EVERY COMMUTER HAS WITNESSED A PASSENGER IN MEDICAL DISTRESS AND THE FEELING OF HELPLESSNESS BECAUSE THE LIRR DOES NOT CARRY ANY FIRST AID EQUIPMENT OR ADVANCED LIFESAVING EQUIPMENT THAT EVEN A JOINT LIKE McDONALDS WILL HAVE, FORGET THE NON EXSISTANT FIRE EXSTINGUISHERS THAT DISAPPEAR FROM TRAINS THE LIRR HAS ITS PASSENGERS COVERED BY STENCILING AN AREA ON THE ROOF OF THE NEWEST TRAINS IN THE FLEET TO GUIDE RESCUE CREWS IN THE EVENT OF A TRAIN WRECK THAT WOULD HAVE RESCUERS CUTTING THROUGH THE ROOF OF THE TRAIN TO GET US OUT, THEY LABELED IT WITH INSTRUCTIONS STATING " NO CUTTING TOOLS THAT USE OPEN FLAMES " AND " BEFORE CUTTING ALERT PASSENGERS " WOW!! I AM THANKFUL THE LIRR/MTA IS WORRIED FOR MY SAFETY IN THE EVENT THAT THE TRAIN IS SO SCREWED UP IT WILL TAKE A RESCUE COMPANY TO CUT US FROM THE WRECK THRU THE ROOF ! AND IF I AM CONCIOUS I WILL HEAR THEM KNOCK OR WARN ME BEFORE CUTTING ME OUT! AND TELLING THEM NOT TO USE CUTTING TORCHES HMMMM SMART SINCE MOST FIRE EXSTINGUISHERS ARE MISSING OR OUT OF SERVICE GOD FORBID WE NEED TO PUT OUT A FIRE STARTED BY A RESCUE TORCH! OR IF WE GOT A BURN, WE WOULD HAVE TO WAIT TO GET BASIC FIRST AID SINCE THAT DOES NOT EXSIST ON THE LIRR, SERIOUSLY I HOPE TO GOD THIS SCENARIO NEVER EVER PLAYS OUT BUT EVEN THE MOST CAREFUL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS ALL HAVE ACCIDENTS AND RAIL SERVICE IS NOT THE MOST CAREFUL OF TRANSPORTATION AND UNFORTUNATELY THOSE INVOLVED IN MISHAPS WITH TRAINS OUTSIDE AT CROSSING GATES OR ON THE TRACKS ARE VERY SERIOUS AND USUALLY FATAL AND THE LIRR BETTER BE SPENDING TIME AND MONEY ON KEEPING US SAFE WHILE WE COMMUTE
