[alternatives?]

“Though, one has to wonder how effective yelling STFU is for calming a hysterical 10 year old.”

The fire chief is dealing with a lot of stress in dealing with his job in NY. Swearing is one way people deal with stress. I suspect the child is autistic and the parents have called multiple time before. Not really the fire departments job. Sounds like the kid needs to be in an institution but we don’t do that anymore.

[Morgana]

” I suspect the child is autistic and the parents have called multiple time before. Not really the fire departments job. Sounds like the kid needs to be in an institution but we don’t do that anymore.”

The fire chief said “every week” so yea they have been called before.

I don’t know if it’s autism or if the kid is addicted to the cell phone. Yes kids are getting addicted to them just like adults are only it’s worse for them. Kids have total meltdowns after the phone is taken from them.

[MayflowerMadam]

“I suspect the child is autistic”

I’m going with “spoiled”. (How many “autistic” kids are actually just brats?)

[Dr. Franklin]

The fire chief is dealing with a lot of stress in dealing with his job in NY. Swearing is one way people deal with stress. I suspect the child is autistic and the parents have called multiple time before. Not really the fire departments job. Sounds like the kid needs to be in an institution but we don’t do that anymore.

Sounds like the parents can't discipline the child, so they call 911 and Big Brother does it for them. Bad behavior has negative consequences. When the kid gets older, the cops will be far more abusive. I'd leave the chief alone personally. At some point, the kid needs to do what she's told to do, and shut up without all of the drama. We don't need to make any more drama queens for the nanny state.