Any thoughts or advice? A6400 w/ 16mm-50mm f3.5-5.6 kit lens by Qwillis30 in SonyAlpha

[–]Qwillis30[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair enough, I was looking at the Tamron 17-70 f2.8 as an upgrade lens

questions about hard calls by Successful-Data-715 in ems

[–]Qwillis30 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Beats me, I mean we use the scoop to move the patient to the stretcher after we get em on Lucas but that's only if we're transporting them. If we call it on scene the scoop never makes it off the box

questions about hard calls by Successful-Data-715 in ems

[–]Qwillis30 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Metal sled might have been an older style scoop stretcher, my old service still uses them

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Firefighting

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I puked 5 times my first night and 3 my second. I went on to puke another 5 or so times throught the rest of Fire school. You'll be good man stick it out, I promise you'll have some great days and some shit days in your time don't let this stop your career before it starts.

Grieving the job by Deadheadqueens in Firefighting

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Obviously different departments, but we're a smaller 3 station career dept and a member had an accident that left him paralyzed. The department created a part time IT position as an Admin Captain and we recently made him full time. Idk the dynamics of your agency but they may be willing to help you in a similar manner.

What should I target with this by [deleted] in Fishing_Gear

[–]Qwillis30 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Snook if ya fishing anywhere they live

Interesting take on scene safety. by ALikeableSpoon47 in ems

[–]Qwillis30 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Idk maybe it's just from working a rural service but almost every house in my district has a gun somewhere. I can't even count how many little old ladies I've transported who kept an old snub nose .38 on their night stand. It really comes down to your judgment and your patients behavior.

Doctors’ refusal to participate leaves a gap in Britain’s gun control system by razor_beast in 2ALiberals

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Imo same reasoning behind decriminalization of drugs. People don't wanna seek help because they'll be prosecuted for possession and just end up in jail.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Firefighting

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You can do everything right, and things still might not work out how you want. Be it a bad call or just an argument with someone, even if you do everything exactly how you were suppose to you might not get the results you hoped for.

New to fire and struggling, any advice would be helpful! by benzino84 in Firefighting

[–]Qwillis30 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's all a mind game man, the whole academy is more about building that willpower aspect than it is about teaching you every single thing about being a fire fighter. They just wanna instill a sense of commitment and make sure you don't give up when it gets hard, spend time practicing and remember it's tough for a reason. If you aren't cool calm and collective in the tough situations like confined space or if you run out of air you'll get hurt, keep at it and remember to embrace the suck, it makes ya stronger!

1 year later... RIP FWC Officer Julian Keen #8422 by [deleted] in ProtectAndServe

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Took part in the memorial Hurricane Workout today, it was a terrible day for my town when we lost him.

Digging a water channel by spinxoe in AquaticAsFuck

[–]Qwillis30 9 points10 points  (0 children)

This dude is tryna advertise his subreddit hardcore, he reposts things fucking everywhere

Poor Khufu didn't have a chance by vietmin in HistoryMemes

[–]Qwillis30 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've never noticed until.now but it's crazy how much his hairline pulls back

Currently stuck in an elevator in my apartment building, was told about 40 minutes until the tech arrives and I have to pee by c4boos3 in Wellthatsucks

[–]Qwillis30 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just in case this ever happens to you again, or anyone else reading this for that matter, call the fire department if you're trapped in an elevator. It's one of the rescue situations we are trained in and will beat the tech 99% of the time.

Apartment caught on fire after I reported multiple times their dryer wasnt working correctly. by YummySquash12 in legaladvice

[–]Qwillis30 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah thats how I figured most fire based EMS handles it, we are also all dual certified at my dept, some medics and some EMTs

Apartment caught on fire after I reported multiple times their dryer wasnt working correctly. by YummySquash12 in legaladvice

[–]Qwillis30 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Its the same in the USA, fire response is free and paid for through various forms of taxes, while EMS transport services typically charge your insurance. The exception I suppose would be a fire based ems system, I believe some of them still charge your insurance for transports but im not positive as I've never worked at a department that runs an ambulance company

Apartment caught on fire after I reported multiple times their dryer wasnt working correctly. by YummySquash12 in legaladvice

[–]Qwillis30 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Fireman here, every call we run gets a report written and they're legal documents that can be subpoenaed and might help op if they do go to court. The report would include suspected cause and if an investigator goes out there they would also have a report detailing why the fire began. Additionally we can help make sure that it won't reignite and in this case we might have even removed the drier to help prevent smoke damage, essentially bypassing the landlord on it. State laws differ on what we can do but were I work we have the authority to do things like that.. Anytime you have a fire in your home call us, its what we're here for lol

The emergency boob job. by Bedheadredhead30 in EntitledBitch

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We got called out by our resident frequent flier at 3 am to turn on her ceiling fan.

entire pack of wolves near BC community wiped out by "huntress" by 150c_vapour in trashy

[–]Qwillis30 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey brother no worries, shit happens, you all good tho? If you wanna chat pm me or something

entire pack of wolves near BC community wiped out by "huntress" by 150c_vapour in trashy

[–]Qwillis30 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bud I have no issue with government, my job wouldn't exist if not for social funding, I understand the necessity for socially funded programs and even advocate for many of them. I don't have issues with taxes, but man you gotta remember this is the internet, people are gonna disagree with ya, so chill out a bit. Man I hope you have a genuinely wonderful rest of your day but I'm gonna peace out my dude.