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A
A
Hi,
everyone
happy
Wednesday
welcome
to
our
fire
and
EMS
presentation.
We
have
a
very
special
treat.
That's
gonna
kick
us
off.
Today
we
have
the
director
Public
Safety,
one
Wendell,
his
rich,
and
he
will
start
the
presentation.
Then
we'll
move
into
fire
with
acting
to
you
to
cook
alright
and
guys.
Take
it
away.
My.
B
Background
I
was
a
paramedic
back
in
85
to
90,
for
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
and
I
wanted
to
be
a
Pittsburgh
police
officer.
They
wouldn't
hire
me
so
I
had
to
go
the
FBI
for
25
years
and
retired
there.
So
I
figured
I'd
come
back
and
finish
out
my
work,
career
and
city
of
Pittsburgh.
For,
however
long
it
is
my
background
being
a
paramedic
and
with
the
FBI
law
enforcement
and
in-between
I
did
some
volunteer
firefighting
out
in
the
eastern
suburbs,
where
my
parents
still
live.
So
this
is
like
a
dream
job.
B
B
The
important
thing
is
I've
always
said
this
is
that
trying
to
make
everyone
work
together,
not
only
within
Department
of
Public
Safety,
but
within
the
city
and
within
the
suburbs,
with
our
neighboring
communities,
because
we
do
have
some
assets
and
capabilities
here
in
Pittsburgh
that
they
don't
have
out
in
the
suburbs,
and
we
share
that
at
the
same
time
they
share
assets
with
us
when
we
have
a
major
event.
They
provide
us
ambulances
and
personnel
within
the
city,
especially
with
big
celebrations
like
the
Penguins
celebration
or.
B
B
That'll
be
interesting
too
tonight
I
don't
want
to
spend
too
much
time
because
I
know
chief
cook
has
a
presentation
then,
once
you
get
outside
before
it
gets
dark,
you
have
any
questions
for
me.
I'll
stick
around
for
a
little
bit.
My
days
are
usually
rather
long,
but
you
have
any
questions
for
me
on
public
safety
across
the
board.
B
Sure
it's
wendell,
ezarik,
h,
ISS
RI
CH,
and
you
can
look
me
up
on
the
website.
If
you
email
me,
I
do
return
emails,
believe
it
or
not.
If
you
call
me
if
I
get
the
message,
I
will
definitely
call
you
back
and
I
didn't
I
haven't
heard
anybody
complain
that
I
even
called
them
back
so
I
take
it
that
I
get
all
the
messages.
So,
but
if
you
don't
get
a
phone
call
from
me
and
then
you
know
a
few
days
later
call
back
again
what
else
complaints
concerns.
B
Hopefully
tonight
you'll
see
fire
and
EMS
a
few
weeks.
You'll
see
police.
Hopefully,
you
will
see
what
they
try
experience
on
a
day-to-day
basis
and
we
make
mistakes
we
try
to
O
up
to
them,
but
especially
on
the
law
enforcement,
they're
kind
of
getting
a
bad
rap
a
lot
of
times.
You
know
it's
nationwide,
but
you
have
to
experience
what
they
have
to
go
through,
especially
making
the
same
with
fire
and
EMS
life
life.
This
life
and
death
decisions,
a
split
second,
and
sometimes
that's
very
difficult.
C
So
in
lieu
of
those
challenges,
the
kind
of
public
perception,
as
well
as
just
an
overall
emphasis
on
police
safety
and
awareness
in
the
communities
as
your
training
or
has
the
training
across
the
departments
changed
in
the
past
couple
of
years
or
is?
Are
there
any
additional
things
that
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
is
doing
differently
than
we've
done
historically.
B
Well,
I've
I've
been
back
two
years
and
I
I'll
leave
it
to
Tom
or
the
other
public
safety.
Hopefully
we're
working
better
together
as
a
department,
especially
at
these
major
events,
whether
it
be
a
disaster
like
the
Midtown
towers,
where
you
have
a
hundred
individuals
that
are
displaced
and
some
are
trapped
in
there.
There
are
residents-
and
you
know-
hopefully
EMS
Farr
and
police
are
working
closer
together.
B
B
That's
changed
drastically
just
with
terrorism
and
the
O,
the
lone
wolf-
and
you
know
just
throughout
my
career
I
started
out
traditional
and
the
FBI
chasing
fugitives
and
bank
robberies
and
towards
the
middle
of
my
career
with
9/11,
and
all
that
that
changed,
basically,
that
more
emphasis
was
put
on
the
locals
and
on
the
Fed
side
it
was
countering
combating
terrorism.
So
does
that
answer
your
question?
What
else.
B
We
have
actually
have
an
assistant
director
of
a
community
affairs
now
and
she
has
a
staff
that,
on
a
daily
basis,
is
working
with
police
and
fire
and
EMS
to
the
point
that
we're
translating
a
lot
of
the
pamphlets
that
we
put
out
and
I
how
many
different
languages
that
we're
putting
working
on
right
now
through
the
multicultural
unit,
they
just
received
a
$50,000
grant.
So
and
it's
a
it's
a
combined
effort
and
it's
not
only
law
at
police.
B
We
want
to
make
sure
that
the
visitors,
the
Pittsburgh,
the
the
residents,
the
news
from
other
countries,
know
what
to
expect
from
the
police
and
public
safety.
So
we
want
to
make
sure
that
they
have
the
language
and
the
tools
to
be
able
to
understand
that
and
at
the
same
time,
we're
looking
to
provide
what
their
traditions
are
across
the
board.
You
know
not
only
in
the
United
States
but
traditions
that
they
follow
here
in
the
country,
so
that
we're
aware
of
it.
B
B
E
You,
director,
all
right,
so
the
fire
bureau.
What
do
we
do
all
right?
Well,
the
the
simple
answer
is
put
out
fires,
but
you'll
see
that
we've
expanded
over
the
years
into
much
more
than
just
a
fire
department
that
puts
out
fires
a
little
bit
of
my
background.
I've
been
in
the
fire
service
for
over
36
years,
been
with
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
since
2011,
so
I'm,
a
relative
newcomer
newcomer
to
the
city
of
Pittsburgh,
myself
grew
up
in
the
eastern
suburbs
outside
of
Pittsburgh
and
travelled
through
different
careers
and
ended
up
here
where
I'm.
E
Hopefully,
this
will
be
the
last
stop
and
then
I
get
to
find
a
beach
somewhere
that
doesn't
have
hurricanes
all
right,
so
I'm.
The
operations
chief
of
the
fire,
Bureau
I
oversee
the
day-to-day
operations,
make
sure
that
men
and
women
of
the
bureau
have
the
tools,
the
facilities,
the
vehicles,
the
training
and
education.
They
need
to
provide
the
services
to
the
city
that
you
know
if
the
mayor
determines
we're
going
to
provide
I'm,
not
gonna
play
the
video
because
it
is
kind
of
long
gen.
Lydell
was
a
student
that
did
this
as
a
project.
E
The
video
is,
or
the
last
time
I
checked,
was
still
up
on
YouTube.
So
if
you
search
for
the
life
of
a
Pittsburgh
City
firefighter
on
YouTube,
this
video
should
still
come
up.
Ok
and
it
gives
you
a
pretty
good
idea
of
what
the
men
and
women
of
the
bureau
are
about
and
what
they're,
like
personally,
all
right,
I'm
gonna
focus
on
the
high
level
stuff,
how
many
fire
trucks
do
we
have?
How
much
money
do
we
spend
right,
because
a
fire
department
is
actually
a
very
expensive
insurance
policy?
E
E
So
the
mission
of
the
Pittsburgh
Bureau
of
fire
is
very
wordy
all
right,
but
basically
what
it
says
is
if
you
have
a
problem
that
you
dial,
nine-one-one
the
big
red
fire
truck
with
all
the
bright
shiny
lights,
making
all
kinds
of
noise
is
going
to
show
up
and
try
and
fix
your
problem.
The
technical
term
in
the
industry,
for
that
is
all
hazards
response.
E
How
are
we
organized
well
we're
deployed
throughout
the
city,
so
we
are
actually
parts
of
the
neighborhoods
ourselves.
There
are
we're
broken
up
into
four
districts.
There
are
29
engine
companies,
11
truck
companies
that
run
out
of
30
fire
houses
distributed
citywide
right,
so
the
day-to-day
operation
is
staffed
by
a
hundred
and
sixty
three
people
24
hours
a
day,
seven
days
a
week,
all
right
and
you
know
we're
engineered
as
of
what
we
call
a
full
career
fire
department.
There
are
no
volunteers,
it's
all
paid
right.
E
In
addition,
we
have
some
support
services,
so
we
have
a
vehicle
repair,
garage
supply,
warehouse
equipment,
repair,
the
training
academy,
which
you
are
sitting
in
right
now,
all
right
and
again
we,
the
the
support
staff,
is
right.
Around
20
people
give
or
take
one
or
two
positions.
At
any
time.
The
administration
Fire
Administration,
which
is
house
downtown,
does
the
budgeting
the
finance,
the
IT
personnel
issues,
our
fire
prevention
division
and
that's
staffed
with
about
12
personnel
all
right.
E
So
what
is
an
engine
company?
That's
the
big
red
thing
that
carries
the
hose
and
is
designed
to
pump
and
squirt
water,
because
when
it
comes
right
down
to
it,
firefighting
is
very
basic.
Science.
Water
puts
fire
out,
it's
not
really
complicated.
Okay,
we
staff
an
engine
company
with
four
three
firefighters
in
a
lieutenant
and
the
vehicle
itself,
and
equipment
costs
right
around
half
a
million
dollars
today
that
latter
company
or
truck
company,
that's
the
bigger
fire
truck
with
the
big
ladder.
E
On
top,
it's
really
designed
to
give
us
elevated
access
again
staffed
with
four
people,
a
captain
and
three
firefighters
and
that
number
actually,
the
last
contract
price
was
about
1
million
dollars
for
each
ladder
truck.
We
have
two
that
are
on
order
right
now,
additionally,
this
year,
for
the
first
time
since
1974,
the
city
now
owns
a
fire
boat,
that's
a
actual
picture
of
our
fire
boat
in
the
river.
E
It's
designed
to
provide
pumping
capacity
for
us
from
the
river
all
right
so
that
my
nightmare
is
the
operations
chief
was
always
the
gateway
clipper
on
fire
floating
down
the
middle
of
the
river
and
I
can
do
absolutely
nothing
about
it.
Okay,
so
now
we
can
solve
that
problem
all
right
at
a
cost
of
about
six
million
six
hundred
thousand
dollars.
Okay.
So
but
it's
a
it's
a
large
boat,
it's
almost
40
feet.
E
It's
got
twin
300
horsepower,
outboard
engines
top
speed
of
50
miles
per
hour
on
the
river
that
is
moving
on
the
river
okay,
the
average
pleasure
boat,
like
that.
You
see
people
water-ski
behind
2530
miles
an
hour
right,
so
it
is
a
big,
powerful
boat.
The
firefighters
are
undergoing
training
right
now
to
safely
operate
the
boat
since
we
haven't
had
one
since
1974,
there's
no
one
left
on
the
fire
department.
That
knows
anything
about
it.
All
right
me,
landlubber
I
know,
boats
float
when
you
put
them
in
water.
E
That's
it
so
I'm
learning
as
well
all
right,
the
firefighter
for
Pittsburgh
under
the
Civil
Service
regulations
has
to
be
a
minimum
of
18
years
of
age.
All
right,
you
have
to
be
a
city
resident
to
apply.
You
have
to
maintain
city
residency
throughout
your
career.
They
go
through
a
six-month
training
program
to
be
qualified.
They
come
out
of
that
training
program
with
nationally
recognized
accreditation,
Zoar
certifications
in
the
different
disciplines.
E
So
you
see,
the
ff2
stands
for
firefighter.
Emt
is
emergency
medical
technician,
basic
vehicle
rescue,
hazmat
operations,
some
technical
rescue
components,
so
we
are
training
our
people
to
the
nationally
accepted
standards
now
which,
six
years
ago,
when
I
came
here,
was
not
the
case.
We
did
it
the
Pittsburgh
way,
so
we
blended
the
best
of
the
Pittsburgh
way
with
the
national
standards
and
we're
putting
out
what
I
consider
to
be
the
best
firefighter
in
the
United
States.
All
right
we
spend
and
again
the
number
changes
a
little
bit.
E
We've
had
10,000
air
we've
got
somewhere
around
12,000
up
there.
You
know
you're
spending
a
lot
of
money
to
dress
the
firefighter
in
a
gear
and
when
we
break
up
here
in
a
minute,
we'll
show
you
what
the
gear
looks
like
feels
like
and
you'll
actually
be
surprised
at
how
heavy
this
stuff
is
all
right
when
they're
dressed
out
like
this,
the
average
firefighter
is
carrying
an
additional
40
pounds
of
weight.
E
Okay
incident
statistics
so
week,
I
compare
2009
to
2000
whatever
the
latest
year
I'm,
given
the
presentation
and
what
I
want
you
to
notice
is
a
couple
things.
If
you
look
at
the
total
number
of
calls
that
we
responded
to
in
2009
almost
26,000.
Last
year,
2016,
we
were
almost
at
51,000
calls
for
service
alright,
and
we
are
still
using
the
same
staffing,
the
same
number
of
vehicles,
the
same
deployment
model
that
we
had
in
2009.
E
The
biggest
change
for
us
is
right
here.
At
this
line,
emergency
medical
services
is
becoming
a
bigger
and
bigger
part
of
the
service
we
provide
because
of
the
way
the
fire
trucks
are
deployed
throughout
the
city.
When
you
call
with
a
medical
issue
or
an
injury
chances,
are
the
city
can
get
a
fire
truck
to
you
faster
than
an
ambulance?
Okay,
so
that's
the
reason.
E
We
train
everybody
as
an
emergency
medical
technician
that
we
can
get
there
and
actually
stabilize
the
patient,
and
then
the
medics
can
come,
provide
the
advanced
life
support
in
transport
to
the
hospital
this.
So
we
have
a
tiered
response
system
which
has
been
proven
nationwide
to
be
the
best
model.
That's
the
biggest
change.
That's
occurred
over
the
last.
You
know
eight
years
right
questions,
while
I'm
here,
a
good
intent
call
okay,
so
you
dial,
nine-one-one
I
smell
smoke
in
my
neighborhood.
We
show
up.
We
don't
find
anything.
That's
a
good
intent!
Call!
Okay,.
E
G
G
E
E
E
B
E
Us
the
jumpring
calls
is
strictly
we're.
Responding
were
being
asked
to
respond
in
2009.
The
only
time
you
got
a
fire
truck
on
a
medical
call
was
if
the
patient
was
in
cardiac
arrest,
so
they
sent
us
to
do
CPR.
After
a
few
events
in
2009,
this
fire
bureau
started
to
expand
its
medical
program.
So
now
we
respond
on
a
lot
more
calls.
Initially,
we
also
respond
on
calls
where,
if
there
is
no
ambulance
readily
available,
they
send
a
firetruck
right
away.
So
it's
it's.
E
A
combination
of
the
system
is
busier
and
the
paramedics
will
tell
you
how
busy
the
medical
system
actually
has
gotten
I.
Don't
know
the
number
off
the
top
of
my
head,
but
there
and
I
probably
shouldn't
say
this
and
it's
not
their
fault.
There
are
times
where
there
is
no
ambulance
available
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh.
E
E
The
answer
is
I
could
give
you
an
answer
both
ways:
yeah,
it's
a
big
hole
in
service,
because
the
rivers
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
are
the
busiest
rivers
in
the
nation
in
terms
of
passenger
traffic.
Okay,
there's
some
I
can't
remember
the
number,
but
there's
millions
of
people
that
travel
by
water
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
every
year,
so
to
not
have
a
resource
to
protect
them
is
a
huge
hole
now
as
far
as
number
of
actual
incidents
less
than
one
every
three
years.
Okay,
but
again
we're
an
insurance
policy.
E
E
Let
me
let
me
finish
and
then
we'll
take
more
questions
here,
all
right,
so
we
are
participating
statewide
in
the
certification
process.
Okay.
So
when
I
talk
about
training,
firefighters
to
those
national
standards,
this
is
the
program
that
we
follow.
It's
published
out
of
the
State
Fire
Academy
office
in
Harrisburg,
and
it's
designed
to
meet
national
accreditation
standards.
We
also
are
licensed
under
the
Pennsylvania
Department
of
Health
as
a
quick.
What
what's
called
a
quick
response
agency?
E
So
we're
not
paramedics
we're
not
an
ambulance
service,
but
we
are
medically
trained
to
sustain
life
in
the
field
and
here's
the
number
I
wanted
to
talk
about
right.
So
we,
the
city,
participates
in
what's
called
the
ROC
study,
which
is
resuscitation
outcomes
consortium.
It's
a
national
study
where
they
actually
measure
the
survivability
rate
of
cardiac
arrest,
patients,
okay,
so
patients
that
are
dead
in
the
field,
how
many
of
them
walk
out
of
the
hospital
alive
without
any
lasting
repercussions?
Pittsburgh
has
the
second
highest
rate
nationally
and
that's
sixteen
percent.
Okay.
E
I
K
E
If
you
want
to
look
at
it
that
way,
I
prefer
that
you
know
we're
in
we're
in
the
business
of
saving
lives
right.
So
but
again,
so
we
were
recognized
nationally
as
having
the
Hecate
second
highest,
survivability
rating
okay.
Now
this
is
where
it
gets
to
be
fun,
because
the
paramedics
will
tell
you
it's
because
of
Perak
medicine
and
drugs
and
transport
I'll
tell
you
it's
because
you
get
firefighters
there
early,
that
are
machines
that
do
in
CPR
and
keep
the
body
sustainable
until
the
paramedics
can
get
there
to
do
the
medical
miracles.
E
Okay,
that's
what
makes
the
system
work?
That's
why?
There's
the
tiered
response
system?
Okay,
fire-prevention
right!
The
best
way
to
not
have
a
fire
loss
is
what
never
have
a
fire
so
we're
also
in
the
business
of
putting
ourselves
out
of
business
by
helping
you
learn
to
not
have
fires
right,
so
we,
you
know,
control
the
permitting
process,
we're
involved
in
the
special
events
process.
We
do
fire
inspections,
we
do
hazmat
inspections.
We
review
plans
for
new
construction
to
make
sure
they're
built
to
the
latest
fire
safety
standards.
All
right.
E
We
do
fire
code
inspections
and
we've
got
a
self
inspection
program
for
small
businesses,
so
that
you
know
again,
we
can
reach
more
customers
to
make
sure
we're
keeping
the
buildings
in
the
occupants
safe
right.
This
is
where
we
have
our
biggest
effect
on
the
city
right
here,
all
right,
because
if
I
get
an
apartment,
300
unit
apartment,
building,
built
to
the
modern
standards,
fully
sprinklered
fire
alarm,
the
whole
thing
that
we
know
works
to
prevent
fires,
I've
protected
300
people
versus
responding
to
that
one
fire.
E
Okay,
other
things:
we
get
into
public
education,
all
right,
we're
partnered
with
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
schools.
They
present
a
fire
safety
curriculum
that
we
helped
design
kindergarten
through
fifth
grade.
All
right,
I,
don't
have
the
staff
to
do
it,
so
we
trained
all
the
city
school
teachers
to
do
the
program.
E
Okay,
smoke
detectors,
save
lives,
we'll
give
you
one
free
one,
because
we
have
grant
funding
to
do
this
if
you're
going
to
take
it
I
need
you
to
fill
out
the
form,
that's
in
the
red
folder,
so
we
can
track
where
they
go
and
prove
that
we're
actually
giving
them
out
according
to
the
terms
and
the
grip.
If
you
have
them,
then
you
don't
want
it.
That's
fine,
we'll
make
sure
it
goes
to
somebody
that
actually
needs
it.
Okay,.
E
All
right
here
we
go
now
I
get
to
brag.
Now,
I
get
to
be
the
proud
father
right
for
my
700
children.
Pittsburgh
is
the
only
Metro,
sighs,
Fire
Department
that
has
its
staff
100%
credit
credentialed
to
the
national
standards.
No
other
city.
Does
it
all
right?
So
you
guys.
Are
you
get
the
Cadillac
of
fire
departments
all
right,
we've
been
very
aggressive.
Pursuing
grant
funding
we've
been
funded
by
the
federal
government
that
number.
Actually
it's
four
straight
years
now
and
over
five
million
dollars
we
brought
into
the
city
and
grant
funding
all
right
firing.
E
Life
safety
grant
eight
hundred
thousand.
That
was
to
do
the
smoke
detector
program
and
some
other
public
education
programs
right.
We
are
now
an
ISO
class,
one
fire
department,
okay,
so
what
does
that
mean?
Iso
stands
for
Insurance
Services
office.
That
is
an
agency
that
your
fire
insurance
company,
your
homeowners,
uses
to
determine
how
much
risk
there
is
in
insuring
your
house
class.
One
is
the
best
rating
of
fire
department
can
have
class.
Ten
is
the
worst
rating
of
fire
department
can
have.
So
we
are
one
of
less
than
6,000
fire
departments
nationally.
E
L
E
This
is
where
I
get
to
do
a
little
politicking
here,
right
previous
administrations
under
ak-47.
How
did
they
balance
their
budget?
They
didn't
replace
fire
trucks,
they
didn't
fix
fire
stations.
So
under
this
current
administration,
those
programs
have
been
reinvented
and
are
moving
along.
In
the
time
I'd
been
here
with
the
city,
we
bought
15
of
those
pumpers
at
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
apiece
over
the
five
years
and
for
ladder
trucks
to
bring
the
fleet
up
to
modern
standards
right
and
same
with
fire
stations.
E
Okay,
then
that's
Perry
hilltop
on
Perrysville
Avenue,
34
engine,
okay,
there's
a
significant
number
of
them
that
were
built
in
the
early
1900s.
Then
you
look
at
the
40s
and
50s
and
there
really
have
been
none
built
since
then.
Okay,
so
we've
got
an
aging
infrastructure
that
we're
trying
upgrade
okay
training.
E
What
are
we
looking
to
do
in
the
future.
Right
continue
hiring
to
reach
our
budgeted
staffing
level,
we're
currently
sitting
on
25
vacancies
on
the
bureau,
and
that's
that's
normal.
That's
annual
retirements
people
that
are
disabled
that
kind
of
stuff,
so
we
still
need
to
fill
those
on
an
ongoing
basis.
When
I
came
to
the
city
of
2011,
there
were
a
hundred
and
twelve
vacancies
on
the
roster,
because,
again,
the
other
way
the
budget
was
balanced
bus
by
what
not
hiring
people.
E
Okay,
we're
going
to
continue
our
infrastructure
improvements,
continue
the
fleet
improvements,
even
though
the
fire
boats
here
since
we
haven't
had
one
since
1974,
we
got
to
figure
out
what
to
do
with
it.
So
we're
going
through
that
educational
process,
so
by
January
1,
the
fire
boat,
will
actually
be
in
service
and
usable
right
now
it
just
sits
at
the
dock
and
looks
pretty
we
go
out.
Drive
it
around
a
little
bit
right,
we're
going
to
improve
our
fire
officer,
training
and
credentialing.
We
want
to
refocus
on
the
company
inspection
program.
E
We
want
to
get
out
and
inspect
more
of
the
existing
buildings
to
make
sure
they're
safe
all
right,
and
we
are
now
looking
at
it's
on
our
radar
getting
accredited
as
a
fire
department
through
to
Congress
for
public
safety,
excellence.
Okay,
so
we've
done
all
this
credentialing
to
national
standards.
Now
we
want
to
get
the
final
diploma
that
says
you're
the
best
fire
department
in
the
United
States.
That's
it's
popped
up
on
the
radar
screen.
Finally,
alright,
so
there
we
go.
That's
the
fire
Bureau
in
15
minutes,
questions.
D
Think
it's
great
that
you
guys
give
so
much
training
and
all
the
training
that's
been
added,
but
most
citizens
don't
know
that
when
they
see
the
fire
truck
is
the
first
thing
to
arrive.
There
are
kind
of
depressed
and
down
because
they're
like
oh
man,
what
is
the
fire
department
in
here?
I
need
an
ambulance.
You
know
I
mean
it's
like.
So
how
do?
How
would
you
get
it
out
there
that
sort
of
to
the
citizens
that
hey
we
got
guys
when
you
see
the
fire
department
that
these
guys
are
trained
well,.
E
We're
trying
to
stress
that
message
in
programs
like
this
one
when
we
go
out
and
do
public
education
programs
to
the
adult
groups,
we
try
and
stress
that
message.
It's
it's
just
going
to
take
time
for
people
to
get
used
to
that,
because
you're
right
most
people
see
the
fire
truck
shop,
they're
like
nothing's
on
fire.
What
are
you
guys
doing
here?
Yeah
yeah?
They
don't
understand
that
our
role
in
support
of
the
city
has
changed
to
include
that
mission.
Now,
because.
D
E
M
E
Intent
calls
we
have
done
a
very
good
job
through
the
public
education
program
in
the
schools
of
getting
people
to
call
for
help.
So
there
are
things
that
we
get
called
to
nowadays
that
when
I
was
growing
up
and
the
best
example
is
if
I
fell
out
of
the
tree
in
the
backyard
and
broke
my
arm,
what
would
my
parents
have
done
with
me?
E
N
E
E
P
Q
E
Boat
will
be
staffed
right
now.
The
plan
is
it'll,
be
four
people,
but
what
we've
done?
We've
designated
the
fire
companies
that
are
near
where
the
boat
is
docked
to
respond
and
staff.
The
boat
is
needed,
so
the
boats
not
staffed
24/7
like
the
other
units
and
again
the
decision
behind
that
was
since
the
number
of
incidents
that
actually
occur
are
very,
very,
very
low.
E
L
F
Recently
we
had
that
horrible
fire
in
the
building
where
the
woman
was
stuck
under
the
refrigerator
for
a
long
time.
How
do
we
know
that
all
the
buildings
are
safe
if
we're
going
to
move
into
one
that
we
they
have
all
the
updated
equipment
and
sprinklers
and
everything?
How
do
you
find
out
about
that,
and
do
you
are
you
aware
of
which
buildings
are
not
up
to
regulation.
E
E
The
current
census
for
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
is
just
around
three
hundred
and
thirty
thousand
so
to
have
every
building
in
a
database
right
this
minute,
we're
not
there
yet
we're
working
towards
that
as
people
call
us
and
tell
us
that
there
are
problems
we
do
follow
up
and
then
that
information
goes
into
the
database.
We
have
a
set
schedule
where
we
prioritize
buildings
based
upon
their
their
risk.
E
Obviously
we're
not
going
to
come
inspect
everybody's
personal
home,
okay,
that
I
just
don't
have
enough
time,
people
money
to
approach
that.
But
so
we
try
to
prioritize
at
this
point.
Okay,
I
know,
that's
not
necessarily
where
you
want
me
to
be,
but
we're
working
towards
the
goal
of
having
all
this
information
collected
in
one
place.
Great.
F
E
R
E
E
Ems
or
paramedic
about
200
hours
to
get
somebody
through
the
EMT
program
is
about
one
month
of
full-time
study
and
then
there's
a
nationally
accredited
testing
process,
both
written
knowledge
test
and
skills,
testing
that
they
go
through.
The
paramedic
curriculum
is
almost
a
two-year
process
now
really
and
they
do
an
accelerated
version
for
full-time
paramedics
like
the
city
of
Pittsburgh,
but
it's
really
a
two-year
curriculum
and
again
the
medic
that's
going
to
speak
next.
Can
you
know
really
give
you
more
details
on
his
side
of
it?
E
But
so
the
difference
is
we
can
do
bandaging,
splinting
oxygen
CPR,
you
know
bleeding
control,
but
we're
not
allowed
to
start
IVs
we're
not
allowed
to
give
other
than
the
narcan
we're
not
allowed
to
give
people
drugs,
whereas
the
paramedics
are
able
to
then
do
some
of
those
advanced
interventions
which
provide
a
higher
level
of
care
in
the
field.
Okay.
R
E
We
are
in
the
process
of
prepping
ourselves
to
respond
to
that
environment.
Okay,
because
again
this
the
city
system
is
overloaded
to
the
point
where
we
feel
we
can
provide
additional
resources
in
that
environment.
So
we're
going
through
the
process
right
now
evaluating
what
specific
training
we
would
need
what
equipment
we
would
need,
for
instance,
right
now
that
we
don't
carry
body
armor
on
the
fire
trucks,
but
if
I'm
going
to
send
firefighters
into
a
scene,
that's
an
active
shooting
I
need
to
protect.
My
people.
First
I
mean
yeah.
It's
selfish.
E
K
E
K
E
Are
neighborhoods
where
pressure
is
lower
than
others,
but
it's
adequate
throughout
the
city
and
again,
that's
part
of
the
reason
a
pumper
is
designed
to
boost
those
pressures
as
well.
Ok,
so
I
can
move
water
myself
if
I
have
to,
for
instance,
I
had
a
fire
in
an
auto
recycling
plant
three
four
years
ago,
down
on
62nd
Street
and
we
actually
had
to
pump
water
about
1,600
feet
from
a
hydrant
to
get
adequate
water
flow
in
the
old
steel
mill.
Okay,
so
we
can
do
that
if
needed.
That's
the
other
reason.
E
D
My
question
and
I
guess
this
will
be
between
you
and
Public
Safety
Director
on
now.
As
far
as
something
like
9/11
happened,
something
similar
to
9/11
happened
in
here
in
our
city.
Is
there
from
that
term
of
that
happening?
Was
there
a
design
or
planned
program
for
training,
with
our
complete
force
for
some
type
of
resolution?
Okay,.
E
The
director
mentioned
the
joint
flood
response
teams.
We
are
also
developing
a
joint
active
shooter
response
team.
The
hazmat
response
for
the
city
is
a
joint
team
between
two
of
the
bureaus
right
now.
Fire
and
EMS
were
starting
to
train
up
some
police
officers
in
that
aspect.
So
there
are
certain
disciplines
where
none
of
the
bureau's
has
enough
technical
people
to
handle
that
we
are
pushing
that
joint
training
model.
I
guess
and
it
works
very
well.
E
Yeah,
there's
there's
still
some
of
that
friendly
animosity
between
the
bureau's,
but
you
know
it's.
It
works
very
well
and
again:
I
think
you
know
the
amount
of
training
all
three
Public
Safety
Bureau
is
engage
in.
You
know
we
provide
the
best
level
of
service
that
I've
seen
in
my
36
year.
Career
I
want
to
sleep
relieved
that
yeah,
I'm,
probably
biased,
but
I
think
that
we
do
Chris
Berg
Brown.
Yes,.
H
E
E
What
we
did
and
unfortunately
I
don't
off
the
top
of
my
head
and
director
jump
in.
If
you
remember
the
numbers,
you
know
we
looked
at
the
tonnage
of
freight,
that's
moved
over
the
rivers,
we
looked
at
the
number
of
passengers
that
are
moved
over
the
rivers.
We
looked
at
the
average
pleasure
boat
attendance
for
the
regatta
weekend
and
we
assigned
a
level
of
risk
to
those
numbers
that
then
was
used
to
say.
Well.
E
If
an
incident
would
occur,
we
get
that
the
history
says
it's
very
rare,
but
if
the
an
incident
would
occur,
what
would
the
loss
look
like?
So
what
we
came
up
with
and
again
I.
Don't
remember
the
exact
number.
So
please
don't
quote
me:
that's
six
hundred
thousand
dollars
that
we
spent
for
the
boat
is
like
less
than
1%
of
what
the
potential
loss
would
be.
Okay,.
E
Yes,
there's
always
trade-offs
because
the
budget
PI
doesn't
get
any
bigger,
so
you
know
we
had
to
then
prioritize
the
amount
of
money
that
the
civvie
city
can
give
to
the
fire
department
and
say
well.
This
is
number
one.
This
is
number
two
and
again
off
the
top
of
my
head.
I,
don't
remember
how
the
priorities
went
that
year,
but
we
did
drop
something
down
in
priority
to
get
the
fire
boat
up
in
priority.
That
makes
sense.
E
E
Depends
most
of
the
time?
No,
it
doesn't
cost
that
community
event
anything.
But
there
are
certain
events
that
require
such
a
high
level
of
staffing
that
the
city
is
starting
to
bill
for
service
at
the
larger
events.
Okay,
so
there
is
something
like
the
regatta
there's
cost
sharing
between
the
sponsoring
agency
and
the
regatta
and
the
city.
Okay.
But
if
you're
talking
about
like
your
neighborhood
block
party,
you
want
a
firetruck
to
swing
by
and
the
kids
can
climb
on
the
firetruck
that
doesn't
cost
anything.
R
G
This
is
a
just
a
bit
of
a
hypothetical
question
there.
You
know,
you
see
fire
companies
all
throughout.
You
know
the
Greater
Pittsburgh
region,
you
know
the
craft
and
fire
company
and
that
this
fire
company
of
that
fire
company-
it's
not
really
the
most
efficient
way
to
do
things
to
have
every
community
have
their
own
fire
company.
S
E
Protection
in
the
again
remember:
we
live
in
the
Commonwealth,
even
though
we
call
it
the
state
of
Pennsylvania.
Technically
it's
a
Commonwealth
which
pushes
the
responsibility
for
public
safety
protection,
fire
police
EMS
to
the
lowest
level
of
government,
which
is
the
local
government.
So
the
local
government
can
choose
to
provide
that
service.
E
However,
they
wish
all
right
and
the
reason
I'm
just
I
asked
everybody
that
you
swear
you
in
to
secrecy,
I'm,
going
to
talk
about
Ingram
for
a
couple
seconds:
okay,
so
the
council,
in
the
borough
of
Ingram,
felt
they
were
not
getting
value
out
of
their
volunteer
fire
department.
It
was
costing
them
more
money
than
they
were
getting
in
return.
They
approached
the
city
of
Pittsburgh.
We
negotiated
a
contract
to
provide
fire
protection
to
the
borough
of
Ingram
they're
under
the
Commonwealth
Constitution.
That's
well
within
their
legal
right
to
do
that.
Okay!
E
B
Staffing,
for
some
communities
is
very
difficult.
They
may
have
the
equipment
but,
as
time
goes
on,
the
day
of
the
volunteer
is
dwindling
and
there
are
many
departments
out
there
and
we
monitor
and
we
and
like
I
said
at
the
very
beginning.
We
will
provide
mutual
aid
if
it's
requested,
but
there
are
some
areas
of
the
county
that
you
will
hear.
Eight
fire
companies
being
dispatched
to
a
house
fire
during
the
daylight
hours
because
they
can't
get
enough
manpower.
So
that's
the
problem
that
they're
facing
right
now
so
do
I.
Think
that,
like.
E
Yeah
and
that's
why
I
said
it's
actually
a
very
more
complicated
question
than
what
you
asked
in
there.
There
are
three
different
models
that
can
be
used.
There's
the
full
career
model,
which
is
what
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
is
everybody's
paid.
It's
a
job
right
career,
there's
the
full
volunteer
model
which
is
what's
prevalent
in
western
Pennsylvania,
where
no
one
gets
paid
and
they
only
show
up
when
there's
a
fire,
then
there's
what's
called
a
combination
system.
E
The
municipality
of
Mount
Lebanon
right
outside
Pittsburgh
in
the
South
Hills
has
a
combination,
Fire
Department,
there's
a
very
small
number
of
career
firefighters
on
duty,
24
hours
a
day,
seven
days
a
week
to
handle
the
minor
calls.
But
then,
if
they
do
have
a
fire,
they
have
a
big
pool
of
volunteer
firefighters
that
they
bring
in
okay.
So
the
the
process
of
providing
fire
protection
actually
gets
very
complicated,
even
though
the
science
behind
it,
as
I
said
at
the
start,
is
really
very
simple.
The
process
of
doing
it
gets
complicated.
O
E
T
Basically,
when
we
do
get
to
a
fire,
we
don't
have
it
attached
to
the
hydrant.
It
is
attached
to
our
pumper
and
everybody
calls.
Everybody
calls
a
generic
term
firetruck,
but
actually
there
is
a
logical
term.
This
is
a
fire
engine,
that's
a
fire
truck
trucks,
carry
ladders
tools,
ventilate
and
a
dew
rescue
and
engine
carries
hose.
It's
that
simple
and
then
we
have
a
pump
which
which
it
can
take
the
normal
hydrant
water
and
multiply
the
pressure
by
a
couple
hundred.
T
So,
depending
on
how
far
we
are
from
the
fire,
how
far
we
are
from
supply,
we
can
take
the
supply
from
the
street,
run
it
through
the
pumper
and
into
the
hose
and
the
pressure
we're
needed
as
if
we
are
an
attack
fire
attack
crew
we
get
on
scene.
First,
we
enter
the
building
if
possible,
and
we
attack
the
fire
truck
is
more
of
a
search-and-rescue
type
of
equipment.
They
are
the
ones
who
will
come
in
behind
the
engine.
T
They
will
be
looking
for
you,
if
hopefully
you're
not
in
there,
but
that's
what
they
will
be
looking
for
in
an
on
their
way
of
looking
for
you.
They
will
ventilate
the
building,
allowing
the
heat
and
smoke
to
get
out
of
the
building.
So
we
we
put
the
fire
out.
They
help
us
in
our
tasks.
We
also
do
a
lot
of
other
specialized
equipment.
T
We
run
a
lot
more
medical
calls
nowadays
and
we
run
fire
calls
and
we
are
trained
EMTs,
although
we
only
work
to
the
first
responder
level,
but
we
are
actually
trained
to
a
higher
level.
So
when
you
have
any
type
of
accident
household
car-
and
you
call
911
a
first
responder
unit
of
an
engine
and
a
paramedic
unit,
now
there's
more
of
us
and
there
are
them-
we're
gonna
get
there
quicker
and
we
are
all
trained
in
basic
life
support.
T
So,
whether
you're
having
a
heart
attack
or
a
fall,
we
are
trained
to
handle
any
situation
that
comes
about
comes
up,
so
you
know
you
got
very
well
trained
people
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh,
you
don't
have
volunteers,
you
don't
have
to
wait
for
them
to
assemble
we're
gonna,
get
there
really
quick
and
you're
gonna
get
the
best
care
you
possibly
can
get.
That's
we
promised
that
to
you
any
questions
on
it.
Anybody
would
like
to
float
some
water
to
get
an
idea
how
it
feels
come
on.
U
S
T
T
Battalion
chief,
oh
I,
think
comes
that
comes
at
every
fire.
Now
then,
of
course,
if
the
fire
escalates
second
alarms,
third
alarms
and
you
will
get
more
equipment,
you
will
get
on
a
second
armed.
We
get
two
more
engines
and
a
additional
truck
a
third
alarm.
It's
just
with
this,
keep
escalator.
Okay
and
then,
when
that's
happening
because
the
the
fire
could
be
anywhere
in
the
city
right,
the
we
have.
What
do
we
do?
Is
transfer
units
people
will
transfer
around
the
city
to
make
sure
that
all
the
areas
that
are
vacated
for
being
comfortable?
T
It's
a
it's
a
it's
a
system
and
it's
a
finder
that
by
once
a
fire
comes
in
where
we
go
to
the
bulk
we
see
who
is
to
is
to
go
on
that
zone.
Everything
is
broken
down
into
districts
and
zones.
We
have
four
districts
in
the
city
now
and
then
you
know
we're
out.
You
may
have
twenty
zones.
Twenty-One
zones
in
each
district,
so
we
cover
number
eight
in
East.
Liberty
is
a
kind
of
a
hub
company
we're
in
the
middle
of
a
company
surrounding
us.
So
we
go
to.
T
I
T
Everything's
getting
computerized
now
since
I've
been
on
the
job
for
12
years
now
we
went
from
absolutely
no
computers
and
the
rigs
to
a
very
good
computer
in
a
reg,
so
it's
changing
fast
and
that
it's
called
an
MDT
and
it
brings
up
the
zone
with
response
to
the
zone.
Where
we
go,
why
we're
going
there
and
in
all
the
information
we
could
possibly
need
on
it,
and
it
can
also
has
a
GPS
in
it
and
they
can
and
they
can
see
where
we're
at
at
all
times.
U
Those
firefighters
actually
have
an
app
on
their
phone
now
and
we're
actually
getting
the
call
on
our
phones.
I,
don't
have
a
bit
of
a
bad
on
our
phone
before
it
even
comes
over
from
this
patch,
so
you
already
say:
hey
guys,
we
got
a
call
and
then
maybe
I
mean
it's
pretty
nice.
You
know
very
helpful.
You
know,
gets
everybody
on
the
rig
faster
things
like
that
yeah,
but,
like
he
said,
there's
data
whenever
they're
always
trying
to
get
better.
You
know
every
ever
anything.
U
S
U
This
one
not
the
nozzles
off
but
say
there
was
a
nozzle
on
there,
which
there
uses
on
that
right
there.
It's
the
way.
The
way
we
have
everything
set
up
on
the
rig
we
try
to
be
as
fast
and
efficient
as
we
can.
So
we
actually
have
this
packed.
So
all
you
got
to
do
is
just
throw
it
over
your
shoulder
and
as
you're
walking,
it's
all
flaking
off
behind
you.
U
Every
little
over
the
years,
I
guess
we
figure
out
better
ways
to
do
our
jobs
better,
and
it
is
very
helpful.
You
know
it's
pretty
pretty
interesting,
some
of
the
things
that
they
figured
out
over
the
years.
You
know
everything
yeah.
A
U
It's
nice
to
whenever
you
get
to
the
front
porch
or
something
like
that,
it
got
who's
behind
you.
You
got
the
nozzle,
your
mask
up,
you're
ready
to
go
in
and
then
whatever
is
left
to
pull
the
kinks
out,
and
things
like
that.
Somebody
can
just
be
flaking
a
tire
keeping
it
around
and
pull
it
down
the
street
a
little
bit.
Things
like
everybody
is
on
the
same
page
job.
If.
U
Yes,
you
can
before
he
charges
that
we
can
always
break
it,
take
a
hose
line
off.
We
could
always
add
one,
and
we
even
have
like,
what's
on
the
hydro
break,
they're
called
a
gating
Y
and
it
actually
has
valves
on
it.
So
you
know
you
can
look
it
through
one
of
those
on
the
end
of
the
hose
line,
and
then
we
can
connect
two
different
hoses
coming
off
of
that.
So
these
guys
can
go
in
the
front.
Other
guys
can
go
in
the
back.
There's
a
lot
of
appliances.
U
U
U
It
was
very
sad,
but
I
know
the
call
comes
in,
and
you
know
it's
very
serious
I'm
just
when
it
comes
in,
we
were
on
the
rig
and
on
the
scene,
think
a
little
like
three
minutes,
maybe
a
little
less
intense
Burmese
limited
alarm
er
out
of
bed
at
3:00
in
the
morning,
so
we
try
to
be
as
fast
as
we
can
I
mean
we
were
literally
there
in
three
minutes.
That's
like
anything!
U
U
Yeah
you
get
faster,
you
don't
want
to
be
that
guy.
You
know
yeah,
that's
why
I
like
how
we
keep
our
boots
down.
So
all
you
guys
do
is
just
jump
in
on
therm
right
on
and
they're,
not
you
know
all
the
gear,
you
can
it's
nice
and
roomy
back
here
like
to
be
honest
with
you.
You
could
just
jump
in
and
get
changed
on
the
way.
That's
what
most
of
us
do
and
ya.
R
U
They're
very
good
I
think
up
to
like
about
300
degrees,
Fahrenheit,
and
then
you
start
burning
a
little
bit,
but
to
be
honest
with
you,
I've
always
been
survived
or
I've
always
been
surprised
how
much
they
can
withstand.
They
do
really
well
in
the
fire.
They're,
absolutely
not
fireproof,
but
it'll.
Take
you
gotta
get
real
hot.
Before
you
start
burning,
you
know,
they're,
pretty
good
I
mean
like
that's
another
thing
too.
U
Over
the
years
that
I
mean
the
gear
has
evolved
so
much
and
compared
to
what
I
hear
you
know
I've
been
on
for
12
years,
but
for
what
I?
From
what
I
hear
they've
definitely
come
a
long
way.
I
love
our
gear.
I
think
it
does
great
very
impressed
by
some
of
the
situations
that
I've
seen
where
they
hold
up
well,
pretty
good.
So.
K
U
Lines
ABC
and
D
yeah
like
we're
a
lines
so
tomorrow
at
7,
B
line
comes
in
and
relieves
us
and
if
we're
offered
any
overtime,
it'll
come
in
half
shifts
during
those
three
days
off
like
it.
They
call
it
a
callback
so
overtime.
If
you
get
a
nighttime
nighttime
overtime
like
tomorrow,
we'll
come
in
from
4:00
in
the
afternoon
until
7:00
in
the
morning.
If
you
get
a
daylight
call
back
it'll
be
seven
anymore.
Until
four
and.
K
U
S
U
O
U
U
Anything
you
end
up
with
a
female
end
and
I
like
say,
for
example,
if
you
took
a
hydrant
and
you
put
a
gated
y
on
there
now,
all
of
a
sudden,
you
have
a
male
and
another
male,
and
so
we
got
these
right
here.
It's
called
a
double
female.
So
right
there,
a
quick
fix
pop
out.
You
just
drawn
what
we
keep
these
just
in
case.
U
U
The
water
can
like
we
always
even
if
it's
a
comes
in
as
a
false
alarm.
We
bring
this
anyway,
just
in
case
it
is
a
small
fire.
These
things
do
little.
You
know
they
just
put
up
your
basic
fires
like
small
trash
fire,
maybe
I'm
most
far
things
like
fire
things
like
that,
so
the
water
can
we
keep
other
things.
We
keep
a
chainsaw
on
our
rig.
Now
you
know
trees
falling
on
the
mill
the
streets
back
there
on
the
other
side.
Yes,
all
the
fun
tools
are
on
the
other
side.
U
U
That's
it
put
your
mask
on
turn
it
on
taking
everything
done.
This
right
here
is
positive
pressure
ventilation
when
you
pump
it
into
your
mask
you're,
just
pops
in
and
you're
automatically
breathing
off
the
tank
shutoff
valve
air
like
if
you
just
want
to
run
continuous
air
for
whatever
reason
like
kids
like
it.
When
you
go
talked
on
the
school.
U
Cut
a
half-hour
yeah
about
a
half-hour,
but
if
you're
working
hard,
but
she
always
are,
you
can
suck
his
tank
down
and
get
mad.
But
that's
why
we
do
things
to
try
to
try
to
make
your
tank
last
longer
to
like
skip
reasons.
We
call
it
like
it's
kind
of
like
just
do
things
like
I
like
take
like
half
a
breath
in
half
breath
I.
Do
that
a
lot
it
works.
You
know
like
or
like
just
try
to
really
control
your
breathing.
U
You
know
so
I
get
the
most
you
can
out
of
your
tank
it
would
you
don't
want
to
run
out
of
air
back,
believe
your
crew
or
anything
like
that?
You
don't
ever
want
to
find
yourself
in
a
position.
Everybody
else.
It's
outlasting
you
with
your
air
bottle
or
something
yeah,
there's
certain
things
we
can
do
in
our
air
supply.
U
U
X
A
X
S
X
S
X
Our
main
function,
their
main
function,
is
fire
attack.
Our
main
function
is
wrestling.
So
if
you're,
if
you're
inside
your
house,
your
kids
are
still
inside
your
house
work.
How
many
gets
okay
I
have
a
I
have
an
order.
I
don't
know
if
anybody
else
has
an
order,
but
I
have
an
order
so
far,
I
haven't
anybody
ever
come
to
me
and
say
man,
your
order
sucks.
X
Some
people
feel
that
you
know
what
are
you
even
going
to
get
my
pets
if
I
run
across
them?
I
will
take
them
if
there's
a
window
here
with
a
porch
roof,
I'll
put
them
out
on
the
porch
room:
okay,
I'm,
not
just
going
to
crawl
over
all
them
and
leave
them
inside
the
building.
Okay,
I'm,
also
not
going
to
waste
time.
I'm!
Sorry,
rescuing
your
pet
when
you
or
your
kids
are
still
inside
the
building.
Okay,
you're
my
priority,
all
right!
X
So
the
truck
has
you
can
see
a
large
ladder,
we
have
no
water,
and
so,
if
we
get
there
first,
which
sometimes
it
happens,
we
have
no
water,
which
means
we
cannot
attack
your
farm.
So
we
have
techniques
that
we
have.
We
do
and
through
training
and
experience
on
how
to
get
around
that
and
how
to
work
our
way
in
to
get
to
you.
Is
it
the
safest
thing
to
do
it's
not
safe
at
all?
X
X
X
When
you
have
teenagers
with
your
door
closed,
okay
I
make
all
my
children
close
their
door
before,
because
that
will
slow
that
smoke
in
that
trout
will
fire
to
that
to
their
area
and
there's
videos
on
YouTube
that
can
actually
show
you
200
degrees
in
that
room
with
the
door
closed,
800
with
the
door
open
and
just
something
that
simple
okay.
So
we
will
work
those
doors
just
kind
of
it,
so
we
can
maneuver
around
all
right.
You
have
any
questions.
H
X
And
the
last
group
there
was
a
question
on
how
we
determining
this
determined,
who
rides
where
the
captains
are
on
the
truck
so
I'm,
always
on
the
truck
Jim
was
my
driver,
so
he's
always
my
driver
on
the
engine
there's
a
lieutenant
and
then
he
has
his
driver
and
we
have
the
four
guys
that
ride
the
back
step.
They
alternate
so
that
essentially
they
are
cross
trained
in
riding
it
all
for
position.
Okay
and
I
think
it
keeps
us
well-rounded
and
it's
pretty
interesting
to
have
both
rigs
in
the
same
station.
X
We
do
what
they
call
the
engine
guys
fire
grind
support,
we'll
throw
ladder
so
we'll
ladder
the
structure.
So
if
there's
any
issues
they
can
get
out
with
violet
those
ladders
will
vent
the
structure
either
by
windows
or
cutting
a
nice
big
hole
in
your
roof,
which
I
think
everybody
loves.
When
we
do
that,
the
main
thing
is
laddering
in
that
and
then
then
we
support
them
with
the
hose.
X
Okay
so
and
it's
called
overhaul,
where
we'll
go
in
with
them,
we'll
bring
tools
to
help
to
pull
down
the
ceilings,
open
the
walls
because
fire
gets
up
in
behind
that
and
it
just
runs
everywhere
from
there.
So
being
that
there's
only
two
of
them.
Typically
in
there
now
there's
four
of
us,
and
now
we
can
get
a
lot
more
done.
S
X
X
Tearing
it
down,
we
take
a
lot
of
work
now,
that's
part
of
it.
If
your
house
is
next
to
a
house,
that's
on
fire,
we
that's
known
as
protecting
the
exposure,
so
that
becomes
the
priority.
If
this
house
is
really
burning
and
there's
fire
on
this
house,
we
will
protect
this
house,
because
this
one
is
kind
of
a
loss.
Okay,
so
you
save
the
house
next
to
it
and
and
we
we
call
that
protecting
the
exposure.
X
X
We
have
to
tear
a
lot
of
stuff
out,
but
there's
a
lot
of
mementos
that
people
have.
We
actually
make
an
effort
to
protect
that
stuff.
You
know
whether
we
cover
it
with
Salvage
covers
or
if
I
see
pick
family
pictures
we
stuff
them
up
will
stuff
them
under
the
pillows
we
had
a
fire
about
two
years
ago.
X
A
gentleman
was
he
had
a
box
about
this
big
with
I,
don't
even
know
how
many
medals
from
World
War
two
we
had
had
him
on
a
medical
call,
two
weeks
later,
his
high
his
Apartments
on
fire
and
we
saved
them
medals,
because
I
knew
right
where
they
were
because
that's
all
we
talked
about
the
whole
time
we
were
there
was
that
it's
a
Distinguished,
Flying
Cross
that
he
had
so
I
will
never
forget.
The
look
on
his
face
when
I
come
out
of
that
building
with
that
box.
X
Okay,
so
we
try
to
do
that,
but
again
remember
what
the
priorities
are.
You
know
it's
we're
coming
for
you
and
then
we'll
try
to
save
your
house
will
also
try
to
save
your
neighbor's
house,
because
we
all
know
we
live
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh.
Houses
are
only
a
sidewalk
from
each
other.
Sometimes
so
it's
it's
a
battle,
I've
been
doing
a
long
time,
so
never
lost
the
house.
Q
X
Anybody
remember
when
we
call
it
Snowmageddon
we're
to
fire
up
in
right
up
on
top
of
the
hill.
Here,
don't
put
this
on
feet.
This
is
gonna,
be
a
missed,
embarrassing.
We
all
got
stuck
the
truck
all
three
engines,
so
we
had
to
walk
with
this.
All
my
gear
is
73
pounds
for
the
air
packs
35,
so
we
shed
air
packs.
X
We
didn't
take
tools
because
they
come
on
said
the
gun
has
the
fire
was
out
so
we
walked
and
then
we
got
up
and
come
around
the
corner
and
he
was
standing
this
front
door
bent
over
and
the
smoke
is
pumping
out
over
top
of
him
I,
don't
know
why
he
was
standing.
I
really
thought
they
had
to
be
hot.
So
what
do
we
have
snow?
X
So
we
grabbed
two
snow
shovels
and
I
would
run
in
and
throw
the
snow
and
I'd
run
dicot.
The
next
guy
would
grab
it.
He'd
run
in
and
throw
snow,
and
luckily
it
was
hit
had
not
taken
off
that,
so
the
couch
was
partially
on
fire
of
the
TV
stand
and
the
desk.
So
it
wasn't
a
huge
fire,
but
that's
all
I
had
was
like
I
have
a
snow
shovel.
X
It
took
us
two
hours
after
we
to
dig
our
truck
on
just
so
we
can
go
okay,
so
we're
I'm,
look
at
us
as
problem
solvers.
If
you
call
911,
it
was
important
enough.
Your
issue
that
you
had
to
dial
nine-one-one
okay.
So
when
I
come
there
and
you
say:
hey
I'm,
locked
out
of
my
house
I'm
not
supposed
to
let
you
in
unless
you
have
food
on
the
stuff,
or
maybe
your
child
lock
in
there
some
some
issue
that
can
cause
a
problem.
X
If
you
happen
to
be
out
partaking
in
some
beverages,
which
is
the
normal
I
locked
myself
out
of
my
house,
I,
don't
have
a
problem
with
that.
The
only
thing
I
ask
you
is
show
me,
your
ID,
so
I
know
that
you
live
there
and
I'll.
Take
that
info
Don,
because
I
don't
want
anybody,
break
it
into
your
house
while
you're
out.
The
next
thing
is:
how
did
you
lock
yourself
out?
You
tell
me
how
you
did
it
and
I
don't
care?
X
S
X
The
doorknob
hey,
I've,
taken
doorknobs
off
and
I've
had
some
elderly
people
that
were
alone
didn't,
have
anybody
to
put
the
doorknob
back
in
and
I've?
Actually
hey
here's
my
number
go
to
Home
Depot,
get
a
new
doorknob
call.
This
number
we'll
come
back
and
put
your
doorknob
okay.
That
I
don't
want
on
the
news.
S
X
It's
all
about
this
whole
thing
is
about
helping
people.
That's
all
this
and
I
want
to
do
this
in
some
of
six.
How
many
of
you
guys
are
doing
what
you
just
you
thought
about
doing
when
you
were
just
even
a
teenager,
a
senior
in
high
school,
okay,
there's
very
few
people
here.
Do
you
nicely
more
than
I've
ever
seen
before?
S
X
X
C
X
And
those
are
good,
they
work
out
really
well
for
like
lots
of
food.
If
any
of
you
guys
live
in
an
apartment
building,
you
always
got
someone.
It
should
not
cook
and
as
soon
as
they
open
their
door,
the
fire
alarm
goes
off.
Well
now
we
got
smoke
in
the
hallway
got
smoke
in
their
apartment.
We
can
do
up
to
25
floors
front
from
the
first
floor.
We
can
get
to
the
25th
floor,
but
just
by
using
two
of
those
fans.
X
X
So
we
will
pump
your
basement
if
it
floods,
but
we
will
not
pump
your
sewage,
not
you
need
a
plumber
for
and
in
we're
in
a
bowl
right
now,
so
we
did
a
lot
of
floods
down
in
in
certain
areas
of
the
city
and
won't
come
and
we'll
throw
those
in
and
we'll
pump
the
water
up,
yeah.
Obviously,
at
some
point,
you're
going
to
need
a
plumber,
because
if
the
water
came
in
and
didn't
go
out,
you
have
a
drainage.
K
X
X
You
don't
have
those
no
more
I,
don't
really
know
I,
don't
really
don't
know
how
those
work.
That's
a
little
before
my
time,
they
actually
just
I
think
two
classes
ahead
of
mine.
They
had
to
jump
out
the
third-floor
window
into
that,
and
so
now
they've
been
they've
been
gone
since
probably
mid
80s,
maybe
early
eighties.
Okay.
X
The
next
couple
of
compartments
are
tools
yeah,
the
last
compartment
there's
chainsaws
in
there
they're,
not
normal
everyday
chainsaw,
you're
gonna
get
at
Home,
Depot
they're
a
little
heavier
and
they
pretty
much
cut
through
anything.
Okay,
do
you
happen
to
see
us
cutting
a
big
hole
in
your
roof?
It's
not
because
we
like
cutting
holes
and
roots
it's
because
it
helps
release
the
heat.
It
also
keeps
the
fire
in
one
spot.
You
know
think
about
a
teepee.
X
They
could
have
a
fire
in
the
middle,
they
have
a
hold
in
up
in
the
top
all
the
smoke,
and
everything
goes
straight
up
and
out
that
whole
same
thing
happens.
Once
we
cut
that
hole
in
the
roof,
everything
will
kind
of
stable
I
wouldn't
stay
right
there.
Okay,
there's
a
brown
bag
there
in
the
compartment
ahead
of
that
one.
That's
the
roof,
pick
back.
So
if
you
happen
to
live
in
an
apartment
building
and
you
look
out
your
window-
and
you
say:
oh
my
god-
that
ladder
truck
can't
can't
get
back
here.
X
X
Q
X
Okay,
these
are
the
what
this
is
the
ladder
box
all
right
on
the
truck
we
divide
into
two
teams
to
serve
four
of
us
I
ride
on
this
side,
the
guy
behind
me
we're
coming
for
you,
the
driver
and
the
guy
behind
him.
They're
gonna,
throw
them
laughs.
Okay,
the
other
things
they're
gonna
do
is
once
those
ladders
are
up.
They're
gonna
start
looking
to
see
what
windows
they
can
safely
take
start
venting
things
okay
by
then,
you
should
be
out
of
the
bill.
X
X
This
is
our
dial
nine-one-one,
because
I
need
you
to
fix
my
light
socket.
Does
that
happen
not
really
fix
the
light
socket,
but
we
get
electrical
conditions
where
they
have
a
sword
in
there.
I
know
enough
about
electricity
to
know
how
to
take
the
screws
out,
pull
your
switch
off
cut
the
wires
and
put
paper
around
it,
and
then
I'll
say
you
should
probably
call
your
electricity.
Ok
I
will
shut
the
breaker
off
so
that
there's
a
lot
of
hand,
tools
and
screwdrivers
and
that
kind
of
stuff.
X
In
there
this
compartment
this
compartment
there
pretty
much
for
us,
that's
for
what
we
call
the
Rapid
Intervention
Team,
so
they'll
cut,
one
of
the
engines
will
come
and
take
this
stuff
and
put
it
in
front
of
the
building
and
if
any
of
us
get
in
trouble,
while
we're
inside
the
building
there,
the
guys
will
come
and
get
us.
Okay,
it's
a
thankless
job,
be
honest
with
you
most
of
the
guys.
X
P
Name
is
Mike
Allen
Jeff
college,
we're
to
do
a
drill
with
you
guys
today,
it's
more
like
a
we're
using
thermal
imaging
cameras,
it's
for
situations
and
we
get
into
a
fire,
and
it's
super
smoky
and
super
dark.
A
lot
of
fires
we
get
into.
You
can't
see
your
hand
in
front
of
your
face.
There
is
smoke,
we
don't.
We
can
sometimes
tell
where
it's
coming
from
the
source
of
it.
V
P
Have
an
object,
then
we
have
an
object
in
the
image.
It'll
be
pretty
bright,
don't
be
the
brightest
thing
in
the
room.
She'll
be
able
to
pick
it
up
pretty
easy
and
you'll
be
able
to
pick
as
long
as
you
point
when
you
see
the
camera
they'll
be
a
green
dot.
Wherever
you
put
that
green
dot,
that'll
pick
up,
the
degrees
will
be
in
the
bottom
right
hand,
corner
so
you'll
be
able
to
pick
up
the
bright
spot
that
we
have
soon.
P
P
V
Again,
when
you
go
in
always
do
a
right-hand
search,
our
left-hand
search,
that
literally
means
you
put
a
hand
your
right
hand
on
the
wall
and
it
does
not
leave
the
wall.
If
there's
a
turn,
we
follow.
If
there's
a
doorway
you
fill
in.
If
you
pull
your
hand
off
and
you
go
some
other
way,
totally
disarray.
Yeah.
V
P
K
K
P
V
Y
S
Y
Agencies
in
the
country
for
market
a
care
and
we're
the
largest
system
and
the
in
Pennsylvania
and
the
tri-state
region.
To
do
this.
That's
very
hard.
The
big
urban
system
to
meet
all
these
metrics
on
a
small,
suburban
or
rural
system
out
see
a
lot
of
these
patients
and
Suburban
hospitals
are
a
little
easier
to
push
through
at
lab.
So
it's
pretty
hard
over
pre
powder
that
we
have
hip
is
metric,
so.
Y
Yeah
we
thought
we
we
retrain.
Our
persons
to
acquire
me
very
quickly,
will
show
you
the
cardiac
monitors
out
in
the
in
the
ambulances.
So
we
trained
our
personnel
and
acquire
these
very
quickly,
so
the
goals
and
they
get
on
seeing
the
new,
quick
history,
physical,
they
obtain
the
EKG,
they
interpret
it
if
they
interpret
it
that
showing
you're
having
a
heart
attack
or
STEMI,
we
would
transmit
it
to
the
hospital.
So
we
have
a
wireless
Bluetooth
way.
We
transmit
it
and
then
we
get
on
the
radio.
We
have
a
notification
protocol.
Y
Y
To
break
down
a
little
bit,
if
you
have
your
heart
attack
during
the
weekday
during
business
hours,
a
lot
of
time,
we
actually
are
able
to
bypass
the
emergency
department.
Take
you
straight
up
to
the
cath
lab
where
it
breaks
down.
There's
no
hospitals
in
this
region.
They
have
24/7
cath
labs.
So
if
you
had
your
heart
attack
right
now,
we
took
you
to
any
hospital
city.
They
would
have
to
recall
a
cap
team
from
home
and
so
the
standard
for
that's
30
minutes,
but
with
traffic
and
everything.
Y
K
Y
Y
Y
Statistically
Monday
mornings
is
the
is
the
spike
for
heart
attack,
statistically
Monday
mornings,
yeah
and
that's
in
the
literature.
So
statistically,
Monday
mornings
is
a
spike
in
people
having
heart
attacks.
I
used
to
work,
downtown,
I,
still
work
for
a
living
on
an
ambulance,
I
work
downtown,
and
we
saw
a
lot
of
Monday
morning.
Heart
attacks,
so
the
ambulance
business,
taking
care
of
sick
patients
is
the
bulk
of
what
we
do.
The
other
thing
we
do
is
we
have
our
rescue
division.
We
have
two
als
heavy
rescue
staffed
by
paramedics.
Y
I
have
one
of
them
down
here
tonight
and
these
do
all
kinds
of
rescues:
they
do
vehicle
rescue,
they
cut
people
out
of
cars,
they
do
rope,
rescues
water,
rescues,
elevator,
structural
collapse,
etc,
and
new
employees
go
through
about
a
month
of
training
to
get
all
up
the
speed
and
all
that
we
also
staff
the
river
rescue
unit
in
conjunction
with
the
police
that
is
now
staffed.
24/7.
We
use
not
to
do
that.
There's
two
paramedic
divers
down
there
and
one
police
officer
is
the
proof
for
that.
Y
It's
about
an
eight
hundred,
our
public
safety
diver
program.
We
put
our
people
through.
We
just
have
a
class
complete
this,
so
we
had
a
class
our
date.
They
finished
with
six,
which
is
more
than
I
thought
they
would
usually,
we
have
about
a
fifty
percent
attrition
on
that
class,
but
they
were
trained
to
be
public
safety,
divers
and
they'll
do
boat
and
surface
rescue.
We
have
a
tactical
paramedic
team,
so
we
have
four
sixteen
paramedics
and
went
through
at
eighty.
Y
Our
basic
and
advanced
SWAT
course
operate
with
the
SWAT
team,
so
when
their
SWAT
call-outs
are
aboard
with
a
SWAT
team
and
provide
forward
medical
care
as
needed,
this
team
is
also
armed.
They
carry
sidearms
on
call-outs
for
self
defense
and
personal
protection
with
the
firemen
conjunction
with
a
fire
department.
We
do
hazardous
materials
response,
Soviet,
rain,
hazmat
technician
do
that
and
we
also
have
a
special,
a
team
that
just
deuce
hazardous
materials,
medicine
are
trained
specially.
Y
We
also
are
one
of
the
lead
teams
for
the
state
with
furred
infectious
disease
transport
so
app
during
the
Ebola
crisis.
At
the
end
of
2014,
we're
asked
if
we'd
put
a
team
together
if
we
had
to
move
highly
infectious
disease
patients,
so
we're
one
of
eight
EMS
agencies
in
the
state
doesn't
need
to
do
this
one
or
two
that
are
west
of
the
Alleghenies,
and
we
actually
just
completed
a
state
exercise
pact
in
Mattoon.
Then
we
got
a
favorable
review
on
so
we're
one
of
the
lead
agencies.
Y
This
is
built
for
a
bowl,
obviously,
but
it
could
be
used
to
transport
any
person
with
a
highly
infectious
disease
and
needs
to
come
in
to
into
Pittsburgh
and
with
little
isopods
and
protective
gear.
We
put
people
in.
We
also
provide
personnel
to
Pennsylvania
urban
search-and-rescue
strike
team
one.
This
is
a
team
that
we
were
down
in
Washington
Washington
City
back
in
July
for
the
rescue
in
the
woman's
air.
So
so
our
met.
The
paramedics
on
our
team
filled
a
medical
specialists
role.
Y
It
was
actually
our
paramedics
down
there
and
taking
care
of
her
during
the
night,
our
extrication.
So
we
have
a
lot
of
personal
side
to
this
community
health.
There's
a
big
push
now
to
get
emergency
services
involved
in
community
health.
We've
started
doing
this,
so
there's
a
community
paramedic
program
through
the
Center
for
emergency
medicine
in
Oakland.
We
liaison
with
them
we're
also
building
programs
with
operations,
safety,
net,
the
homeless,
advisory
board
and
mercy.
Y
Behavioral
health
looking
to
do
stuff
that
reduce
the
need
of
underserved
populations
need
to
call
911
so
we're
looking
at
providing
medical
support
to
the
designated
homeless
camps,
we're
looking
at
diversion
programs.
So
what
we
do
now,
people
with
chronic
problems
is,
is
very
inefficient,
so
you
have
a
chronic
psychiatric
problem,
chronic
substance
abuse
problem.
Someone
calls
an
Iowan
one
more
for
you.
We
take
you
to
an
emergency
department,
that's
busy
that
they
usually
walk
out
of
there
within
a
few
hours,
we're
I'm
out
the
next
day,
so
we're
looking
with
this
in
opioid
IDs.
Y
Not
us
that's
monitored
with
the
homeless
of
ivory
board
and
the
police
and
the
city,
so
I
know
where
they're
at
I
don't
monitor
them.
Yeah
I,
don't
monitor
them.
I
know
where
they're
at
and
we're
looking
at
setting
medical
support
teams
down
to
do
like
primary
care
and
that's
out
there
yeah
we're
also
working
a
lot
of
programs
with
the
Allegheny
County
Health
Department.
One
of
these
were
involved
with
here,
safe
cribs.
So
we
have
a
safe
sleeping
initiative,
so
we've
cruised
to
screening
on
call.
Y
So
if
we
got
to
call
it
usually,
fortunately
we
a
call
for
a
sick.
Kick
it's
usually
something
very
minor.
You
know
kid
with
a
fever,
runny,
nose
or
stuff
will
accessable
ass
on
these
minor
calls:
hey
where's
the
baby,
sleep
we'll
take
a
look.
If
they
don't
have
a
crib.
We
can
deliver
a
krypton
on
that
day
and
we
have
some
fliers.
So
it's
a
safe,
crib
sale.
So
we
partnered
with
safe
cribs
on
that
we've,
given
a
few
cribs
out.
In
fact,
I
got
two
more
requests.
Y
I
got
to
try
to
get
out
and
deliver
prints
tomorrow,
so
we'll,
usually
that
a
good
crimson
someone
saw
someone
how
we'll
bring
it
crimson
we
like
to
put
it
I,
like
the
fur,
a
lot
of
quality
improvement
teams
out
there.
So
a
night
like
this
I'll
put
an
extra
unit
on
they'll,
show
up
put
these
two
people
through
some
of
our
critical
care
scenarios.
So
each
like
people
keep
people
fresh
on
training.
Y
All
of
our
personnel
do
a
minimum
of
24
hours
of
continuing
medical
education
per
year,
and
people
and
specialty
units
will
get
a
lot
more
than
that.
So
we
do
a
lot
of
education,
we're
also
pretty
involved
in
resuscitation.
Research.
We've
had
a
lot
of
stuff
published
locally
and
nationally,
and
the
last
two
studies
we
participated
in
were
published
in
the
New
England
Journal
of
Medicine,
our
last
two
cardiac
arrests
studies.
Y
We
were
able,
so
we
do
a
lot
of
basic
research
and
it
keeps
us
ahead
of
the
curve,
so
new
therapies
for
cardiac
arrests
for
sepsis
for
post-arrest
care
work.
Getting
our
hands
lad
a
couple
years
before
the
rest
of
the
world
is
we're
participating
in
these
studies
and,
like
I
said
we
do.
Community
education
I
mentioned
the
CPR
program.
You
guys
to
give
you
some
flyers,
we
be
what's
called
cope,
the
program's
it
falls
under
cope,
it's
community
outreach
and
paramedic
education.
Y
So,
if
you're
having
community
events,
you
want
to
come
out
to
CPR,
you
want
to
come
out
to
teach
first-aid,
we'll,
send
people
out
to
your
communities
free
of
charge
and
provide
programs,
and
it's
just
to
make
us
a
safer
community.
We
also
have
car
seat
technicians,
which
I
took
that
course,
and
I
said
what
the
hell
am
I
gonna
do
for
for
32
hours,
learning
about
car
seat.
You
won't
believe
what
you
learn
about
car
seats
in
32
hours.
Y
So
so
we
have
certified
car
seat
technician
and
usually
at
least
every
Monday
or
every
other
Monday.
We
have
an
open
station
down
at
our
training
division
at
22nd
Liberty
in
the
strip.
You
need
to
make
an
appointment,
but
you
can
bring
in
will
fit
your
car
seat,
make
sure
it's
improperly
make
sure
you
have
all
the
kids
in
the
the
right
positions
in
the
car
and
that's
a
free
service.
We
sassy
you
make
an
appointment,
okay
and
that's
what
I'm
sorry
I
roll
short
on
time,
so
I'm.
Y
Sorry,
a
little
bit
brief
on
that
all
right.
Are
you
guys
done
at
8:30
or
9:00?
Okay
pause,
so
I'm
just
trying
to
rush
through
this?
So
we've
got
a
few
minutes
left.
We
have
some
of
our
vehicles
outside.
If
you
want
to
go
ahead,
take
a
look
I'll
be
around.
If
you
have
any
questions
for
me,
I'll
be
up
there
and
I
talk
longer
but
rap
time.
So
thank
you
for
being
a
good
group.
Thank
you.