[FoxInSocks]

They lose people almost every year fighting major fires, most other Fire Departments in the country are paramedics with fire extinguishers.

Wow, that's remarkably insensitive and insulting to firefighters nationwide.

[Rome2000]

Sorry, not trying to be insulting.

As Casey Stengel often said, “You can look it up.”

Sure the training is the same all over, and I am not disparaging the bravery or preparedness of any other department, but NYC is the equivalent of Afghanistan when it comes to chances of dying on the job compared to other US Cities.