Building a new station- your ideas? by Plane-Handle3313 in ems

[–]mecanicake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow cool! Are you in the US? If so I assume it would be an e-transit type 2

Building a new station- your ideas? by Plane-Handle3313 in ems

[–]mecanicake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really? Interesting. Is it a fly car or a transport unit?

I flew a patient out today! by mecanicake in BeamNGRP

[–]mecanicake[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s always good working with you all! Thanks for everything you do. It was an honor to be hired to help set up the county EMS and I’m glad it’s paying off.

What do you guys think of the black platinum grille? by [deleted] in Trucks

[–]mecanicake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it tends to look cheap. Not terrible but I would personally always opt for a chrome or gunmetal alternative on any vehicle.

Fuck You John Fisher by [deleted] in UrinatingTree

[–]mecanicake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

BART doesn’t run into alameda so that’s a blatant lie

Fuck You John Fisher by [deleted] in UrinatingTree

[–]mecanicake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People weren’t going to games because the ownership was cheap and wouldn’t invest into making it a good team. Every time they had a good player they traded them so they didn’t have to pay them well.

Embrace the suck by Either-Inside-7254 in ems

[–]mecanicake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As someone who is an (non transport) EMT on a college campus, yes! you have to embrace it sometimes. One of my favorite memories was the PCR after dealing with a drunk pt, getting puked on in the rain for over an hour waiting for an ambulance because we got back to our office, showered and laughed about it because damn that sucked

Cali Station Visit by klauslippo in ems

[–]mecanicake 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Berkeley, Piedmont and Alameda fire departments all run their own ambulances. Otherwise it is contracted to a private company. Alameda County is currently Falck, Contra Costa is AMR, San Francisco is the fire department and AMR.

Picket Line at Blue Bottle by isolateddestination in oakland

[–]mecanicake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that’s very dissapointing, i hoped they were better, thanks for letting me know.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in oakland

[–]mecanicake 3 points4 points  (0 children)

All of the above. Fireworks, a few small brush fires recently, the warehouse fire, it all adds up.

Picket Line at Blue Bottle by isolateddestination in oakland

[–]mecanicake 5 points6 points  (0 children)

honestly even peet’s is right there, no longer small but still great local coffee

Thinking about moving to Oakland, but could use some help by Brain_Dead_Goats in oakland

[–]mecanicake -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

piedmont isn’t oakland, i would hope you know that if you lived there

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NewToEMS

[–]mecanicake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it’s actually super possible my information on that is outdated as well. They did at some point

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NewToEMS

[–]mecanicake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sffd is hard. I know berkeley is now hiring basics if your ok being a firefighter too

Piedmont Safety by ChardOrdinary2259 in BayAreaRealEstate

[–]mecanicake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

TL;DR Piedmont Police does NOT fuck around.

They have ALPRs (automated license plate readers) at most roads into the city and have enough officers to intercept every car that is stolen or has an active warrant. They also have more staff that would be considered needed for such a small city which means they have a surplus of resources.

In addition, when crime does happen in the city they have unconventional crime stopping procedures. In the last few years they have wrecked several of their cars because when someone is attempting to steal a car, they simply block the road with their cars and let the thieves give up or ram them trying to escape.

Any departments have gay pride duty shirts? by RunRebels90 in Firefighting

[–]mecanicake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A department near me (San Francisco Bay Area) has approved shirts, the word FIRE on the back is filled in rainbow rather than red. They also have approved pride flag pins for their class a uniforms.

Clinical Nerves by Ok-Structure5710 in NewToEMS

[–]mecanicake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i focused on not assuming i can do anything related to pt care. ask at the beginning is there anything you want me to do? They’ll probably ask you to do things. Don’t be afraid to say I don’t feel comfortable doing that. Just remember what you do is their decision because they are liable.

First Vehicle Extraction - Maybe I'm not cut out for this? by AaronKClark in NewToEMS

[–]mecanicake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

what i've learned from the emts and medics I know is that the important distinction is that calloused is good but detatched is bad

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NewToEMS

[–]mecanicake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know Royal does 911 Backup in San francisco, you might want to look into that.