Blurring Lines Between BLS and ALS


Tonight we had Mike Ward and Chris Kaiser on talking with John & Dee about the blurring lines between BLS and ALS, starting with Mike’s post on Firegeezer, his EMS1.com article, Chris’ post on Life Under The Lights, and Peter Canning’s post on Street Watch

We were joined by Kevin Reiter, Brandon Oto, & Russell Stein to talk more about the blurring line and what “cookies” the some BLS providers would like to receive. We also had Jim Hoffman from EMS Office Hours keeping the chat room going.

Mike’s Website

Life Under The Lights

Mike on Twitter

Chris on Twitter

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Next show is our FIRST ANNIVERSARY SHOW!!!!!!



Race for the Cure 2013 Videos


Our videos from today’s Race for the Cure

Yes, we had fun!



The Race Is Tomorrow


Tomorrow morning is Peoria’s Race for the Cure, with our own John Broyles & Dee Elmore doing the 1-mile walk.

Give Dee your tweets of support on the show’s Twitter page @1U801TheWebcast or you can post your encouragement on our Facebook page (facebook.com/1Union801TheWebcast).

John will be posting videos through the morning.

It’s not too late to donate to “Team 1-Union-801: The Webcast” (I know…REAL original name)

Then join us at 2330 EDT for our normal show with Mike Ward and Chris Kaiser!



Do You Know


Do you know when we started using THIS PARTICULAR SONG as our opening music?

Answer during our anniversary show on 25 May.



Still wondering who to ask…


Our 1st Anniversary show is coming up in 4 weeks (coincidentally, at the end of EMS Week). I still don’t know who to ask to be a guest on our show that night.

(This song came out the DAY BEFORE we first came on)



We even work holidays…


Here’s our actual Christmas show. It featured Ryan Pennington from viewsfromthejumpseat.com

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What is the one significant thing about this episode?



A blast from the past…


As we start getting closer to our 1st Anniversary show, here’s the FIRST EVER 1-Union-801: The Webcast show…wow

I’m glad we’ve improved that much over the year!



Wife’s Point of View 27 Apr 13


Tonight we had Lori Mercer from Firefighter Wife talking with us about the fire service from the spouse/significant other standpoint.

Her site is designed for wives and girlfriends (or husbands and boyfriends) of firefighters and provides a support network for those that understand what we go through–and understand our language

Firefighter Wife website

Firefighter Wife Facebook page

Lori on Twitter

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Too bad that Dee was under the weather from her trip to FDIC this weekend :(



HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BOSS


Us gremlins down here in the interwebs box want to say

The Ultimate Badass

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BOSS



One Department’s Benefits of EMSManager


Departments and agencies across the country are going from using the old school paper schedules to using EMSManager by Aladtec.

BENEFITS TO QUEEN ANN’S COUNTY, MD: HERE’S THE SHORT LIST…

  1. No more unexpected overtime and no more scheduling errors
  2. 
All supervisors have access to the same up-to-date schedule and data instantaneously
  3. Custom payroll reporting and certification tracking
  4. 
Members make leave requests, sign-off on time sheets, submit availability and make shift swaps within the system
  5. Improved communication methods via forums, emails, text messaging and through our own digital library
-Supervisors have instant access to essential employee data – phone numbers, emergency contact information, and license information
  6. We can evaluate any event by date, administrator or an affected member using the system log
-Numerous dynamic reports – customized and created from any data found within the system
  7. Mobility – mobility – mobility!

That’s just one department.

Give these folks a shot. There’s a FREE trial, FREE support, FREE updates, and IT costs are low because everything is cloud base.

There’s much, much more. Go on over (or drop a note to your boss to go) to EMSManager.net and get a free trial of this amazing software. Let them know that the folks over at 1-Union-801: The Webcast sent you!