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On Wednesday evening I was traveling West bound on business Rt. 50 when I came upon this ambulance at a traffic light with his rear spot lights on. There were NO other lights on this vehicle going with exception of the head lights and tail lights. In other words, no emergency lights.
I decided to flip my high beams to let them know they had rear lights on and they immediately turned them off, then ON again. This was like having a set of high beams heading towards you and I happened to think it was rude.
Nevertheless, this guy then decided he was in a MAJOR hurry, hitting speeds of 80 MPH on Rt. 50 with no lights on. Well, that's not exactly true. He had the wrong lights on heading the wrong way.
My point is, we have been talking about safety and so forth, yet this guy is cranking 80 MPH down Business Rt. 50 without a care in the world. Like what I've been saying or doing lately, you guys are going to kill people and you have!
This bullshit has got to stop and someone needs to get some kind of control over these people. IF you have a digital camera, bring it with you at all times. They're usually small and compact and you'd be amazed at how many pictures you'll come across while you have it with you. Take some shots and send them to me. Let's get these Idiots off the road before it's too late!
From the photo, it would appear that vehicle was a LIFESTAR -- isn't that a private ambulance service?
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Yes Lifestar is a private ambulance service.
ReplyDeleteYes it is a private ambulance company that transports bullsh!t calls to doctors appointments, etc. There are some good people there, but most of them are rejects from real ambulance companies.
ReplyDeleteThey have also been in numerous crashes and at least one involving a fatality.
Those private ambulance drivers can be dangerous.
That is why most all 911 paid guys come from the private ambulance service anyway. There is many paramedics or other emts-b that came from the private service than got to the career side. More than half of the paid guys once served on the private side.
ReplyDeleteEASY EASY ON THE EMS FIELD. I KNOW NOT ALL ARE THE GREATEST PROVIDERS ESPECIALLY ONES THAT WRK IN THE COMMERCIAL FIELD BTU SOME ARE. BUT ,THERE TRYING TO GET A START SOMEWHERE. COMMERCIAL IS A EASY WAY TO GET STARTED..ITS HARD TO GET IN THE 911 FILED CUZ SPACE IS LIMITED..CUT SOME PEOPLE A BREAK.
ReplyDeleteI WRK @ LS AS A PART TIME EMS PROVIDER AND FULL-TIME ON THE 911 SIDE ELSEWHERE. I'LL PUT MY SKILLS UP AGAINST YOU OR ANY EMT AT THAT ON THE 911 SIDE ANY DAY OF THE WEEK. AND IM NOT TRYING TO BE COCKY JUST MAKING A POINT, AND YOU CAN TAKE THAT TO THE BANK..AND YES I KNOW YOU SAID THERE ARE SOME GOOD WHICH I CREDIT YOU FOR "ANON 841AM", BUT YOU DIDNT SOUND VERY SINCERE ABOUT IT..
ANYWAYS MY THOUGHTS...
HAS ANYONE EVER MADE A MISTAKE AND HIT THERE BACK FLOOD LIGHTS ON OR FORGOT TO TURN THEM OFF..
ReplyDeleteI'LL ANSWER FOR YOU....YES.....
ACCIDENTAL..............DAMN.......
Yeah, so hard for the fire dept., he's blaming us for a private ambulance.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I have to agree, hate me if you want but if ANY emergency vehicle is negligently speeding with no audio/visual safety device, it should be reported and the driver should feel some repercussion for their stupidity. Then to drive down the road at night, with the rear scene lights on was extremly dangerous to other drivers. Come on guys, I don't like what Joe Albero says alot of the time, but this was a legitimate complaint and it's giving him good ammo on his vigilante crusade against the department. Let's just use our heads.
Next time Joe, inform the local police dept. and they will make them aware of this infraction.
Joe,
ReplyDelete410-546-0809 is the number to Lifestar Ambulance. They have tracking abilities on there ambulances and can pull the record up so the proper action can be taking. T
ACTUALLY I WORK FOR LIFESTAR AND 4 OTHER FIRE COMPANIES. YOU NEVER KNOW WHO WILL BE COMING TO SAVE YOUR A$$ SO MAYBE YOU SHOULD WATCH YOUR MOUTH. LET ME JUST SAY THAT PHOTO SHOWS A UNIT HEADED TOWARDS CAMBRIDGE WHICH WOULD MEAN THEY WERE HEADED TO BALTIMORE WITH A PT TO SICK OR INJURED FOR THE LOCAL HOSPITALS TO HANDLE. THAT BEING SAID ITS NOT BULL SHIT, WE CARRY THE PTS WHEN THE HELICOPTER IS GROUNDED. OH AND BY THE WAY WE HAVE NEVER HAD A FATAL. YOU MAY BE CONFUSING US WITH ANOTHER PRIVATE COMPANY IN THE AREA. AND THAT UNIT HAD A FAULT WITH THE REAR LIGHTS WHICH WE CANT PULL OVER AND FIX IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CALL THAT MAKES THEM STAY ON. AND PERHAPS YOU SHOULD REALIZE HOW DANGEROUS IT IS FOR YOU TO BE FOLLOWING AN AMBULANCE THAT CLOSELY AT THOSE SPEEDS BEFOR YOU CRITICIZE SOMETHING YOU HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT. AS FOR YOUR MOST RECENT POST MY HUSBAND IS A FIREFIGHTER AND EMT AND IN THE ARMY NATIONAL GUARD SO HE IS A REAL MAN...
ReplyDeleteMr. Albero,
ReplyDeleteIf the ambulance was doing 80- miles per hour, what were you doing to catch up to them? and you must have been doing almost 80 to try to document it with the camera... so......... that being said, and the "evidence' you provide with your camera, at 80 miles per hour you were driving with one hand and at most one eye to be able to take the picture you took!! You are not an emergency vehicle with or without lights and horns going so you have effectively documented your breaking the laws that you so adamantly and vehemently accuse the emergency vehicle of violating.
Not only that, did you call the company or the police so the situation could be corrected? Or did you just let them go on being as you put it "rude." Did you do anything to correct the situation like call the ambulance company or the police so the situation could be rectified or did you simply allow the situation to continue and thus have at least some liability had there been an adverse incident? As a concerned citizen it is your duty to "report them as you see them" and make an attempt to correct a dangerous situation. Along the same lines, being you were as close as the photos show you to be the LifeStar logo should have been visible. If it were not visible because you were "blinded" by the lights then what in the name of all that is holy were you doing as close as the photos show you to be "blinded" so badly you could not see the logo, driving nearly 80 MPH with one hand, looking through at best one eye while taking pictures?
And, before you get off on that high horse, No, I am not a member of any fire department nor am I a member of any EMS either private or Fire Department.
JPH
I was not chasing this vehicle. If you'll notice, it was heading in my direction. Business Rt. 50 towards Hebron. I turn off at Memory Garden Lane, quite a ways away from where I took these photos and couldn't keep up with him. Also, don't think for a minute I didn't have my lens zoomed in on this guy. For those of you who think I was close, I was not. At certain points, (because of the light at Nanticoke Road) I was able to get close to him and I certainly admit I wasn't doing the speed limit at the time but I was trying to get a tag # so I could do something about it.
ReplyDeleteI'll add, I get sick and tired of getting additional bills on my cell phone for calling 911! We ALL pay monthly fees for the damn thing. Then when we call for an emergence to HELP THEM OUT, we get billed additional fees to make the call. It's Bullshit!
So guess what, YOU'VE BEEN BLOGGED INSTEAD.
That is why most all 911 paid guys come from the private ambulance service anyway. There is many paramedics or other emts-b that came from the private service than got to the career side. More than half of the paid guys once served on the private side.
ReplyDeleteNot true at all! In fact only a very very few come to us from private ambulance companies. Private ambulance company employee’s are typically career department rejects
EMT skills. Hmmmm. The basic EMT is just a tad above a tampon pusher. Take BP, put a Band-Aid on. Give me a break on the skills. If you've got enough to cut it, you go to become a P. You EMT taxi drivers need to get a life.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous said...
ReplyDeleteThat is why most all 911 paid guys come from the private ambulance service anyway. There is many paramedics or other emts-b that came from the private service than got to the career side. More than half of the paid guys once served on the private side.
9:33 AM
This is a F**king lie. Cite your source you reject. When you throw out statistics you need to back them up, idiot. The truth is that most of the rejects at Lifestar are rejects that can't get a job in the real world of EMS. Did you morons from Lifestar know there was a nationwide Paramedic shortage. If you were a real Paramedic that would be your ticket to anywhere in this country. You are obviously uneducated because your grammar sucks. I bet you aren't a Paramedic.
reliable source said...
ReplyDeleteEASY EASY ON THE EMS FIELD. I KNOW NOT ALL ARE THE GREATEST PROVIDERS ESPECIALLY ONES THAT WRK IN THE COMMERCIAL FIELD BTU SOME ARE. BUT ,THERE TRYING TO GET A START SOMEWHERE. COMMERCIAL IS A EASY WAY TO GET STARTED..ITS HARD TO GET IN THE 911 FILED CUZ SPACE IS LIMITED..CUT SOME PEOPLE A BREAK.
I WRK @ LS AS A PART TIME EMS PROVIDER AND FULL-TIME ON THE 911 SIDE ELSEWHERE. I'LL PUT MY SKILLS UP AGAINST YOU OR ANY EMT AT THAT ON THE 911 SIDE ANY DAY OF THE WEEK. AND IM NOT TRYING TO BE COCKY JUST MAKING A POINT, AND YOU CAN TAKE THAT TO THE BANK..
11:58 AM
No it is not an easy way to get started in the field. If you are so competent about your skills sign your name so we can make that judgement. If you were that good you would be working part time with a fire company that employs EMS providers. There are plenty around in Worcester and Wicomico Counties.
This is a F**king lie. Cite your source you reject. When you throw out statistics you need to back them up, idiot. The truth is that most of the rejects at Lifestar are rejects that can't get a job in the real world of EMS. Did you morons from Lifestar know there was a nationwide Paramedic shortage. If you were a real Paramedic that would be your ticket to anywhere in this country. You are obviously uneducated because your grammar sucks. I bet you aren't a Paramedic.
ReplyDelete9:57 PM
Swallow your words. Name Commercial Ambulance Providers that have tried to come Career?
And for your request. PA, LC, Twig, to name a few
anon 10pm said,
ReplyDeleteNo it is not an easy way to get started in the field. If you are so competent about your skills sign your name so we can make that judgement. If you were that good you would be working part time with a fire company that employs EMS providers. There are plenty around in Worcester and Wicomico Counties.
First of all i said i wrk part time at lifestar and part time 911So read before you open that big trap of yours.
And you signed your name where?????
the paramedic instructor at worwic worked for lifestar, 6 out of 8 career personnel in pocomoke, atleast 3 in delmar, atleast 5 in ocean city, a high number in salisbury, all the paramedics in princess anne as well as a majority of their emts, all worked or do work for a commercial company. I am not trying to arque because people will always disagree but I just want to put it out there. Anyway just ask the people from these companies and you will see that what I say is not a lie. Oh and by the way I work for Pocomoke, Snow Hill, Willards and Powellville all part time, until a full time ems job opens up.
ReplyDeleteI am in the field now trying to better myself and get more expierence before jumping into P-School. Would you not agree that is the best way to go ,or would you say lets jump right in out of B class. I think i know your answer to that. Again, i work on both sides of the fence. More so 911 now that i got hired on the 911side. And by the way i agree the way to go is the 911 side because thats where the heat gets put on you, but i still say people fresh out of class that cant get a 911 job do to lack of availibilty which is in fact the truth, can still start there profession on the commercial side then jump when the time/positions come.
ReplyDeleteYes, there are piss poor ems providers prolly more on the commercial side. However ,dont forget there are piss poor providers on the 911 side as well. And i know excellent providers on the commercial side that i would put up against anyone, this includes P-medic,medic's, and emt-b. I'm not here to bash people and there skills just stating not all are bad providers just cuz they wrk commercial.
ANON 1241,
ReplyDeleteThe paramedic instructor at worwic worked for lifestar, 6 out of 8 career personnel in pocomoke, atleast 3 in delmar, atleast 5 in ocean city, a high number in salisbury, all the paramedics in princess anne as well as a majority of their emts, all worked or do work for a commercial company. I am not trying to arque because people will always disagree but I just want to put it out there. Anyway just ask the people from these companies and you will see that what I say is not a lie. Oh and by the way I work for Pocomoke, Snow Hill, Willards and Powellville all part time, until a full time ems job opens up.
AGAIN,
NICE RESEARCH..ITS NICE TO HAVE FACTS. AND I CAN VOUCH THESE ARE ALL FACTS.