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http://laughingsquid.com/burning-man-set-on-fire-early-arson-is-to-blame/ I mean, it's called Burning Man for a reason!

I recently noted a potential problem with the "report to mod" button: A member posted several questions that had come up several hundred (thousand?) times in the past...drug use and prescription eyewear. I pointed the lad towards the search function, and then hit the "report to mod" button to...

Browsing through the TacMed Solutions page today, and I noticed a "new" (been a while since I've checked out the site) video on their Foxtrot litter. http://www.tacmedsolutions.com/Videos/foxtrot_instructions_0002.wmv Also, I noticed the medics weapon placement during his assessment and pt...

CTV coverage of civilian physicians in the R3 at KAF: http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070813/mobile_hospital_070813/20070813/ KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- They are the battered and broken. Afghanistan's war wounded arrive at the Canadian Forces trauma hospital on the...

Aug 10th being the anniversary of the raising of the regiment, I thought I'd take a second to thank them all for 93 years of selfless service to Queen and Country, and wish them all many more years as one of Canada's proudest fighting forces! :salute: DF

Anybody heard of this?  I'm being loaded on it in September-October, and I don't even know what it is;  I suspect it's the new Trauma Team program, but I'm not sure. Bueller?  Bueller?  8) DF

Fair Dealings... http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2007/03/20/pakistan-fighting.html Clash between tribesmen, militants kills up to 30 in Pakistan Last Updated: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 | 11:24 AM ET CBC News Up to 30 people have died in two days of fighting between Pakistani tribesmen and...

Fair dealings... http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2007/03/20/tech-ps3firmwarefoldingathome-20070320.html PlayStation 3 enlisted in disease fight Last Updated: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 | 9:01 PM ET CBC News Sony is set to update software for its PlayStation 3 video game console to improve...

http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/News/2007/03/19/3782045-sun.html Four VPD officers hurt after cruisers collide By IRWIN LOY, 24 HOURS Collision investigators were brought in yesterday after two Vancouver Police squad cars crashed into each other, sending four officers to hospital. The two cars...

Fair dealings, etc: http://www.nsnews.com/issues07/w031107/033207/news/033207nn1.html Stéphane Dion visits North Vancouver Promises end to Afghan combat if he's elected James Weldon jweldon@nsnews.com STEPHANE Dion promises to end the nation's combat mission in Afghanistan at the...

Fair dealings etc. Pakistan Plans to Mine Afghan Border By SALMAN MASOOD Published: December 26, 2006 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 26 — Faced with a barrage of criticism over incursions into Afghanistan by Pakistan-based Taliban militants and their sympathizers, the Pakistan government said...

Anyone want to take him up on this  ::) Found in a BC Ambulance discussion board thread on PPE By BCAS Station 150 (Bcasstn150) on Tuesday, August 8, 2006 - 03:03 pm: For sale... Body armour kevlar external carrier, size 46. Has(Cascade)reflective "Paramedic" sewn across back and on right...

The Times has quoted our British colleagues at ARRSE for their support for Sir Richard Dannatt's comments that they should pull their forces out of Iraq pdq. The quotations on the page http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2402666,00.html  are pretty impressive, and vaguely reminiscent of...

We here in BC Ambulance are in the midst, like most EMS agencies I'm sure, of converting over to the new CPR guidelines.  Along with the new CPR, we're part of the ROC studies in Canada, along with Ottawa and OPALS.  Two things that people here might find of interest that are being introduced...

I've just gotten back from the METI run Human Patient Simulation Network 2006 conference, and there appears to be some discrepancies between regions and units as to how much use we're getting out of these highly priced pieces of equipment. Some units and regions reportedly run them all the...

from the CTV article:Military launches major command shake-up http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060131/miltary_structure_060131/20060131?hub=Canada Canadian Operational Support Command will be responsible for providing support to the operations commands including...

Recently the CF is running LUSAR (Light Urban Search and Rescue, bad acronym, though) tng, for Reg F ( I believe) and for Res F (I know).  This is being run in Esquimalt, and almost certainly other places as well.  There are also LUSAR exercises being run in conjunction with local FD, Emerg...

Last night we got a brief from our CO and RSM, just back from Ottawa, and they announced some changes to the res tng for medics.  Just in case people haven't been getting this info, I thought I'd throw it out here and see what people think. QL 3 and 4 are being lengthened.  They will, together...

Anyone here going to be in Ottawa for this? http://www.ottawaparamedics.ca/p2005_main.asp?a=1 Edited to add conference link

Howdy all. I'm just looking for an update on the HS staffing for the upcoming roto's to A'Stan. As I look at my next year ahead, I was wondering what the situation with that is currently. I know they were looking for select HS res to augment the pending rotos (whatever numbering system...