'Fire Alarm has the message' 'Fire Alarm calling Ladder 29, per Car 8 lay in on arrival'. What is the likelyhood of these trainees actually seeing anything significant.Р”Р„nother story, 'Car 8 to Fire Alarm, have the next Engine in lay in' Its hard in places that are not as busy to provide a good picture for dispatcher candidates of what we do. Read most of these posts.the places with no problems have dispatchers that are volies somewhere. If Fire Prevention is considered the 'red headed step child' then dispatching is it's cousin. Reality is that most places get a couple of weeks of 'supervised' desk time and are then thrown to the wolves. If your place allows for an extensive training and mentoring/ride along program, then FF1 and the EMT would not be needed. EMD is geared toward a trained person helping the om the methodology, to the language. For my training, I believe that being certified as an EMT is the worst thing when it comes to provided phone instruction.

Also being certified as an EMT would help, as EMT trains you for the street, where EMD trains you to lend aid over the phone. The more they understand about the job, the better they will be. Sending Dispatchers through FF I training can only help. Having spent most of my previous life as a dispatcher(we call em Fire Alarm Operators) I'll offer this perspective. The day that I certified as a CRO/ARD I had 5 back to back cardiac arrests including 1 infant.3 were saves, including the infant.later that day I was assigned to the MCI tracking/notifications desk.the same day the Staten Island Ferry Crashed into the pier.My instructor came up to me with the Company Commander and qualified me right on the spot and add the Fire Liasion Desk to my duties for the rest of the tour.we were caught during tour change and we had alot of 'bang-ins'.so we were a bit short.The Manhattan South Dispatcher look over at me and nonshalantly said 'welome to chaos central'.Now I had been an EMT in the Bronx, Manhattan, and Queens and it's busy out there but I never relised HOW BUSY it can get in central dispatch In the streets you only have to worry about your radio board.At Central everyone has to be aware of everyones radio board.

And about 2 weeks of phone time as an ARD/CRO and about a month of radio time. The second part about training.my CRO/ARD class was about 76 hours and the RD (radio dispatcher) was 120 hours of classroom instruction. If the primary CFR Engine is unavailable then you don't get one.same w/ PD if they are available then one is sent.but that depends on the NYPD dispatcher.if the paitent is 10-83 (dead) and Not removed we have to wait for an RMP (radio motor patrol) to show up before we can leave.if the pt is being worked.then PD can meet us at the hospital. We have the same response.just as long as there are units avalible.Segment 1,2, and 3 get ALS, BLS, and a CFR Engine. How long are the training courses for your dispatchers? Mine is 6 months long before I am certified to sit on my own.Р”Вo dispatchers need indepth fire training? hell no. If a suspected cardiac arrest (or any other event) pops on my screen I know that within 28 seconds I will have had to enroute an EMR capable firetruck and an ALS and BLS ambulance.

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