“Engine 10 to Rescue 1, heroin overdose, we’re working him now.” “Rescue 1, received the message, eta three minutes.” A few years ago, the patient would have been dead by the time we arrived. Instead, the fire companies in Providence and most places now are Advanced Life Support equipped. Three minutes is a lifetime. A […]
Forbes Magazine has published Career Cast’s Ten Most Stressful jobs for 2015. Firefighter gets top billing. But before you call the mutual admiration society for some good old fashioned commiserating, consider this: actors, event coordinators and broadcasters are also on the list. I have to admit, I get a giant kick out of seeing my […]
I wrote this after returning to quarters following a fatal fire. Everything happened so fast, it was like a blur. One of ours was injured badly while treating the victim, we did a crew change in the middle of the incident without missing a beat, I thought it was pretty amazing how things worked out, […]
“Attention Engine 3 and Rescue 1, respond to 647 Broad Street for an MVA involving an unresponsive ten year old.†That will get you going. We flew out of the station toward the incident. Engine 3 arrived on scene first and radioed their findings. “Engine 3 to Fire Alarm, advise Rescue 1 we have a […]