocol applied before going for permit!
@Serenity_yt
@Serenity_yt Жыл бұрын
Now I just need all architects in my region of the world to do this. We even have care facilities whose lift in the main building only fits a single regular sized wheelchair without foot rests..... A Care Home with sick elderly people .... . We once had a hospital home transfer there with a nonverbal very overweight stroke patient in a not great overall condition, they wanted patient on the 1st floor (American 2nd floor I think?) ... yeah no I'd rather just deal with the hassle of having them readmitted to the hospital then carry them up there.
@katydid5088
@katydid5088 Жыл бұрын
May we all be blessed with architects that have such foresight. There have been times that we had to put someone UNDER the stretcher if we actually wanted to fit in the elevator. (Even better if the buildings stairs are known for being sketchy/filled with recovering addicts staggering in after a binge ect. Sad but unfortunately, true).
@phantomaviator1318
@phantomaviator1318 Жыл бұрын
God bless you sir. O7
@thomasjefferson8422
@thomasjefferson8422 Жыл бұрын
1. Whether there is room or not, ff's will hump eachother in any size elevator. Dont let them fool ya! Collective shift showers every shift at 20:00. FACTS! 2. You forgot all the bald peacocks who are the most sensitive lil girls and blame other shifts for all the problems. FACTS 3. A ff will NEVER miss the opportunity, when making an appointment on their off day, to mention they are available because they aren't at the Fire Station that day. FACT 4. Want to cause a stir next shift? Go into kitchen at shift change and ask the new ff his pay rate compared to the 10 year veteran. Sit back and watch the fireworks! 5. "I'm a happily married, faithful hero of the community". Translation...Hope the ems girl we've been passing around never runs into our wives at the station. One of them will surely leave their family for the young, attractive homewrecking ems girls. 6. This is always a classic. "NO TURNOUT GEAR ALLOWED IN LIVING QUARTERS", posted in every Firestation. BUT, if a citizen calls 911 for medical complaint, they sure as hell will wear the same carcinogen laden gear into YOUR living space. FACT! 7. "Hey, do you have a twin brother that works for your department?" There's a guy who looks just like you, but he's a beast. He's all swolled up. Translation: Same guy, just off his steroid cycle. You can always tell when Spring rolls around, most of 'em put on 20 lbs of muscle then shrink down late Fall/Winter... like clockwork. FACT! 8. Their second job/ small business, will always have a ff reference. Just to make sure you know there is a hero in your presence. THIS HAS BEEN SO FUN!🤣 ...DON'T WORRY FF'S! IF I DIDN'T LIKE YOU I WOULDN'T HAVE POINTED OUT 'SOME' OF YOUR FLAWS. ( Isn't that how it works, you're my brothers!). FACT!
@IfYouHaveTo-Ask
@IfYouHaveTo-Ask Жыл бұрын
Nothing to add but respect and love, oh and a snappy salute always XX’s
@boomkruncher325zzshred5
@boomkruncher325zzshred5 Жыл бұрын
My dad was a schoolteacher at a remote Native Alaskan village who got roped into the volunteer firefighter crew that was being set up for the first time in the village’s history. He became an Arctic search-and-rescue diver, an EMS first responder, and eventually Fire Chief of the department once it got established. The guy has some WILD stories about responding to calls out on the Arctic tundra and fighting fires in the frigid north.
@kalilak9701
@kalilak9701 Жыл бұрын
Please compile them and share them with the peanut gallery? That sounds fascinating.
@ConstantChaos1
@ConstantChaos1 Жыл бұрын
Fun fact about arctic fires, specifically forest fires up north, if they aren't actually extinguished then the fire doesn't actually go out and just flairs back up after the thaw, they are called zombie fires and the snow actual reduces the burn rate while insulating the fire so it can reduce to embers in trunks till it can rage once more in the spring
@KarlH1980
@KarlH1980 Жыл бұрын
Wilderness EMS is the one area that I have no experience in. I've had some pretty rural areas to deal but nothing close to wilderness. Kudos and respect to our folks that have to manage their patients for many hours before arriving at the hospital.
@boomkruncher325zzshred5
@boomkruncher325zzshred5 Жыл бұрын
@@kalilak9701 One factoid he pointed out was that the rescue divers in their diving suits were sleek, black and swam a particular way. This was remarkably similar to seals. ORCAS HUNT SEALS. So every time he dove, he and his dive partner would ALWAYS be on the lookout for a hungry Orca that could be prowling around. One story I recall had to do with a training dive my dad did in the Arctic Ocean. He and his dive partner had gotten quite a ways down in the water, when all of a sudden the air regulator that controlled the flow of oxygen from the diving tank to the breathing mask blew open for some reason, which caused my dad's dive mask to blow off his face. My dad had the presence of mind to grab the damaged mask which was now venting out all its oxygen to the surrounding water, get his dive partner's attention, frantically point to the dive mask and his face. It took him a bit for his partner to realize that a malfunction had occurred because he thought that my dad was suffering from The Bends (they had dived far enough where that was possible) and he had to share his own air regulator between him and my dad as both of them slowly swam back up to the surface (you can't ascend fast underwater because the nitrogen boils out of your blood which can kill you, you have to ascend and decompress slowly in order to make it back alive). When the technicians looked over my dad's broken air regulator, they found that the valve that controls the flow of air had been frozen open from the arctic waters, which happened because the equipment had not been designed for water that cold (I think it was the cold of the water that transferred through and caused the material the valve was made of to shrink, which caused the valve to lock up?). The department made sure to be much more careful about their equipment selection from that point forward! Another crazy story happened when he was driving his snow-machine around town on some errands. A car came along and sideswiped him by accident and drove off. He was sent flying from his snow-machine into a snowbank, which thankfully was soft. He picked himself up, righted his snow-machine (which thankfully still worked, a couple dented bits here and there as far as he could tell) and he seemed fine. He was able to drive home, which spooked my mom. Especially because he said he was going to take a nap. My dad at that time NEVER took naps in the early afternoon, he was too busy with fire department stuff. My mom probed a bit, and my dad said something along the lines of "I almost saw Heaven today." He was about to explain the car accident he had just been in when he got an emergency call. Most of the department was out on other duties (some on training, some on firefighting missions, etc.) and my dad and one other person were the only EMTs on call. The other guy went to drive the ambulance from the station, and my dad had no choice but to drive up in his snow-machine so he could get to the call's source as soon as possible. He ended up at the scene of an eerily similar car accident to the one he was just in. A lady had been hit by a car which drove off after hitting her, and she got flung into a soft snowbank similar to what happened to him not a couple hours earlier. He was going through his usual EMT checklist as the ambulance was coming, and he began to realize that the symptoms the lady was experiencing after being hit by the car WAS THE SAME SYMPTOMS HE WAS ALSO FEELING. So what did he do? When the ambulance pulled up a few minutes later, he told the lady that he was going to lay down on the stretcher next to her, because HE TOO WAS FEELING THE SAME PAIN IN THE SAME SPOTS, BECAUSE HE TOO HAD BEEN HIT BY A CAR NOT THAT LONG AGO. I can only IMAGINE how freaked out that poor lady had been upon hearing that the EMT sent to her (who by the way HAD DRIVEN UP IN A SNOWMACHINE, NOT AN AMBULANCE) was also hurting in exactly the same way that she was hurting, and the emergency room almost kicked my dad out because they initially didn't believe him. But eventually they checked on him, and found out he was telling the truth. SOME TIME LATER (this isn't the end of the story) my Dad was trying to figure out how to hunt Caribou. His peers (all seasoned hunters in the Arctic, and my dad being a white guy whose family came from Florida who had moved to Barrow/Utqiagvik only a few years ago) told him "Yeah, they're out there. You just drive out there in a snowmachine and get 'em." My dad interpreted that as chase after the wild Caribou herd on his snowmachine with his gun at the ready, to essentially run down and shoot a caribou through sheer determination. IN THE WINTER DARK. His snowmachine had a decent headlight on it, so he was hoping he could use the headlight to find the Caribou in the dark and hunt them that way. WELP. He found them, and he gave chase. The moment my dad took his hands off the snowmachine handle, grabbed the gun, and lifted to aim, the snowmachine hit a compacted bit of snow and bucked my Dad one way, the gun the other, and the Snowmachine went tearing off into the night. My dad made ANOTHER fatal error: he had wired the throttle open, because some of the damage he didn't see on the snowmachine from when it had gotten hit by the car some time ago was to the throttle, so he had no choice but to wire it open and to use the killswitch to force the snowmachine off when he wasn't using it. The parts to fix it hadn't come, and he wanted that caribou, so... the snowmachine went barreling into the dark at top speed, its headlight the only thing lighting up his surroundings other than the moonlight. My Dad was flabbergasted. He was even more flabbergasted when he noticed something impossible: the headlight looked like it was going straight at first, but then it began to slowly CURVE. TURNS OUT, one of the skis on the snowmachine HAD BEEN BENT WHEN THE SNOWMACHINE GOT HIT BY THAT CAR. So the snowmachine made a large loop because the curved ski forced it to go into a curved pattern, and my Dad was able to time it juuuust right to jump on the Snowmachine as it miraculously looped back around (the gun had disappeared in the dark, there was no way he was finding that thing). He was desperately clinging to the back railing of the snowmachine at first, but he managed to pull himself up and hit the killswitch on the snowmachine. He looked up. And there were the caribou. Staring back at him in the glow of the headlight. Almost as if they understood the threat had somehow neutralized itself. He turned around and drove back home, absolutely lucky to be alive.
@kalilak9701
@kalilak9701 Жыл бұрын
@@boomkruncher325zzshred5 Those are fantastic stories! Thank you (and thank you to your Dad) for sharing!
@TheBaumcm
@TheBaumcm Жыл бұрын
I would add “Get used to dark/gallows humor because sometimes it’s the only humor in a situation” my dad once responded to a call that was…extremely messy, Guy had a heart attack in his rig, ran down an embankment and through someone’s garage, which let’s just say, took the top off of his rig like a can opener rendering rescue unnecessary. He came home saying he was starving. My mom, not thinking said, couldn’t you find some food, and my dad said, well, the guy had a Twinky on his seat but I figured it would be in bad taste to eat it. He also worked for the local funeral home in his older years and would go do pickups. One was quite a ways away and he grabbed some takeout…in the hearse. My mom asked him if he was hungry and he said no, he did the drive through. My mom asked if it was pre pickup and my dad responded no. She was horrified and he said, “What should I have asked the lady in the back if she wanted something?” Good times.
@lmd2454
@lmd2454 5 ай бұрын
Firefighter humor is prevalent in our home, and all 5 of our kids have picked up on it 🤦🏽‍♀️ 😂
@Weirdkauz
@Weirdkauz 2 ай бұрын
Strange Mom
@commandstring
@commandstring 2 ай бұрын
That last punchline got me dead.
@Banzai51
@Banzai51 Ай бұрын
My Wife and Sister-in-Law both work in hospitals. Oh boy, when they get together the dark humor just flows.
@merikano2985
@merikano2985 24 күн бұрын
Gotta have the dark humor. See so much shit that if there's a chance to crack a joke and take some weight off your shoulders you take that chance and make the most of it.
@TheTrueRman
@TheTrueRman Жыл бұрын
Lemme see if I got this right 1- Murphy's Law is in full effect 2- The Hose over H oes 3- Guarenteed Mandatory Overtime 4- There is a quota on Chaos that WILL be maintained 5- "Locker Room Talk" is the Native Language God Bless our EMS/Fire Responders. Truly the unsung heroes of our Country!
@HM2SGT
@HM2SGT Жыл бұрын
🤣 sorry, as soon as I saw chaos I thought "Chief has arrived on scene"!
@QemeH
@QemeH Жыл бұрын
@@HM2SGT Or the EMS version of this: "Status post general care physician..."
@HM2SGT
@HM2SGT Жыл бұрын
@@QemeH 😹👍🤣 Oh yeah! HONDA & TMB… kids these days don’t know what I’m talking about when I fall into that speech. Around 2003 there was a company around Houston called MadMedic, they had some great T-shirts. The only one that looked better than the acronyms was the picture of the graveyard and the caption “every medic has a learning curve“.
@GhostBear3067
@GhostBear3067 Жыл бұрын
I actually do not engage in "locker room talk" with anyone but am not entirely sure why, most tell me to my face it is because I am "too nice". However, while that would normally cause trust issues it is not with me because my coworkers know I have the capacity for it since while I avoid talking to PEOPLE that way I do so freely to the EQUIPMENT.
@HM2SGT
@HM2SGT Жыл бұрын
@@GhostBear3067 I would simply assign that to Good Manners & Civility... a degree of courtesy that sadly appears to be passe and out of fashion in this Modern Age.
@briant7265
@briant7265 Жыл бұрын
My dad told me a story. There was a guy at work, Marvin, and they all gave him crap all the time. One day they decided they were being too hard on him, and planned a "Be nice to Marv day." By noon, poor Marvin was almost in tears because he thought everybody was angry at him.
@oz_jones
@oz_jones Жыл бұрын
Aww shucks
@ConstantChaos1
@ConstantChaos1 Жыл бұрын
Well I did actually hate him lol
@ConstantChaos1
@ConstantChaos1 10 ай бұрын
@kellytheduckman lol And to be clear that's a joke I've never met the dude
@TheRPhelps24
@TheRPhelps24 8 ай бұрын
"OH my God! You shot Marvin!" "YOU hit a bump." "I didn't hit no motherfuckin bump!"
@glenngriffon8032
@glenngriffon8032 5 ай бұрын
Yeah that's why i could never be in EMS. My grandfather was the kind of person who would give you a hard time if he liked you. So he teased and tormented me as a child and I grew up to absolutely hate him. My grandmother asked me about it once. I gave her an hour's long laundry list of stuff i remembered and resented from the time i was five to five minutes before I started. She told me "that's just how he shows he loves you." To which I said "well it had the opposite effect. If he died today I would be happy." Broke her heart but she finally understood how serious i was. He's dead now. Sadly he outlived grandmother by fifteen years. And yes, i was happy when he died.
@nathanelliott8031
@nathanelliott8031 Жыл бұрын
as a college engineer with plans to specialize into civil engineering, i will make sure that all of the elevators and staircases in my buildings will be designed with the advice of EMTS and firefighters
@jeaniecameron295
@jeaniecameron295 Жыл бұрын
See if you can sneak in properly sized driveways/entrances for vehicles.
@emt7474
@emt7474 Жыл бұрын
You Sir are a gentleman
@leonb2637
@leonb2637 Жыл бұрын
It isn't just for EMT and Firefighters, but you can use larger elevators for moving furniture without needing a separate freight elevator as well as you have people who are using large wheelchairs.
@Terminator484
@Terminator484 Жыл бұрын
Sadly, many such decisions are then usurped by the general contractor or the site owner, so you're in for a lot of fighting either way. Since it's a guarantee that somebody is going to lose and get mad, the architect has a huge economic incentive to side with the owner's unreasonable corner-cutting demands, over the practical needs of tenants or EMS. The one who writes the checks makes the rules.
@tessasilberbauer6219
@tessasilberbauer6219 11 ай бұрын
Gods, and disabled people please. Building that in from scratch is so much cheaper. And there are days my pain is doubled because I have to literally walk around the building to get in, or I can't use the loos because the stalls are too small. (Seriously, if your knees are under the sink then your disabled stall is badly designed!) Once having to phone the manager to get me off the throne is once time far too many. Thank all holy that cellphones exist...
@bigchuckyinkentucky6267
@bigchuckyinkentucky6267 Жыл бұрын
I made the mistake once of talking about a particular EMS run that didn't have a happy ending. It was my first as an EMT. I said, in front of a seasoned paramedic, that I sometimes wondered if I should have or could have done something different. He immediately became noticably pissed. He said " Obviously no one has told you the rules. RULE #1. People DIE! Rule #2. There is not a damn thing that you nore I nore anyone else can do about rule number 1." The job got a lot easier after that day.
@janisristow9239
@janisristow9239 2 ай бұрын
Seems to me talking in front 0f that paramedic was no mistake at all. He had the courage to tell you the truth you needed to hear. It's a rule we all need to remember.
@lundworks9901
@lundworks9901 21 күн бұрын
There are so many fatal events that could happen in a surgical ER with several specialized Doctors in attendance that cannot save the person.
@drewcasner6529
@drewcasner6529 37 минут бұрын
I’ve been on both sides of putting the nozzle down. The only time I had it taken I thought I was safe because the asst chief was the only one close enough to grab it. Nope! I ended up jumping hose for him. Ugh
@GhostBear3067
@GhostBear3067 Жыл бұрын
Having been forced to ride an elevator UNDER the stretcher once, with a bariatric patient, that elevator rant really hit me where I live...
@StudleyDuderight
@StudleyDuderight Жыл бұрын
You live under a stretcher in an elevator and your roommate is obese?
@GhostBear3067
@GhostBear3067 Жыл бұрын
​@@StudleyDuderight had a call with an obese patient and no properly sized elevators in the building. To get everything to fit someone had to go under the stretcher and I am 5'4" so...
@catherinew4681
@catherinew4681 Жыл бұрын
@@StudleyDuderight I see what you did there..
@dinascharnhorst6590
@dinascharnhorst6590 Жыл бұрын
HOLY CRAP!!!
@StudleyDuderight
@StudleyDuderight Жыл бұрын
Well that one went over your head. Good thing you're so short or you'd have a concussion.
@slumbynature4557
@slumbynature4557 Жыл бұрын
The greatest thing I have ever seen in my life was when they were building a new high rise by us, they made all 4 elevators the proper length and appropriate width for up to 4 people and a fully loaded stretcher and nothing had to be broken down. The elevators even have a star of life on the outside indicating as such and the developers told us about it before it was finished being built. Gloooooory glory hallelujah!
@SA_Vengarr
@SA_Vengarr Жыл бұрын
Holy shit. That's like seeing a live unicorn
@brianb8060
@brianb8060 Жыл бұрын
So no calls are EVER gonna be for that building.
@HariSeldon913
@HariSeldon913 Жыл бұрын
When you're off duty, or even better, on vacation, do you still check any elevator you enter for whether the stretcher will fit? I've found myself doing this.
@MinistryOfMagic_DoM
@MinistryOfMagic_DoM Жыл бұрын
Guess what won't ever be working when you need it?
@lairdcummings9092
@lairdcummings9092 Жыл бұрын
"...by us..." AKA "nearby." As in, you'll *NEVER* get a call to that location - because it's too easy.
@Wa3ypx
@Wa3ypx Жыл бұрын
We had a girl in our station working my shift. We all got along, she was eager to learn and a great medic. One day at shift change she came in with a new hair style. I took one look and said "Dang Beth, what did you do to your hair? You comb that shit with a wagon wheel??" She actually cried and everybody got real quiet.
@Tommathyisback
@Tommathyisback Жыл бұрын
I just got my first job as an EMT here in illinois, I absolutely love it so far and your videos are one of the many reasons I got my license and got the job. Thank you for being so freaking funny and making this job look amazing for the youngens like us
@Adonteon21
@Adonteon21 Жыл бұрын
A lot of good to be had in the field, just get training and improve. And try not to let the company or state not give you raises. I learned most places will make you're salary trash become its a bonus to work in ems/fire which is bs. That's the biggest issue in the field. Dirt poor pay.
@stanleyholmes1266
@stanleyholmes1266 Жыл бұрын
This socioculture environment; talking shit also means you feel comfortable enough to let your guard down around that other person, and as such, this is a sign of deep respect.
@nasty1866
@nasty1866 Жыл бұрын
Newbie here. How can you differentiate between legit shit talk and someone breaking your balls?
@Vales55
@Vales55 Жыл бұрын
@@nasty1866 Tenure. If it’s your first six month on the job, they’re busting your chops (this next part is important) BUT they are also testing you to see if you can take it and be “one of them.” If you don’t take offense and figure out how to give it back, you pass.
@slumbynature4557
@slumbynature4557 Жыл бұрын
@@nasty1866 attitude and tone on how they're speaking to you as well. The worst thing that could happen is someone riding your ass for no reason without it being funny or not speaking to you at all.
@jw7479
@jw7479 Жыл бұрын
Sucky thing is these days so many people are soooooo sensitive they complain to hr as soon as you start giving em crap, even when they are laughing with you. We can't even call em probies anymore cause a complaint to hr. Deff not like the old days even 10-15 yrs ago now a days. Fire and EMS as well as PD just ain't no fun if ya can't talk crap and pick.
@crazyjohn6130
@crazyjohn6130 Жыл бұрын
We had a rookie named Raymond we called him rookie Ray he got so pissed he quit he didn't pass the test of taking a little sh** some people not ment for fire&ems
@ml9867
@ml9867 Жыл бұрын
We've hidden a lot of people's keys, but freezing them in water is an awesome new idea!
@nicklikesradio
@nicklikesradio Жыл бұрын
Goddamn it. Not an idea i needed. Now it must be implemented.
@mechkitten
@mechkitten Жыл бұрын
I know a few folks who would want to microwave the ice chunk with METAL keys inside. This is why EMS has such high job security.
@williambrown319
@williambrown319 Жыл бұрын
It's even more fun when yoy soak their only clean pair of underwear, wrap the keys in them, and put the whole wad in a cup of water in the freezer
@lovelight6973
@lovelight6973 Жыл бұрын
@@nicklikesradio 😂😂
@lovelight6973
@lovelight6973 Жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@cherylcarlson3315
@cherylcarlson3315 Жыл бұрын
I remember having this level of energy/ passion before 29 yrs soul sucking nursing, Neuromuscular disease, 2 rounds of covid despite doing everthing right...take care out there.
@tonamiller6850
@tonamiller6850 8 ай бұрын
Thank you for your hard work. A lot of people are alive because of you. (Long term private duty) Yep. No picnic.
@floridamanHooning
@floridamanHooning Жыл бұрын
As a general contractor.... You're elevator take is ON POINT. I loathe buildings without a adequately sized service elevator
@LaVie92Point0
@LaVie92Point0 Жыл бұрын
Had some firefighters through at my workplace today… they tried to buy some treats. Got a call the second they arrived at the register and they had to take off without their items. I told the paramedics that came through after about it, because we felt bad and they said, and I quote, “Poor babies. They don’t work hard enough.” 😂
@empress8411
@empress8411 Жыл бұрын
Hahahahaha - As an EMT/Fire - we know the places that will hold our food for us. Once, we ordered, got a call, left, came back 3 hours later, and they remade the food for us, since our original was cold. I about cried from gratitude. And yes, that is exactly what medics say about fire - it's part of that "trash talk" lol.
@queeny5613
@queeny5613 Жыл бұрын
Wow
@XSemperIdem5
@XSemperIdem5 Жыл бұрын
I used to live down the street from a fire station and we had a grocery store there. It was my rule to always let them pay first because I saw that happen enough times. One time as soon as they paid and had their bags, a car just goes rolling by after somehow managing to hit the median perfectly to flip. One of the guys had to run to the truck with all the bags while the others ran to the car.
@KarlH1980
@KarlH1980 Жыл бұрын
@@XSemperIdem5 And we totally appreciate the many people that do that!!!
@user-bv7jc
@user-bv7jc Жыл бұрын
@@XSemperIdem5 HHAHAHAHA
@bobnetvids1204
@bobnetvids1204 Жыл бұрын
I worked military law enforcement in the 80’s. 100% true about talking crap. If a coworker does not insult you at least once per shift, it means they do not trust you.
@stephenrodgers5672
@stephenrodgers5672 11 ай бұрын
I was Air Force Security Police, stationed in Kaiserslautern, FRG from 87 to 89. I did off base law enforcement.
@mrfluffyhedgehog
@mrfluffyhedgehog 9 ай бұрын
There also is a whole set of rules for senior citizens. For example: If the patient is a senior citizen, their bedroom must - and I mean MUST - be located in the one room of any house or apartment, that is only accessible through the narroest walkways possible, preferrably with at least four 90 degree turns, put in close succession to one another, to ensure it is absolutely impossible to get a person in or out on a stretcher. Bonus points are awarded for narrow stairways at +45 degree angles and circular stairways that end directly in a door. Also one of my favorites: Should a senior citizen defy the first rule and have a large and easily accessible bedroom, the gods have decreed the patient must slip in the attached bathroom, which can not be larger than the size of an average litterbox. First responders will find the patient wrapped around the toilet seat, with at one arm behind the sink, the other arm stuck awkwardly behind the patients back, their feet still tangled in the shower giving you the awesome chance to play the "solve the human gordian knot without manipulating the spine and/or hip" game.
@christophertipton2318
@christophertipton2318 5 ай бұрын
I was a cop and a paramedic. I agree fully with all five of those immutable laws, and then some. Unfortunately, a few months ago, I was that senior citizen with a nice large bedroom, easily accessible by EMS. However, I was apparently sick with Covid and fell in my relatively small bathroom taking a header into the tile lined shower and knocking myself out. While I wasn't all tangled up in the the toilet and other fixtures, I still presented a bit of difficulty for the fire fighters getting me out. Luckily my daughter heard me fall, checked on me, and I remember her calmly saying, "I think I'm going to call 911." She is in an Air Force Reserve medical unit and an Afghan vet, so she doesn't get excited easily and calmly watched the fire guys trying to get me out. So I was provided with an eyewitness account of my adventure. I felt sorry for the fire guys since I had been in their place way more than once. Luckily I had nothing seriously injured. I did text a couple of my old military and police buddies about my adventure. Sympathy? Not a bit. Shit talk city (as I expected). They still love me. 🙂
@mrfluffyhedgehog
@mrfluffyhedgehog 5 ай бұрын
@@christophertipton2318 yup the universe has a sick sense of humor. glad to hear you got out allright. It just boggles my mind how elderly people tend to end up in the most inaccessible room on the premise every single time. I have been to homes the size of the White House and the relatives still managed to put granny up in the attick so far back I was expecting to pop into Narnia at any moment.
@BulletNoseBetty
@BulletNoseBetty Жыл бұрын
I feel your pain about elevators. I used to do removals for a funeral home and - oh yeah - the bigger the deceased, the smaller the elevator.
@FusioNNosferatu
@FusioNNosferatu Жыл бұрын
Greetings from a fellow paramedic from switzerland. Its so great to see and hear that those unspoken laws apply to you guys across the pond aswel... :D
@vjaceslavsavsjaniks6431
@vjaceslavsavsjaniks6431 Жыл бұрын
Everywhere everytime. There are regulation in post-soviet republics that 10+ stories high building needs cargo elevator and passenger one. Guess which one is broken 90% of the time?
@hvymtal8566
@hvymtal8566 Жыл бұрын
@@vjaceslavsavsjaniks6431 both. You have to use the stairs :D
@claytonwhitman2611
@claytonwhitman2611 10 ай бұрын
All HAIL the EMS and FIRE GODS of the World!!!
@mornegeringer9044
@mornegeringer9044 Жыл бұрын
I'm an architect, and I hear you... DOWN with the porta-potty size elevators and UP with EMS-friendly lifts! Also, thanks for the pep talk on the office smack-talk - that really gave me some insight and made me look at the other side of the coin. Family-owned firm, so there's no such thing as "leave your work problems in the office" or "Leave your personal life at home"... 24/7 on the job and 24/7 conflict... Stay safe, and thank you for all your positive attitude, and your service to your community!
@Accrovideogames
@Accrovideogames 4 ай бұрын
My grandmother lived in my house during the last year of her life. When she had a heart attack, my mother, who is a nurse, called for an ambulance and told the dispatcher everything the paramedics needed to know. Meanwhile, I made sure to open a path from the entrance of the house to my grandmother's bedroom upstairs. I removed a bunch of shoes in the vestibule, moved the couch in the living room, etc. We did everything to make the paramedics' job easier for my grandmother's sake. I also let them work by staying out of their way, comforting my grandmother from a safe distance. She died a few weeks later. If I was an architect, EMS and firefighters would be worshiping me.
@robbie1263
@robbie1263 Жыл бұрын
One fun story I have about the never drop the nozzle. We will call him Jack. Jack has the nozzle and they are getting ready to make entree into the house. The backup say hey I’ll hold the nozzle for you while you mask up. And Jack agrees and never saw the nozzle again.
@nathanielm9150
@nathanielm9150 Жыл бұрын
Hi, Jack. Nice to meet you.
@GEM850
@GEM850 Жыл бұрын
Our community hospital decided to build a medical office building 4 stories high with lots of offices for doctors. They neglected to properly ensure that the elevators would fit an EMS stretcher. Even broken down, you could fit the stretcher just barely in, but alas there was no room for anyone else. Epic fail.
@oz_jones
@oz_jones Жыл бұрын
Thats... oh boy.
@crazeguy26
@crazeguy26 Жыл бұрын
so what you load the stretcher with patient, push the button and made a mad dash down the stairs.
@lgonzalez1154
@lgonzalez1154 Жыл бұрын
As a mechanic working at a firestation I wish we had more guys like you!
@moeruss2726
@moeruss2726 Ай бұрын
I just wanted to say thank you so much to all firefighters, paramedics, and first responders. My husband had an emergency a day ago & couldn’t walk, after falling down and I knew something bad was going on. 5 guys from the Fire Department here came and helped him get down the stairs , calmed him down and then the ambulance came. They were all so caring and took such good care of him. We found out today that he couldn’t walk because an MRI showed that the nerves in his neck were crushed and he is having neck surgery tomorrow. These guys were amazingly kind & gentle. I couldn’t have carried my 6’3” 225lb husband down our stairs without them and get him to the emergency room. But they did it with such kindness & compassion. I’m hoping for a good outcome & I from now on will forever support our local firefighters/ Paramedics and give to whatever charity they ask for . You guys are my hero’s! ❤
@jackstecker5796
@jackstecker5796 Жыл бұрын
Working hospital security, the six words I dreaded most during shift turnover were, "Yeah, it was a quiet shift." Because you just know, sure as Christ made little apples, EMS is gonna drop some combative dude, high out his mind on bathsalts, right in your lap. Usually in the last 30 minutes of your shift. Also, I swear, there's something to that "full moon" thing.
@medicbabe2ID
@medicbabe2ID Жыл бұрын
Full moon, Friday the 13th, with the "sh*t magnet" ER doc working. The trifecta of suck. Happened at least twice to me 😂
@FlamingCockatiel
@FlamingCockatiel Жыл бұрын
@@medicbabe2ID I'm stealing the phrase "trifecta of suck" as soon as I have occasion for it.
@Loki_K
@Loki_K Жыл бұрын
"sure as Christ made little apples" is a new favourite
@jackstecker5796
@jackstecker5796 Жыл бұрын
@@medicbabe2ID I feel you. My shit-magnet Doc said the magic words, and not 10 minutes later, the cops come in with this guy. Even though he was clearly high out of his mind on God alone knows what, Doc got a visit from the good idea fairy, and wouldn't let me put him in restraints immediately. So I'm talking to him calmly, trying to help him relax, when all of a sudden, he freaks, launched himself off the gurney, takes a header onto the concrete floor from about 6' up. Short version, it took me, another security officer, 3 cops, 2 nurses, a radiology tech, and Dr. Magnet to get him in restraints. Nurses gave him a heaping helping of "Vitamin A" 😉
@zyeborm
@zyeborm Жыл бұрын
@@medicbabe2ID What if it was windy as well? That could happen too ;-)
@coover65
@coover65 Жыл бұрын
Australian paramedic of 23 years here. Those rules seem universal. If you're really liked, you get a nickname. The severity of the patient is directionally proportional to their distance from the front entrance. The more important your after work plans, the longer that last call. And one I learnt years ago-if anything weird does happen, it will happen when the brass is watching. I was crewed with an Assistant Commissioner doing his annual skills validation. The one and only time I have ever seen a paediatric NRB was when working with him. The one and only time I couldn't get a seal on a saline vial to draw up was when working with him.
@rhoonah5849
@rhoonah5849 Жыл бұрын
You're so right about the late calls. I volunteered to work a shift right before Christmas since we had a winter storm here and the chief wanted an extra guy on so I said that I would come in and work 7 to 4 because I had dinner plans at 6 for my son's birthday. Anyway, we had JUST come back from an MVA and it's like 3:58pm and the fire/EMS tones go off, thinking it was another MVA. I am outside the chief's office and I said something to the effect of "Chief, I need to scoot at 4 since we have dinner plans for my son's birthday" and he's like "yeah whatever" as we listen to the reason for dispatch. Yup, it's a structure fire and to make matters worse, the address is one of our department member's house (ended up being the wrong address) and ironically he just had solar panels installed. Well the chief flies out in a blur to jump in his car and I was like FAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWKKKKKKKK... and threw my gear on and rolled with the engine to find a fully involved detached garage with extension to the home and several other exposures. Thankfully we knocked it down pretty which and I caught a ride back to the station when command released one of the ambulances and I made my son's party at 6. Whew... I was texting my family that I might be late and was catching a ration of shite from my wife for it so I felt so nice to have my family be so happy that I made it to dinner on time but then I realized it was because I was paying... lol.
@mangemapine
@mangemapine 2 ай бұрын
I love listening to this stuff a good friend of mine who was paramedic died a few years ago and this kind of humor really brings a smile to my face
@arcanelore3791
@arcanelore3791 Жыл бұрын
While none of this is going to be relevant to me personally, I genuinely appreciate the last rule being explicitly explained for the sake of other folk like me to whom it will be relevant. The other four rules have already been made evident (at least to me) through other videos on this channel. The last one, though, is definitely something that an Autistic brain like mine could very well not pick up on without it being outright stated, which would only result in misery and confusion for everyone involved. On behalf of anyone looking to go into firefighting and EMS without yet realizing that they're Autistic, many thanks.
@huh3091
@huh3091 Жыл бұрын
A few shifts ago I had a call to a mobile home park but the address we got only took us to the front of the park not the lot we needed, usually not a problem but it certainly didn't help that the lot numbers WERE NOT IN ORDER so while we were looking for 102 we found 107, 106, 105, and then 133 immediately after. We ended up spending about 20 minutes just looking for the house, fortunately it wasn't something serious like a cardiac arrest but I can only imagine the stress on the first responders who do get a call like that out of that park. Also that call came in right before our off time so we ran long anyways
@williamdegnan4718
@williamdegnan4718 Жыл бұрын
Our County 9-1-1 Addressing Office includes RV Park maps in the back of the county map book. Just the same, it's great when the call taker can get somebody to turn the four-way flashers on one of the vehicles in the yard. "Caller states there are three cars up on blocks, several engine blocks on the ground in front of the trailer as well as a kid wearing a pamper sitting in the mud puddle." (This should narrow it down... a little.)
@140kittykat
@140kittykat Жыл бұрын
My apartment complex is just as janky on the numbering. 100-700 buildings are in the back 40, 800 and 900 are other sides of the main entrance, 1300 is along the middle of that nonsense, 1500-1700 are on the "main street." The "duplex" style buildings run 1-6 on the bottom level and 7-12 on the 2nd floor.
@canteskuyapete1459
@canteskuyapete1459 Жыл бұрын
Lol and the people at the mobile home parks with the numbers easily hidden, or with that thin and smallest number 😂
@Brievel
@Brievel Жыл бұрын
@@140kittykat I think you live in my previous complex...
@lovelight6973
@lovelight6973 Жыл бұрын
Oh my God mobile homes are the worst!
@michaelkline884
@michaelkline884 Жыл бұрын
Like your channel. My youngest son has been a paramedic for Austin for 14 years and still loves it. You guys are a special breed! 😉❤️
@KJRico93
@KJRico93 Жыл бұрын
I never got used to number 5 there. I'm one that, let's just say, is not much of the social type. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a mothers basement hermit but still, I like to just get my stuff done and go on about my business. So I wind up taking most everything someone tells me as what they are really thinking because that's the only way I've ever really talked to others. Let's just say, my one year of working a construction type job was more than enough for me.
@kevinthecurran
@kevinthecurran Жыл бұрын
Hey there! I'm spending a year as a videographer for a news station covering wildfires in Butte county California. Working with cal fire is awesome, but I've been a total rookie, no helmet, yellows unzipped, floral shorts to a wildfire. Id love to see you roasting journalists sometime, or tips on how to be a good journalist around fires. Great content!
@williamdegnan4718
@williamdegnan4718 Жыл бұрын
Just a thought for you, Kevin. There are reasons for the wildland gear they wear and carry. If the wind takes an unpredicted turn, the crews won't be able to share space in their shelters with you. What percentage of your body are you willing to accept third degree burns? Before you answer, look up "escharation" and "debridement", two related medical procedures. For extra credit, see if you can visit a burn center. I'm thinking you will adopt wildland gear.
@Arcturan
@Arcturan Жыл бұрын
Best advice...DON'T GET IN THE WAY
@mysterymayhem7020
@mysterymayhem7020 Жыл бұрын
why do you think the firefighterrs let you wear your clothes that way, they are trying to roast the journalist over an open fire.
@dragondancer1814
@dragondancer1814 Жыл бұрын
I had the joy of yelling at a TV news reporter at a car accident scene once! The helicopter had just landed, and he and the camera crew were getting a little too close to the blades. So my husband grabbed him by the shirt collar and yanked him back while I ripped him a new one. Two weeks later I was with the PD helping with a seminar on working with the elderly (I was an advisor on the local Explorer post at the time), and the same TV guy was there. He was looking at me funny for a while, then he finally asked me “Do I know you from somewhere?” I’d already recognized him, so I said “Yeah, you’re the one I yelled at for getting too close to the state police helicopter at that car accident two weeks ago!” He turned red and apologized!
@ellencameron3775
@ellencameron3775 Жыл бұрын
Former wildy here. I don't really have an issue with journalists wearing yellows and greens while they give their report. What I DO have an issue with is that they are SO GODDAMNED CLEAN. It looks completely wrong and out of place. Don't wear brand-new-out-of-the-package PPE, borrow some grubby ones. You'll at least look like you fit in. And yeah, wear your damn helmet. Shit falls, yo.
@leadpilled5567
@leadpilled5567 Жыл бұрын
The talking shit is so true. I burnt the hell out of dinner and the LT says you’re living proof anal sex can lead to pregnancy. One of the greatest compliments I’ve ever got. You know you’re in trouble when you get the silent treatment
@kenananaquitchichich4772
@kenananaquitchichich4772 Жыл бұрын
This made my day, thank you fellow f#ck face 🇺🇸
@jdr6128
@jdr6128 Жыл бұрын
🤣
@stinkyham9050
@stinkyham9050 Жыл бұрын
I'm tradesman not a fire fighter but I had a boss once tell me that if I wanted to have a safe job I should have been a gynecologist.
@jcortese3300
@jcortese3300 Жыл бұрын
Let your LT know I'm plagiarizing the hell out of him at some point because that line is just too good.
@thac0twenty377
@thac0twenty377 Жыл бұрын
No you say "Oh? When did your mom take the pregnancy test? I swear I used a condom "
@tatianacook7114
@tatianacook7114 Жыл бұрын
We live in the 70-ish years old house, just a first floor and a basement. Our bedroom is on the first floor. Last year my husband got very sick, called EMS several times. Because of the design of the house he had to be carried out on a sheet- you can bend human body; you cannot bend a stretcher. And one more addition to the Murthy law: if patient even slightly big- the EMS crew will be of petite girls, so fire brigade has to be called. Thank you, very much for all that you do!
@roberto2912
@roberto2912 10 ай бұрын
I my opinion, the career you chose is the most nobles of the careers. From the bottom of my heart, thanks for sharing all your charm in your videos. Please, never turn that light off.
@MsCanadianrose
@MsCanadianrose Жыл бұрын
That elevator rant reminds me of a hospital I used to work at. My unit was on the third floor in a separate wing which, for some god-forsaken reason, did not have access to the ICU (aka where we want to take our patients when things go south). So, we would have to pack everyone in an elevator, go down a floor, walk down a hallway, go into another elevator, and then go to the ICU. There were four elevators servicing our floor -- the back elevator, which could fit a bed, and the three front elevators, of which only one can fit a bed. Of course, the back elevator had a habit of breaking down the most. One day I realized that, since the bigger front elevator was the only one that went to the unused penthouse floor, then I could push the up button, get the perfect elevator, and then go down. The hospital was also built on a hill, so the ER ended up being on the second floor, which is kind of weird.
@RICDirector
@RICDirector Жыл бұрын
I'll take 'How to tell me you're in Oroville, California without telling me you're in Oroville, California' for $500, please....
@birttheintern8509
@birttheintern8509 Жыл бұрын
I swear to jellybeans as soon as it turns saturday all the elevators take the weekend off and only the one at the far end by post partum works. "Stop running into them with your beds and carts and these wouldn't break down so much" -every elevator tech everywhere. We don't push beds out into the parking garage!!!! Explain that Carl!!!! Honestly the best part of the elevators breaking down is when you get stuck in them and get to take a break.
@christinajackson2662
@christinajackson2662 Жыл бұрын
My first ED was on the second floor, but that was because New Orleans had a nasty habit of making the first floor require snorkel gear 😏
@mysterymayhem7020
@mysterymayhem7020 Жыл бұрын
could be way way way way worse. Their is a Hospital in Brooklyn called Maimonides. It is a Jewish Hospital. On Friday Nights and all day Saturday you will be screwed because every elevator is set as a sabbath elevator meaning that is stops on every floor no matter what. This allows practicing Jewish people to not have to work on sabbath. Some take it very seriously (Homes have burned down because they couldn't shut off the stoves).
@noelleabra147
@noelleabra147 Жыл бұрын
Sounds like desert regional medical center. Like there is literally no reason a bridge/hallway could be made
@airbornegrunt6898
@airbornegrunt6898 Жыл бұрын
Sir you are absolutely right about talking smack with your brothers and sisters in arms! I spent 22 years in the army and that what we did too, and you are correct it's because we loved each other and it was up to us to depend on each other for our safety and survival, the same for first response people! Stay safe brother and God bless you guys!
@kenbrown2808
@kenbrown2808 Жыл бұрын
bonus rule: bad cooks use the smoke alarm to know dinner is ready. fire cooks use tones.
@diamondflaw
@diamondflaw Жыл бұрын
It’s amusing to me how well most of these also apply to working in a kitchen.
@ashr-nz8nr
@ashr-nz8nr Жыл бұрын
I basically grew up in a firehouse and I remember every single thing you said happening it was a great trip down memory lane
@wrecktech
@wrecktech Жыл бұрын
Retired LE that helped out on an ems call with 400+ pound patient that thankfully was only on 2nd floor. Could not get out either entrance or stairway. Ended up taking bay windows out of front of building and loading person onto extended village front end loader bucket to lower to ground. Luckily not critical care transport but numerous bad words uttered by many on scene including the property owner.
@FlamingCockatiel
@FlamingCockatiel Жыл бұрын
Incentive to keep a healthy weight is right there!
@carmeltabby
@carmeltabby Жыл бұрын
Wow, I can't even imagine how horrible I would feel if I were the patient. I don't think "moritified" would even cover it.
@tenchraven
@tenchraven Жыл бұрын
@@carmeltabby Yeah, it would be a heavy burden to bear when I got back. That social weight pressing on me all the time.
@allinaday3526
@allinaday3526 Жыл бұрын
@@carmeltabby no big deal, just a loader and disassembly of building to get you out of it, sounds about right
@lovelight6973
@lovelight6973 Жыл бұрын
EMT here for 9 months. Everything he's had says is true in all his videos. Hes 100% correct and they have come true. Especially the elevators. 😂 I've been to the most rundown type of places (apts or retirement facilities) to some really swanky places. The elevators I get are always so gross. It could be a ritzy retirement facility or center. I enter the elevator (always TINY!!!!) it reeks of body odor, urine and cigarettes. 🤢 Why?!?
@mysterymayhem7020
@mysterymayhem7020 Жыл бұрын
as you continue to work in EMS and handle more and more calls to retirement homes you will start to notice the Public Side (All clean and pretty for the public) and the real side (Shit Hole that the residents have to live in). I swore after working EMS that I would never put my worst enemy in one of those places.
@lovelight6973
@lovelight6973 Жыл бұрын
@@mysterymayhem7020 yeah I've noticed a few. Some more s*** holes from the outside. And then some are just mixed. Where one place is nice but they treat patients like s*** and then where one place is not as fancy but they really care and take good care of the patients. The ones I don't like that I'm worried about are the adult foster homes in like a residence and the staff like doesn't speak English. Especially with medications and emergencies. That's a huge concern. And some people in the adult foster homes are really rude. I met a couple who have an adult foster home in there place. They were born in US. They're just rude as hell
@dragondancer1814
@dragondancer1814 Жыл бұрын
@@mysterymayhem7020 Whoever decided to put CARPET in a nursing home hallway deserves to be shot! One of ours had it, and the smell was always enough to knock you on your ass! The happiest day of our lives was when the replaced that floor with tile or linoleum or whatever they used because it’s SO much easier to keep clean and not so stinky!
@mmmmmmmm1942
@mmmmmmmm1942 Жыл бұрын
@@mysterymayhem7020 well there aren't many other options
@mysterymayhem7020
@mysterymayhem7020 Жыл бұрын
@@mmmmmmmm1942 I understand that, and it sucks that there are not enough options. This unfortunately is what happens when healthcare is run like a business for profit. Profit trumps all and budget cuts keep the expenditures to a minimum.
@crazymoose4572
@crazymoose4572 11 ай бұрын
I absolutely love how you use your sarcasm to be as honest as possible about absolutely true situations
@mscervantesr466
@mscervantesr466 9 ай бұрын
I love the energy you bring to each of your videos. Thanks for posting.
@Griever78
@Griever78 Жыл бұрын
I love how at the end of every tip your face is red and when you get into the next question, it’s completely back to normal. 😂
@845835
@845835 Жыл бұрын
"We didn't turn a wheel" These are the words you never want to hear from the crew you're relieving!
@HM2SGT
@HM2SGT Жыл бұрын
😿😭😢
@christophermollan1684
@christophermollan1684 Жыл бұрын
New jersey EMT here 23 years in... I have all the new recruits watch your channel..Its great fun and gets them ready for the road!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@jolenefiori4898
@jolenefiori4898 10 ай бұрын
I love the constant badgering back and forth. Keeps things light.
@Green__one
@Green__one Жыл бұрын
Making up a bed? Lol, I haven't done that in at least a year! As for the elevators, the one that always gets me is purpose built nursing homes. How exactly do they think most of their residents are going to eventually leave? It sure isn't by walking out the front door!
@empress8411
@empress8411 Жыл бұрын
RIght!!! UGH! Like, I get it maybe, in a apartment building, but in an Assisted Living Home - Why would you NOT put in big elevators?
@legallyfree2955
@legallyfree2955 Жыл бұрын
I love the purpose built nursing homes with hallways 3 feet wide. (usually only older ones now, must be in a code somewhere that the new ones have to have a decent width)
@AflacMan13
@AflacMan13 Жыл бұрын
That last one... applies for us Military folks too. :-P Thank you for this video my Cousin in Red. :-) The elevator blow up was by far the funniest!!! 😂
@retnav92
@retnav92 Жыл бұрын
I'm ret'd military, and have two brothers. One ret'd LEO, the other ret'd FF/Paramedic. I get a kick out of the trash talk that happens when we're all together.
@petestratton9843
@petestratton9843 Жыл бұрын
Hey Jason. I found your channel about the time I started the fire academy, I love it. It really adds some humor to all the stuff I’ve been learning.
@ZanarCrestrider
@ZanarCrestrider 9 ай бұрын
As a volunteer firefighter watching the guys who have been together for multiple decades, they certainly take the smack talk to a whole new level. It's certainly a result of endearment and comfort with someone's presence.
@astrologystar6060
@astrologystar6060 Жыл бұрын
One of my friend was into real estate and he told me that size of elevator doesn't really influence the customers. If the elevator looks fancy, has touchscreen, and best, made of glass they will consider it a luxury. It's amazing how 'luxury' and real needs are running in opposite directions nowadays
@lovelight6973
@lovelight6973 Жыл бұрын
Unbelievable. Smh.
@thewhitewolf58
@thewhitewolf58 Жыл бұрын
Why does an elevator need a touch screen? Thats just a waste of money. And glass really? I wouldnt put anything weaker then plastic in the public reach.
@hardwirecars
@hardwirecars Жыл бұрын
we are in the end of days they will call evil good and good evil not a bot just trying to make a joke
@hardwirecars
@hardwirecars Жыл бұрын
@@thewhitewolf58 tempered glass is stronger than plastic
@tenchraven
@tenchraven Жыл бұрын
If I was the customer, no glass, and able to fit four guys with packs and a pair of gurneys. One in each corner of the damn building and I want those corners to mock the controlled demolition team in a hundred years. But hey, what do I know, I'm just a guy that Murphy has on speed dial.
@02Tony
@02Tony Жыл бұрын
I am a operating theatre nurse in the NHS and number four always hits me very hard. The shift starts at 4pm and as soon as see the emergency list is empty or has one or two cases I know hell will start very soon. It happens to all the time and people guninelly think I am cursed.
@empress8411
@empress8411 Жыл бұрын
Ah, we call someone like that "A Black cloud" - shit always goes south on their shift, and if you are with them, you get caught. But, you can also have "White Clouds", people for whom a shift goes perfectly smooth. Trick is, to pair them together, and they the EMS Gods fight it out....
@3d2y85
@3d2y85 Жыл бұрын
Maybe a fun way to look at it is that the universe sees you as such a capable nurse that it sends those people to you when you're on shift like that Still, I'd start wearing a good luck charm or two somewhere. You know, just in case lol
@belothor1376
@belothor1376 4 ай бұрын
I was going to say the same - maybe God trusts you more 😊
@bwbw1341
@bwbw1341 Ай бұрын
I was a firefighter/emt for 48 years, retired since 2017. Just saw this and how freaking true all of it is! I’d like to add one, this came from my last deputy chief. I don’t recall the conversation but I replied to him “ well, that sucks”…..his reply which I never forgot was, “ embrace the suck”! That became our go to phrase anytime someone said “ well, that sucked”.
@petersueholzberger9080
@petersueholzberger9080 Жыл бұрын
As a person that was in the EMS for 27 years I must say you got everything correct. And love the eye ball
@Neighbor-assistantYN
@Neighbor-assistantYN Жыл бұрын
My friend grew up in an apartment building with emergency only elevators on each side with a quick to tow fire/ rescue parking. Which was constantly being monitored for cars and elevator checked/ maintenanced every 2-3 weeks. She thought it was ridiculous to have two large elevators just for emergency when nothing major happens. Until her visiting grandma had a slight stroke and the EMT/first responders were there to help not even 5 minutes after reporting being at the building. Unfortunately the new manager shut down the emergency only elevators when guests complained about needing them for furniture so it was now all 4 always being used instead of leaving at least one emergency only.
@yaboytroy8078
@yaboytroy8078 Жыл бұрын
This man is informative, factual and just absolutely hilarious, we love ya brother keep up the good work
@skatterbrainz
@skatterbrainz Жыл бұрын
gold! pure gold! LOVE this channel!
@Zeldalou42377
@Zeldalou42377 Жыл бұрын
EMT rules I learned: #1-skin tells you everything you need to know about your patient. #2-the more stuff on the belt, the newer the medic. #3- if you drop it, pick it up. That goes for needles, stretchers, and babies.
@ryanmagee6445
@ryanmagee6445 Жыл бұрын
my dad was a fireman for a long time and I would go stay with them and hangout with the guys, they were fun and hilarious, talking sh*t was one of the best skills I learned from them. Joking but being respectful has helped me meet new people and new friends. It also made me feel like I was a part of the crew. great content, keep it up!
@winry2357
@winry2357 Жыл бұрын
You know… I’m not even emergency response and I feel number 3. I work rotating 12s and if I make plans for after work on a Friday, my relief will call in sick 98% of the time. We’re essential too, so it’s mandatory overtime.
@georgeencinosa9685
@georgeencinosa9685 7 ай бұрын
I was a firefighter paramedic for 37 years and brother you hit the nail on the head. I totally enjoy your videos it brings back memories. You should go over the art of taking a shower and a dump. Ty
@ToniHunterOne
@ToniHunterOne 5 ай бұрын
Thank you Jason. I've really become quite the EMS groupie and 64 years old. Please read my comments in the next post below this one. Thanks and wishing you and yours and all the First Responders, etc etc etc and all the little responders a very happy HOLIDAY season.
@ralphbalfoort2909
@ralphbalfoort2909 Жыл бұрын
Until Covid shut the program down, I used to do volunteer work delivering furniture to needy people, and I can sympathize with your comments about the size of elevators. We were known to carry furniture up and down five or six stories because we couldn't get it into the elevator.
@oz_jones
@oz_jones 4 ай бұрын
PIVOT!
@sadiemcnabb4444
@sadiemcnabb4444 Жыл бұрын
Jason being angry at things makes my entire day.
@luciusvorenus9445
@luciusvorenus9445 Жыл бұрын
Yes. These are absolutely true. In my Firehouse the saying goes "If we don't pick on you, it means we don't like you."
@eas2252
@eas2252 Жыл бұрын
First week of patrol training as a new Police officer. 3 days of nothing. I planned to go running after work on my Friday. It's a simple thing, but I thought it would be nice. Nope! 7 hours into my shift, we get a heated custody dispute (we can't do anything until the courts tell us to). While mom is getting more and more desperate, we get a priority call of a home invasion where the victim is being held at gun point. Followed up by multiple stops for a DV where a knife might be involved but turned out it wasn't, and no crime occurred (following shift got called out again) and then all the documentation that stacked up on these calls. The moral of the story- don’t make plans.
@FallinCresent
@FallinCresent Жыл бұрын
As some doing private security as professionally as I can, the elevator comment about how small they are hits me so damn hard. Since I will almost always have to help escort Fire and EMS through the building. Since the only proper elevator for this will be the freight elevator and is either offline or tied up with other BS. It's really just a bad design that I don't even know just who to actually blame sadly.
@Ofthehouseofbeards
@Ofthehouseofbeards Жыл бұрын
Actual piece of advice that works for me. If you are planning something after shift, assume you're going to be on an hour of overrun and make sure it's not time critical...because it might be 2 hours.
@annalorree
@annalorree Жыл бұрын
This video, like all the others, reinforces that you are ABSOLUTELY the real deal.
@epicstyle1000
@epicstyle1000 Жыл бұрын
i love the switch for his red face exploding to the next clip where he is all calmed down again 0:47
@junoeggers8878
@junoeggers8878 Жыл бұрын
Over 10 years as an EMT and you speak the truth.
@justincombs7433
@justincombs7433 8 ай бұрын
had family as first responders (fire and police) and yep, the stories i would hear align perfectly with his tales.
@PETERODZZ
@PETERODZZ Жыл бұрын
God. After medical reports and bad calls. This guy makes my day better.
@mylesstewart8483
@mylesstewart8483 Жыл бұрын
Love your content man - you’re funny while telling it how it is! Thank you 😊
@ebubbyy
@ebubbyy Жыл бұрын
not an EMS but the part about "if the first shift wasn't busy then your will be" really spoke to me because I work at a coffee shop and our peak hours are usually 7-9am but I guarantee if you're waiting for people to show up at 7 then they will hit full force at 8 or 9. unless something weird is going on like closed roads you'll never not be busy. people gonna get their coffee and people gonna set stuff on fire.
@farianblinder9130
@farianblinder9130 Жыл бұрын
Getting angry at the architect for budget size elevator on the Burj Khalifa size apartment.
@mikezhou1014
@mikezhou1014 Жыл бұрын
Architect here (well architect in training) tell that to the developers who are trying to cram as many units to a floor. Only projects I’ve worked on with large elevators were senior care facilities.
@engmed4400
@engmed4400 Жыл бұрын
Tell them that the people occupying their buildings would appreciate bigger elevators when it comes time to move in, move out, buy new furniture, etc. Happier tenants equals out to mo money. Just sayin.
@mikezhou1014
@mikezhou1014 Жыл бұрын
@@engmed4400 I totally get you, my apartment has tiny ass elevators. Had to haul my furniture up 5 flights of stairs.
@Bodharas
@Bodharas Жыл бұрын
Learn to put your foot down when designing. I'm a builder and constantly have to revise, and remind the architects about accessibility.
@mikezhou1014
@mikezhou1014 Жыл бұрын
@@Bodharas For sure, as I'm gaining more experience, the more I stand up for my designs rather have the developer push me around.
@spaarkamusprime6475
@spaarkamusprime6475 Жыл бұрын
You guys are the Real HEROS.
@PoH42069
@PoH42069 Жыл бұрын
I'm pursuing firefighting, working on my EMT right now. I think the military prepared me plenty for the culture, now it's time to do the work
@emsim30
@emsim30 Жыл бұрын
St Florian...I have my dad's medal from the '80s. Now I hafta dig it out and put it on...
@williamcrane8236
@williamcrane8236 Жыл бұрын
OMG for 13 years I was a mainframe engineer which means I fixed and cleaned a ton of tape drives, printers, disk drives and other things and all the rules apply. K, we had a tester instead of the nozzle but man are you the boss with that. The number of times my wife would mention that my pager hasn't gone off! BLAMMO! See you in two days biotch. I swear she was having an affair. Carry equipment, took bag and parts to 13 floors because the elevator was out? Done it. Never had a chance of dying though, well, floor 12 I was pretty faint. The gods are agin us.
@emergencyman2362
@emergencyman2362 Жыл бұрын
Heck anytime I have to work the next day and be up at 6am, and I'm on call for the night, we seem to always at least get one 3am call, and of course if I I'm not working the next day, no calls
@quiksilvermanblue
@quiksilvermanblue Жыл бұрын
I've seen plenty of your shorts. Finally decided to subscribe. Great content and I love the fire department gear. I was raised in Rockford illinois where it is roasted.
@trollcracked6972
@trollcracked6972 5 ай бұрын
LEO Same..at least in rural areas.. proud formerly Deputy and proud city officer in small city.
@MurasakiTsukimaru
@MurasakiTsukimaru Жыл бұрын
That last one applies to most jobs. If I'm ignoring you, it's because the only interaction I want with you is putting you in the ER. If I'm talking shit to you, we're probably friends.
@cbpostservice
@cbpostservice Жыл бұрын
idea: teach first responder lessons like pros for grade school. kids will learn teamwork, more confidence, and yeah it just speaks for itself. also there would probably be less lack of firefighters available for calls that create sleep issues.
@AbrasiveCarl
@AbrasiveCarl Жыл бұрын
I work moving and storage and the part about the elevators and architects is so true for us too.
@nipplepotamus6211
@nipplepotamus6211 Жыл бұрын
I love the last one, talking crap is the love language... I always struggle with this one but omg is it true in some circles
@fireradio
@fireradio Жыл бұрын
Nothing says "I Love You!" more than filling your bud's turnout boots with water the night before and chucking them in the freezer. Put those puppies out about an hour before they are due in and reap the whirlwind of joy as they catch a run at shift change. Life was so good then!
@RICDirector
@RICDirector Жыл бұрын
Bet he did, since at least two tires were likely flat from last week's victim's loving reply....
@jterrusa
@jterrusa 5 ай бұрын
Preach it brother. Thank you. All too TRUE.
@red_3dp981
@red_3dp981 Жыл бұрын
It is kinda scary how much of this can be used to describe hauling concrete in construction. Glad to see we are not all alone in the struggle!
@colinmerritt7645
@colinmerritt7645 Жыл бұрын
Jason, thanks for your consistent reminders (such as your summary above) about addiction and mental health. When you're caught in the net it's so easy to feel alone, and worse you might go ahead and isolate yourself to avoid being a burden. Help is always one phone call away. If it's really bad, 911 is just a call away. You are never alone, and no one is worthless.
@RICDirector
@RICDirector Жыл бұрын
Damn straight.
@LonelyWolfe42
@LonelyWolfe42 Жыл бұрын
When I had an ambulance crew take me from my apartment to to the ambulance, there was about 5 steps they need to go down. They asked if I can walk it, I said yes. I could see the sigh of relief they didn't have to take my fat ass body down the stairs on a stretcher.
@sirennightshade4977
@sirennightshade4977 3 ай бұрын
That last rule reminds me of a time I worked in a bakery. Like 5 firefighters came in to get a cake for their chief, who was turning 40 that day. After some lengthy discussion and debate about what they wanted on said cake (a small round one), they decided on: "U SMELL OLD." I was laughing the entire time I was writing it, in great big font just like they asked. They left giggling to themselves and thanked me profusely for the help.
@oz_jones
@oz_jones 2 ай бұрын
😂 it's the childisness
@justingolden21
@justingolden21 Жыл бұрын
Love you man. I stumbled upon this channel the other day and have been binging all the videos. I don't even know or have much interest (well now I do) but your videos are so fun and your personality is so extra, the videos are amazing!
@BazukinBelyugovich
@BazukinBelyugovich Жыл бұрын
I've been meaning to ask, how did you learn to speak so smoothly? Also, how do you get the other firefighters to join you in your short films? I love seeing everything done so well on camera :)
@RICDirector
@RICDirector Жыл бұрын
1) insanely good lung capacity; 2) lots and lots and LOTS of practice; 3) bribery, bargaining, and begging. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@thewhitewolf58
@thewhitewolf58 Жыл бұрын
Probably bored co workers between shifts. Tbh his videos are probably short because the calls are random.
@DH-xw6jp
@DH-xw6jp Жыл бұрын
By ranying about things to co-workers. And with free frozen burritos.
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