This question is in no way to disparage the fine professionals in the FFAX fire rescue (FR) department! They are top notch!!

This Question probably is better suited for the supervisors and politicians though, Why do only 4 of the 42 FR stations have 2 ambulances? Every station has only 1 ambulance that I see!! Other municipalities surrounding often have at least 2 per station.!! What gives?? Is it me or is this an issue to be looked at.

Maybe they're Too busy maybe spending valuable money on illegals, ESL and politically correct social needs??

uuuugggghhhh

I'm sure our iguana eating friends who came here illegally from the south, are responsible for this. If it delays a response, the Guatemalan embassy should be protested.

That is an excellent question! Every station does have one EMS unit. Fairfax got proactive and upgraded all of their BLS units to ALS units (and Engine company's) years ago. They dispatch the next due unit into a area when the need is there. That being said. The need for BLS units is critical to transport all butt hurt Hillary voters to a safe space, and any illegal aliens that are about to be deported.

To clarify this ^^^^^^ a bit more and explain BLS/ALS to those here that aren't familiar with those terms.

An EMT performs basic pre hospital care.

A (para) medic does all of that, plus administers IV medications and has a number of more advanced skills.

When you see two ambulances, one is an ambulance (with EMTs) and the other is a medic unit (with medics). The units are generally interchangeable and look the same.

Fairfax runs pretty much medic units only. It's good and bad for a number of reasons. It's great to have very qualified people there all the time in case you are circling the bowl and need actual help from dying. It's bad because a significant percentage of calls are BS and people that "don't feel good" - are on 30 different meds - and just wanted a free ride to the ER where they get free treatment.

Other jurisdictions run more ambulances and send EMTs out on these minor runs while saving the medics for serious shit. Everyone on a fire engine is also an EMT.

Right-wing assholes pollute every thread with their third-world shit-hole stupidty.

By that do you mean, reality!

Oh, right-wing assholes are very real alright. Take your dumbfuck loser self as a prime example. But none of the ridiculous crap they try to peddle as fact or history makes any sense or has any basis in reality at all. It's all just a bowl of corn flakes and they are all just impotent little bots programmed to babble on and on incessantly.

Bunch of flunked out dummies Wrote:
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> Oh, right-wing assholes are very real alright.
> Take your dumbfuck loser self as a prime example.
> But none of the ridiculous crap they try to peddle
> as fact or history makes any sense or has any
> basis in reality at all. It's all just a bowl of
> corn flakes and they are all just impotent little
> bots programmed to babble on and on incessantly.


You should spend some time in the real world.

The real world is sadly polluted by nonsense-spewing assholes like you. Wake up to the facts of your deep stupidity.

aint no good times in that continent. can u guess which it b

Bunch of flunked out dummies Wrote:
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> Right-wing assholes pollute every thread with
> their third-world shit-hole stupidty.

Right wingers fight for this nation abroad, put American flags in their yard, and speak English properly. The wetbacks and other losers from the janitorial halls of earth hell, don't come here to become American. Its all take, take, take, and what can you do for me? They can be exported back.

My god, you’re fucking stupid!

Political offices protected by armed guards are no different than military bases.

Marshall law during peacetime is illegal.

There was (is) a law against politicians in a "free country" using military to prevent the public from "disagreeing".

The other thing they do is to use police to threaten anyone who disagrees with their "policy".

It is called "facism" and no different from a Military leader, the fact police have a different uniform than military: meaningless.

People who believe blue is somehow different than checkers: fools.

(for those of you who don't know, 1/3 the state budget goes toward hiring illegal aliens, giving them weapson, to protect political offices and courthouses)

(yes sure the courthouse has police to hold detainees, but really there is not supposed to be police harassing visitors, telling them they cannot record a public trial, or anything like that)

Fx Co. Gov DHS at the Courthouse tried to tell me they wished to keep my court papers.

Extremely illegal. And BTW if you trust the prosecution (or gov) with your legal papers you MUST ASSUME they will burn them. They usually do. Any schoolbook tells you never to give a lawyer access to (your only) original copies.

you can easily say, "well what would prevent niggers from attacking political offices?"

the answer is:

(1) why would they? are you running slums or letting niggas out of school w/o education and giving them drugs and not forcing them to work?

(2) if they do, you attack

(3) the point is that "marshal law" is still illegal. citizens should be able to protest their government without threat of being arrested for "redress". using illegals invited in by the gov at large as an excuse is not an excuse to enact marhall law

thank you for your well-informed post. learned something from you.

Question: suppose someone who lives near the free-standing emergency center on Route 123 between the Fairfax County Courthouse and GMU is having a life-threatening medical emergency.

Would a Fire Dept ambulance take them there, or invest half an hour into taking them to the (Level I Trauma Center) at Inova Fairfax?

Thank you.

local ff Wrote:
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> To clarify this ^^^^^^ a bit more and explain
> BLS/ALS to those here that aren't familiar with
> those terms.
>
> An EMT performs basic pre hospital care.
>
> A (para) medic does all of that, plus administers
> IV medications and has a number of more advanced
> skills.
>
> When you see two ambulances, one is an ambulance
> (with EMTs) and the other is a medic unit (with
> medics). The units are generally interchangeable
> and look the same.
>
> Fairfax runs pretty much medic units only. It's
> good and bad for a number of reasons. It's great
> to have very qualified people there all the time
> in case you are circling the bowl and need actual
> help from dying. It's bad because a significant
> percentage of calls are BS and people that "don't
> feel good" - are on 30 different meds - and just
> wanted a free ride to the ER where they get free
> treatment.
>
> Other jurisdictions run more ambulances and send
> EMTs out on these minor runs while saving the
> medics for serious shit. Everyone on a fire
> engine is also an EMT.

penobscot bay Wrote:
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> thank you for your well-informed post. learned
> something from you.
>
> Question: suppose someone who lives near the
> free-standing emergency center on Route 123
> between the Fairfax County Courthouse and GMU is
> having a life-threatening medical emergency.
>
> Would a Fire Dept ambulance take them there, or
> invest half an hour into taking them to the (Level
> I Trauma Center) at Inova Fairfax?
>
> Thank you.
>
> local ff Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > To clarify this ^^^^^^ a bit more and explain
> > BLS/ALS to those here that aren't familiar with
> > those terms.
> >
> > An EMT performs basic pre hospital care.
> >
> > A (para) medic does all of that, plus
> administers
> > IV medications and has a number of more
> advanced
> > skills.
> >
> > When you see two ambulances, one is an
> ambulance
> > (with EMTs) and the other is a medic unit (with
> > medics). The units are generally
> interchangeable
> > and look the same.
> >
> > Fairfax runs pretty much medic units only.
> It's
> > good and bad for a number of reasons. It's
> great
> > to have very qualified people there all the
> time
> > in case you are circling the bowl and need
> actual
> > help from dying. It's bad because a significant
> > percentage of calls are BS and people that
> "don't
> > feel good" - are on 30 different meds - and
> just
> > wanted a free ride to the ER where they get
> free
> > treatment.
> >
> > Other jurisdictions run more ambulances and
> send
> > EMTs out on these minor runs while saving the
> > medics for serious shit. Everyone on a fire
> > engine is also an EMT.


They would be taken to the nearest facility that has the capability to treat/diagnose that which could POTENTIALLY be wrong with the patient based on signs/symptoms presented.

For example, with chest pain and indications of an arrhythmia, the facility would need a cath lab at a minimum. In cases where closed head injuries are suspected - full MRI/CT scan capabilities. The smaller facilities are a good place to take simple broken bones, minor injuries or other sicknesses/trauma that aren't immediately life threatening and present with a limited scope. This helps keep the pressure off the level 1 centers as their waiting rooms are often full of third world folks with a tummy ache.

gumbo Wrote:
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> This question is in no way to disparage the fine
> professionals in the FFAX fire rescue (FR)
> department! They are top notch!!
>
> This Question probably is better suited for the
> supervisors and politicians though, Why do only 4
> of the 42 FR stations have 2 ambulances? Every
> station has only 1 ambulance that I see!! Other
> municipalities surrounding often have at least 2
> per station.!! What gives?? Is it me or is this
> an issue to be looked at.
>
> Maybe they're Too busy maybe spending valuable
> money on illegals, ESL and politically correct
> social needs??
>
> uuuugggghhhh

It's a demographic thing. Let's say you find two operational medic units at the Great Falls or McLean fire stations.