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A
B
I
want
to
welcome
everyone
to
the
police
and
fire
training
academy.
The
EMS
Academy
is
actually
separate
from
this.
We
have
a
facility
in
the
Strip
District,
but
we
still
do
some
training
here.
So
my
name
is
Mark
Pinchuk
I'm,
the
patient
care
coordinator
for
city
of
Pittsburgh,
EMS,
I,
basically
oversee
our
clinical
medical
operations
and
I'm
filling
in
for
a
chief
potion
this
evening
and
I'm
gonna
do
your
presentation
so
what
we
kind
of
haven't
planned
for
you
for
the
next
hour
or
so
I'm
gonna,
give
you
an
overview
of
the
system
after
that.
B
B
So
we'll
split
two
groups
give
you
tours
of
one
of
our
rescue
units
and
also
one
of
our
medic
units
set
up
to
demonstrate
some
of
our
critical
care
capability
and
that
will
take
us
up
to
about
sevenish
with
a
quick
break
and
then
do
off
to
chief
Jones
from
the
fire
department.
So
if
any
questions
as
we
go
along,
please
feel
free
to
ask.
We
want
to
keep
this
very
informal
and
free
Oh
feel
free
to
stop
and
ask
any
questions
any
time.
So
BRS
we've
really
kind
of
dedicated
ourselves.
B
We
want
to
bring
state-of-the-art,
advanced
life,
support,
medical
care
and
also
rescue
services
to
reduce
morbidity
mortality
to
both
the
residents
and
visitors
of
the
city
of
Pittsburgh,
and
also
we
have
numerous
other
regional
mutual
aid
obligations
that
we
fill
in
addition
to
our
homeland
security
defense
obligations,
our
Bureau
is
kind
of
our
allied
or
command
template
of
our
Bureau.
Basically,
our
Bureau
functions
in
three
divisions.
Our
biggest
division
is
the
ambulance
division.
That's
the
bulk
of
the
work.
We
have
13th
ambulances,
10
of
those
are
staffed.
B
24/7
and
3
of
those
go
out
of
service
at
11
o'clock
at
night
and
don't
return
to
service
2
at
Patillo
700
and
that's
based
just
on
call
volume.
Your
show
you
some
of
that.
So
even
those
version
does
the
bulk
of
the
work
of
this
system.
They
respond
to
the
bulk
of
the
medical
calls,
obviously
you're
moving
patients
to
the
hospital
providing
level
of
care.
The
second
division
is
the
rescue
division
and
that
provides
advanced
life
support
rescue
services
in
the
city.
B
So
we'll
show
you
some
of
the
capabilities
with
the
rescue
truck
we
have
outside,
but
we
can
do
vehicle
rescue,
low
angle,
high
angle,
rescue
water
rescue.
The
rescue
division
also
incorporates
several
other
specialty
components.
River
rescue
is
a
joint
police,
EMS
operation,
hazardous
materials,
which
is
a
joint
fire
department
and
EMS
operations.
We
have
a
tactical
unit
that
we
function
with
the
police,
SWAT
team
and
some
other
miscellaneous
units,
so
that
unit
does
a
lot
of
work
too
and
then
the
third
division
is
our
training
division
that
does
our
in-service
training
for
our
personnel.
B
Under
the
new
state
EMS
act.
Paramedics
have
to
have
at
least
36
hours
of
continuing
education
every
two
years
to
maintain
not
certification,
that
division
is
responsible
for
taking
care
of
our
yearly
continuing
education
requirements,
in
addition
to
training
required
for
all
our
specialty
teams.
Anytime,
you
have
a
specialty
team.
It
adds
capability
to
your
system,
but
there's
a
burden
to
that.
You
have
to
outfit
it
you
have
to
train
them.
You
have
to
do
continuing
training
to
maintain
proficiency,
so
that
division
takes
care
of
that.
B
So,
at
the
end
of
the
day,
you're
only
paying
one
to
two
million
dollars
a
year
for
a
pretty
capable
EMS
service,
we're
about
180,
budgeted
positions,
160,
that
is
paramedics
working
in
the
field
and
we
have
some
command
staff,
a
supervisory
level,
personnel
and
civilian
support
person
in
that
and
we're
dispersed
at
sixteen
different
station
locations
through
the
city.
Like
I
said
our
our
budget
for
the
this
year
is
about
fourteen
million
dollars
and
we're
projected
to
bring
about
twelve
million
of
that
back
and
through
insurance
billing.
B
They
brought
our
projection
down
a
little
bit
for
this
year.
That's
based
on
some
changes
in
the
new
health
care
law's
for
Medicare,
bearing
as
I've
relates
to
emergency
medical
services,
but
I
think
with
our
call
volume
and
we've
done
some
things
to
increase
our
revenue.
I
think
we'll
actually
probably
bring
in
close
to
thirteen
million
this
year,
which
would
be
our
okay.
So
you
really
said
the
residents
of
the
city
are
only
paying
$1,000,000
a
year
for
this
service
I'm
just
kind
of
our
over
staff.
B
Some
part
of
the
command
staff
sets
a
chief,
the
deputy
chief
to
division
Chiefs.
One
that
oversees
the
rescue
division,
one
the
sees
the
ambulance
division
and
then
me,
my
roles
really
is
oversee.
All
of
our
clinical
medical
operations
lays
on
with
the
hospitals
and
plays
on
with
the
universities
and
research
projects.
We
do
a
lot
of
research.
We
have
some
civilian
staff
support.
We
have
ten
district
Chiefs,
which
are
your
field
supervisors,
there's
generally
two
of
those
working
per
shift
ones.
B
We
divide
the
city
because
the
geography,
what
we
call
inside
and
outside
so
inside,
the
rivers
which
is
downtown
on
the
hill
district,
Oakland,
Squirrel,
Hill,
cetera
and
then
outside
the
rivers,
which
would
be
you
know,
south
side,
character,
north
side,
etc.
Just
based
on
geography,
that's
how
we
kind
of
split
the
city
up
so,
like
I
said
we
have
ten
medic
units
that
are
24/7.
B
We
have
three
that
are
only
16
per
hour.
They
start
at
7
a.m.
they
go
out
of
service
at
2300
disperse
through
about
12
different
stations
throughout
the
city,
and
then
each
unit
is
staffed
with
two
personnel,
we're
all
advanced
life
support
or
all
paramedic
system.
So
there's
different
models
for
EMS.
You
can
have
basically
support
staffing,
which
is
to
emergency
medical
technicians.
A
lot
of
systems
around
us
used
a
mixed
model
with
one
paramedic,
one
EMT
we're
a
full
ALS
system,
so
it
gives
us
a
lot
more.
Flexibility
gives
us
a
lot
more
capability.
B
B
So,
like
I,
said
the
ambulances
do
the
bulk
of
the
work
with
our
paramedics
they're
all
trained
to
the
highest
level
certification
under
the
current
state
ems
act,
they
carry
all
the
inland
ancillary.
Certifications
are
out
there
all
certified
in
cardiac
life
support
trauma,
life
support,
pediatric
life
support.
All
of
our
personnel
are
trained
in
rescue,
both
evil
rescue
and
basic
recipe
practices.
So
all
of
our
personnel
have
a
base
knowledge
level
of
rescue.
Our
people
that
serve
on
the
in
the
rescue
division
or
serve
on
other
special
units
have
more
rescue
training.
B
On
top
of
that,
but
our
concept
of
operation,
everyone
has
kind
of
a
base
level
and
everyone
can
participate,
help
out
and
our
rescue
operations
that's
needed.
So,
as
you'll
see
when
we
go
out
to
look
at
the
rescue
trucks
in
a
little
bit,
we
staffed
that
with
two
paramedics.
Okay,
that's
right!
We
staff
that
with
two
paramedics,
but
if
you
have
a
complicated
or
technical
rescue
problem,
you
need
more
personnel
there,
and
so
our
other
personnel
were
trained
to
a
baseline
in
rescue
Yearly.
Our
system
is
pretty
much
at
saturation.
B
At
this
point,
our
call
volume
arises
every
year
our
assets
have
been
stagnant
because
of
the
city's
financial
issues
over
the
last
ten
years.
You
know
who
remember
back
in
2004
when
the
mayor
Murphy
took
the
city
into
ak47,
we
lost
four
ambulances
as
part
of
the
budget
cuts,
so
we're
a
little
staggered
at
the
moment,
we're
pretty
much
all
operating
at
saturation
as
far
as
call
volume
and
our
units
are
pretty
much
out
on
the
road
pretty
much
the
bulk
of
the
day.
B
So
we
keep
up
with
this,
but
it
takes
a
pretty
good
toll
on
our
personnel
who
are
working
the
streets
and
we're
transporting
about
2/3
of
the
calls
we
go
on.
We
transport
pretty
much
about
40,000
people
per
year,
so
you
said
the
call
volume
just
keeps
going
up
every
year.
It's
not
a
problem,
that's
unique
to
us!
That's
the
same
problem
they
have
in
the
suburbs.
It's
the
same
problem
we're
having
in
rural
areas,
especially
in
western
Pennsylvania.
We
have
an
aging
population,
different
pockets
of
the
country,
have
populations
with
more
bombs.
B
This
area
we
seem
to
see
a
lot
more
people
with
seizure
disorders.
We
seem
to
see
a
lot
more
people
with
respiratory
issues,
asthma,
chronic
obstructive
pulmonary
disease,
congestive
heart
failure,
so
the
call
boy
continues
to
climb
as
the
population
grows
and
ages.
So
eventually
we're
going
to
need
to
add
units
to
keep
up
with
this
calls
per
hour,
like
I,
said
we're
saturated
pretty
much.
The
only
break
with
our
personnel
kind
of
get
is
from
like
4:00
a.m.
maybe
about
8:00
in
the
morning.
B
B
We
have
integrated
medical
direction,
we're
kind
of
unique.
We
have
a
very
close
working
relationship
at
the
University
of
Pittsburgh
and
the
Center
for
emergency
medicine.
The
Center
for
emergency
medicine
is
one
of
the
leading
agencies
when
it
comes
to
research
and
different
capabilities
in
pre-hospital
emergency
care.
There's
a
residency
through
the
University
of
Pittsburgh
there's
a
residency
through
the
University
of
Pittsburgh
for
emergency
medicine.
B
Physicians,
their
residents
work
in
the
street
with
us,
so
their
second
and
third
years
they'll
be
on
a
response
vehicle
and
they
can
respond
to
a
higher
acuity
calls
with
us
and
they
bring
some
additional
stuff
that,
under
the
current
state,
EMS
Act,
we
don't
have
available
to
us.
So
one
thing
we
really
need
are
medications
to
sedate
and
paralyze
people
to
do
certain
procedures,
kind
of
anesthetize
them
under
the
current
state,
EMS
Act.
We're
allowed
to
do
that
in
Pennsylvania
today
can
bring
that
capability
to
the
field.
B
So
this
brings
another
set
of
experienced
hands
and
they'll
come
on
higher
acuity
stuff,
such
as
cardiac
arrest,
people
with
severe
respiratory
distress;
respiratory
failure-
you
know
rescues
with
prolonged
to
trap
that
kind
of
stuff.
The
other
thing
we
do
is
we
do
a
lot
of
research
projects
as
part
of
our
affiliation.
With
the
university
we've
been
involved
in
an
international
research
project
for
resuscitation
science,
both
for
cardiac
arrest
and
trauma.
It's
called
the
resuscitation
outcomes
consortium.
There
are
11
sites
in
the
United,
States
and
Canada,
or
they
were
selected
to
participate.
B
We
are
one
of
them
and
we've
been
doing
for
the
last
six
years,
a
lot
of
randomized
control
trials.
Looking
at
what
works,
what
doesn't
work?
Looking,
what
we
can
do
to
prove
resuscitation
both
in
the
field
in
the
hospital,
so
there's
trauma
studies
as
part
of
that
there's,
cardiac
arrest,
studies
as
part
of
that
and
we're.
Currently
we
finished
one
of
the
cardiac
arrest
trials
and
we're
currently
involved
in
a
cardiac
arrest,
trial,
I'm
looking
at
antiarrhythmics
and
what
works?
B
What
doesn't
work
and
we
had
an
advantage
from
that-
is
usually
two
or
three
years
ahead
of
the
curve.
We
have
information
on
what
actually
the
best
practices
is
and
generally
will
implement
new
standards
of
cares
and
protocols,
two
or
three
years
before
they're
published.
So
it's
kind
of
a
there's,
a
little
bit
of
work
for
our
personnel
to
do
that,
but
there's
an
advantage
set
that
we
can
bring
a
higher
level
of
care.
We've
done
a
lot.
B
You
say
a
lot
with
our
resuscitation:
research
we're
on
the
leaders
internationally
in
cardiac
arrest,
resuscitation,
airway
management
resuscitation
and
post
arrest
care.
We
were
one
of
the
first
EMS
services
internationally
to
intubate,
to
initiate
a
program
to
do
hypothermia
for
people
after
cardiac
arrest
and
there's
a
lot
of
good
data
out
there
that
if
someone
suffers
a
cardiac
arrest,
they
have
an
injured
brain
one
of
the
worst
things
that
can
happen
to
them.
If
they
spike
a
fever
or
their
temperature
comes
too
high.
B
So
we
had
a
protocol
in
place
that
we
would
run
ice-cold,
IV
fluids
and
get
your
temperature
down.
They
would
keep
your
temperature
down
in
the
hospital
for
the
next
24
to
48
hours,
and
you
had
pretty
much
pretty
dramatic
improvements
in
neurologic
outcome
with
that
they
say
the
cardiac
arrest
is
really
a
paid
off
for
us.
Last
year,
15%
of
all
the
people
who
suffered
a
cardiac
arrest
in
the
city
survived
to
discharge
from
the
hospital
okay.
So
that's
a
pretty
amazing
figure
to
me
about
10
years
ago.
B
That
number
was
about
3%,
so
we've
made
a
lot
of
strides
with
that.
If
you
look
at
the
national
data
there's
a
cares
database
for
resuscitation
for
Pennsylvania
and
I
got
type
on
that
should
be
the
2014
survival.
The
floresta
state
survival
is
10
percent,
so
we
do
better
than
the
rest
of
the
state.
This
is
out
of
the
national
data
about
10
percent,
so
we
do
better
here
than
you
do
in
other
parts
of
the
countries
with
cardiac
arrest
resuscitation.
B
Generally
this
year
data
for
this
year
we've
the
last
couple
months
we've
been
delivering
40
to
50
percent
of
the
people
who
suffer
a
cardiac
arrest
to
the
hospital
alive.
Now
you
get
people
out
of
that
number.
That
won't
survive
they'll.
Have
you
on
recoverable
neurologic
injury?
They'll
have
unrecoverable
shock
or
something.
But
you
know
if
you
have
a
cardiac
arrest
in
the
city,
we
have
about
40
percent
chance
as
our
goal
of
getting
it
to
the
hospital
alive
and
then,
after
that,
it's
up
to
the
hospital
in
the
ICU
care.
So
we
posted
yeah.
C
B
So
this
shows
the
percentage
of
our
cardiac
arrests
each
month.
This
is
this
year,
January
February,
March
and
April.
They
get
bystander
CPR,
so
this
number
is
low.
So
you
look
at
last
month,
April
only
about
a
third
of
the
cases
that
suffered
a
cardiac
arrest
got
bystander.
Cpr
Ross
means
that
we
got
a
pulse
back
at
some
point,
so
using
about
over
half
the
time
we
get
the
person's
heart
to
beat
and
then
Ross
Phoebe
means
we
delivered
that
person
to
the
IDI
with
a
pulse,
so
they
were
delivered
to
the
hospital
a
lot.
B
So
this
is
one
things
I
thought
about.
We're
gonna
have
some
of
my
my
friends
here.
We're
gonna
do
a
little
bit
CPR.
This
is
one
thing
we
need
to
improve
in
the
city.
We
don't
get
enough
bystander
CPR
on
these
cardiac
arrest.
These
numbers
should
be
up.
70,
80
percent
is
our
goal
and
we're
actually
in
the
process
with
the
with
UPMC
we're
gonna,
be
rolling
out
this
year,
a
big
initiative
in
the
city
for
doing
a
lot
of
CPR
instruction.
B
So,
just
a
curiosity,
how
many
people
will
have
CPR
training
or
have
us
current
CPR
card?
Okay,
good
about
half
yeah,
that's
good!
So
what
we're
gonna
show
you
a
little
bit
later
is
compression-only
CPR,
so
we
don't
need
to
put
you
through
a
big
CPR
class
or
anything
like
that.
We're
gonna
show
you
how
what
you
can
do
to
buy
time.
So
if
we
get
to
see
the
CPR
numbers
up
here,
my
goal
is
that
we're
gonna
get
20
percent
of
our
patients
surviving
to
discharge
and
that's
the
goal
we
want
to
get
to.
B
Thank
you,
your
question.
Okay.
We
also
do
a
lot
of
cutting
and
stuff.
As
far
as
cardiac
care,
we
have
several
tertiary
care
facilities
in
the
in
the
city
and
we
have
an
integrated
protocol
with
them,
and
our
goal
is
that,
if
you're
having
a
heart
attack
we
get
on
scene,
we
identify
that
we
do
an
EKG
on
you.
We
identify
that
we
wirelessly
transmit
that
to
the
hospital.
It
goes
to
the
cardiologists
and
the
emergency
department.
B
If
it's
physicians,
they
activate
your
cat,
the
cat,
the
cardiac
catheterization
labs
and
our
goal
is
from
we're
I've
seen
to
you're
up
in
that
cath
lab
and
your
vessels
open
in
your
heart
is
ninety
minutes
or
less,
and
that
dramatically
improves
survival
and
outcome.
So
we
work
with
the
hospitals
for
that
we
hit
these
numbers
pretty.
Well,
occasionally
some
of
the
hospital
partners
don't
hit
it
both
out.
We
hit
these
numbers
pretty
well
I'm
doing
that,
so
we
kind
of
really
feel
we
very
aggressively
bring
a
lot
to
resuscitation
science
and
for
medical
emergencies.
B
We
take
a
very
aggressive
approach,
aggressively,
treating
problems
in
core
resuscitation
areas
such
as
cardiac
arrest,
care,
post,
cardiac
arrest
care
people
in
extremists,
people
in
shock,
severe
respiratory
distress,
having
heart
attacks
stroke.
We
bring
a
very
aggressive
level
of
care,
we
will
stay
on
scene
and
fix
the
problem
and
then
move
you
to
an
appropriate
facility
and
we'll
log
of
data.
That's
improving
your
outcomes
in
the
city
here.
Our
other
division
is
the
rescue
division.
We
have
two
heavy
rescue
trucks
there,
staff
24/7
with
two
paramedics.
These
are
also
as
licenses
ALS
squad.
B
So
two
paramedics,
these
the
paramedics
on
the
rescue
everything
a
paramedic
on
the
ambulance,
could
do,
except
for
transport
you
to
the
hospital,
so
they
can
get
on
scene.
They
can
provide
care
if
it's
a
really
sick
patient,
though
arrived
on
scene
and
supplement
the
care,
but
that's
the
Evangelist
being
kind
of
an
all
ALS
service.
B
We
really
bring
a
high
level
of
medical
care
to
a
scene
like
I,
said
we'll
kind
of
show
you
some
more
stuff
with
the
rescue
trucks,
but
we
bring
a
lot
of
rescue
capability,
so
vehicle
rescue,
high
and
low
angle,
rope
rescue,
so
you
get
these
people
to
climb
off,
not
wash
and
they
get
stuck.
These
are
the
guys
that
go
down
on
ropes
and
get
them
that
happens
every
summer.
B
It's
gonna
happen
again
pretty
soon
structural
collapse,
rescue
we
have
surface
and
subsurface
rescue
capability,
building,
kolaks
confined
space,
and
we
do
a
lot
of
elevator
rescue
a
lot
of
old
elevators
and
assist
the
city
a
lot
of
them
break
down.
We
do
a
lot
of
that,
so
we
do
a
lot
of
that.
So
we
do
about
750
rescues
per
year.
With
these
units,
you
know
you
said
we
have
various
special
units,
so
we
have
the
river
rescue
unit.
That's
staffed
right
now,
with
two
paramedics
and
one
police
officer
and
dual
mission
unit.
B
B
They
said
River
rescue
we're
in
season
now,
so
we
staffed
at
least
have
two
paramedics.
One
police
officer
are
in
seasons,
considered
May
through
September.
The
off
season
is
October
through
April
and
our
staffing
goes
down
one
paramedic,
one
police
officer,
then,
but
these
once
again,
these
boats
are
state
certified
as
ALS
squads
or
ALS
response
units,
so
they
have
a
full
set
of
medical
care,
their
equipment.
There.
We
have
two
paramedics.
If
there's
emergency
on
a
boat
ashore
someplace
else,
we
can
bring
the
highest
level
of
care
to
that
scene.
B
We
additionally
have
a
tactical
EMS
team.
That's
one
of
our
newest
units.
We
have
14
paramedics
that
went
through
80
hours
of
training
with
the
SWAT
team.
Do
another
16
hours
of
training
every
every
month
and
we
function
with
the
police
to
bright,
bring
a
paramedic
level
care
forward
in
tactical
situations.
So
we
support
the
SWAT
team
on
high-risk
warrant
services,
hostage
rescue
situations
and
barricaded
government
situations.
Once
again,
the
primary
role
for
us
is
medicine,
but
we're
a
completely
integrated
part
of
the
SWAT
team
and
we
have
other
especially
operational
units.
B
We
participate
in
potentially
urban
search-and-rescue
strike
team,
one
that
is
a
regional
team
for
southwestern
Pennsylvania
can
do
specialty,
rescue
Allegheny
County
hazardous
materials
team.
We
also
have
personnel
attending
a
special
medical
response
team
for
hazardous
materials
and
then
because
of
the
bolas
care
back
in
the
fall.
B
We
are
the
state
designated
service
for
Western
PA
to
move
highly
infectious
patients,
so
actually
been
designated
by
Pima
that
if
there
was
ever
in
a
bola
case
or
any
other
highly
lethal
or
infectious
disease,
we
would
be
the
team
that
would
be
called
to
go
out
to
an
at
Langley
or
maybe
go
to
Indiana
County
go
to
Somerset
or
something
recover
that
patients
and
up
bring
them
back
to
Pennsylvania.
So
we're
the
designated
team
for
western
Pennsylvania,
or
at
least
southwestern
Pennsylvania,
to
do
that.
B
Like
I
mentioned
our
training
division
trains,
our
new
hires
I
mentioned
the
community
training
and
we
were
all
at
a
lot
of
community
outreach
training
too.
So
there's
some
information.
Your
pamphlets
there,
if
you're
interested
in
us
coming
out
to
your
community
group,
doing
something
we're
more
than
happy
to
accommodate
that.
B
Okay
by
the
big
thing
we
do
is
special
event
coverages.
So
we
cover
all
the
mass
gathering
sports
events,
everything
in
city,
so
we
cover
the
Pirates,
the
Steelers.
We
cover
the
Penguins,
all
the
college,
athletic
events,
all
the
college
gatherings
high
school
and
youth
sports.
So
that's
a
lot
of
work.
There's
a
lot
of
these
events,
an
average
three
more
day,
I.
Think
that's
old
I
think
we
cover
a
lot
more
than
three
of
these
a
day
anymore,
but
we
bring
that
level
of
care
once
again
to
all
the
event
venues
in
the
city.
B
That's
just
some
of
the
venues
that
we
cover
there,
some
other
venues
we
cover.
We
like
different
models,
we'll
cover
with
these
stuff.
Like
the
marathon
walks
races,
we
have
a
motorcycle
unit
and
also
a
bicycle
unit.
So
we
can
get
personnel.
You
know,
there's
bigger
events
like
the
marathon
there's
really
no
way
to
get
any
ambulance
around.
That
course,
so
we'll
cover
that
with
motorcycles,
bicycles,
stuff,
like
that,
okay
I,
don't
want
to
talk
for
too
long.
B
C
B
Are
times
we
saturate
and
we're
out
of
units
so
there's
two
ways
we
handle
I:
don't
have
the
exact
statistics
on
that
available.
If
you
contact
chi
potion,
he
might
have
those
so
there's
two
ways
we
handle
the
calls
when
they
come
in
the
9-1-1
center,
a
pre
or
prioritized
and
they
get
a
code,
is
0
through
3.
So
0
supposed
to
be
an
immediately
life-threatening
emergency
3
is
like
I,
hurt
my
ankle
or
something
something
can
wait.
B
So
the
first
response
be
those
3
calls
will
hold
for
awhile
until
we
can
get
some
units
available.
If
we
have
emergent
calls,
we
don't
have
units
left
4
and
we
feel
there.
Life
threatening
calls
will
request
mutual
aid
from
outlying
services.
So
that's
a
two-way.
We
address
that
right
now,
but
yeah.
You
can't
get
service
delays
when
the
system
is
at
saturation.
B
Are
starting,
it's
there's
a
program
through
the
Center
for
emergency
medicine
called
connect,
and
that
is
a
community
paramedic
thing
it's
a
little
different
model.
It's
not
really
gone
out
doing
kind
of
home
health
care
stuff,
it's
more
looking
at
linking
people
to
social
services
in
the
system.
We
through
one
of
our
programs
are
starting
into
that.
Looking
at
addressing
problems
for
like
frequent
callers,
so
we
get
elderly
people
that
we
see
every
other
day
because
they
fall
and
they
can't
get
back
up.
We
have
people
with
psychiatric
issues.
B
We
call
frequently
we
got
people
with
chronic
medical
conditions
where
maybe,
if
they
manage
those
better,
they
wouldn't
have
to
go
in
the
palm
of
those
programs
right
now
you
have
to
get
them
grant-funded,
there's
not
external
funding.
For
those
like
you
can't
bill
insurance
for
that
right
now,
we're
hoping
with
the
affordable
care
act.
The
hospitals
now
have
an
incentive
to
keep
people
out
of
hospital
because
they're
not
getting
paid
for
readmissions
or
they
get
penalized
so
we're
in
there.
D
B
Firefighters,
we
had
four
EMT
units
back
in
1998
through
2004,
20
or
so,
and
that
worked
very
well
for
us.
I
know
the
chief
would
like
to
bring
that
back.
It's
just
one
under
the
ak-47
restrictions
right
now
and
I
think
we
have
support
from
downtown.
For
that.
It's
just
you
know.
Budget
budget
I
mean
this
year.
We
had
to
take
a
five
percent
budget
cut.
So
when
you're
cutting
the
budget,
it's
hard
to
add,
but
we're
looking
at
different
models
to
add
add
to
service.
Was
it
business?
The
coffee
M
goes
up.
E
Good
evening,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
you
know
my
name
is
dr.:
Darryl,
Jones
and
I
am
the
fire
chief
for
the
city
of
Pittsburgh.
This
is
our
mission.
This
is
the
mission
of
the
Pittsburgh
Fire
Bureau
and
I'm
not
going
to
read
this
out
to
you,
but
I'll.
Give
you
a
second
to
read.
It
yourself
is
several
things
that
is
very
important
in
this
mission
that
that
we
find
that
I
want
to
point
out
to
you.
You
see
fire
suppression,
emergency,
medical
service,
hazardous
materials,
management
mitigation,
emergency
management,
service
and
domestic
preparedness.
E
E
We
want
you
to
call
the
police,
but
for
everything
else
that
could
be
of
an
emergency
or
critical
situation,
from
Grandma
being
locked
out
of
the
house
to
weapons
of
mass
destruction
being
detonated
at
the
point,
the
fire
services
going
to
be
a
part
of
it,
Pittsburgh
Bureau
fire
is
going
to
be
a
part
of
it.
We
do
a
lot
of
things
related
to
community
support
and
Risk
Reduction.
One
of
them
is
events
like
this,
where
I
get
a
chance
to
come
in
and
explain
to
you
what
we
do.
E
Each
of
you
have
a
smoke
detector
in
front
of
you
right
now.
If
you
look
in
your
packet
while
I'm
thinking
about
it
just
see
this,
there
is
a
form
now
the
smoke
detector
is
yours.
Excuse
me
all
I
ask
is
that
you
please
fill
this
form
out
and
leave
it
with
me,
because
we
do
keep
track
of
these.
Who
received
the
smoke
detectors.
E
E
Our
organization,
we
are
broken
down
into
four
districts
right
now,
you
are
sitting
in
the
third
District.
The
first
District
comprises
the
north
side
and
the
West
End
to
share
it
an
area.
The
second
district
is
all
of
Oakland.
The
Golden
Triangle
I'm,
sorry
is
also
in
the
first
District.
Second
District
goes
from
maybe
14th
Street
and
the
strip
moving
up
and
from
I
would
say
a
console,
Energy,
Center
or
Mercy
Hospital,
moving
out
towards
Oakland.
All
that
is
the
second
district.
The
third
district
is
here
in
the
East
End.
E
Homewood
and
Wilkinsburg
we
do
provide
for
our
services
for
Wilkinsburg.
Fourth,
District
is
all
in
the
South
Hills.
As
you
can
see.
We
have
excuse
me
actually,
we've
increased.
We
have
thirty
engine
companies,
11
truck
companies,
a
mobile
air
compressor
unit,
which
we
call
a
Mac
unit.
We
have
five
hazardous
materials
response
unit,
we
work
at
24
on
72
off
shift
and
each
and
every
shift.
There
is
a
minimum
of
163
firefighters
on
duty.
E
We
also
have
access
to
a
vehicle
repair
garage.
We
have
a
logistics
of
supply
warehouse,
we
have
SCBA
repair.
Those
are
the
SCBA.
X
stands
for
self-contained
breathing
apparatus.
Those
are
the
air
tanks,
you
see,
firefighters
wearing,
they
are
filled
with
air
and
not
oxygen
everybody's.
What
I
was
why
you've
wearing
oxygen?
Will
it's
not
oxygen?
It's
just
compressed
air
training
academy,
where
you're
sitting
here
now
approximately
20
instructors
all
together
come
out
here.
All
the
time.
E
I
have
Budget
and
Finance.
My
chief
clerk
Maxine
Anthony
she's
a
little
camera-shy,
so
she
bailed
out
on
me-
and
she
would
be
in
here.
Maxine
has
been
with
the
Department
for
over
30
years
and
I
always
tell
people
all
the
time.
She's
the
real
boss,
she's
the
one
who's
really
running
the
show
I
keep
telling
she
should
go,
get
a
uniform
and
take
her
rightful
place.
We
have
she
handles
the
budget
and
financing.
E
We
have
some
great
personnel
for
fire
prevention,
we
have
inspectors
and
we
have
also
had
what
we
call
a
fire
or
slash
arson
investigation
unit
and
our
fires.
Arson
investigation
unit
is
perhaps
one
of
the
best
in
the
world.
Let
me
help
put
that
in
perspective,
for
you,
despite
what
you
see
on
CIS
or
CSI,
TV
show
about
17%.
18%
of
all
fires
across
the
country
can
you'd
make
a
determination
on
what
the
cost
and
believe
it
or
not-
they're,
not
all
electrical
okay.
E
E
This,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
is
what
we
call
a
fire
engine
now.
I
know
all
of
you
say
it's
a
fire
truck,
but
we
call
it
a
fire
engine
or
a
pumper.
Okay,
it's
shorter
use.
You
notice,
you
see
it
all
like
these
are
controls
right
here.
That's
the
pump.
The
pump
panel
pump
controls
it
is
staffed
with
four
personnel.
Its
main
job
is
to
move
water.
You
will
see
this
particular
apparatus
hooked
up
to
a
hydrant.
You
will
see
hoses
stretched
off
of
it
and
it
will
be.
This
crew
will
be
attacking
the
fire
itself.
E
E
This
is
what
we
call
a
truck.
You
can
tell
it's
a
truck,
we
call
it
a
ladder
truck.
It
has
the
big
ladder
on
the
top.
You
do
not
see
any
pump
panel
or
anything
like
that.
This
particular
vehicle
does
not
carry
water
its
primary.
It's
also
staff
of
four
people,
but
its
primary
mission
is
to
ventilate
and
to
do
search
and
rescue.
E
If
you
saw
the
big
four
alarm
fire
we
had
last
week
in
Shadyside,
miss
are
in
Squirrel
Hill,
and
you
saw
the
helicopter
was
giving
a
view
from
the
guys
up
on
the
roof.
They
were
cutting
holes
in
the
roof
to
get
the
sled
to
smoke
out.
That
was
the
guys
off
of
the
truck
company.
That's
their
job,
that's
what
they
do,
and
this
one
right
here
cost
about
$900,000
about
a
million
dollars.
For
one
of
these
we
have
11
of
these
and,
like
I
said
we
have
30
of
the
engines.
E
Now
Pittsburgh
firefighters
just
be
at
least
18
years
of
age.
There
is
no
maximum
age.
There
is
no
maximum
age.
You
have
to
retire
when
you're
65,
so
you
could
come
on
the
job
at
62.
You
could
come
on
this
job
make
64
and
366
sixty-four
days,
whatever
it
is,
but
you're
gonna
leave
when
you
turn
65,
the
training
has
been
increased.
We
no
longer
do
six
months
of
training.
We
do
eight.
We
have
eight
months
of
high-intensity
training.
E
We
put
out
the
best
firefighters
in
the
world
after
eight
months
of
training,
when
I
was
looking
at
one
of
the
old
pictures
out
here
in
the
hallway,
from
one
of
the
recruit
classes
from
1959
and
their
training
was
20
days
compared
to
what
our
guys
go
through
and
girls
go
through
now,
which
is
like
eight
months
and
the
reason
for
that
is
because
the
the
hazards,
the
threats
our
mission,
has
changed.
It's
no
longer
about
just
throwing
water
on
fire,
as
I
stated
before,
we
do
and
All
Hazards
approach
upon
completion
of
that
training.
E
They
are
basic
vehicle
rescue
technicians,
hazmat
operations,
this
equipment
that
you
see
the
firefighter
wearing
right
here,
cost
about
ten
grand
weighs
close
to
about
a
hundred
pounds
between
80
and
100
pounds.
Add
it
on
physical
conditioning
is
a
big
part
of
what
we
do
officers
our
recruits.
We
have
a
recruit
class
and
now
they
started
a
couple
months
ago.
They
will
be
obviously
finished
in
about
six
more
months.
They
do
a
CrossFit
routine.
We
had
one
recruit,
come
on
the
job
lost
100
pounds
in
the
eight
months
that
he
was
here.
E
We
had
another
one
who
came
on
when
he
first
started.
He
was
able
to
do
five
pull-ups
upon
his
final
physical
fitness
test.
He
was
doing
close
to
60,
which
is
like
a
crazy
number
of
pull-ups.
You
know
so
just
insane
when
I
was
in
the
Marine
Corps.
If
you
did
20
pull-ups
you
maxed
out
so
to
be
able
to
do.
60
is
just
an
astronomical
amount.
Here's
some
statistical
information,
I,
don't
have
the
2014
numbers.
E
Yet,
with
the
2009
and
mm
mm
13
you'll
see
how
we
things
have
changed:
you'll
notice
that
the
number
of
fires
have
gone
down
and
they
continue
to
decline,
and
it's
various
reasons
for
that.
I
would
like
to
take
credit
for
that
too.
But
I
can't
take
all
the
credit
for
that.
A
lot
of
it
has
to
do
with
the
fact
that
we
do
have
a
pretty
aggressive
fire
prevention
program.
Okay
and
it's
hard
to
measure
what
the
outcome
of
your
fire
prevention
program.
E
No
one
calls
9-1-1
and
says:
hey
I
almost
had
a
fire,
but
thanks
to
this
class,
I
went
to
the
other
day.
I
knew
how
to
avoid
the
fire.
So
we
just
know
that
numbers
are
dropping.
The
number
that
increasing
is
our
EMS
calls.
We
assist
our
emergency
medical
services,
the
EMS
guys
we're
a
bigger
service.
We
have
more
resources,
we
are
trained,
we
are
licensed
and
we
can
respond
and
get
to
the
scene
before
they
do
most
cases
stabilize
the
patient.
E
They
come
along,
give
advance
care
and
transport
the
patient
to
the
hospital
and,
as
I
was
saying
earlier,
when
you
guys
were
doing
I
saw
you
guys
had
dead
people
all
over.
My
classroom
in
here
we
were
talking
about
the
iam,
the
CPR,
the
national
average
for
survival
from
a
cardiac
event
where
someone
goes
into
cardiac
arrest
is
about
five
percent
here
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh.
Your
survival
is
16
percent,
and
the
Pittsburgh
Bureau
of
fire
is
a
big
part
of
that
chain
of
events
that
chain
of
survival,
because
we
can
get
there.
E
Defibrillate
do
CPR
and
get
you
transported
to
the
hospital
and
what
I
mean
by
survival
is
people
who
walked
out
of
the
hospital,
not
that
you
made
it
to
the
hospital
and
then
died
days
later,
people
who
actually
went
home?
That's
what
we
consider
survival
rate
so
we're
doing
pretty
good
we're
not
the
best
in
the
country
yet,
but
we're
working
on
service
calls.
Those
are
the
cause,
like
I,
said:
grandma's
locked
out
of
the
house
cats
stuck
in
the
tree.
E
That
kind
of
thing
like
that,
you
know
we
do
get
those
calls
to
cast
up
bats
in
the
house.
We
get
those
prior
to
coming
to
the
city
of
Pittsburgh.
I
worked
for
20
years
in
our
cooker,
with
the
Alcala
fire
department
and
one
time
I
had
a
response
for
a
call
that
was
a
snake
bite
and
I
thought
it
was
a
lady
is
like
2
o'clock
in
the
morning.
E
I'm
like
she
must
have
found
a
snake
in
a
house,
a
black
snake
or
something
and
was
messing
with
it,
and
it
bit
her
on
the
hand
and
only
the
flying
when
I
got
there,
that
she
was
bitten
by
a
king
cobra,
which
was
one
of
the
most
deadly
snakes
in
the
world
and
her
and
her
boyfriend
was
raising
these
things
and
milking
them
for
the
venom
and
and
all
that
it
just
barely
scratched
her
and
it
almost
killed
her.
So
yeah
we've
seen
you
get
something.
When
the
guy
says
you
need
a
diary.
E
Remember
he
said
on
the
video
I
had
one,
but
then
I
figured.
Nobody
was
gonna,
believe
it
anyway.
So
I
just
quit
cuz,
but
you
can't
make
this
stuff
up.
You
know
you
can't
do
I
just
had
nightmares
about
crawling
through
a
smoke-filled
room
and
run
into
a
king
cobra.
Just
wasn't
gonna
make
my
day
good
intent
calls
that's
calls
where
people
say:
hey
I,
see
some
smoke
coming
off
the
roof
and
we're
going
to
check
its
theme
or
something
like
that.
No
see.
E
Of
course,
you
also
had
your
malicious,
false
alarms,
severe
weather
this
burg,
believe
it
or
not,
guys
is
known
for
severe
weather.
The
last
two
weeks
of
May
and
the
first
two
weeks
of
June
is
when
we
get
hit
with
it
hard.
Although
microburst
you
think
about
that.
What
happened
like
in
1985
with
the
tornados
that
went
through
the
tornado
that
hit
Mount
Washington
the
microburst
a
few
years
ago
that
destroyed
Kennywood.
All
that
happened
in
that
one
four
week
block.
E
E
We
are
a
participating
department.
You
guys
been
watching
Channel
four
WTAE
news,
they've
been
spending
the
last
month
of
May
cus.
It
sweeps
month
beaten
up
all
the
volunteer
for
our
departments
about
their
training,
about
their
response
time
and
things
like
that,
and
they
said
to
it
another
one
in
the
state
requires
firefighters
to
be
trained.
Well,
that's
true!
The
state
does
not
require
that,
but
the
state
does
promote
participating
department
and
become
a
participating.
Department
means
that
your
personnel
are
certified
firefighters.
We
are
100%
certified
to
a
minimum
of
firefighter
to.
E
We
are
the
only
metropolitan
department
in
the
country.
Right
now,
that's
100%
certified
other
departments
have
plans
to
become
100%
certified
you're
doing
it
through
attrition
and
they're.
Older
people
retire
and
new
people
come
on
they're
training
them
up
so
eventually
over
time
there
will
be
one
percent
certified.
We
went
back
and
reached
and
grabbed
all
these
old
veterans
and
brought
them
up
to
the
certification
level.
They
were
kicking
and
screaming
every
step
of
the
way,
but
they
did
do
it.
You
know
so
that's
I'm,
very
proud
of
that
fact
also
as
well.
E
We
are
also
license
emergency
medical
service
by
the
Pennsylvania
Department
of
Health
you'll,
see
on
the
side
of
our
apparatus
rigs.
We
call
this
particular
sticker.
That's
our
licensing
number
right
there.
You
see
it
expires
this
year
and
we're
just
went
through
the
process
of
being
relight
recertified
and
licensed
again
went
through
our
relicensing
process,
so
we
are
free,
completely
qualified
equipped
and
more
than
that,
we
are
willing
to
help.
E
This
is
what
I
was
telling
about
being
a
16
percent
survival.
This
is
a
resuscitation
outcomes-
consortium
they're,
the
ones
who
were
doing
the
study
and
determined
that
we
have
a
survival
rate
of
16.4%
discharged,
a
life
survival
rate.
If
you
look
at
that
second
sentence,
if
you
see
it
there-
and
that
is
something
that
we
are
very
proud
of-
we
participate
in
this
study
because
we
are
finding
new
ways
to
be
more
efficient
and
more
effective
in
CPR.
E
E
It
would
be
because
of
the
study
that
Pittsburgh
purifier
participated
in
here
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
fire
prevention.
I
am
probably
the
only
firefighter
in
the
country
who
likes
fire
prevention,
I
believe
preventing
the
fires
better
than
fighting
a
fire.
This
guy
right
here
he's
giving
me
the
dirty
look
back
there
all
right.
One
of
mr.
Barr
he's
gonna
run
back
and
tell
everybody
says
he
brought
a
prevent
a
fire.
D
E
I'll
put
all
the
fires
out,
for
you
know:
whenever
the
fire
comes,
don't
get
me
wrong.
Suppression
is
necessary,
but
if
I
could
prevent
one
I'm,
a
lot
better
off,
I
think
I'm,
like
I,
know,
you're
a
lot
better
off
anyway
yeah.
So
we
have
special
things
that
we
have
to
do
permits
like
fireworks
permits.
E
People
want
to
do
special
things
like
bonfires,
and
things
like
that.
You
have
to
come
to
us,
we'll
give
you
a
permit
for
that,
we'll
make
sure
that
we
have
people
standing
by
to
make
sure
everything's
safe.
We
also
special
events,
fire
inspections.
We
do
hazmat
tank
inspections.
We
review
plans
on
new
construction.
E
Pittsburgh
is
in
the
middle
of
what
I
will
call
a
construction
boom
right
now,
there's
apartment
buildings
going
up
like
weeds
throughout
the
city,
I
review
most
of
those
plans,
along
with
the
people
from
permits,
licensing
and
inspection,
and
we
make
sure
that
those
buildings
are
going
to
be
safe
fire
codes
and,
of
course,
we
instituted
a
self
inspection
program.
It
is
not
possible,
we
don't
have
the
resources
to
go
out
and
inspect
every
McDonald's,
every
Wendy's,
every
mom-and-pop
pizza
shop.
E
You
know
in
the
city,
it
just
can't
be
done,
so
we
send
out
forms
these
people
will
do
their
check
off
their
forms.
What
they
have,
we
will
do
spot
checks
on
them
to
make
sure
that
they're
not
trying
to
pull
a
fast
one
on
us
every
third
year,
we're
going
to
their
place
anyway
to
do
a
physical
inspection,
but
it
just
cuts
back
on
our
time
and
it
gives
them
some
time
to
get
things
corrected.
E
We
have
a
public
education
program.
We
have
what
they
call
risk
watch
in
our
public
and
parochial
schools.
We
have
risk
watch
as
a
program
designed
by
the
National
Fire
Protection
Association.
It's
designed
for
kids
grades
K
through
six
and
what
it
is
is
part
of
the
health
curriculum
and
one
hour
a
month
during
the
school
year.
These
kids
are
given
some
instruction
on
safety,
not
just
fire
safety.
You
could
be
stranger,
danger,
drugs,
vehicle
safety,
bicycle
safety,
the
whole
nine
yards.
E
So,
instead
of
us
just
showing
up
once
a
year,
usually
during
the
month
of
October,
which
is
Fire,
Prevention,
Month
and
telling
these
kids,
you
know,
stop
drop
and
roll
dial
nine-one-one.
That
type
of
thing
there's
this
is
something
that's
going
been
put
forth
to
them,
consistently
from
K
to
six.
That's
when
they
develop
their
good
habits
and
that's
something
they're
gonna
carry
with
them
for
the
rest
of
their
life.
We
also
have
a
programs
designed
for
those
and
specialists,
especially
in
its
needs.
Hearing
impaired
elderly
people,
most
of
the
fires.
E
E
All
right,
like
I,
said
we're
the
only
one
Metropolitan
Department
its
100%
certified.
We
have
received
grants
over
the
past
four
years.
Our
grants
federal
grants
that
we've
received
a
total
of
about
four
million
dollars.
So
that's
four
million
dollars,
that
of
taxpayer
money
that
we
did
not
have
to
use
well,
I
should
say
local
taxpayer
money.
When
you
use
federal
funds,
we
get
federal
funds
for
that
is
already.
E
E
To
put
this
in
perspective,
there
are
approximately
forty
thousand
fire
departments
throughout
the
country
of
that
forty
thousand
less
than
two
hundred
or
Class
two
departments
less
than
three
hundred
or
Class
two
departments
less
than
fifty
or
class
one
we
are
currently
going
through
a
revaluation
and
I
am
hopeful
and
somewhat
confident
that
our
ISO
rating
will
improve
to
a
class
one.
What
does
that
mean?
That
means
that
the
insurance
rates
that
you
pay
on
your
for
your
homes,
your
fire
insurance
rates,
should
be
decreasing.
E
It
really
affects
the
commercial
properties
more
than
it
does
the
private
homeowner.
But
if
a
commercial
property
of
business
can
reduce
his
costs,
the
cost
go
down.
Profits
go
up
right,
the
less
money
they
have
to
spend,
that's
the
more
they
can
keep.
So
the
benefit
is
that
you
want
to
go
and
tell
businesses
come
to
Pittsburgh,
because
your
costs
are
going
to
be
less
and
improving.
Our
ISO
rating
is
critical
to
that.
E
We've
began
a
fleet
replacement
schedule,
the
rig's
that
you
see
outside
or
some
of
our
newer
ones
and
you'll
get
a
chance
to
see
them.
In
a
couple
minutes
here
and
like
I
said,
we
have
trained
all
of
our
officers
to
inspector
one.
So
now,
what
are
our
goals
for
the
future?
Continue
to
hard
to
reach
budgeted
staff
levels.
I
have
one
recruit
class
in
now,
I
have
another
one
coming
in
starting
June
29th
we're
going
to
improve
the
infrastructure.
E
I
know,
you've,
seen
a
story
about
some
of
our
stations
and
some
of
the
bad
shape
that
they're
in
we're
trying
to
improve
that
I
have
some
stations
in
the
fire
department
that
are
older
than
some
states
in
this
country,
such
as,
and
it's
still
rolling
so
improve
our
fire
officer
and
training.
Our
officers
just
went
through
far
off,
so
one
training
they're
going
to
be
starting
fire
officer
to
the
company
inspection
program,
like
I,
said
I'm
reaching
for
ISO
class
1
and
eventually,
at
some
point
in
time
we
will
be
an
accredited
department.
C
E
Is
ongoing?
I
could
tell
you
something
that
you
already
know
that
it's
a
really
really
big
fire
right.
So,
fortunately
no
one
was
hurt.
It
was
a
fire
that
taxed
our
resources
and
it
really
was
a
stressful
situation.
I'm
just
glad
no
one
was
hurt,
and
since
it
was
there
were
vacant
buildings
that
was
scheduled
to
be
demolished.
I
think
that
we
kind
of
come
out
ahead
of
the
game
on
that
one.
So.
F
Hi
I
have
some
cup
of
curious
questions.
First,
one
is
about
woman.
How
the
Walmart
being
represented
in
the
Bureau
will
talk
about
your
boss,
but
I
was
wondering
we
don't
see
like
many
woman
like
as
firefighter
or
they
are
mostly
on
administrative
stuff,
I,
don't
know,
and
another
one
is.
When
you
start,
you
told
us
about.
The
mission
has
changed
and
then
now
you're
the
the
fire
department.
Our
take
care
of
more
tests
then
used
to
I.
Just
my
question
is:
if
it's
Pittsburgh,
that
does
this
new
thing
or
is
a
national
guideline,
something.
E
Put
that
in
perspective,
for
you
other
jobs
that
are
dangerous,
hot
dirty
physical
jobs.
Women
make
up
about
17%
here
in
Pittsburgh,
I
have
less
than
2%.
Okay,
I
graduated
our
first
female
firefighter
in
20
years
last
recruit
class
I
have
one
female
on
the
list
and
I'm
praying
that
she
accepts
the
job
to
start
in
June
29th.
E
The
problem,
what
happens
is
a
lot
of
women.
They
do
well
on
a
written
part
of
the
exam.
They
don't
do
so
well
on
the
physical
agility
part
exam
here
in
Pennsylvania
and
in
Pittsburgh.
If
you're,
a
veteran,
you
get
veteran
preference
points,
so
they
would
get
10
extra
points
on
a
test
score
previously.
There
weren't
a
lot
of
women
veterans,
but
that's
changing.
Now,
after
being
at
war
for
14
15
years,
we
have
a
lot
of
women
veterans,
some
of
them
with
combat
experience.
E
You
know
so
I
am
trying
to
attract
this
demography,
my
graphic
to
the
Pittsburgh
Bureau
fire,
so
because
it
is
a
predominantly
male
organization,
but
these
ladies,
are
able
to
work
in
a
predominantly
male
organization.
If
they've
been
in
the
military
and
bless
you
and
no
matter
how
tough
the
job
is,
and
it
can't
be
a
tough
job,
no
one's
out
there
trying
shooting
at
us
on
purpose
yet
so
they
were
able
to
handle
combat.
E
G
You
mentioned
in
response
to
my
first
question
about
you,
know,
Pittsburgh,
obviously
having
an
older
housing
stock,
and
you
know
you've
had
fire
departments
that
are
ordered
in
some
states
being
that
you
know
after
before,
a
certain
time
period.
The
way
housing
was
like
wired
was
a
little
bit
different
than
I'm
sure
how
they
do
it
now.
I've
learned
that
there's,
like
certain
possibilities
of
fires
or
electrical
fires
and
reference
to
that,
have
you
seen
any
trends
in
reference
to
house
fires
that
have
been
or
do
you
like?
Keep
any
information
or
statistics
on
housing.
E
Excuse
me,
the
older
electrical
line
you're
talking
about
is
what
we
used
to
call
knob-and-tube
line,
and
some
of
us
that
are
older,
probably
remember
that
there's
little
60
amp
shotgun
fuses
that
they
used
to
have
and
stuff
well.
Most
of
that
is
pretty
much
phased
out
and
now
a
lot
of
that
is
the
problem.
Most
residential
fires,
which
are
the
most
deadly
fires,
are
mostly
caused
by
our
bad
habits.
E
We
will
plug
everything
into
one
outlet
or
string
extension
cords
all
over
the
place.
Have
it
going
into
one
outlet.
We
do
not
dispose
of
our
smoking
materials
properly
or
we're,
not
very
good
cooks,
and
before
you,
ladies
get
mad,
let
me
define
by
not
good
cooked
I,
don't
mean
it
doesn't
taste
good
I
mean
we're
not
paying
attention
we'll
leave
a
pot
on
the
stove
or
something
and
the
doorbell
rings,
or
the
phone
rings,
and
we
forget
about
it
and
then
there's
a
problem.
E
Then
there
is
what
I
call
stupid
people
tricks.
These
really
get
us
in
trouble.
Stupid
people
tricks
include,
leaving
the
iron
on
or
cooking
when
we
come
home
from
the
bar
at
two
o'clock.
In
the
morning
and
falling
asleep
that
does
it
all
the
time
not
using
stuff
properly
I
had
one
fire,
what
guy
was
doing
the
girl's
hair
at
her
home
and
he
was
running
out
of
hairspray,
so
he
had
a
full
can
of
hairspray
in
his
kit.
E
Instead
of
grabbing
that
full
can
of
hairspray,
he
decided
he's
gonna
get
the
last
little
bit
out
this.
Can
he
punched
a
hole
in
the
can
with
his
key?
Well,
if
you
read
there,
it
says
right:
if
you
read
the
can
it
says,
propellant
is
flammable,
and
you
know
you
ever
see
a
little
kid
that
with
a
lighter
and
the
spray
hairspray
and
it
looks
like
a
little
flamethrower
well,
this
propellant
went
out
dispersed
and
it
found
the
pilot
light
and
they
had
a
flash
fire.