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Comment by Dustin J. Millis on January 27, 2009 at 2:12am

No doug, Unfortunatly I am not kidding at all. In fact, I could have given you the exact details of what they said but decided it was probably better not too. I'm not sure what happened to the ff's in question, however; I can guarantee that if they were on our dept. they also would have been terminated.

Comment by Chad Eason on January 26, 2009 at 1:45pm

These individuals would be asked to leave and told their services are no longer needed. We have a neighboring dept. that also can not seem to stay off the radio and think that is a phone, but they have never done anything that bad.

Comment by Doug on January 26, 2009 at 6:41am

Please tell me you're kidding. You're kidding, right? I mean virtually everyone has had an "oops" on a stuck open mic(Hell, I've had several since I used to be a 911 dispatcher), but this is just ridiculous. These guys should be reprimanded. It's very unprofessional, amongst other things I can think of but won't mention.

Comment by Glen Garland on January 25, 2009 at 9:01pm

I will simply say that if that was my loved one (daughter, wife, mother, grandmother...age is irrelevent here) being talked about and disrespected in that fashion on the radio, I would have some jobs and the folks leaving would have a very uplifting experience compliments of my size 12 steel toed work boot. After that probably my temper would kick in...I don't know where that would go. If that was my dept I would have some jobs and the folks...well you get the idea. Horrendous PR blunder I don't think even a Washington politician could spin out of.

Comment by Kimberly A Bownas on January 25, 2009 at 5:04pm

That is just appalling and disrespectful to the patient and is a disgrace to the department that they belong to. These members in my opinion need to be dealt with and some sort of discipline needs to be handed done. Sorry if this sounds harsh then I am sorry but there is no excuse for that kind of discussion over the radio or any where else, especially about a 16 year old girl....

Comment by Art "ChiefReason" Goodrich on January 25, 2009 at 11:45am

Well, if that is MY daughter that they are saying those things about, I would not rest until an appropriate corrective action including discipline and a formal public apology is made and then I'd let the FCC know that "children" are using the emergency channels licensed by the FCC for non-emergency purposes. Let's see how much money will fall out of their pockets.
People who want to hear themselves on the radio and won't STFU make me ill.
Proper communications is probably the least practiced area of firefighting.
It should be near the top of the list and closely monitored.
Believe it or not; you can get into trouble for the things you say on the radio.
Really.
TCSS.
Art

Comment by Mick Mayers on January 24, 2009 at 10:41pm

Whenever I say something bad in my vehicle, I always look down to see if the "transmit" light is on.

Comment by BillySFCVFD on January 24, 2009 at 10:34pm

A good slamming and retraining is needed for them. Respect and sensitivity should be displayed.

Funny story Mick. You got me checking my mic key now. TCSS

Comment by Mick Mayers on January 24, 2009 at 9:08pm

I think some people need some disciplinary action, regardless of what they said with the radio keyed up, which only served to expose their inmature and irresponsible behavior. On a lighter note, however, we used to have to send an engine company out to the airport to stand by for incoming flights (this was in like, 1983) and it was BORING duty.

One day, this firefighter goes out there, and his mike is stuck open. And he is singing (badly and loudly) to himself for everyone to hear. This was before cell phones were popular, so I called the fixed base operator out at the airport and said, "hey, go out to that fire engine out there and tell the guy in it his mike is on."

So we're listening to this really bad singing and all of a sudden, you hear him stop and go, "&8%6, what does this #$%hole want?" And you hear the window rolling down and you hear the guy say, "Hey, your buddies called us and said your mike is open!" The radio went silent after that.