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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 Patti Walz on
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You sure do know how to woo a girl....
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Jack this video was too funny.....
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Hehehe.....
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Everyone tells me I am a smart a$$.... :)
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But then we wouldn't be brothers and sisters......
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Permalink Reply by Mark Oomkes on
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I think it's time to exit before I get in trouble. lol
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There goes my fun for the day.... Sheesh..... Stuck behind a desk all day.... I look forward to the postings..... and then get let down...... :)
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Permalink Reply by Johnathan Turner on
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i have to agree with you ems and ff are both equally important.
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"He was a one eyed one horn flying purple people eater"
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Breathe Ralph Breathe..... hehehe
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Great, now I am going to be singing that song to myself all day.
Thanks a bunch.
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Permalink Reply by Gary Stevenson on
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Airman, Soldier, Sailer, or Marine... which one is better? It's all perception and where your passion lies. We need fire and we need EMS, and in a lot of cases it's the same thing. A lot FFs started at a private ambulance company and a lot of private ambulance EMTs want to work for the Fire Service. Rivalry and passion are good but in the end respect must lead the way.
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