tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post8684221676147703697..comments2024-02-24T05:11:30.646-06:00Comments on The Director's Desk: High risk, low frequencyTom Casadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03188041481309059441noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-38330482311772758072014-06-20T16:57:56.333-05:002014-06-20T16:57:56.333-05:00Sounds like the union is really hot to file a grie...Sounds like the union is really hot to file a grievance. Hats off to Chief Huff for doing the right thing. He needs to provide evidence of the practice being used nationwide to save resources.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-58413470457191731152014-06-16T23:04:02.370-05:002014-06-16T23:04:02.370-05:00Tonight for the umpteenth time I look out and see ...Tonight for the umpteenth time I look out and see a car parked squarely in front of our mid block fire hydrant, hiding it from view of the street. Why don't you guys start an enforcement of that law?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-64447886139163099222014-06-12T17:04:38.678-05:002014-06-12T17:04:38.678-05:004:39,
Not entirely sure. The stated objections an...4:39,<br /><br />Not entirely sure. The stated objections and the unstated ones are not necessarily the same. Hadn't thought about the F.A.O. angle. Don't think it threatens that at all, though. <br /><br />Maybe some of it is as simple as preference. When I was a police officer, and lost my 351 Crown Vic for a four-cylinder 1982 Dodge Aires, I wasn't exactly thrilled. I soon learned, though, that the K-car just fine for the downtown sergeant. I wasn't going on any 100 MPH pursuits anyway. Good thing: they put a full-sized light bar on that thing, and it was like pushing a billboard out I-180.<br />Tom Casadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03188041481309059441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-43100495483415467662014-06-12T17:04:31.937-05:002014-06-12T17:04:31.937-05:004:39,
Not entirely sure. The stated objections an...4:39,<br /><br />Not entirely sure. The stated objections and the unstated ones are not necessarily the same. Hadn't thought about the F.A.O. angle. Don't think it threatens that at all, though. <br /><br />Maybe some of it is as simple as preference. When I was a police officer, and lost my 351 Crown Vic for a four-cylinder 1982 Dodge Aires, I wasn't exactly thrilled. I soon learned, though, that the K-car just fine for the downtown sergeant. I wasn't going on any 100 MPH pursuits anyway. Good thing: they put a full-sized light bar on that thing, and it was like pushing a billboard out I-180.<br />Tom Casadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03188041481309059441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-20620122696379264832014-06-12T16:39:54.382-05:002014-06-12T16:39:54.382-05:00Can you discuss why union Firefighters are against...Can you discuss why union Firefighters are against using smaller, nimble vehicles? They are worried about losing their high paid"apparatus operator" positions. Always comes back to what is best for the perpetuation of the union power not the safety or cost to citizens. Do they not realize they look greedy and outdated?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-71752302688086124932014-05-31T08:11:38.984-05:002014-05-31T08:11:38.984-05:008:05,
Sorry, I inadvertently deleted your comment...8:05,<br /><br />Sorry, I inadvertently deleted your comment from yesterday. I reposted it just now, and I also have the answers to your questions.<br /><br />In the past 90 days, LF&R responded to 124 medical emergencies involving an overdose. I cannot break that out by type of drug, though, or legal vs. illegal without looking at each individual case. <br /><br />Also in the past 90 days, LPD has responded to 12 suicides and 77 suicide attempts for a total of 89, of which 50 were overdoses--including 2 completed suicides by overdose.Tom Casadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03188041481309059441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-61011554645564960212014-05-31T08:05:15.995-05:002014-05-31T08:05:15.995-05:00Does the 4,894 medical emergencies include things ...Does the 4,894 medical emergencies include things like non-prescribed drug overdoses (legal and illegal, including alcohol) and attempted suicides of any types? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com