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The 999 calls are brilliant. I enjoyed most the hedgehog w/ the pot noodle.

That's great, had a nice chuckle

welcome, and I'm sure you did well!

I think it's a good idea for an agency that has a high call volume, or a bigger department. For the smaller ones, I think there's more beneficial things to waste money on. The way I see it, who in the squad will actually use it besides a select few? Unless you're pulling duty, the people who...

Depends on the user ;) Radioshack has a few good ones, there's a few good websites around, do a google search

Well, at least it had a happy ending?

I mean, staying on topic, the under-armour does sport a nice line of breathable apparel, but the whole off-duty thing has me wondering. If you can't hang around town in something comfortable or daily clothes, what's next?

You're referring to off duty personnel here correct? If you don't mind me asking, how would one tell that you belong to your rescue organization without walking around advertising it? Seems a bit much

For my ring, I use Starlight by Muse, for text I use a default blackberry tone. I use different blackberry tone for all the other crap my phone does, ie: email, blackberry messenger, etc...

That's why you don't rely on the stretcher catching, always think it's going to miss. For some reason our older rig has the safety latch, but when we ordered our new one they decided it wasn't necessary. So if you're not focusing on that fact, it's always a nice surprise.

It could be an idea, if anything you'll have some fun out of it. I'm sure afterwards, you'll get a few new members. Do a christmas fund-drive type of deal, or some sort of christmas party type of deal for donations.

We'll see, I hope he gets back on the force. I'll be working tonight and our damn station has the basic of the basic channels

Do you guys promote at all or have any type of events to let the "public" know who you are? Or on that motion, do you guys go to town / county events as an organization?

We have a set crew, Monday - Friday night, and Sunday Day and Night... We're required to ride a 24 hour on saturday from 6 AM Saturday to 6 AM Sunday. We use a rotating schedule, Monday night will go, the following Sat is Tuesday night, then Wednesday Night will take it and so on, and when we...

I see what you're getting at. I suppose in the daytime hours if dispatch just called your unit number and what not, it wouldn't be a problem. Night time could be a problem though. I think ultimately, the tones are to just grab attention so you can listen in and see if you're being called out, or...

As of now we share our frequency with the PD. If we leave a radio open vs. only announce when tones drop, we'll hear everything going on. If it's set to tones only, we won't hear anything until we get the alert of a call. This is possibly changing in the near future though where instead of our...

Good luck!

Depending on your state and department guidelines, it can be legal to install an emergency warning light, and in some places, a siren. As for being recommended or needed? Not at all. Half the time it isn't needed on the ambulance. This will probably be the nicest response to the question.

At least it sounds a little more realistic then what Whelen claims to be "mechanical"

That was great, really enjoyed it