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Which one is the emergency?

It’s not difficult to spot which of these two phone calls is an emergency. Yet, all over the world emergency call centres deal with these…

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Chairman of the Bored

So it’s been a while since I posted anything. Mainly because I’ve been at home on Workers Comp with a rotator cuff injury. I’ve strained…

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Cycle responders

Following on from the story on the AED drone. When I visited London several years ago I was at Canary Warf and noticed a Paramedic…

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Drones for good

With all the talk about drones lately, restrictions on air space, just what they can film, privacy concerns etc. it was refreshing to come across…

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The worst thing?

I occasionally encounter someone who asks β€œwhat’s the worst thing you’ve ever seen?”. If it’s some random stranger on the street, I simply shake my…

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Dangerous ground

Well, as 2014 rolls around, I’m getting ready for my fourth year on road, the completion of my final set of log books, and preparing…

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An apology to the drivers of Darwin

I offer this aplogy to the drivers of Darwin for my Code 1 (lights and sirens) driving. For being so arrogant as to assume when…

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Don’t get mentally ill in the NT

The mental health system in the NT really is crap. Why, I don’t know or I would have fixed it by now, but I can…

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Rescue – complete

Well, I just completed the rescue component of my training and may I just say, thank F@*k for that. All of us had been looking…

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