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I was EVOC certified for the good old NYC*EMS MERVs. Nothing like going lights and sirens in an extended school bus. Except for MERV 3 which reverse didn't work.
i remember seeing those old ass things when i was in the academy, not sure if they were still operating when i hit the streets though. by then i think the new ones were delivered.Quote:
Originally Posted by emshighway
I made the mistake of attempting to wait for a bus at 34th and Lex yesterday. I never take busses in Manhattan...EVER. I don't know why I decided that yesterday would be my first one, but after waiting for far too long, I realized that it was a bad idea and just started walking. Then I started looking around and realized what a mess traffic was. It honestly didn't occur to me, as traffic is always bad in that area!
I have heard a few versions of the MERV acronym. Mobile Emergency Room Vehicle. Mobile Emergency Response Vehicle, Major Event Response Vehicle. I worked the MERV 3 times. AA587 down the block from my house in 2001 with Tim Keller (RIP) and Ed Pearce. (Yes Highway he did leave the dispatch desk!). A Subway fire on Flatbush ave in summer 2003, and a 4 alarm fire in Sea Gate Brooklyn summer 2005. It can handle quite a few patients. I believe there are 10 oxygen ports and room for 6 supine (lying down) patients and another 6 seated. Man was Hammer (EMS Chief) pissed when he saw 2 non FDNY Medics running the show in Sea Gate! A few Hospital based EMS agencies also have their own MERV vehicles.
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Originally Posted by NYCMedic
which hospitals? i can't remember any. seriously though, in this day and age i can't imagine a hostpital funding a purchase like that. cabrini is closing soon, and SVCMC sold it's staten island facility. shame...
Victory Memorial in Brooklyn and Jamaica Hospital in Queens had "Community Resource RVs" that were supposed to be used for community events and things like blood pressure, prostate, cancer, and diabetes screenings, but have been put into action at large scale MCIs(Mass Casualty Incidents). I know Victory had their RV at the WTC for a few days and now it is rotting away by their defunct garage on 7th ave in Bay Ridge. Jamaica also had a Chevy Astro van that was used as a confined space rescue vehicle while the AirTrain was being built along the Van Wyck.
these are the MERVs that i first saw at the FDNY shops in queens:
http://stevespak.com/apparatus/bronx/emsmerv2.html
i think by that time they were painted in the new post-merger colors but they were just sitting idle and not being used. the new units were already delivered by that time.
Ahhhh Bronx MERV 2. It was actually one of the better ones. MERV 4 in Queens was similar. MERV 3 was longer.
http://stevespak.com/apparatus/emsvehicles.html
One of my best jobs. Those are my legs in the last picture up in the bus. Pete Rose (yes that's his name) in the center of the picture is now a PD Detective.
CAUTION! GRAPHIC PHOTOS! Not for children or the squeamish!
http://www.stevespak.com/spak/ems/impaled.html
Wow. I'm glad you posted that pic! When I was young, there a big house fire in College Point, and I saw all kinds of fire, police and EMS equipment tearing down CP Blvd, and I remember seeing what I've been calling "the EMS school bus". I was just thinking about it the other day actually. Ididn't know that was it.
Wow that website has some rather interesting shots... Def not what you'll see on the evening news.Quote:
Originally Posted by emshighway
Interesting site indeed. All the photos on the Manhattan fire apparatus page were taken at a 4 alarm fire 7 years ago in the building I work in. :shock:
http://stevespak.com/apparatus/manhattan.html
there are more pix of the current MERVs on this page: http://www.fdnytrucks.com/files/html...lunits/ems.htm
Steve Spak has been chasing flame for a long time. He is a regular at Rescue 4.
Have you EMS guys been to the Blacksheep website? http://nycemsblacksheep.com/
There is another photog who has some great pixs;
http://www.robsflashphoto.com/
those are some cool pix. when i was a kid i used to take pix of fire and police apparatus. i've got a pretty decent collection on film, i'll try to scan it all one of these days.