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Ego or Ignorance?
I figured since I'm new here, what a better way to get noticed than to start a thread that will probably ignite emotion. Having been experienced both as a firefighter and an ems provider, I think I have a good idea about this issue. Fire or EMS, who is better? Neither. I have run into the guys while I worked private ambulance that wanted my partner and I to wait outside the house with our gurney until they finished tx their patient. They said ambulance people don't know what they are doing and are just in the way. While in medic school, I had a f/f tell me that if I wasn't a firefighter, I was stupid. Conversely, while working Fire and running a few medical calls, ran across a medic and his partner that were included in the scene and proceeded to argue with me and my crew in front of the patient! After the call I overheard them say, "figures, what can you expect out of fire, they don't know what they're doing....they just want to show off to keep up the 'hero' image."
So what do you all think? Me personally, I feel we are all equally important members of a large team of public safety. However now that we have blurred the lines of EMS/Fire with the advent of ALS fire departments, it seems the old rivalry is being fueled again.
what is your feedback? and keep in mind, no one is stupid unless they are calling names and rude.
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Permalink Reply by Brian Dumser on
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Great point Chief! I think that some of these folks forget that no matter if you're on the fire side or the EMS side, or like my neck of the woods where we're all FF/EMT's or FF/Medics, we're all here to save lives and property.
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Permalink Reply by Paul Montpetit on
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what's not to love....? the sweet smell of burning residue, the dull glow of soot on you face....the mud caked boots on your dainty feet..........AHHhhhhhhh my aching heart
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Permalink Reply by Vic Silverfish on
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This is exactly how I met my wife!
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Permalink Reply by Norm Tindell on
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Can't we all just get along?
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Permalink Reply by Chris Moyer on
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How about IDIOTS that should cover it!
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Permalink Reply by Fabulous Heather Days of Summer on
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You gotta watch this Patti - she has other smart parts too... Her ass is just the beginning of the wisdom that she cracks...
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i tried to give him some gasoline tips - but I have truthfully not mastered the art of ffn instigation myself... yet...
so I think, Oh Master Paul, you should elaborate for him and tell new guy how to get a barn burner going around here !!!
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Kum-ba-yah
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What....? You mean me...? Oh, golly gee....I don't now if I could do that....I might hurt someones feelings...... 8)
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You know Norm...a little rivalry or jousting back and forth is a good thing...it is #1 all in fun....#2 harmless..and believe it or not #3 a great team builder.....Sure we throw jabs back and forth...hell we do that among ourselves in the Fire service everyday...but when it comes time to work we are there shoulder to shoulder and if the proverbial shit hits the fan I don't have to look who is at my 6 o'clock...it doesn't matter...I know they will be there if I need them and they know the same for me....we will NEVER leave our partner.
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you're right - don't do it... it's all fun and games, until someone loses an eye
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