Our FRiends have found a.....DIFFERENT perspective on the Atlanta gunman story

[brooklynite]

It's an example of BLOATED UNIONS!

Why would 5 firefighters respond to a medical call?

I actually heard recently it’s because of their unions...

I read a while back there are 2x as many firefighter/paramedics handling half the fires/accidents as 30 yrs ago.

Here in suburban Indianapolis they appear to spend a significant amount of time in the local WalMart loading shopping carts with massive amounts of food.

Where I live, usually 8 first responders show up: The firetruck driver, his navigator, the guy who holds the map, the guy who lifts the coffee cup up for the navigator, the air conditioning switch monitor, the backseat driver, the trauma psychologist, and one paramedic.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Oh FFS!

[mike_c]

6. +1

That was exactly my first reaction as well. FFS.

[malaise]

8. Ditto n/t

[shenmue]

2. Or, they give a damn about people dying.

What the hell is wrong with these people? What planet do the FR people come from?

[upaloopa]

3. It's because they all have to stay with the truck

so that they are ready if there is a actual fire emergency .

[Wednesdays]

4. OMG

[Glitterati]

5. THAT'S how it works around here

Firefighters are also trained EMS. A fire truck ALWAYS runs with an EMS call.

Fire truck and ambulance.

A L W A Y S.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

14. Here they roll the fire truck first to assess. Then roll the ambulance if needed.

The firefighters come first with a defibrillator and kit.

[Glitterati]

15. They roll together here

when my husband died, EMS arrived first, but the fire truck was right behind them.

Most arrived in their personal vehicles, then the ambulance and fire truck after.

[niyad]

7. hmmm, let's see (on the other hand, why bother, since facts mean nothing to them)

1980 United States Census

Date Taken April 1, 1980
Total U.S. Population 226,545,805


The Twentieth United States Census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 226,545,805, an increase of 11.4 percent over the 203,184,772 persons enumerated during the 1970 Census.[1

2010 United States Census

Date Taken April 1, 2010
Total U.S. Population 308,745,538


The twenty-third United States Census, known as Census 2010, is the most recent national census of the United States. National Census Day was April 1, 2010 and is the reference date used in enumerating (counting) individuals.[1] Directors of the 2010 Census made an emphasis on getting an accurate count, an emphasis that included the hiring of 635,000 temporary enumerators.[2][3] The population of the United States was counted as 308,745,538,[4] a 9.7% increase from the 2000 Census.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_United_States_Census

[Glitterati]

9. GA is right to work, firefighters are non-union

In fact, in my county next door to where this happened the firefighters are ALL VOLUNTEER!!!!!!!

Ain't no union firefighters in GA.

[niyad]

10. what a jerk--bet his tune changes when he actually needs those people

[rurallib]

11. Fire fighters should try to shop local markets

and avoid Walmart.

[frylock]

12. be a shame if one if these assholes required the service of a firefighter or EMS..

I really really really really really hope that never happens. really.

[madrchsod]

13. well maybe they should`t bitch about this....

maybe someday they`ll need some union paramedics to save their sorry asses.
actually 95% of that post is pure bullshit.

a month ago i had a massive heart attack. my wife was first on the scene a kept me alive till the paramedics came and worked on me till i got into the emergency room. after the stents were placed i did`t wake up and went into full cardio arrest. yes i was technically dead but the guys in the copter who worked on me kept my heart beating till i reached the regional trauma center.then a team of people kept me alive till i finally woke up.

my wife has training when a heart attack happens. our son have paramedic training and our grand daughter is going to be a nurse and a paramedic. so fuck that asshole that posted this on that shit stain site.

to bad my family and friends could`t set him/her straight in person

[Moses2SandyKoufax]

16. Do they even have unions in Georgia? n/t

[Glitterati]

17. NO!

As I posted above, GA is right to work. Firefighters are non-union.

Most fire departments outside of the City of Atlanta are all VOLUNTEER departments. The one in my county is volunteer.