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I got mine in the mail yesterday. Very apropos if I say so myself 😉
Thursday, July 18, 2019
Friday, July 12, 2019
The big 5-0 on the 7th and explody things on the 4th
On Sunday I quietly celebrated my 50th year on this bit of dirt called the Earth.
Not much in the way of celebrating, as I had to work that night and mostly spent it snoozing. I did my early fun when working on the 4th and the 5th at my secondary job.
Speaking of which, the evening of the 4th of July was spent providing standby ambulance coverage for the big fireworks show at Caesar's Palace. They had their own EMTs on the security team for primary response, me and a paramedic were providing advanced life support (ALS) coverage as a backup. Fortunately, we weren't needed for that.
However, meanwhile up in Moapa (about 45 mins north of Vegas), there were two other crews plus the MCI/first aid trailer working a fireworks show and concert at the Moapa travel plaza, which is located on the Moapa Indian Reservation just off I-15. While I was working the event, I was hearing all the excitement on the 800 radio about an explosion and car fire, with multiple injuries.
As I found out later, some genius had his propane BBQ grill set up right next to his truck, which apparently had a metric shit ton of fireworks in the back. The result? Hearken to the two videos below posted by another concert goer for the details:
Part 2:
Among the equipment we had there was our rescue squad that had a skid unit with a 300 gallon water tank. Our ops chief and couple of others, along with the tribal fire brush truck, were able to eventually get it knocked down, but not after it destroyed the vehicle involved and another vehicle parked next to it. There were some injuries that did require transport to the hospital, but under HIPAA I can't really provide details of course.
I found out about this after me and my partner arrived, for as soon as we cleared from Caesar's, my boss told me to expedite our butts to Moapa to provide backup, so I got to haul ass code-3 all the way out there. By the time we got there, the excitement was mostly over with.
Overall, not a bad weekend. Hopefully there will be more interesting things to come later this month, assuming I can survive the monsoon season, which is beginning with a vengeance.
Stay safe everyone, and catch you all later!
Not much in the way of celebrating, as I had to work that night and mostly spent it snoozing. I did my early fun when working on the 4th and the 5th at my secondary job.
Speaking of which, the evening of the 4th of July was spent providing standby ambulance coverage for the big fireworks show at Caesar's Palace. They had their own EMTs on the security team for primary response, me and a paramedic were providing advanced life support (ALS) coverage as a backup. Fortunately, we weren't needed for that.
However, meanwhile up in Moapa (about 45 mins north of Vegas), there were two other crews plus the MCI/first aid trailer working a fireworks show and concert at the Moapa travel plaza, which is located on the Moapa Indian Reservation just off I-15. While I was working the event, I was hearing all the excitement on the 800 radio about an explosion and car fire, with multiple injuries.
As I found out later, some genius had his propane BBQ grill set up right next to his truck, which apparently had a metric shit ton of fireworks in the back. The result? Hearken to the two videos below posted by another concert goer for the details:
Part 2:
Among the equipment we had there was our rescue squad that had a skid unit with a 300 gallon water tank. Our ops chief and couple of others, along with the tribal fire brush truck, were able to eventually get it knocked down, but not after it destroyed the vehicle involved and another vehicle parked next to it. There were some injuries that did require transport to the hospital, but under HIPAA I can't really provide details of course.
I found out about this after me and my partner arrived, for as soon as we cleared from Caesar's, my boss told me to expedite our butts to Moapa to provide backup, so I got to haul ass code-3 all the way out there. By the time we got there, the excitement was mostly over with.
Overall, not a bad weekend. Hopefully there will be more interesting things to come later this month, assuming I can survive the monsoon season, which is beginning with a vengeance.
Stay safe everyone, and catch you all later!
Friday, July 5, 2019
DBD's 2019 fundraiser
Go here and donate what you can.
Hope everyone had a safe 4th, I was busy as hell...and am not done yet!
More later...
Hope everyone had a safe 4th, I was busy as hell...and am not done yet!
More later...
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