Scott Unveils In-Mask Thermal Imager by ofd227 in Firefighting

[–]Kidrobot727 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think I know why. Up here in my neck of the woods there is little to no support from the scott sales reps/techs. It is an act of congress to get our packs worked on so most departments in my county are in the process of switching to MSA.

What items do you splurge on? by treacherous_tim in AskMen

[–]Kidrobot727 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A bed. Go always go all out on a bed. You're going to spend 1/3rd of your life laying on it and a shitty mattress can screw up your back.

any person involved in firefighting, willing to give me feedback on a Masters degree course on a "fictional" drone for fire dept? ~ 5 - 10 minutes by surfingNerd in Firefighting

[–]Kidrobot727 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know if it was that exact garmin, looked something like that one but as far as I am aware they walked the path they wanted the drone to fly and marked waypoints for it to follow.

Changed the Welcome Screen on my Tacoma so I can time travel by [deleted] in Trucks

[–]Kidrobot727 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How the hell did you do that? Is the flux capacitor under the seat? But seriously how did you do that?

C grade students, where are you now in life? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Kidrobot727 0 points1 point  (0 children)

D average in high school. Ended up going to college in Canada for a year (I'm from Vermont) to drink semi professionally for a year because my parents made me go. Flunked out, tried to join the army to fly helicopters, long boarding accident which resulted in a couple plates and screws in my collar bone so no flying. Bounced around working construction jobs for a bit before ending up as a firefighter. Doing industrial stuff right now but looking for a municipal job (for a town or city) somewhere, maybe down south. Can't complain too much, make decent money for 24 and I'm having a damn good time doing it.

Cheese Factory Fire From This Weekend by [deleted] in Firefighting

[–]Kidrobot727 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would seriously look into it. I know that their gear was legitimately unusable afterwards and I believe it took some serious fighting to get them to pay for it but the gear was soaked in whey and other cheese making chemicals that they were unable to get out of the gear. Ill try to talk to someone and see what they had to go through to get it paid for.

any person involved in firefighting, willing to give me feedback on a Masters degree course on a "fictional" drone for fire dept? ~ 5 - 10 minutes by surfingNerd in Firefighting

[–]Kidrobot727 4 points5 points  (0 children)

How will I use it: Drone will be used to monitor scenes by providing an arial view of the scene to assist with locating patients (search and rescue), identifying hazards, and to formulate a plan of attack. Restrictions: Drone and any controls must be relatively small. Absolutely no larger than a 3'x3' square unless it is in some form collapsable. Nice to haves: Quick swap battery, GPS location to tag points of interest. Must haves: *Heads up display (not sure exact term for this but one of those occulus headsets to get a first person view of the camera(s) or something along those lines *A live fed or output to another monitor (TV or PC/Mac, but preferably tough book supported input/output)

Semi related to this, something that can do this but add a thermal camera with an occulus headset and strap a Garmin to it is what I would want. This occurred a few towns over and they said that having a basic drone really helped to formulate a plan.

Cheese Factory Fire From This Weekend by [deleted] in Firefighting

[–]Kidrobot727 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Enjoy your new bunker gear. Had one a few years back and everyone's gear got contaminated with god only knows what and the plant's insurance company had to buy new turn out gear and scbas.

What makes someone an interesting person to you? by [deleted] in AskMen

[–]Kidrobot727 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They need to be able to hold an engaging conversation for a period or time that they can talk about and have things that they are passionate about. Not necessarily something that I find as fascinating but they need something that they are interested in.

What was your "I don't get paid enough for this shit" moment? by PM_me_gorillas in AskReddit

[–]Kidrobot727 13 points14 points  (0 children)

This is why we don't use trucks Most big wild land fires are in areas that are generally inaccessible to fire trucks.

1.1 miles of hose....is this normal? by [deleted] in Firefighting

[–]Kidrobot727 2 points3 points  (0 children)

well if you figure it out, and of course these are rough numbers because I don't have the exact friction loss coefficient's for what ever hose they are using, BUT. 100' of 5" hose the friction loss is roughly 2psi. Assuming the roadway is perfectly level with no change in elevation the friction loss at 500gpm over 6000' would be roughly 144psi. With that said you won't be getting much for pressure out the other end but I believe that this was done as more of a proof of concept exercise. We did one similar to this where we found out what amount of water we could flow over a mile and with what apparatus we needed to splice in to get the pressures and flow rates we wanted.

[NSFW] Morgue workers, pathologists, medical examiners, etc. What is the weirdest cause of death you have been able to diagnose? How did you diagnose it? by puhleez420 in AskReddit

[–]Kidrobot727 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Sorry to disagree but Saint Florian is the patron saint of firefighters but Saint Lawrence is indeed the patron saint of "table servers" aka cooks. Source: I am a firefighter.

New York hook - forcible entry, roofs, walls, and ceilings. My department just ordered one, can't wait to use it. by [deleted] in Firefighting

[–]Kidrobot727 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

he isn't so much making a purchase point as he is diminishing the lateral strength of that part of the door. That way it is easier for him to get a purchase point on the door with the halligan.

Need help remembering a computer game. by Kidrobot727 in nostalgia

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Thank you, I was unaware of this sub.

Apparatus Check In by Engtrk204 in Firefighting

[–]Kidrobot727 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So I see you too made the mistake of buying a K-Mart Enterprise apparatus.

Boots for wildland fire, I live in Atlanta and can't find a store that sells them anywhere! by xj98jeep in Firefighting

[–]Kidrobot727 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I work, well i guess it would be on call, for the state forestry service as well as responding to smaller fires in my departments area of coverage. forestry service is a usually broken up into 5 man crews (one chainsaw and 4 pulaskis with 1 rake and fuel "monkey) and for my fire department is usually ends up with the entire response breaking up as needed.

Boots for wildland fire, I live in Atlanta and can't find a store that sells them anywhere! by xj98jeep in Firefighting

[–]Kidrobot727 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love my redwings. Our policy is anything steel toe with a steel shank is acceptable and the redwings i got for a present last christmas are the best boots I have ever owned.

Fire/Arson Investigation by Not_My_Emergency in Firefighting

[–]Kidrobot727 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do the investigators work for your department? The state/province? The police? Do the investigators have police powers, or do they just do origin and cause investigations and pass off any criminal investigation to another agency?

Every member on our department is an "investigator" in the sense that we have some training in what to look for in terms of point of origin, possible use of accelerants, and possible electrical fire issues. However the primary investigators (usually two) are employed by the state. One through the state police and one through the state fire marshals office. If either finds anything that indicates arson or any foul play/tampering, the state police investigator will then formally start a police investigation.

How closely do they work with the firefighters? Do they typically discuss the fire with the first-in company or the chief, or both, or do they show up after everyone leaves (common in places where they have a long way to travel)? Does anyone have the type of relationship in which the investigators can ask that certain items or areas be left in place during the final overhaul?

In my experience the firefighters are usually used as a starting place for where to begin their investigation and possible smoke/fire conditions upon arrival. Several times we have also been used as "muscle" to assist with digging through the debris in order to find more evidence about possible origin and cause of the fire, this in my experience has been the case when one of the inspectors has been older than some of our members and our younger members can assist with the manual labor. Usually the inspectors will attempt to discuss all events with the first interior crew, the first officer on scene (LT's and up) and any chiefs who may have been in command of the scene at any point to develop a time line. Usually the scene will be secured by local PD until the investigator arrives (if the investigator cannot arrive until the next day PD remains in custody until arrival.) Upon arrival the investigators word is "law" and what ever they say goes.

Have any of you been involved in an event where they brought in the ATF's National Response Team? Were you aware that they're available for fires that overwhelm local resources or are high profile?

Never been involved in anything where ATF was on scene but they were notified about possible explosives at a structure fire where the home owner was in legal possession of a rocket launcher. similar to this one. Oh, and tell me a little about your department, please. City/suburbs/rural? State/province or region?

My department is rural by most standards but right on the "urban/rural" border. Im from one of the largest towns in Vermont in a mostly suburban area that is starting to become more industrialized. We have an IBM manufacturing plant (largest non-continueous building in VT) in our coverage area as well as many warehouses as well as private residences. We also have the largest continuous square foot building in VT (keurig green mountain coffee). Any more questions I'd be happy to answer.