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Statement on Captain John Vaitkus' Final Call 14/APR/2024 LSFD Community Liaison Officer Sage Fowler ROCKFORD HILLS - This is an official statement issued by the Los Santos Fire Department's Community Liaison Office in response to Captain John Vaitkus' Final Call which occurred on the 13th of April. Statement Begins It is with great sorrow, we mourn the loss of EMS Captain John Vaitkus who was a loyal public servant to the citizens of Los Santos and to the State of San Andreas. On April 12th, 2024, Captain John Vaitkus responded to his final tone at approximately 21:15. Born in 1996 in Chicago, Captain John Vaitkus was the son of a proud Lithuanian immigrant family. John embodied the spirit and dedication that defined his life. After completing his education, John relocated to Liberty City, where he began his distinguished career in emergency services, serving as an EMT with the Liberty City Fire Department. His commitment to helping others never went unseen throughout his three years. He would later transfer to the Los Santos Fire Department, and his fire to continue serving the community wouldn't die. It was here, John's leadership qualities and relentless drive that propelled him to become a Captain. Beloved by his colleagues, Captain Vaitkus was known as a firm, kind, and compassionate firefighter and paramedic. He was a mentor to many, he never hesitated to share his knowledge and his experience. With his unwavering dedication, John cemented himself as a cornerstone of not only the department, but as a beloved member of the community he served. Without a doubt, John's loss will be deeply felt by all who knew him. Captain John Vaitkus, on behalf of the Los Santos Fire Department, the citizens of Los Santos, and the State of San Andreas, we thank you for your many years of dedication to this department, to this city, and the community that you served. We have it from here, John. "We may choose to be reminded of the pain their departure left us. Or we may choose to celebrate the days we spent together. Captain John Vaitkus, as you may all agree, would surely choose the second. Were he here, he'd be asking you all- ... Why those faces? The answer to that question, I'll let each of you to decide. Deep in your hearts. As for me? I will choose my service to this community as my personal answer." - Deputy Chief Andrew Romero -Community Liaison Officer Sage Fowler Statement Ends Units Dispatched: N/A Agencies Involved: LSFD

Username: ThatGingerSage Comment: Proud of the men and women that I work with every day! We can always count on the people at Station 52 to get it done!

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I think I can confidentially say that the training program we have now is far easier than we had way back when I first joined the faction. I am not an irl medic. I'm not an irl firefighter. I have no experience in the field whatsoever. Everything I've learned, I learned from the people gracious enough to teach me. I am that single person who was retained from that 2023 cycle mentioned a couple times in previous posts ( Sage Fowler ). My first EMT training before even getting on the field was long, boring, and I was simply sitting in a classroom. I didn't learn much and I was thrown onto the field feeling a bit lost because quite frankly, I think everyone else was feeling lost too. Speed forward to when we finally began adapting better practices medically. More accurate. I won't lie! I too was overwhelmed with the plethora of new information thrown at me. I didn't know any of it and I had been in the department for almost 6 months at this time. However, the people who worked tirelessly to overhaul the system had been and still are around giving many opportunities to learn with visuals too! They have never and will never expect to to become an irl emt/paramedic (though learning with them has made me consider the career path every now and then. They are our heroes and learning from them I've learned even more that they deserve our upmost respect and love!!! Go give them a cookie). Our standards aren't as bad as a lot of these posts are making it out to be! If you can stabilize someone enough and get them to a hospital bare minimum? Congratulations you can be an EMT! It's been over a year now since I've been here. I've personally received feedback from newer members of the department and even returning members that our new system is far better. It's interactive, you get hands on experience while learning instead of sitting stuck in a classroom all the time for 4 hours straight. From my observation the people who struggle are the people who aren't around in the first place or they don't actually ask for help or ask questions. There is always someone around, even ooc, willing to explain a topic to you. No one is actually expecting you to know the Latin. For some of us learning the bigger terms is kinda fun even if we aren't irl medics. I think we should be allowed to Nerd out on these things just like cops can Nerd out on their things, I see no difference. At the end of the day, 2024 LSFD training procedures not only for medics but also for our fire crew is more streamlined. (Shout out to Dr. Miller) We have flowcharts that are easy to read and quite frankly are fail proof. You can't really go wrong. I always have my protocols nearby if I am assisting with medical calls. Hell. I may get a little lost too, but there is always like I said, someone to help if I need it. We've retained quite a few of our newest applicants perhaps we could get input from them on the newest guidelines!

This discludes the thousands of departmentals that we get! Like Mitch said! February 19th to the 26th! LSFD is HIRING

Introducing another ambulance service wouldn't help anything. Right now we need to focus on building up the two existing services we have right now. FD and PHMC. Introducing another service would spread people out too much in my opinion, rather than fixing the core issue which is staffing. 🙂

Name: ThatGingerSage Comment: The Los Santos Fire Department is at it again, showing our high commitment to helping our community. Couldn't be more proud of the people that I work with every single day whether I am on a truck or following with them as FD's Community Liaison Director. Thanks for a lovely article!

Username: ThatGingerSage Comment: That's my chief!!! Rico is the best! Couldn't be more proud of his efforts for the Shark Barriers.

Couldn't help but make another of each character of mine plus my newest addition! Sage Fowler, back when she was a rural firefighter in Paleto: Thalia Voss, and her Mexican king snake Ren: Alice Slater, an adorable teen frog enthusiast and little sister to Isaac Slater:

Thalia Voss, the city's vampire according to some.