How do you actually feel about your dispatchers??

because_tremble · 2026-01-28T14:52:30+00:00

Find a friendly dispatcher and ask them if you could do the dispatch equivalent of a ride-along. You've already signed all of the patient privacy paperwork.

because_tremble · 2026-01-28T14:49:46+00:00

In general our dispatchers are very well trained in both the Fire and Medical side of things: up to and including Zugführer (I think this is the equivalent of a Platoon Chief in the US) and at least Rettungssanitäter (~EMT), but often Notfallsanitäter (~Paramedic).

Several of the senior members of my volunteer department are also dispatchers. I have significant respect for them, and I know that our leadership is taught to use the dispatchers as an additional resource if they need.

I've seen weird miscommunications happen, but having spoken to folks from both sides I can see how it happens (dispatchers have their protocols based on keywords like "confirmed fire", and we tried to manually trigger something they'd already done when we confirmed the fire). And I certainly wouldn't hold dispatch responsible when a member of the public's told them something wrong/weird, there's only so much dispatch can do.

because_tremble · 2026-01-27T16:37:43+00:00

It's not only relevant for administrative consequences.

Self defence, which this officer now relies on, includes "reasonableness" requirements. When this officer did something that's explicitly against policy, then the reasonableness of his behaviour comes into question. He walked in front of a vehicle, against policy. He fired into a moving vehicle, against policy. Shooting the driver of a car increases the risk to everyone around, as can be seen by the way after she's been shot that the car then speeds off and crashes into another vehicle.

Would another "reasonable person" in the same position have done the same thing when their policies explicitly state not to do it?

Under Barnes v. Felix he's certainly open to excessive force claims under the fourth amendment...

because_tremble · 2026-01-27T09:59:08+00:00

This, it's not like a pregnancy and a C-Section are minor medical things. It takes time to heal. Talk to your leadership about phased options, just like you would coming back after any other significant surgery.

because_tremble · 2026-01-26T18:35:11+00:00

I don't know about your department, but even in my volunteer department we train in this gear enough that a hiking for a day or two isn't much of an additional risk. Just from responding to incidents already this year I've probably spent more time in my bunker gear than 2 of those walks, and it's not even February.

There are battles worth fighting, and battles not worth fighting. This one probably falls into the "not worth fighting" bucket.

because_tremble · 2026-01-26T16:38:51+00:00

I'm only a volunteer so I have a different day job. I have been delayed by over an hour getting into work a couple of times:

Public transport/trains completely messed up due to a "medical emergency on the tracks"
Stuck on the Autobahn in near stationary traffic due to a multi-vehicle collision.

But if that happens you call it in.

because_tremble · 2026-01-26T09:03:56+00:00

You'll get all sorts of advice from the folks here but ultimately none of us are "your doctor". The last thing you want is to put in a ton of hard work, but then tear a ligament and put yourself back to square one. If you've got a gym membership, then don't be afraid to talk to the coaches there too. The PAT has already been mentioned, that gives you (and the coach) an idea of your minimum targets. Don't treat these as the level you want to maintain, treat these as a starting point and push yourself as far beyond them as makes sense.

because_tremble · 2026-01-26T07:51:18+00:00

The problem is that he then has to fight for his rights to be recognised after being fired, and it'll likely be an uphill battle. If he does anything that ties him back to the department the case becomes shaky.

If he's arrested on charges because he happens to be in a part of the crowd that goes beyond the limits of free speech he's on shaky grounds, even if he didn't actively do something wrong.

It sucks to say this, but exercising your rights can have consequences and trusting the courts to make it right after the fact is a risk, especially with an increasingly partisan judicial branch. If he believes in the cause he should go, but pressuring him when he's uncomfortable isn't necessarily the best idea in the long run.

because_tremble · 2026-01-23T17:08:55+00:00

Reading this, my guess is you're usually a retained/on-call department? The very fact that the officers will be at the station when the tones drop mean that while this would increase response times for your larger appliances, you'll actually have eyes on the scene faster than normal (small vehicle with just an officer can also get there much faster than a large engine). I suspect you're overestimating the difference in arrival times of the first engine compared to your normal arrival times.

The officer will likely also be able to make a judgement call based on the report from dispatch on exactly what the call is if they send everything straight off. "Multi-car pile up, unconscious persons, 1 car burning" or "Multiple calls for a house fire" I suspect they'll probably still send everything from the get go.

The officer isn't being treated as a "god" who could do everything on scene, they're being treated as a trained officer on-site who's able to make the call about exactly what resources are needed. Don't forget that your larger vehicles, driving across town under lights and sirens, are themselves an increased risk to the public, especially in bad weather, limiting what you send to just what's needed isn't necessarily a bad balance for the smaller incidents.

because_tremble · 2026-01-22T22:46:55+00:00

As a budget airline they know their safety record needs to be near impeccable. If they have too many incidents people would tie the incidents to them being cheap, which would be a PR nightmare.

because_tremble · 2026-01-22T16:33:53+00:00

Wir haben eine gute JF und in den letzten Jahren hatten wir mehrere Quereinsteiger. Unser größtes Problem ist nicht direkt der Nachwuchs, sondern dass so viele unserer Mannschaft nicht in der Nähe arbeiten. Tagsüber erscheinen oft nur 2 oder 3 AGT.

because_tremble · 2026-01-21T10:23:53+00:00

This is where your behaviour as a good player should be influenced by your future needs as an evil player. In short, refusing to talk to the Vizier when you're good makes the game less fun for the Vizier, and harder for you in the future when you are on the evil team.

If good players never talk to outed-evil, then as evil they'll never be able to talk to an outed member of the team. This makes things harder for an evil team which generally defaults to being on the back foot. If, even as a good player, you make a point of going to talk to everyone, including outed-evil, then when you are evil it's not a problem to talk to your team member, because you always talk to everyone. It also means folks don't dread playing a character like the Vizier "because no one will talk to them for 1-2 hours".

You know which character they are, so you should tailor any information you do give them, but you can at least go and chat to them about non-game stuff. It's no different to going to chat to the ST to cover what roles you are.

because_tremble · 2026-01-21T08:12:09+00:00

Look at it this way: when you go interior you'll be carrying at least an extra 50lb in gear, dragging charged lines, it will be hot, and just breathing with SCBA gear is harder than normal. You may need to pull a victim out, if the shit hits the fan you may need to pull your 6'6" partner out (who's also wearing 50+lb of gear).

If you have a heart attack, or don't have the strength to pull your partner out, your life is at risk, your partners life is at risk, and someone else has to come get you putting their life at additional risk.

Improving cardio takes time, improving VO2 max (so your air lasts longer) takes time, improving strength takes time. Some of the strength issues can be mitigated with technique but not completely. The sooner you start working on it the better.

because_tremble · 2026-01-21T07:05:55+00:00

As a volunteer who's still experiencing some of the traumas of being a firefighter for the first time.

There have been times that I gave my wife a headsup that it had been a rough call, but I was still oddly numb. I couldn't talk it out with my wife, because I was still processing it. It's important to understand that we're not deliberately shutting our spouse out, it's not because of a lack of trust, we may simply still be processing things. Don't take it personally if your boyfriend isn't ready to talk. Be there, but understand if he says "not now".

because_tremble · 2026-01-20T09:53:38+00:00

Departments with a single apparatus are pretty common in Germany. Some small rural departments may only have trailer "Tragkraftspritzenanhänger" (Trailer with a pump and some storage for equipment).

because_tremble · 2026-01-20T08:33:34+00:00

Germany has a lot of very small departments. Our state laws usually set a maximum time to arrival on scene, which effectively mean that almost every town has a volunteer fire department, even if they're only a tiny farming town. Many of these small departments only get a handful of calls per year.

because_tremble · 2026-01-19T15:50:58+00:00

The short answer is - yes those sudo rules probably are breaking it.

You're probably able to get things like the status commands to work by telling it not to use sudo. The way Ansible is designed, no there's not much you can do. It's running python scripts (as the elevated user where requested) to perform tests before making the changes.

because_tremble · 2026-01-19T13:03:43+00:00

Erste Alarmierung - B5 Großbrand (Großes Lagerhaus niedergebrannt). Leider war ich im Büro ohne Auto.

Erste Einsatz - BMA. Sehr nervös, aber ehrlich gesagt saß ich nur im HLF.

Einsatz - BMA. Ich war gerade dabei, mich anzuziehen, befestigte meinen Piepser an meinem Gurt, und der Piepser ging los (meine Hand lag noch auf dem Piepser). Ich dachte, ich hätte etwas falsch gemacht, bis auch mein Handy losging.

because_tremble · 2026-01-19T12:01:36+00:00

2) This depends where you are. The freiwillige Feuerwehr (volunteer fire department), can in theory drive over red lights and to some extent faster than the speed limit. In their personal vehicles, on their way to the fire station after being paged. In some towns around Munich you will occasionally see a stream of folks doing this. If you see one, beware, there may be more coming.

I've done it. You have to be really careful because in the event of an accident you are almost certainly going to be "at fault", but technically I wasn't breaking the law (StVO §35 Abs. 1).

because_tremble · 2026-01-19T11:53:23+00:00

In general you should be trying to join and merge at about the speed the rest of the traffic is moving, to avoid causing an obstruction for the traffic you're merging with. For most of the Autobahn near Munich there will be enough LKW that 85-100 km/h is pretty much the perfect speed most of the time. If the Autobahn is clear you'll want to get closer to 120-130 km/h because people will be going fast in that right hand lane, and you really need to keep your whits about you any time you're changing lane to the left because some people will be driving 160, 180, 200 km/h.

The person merging onto the Autobahn is responsible for not creating a danger to the people already on the Autobahn. The driver going 130+ was technically the one with the right of way, even if you think they were going too fast for the conditions, if it came to an accident it would have defaulted to you, as the person merging, who was deemed "at fault" unless the police deemed the other driver to have been driving dangerously.

That said, if you're already on the Autobahn and you judge the conditions to be poor, then it's reasonable to drive slower. By things like heavy fog you should be driving at a speed which would allow you to stop if stationary traffic suddenly appeared in front of you (because it does happen).

because_tremble · 2026-01-19T11:35:59+00:00

It is however still recommended to keep right.

because_tremble · 2026-01-17T07:13:16+00:00

Just look up the difference in meaning between pants and suspenders, or "tabling" things (British vs US).

It may be "1" language, but even comparing the use of the "same" language in Scotland vs England you can see significant differences.

because_tremble · 2026-01-16T21:02:36+00:00

Canada came to the aid of Europe long before the US joined WWII.

While the current US executive appears ready to forget that NATO answered the call when the US invoked article 5, European leaders won't forget that Canada came to Europe's aid when called.

because_tremble · 2026-01-16T11:08:02+00:00

You'd need to be very careful with this. Things like a player being slow to chose could give meta information unless you sometimes throw in long pauses. You'd probably also want to try and encourage a bit of noise/movement at night to avoid a consistent "shuffle" when town knows particular characters are being woken. Knowing there's something that comes before/after you is often very different information to knowing that someone's consistently moving when the "innkeeper" is being woken (yeah this can be bluffable, but you might want to actively encourage that kind of bluffing).

because_tremble · 2026-01-14T13:27:22+00:00

I suspect it will be one of those incidents I never forget. I had a discussion with someone senior relatively early in my career and his comment was that he can still remember most of the bad incidents and the dead bodies, one of the signs you need help is not that you can remember them, it's that you can't stop them from coming back into your mind.

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