City Council and California legislators should be mandated to ride-along for an entire shift. See how their policies affect to ground-pounders who have to deal with the aftermath ... and how much it costs.
Yeah, I work often with DCFD station 30 (number 3 or 4 in the end roster of busiest stations) and while intentions and the want to help is high, burn out does hit the soul after just non stop running.
@@JanitorIsBack maybe show some respect? its more than a job, burn out can be a real thing when they are going to fire after fire, they don't show that here. i'm sure DCFD Station 30 sees its share of working jobs.
Most fire stations around the US have a 24 on/48 off schedule, so 24 hours on-shift is pretty normal. Now 48 or god forbid, 72 hours on-shift?! That's pure lunacy and could take a massive toll both physically AND psychologically on anybody.
@@chris71mach1 some smaller departments that do 48 hour shifts are pretty nice. Gives you 4 days to do whatever. Wanna go out of state for 4 days? No problem.
@@JackR_TV 48hr shifts at a small department would be fine. However, they said they don't get much sleep if any at this station. So, 48-72 hear could be 2-3 days with very little if any sleep. I could see 1 shift here then another shift at another station, but with their call volume it can't be safe to do more than 1 24hr shift here. Fatigue effects your judgement after awhile.
100 calls a day? 35,000 calls a year? Wow. To put in perspective, the department I volunteer with has 1-2 calls a day, and average a little over 400 calls a year. That is just absolutely crazy. These guys are awesome!
Except for when your insurrectionist political beliefs and self centeredness override your duty to keep the public safe and keep the people around you safe, and you refuse to get a vaccine then you lose your job. Like the guy featured in this piece. BYE ! Don't let the door hit you on the way out.
@@nvpguitar4591 Most volunteer departments in the US only have one station or a few very small stations. In truth, this station averages about 62 calls per day, almost all for non-fire incidents. That comes out to almost 23k per year. These calls are split up between 7-8 units depending on the time of day. So it's a busy station for sure but it's not as busy per unit as some stations elsewhere in the country.
I was a police officer for about 22 years; I understand service to my fellow humans. I have so much respect for the fire service to include Los Angeles County Fire Department and Los Angeles City Fire Department. Thank you for your service. Keith
@@ericfelds6291 Not all cops are bad ! A guy who lived in New York and came to live in Amsterdam where I live was afraid of the cops in Amsterdam, because of his experiences with police in New York not towards him but towards other people that is somewhat alarming. Cops in Amsterdam are trained to de escalate the situation and not use so much force as in the US. Also homeless people and prostitutes are not thrown in jail, so they have more time to go after real criminals.
Thank you guys for caring and we are so lucky to have such awesome people in Los Angeles. Have a great new year and we wish you a safe and great new year. These guys are the best thank u for everything you do.
I take my hat off for these guys and the entire LAFD and LACFD. These guys are true heroes and we all love you guys for what you guys do. Don’t think Angelenos don’t see what you guys do. Thank You!
I live in 9's area and have met Many of the guys... They ARE The BEST OF THE BEST... Thank you All... T-9 E-9 RA-9 E-209 RA-809 Battalion 11 Skid Row House..
I honestly do my job because I truly love helping people…..but I’ll dig ditches before I work at a *fire station* running 28,000 medical calls a year. That tells you everything you need to know about LA’s administration.
9’s has always been a great house. Lots of runs. Lots of opportunities to serve the community. Lots of fires. Lots of members getting promoted after serving at 9’s, and the list goes on.
I have the utmost respect for the firefighters and paramedics. I wrote a research paper in my undergrad on the stress levels of firefighters and what I learned amazed me.
@Bruce Lee One piece that I learned is that their average life span is reduced by 10 years due to the alarm which is equivalent to having a defibrillator going off on their chest every time the alarm goes off.
@@rickj1983 it's still very true. I remember a story about a captain having a pacemaker put in him and how crazy the BPMs would spike, especially at night.
I commend all first responders! I especially commend these first responders as well as the other extremely busy station across the country with the especially tireless work that they do. All first responders are certainly underpaid. However, when you work at a location where getting more than 5 minutes to yourself during a 48 hour or more shift, saying that they are underpaid is an understatement!!
I liked this video, so thanks for posting. I spent several years as a firefighter, and before I left, I was an Engineer. I also tried my hand at police work for a few years, and I became an FTO. Both occupations will test your metal and leave you with a few scars, both physical and psychological. I've been knifed, burned, assaulted, bitten a few times, and more. I administered mouth-to-mouth without any protection more times than I can remember. Subjects have vomited on me so often that I seldom went a week without an event. I was exposed to crowded smoke-filled nightclubs and worked on large brush/forestry fires for days on end. I fought and trained on several types of fire classifications, to include aviation fuels, explosive compounds, chemicals, wildland, and structures. For me, the most exciting part of the job was vehicle accidents. No two events were the same, and the methods of extrication of victims were always challenging. It tested your creativity and physical and mental acuity. In the cop-shop, I learned so much about human nature that it has served me well throughout my life. Now that I'm in my late 60's, I can say that it made me a better person in many ways. I wouldn't trade that experience for anything.
You can't use Firehouse magazine data for the busiest firehouse. Their data is taken from only those departments that respond to their survey. Most departments do not respond.
Well I still doubt that this is inaccurate in regards to this being the busiest house in the country. 35k plus for one station in a year is incredible.
@@Bravo-Too-Much not knocking em..but...that number is for all the ambulances, engines,ladders,chiefs and whatever other units they have parked there.also multiple units respond to the same call
@@stevegiu4232 I’d be surprised if there are any other stations in the country with two engines, a truck, and 3 ambulances and still all averaging 20-30 calls a day each.
I want you to think about what was said “some are here over 24 hours like 48 hours.....” the system needs to change. There is no way a provider running 20+ calls a day is on his “A” game.
The biggest reason that the large cities/ metro areas of California has such a large homeless population compared to a city such as Chicago id due the year round temperate weather. If tax revenue wasn't so badly wasted, we would have better schools, a better infrastructure and the means to assist the homeless. Provide them with treatment, recovery and assistance with housing and employment so they can be a contributing member of society.
Also what is with the purple lighting in the back of the ambulance? It looks like a nice rig with lots of space and modern utilities but the stretcher and lights are weird.
Bone drill, nice. The official terminology is Intraoscular, where as an IV is Intravenous. If you are getting medicine intraoscularly, the drill itself it hurts like hell, but the pain of the drill is actually nothing compared to the pain when the medic starts pushing meds through. The pain of the meds going in hurts way more and many patients go unconscious because of the pain level.
Yikes. Don't they also have intraoscular needles that they can just slam right into the sternum to deliver fluids without using a drill? That sounds hellishly painful but I guess it beats dying...
@@Moose6340 Yes, but at least at my ambulance company we don’t carry those. You don’t want to risk breaking the sternum which is very dangerous to the patient as it can cause pulmonary issues. That said, it is completely within a Paramedic’s scope of practice so I’m sure there are ambulance companies out there that use them. Another thing to consider is that IO’s are often really only done when doing CPR as it is way easier to do an IO on a patient that is shaking than an IV. Considering you’d have to stop doing compressions to insert a sternum IO, it’s not worth it.
I was in the fdny for almost 38 years it is difficult to see that my dept did not make this list. this station video did say that 80 percent of there runs are medical this means that they are not the most busy fire wise
The only reason there busy is because of ems. If you take away the ems and just count fires, they would stand no chance against the fdny for being the busiest.
@@westchesterfirstresponse9488 100% correct....the number is not a stand alone total.its for all the ambulances in that one station.and they all take credit for almost each particular run.... quite misleading
"come here to make a difference" also them "run on the same person 4-5 times a day". If i run on ANYONE more than 2 times in a single shift, they have become my new personal foxtrot. I love that they are able and willing to do this, but this is a city and legislation that has failed them. No station should be running 100 calls a day, that's just insane, 15 is an extremely busy day in my station. The city however has allowed these bums to run them dry.
Dear brother and sister firefighters. Please take care of yourself. It’s hard to turn off reality. You are not alone and you matter to all of us. It’s are turn to help you and your family. Blessings
Firehall #2 in Vancouver's downtown eastside at one point was the busiest firehall in all of North America when the fentanyl epidemic was first going around
I'm curious about their call total for the "House" 35,000 is 1 call every 15 minutes. While a typical medical may take on 15 minutes, MVAs and building fires do not. I'm wondering is EACH piece of Apparatus gets a run number when they leave the house. 4 pieces of apparatus in the house, all 4 go on a run, that 4 incident numbers. I am not denying they are a busy house, but numbers can be confusing. Other large metropolitan city only issue 1 number per house.
You are correct except medical call with transport to the hospital takes about an hour. A single ambulance could not handle more than 5000 transports a year. If even that many
Every fire fighter is a hero. The problems on the streets are a result of failed leadership. It's insane what is going on in the streets of Los Angeles. It has to change. When you vote, well, remember videos like this.
AJ096 it’s not the drill going into the bone that hurts that bad because the bone itself doesn’t have nerve endings... it’s the fluid displacing the bone marrow that hurts. That’s why the first thing that goes in is lidocaine
Such a waste of public funds constantly going to rescue the heroin junkie that’s had their 5 OD this month, might be harsh but they clearly don’t want to help themselves so why should anyone else
Super harsh, but they don’t do this job to only save the non “junkies”, they do it to save as many lives as they possibly can no matter the backstory or number of times. And that “heroin junkie” most likely fought for your country, and each human being deserves the same amount of respect and care as any other.
Well, a lot of the retired vets come back with mental illnesses, and can’t look for help or are denied help, they try to drown their past in booze or drugs and lose lots of money from that where they eventually go homeless, keeping their fatal addiction with them. I’ve dealt with addiction and it’s hard to kick when you can’t find help, but I believe everyone deserves a chance, because those “crackheads” have just as much of a right to live as anyone else
giga boo you’d be surprised.. but that wasn’t main point I was trying to make, I was just explaining their line of work and why they do what they do for anyone who was confused.
They said they had the smallest area of coverage. Looks like that save several Engine and medic units, so it’s like having multiple stations at the same place.
3's House and 11's House back them up but they do have a lot of Runs... I live 2 blocks away from 9's House and they are moving 24/7.. I visit every couple weeks and I have Never seen All the RA's or Trucks there at 1 time.
@Vincent M looks like instead of trying to save several Engine and medic units, they need to ADD more to handle the high call volume... @Spike59 said, "4 ambos, 2 engines and a truck"... well clearly they need that... X 4
I woke up on the crash bed in the er to them drilling into my shin. I begged for them to stop. They did. It's my fault, I was an active IV user at the time and all my veins were collapsed.
You run that many calls and have no power stretchers? Where is all that money going California? Save their backs so they will be able to move when they get ready to retire.
Something needs to be done with the residents of Skid Row, Many years ago the City of L.A. had a drunk farm that gave a chance for drunks to sober up and once again be a productive member of the community. Not only that it saved many lives of people that sunk to the Skid Row life.
They have the truck on station for fire calls but with so many medical emergency calls, the ambulance is usually already in service for one of those medical ALS calls. Thus to respond to the high number of medical call they have EMT firefighters and usually a paramedic on board the truck to respond to another medical call in another area of service.
City Council and California legislators should be mandated to ride-along for an entire shift. See how their policies affect to ground-pounders who have to deal with the aftermath ... and how much it costs.
Mark Cross that just makes sense. City councillors don’t base their decisions off common sense.
They Would Not Last 2 Hours LOL.
Same with Seattle. Homeless problem equal to LA.
they should just be hanged.
@@chaltaloma I'd be shocked if they lasted 30 minutes.
Everyone in EMS knows how they really think off camera.
Yeah, I work often with DCFD station 30 (number 3 or 4 in the end roster of busiest stations) and while intentions and the want to help is high, burn out does hit the soul after just non stop running.
True. It's all for the camera 😁
I don’t really know but I do know lol
then find another job
@@JanitorIsBack maybe show some respect? its more than a job, burn out can be a real thing when they are going to fire after fire, they don't show that here. i'm sure DCFD Station 30 sees its share of working jobs.
24 or even 48 hour shifts while this station is this busy? That is just madness.
Most fire stations around the US have a 24 on/48 off schedule, so 24 hours on-shift is pretty normal. Now 48 or god forbid, 72 hours on-shift?! That's pure lunacy and could take a massive toll both physically AND psychologically on anybody.
@@chris71mach1 some smaller departments that do 48 hour shifts are pretty nice. Gives you 4 days to do whatever. Wanna go out of state for 4 days? No problem.
@@chris71mach1 in the Midwest it’s 24/48 but most do overtime so 48/24
@@JackR_TV 48hr shifts at a small department would be fine. However, they said they don't get much sleep if any at this station. So, 48-72 hear could be 2-3 days with very little if any sleep. I could see 1 shift here then another shift at another station, but with their call volume it can't be safe to do more than 1 24hr shift here. Fatigue effects your judgement after awhile.
@@inventorchris2 no, I know what they're saying, I was just saying 48s at small departments are really nice.
100 calls a day? 35,000 calls a year? Wow. To put in perspective, the department I volunteer with has 1-2 calls a day, and average a little over 400 calls a year. That is just absolutely crazy. These guys are awesome!
@@LouisianaLightCollectorthis is one fire station though, not the whole department
Except for when your insurrectionist political beliefs and self centeredness override your duty to keep the public safe and keep the people around you safe, and you refuse to get a vaccine then you lose your job. Like the guy featured in this piece. BYE ! Don't let the door hit you on the way out.
@@nvpguitar4591 Most volunteer departments in the US only have one station or a few very small stations. In truth, this station averages about 62 calls per day, almost all for non-fire incidents. That comes out to almost 23k per year. These calls are split up between 7-8 units depending on the time of day. So it's a busy station for sure but it's not as busy per unit as some stations elsewhere in the country.
I was a police officer for about 22 years; I understand service to my fellow humans. I have so much respect for the fire service to include Los Angeles County Fire Department and Los Angeles City Fire Department. Thank you for your service. Keith
Lo Kim You’re an idiot, their is no other way to put it. You’re incredibly ignorant.
You were a cop in the lapd for 22 years I can’t even begin to imagine the raw human suffering you’re responsible for. You’re no firefighter.
@@ericfelds6291 then don't call them when you need them eric :)
@@ericfelds6291 Not all cops are bad ! A guy who lived in New York and came to live in Amsterdam where I live was afraid of the cops in Amsterdam, because of his experiences with police in New York not towards him but towards other people that is somewhat alarming. Cops in Amsterdam are trained to de escalate the situation and not use so much force as in the US. Also homeless people and prostitutes are not thrown in jail, so they have more time to go after real criminals.
Big deal
One of the best recent and detailed interview on LAFD station 9! Props to the journalists who wanted to recognize the hard working firefighters of LA.
This is a joke right? 100 calls a shift says the 'reporter's, thirty a shift says the captain. This story was just that, a story
Those trucks are immaculate and a credit to the crews
I garuntee they are only there until they get enough seniority to bid another station.
A lot of young guys want to go to the busy stations. They get more experience
Thank you guys for caring and we are so lucky to have such awesome people in Los Angeles. Have a great new year and we wish you a safe and great new year. These guys are the best thank u for everything you do.
I take my hat off for these guys and the entire LAFD and LACFD. These guys are true heroes and we all love you guys for what you guys do. Don’t think Angelenos don’t see what you guys do. Thank You!
Thank you for your service and your passion for serving others
I live in 9's area and have met Many of the guys... They ARE The BEST OF THE BEST...
Thank you All...
T-9 E-9 RA-9
E-209 RA-809
Battalion 11
Skid Row House..
Is that Squad 51 on your profile?
@@collectornick4270 yup
@@ki4nge4 That's cool.
Actually they are NOT the best. They are new.. green. Working their way to being the best. But cool story.
God bless people like that.
I used to bd a volunteer firefighter and ground search and rescue.
Great job Natalie, miss you Sacramento.
Hell there’s ELEVEN MILLION PEOPLE in just the county of L.A. alone
Metro area...not city.
We don't care at all
steven kelly I didn’t say city... I clearly said county
the equivalent of the amount of people in belgium..
@@EDSB126 and the cities pop is incorporated into the countys pop.
WOW,35k runs/year= 95.8 per day,as a retired f/fighter-medic, my hat's off to this station!
Yeah that’s ~4 calls per hour or 1 call every 15 minutes. There’s no point of having a fire station. Id just stay in the truck for the entire shift.
Well done guys, fantastic work. 🏴🏴
Strong work, Brothers and sisters!
Having been a LA city Paramedic (1974-1980) I agree completely 1st hand exposure to 1st first hand responders will give them far better insight.
I honestly do my job because I truly love helping people…..but I’ll dig ditches before I work at a *fire station* running 28,000 medical calls a year. That tells you everything you need to know about LA’s administration.
I Know Mike Vilatta and Rico Gross Personally! Really Really Nice People! I Am Also So Proud Of Them!
9’s has always been a great house. Lots of runs. Lots of opportunities to serve the community. Lots of fires. Lots of members getting promoted after serving at 9’s, and the list goes on.
God bless you for your service
Probably the most frustrated and apathetic fire station also. Dealing with crazy drug addiction with the same people who probably want to die anyway
Thank you for your service
For being that busy they keep thier trucks looking good
I think because it doesn't rain or snow
Weather is always nice!
@@jetg2059 im a truck driver them trucks are polished and they dont get like that because it doesn't rain.
Street miles and no structure fires keep an engine clean
The ems calls are the only reason it’s so busy
Probably 80% of ANY station's calls (in LAFD) are medical.
That truckie stach means business!!
I have the utmost respect for the firefighters and paramedics. I wrote a research paper in my undergrad on the stress levels of firefighters and what I learned amazed me.
@Bruce Lee One piece that I learned is that their average life span is reduced by 10 years due to the alarm which is equivalent to having a defibrillator going off on their chest every time the alarm goes off.
Rick J yep.
@@raularango3539 You also must understand that I wrote that paper about 30 years ago.
@@rickj1983 it's still very true. I remember a story about a captain having a pacemaker put in him and how crazy the BPMs would spike, especially at night.
That bone drill...
Eeeee
i was like aaaaaaaaaaa
Can’t imagine mentally how it feels using a bone drill through veins
That bone drill made my jaw drop
Superhero’s don’t wear capes - they wear patches 💪🏼🔥💉
Diamonds R4ever operate boilers
Steam Engineer
You mean mustaches
Gay
I commend all first responders! I especially commend these first responders as well as the other extremely busy station across the country with the especially tireless work that they do. All first responders are certainly underpaid. However, when you work at a location where getting more than 5 minutes to yourself during a 48 hour or more shift, saying that they are underpaid is an understatement!!
I liked this video, so thanks for posting. I spent several years as a firefighter, and before I left, I was an Engineer. I also tried my hand at police work for a few years, and I became an FTO. Both occupations will test your metal and leave you with a few scars, both physical and psychological. I've been knifed, burned, assaulted, bitten a few times, and more. I administered mouth-to-mouth without any protection more times than I can remember. Subjects have vomited on me so often that I seldom went a week without an event. I was exposed to crowded smoke-filled nightclubs and worked on large brush/forestry fires for days on end. I fought and trained on several types of fire classifications, to include aviation fuels, explosive compounds, chemicals, wildland, and structures. For me, the most exciting part of the job was vehicle accidents. No two events were the same, and the methods of extrication of victims were always challenging. It tested your creativity and physical and mental acuity. In the cop-shop, I learned so much about human nature that it has served me well throughout my life. Now that I'm in my late 60's, I can say that it made me a better person in many ways. I wouldn't trade that experience for anything.
Yeah, nothing prepares you for dealing with any situation like dealing with every possible situation before breakfast!
You can't use Firehouse magazine data for the busiest firehouse. Their data is taken from only those departments that respond to their survey. Most departments do not respond.
Well I still doubt that this is inaccurate in regards to this being the busiest house in the country. 35k plus for one station in a year is incredible.
@@Bravo-Too-Much not knocking em..but...that number is for all the ambulances, engines,ladders,chiefs and whatever other units they have parked there.also multiple units respond to the same call
@@stevegiu4232 I’d be surprised if there are any other stations in the country with two engines, a truck, and 3 ambulances and still all averaging 20-30 calls a day each.
Respect to this guys!
Strong work brothers!
Awesome video.
Fireman deserved all gold metal for they hard work. Verse all cop today in Ottawa
Man the stuff I get recommended....
That IO drill is sick
"A bone drill...."
Noice
They use that ambo so much they had to ducktape together the drivers seat...
I want you to think about what was said “some are here over 24 hours like 48 hours.....” the system needs to change. There is no way a provider running 20+ calls a day is on his “A” game.
Good job 👍🔥
The biggest reason that the large cities/ metro areas of California has such a large homeless population compared to a city such as Chicago id due the year round temperate weather. If tax revenue wasn't so badly wasted, we would have better schools, a better infrastructure and the means to assist the homeless. Provide them with treatment, recovery and assistance with housing and employment so they can be a contributing member of society.
or just let the weather do the work and freeze them off to death, couple of seasons should clean the streets up pretty good
We need to force people into treatment or jail. Most dont want recovery.
The Guy at 1:35 looks like the young Paul Teutul Jr.
Very well reported!
Great guys over there.
Same as over here in Germany.
Working differently on similar targets!
GOD Bless them all!
Just got some response vids there! Tone-outs every 5-15 minutes!
They really need to update those stretchers to a Stryker stretcher. Even if it's just a manual one.
Maddie O'Rourkewas exactly.
Also what is with the purple lighting in the back of the ambulance? It looks like a nice rig with lots of space and modern utilities but the stretcher and lights are weird.
YES!
Those stretchers actually aren't that bad.
Andy B yeah until you are forced to resign at 30 years old because your back is fucked up. It’s not a matter of being lazy, it’s a matter of longevity
So funny, never knew I worked at the 3rd busiest station in the US!
Nashville 9?
@@maxhallman1036 yep
@@TNsher776 sweet you work on the Engines, Truck, District or Medics
@@maxhallman1036 medic unit
@@TNsher776 nice
Nice physic orb at 1.30
Station by me in Kansas is the busiest in the city I live in most of them medical calls
Bone drill, nice.
The official terminology is Intraoscular, where as an IV is Intravenous. If you are getting medicine intraoscularly, the drill itself it hurts like hell, but the pain of the drill is actually nothing compared to the pain when the medic starts pushing meds through. The pain of the meds going in hurts way more and many patients go unconscious because of the pain level.
Holy s**t, that's crazy! Maybe they should have did that before they gave him the narcan. 🤔
Yikes. Don't they also have intraoscular needles that they can just slam right into the sternum to deliver fluids without using a drill? That sounds hellishly painful but I guess it beats dying...
@@Moose6340 Yes, but at least at my ambulance company we don’t carry those. You don’t want to risk breaking the sternum which is very dangerous to the patient as it can cause pulmonary issues. That said, it is completely within a Paramedic’s scope of practice so I’m sure there are ambulance companies out there that use them. Another thing to consider is that IO’s are often really only done when doing CPR as it is way easier to do an IO on a patient that is shaking than an IV. Considering you’d have to stop doing compressions to insert a sternum IO, it’s not worth it.
Actually it’s intraosseous
WINE-O-NINE-O !!
Firefighters in Germany have one week day shift one week night shift and then 1 week free (a shift takes 12 hours)
that differs a lot from department to department, can't say sth like that in general; Many departments run 24 hour shifts
Imagine all the paperwork they gotta fill out each day…
I was in the fdny for almost 38 years it is difficult to see that my dept did not make this list. this station video did say that 80 percent of there runs are medical this means that they are not the most busy fire wise
I work in midtown manhattan and we run our asses off. This seems to be accounting for ambulance calls plus engine and ladder co. Runs as well.
Joe! EMS on the East Coast is a different animal than out here. Back in NYC. The FDNY Cannot tolerate Rescues AT ALL!
The only reason there busy is because of ems. If you take away the ems and just count fires, they would stand no chance against the fdny for being the busiest.
@@westchesterfirstresponse9488 100% correct....the number is not a stand alone total.its for all the ambulances in that one station.and they all take credit for almost each particular run.... quite misleading
America hss the worlds best first responders, not beacuse of training, but because of kindness and bravery
I just saw a tent burning
Natalie you look pretty and your nails looks pretty on your hand
"come here to make a difference" also them "run on the same person 4-5 times a day".
If i run on ANYONE more than 2 times in a single shift, they have become my new personal foxtrot. I love that they are able and willing to do this, but this is a city and legislation that has failed them. No station should be running 100 calls a day, that's just insane, 15 is an extremely busy day in my station. The city however has allowed these bums to run them dry.
Station 9 is the only station in LA where the truck runs out without the 200 series engine, and the 200 series engine is fully staffed
Real Hero's
It catches up eventually with everyone... they're only human.
What are their OSW though?
3:36 and theres a job 😂
Dear brother and sister firefighters. Please take care of yourself. It’s hard to turn off reality. You are not alone and you matter to all of us. It’s are turn to help you and your family.
Blessings
People in fast food argue about their pay yet some of these guys might be making less.
But how’s the fire duty?
I'm sure Fireman just love making medical calls to the homeless.
Are they helping?
She is imbedded? Wow,wow
could just as easily apply to the skids in Vancouver same call volume , same dangers, stay safe you guys.
Firehall #2 in Vancouver's downtown eastside at one point was the busiest firehall in all of North America when the fentanyl epidemic was first going around
BONE DRILL!!!
I'm curious about their call total for the "House" 35,000 is 1 call every 15 minutes. While a typical medical may take on 15 minutes, MVAs and building fires do not. I'm wondering is EACH piece of Apparatus gets a run number when they leave the house. 4 pieces of apparatus in the house, all 4 go on a run, that 4 incident numbers.
I am not denying they are a busy house, but numbers can be confusing. Other large metropolitan city only issue 1 number per house.
You are correct except medical call with transport to the hospital takes about an hour. A single ambulance could not handle more than 5000 transports a year. If even that many
They count the runs for the entire house. Not just the individual pieces. So that total decided by all the pieces in that house
Get them a powered Cot for all them runs
Station 9 Nashville top 3 busiest , My old stomping grounds. Hell Yeah !
What is there zip code
I'd be livid to respond to a drug call every day... but anyways she gives me quarantine vibes.
Frequent flyers.
Get more calls in 1 day then I get in 4 months
Every fire fighter is a hero. The problems on the streets are a result of failed leadership. It's insane what is going on in the streets of Los Angeles. It has to change. When you vote, well, remember videos like this.
Thanks for skipping right over engine 30 DCFD. 🙄
When they drilled into that guys bone
IO suuuucks. And that guy didn't even flinch. You know he was pretty messed up
They call it an EZ IO for a reason. It’s easy.
no other option
Anyone happen to know the average career length of a firefighter/EMT at this station? The burnout rate must be insane..
@@timothymeineke1169 Gotcha, I couldn't imagine doing that many calls week after week until retirement
Average burnout 6 months 😂 then go somewhere else get paid the same money and runs a quarter of the calls.
1:17 that bone drill got me 😫
AJ096 it’s not the drill going into the bone that hurts that bad because the bone itself doesn’t have nerve endings... it’s the fluid displacing the bone marrow that hurts. That’s why the first thing that goes in is lidocaine
@@911life5 Still though, I never feel more empathy for a patient than when the drill comes out. Something about it still makes me squeamish.
Yeah lol agreed. It’s an absolute last resort for me on a conscious patient. I’ve seen a firefighter turn green when the realized what we were doing.
Lafd don’t have Stryker stretchers😳
Such a waste of public funds constantly going to rescue the heroin junkie that’s had their 5 OD this month, might be harsh but they clearly don’t want to help themselves so why should anyone else
Super harsh, but they don’t do this job to only save the non “junkies”, they do it to save as many lives as they possibly can no matter the backstory or number of times. And that “heroin junkie” most likely fought for your country, and each human being deserves the same amount of respect and care as any other.
@@aidanhanna2488 I doubt most of the heroin junkies fought for our country
Well, a lot of the retired vets come back with mental illnesses, and can’t look for help or are denied help, they try to drown their past in booze or drugs and lose lots of money from that where they eventually go homeless, keeping their fatal addiction with them. I’ve dealt with addiction and it’s hard to kick when you can’t find help, but I believe everyone deserves a chance, because those “crackheads” have just as much of a right to live as anyone else
MrCrumpets368 well said.
giga boo you’d be surprised.. but that wasn’t main point I was trying to make, I was just explaining their line of work and why they do what they do for anyone who was confused.
I came for Natalie 😍😍
Lol la medics xD
... how many other houses are in that response area???... no reason for one house to have that many runs in THAT area
25mfd that’s exactly what i was thinking
They said they had the smallest area of coverage. Looks like that save several Engine and medic units, so it’s like having multiple stations at the same place.
@@vincentm2760 yeah they have 4 ambos, 2 engines and a truck
3's House and 11's House back them up but they do have a lot of Runs... I live 2 blocks away from 9's House and they are moving 24/7..
I visit every couple weeks and I have Never seen All the RA's or Trucks there at 1 time.
@Vincent M looks like instead of trying to save several Engine and medic units, they need to ADD more to handle the high call volume... @Spike59 said, "4 ambos, 2 engines and a truck"... well clearly they need that... X 4
They should Ride along to do something against homeless people
I woke up on the crash bed in the er to them drilling into my shin. I begged for them to stop. They did. It's my fault, I was an active IV user at the time and all my veins were collapsed.
It took four fire departments to turn the sprinklers of at Walmart in Harrisburg il.
I heard about that , I think one of them was from Dongola
You run that many calls and have no power stretchers? Where is all that money going California? Save their backs so they will be able to move when they get ready to retire.
they like the fernos, they have enough guys to lift it up and the power gurneys are a pain (running out of power, heavy, bulky, annoying lol)
Something needs to be done with the residents of Skid Row, Many years ago the City of L.A. had a drunk farm that gave a chance for drunks to sober up and once again be a productive member of the community. Not only that it saved many lives of people that sunk to the Skid Row life.
it’s a costly expense per call if they take tiller on medical runs
They have the truck on station for fire calls but with so many medical emergency calls, the ambulance is usually already in service for one of those medical ALS calls. Thus to respond to the high number of medical call they have EMT firefighters and usually a paramedic on board the truck to respond to another medical call in another area of service.
Probably but ask San Bernadino Fire about their Medic Truck companies and see how they respond. Half of them are ALS level tillers.