Recent content by James 61

I seem to recall from my time in the Marines that the three most dangerous things were a 2nd Lt with a rifle, a 1st Lt with a map and compass and a Capt with plan.

In response to the original question. (I hope this is what you were wanting to know.) I'm really new to this field so I may not have all my info completely correct but here goes. In Clark Co WA the majority of fire and ambulance is completley seperate with two exceptions. AMR provides...

I was in the Marine Corps so my input is based on what I experienced and observed. Navy Corpsman were our favorite naval personnel. The ones assigned to Marine units were not viewed as outsiders but were considered a member of the family. One of the advantages to becoming a Corpsman is that...

I guess I should have clarified. We also have a FCC license and VHF radios programmed with State SAR, our own team freq, Fire Comm etc... The problem is, with the exception of the one radio programmed with a neighboring counties freqs, everything we have access to is line of sight. (Oddly...

Mountain Res-Q, I was quite impressed with the way you answered the OPs questions. I seriously doubt I could have done that well and I've field several questions on another forum I belong too. I started in SAR at the beginning of 2004 so I'm going into my 6th year. We have a small...

I don't disagree with you. I guess in my naiveity of the fire profession I assumed (I know) that everyone gave their all. You would think I would understand human nature better by now but I guess dispite my growing cynacism I am still an idealist deep down inside. There were several of my...

Thanks. It feels good to have finally done it. It is something I have wanted to do for years. Between working swingshifts and having a brand new daughter plans kept getting put on hold. I lost my job last december which finally freed up the time.

I belong to an all volunter non-pfofit Search and Recue Team. We are completely independant of the fire services and to my knowledge we are the only BLS certified SAR team in the state of Washington.

I just finished an EMT-B course last month. Out of a class of 30 students there were 5 of us not directly afiliated with a fire dept. 2 of them were volunteers from a SAR group with conections to an EMS/Fire agency, myself and one other from my SAR team and one non-affiliated. With some of...

Its not just your county. We have standing orders and online here in Clark County also. How different is your county from the rest of the state? I had heard that we had a different set of protocols here but now that I've been through the training that turns out to have been a bit of...

Come down to Clark Co. WA. No income tax, close to OR which has no sales tax plus the advanages of being close to a big city without the big city living. I love it here and have no plans of leaving again. Also we have a decent RN program at the community college and the ability to transfer to...

Hi! I am am also new here and glad to see I'm not the only new face. Congrats on getting your RN.

I've carried both a Surefire G2 and a Fenix TK11. I like both of them. They are easy to carry and don't take up much room. I never leave home without one of them. I do like the tail cap on the TK11 better. I've had less problem with it turning on when it is in my pocket. I also like the...