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- Residence.
- Yes, I have a residence. For now at least.
- Department:
- Longboat Key Fire-Rescue
- Title/rank:
- Lieutenant/Paramedic
- Years of public service:
- 28
- Agency structure:
- Paid fire department
- Top issues in your department:
- Staffing, staffing, staffing, staffing, staffing and training. Did I mention staffing?
- Professional Qualifications:
- Florida FO1, Inspector 1, Instructor 1, Paramedic, ACLS, etc. etc. yada yada.
- Topics you provide training for:
- Various
- Areas of expertise:
- Apparatus maintenance and repair.
Tom Batchelor's Blog
The "Quint." May it rest in peace.
Like any progressive industry, or maybe somewhat progressive at least, the fire service runs phases. Some years yellow trucks were popular based upon some questionable voo-doo science. Then, red trucks were back (hopefully to stay). Some decades ventilation is the keyword used everywhere. Or, EMS comes back to the forefront. The ebb and flow of things like these are natural.
Over the past years, the quint has been seemingly the way to go in apparatus. Pretty much everyone knows what a Quint is,… Continue
Over the past years, the quint has been seemingly the way to go in apparatus. Pretty much everyone knows what a Quint is,… Continue
Posted on April 28, 2009 at 5:30pm — 4 Comments
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