Comments on: Puzzling Policy Change in NYC Ambulance Dispatch Protocol http://firegeezer.com/2010/01/17/puzzling-policy-change-in-nyc-ambulance-dispatch-protocol/ The Fire/EMS Digital Dayroom Thu, 24 May 2012 08:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Dave Konig http://firegeezer.com/2010/01/17/puzzling-policy-change-in-nyc-ambulance-dispatch-protocol/comment-page-1/#comment-9717 Dave Konig Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:22:09 +0000 http://firegeezer.com/?p=20967#comment-9717 There is no change to the status of the volunteers in NYC. The fact is that FDNY doesn't call upon them due to the fact that their in service times are unreliable. Not listing them in the CAD when they are available doesn't change the fact that FDNY has already scheduled resources to handle the call volume anticipated. When that call volume is greater than expected, FDNY requests mutual aid from the volunteers as well as the private providers in the city.<br><br>This is vollie politics at work in a system where vollies are a luxury and not a necessity, plain and simple. There is no change to the status of the volunteers in NYC. The fact is that FDNY doesn't call upon them due to the fact that their in service times are unreliable. Not listing them in the CAD when they are available doesn't change the fact that FDNY has already scheduled resources to handle the call volume anticipated. When that call volume is greater than expected, FDNY requests mutual aid from the volunteers as well as the private providers in the city.

This is vollie politics at work in a system where vollies are a luxury and not a necessity, plain and simple.

]]> By: Ckemtp http://firegeezer.com/2010/01/17/puzzling-policy-change-in-nyc-ambulance-dispatch-protocol/comment-page-1/#comment-9718 Ckemtp Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:32:34 +0000 http://firegeezer.com/?p=20967#comment-9718 I support the NYC volunteer ambulance Corps. I've always thought that they were a way for community members to give back to their city and I can't imagine why anyone would want to take that option away from the citizens.<br><br>Oh wait, yea I can. Perish the thought that there could be a political motive here, especially in a city as clean as NYC. Perish the thought that it might be a decision made not in the best interest of the masses, but instead made at the behest of a special interest group.<br><br>Hmmm... I wonder which group was behind this. I support the NYC volunteer ambulance Corps. I've always thought that they were a way for community members to give back to their city and I can't imagine why anyone would want to take that option away from the citizens.

Oh wait, yea I can. Perish the thought that there could be a political motive here, especially in a city as clean as NYC. Perish the thought that it might be a decision made not in the best interest of the masses, but instead made at the behest of a special interest group.

Hmmm… I wonder which group was behind this.

]]> By: Dave Konig http://firegeezer.com/2010/01/17/puzzling-policy-change-in-nyc-ambulance-dispatch-protocol/comment-page-1/#comment-6258 Dave Konig Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:22:09 +0000 http://firegeezer.com/?p=20967#comment-6258 There is no change to the status of the volunteers in NYC. The fact is that FDNY doesn't call upon them due to the fact that their in service times are unreliable. Not listing them in the CAD when they are available doesn't change the fact that FDNY has already scheduled resources to handle the call volume anticipated. When that call volume is greater than expected, FDNY requests mutual aid from the volunteers as well as the private providers in the city.<br><br>This is vollie politics at work in a system where vollies are a luxury and not a necessity, plain and simple. There is no change to the status of the volunteers in NYC. The fact is that FDNY doesn't call upon them due to the fact that their in service times are unreliable. Not listing them in the CAD when they are available doesn't change the fact that FDNY has already scheduled resources to handle the call volume anticipated. When that call volume is greater than expected, FDNY requests mutual aid from the volunteers as well as the private providers in the city.

This is vollie politics at work in a system where vollies are a luxury and not a necessity, plain and simple.

]]> By: Ckemtp http://firegeezer.com/2010/01/17/puzzling-policy-change-in-nyc-ambulance-dispatch-protocol/comment-page-1/#comment-6256 Ckemtp Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:32:34 +0000 http://firegeezer.com/?p=20967#comment-6256 I support the NYC volunteer ambulance Corps. I've always thought that they were a way for community members to give back to their city and I can't imagine why anyone would want to take that option away from the citizens.<br><br>Oh wait, yea I can. Perish the thought that there could be a political motive here, especially in a city as clean as NYC. Perish the thought that it might be a decision made not in the best interest of the masses, but instead made at the behest of a special interest group.<br><br>Hmmm... I wonder which group was behind this. I support the NYC volunteer ambulance Corps. I've always thought that they were a way for community members to give back to their city and I can't imagine why anyone would want to take that option away from the citizens.

Oh wait, yea I can. Perish the thought that there could be a political motive here, especially in a city as clean as NYC. Perish the thought that it might be a decision made not in the best interest of the masses, but instead made at the behest of a special interest group.

Hmmm… I wonder which group was behind this.

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