FireMedic

They have grown, traded, and sold rice here for the last thousand years here. That's what they know how to do. You can't expect them to change to organic anything anytime soon. Doing everything truly organic takes time, money, and initiative....and we know rural/farming Thais don't have any of those.

Zoll AED plus in Thailand range from about 90 to 120,000. Yes, they are expensive here because they are imported from the US, so the import tax, VAT, and all the other BS makes all brands more than double than western countries. Obviously the price goes down for bigger orders. FIFA just put their order in for 300,000 of our AEDs, so their price is much different than a company who wants just one.

God forbid they try to anything to make the place nice. As of now, I'm not sure who would want to take an after dinner stroll along the river. You might lose it after you see your 100 bloated rat, dog, cat, or human body parts floating next to the wall. They will have to clean up the river first before people will come to see it.

I also found out that within 2 years (Thai time), all will have to be CPR/AED certified before your driver's license will be renewed.

Hey everyone! Thanks for the positive support. Zoll has been working together with with NIEMS, Thai Resuscitation Council, and Thai Heart Foundation for a long time to get this done. Today, we finished training all of the Thai Olympic Committee as well as Thai Olympic athletes. Most of the AEDs delivered to Thailand will be in Thai, however the universally understood pictographs are on the front and will light up with the directions. As time goes one and our AEDs are deployed throughout the country, we will have incentive programs when our AED is used and someone is saved. I hope you will all view this as a HUGE leap forward for Thailand as I do.

This should settle the debate. Yes, I know it is in Thai. Yes, we are working to get it translated to English. But, this was given to us last night from the National Institute of EMS. This will once and for all settle the debate about the use of AEDs in Thailand. If someone collapses, please do CPR and if an AED is present, please use it. Zoll AEDs give step by step audio and visual instructions to do CPR and use the machine in many languages. Please don't be the one who sits idly by and does nothing but take photos of someone's dead family member. Be the one who saves them and allows them to return home to their family.

I think everyone should be prepared for many arrests. They will highlight them, make the news, maybe even parade them around a bit. At the end of the day, most will not be sentenced to much.

All those who feel the cops deserve a raise, raise their hands

And to all those who believe a raise would stop corruption, extortion, and bribery in this country, I have news for you, it wouldn't. Even if you raised the pay from 20,000 to 60,000 a month, most officers have to pay that much to the boss every month just to work at their prefered station. Until there is a stop to "transfer to inactive posts", public trials, incredibly strong jail sentences, and asset seizures, the criminals in bown will continue their side work.......no matter their pay.

El Gaucho Steakhouse on Suk 11 and 19 both have meat counters. You can walk in and buy whatever you want. Great steaks, but you better bring a fat wallet.

Throwing a loud firecracker at people makes you an A-hole. Engineering an anti-personnel bomb with shrapnel as to inflict casualties makes you a terrorist.

Good job....a low ranking, no named subdistrict mayor along with 2 cops are in custody. I have a feeling it will be like many other cases here. One fall guy will take the hit for all the other well named, high ranking folks involved. All the rest of the "suspects" will remain nameless and their prosecution is highly unlikely.

I retired here when I was 35. I got bored (as in not having a job) and found a need for something. I built that need I saw in a market to a wonderful full time job that lets me travel all over Asia. Best job I've ever had and I'm happier now than I ever was working in the US. I very much miss my friends and family, but I love this new life.

This happened to me several months ago from Central Cheang to Swampy early in the morning. Once on the highway, he started to do the "aggravated teeth sucking". By the time we got to the first toll plaza he kept pointing to his dashboard.....alluding that there was something wrong. He pulled off on the next exit and made me get out. He did the obligatory hood raise and looking. As soon as I got into the other taxi, he closed up his taxi and took off.

Holy crap guys...I'm sorry. AREN'T....ARE NOT

To be fair, it's not the training or the equipment. I personally supervised the CPR and AED training of Nai Harn lifeguards. They had the best resuscitation equipment money can buy.....a year ago.

What I can't speak for is the ridiculousness of putting beach goers at risk while the lifeguards try to negotiate their crappy seasonal contract. The lifeguards want it to be public news that the beaches are uncovered so they pressure the officials to new contracts. Officials don't exactly want the news about any of it out to anyone.

I love the cat in the green shirt.......

Did he specify exactly how the would communicate after a 6.5 or larger? Most of the time in developed countries, power, telephone, and cell towers go out immediately. We all know the tsunami warning system doesn't work anymore (if it ever did). I really pray that these small ones over the years are leading up to a big nasty one in the near future.

It would NOT take a master tracker to track 1000 people in the jungle. I don't believe for one second that 1000 people can be hidden from view for this long. I also have a feeling many more graves will be found along with real testimony from past prisoners. Someone's nuts will be in the ringer for sure.

I'm surprised he didn't try to explain to the diplomat that "U.S tink too mut.....you not under-sa-tand....you not Thai."

Stung by that notorious reputation, Thailand's military government has launched a crackdown in recent months, arresting scores of officials

What officials have arrested? What have they been charged with? What is the current progress on their cases? How many years can they be sentenced to?

Literally the worst limp wristed journalism I've ever seen.

Interesting times are upon us. There are dozens upon dozens of soft targets all over the place. I would be very concerned about the ferry system to and from the islands. Any of the night life scenes you could drive a car right into. Full moon parties, Songkran gatherers, walking street.......I hope to all things holy, Thailand does not have a Bali incident that killed so many people.

Someone was killed this morning near my house on Cheang Wattana. Got rear ended on their motorbike....flew across all the lanes of traffic and ended up in the far lane. Brutal.

Natural selection. The smart ones will move on to find food and water. This is reason #1 they shouldn't "take care" of the monkeys.