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re: Fire fighting needs to be rethunk
Posted on 4/12/18 at 10:08 am to RealityTiger
Posted on 4/12/18 at 10:08 am to RealityTiger
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This is because dumbasses will dial 911 for a fender bender.
Not reporting an accident is a crime baw
Posted on 4/12/18 at 10:09 am to Kujo
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Houses aren't made of wood anymore. We use fire retardant gypsum board, and other resistant construction materials....add smoke detectors and fire fighters on call are overkill.
Die in a fire.
Posted on 4/12/18 at 10:09 am to Kujo
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What's quicker, a 2 man crew in an ambulance...or a 10 man crew on a yacht?
The FD in BR
Posted on 4/12/18 at 10:11 am to Kujo
As someone fimiliar with fire fighting, volunteer training needs to be revamped. Also basic knowledge of fire behavior should be a must for all levels of emergency response. I've seen some truly dumb things done by "fire fighters" that could have had bad results because they didn't know basically fire behavior.
Posted on 4/12/18 at 10:12 am to Kujo
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Yeah, I didn't even count them in expenses. I just used the salaries of the hairless gym rats that are issued medium sized shirts
Our budget hearings are open to the public. Would love to see you there to voice your opinion. Google the date.
Also every firehouse in New Orleans is open to the public. Stop by and voice your opinion.
Let me know how it goes, big man.
Posted on 4/12/18 at 10:12 am to dfintlyHmmrd
I know how it works. You can call the police department to respond to an accident without dialing 911.
Posted on 4/12/18 at 10:15 am to Kujo
I took my Polaris Ranger into the shop for new tires yesterday. In the next bay, the local volunteer fire department had their year old toy in for scheduled service. A 900 Polaris with every conceivable manufacturer option on it, plus another 5 to 8k worth of fire toys, gear, and comms. There was not a scratch on this beast. It must look great at the Thanksgiving parade. So much conspicuous waste in our government.
Posted on 4/12/18 at 10:17 am to Kujo
Fire stations are some of the most over staffed public buildings there is. If they actually only responded to fires they wouldn't have shite to do. That's why they show up at every traffic accident and medical call. They need to justify those taxes they collect.
Posted on 4/12/18 at 10:19 am to kywildcatfanone
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Much like police, who aren't there to prevent crime, but to stop it.
Typical OT response but police actually can get out and patrol. just presence in an area can prevent a crime from occurring. A firetruck riding by your house wont prevent a fire.
Posted on 4/12/18 at 10:19 am to White Bear
quote:Exactly, because it's easier to tell a little kid to simply dial 911 for anything.
Because they've been told to do so since grade school.
However...as adults, it needs to be said that 911 is an emergency number. It's not for a fender bender. It's not because the neighbor is playing his music too loud. It's if you are in a serious situation and it's an emergency. Being in a little fender bender wreck is not an emergency. A seriously bad wreck where there could possibly be injuries, yeah...call 911.
Posted on 4/12/18 at 10:19 am to Salmon
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They started going to EMS calls because they can respond quicker
Correct
We have an EMS / Fire Station around the corner from my office.
Twice we have had to call 911 for medical emergencies.
Both times the fire dept was there well before EMS, the 2nd time the fire dept pulled up as I was hanging up with the 911 operator.
Posted on 4/12/18 at 10:22 am to LSUcajun77
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ignorant civilian
Are you not a civilian?
Posted on 4/12/18 at 10:28 am to FelicianaTigerfan
There are a couple of you on here who have wives that have gotten a train run on them by some firemen.
Sorry bout your little dick, bro.
Sorry bout your little dick, bro.
Posted on 4/12/18 at 10:32 am to Kujo
quote:This is fantastic.
Houses aren't made of wood anymore
We definitely need this poster appointed to some sort of advsiory board on housefires!!
Posted on 4/12/18 at 10:35 am to LSUJML
It makes sense to have a few distribution points for police, EMS and firefighters so that they can quickly respond to emergencies.
Does each station need a chief? Why not have one chief for the Parish, one administrative office, and distribute calls to individual stations for a response?
St. Tammany Parish has 13 fire districts, and the Covington Fire Department, and each one has a chief. I wonder how much salary/benefits each chief draws.
Does each station need a chief? Why not have one chief for the Parish, one administrative office, and distribute calls to individual stations for a response?
St. Tammany Parish has 13 fire districts, and the Covington Fire Department, and each one has a chief. I wonder how much salary/benefits each chief draws.
Posted on 4/12/18 at 10:38 am to dfintlyHmmrd
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Not reporting an accident is a crime baw
No
Posted on 4/12/18 at 10:44 am to LSUcajun77
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Also every firehouse in New Orleans is open to the public
So are the ones in L.A. On Christmas Eve this year we took homemade cookies to our local fire house and police station for the guys who were away from their families that night.
Thank you
Oh yeah, and when the schizophrenic down the street is off his meds and becomes violent, the fire dept is much closer and gets to him sooner. They bring an EMT with them. The police are there for security and the ambulance takes him away to the hospital.
Personally, I'm fine with my taxes going to that. Much better than some of the bullshite programs I support.
This post was edited on 4/12/18 at 10:47 am
Posted on 4/12/18 at 10:52 am to LSUcajun77
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Last year we responded to 70,000 calls. They include :
Medicals 40,000
Elvalators
Gas Leaks
Power lines down
Car accident
Water rescues
Collapses
False alarms
Business alarms
Searches
Bomb threats
Chemical spills
Trash fires
Auto fires
Grass fires
Shooting clean up
Fuel clean up
Lift assist
Suicide Attempts
Covering stations
Animal rescues
Lock outs
Police assist
Focibile entries
Etc.....
Posted on 4/12/18 at 10:53 am to Kujo
Your thinking is flawed. Firefighters don’t just put wet stuff on hot stuff. There is prevention, pre planning, maintenance of equipment, inspections, education....the list goes on and on....These guys don’t just sit around for 24 hrs firing off knuckle children waiting on structure fires. Only a very small portion of their time is spent actually fighting working fires but training and preparation are the lions share of their duties. If you want to find ways to save money, start with your elected officials and your government’s wasteful spending not those men and women who train all their lives to save you or your kids in the worst hour you’ll experience in your life. 15 min of fire fighting is equivalent to 8hr work day cardio wise. You cannot do without your fire dept....you are going to pay for fire protection and be protected or you going to pay the insurance company without protection, you choose!
Posted on 4/12/18 at 11:04 am to Kujo
They started responding to medical calls to oxygenate the brain until advanced prehospital care can arrive on the scene....lots of ignorant internet badasses in here, right up until the time their loved one falls the the floor in cardiac arrest....THEN the outrage begins because all these homestead exempt badass know it alls who don’t even pay a tax to fund emergency responses, wasn’t there to save them....your attitude would change quickly when one of you OT baws wrap that pimp mobile around a pole and lay a dashboard on your lap, will do just like I’ve seen you do and cry your drunk arse, wanting your momma....it’s those “stand around doing nothing” guys cutting your stupid arse out that car....why don’t you tell him then there’s too many of them wasting your money!
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