Rescue and Fire Board

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Kinyo wrote:

why do you want to give all this stuff to the fire department? does the firemen get the technical training that the rescuers get?

Happy Fire Peoples wrote:

<quoted text>Please "Kinyo" you don't have a clue! If all three Rescue Depts were equal , this would not be talked about! But (ONE) falls short , WAY short. Want call any names , but if you know what you are talking about you will know who it is !Caldwell County is way passed 3 Rescue Squads !

Kinyo wrote:

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youre right i dont know alot about it because it has been years since i was in the fire department in caldwell county but my question was simply stated does the fire departments get the technical training that the rescue squads get i dont know much about the rescue squads but i do know that they have a purpose or they wouldnt be here to begin with
and Kinyo is what my nick name is not something made up

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ncfire wrote:

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To answer you ques, and not to be smart about it, but yes the fire dept get the same training plus fire training every year, they have double there training to pick up the slack of the rescue squad, several years one rescue squad that was running calls in there districts, might I mention they was multiple fire dept complaining not just one, so this tells you that it was not personal between two depts. when this rescue squad would arrive on the scene there skills was not up to par, the fire dept kept complain about them, nothing was being done about the hap hazard job they were performing, the fire depts. Decided to take the training buy rescue tools, and start doing the job them selves, now Lenoir rescue not Lenoir fire don’t get these two confused,(Lenoir fire does a great job), has been replaced, the only bad part it has sank Lovelady and Hudson with them, however Hudson rescue combined with Hudson fire about 10 years ago which will not affect them, but who knows what will happen with Lovelady, which I might add does a great job also, but what has happen all started with poor performance and the lack of leadership, that has been building for years, the other down fall is ems will end up with the rescue tax, little money if any will float down to the fire dept's and the new rescue board or not, ems will have control over this, my ques is if the rescue dissolves in to one, transport unit, who will back up the ems when they are tied up, its not like the calls only happen one at a time, multiple calls come in at once, who will do the standbys at the football games and other events this is what I would like to know?

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Used to be wrote:

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I have an idea. Get rid of Courtner and hire someone from out of county that will not be biased. The EMS is already funded throught the normal budget offered by the county. Allow the fire and rescue money be in a separate line item on the budget away from the EMS. If not, then dissolve EMS being county controlled and let private medical services do the job like larger cities do. That way the tax payers don't have to worry about the funding anymore.

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Fire Rescue EMS wrote:

All that stuff needs to fall under the same umbrella. There is no need to have 17 separate agencies in a county this size. Can you imagine if a major disaster hit this area and you have 17 guys claiming to be in charge?
They all serve an important function but there is no reason that they can not have some structure and unity. We ought to have the "Caldwell County Fire, Rescue and EMS Agency" with branches at the current fire department and rescue squad facilities in each community. There should be one guy responsible and accountable for all that stuff.

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Yep wrote:

I will call it out, Lenoir Rescue sends untrained people to rescue in swift water with only a life jacket

ncfire wrote:

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To answer you ques, and not to be smart about it, but yes the fire dept get the same training plus fire training every year, they have double there training to pick up the slack of the rescue squad, several years one rescue squad that was running calls in there districts, might I mention they was multiple fire dept complaining not just one, so this tells you that it was not personal between two depts. when this rescue squad would arrive on the scene there skills was not up to par, the fire dept kept complain about them, nothing was being done about the hap hazard job they were performing, the fire depts. Decided to take the training buy rescue tools, and start doing the job them selves, now Lenoir rescue not Lenoir fire don’t get these two confused,(Lenoir fire does a great job), has been replaced, the only bad part it has sank Lovelady and Hudson with them, however Hudson rescue combined with Hudson fire about 10 years ago which will not affect them, but who knows what will happen with Lovelady, which I might add does a great job also, but what has happen all started with poor performance and the lack of leadership, that has been building for years, the other down fall is ems will end up with the rescue tax, little money if any will float down to the fire dept's and the new rescue board or not, ems will have control over this, my ques is if the rescue dissolves in to one, transport unit, who will back up the ems when they are tied up, its not like the calls only happen one at a time, multiple calls come in at once, who will do the standbys at the football games and other events this is what I would like to know?

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Yep wrote:

I will call it out, Lenoir Rescue sends untrained people to rescue in swift water with only a life jacket

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Kinyo wrote:

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is this rescue squad the only one that sends "untrained" people to calls

Happy Fire Peoples wrote:

<quoted text> All the dealings with Hudson & Lovelady have been great.Wish I could say the same about LENOIR RESCUE. It's been down hill ever since Tony Lambert came there ! And he's been gone along time !

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Kinyo wrote:

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i dont think i know this guy but if hes been gone for a long while whats the problem

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Happy Fire Peoples wrote:

<quoted text> They never restructured and got back to modern day standards . Tony is very big guy.If you had been around Caldwell & knew anything about Fire/Rescue , you would have heard of him.

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emt wrote:

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He was also a scammer and BS artist, he left a lot of damage in his wake. I was always amazed at how impressed he was with himself. It was all about how many times he could be mentioned in the paper or at the meetings. Sad part is, he could be a decent human being if he wasn't such a scammer

Happy Fire Peoples wrote:

<quoted text> They never restructured and got back to modern day standards . Tony is very big guy.If you had been around Caldwell & knew anything about Fire/Rescue , you would have heard of him.