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- From: annen@forsyth.wsnc.org
- Newsgroups: misc.emerg-services
- Subject: POV warning equipment
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.162526.200@forsyth.wsnc.org>
- Date: 28 Dec 92 16:25:26 EST
- Organization: Forsyth County, Winston-Salem NC
- Lines: 35
- Reply-To: annen@books.forsyth.wsnc.org
- Keywords: POV lights horns siren
- Expires: 31 Jan 93 16:26:56 EST
-
- I have been out of EMS for a little over a year. I am in the process of
- joining a volunteer rescue squad, and need to order some personal equipment.
- Does anybody have a toll free number for Galls or a similar company. I would
- like to order some catalogs.
-
- Also, the squad which I was in before covered an area which was mostly small
- towns/subrural. For running POV calls in such an environment, a single roof/
- dash light and wig-wag headlights were sufficient for clearing traffic most
- of the time. (I also added a small set of air horns from Western Auto, which
- helped a lot).
-
- The squad which I am joining runs in an urban area, and I am doubtful that
- the current warning equipment on my car will be sufficient. Comments and
- suggestions would be appreciated. I am thinking about adding a red and white
- Dashlaser (or similiar system) to my dash, and getting a tail/backup light
- flasher for rear coverage. (Does anyone have experience with such a flasher?
- I don't know anyone who has one, and I have only seen one in use once - on a
- Va. state trooper cruiser).
-
- Please reply directly to me via email. If there is sufficiant interest, I will
- summarize for the news group.
-
- Thanks in advance for any suggestions/comments.
-
- John Annen, NCEMT-A
- System Support Specialist
- Forsyth County, NC MIS
- Room 603, Hall of Justice
- Winston - Salem, NC 27101
- Internet: annen@books.forsyth.wsnc.org
-
- (Currently Not Affiliated with any EMS organization.)
-
- My views are not necessarily those of any organization with which I am
- affiliated.
-