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akroeze wrote the following and it just so fit here I had to paste it. "FYI: I worked at a base that only had a call volume in 2006 of 217 calls. Another base in the same service had a call volume of 120 for the year. Another base had a call volume of 80 for the year. The absolute BUSIEST base in the entire service of 14 bases in the service had a call volume of 701 in 2006 and it was near double the next busiest base. ALL of the bases, from the 80/year to the 701/year had fully paid crews at them. By the way, our wage as a PT employee was $27.16/hr plus 14% in lieu of benefits. Care to continue saying it is not possible to have a paid staff at all times?" Thanks akroeze for a great amount of proof that no service is to small to be paid. Link that statement was made in: http://www.emtcity.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=147248#147248

Exactly there is no way to say there is not enough money to have paid staff. To many examples of small towns with paid services. My part time service has fewer than 300 calls per year yet often has enough paid staff for two ambulances. This is a small rural community with most living below poverty level. It is just all the vollys quit and forced the issue. Then when joe blow important got sick and there was no ambulance, the community organized and got the budget corrected for prioritys rather than partys and holiday decorations. See this for more ideas on stopping the volly nonsensense. http://www.emtcity.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.ph...32&start=30 NYAEMT-I well done for having insurance. I have found most don't and most do not even realize it is needed.

You have to meet so many areas of proof but if you can back it up and it adds up to enough it is worth audit hassle. The government relies on those that fear audits to offset some of those that outright cheat. But regardless of taxes make sure you have insurance. I would hate to hear that any of you that respond POV died and your familys were now out on the street because you were not covered.

Ah lighten up or I'll make a make fun of steph post. :twisted:

That happens often here. I actually dialed 911 one day and was told "I'm currently on a 911 call please hold". I thought I was a 911 caller.

Not case in these instances. These were just good little catholic girls. I do understand some block things such as rape out and on rare cases girls have gotten pregnant when they let there boyfriends rub against them and the semen made it in. But most cases they made decision to have sex and don't want mommy and daddy to know that there good little catholic girl is now going to hell.

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Got to agree. How did you drive by and not see the smoke or the fire? That sounds like you blew it worse than the dispatcher. Dang maybe we should start a make fun of firefighter topic. :sign5:

Your full of crap. No freakin way. Please say it aint so. No wonder our profession can not make progress.

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Now brent you never fear you will always have my utmost disrespect. :wink: Your one of my favorite dispatchers but thats not saying much. :twisted:

Shrimp gumbo for me.

Basic Assumption About Dispatchers: Given the opportunity, any Dispatcher will be only too happy to tell you where to go, regardless of whether or not (s)he actually knows where that may be. Corollary 1: The existence or non-existence of any given location is of only minor importance to a Dispatcher. Corollary 2: Any street designated as a "Cross-street" by a Dispatcher probably isn't. Corollary 3: If a street name can be mispronounced, a Dispatcher will mispronounce it. Corollary 4: If a street name cannot be mispronounced, a Dispatcher will mispronounce it. Corollary 5: A Dispatcher will always refer to a given location in the most obscure manner as possible. E.g., "Stumpy Brown's Cabbage Field" is now covered by a shopping center.

The Basic Principle For Dispatchers: Assume that all field personnel are idiots until their actions prove your assumption. The Basic Principle For Field Personnel: Assume that all dispatchers are idiots until their actions prove your assumption.

A mother calls 911 very worried asking the dispatcher if she needs to take her kid to the emergency room, the kid was eating ants. The dispatcher tells her to give the kid some Benadryl and should be fine, the mother says, I just gave him some ant killer..... Dispatcher: Rush him in to emergency.

Now that all the serious stuff has been dealt with lets get back to having fun at dispatchers expense.

The first part I thought was a joke, that is said of all professions such as teachers are always joked at as being unable to do so they teach. Sorry to hear that there were personal attacks. Ignore them and have fun while you work to advance your chosen profession.

OP you put funnys about dispatch whaT DID YOU THINK WOULD HAPPEN. We are having fun at dispatchers expense. Sorry if it seems no one takes serious what you do.

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girl learning not to pick the deadskins and to cheer for the Cowboys with spenac

We've delivered many miracle babys from virgins in our rig. :roll: Who do they think they are fooling when they cry out its not mine momma I'm a good girl while baby still attached to her by umbilical cord?

giggling at my TV and the death of the deadskin season.

crazy cause the deadskins are losing to the seahawks :twisted: