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Finally a Crackdown
Our internet usage policy up here strictly prohibits, among other things, streaming video on our computers. Since we have a fantastic T1 (or better) internet connection in the dispatch centre, this h… more →
From the Tower
Finally a Crackdown
nigiri wrote 6 days ago: Our internet usage policy up here strictly prohibits, among other things, streaming video on our com … more →
Another t-shirt use?
nigiri wrote 2 months ago: Sent on the TELUS Mobility network with BlackBerry … more →
When calling 911 ...
nigiri wrote 2 months ago: The majority of people that call 911 in our region speak to an operator asking them if they want pol … more →
The Future?
nigiri wrote 3 months ago: Well, what’s next? What else can we do? A friend has a few options: … more →
Bring on the tshirts?
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nigiri wrote 4 months ago: We’ve started on a campaign to give us the ”opportunity to be “civilly disobedient” and … more →
Paramedics go back to the table
PEA Blogger wrote 5 months ago: The Tyee reports on talks resuming between the union and the employer in the BC paramedics dispute: … more →
Walking a Very Thin Line.
nigiri wrote 6 months ago: The vast majority of our EMD and EMCT staff are licensed Primary Care Paramedics. All of our staff … more →
Where is the ambulance?
nigiri wrote 7 months ago: Like all kids, my brothers and I regularly bugged our parents for stuff while growing up. We couldn … more →
Who Are We Punishing - A Tale of AVL
nigiri wrote 7 months ago: Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) was adopted by BCAS a short time ago. In broad terms, AVL is a sys … more →
Hmmm … I Wonder (part 2)
nigiri wrote 9 months ago: What’s the deal with … … needing to announce to crews that a patient is MRSA+ in h … more →
The Changes Roll In
nigiri wrote 9 months ago: A lot of things have changed over the months I have been away. You may be surprised to hear I have … more →
Hmmm ... I Wonder
nigiri wrote 1 year ago: Do … … Firemen get called “Fire Truck Drivers”? … Taxi dispatchers get … more →
2010 Winter Olympics
nigiri wrote 1 year ago: I woke up early the morning they told the world who won the bid for the 2010 Winter Olympics. Holdi … more →
... I think I've found it.
nigiri wrote 1 year ago: As you can tell from my last post, my heart wasn’t in the job for a little while. Call it what … more →
Looking for something...
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nigiri wrote 1 year ago: <start violins playing sad music> Being an EMD has it’s own level of challenge on a day … more →
Setting the Scene
nigiri wrote 1 year ago: In the dispatch centre, I am sometimes hyper-aware of the perception the public has of the ambulance … more →
