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To: cherry; Carry_Okie
most fire calls really are medical emergencies....not blazing fires...that the number of actual fires is tiny compared to the calls that go out?....I think the answer is "yes"....

When I was young firefighters fought fires and that is all. I suspect that being a paramedic was considered laughable and unmanly compared to being a firefighter. And there were lots more fires to fight back then so the firemen (urban areas) had their hands full.
There just aren't enough fires these days (for many reasons) so they branched out into the ambulance/paramedic area to preserve those gubbermint jobs pensions bennies

It's gotten so bad you see firehouse cooks strutting their stuff on cooking shows and in advertisements. Obviously too much time on their hands when the biggest firehouse priority is what kind of herbs to use in the veal parmigiana tonight.

65 posted on 12/12/2010 6:21:30 PM PST by dennisw (- - - -He who does not economize will have to agonize - - - - - Confucius)
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To: dennisw
Obviously too much time on their hands when the biggest firehouse priority is what kind of herbs to use in the veal parmigiana tonight.

What is really obvious is how many people apply when a job opening for a firefighter becomes available. When there are 3-500 applicants per position, we are simply paying too much for a job that is no longer nearly as hazardous as it once was.

70 posted on 12/12/2010 9:04:13 PM PST by Carry_Okie (The environment is too complex and too important to manage by central planning.)
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