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Portland firefighters may receive bulletproof vests
Koin ^ | September 28, 2021 | Koin staff

Posted on 09/28/2021 3:00:39 PM PDT by NoLibZone

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The city’s fire fighters could soon be wearing bulletproof vests.

The local firefighter’s union said its members now encounter more and more threats when they respond to emergencies. Officials said firefighters have even been attacked and hurt at the scene.

The plan to get bulletproof vests has been in the works for years, according to the union, and they’re needed now more than ever.

“We have to be prepared for any and all threats,” said Vice President Isaac McLennan of Portland Fire Fighters Association Local 43. “We want to be there for the public — we have to protect ourselves in order to protect the public.”

He added that firefighters will still wait for Portland police to secure an active scene before they move in.


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Oregon
KEYWORDS: antifa; banglist; blacklivesmatter; blm; burnlootmurder; dncruncity; oregon; pdx; portland
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1 posted on 09/28/2021 3:00:39 PM PDT by NoLibZone
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My son is an EMT in a shit-hole democratic city near me - he often has to wear a bullet proof vest to.

Yep, the people that are showing up to save your useless lives have to wear a bullet-proof vest - thanks democrats.


2 posted on 09/28/2021 3:04:14 PM PDT by qwerty1234
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Glad to hear firefighters now get to wear even more gear. Have you ever worn a ballistics vest? Raises your internal temp quite a bit.


3 posted on 09/28/2021 3:04:21 PM PDT by TonyinLA ( I don't have sufficient information to make an informed opinion said no lefty ever.)
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To: NoLibZone

I say nuke Salem from orbit. It’s the only way to make sure. /s


4 posted on 09/28/2021 3:04:36 PM PDT by A Navy Vet (USA Birth Certificate - 1787. Death Certificate - 2021. )
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To: NoLibZone

Its Portand, why respond at all?


5 posted on 09/28/2021 3:04:50 PM PDT by Truth29
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To: NoLibZone
De-fund the police!

/S

6 posted on 09/28/2021 3:04:56 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: A Navy Vet

There are a lot of locations worldwide that need “correction” in order to fix what ails this planet.


7 posted on 09/28/2021 3:06:42 PM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021)
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Portland firefighters may receive bulletproof vests

For protection from the "I Vas Onlik Followink Ordahs" cops.

8 posted on 09/28/2021 3:08:53 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: NoLibZone

Nothing like working in a Democrat Paradise, is there?


9 posted on 09/28/2021 3:09:21 PM PDT by simpson96
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if you are a firefighter or an EMT and you are wearing bullet proof vests to do your job, you are in a war zone and you need to leave, pronto


10 posted on 09/28/2021 3:11:54 PM PDT by Chickensoup ( Leftists totalitarian fascists are eradicating conservatives)
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To: NoLibZone

“Peaceful Antifa” shows the world what. real fascist group looks like. It looks just like them


11 posted on 09/28/2021 3:12:53 PM PDT by realcleanguy (quickly things are falling apart, now that the )
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I know EMTs and paramedics who have been threatened if the patient dies, particularly if the patient is a friend or relative of a gang member.

I responded with my dozer to a trailer park fire and we had to leave because the people there were threatening. They did not understand that no one is going to try to extinguish a fully engulfed trailer, nor is it possible for anyone to go into it and that the only line of defense was to prevent its spreading. They simply dropped/disconnected hoses and left until more law enforcement arrived.

There are some towns that have been devastated by wildfires that firefighters cannot go the the local store in uniform as they are harassed and threatened for not saving the town.


12 posted on 09/28/2021 3:16:24 PM PDT by rey
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That’s what happens when you let feral animals roam wild
for a year and a half.


13 posted on 09/28/2021 3:19:05 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Biden = Green Light to > China, N. K., Russia, M/E Terrorists, FBI, CDC, MSM, & the Left...)
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When we go on fires, at the briefings we are warned about potential hazards, damaged roads, bridges, power lines, fuel/chemical storage/factories, etc. On one fire we were told that the hazards were the inhabitants.


14 posted on 09/28/2021 3:19:06 PM PDT by rey
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Why not just send social workers to protect the firemen?


15 posted on 09/28/2021 3:19:24 PM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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If it weren’t for all those white supremacist Trump voters, they wouldn’t have to wear bullet proof vests! The FBI says so, for anyone who can read between the lines.

Get rid of them once and for all, and Nirvana!


16 posted on 09/28/2021 3:22:21 PM PDT by Dogbert41 ("Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled" (Matthew 5:6).)
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I remember the pointless Rodney King riots in LA and the firefighters trying to put our flames caused by the scumbags and being shot at. It broke my heart.

It all started at the initial flashpoint of Florence and Normandie in South Central LA while a dozen or so crazies were looting one liquor store on the corner. I just happened upon it while channel surfing and was amazed the LAPD withdrew from such a small incident. If they had moved in with over-powering force (SWAT?), Los Angeles wouldn't have burned for 6 days.

THE only good cloud lining was that the Korean defenders were not prosecuted.

17 posted on 09/28/2021 3:27:08 PM PDT by A Navy Vet (USA Birth Certificate - 1787. Death Certificate - 2021. )
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To: TonyinLA

Things must not be going well for the Portland Socialists. You bought it, voted for it, now live with it.


18 posted on 09/28/2021 3:28:05 PM PDT by chopperk
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To: NoLibZone

Just add more weight to their turnout gear. I wonder how many will refuse it for that reason?


19 posted on 09/28/2021 3:29:02 PM PDT by Tacrolimus1mg (Do no harm, but take no sh!t.)
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There is zero political will to pacify Portland. Fine. Build a containment wall around it. Permit no one to leave the city.

20 posted on 09/28/2021 3:34:59 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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