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Posted: Mar 16, 2022
Bear Creek (FL) Resident’s Decommissioned Fire Truck Saves the Day
Read more</a> <ul class="EDN_articleMeta"> <li class="EDN_simpleNumberVievs">159</li> <li class="EDN_simpleNumberComments">0</li> <li class="EDN_simpleRating"> Article rating: No rating <div class="EDN_article_rateit rateit" data-rateit-step="1" data-rateit-min="0" data-rateit-max="5" data-rateit-readonly="true" data-rateit-value="No rating" ></div></li> </ul> </div> <!--ArticleTemplate--> <div class="EDN_article EDN_simpleArticle"> <span class="EDN_simpleDate">Posted: Mar 16, 2022</span> <h2 class="simpleArticleTitle"><a href="https://www.fireapparatusmagazine.com/fire-apparatus/purple-heart-fire-truck-determined-to-continue-service/" target="_blank" title="Purple Heart Fire Truck Determined to Continue Service">Purple Heart Fire Truck Determined to Continue Service</a></h2> <div class="EDN_article_content"> <p>When the Purple Heart Fire Truck debuted back in 2014, it was a way to show appreciation to veterans. Now, its creator, Vietnam vet and Purple Heart recipient Herb Delbridge, is looking for other veterans to keep his vision alive, <a href="https://richmond.com/community/goochland-gazette/thanks-to-help-from-fellow-veterans-local-man-s-iconic-fire-truck-rolls-on/article_f4d5df30-a2c1-11ec-8c00-e7388683317e.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">reports richmond.com</a>.</p> <p>A debilitating stroke last year left Delbridge unable to operate the <a href="https://www.fireapparatusmagazine.com/fire-trucks/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">fire truck</a>, which looked like the end of his mission. However, the report notes that volunteers from the Marine Corps League and the Henrico County (VA) Fire Department have put the apparatus back in “service.”</p> <p>The fire truck is a 1983 Ford diesel on which Delbridge spent tens of thousands of dollars restoring. Hand-painted designs of his time in Vietnam adorn the fire truck, as is George Washington, the creator of the Purple Heart.</p> <p>The Purple Heart Fire Truck’s next scheduled appearance is <a href="http://www.delbridge.net/march29.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">March 29 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Mission BBQ, 5440 Glenside D</a>r.</p> <p>“Volunteers from the Marine Corps League, James M. Slay Detachment #329; the Military Order of the Purple Heart, Richmond Chapter 1965; the Henrico County Fire Department; the Virginia Department of Veterans Services, and Mission BBQ will be honoring Vietnam Veterans on March 29, 2022 at the Mission BBQ Glenside location<a href="http://www.delbridge.net/march29.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">,” the fire truck’s website says</a>. “The Purple Heart Truck is back on the road again to honor all who served, driven by Alec Oughton, Chief of the Henrico County Fire Department. Vietnam Veterans will be recognized, thanked, and honored for their service to the Nation during the Vietnam War. Mission BBQ is offering a free sandwich to all Vietnam Era veterans at all of their local locations. Vietnam Veterans who have not yet received their Vietnam Veteran Lapel Pin (VVLP) will be presented with a VVLP and other material in recognition of the nation’s thanks for their service and sacrifice from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Mission BBQ is providing a free sandwich all day to Vietnam Vets at their Richmond market locations.”</p> <p>For more information on the fire truck and its upcoming appearances, visit <a href="http://www.purpleheartfiretruck.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><strong>www.purpleheartfiretruck.com</strong></a>.</p> </div> <a class="EDN_readmore" href="https://www.fireapparatusmagazine.com/fire-apparatus/purple-heart-fire-truck-determined-to-continue-service/" target="_blank">Read more</a> <ul class="EDN_articleMeta"> <li class="EDN_simpleNumberVievs">163</li> <li class="EDN_simpleNumberComments">0</li> <li class="EDN_simpleRating"> Article rating: No rating <div class="EDN_article_rateit rateit" data-rateit-step="1" data-rateit-min="0" data-rateit-max="5" data-rateit-readonly="true" data-rateit-value="No rating" ></div></li> </ul> </div> <!--ArticleTemplate--> <div class="EDN_article EDN_simpleArticle"> <span class="EDN_simpleDate">Posted: Mar 16, 2022</span> <h2 class="simpleArticleTitle"><a href="https://www.fireapparatusmagazine.com/photo-of-the-day/photo-of-the-day-march-16-2022/" target="_blank" title="Photo of the Day: March 16, 2022">Photo of the Day: March 16, 2022</a></h2> <div class="EDN_article_content"> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter"><a href="https://www.fireapparatusmagazine.com/photo-of-the-day/photo-of-the-day-march-16-2022"><img src="https://images.fireapparatusmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/3-16.jpg"></a></figure></div> <p><strong><a href="/tag/E-ONE">E-ONE</a></strong>—Limerick (PA) Fire Department pumper. Typhoon long cab and chassis; Cummins X12 500-hp engine; Hale Qmax 1,500-gpm pump; 1,030-gallon polypropylene water tank; Will-Burt Night Scan Chief NS2.3-500 WB with four 125-watt, 12-volt Night Scan XL 200 LED light heads; Harrison 6-kW generator. Dealer: Wes Saltz, First Choice Fire Apparatus, Hanover, PA. </p> <p class="has-text-align-center"><strong><a href="/fire-trucks/">MORE FIRE APPARATUS ARTICLES>></a></strong></p> <p></p> </div> <a class="EDN_readmore" href="https://www.fireapparatusmagazine.com/photo-of-the-day/photo-of-the-day-march-16-2022/" target="_blank">Read more</a> <ul class="EDN_articleMeta"> <li class="EDN_simpleNumberVievs">92</li> <li class="EDN_simpleNumberComments">0</li> <li class="EDN_simpleRating"> Article rating: No rating <div class="EDN_article_rateit rateit" data-rateit-step="1" data-rateit-min="0" data-rateit-max="5" data-rateit-readonly="true" data-rateit-value="No rating" ></div></li> </ul> </div> <!--ArticleTemplate--> <div class="EDN_article EDN_simpleArticle"> <span class="EDN_simpleDate">Posted: Mar 16, 2022</span> <h2 class="simpleArticleTitle"><a href="https://www.fireapparatusmagazine.com/fdic/jems-con-2022-preview-preventing-ems-legal-issues/" target="_blank" title="JEMS Con 2022 Preview: Preventing EMS Legal Issues">JEMS Con 2022 Preview: Preventing EMS Legal Issues</a></h2> <div class="EDN_article_content"> <p>Our conference takes place April 25-30, 2022. <a href="https://www.compusystems.com/servlet/ar?evt_uid=714&site=JEMS&PromoCode=JEMSWEB&_ga=2.152232377.1201352594.1645047247-369995890.1643828875" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Register here</a>.</p> <p>EMS agencies and their providers are in the risk prevention and mitigation business designed to prevent and resolve medical and rescue situations that harm the general public we are bound to protect. Less attention is paid to internal risk management addressing our EMS staff and other critical internal issues related to a well-functioning and efficient EMS or fire operation.</p> <p>There are too many examples of employees mistreating each other and violating their rights, including: assault and battery; rape; tampering with safety equipment; embezzlement; child pornography; theft; cyberstalking; and other examples of misconduct – and at times, criminal activities on- and off-duty. All of these issues are ripe for litigation.</p> <p>In addition to the criminal activities, there are also career and reputation damaging events involving the misuse of social media, driving violations, and training accidents added to those issues requiring proactive management and enforceable policy, including codes of conduct to guide the behavior of employees both on- and off-duty.</p> <p><a href="https://www.jems.com/jems-con/resuscitation-airway-and-internal-dynamics/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">JEMS Con 2022 Preview: Resuscitation Airway and Internal Dynamics</a></p> <p>Elected officials, directors, managers, and providers are responsible for creating a safe place for your EMS employees, providers, and staff inside the station and on the emergency scene. This may incur protections off-duty as well. Understanding the means and methods to prevent these adverse legal processes is the basis of litigation prevention.</p> <p>EMS agencies are also subject to medical malpractice litigation brought on by medical mistakes, including missed intubations, using the wrong medications or medications that have expired, practicing outside of their established protocols, patient abandonment, and other medical errors or misfeasance. Litigation prevention and managing risk is the cornerstone of a well-organized and managed department and is the responsibility of the leadership and the employees of the organization.</p> <p>While medical malpractice is one factor, leadership must understand the largest litigation payouts affecting departments are based on Civil Rights violation claims. Your employees or patients can sue you and the department for violating their protected rights under the law found under the Constitution. These include: Title VII Civil Rights violations, sexual discrimination, religious discrimination, gender discrimination, or discrimination based on sexual identity, hostile workplace, harassment, sexual harassment, hazing, bullying, and stalking. One of the prevention methods to avoid litigation is that you provide up-to-date and enforceable policies, standard operating procedures (SOP), and standard operating guidelines (SOG), and train your employees annually with updates and scenarios based situations.</p> <p><a href="https://www.jems.com/jems-con/jems-con-2022-preview-modern-ems-recruitment-and-retention/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">JEMS Con 2022 Preview: Modern EMS Recruitment and Retention</a></p> <p>The patient also has rights under the law; for example, EMS providers may have violated their protected 4<sup>th</sup> Amendment rights preventing illegal use of excessive force in their treatment and at times restraint and transportation to a medical or jail facility.</p> <p>In one recent example, a Columbus, Ohio, man who works as an EMT was charged for his violent contact with a restrained patient in an ambulance. The EMT is facing charges of official misconduct and misdemeanor battery. He is accused of grabbing the handcuffed patient’s hea </div> <a class="EDN_readmore" href="https://www.fireapparatusmagazine.com/fdic/jems-con-2022-preview-preventing-ems-legal-issues/" target="_blank">Read more</a> <ul class="EDN_articleMeta"> <li class="EDN_simpleNumberVievs">117</li> <li class="EDN_simpleNumberComments">0</li> <li class="EDN_simpleRating"> Article rating: No rating <div class="EDN_article_rateit rateit" data-rateit-step="1" data-rateit-min="0" data-rateit-max="5" data-rateit-readonly="true" data-rateit-value="No rating" ></div></li> </ul> </div> <!--ArticleTemplate--> <div class="EDN_article EDN_simpleArticle"> <span class="EDN_simpleDate">Posted: Mar 16, 2022</span> <h2 class="simpleArticleTitle"><a href="https://www.dailydispatch.com/NationalNews/2022/March/16/VIDEO.Massive.Fire.Breaks.Out.in.Massachusetts.aspx" target="_blank" title="VIDEO: Massive Fire Breaks Out in Massachusetts">VIDEO: Massive Fire Breaks Out in Massachusetts</a></h2> <div class="EDN_article_content"> Smoke was visible miles away after a fire broke out Tuesday night in Milford, Massachusetts. Aerial footage showed massive flames engulfing a three-story building on Haven Street. Fire crews from Milford and multiple neighboring communities responded. No one was injured, fire officials said. 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