I don't know how many of you follow the international news, but yesterday a plane headed to Newark NJ had to make an Emergency landing in Israel. The planes landing gear was stuck, and the Israel Emergency Services was bracing for the worst for the 240 passengers aboard. They put together 80 Ambulance crews at the airport. Its pretty amazing to see what a country the size of NJ can put together in 2 hours.
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vonirkinshtine
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kinnelonfire75
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Station 3
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FireEMSPolice
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PC Comms
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That's because every one of them is a trained EMT, they all belong to Hatzolah and they all own, at the very least, a QRS equipped vehicle. lol
backdraft51
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thats epic. who ever that was in charge deserves a good pat on the back and should teach a critical incident class
PC Comms
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Here in Canada, when we go inside an airport, emergency lights are ON when the vehicle is moving, and OFF when it is not. From the perspective of the aircraft's pilot, it's going to be very blinding to see all these lights.
EVModules
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On that second video, (sea of lights), I'd hope they'd bring a medic unit just for the ELB collector/passenger who gets a heart attack seeing all those lights!
Back to the original topic, I can't help but think what would happen if someone just sneezed somewhere in Israel? Or a paper cut?
Back to the original topic, I can't help but think what would happen if someone just sneezed somewhere in Israel? Or a paper cut?
ark_firefighter
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If you were in charge of a small country the size of New Jersey surrounded by enemies that hated you and want to destroy you at the drop of a hat ... you would have all of your shit together as well.
LLS said:
I can't believe how many resources they mobilized for an Alert 2 situation...here in the US, the most (non-airfield) units I've seen called in are a few engine/truck and Rescue companies, and maybe 5 or so ambulances.
Very, very impressive...but they walk a thin line before crossing to overkill. Is this the standard response to every Alert 2 at TLV? I hope (and assume they do) use these incidents more as training exercises - because, as other posters have mentioned, Israel definately has their share of "MCI's". Great practice to pull and coordinate resources, back coverage, etc...instead of the unrealistic mandated airport drills.
I was particularly impressed with the staging - each agency had their own dedicated parking area (EMS, Fire, and PD); - and also the amount & availability of airport operations resources (airstairs, tugs, baggage handlers, personnel, etc)
Really neat to see.