Catching up

I havent posted in almost 2 weeks... just a crazy busy schedule but I've run some pretty good calls. 2 shifts on the engine and back to the box. Picked up a car fire with some extension to a structure, by no means a real fire but it was nice to be pulling a little bit of hose again.

Last shift my friend Mike rode with us since he was down to test for a neighboring dept. I think he had a good time. The engine ended the shift with 18 calls. A semi vs a car on the highway with some entrapment and a few others but mostly EMS responses.

Was running so late yesterday morning... was literally flying down the highway. Not to much of an issue til I found out my cell phone was dead while I'm trying to call the station to advise. I hate Nextel sometimes. Service was cut off for no reason and I couldnt even call THEM to find out why. So I'm literally running into the station at 0659 and hearing us getting toned out for a structure fire. Got cancelled. 3 min after being back @ the station we get a full arrest. Getting the day started already behind the 8-ball puts me into a foul mood.

After cleaning up and got my coffee I was a bit better. Ran a call which we handed over to a BLS unit and then was sent over to another station for the afternoon to cover. Got back in time to make dinner...

Ran a call for an MVA right after clearing another MVA only 200 yrds up the street. The first one was a refusal, the 2nd... not so much. 5 unrestrained pax rear-ended by a tow truck at a respectable speed. No one spoke English except for the small words of a 2-yr old in the back. He was the easiest and considering the loud noises and tons of people working around the car to get everyone extricated, he just watched everyone with a look of amazement and conentment at the situation. Speed of response from the other companies was great. My partner and I started on the 2 adults in the back seat and he called for an entrapment response and within literally a minute we had 2 engines, a heavy, 3 rescues, a squad and a battalion there. Everyone for the most part was fairly stable, but with only having a pt's first name and literally nothing else because they cant speak a lick of English and I cant speak a lick of French, well... you do what you can do.

Last call was for a GSW to the leg. Apparently some partying went bad and a woman fired a gun at him. He was fleeing over the balcony off the 2nd floor. We werent sure if the open break was due to a bullet of jumping off the balcony. Ended up being the bullet. I really like our medical director. He is very personable and enjoys talking with medics when they bring patients in. Unlike my past MD who treated the medics like they were ambulance drivers.

I know there was more to the last few shifts but I'm exhausted and I have company coming in for the next couple of days. Sleep and cleaning of my house I must do....