Naked Man Attacks Bus

New Haven. It All Happens Here!

Probably on lithium. That "stripping down" seems to be common. I remember a naked man hiding in someone's basement, he was on Lithium. Another time, a naked man was walking along on the Merritt, he , too, was on Lithium. I think it makes you feel "hot".

No shirt. No shoes. No service.

By the way. Good use of City resources. Naked man attempting to enter bus. Send 10 ton fire truck and 6 fire personnel.

He was obviously having a medical issue, thats why the NHFD was called. And there are 4 personnel on an apparatus not 6. Some people have to complain about everything. Next your gonna say we are wasting water putting out a house fire.

When someone is in emotional crisis, be it drug or organically induced, it is a medical emergency. Hence, medical responders arrive. Such a person has the potential to be extremely dangerous, even when they may not be intending to harm others. It is not even a police matter most of the time, but we involve the police anyway because they are the most trained and equipped to physically restrain a person when needed.

Obviously, it is much safer for responders and much safer for the person in crisis to have extra hands than too few.

Lithium huh? 1 person for sure on lithium...the makings of a real crisis..smh...

Rather cheeky.

I definitely understand the need for a strong response. My issue is with sending such an expensive piece of equipment knowing it has a limited lifespan. And why 4 NHFD? Why not send an ambulance and two police officers instead?

And who is best trained to handle someone in this state of mind...NHPD or NHFD?

I'm surprised there aren't more memoirs authored by buses that operate in urban areas.

@D.Serf

Thats a good question with regard to who is best trained to deal with a person in that state. Without knowing how much mental health/de-escalation training the FD has I would say the PD. Medically speaking obviously it's the FD.

What has never made sense to me is the AMR and FD thing, why do we need both? I'm sure there is a reason but it probably won't make sense.

-Was he at least wearing a mask?

Our understanding is that CT law requires fire crew vehicle be dispatched along with ambulance. Many FD personnel are cross trained as paramedics. Probably a union negotiated effort some years ago.

$0.75MM pumper truck, however, not a cost-effective means of transportation of paramedics; in our opinion. We see that ambulance cost to purchase & equip is ~0.350K$.

As we understand it, ~80% for FD calls...state wide....are medical.

FDz should re-structure into two divisions to reflect this: Fire suppression & Medical Response.

Wow - this reminds me of seeing the streakers going down Broadway in the mid-1970's.

D Serf, only 4 personnel ride the engines in the city of New Haven and thats who responds on the medical calls.

ThomMorris : While most area firefighters are paramedics, and spend most of their time on ambulances, that's not true for NHFD. Very few of NHFD's firefighters are paramedics, and the department has only a handful of ambulances, in spite of the fact that the vast majority of its calls are medical. As a result, while Branford brings in about $2 million in revenue for medical services, and Guilford $1 million, New Haven brings in pretty much nothing. If NHFD were trained and equipped for its primary mission of medical response, it might bring in $8 million, off-setting its costs of operation.

the most ridiculous waste was shown in the story on Regal nursing home. In response to a medical facility, where AMR sent an ambulance, NHFD sent a huge fire truck and a huge rescue vehicle. If a statute requires a fire department response, it needs to be changed. Or NHFD needs to realize what other department have, and train and equipment itself for medical responses.

I see some of the regular commenters have a sense of compassion and humor rarely seen here. However I don't think the drivers who were confronted by this man found it humorous. Wonder if they were given any special attention for what must have been quite traumatic. No charges, not even public indecency? Hmmm. I guess this is nothing compared to terrorists on dirt bikes.

challenge: Perhaps, you missed this in the article:

"Oh, I'm stressed!" one of the employees cried out. Others laughed.

"I'm going to be late," said another.

"This guy's gonna get tased."

Obviously, at least some of the transit workers found it humorous.