Guest guest Posted February 13, 2004 Report Share Posted February 13, 2004 What a terrible thing to happen. The following statement really stuck out. My question is why did the firefighters not wait until police arrived and secured the scene before approaching the victim? Police say six firefighters on two crews initially responded to a domestic violence call. As shots rang out, two were hit by gunfire, and the other four were pinned until police arrived. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 14, 2004 Report Share Posted February 14, 2004 Condolences to all in Lexington. What a nightmare. -Hal Weese Nashville, TN > LEXINGTON, KY > > Firefighter Dies, Two Others Injured While Responding To Domestic Violence Call; > Police Officer Also Hurt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 15, 2004 Report Share Posted February 15, 2004 Condolences to all in Lexington. What a nightmare. Tom Central Illinois Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 15, 2004 Report Share Posted February 15, 2004 In our city, Medic units are a valuable yet limited resource. All firefighters are EMT-IV certified and we are several of our engines are staffed with a paramedic firefighter at all times for ALS calls. We dispatch a first responder on all medical calls except Alpha level responses. For those of you unfamiliar with the EMD cards, that's the calls that are just un-descript sick persons, non-recent or non-traumatic falls and injuries, etc... The only Alpha level call which gets a first responder is a seizure. That being said, some...not all of our engines have a tanker truck which goes wherever the engine goes due to areas with limited hydrants. If Lexington is anything like that, they could conceivably had six firefighters respond to the call initially as a first responding unit. More than likely though (if any of you can imagine this) the news probably reported it inaccurately and didn't distinguish between firefighters and medics. So in fire math, 4 firefighters = 1 engine company. 1 Paramedic + 1 EMT (who are probably fire dept employees) = 1 Medic unit. 1 Engine Company + 1 Medic unit = 6 firefighters in inaccurate news reports. Just an educated guess. -Hal Re: 911:: KY LODD > My question is why firefighters were going in the first place. I understand using firemen as first responders (such as CPR, MVA, or calls w/children injured/sick) but I do not agree with sending firemen and the 300,000 dollar truck to every ems call out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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