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Good thing I am promoting good patient care with my statement then.

I guess we agree on something for a change. It is time we give up battling that battle and just battle the services whether fire, third, private, etc that suc. If a service provides quality patient care regardless of what type of service they should be commended. If they suc they should be forced to improve or quit.

Earnings: $75,000 Benefits: Health and Life Insurance, Retirement, vacation, personal days, sick leave, and much much more Job Title: Paramedic Experience: 1 years as a Paramedic, 3 years with company, way to many years in EMS Type: County non fire State: TX Work 10-12 24 hour shifts per month Cost of living: Cheap $500 a month gets a McMansion Quality of life in area: Almost crime free, clean air, clear skys, and much much more

Wow I don't recall my post.

There is no real Mexican food in Phoenix. If that's the best you've gotten you have never had real.

I agree well put and welcome back Vent.

Wow I couldn't help but think this EMS vs fire fight has gone physical. Hope all speedy recovery.

My understanding is they are not accurate if they are vibrated, moving etc, so not a good choice for EMS.

Honestly normally there is more than enough food brought to the station and the odd man could just chip in some money to who ever had bought the food. And where I am at you are never short a man as you have to have someone come in if someone calls in sick or leaves hurt so they can chip in. And if you are allowed to be short a man you would only be adding at most a dollar to each remaining persons share of costs unless you are eating like kings. Also why not keep some basic supplies like soup, oatmeal, etc in your locker or car. Then you could eat. You don't have to eat fancy. I am also aware of many fire depts that have multiple sets of kitchen cabinets and multiple refrigerators so each shift has there supplies locked up. So usually they only need to bring a couple of items to make a meal and if they don't get to go shopping they can make something from what they have already. Might not be steak and shrimp but its food. Another thing am I the only person that has actually stayed at my own home for a 24 hour time period w/o leaving? Many of you are whining about them going crazy from being stuck at the station with the TV, the comp, the exercise equipment, the video games either provided or brought from home, etc. What the heck? They have more readily available to do than most tax payers do.

Hope the woman has the money to pay to have the apt fixed.

If they have no station fire or EMS that is a whole different argument. Then I would be arguing that the taxpayers need to help get the crews a station. And if EMS has a station they should only leave it for calls not to go shopping. It is not hard to bring groceries for a 24 hour shift. It is best to not give the public any reason to think you are wasting their money because then they will dig deeper into your budget and take away more toys.

"1.So my question is, How many of you are professional EMT-P? as in strictly paramedic work, no fire dept," I am a Professional Paramedic with no connection to a fire department. "2.you know you will stay this way and keep it as a career? " Fire has no business in EMS so I would never become a Paramedic fire fighter, so yes I will stay a Professional Paramedic. "3.2nd part of question do you know or work with others as well that have done 10-15-20 yrs of the profession and still enjoy what they do?" I work with and know many that are single role Paramedic Professionals. They are still happy and satisfied. They are frustrated though by the over all lack of advancement they see in the medical aspect of EMS though. "4.and is it something you can live comfortable (not rich, wealthy) doing as a career choice?" Yes I can live very comfortable doing this career choice. As a single role non fire Professional Paramedic I make more than most fire Paramedics and I am able to live in a great area with a low cost of living. The benefits are better than any fire service I have ever seen or heard of. And if invested properly getting financially wealthy would be a possibility.

That there is funny I don't care who you are. I want one of your business cards.

Why not just have it be another skill added to the EMTs resume? Heck my understanding is they pay good for it. Plus you could take solace in knowing it was done right so the inmate did not suffer like his/her victims did.

Where's the popcorn when you need it?

But what if we have another great dumping of inmates from prisons or the person escapes and the person you did not execute kills some one? Now you have just caused harm it would seem to me. And if you say a combat medic is a soldier first then you could say an EMT is a citizen first and obligated to carry out the will of his fellow citizens that gave the death penalty.

Part of EMS responsibility is prevention of injury or death. Therefore you could reason that you are helping eliminate a threat. Of course since NAEMT does nothing for EMS their opinion carrys basically as little weight as mine does.

That is so true. Sad but true.

Why should they voice an opinion on what we should or should not do?

They can eat but why can't they bring their food with them? Many non fire jobs do not allow you to leave the plant or the premises so you bring food or go hungry. And yes it still counts as a lunch break and they get no pay while sitting in company property, yet these fire fighters are being paid while using tax payer property to go do shopping. How is that fair? Next thing you know someone will say they should be allowed to do whatever they want because they rush into the flames to save life and property or some other idiotic hero complex statement. At least the reporter is a professional. I also respect that he is brave enough to take on one of the largest mob ran groups in the world that is the IAFF.

LOL. I applaud the reporter for standing up for the citizens against fire fighters wasting tax money. http://wbztv.com/iteam/boston.fire.trucks.2.1480631.html I-Team: Fire Trucks Being Used For Lunch Runs Reporting Joe Shortsleeve BOSTON (WBZ) WBZ If you saw a fire truck parked in the fire lane of a grocery store, chances are you would assume there was some kind of emergency inside. But when the I-Team saw a ladder truck outside a grocery store our hidden cameras spotted on-duty Boston firefighters leisurely wandering the aisles, shopping for sushi, frozen cookie dough and toothbrushes. It was a shopping trip that did not sit right with former city watchdog Jeffrey Connolly. "It's just not right," he said. The I-Team discovered this was not an isolated incident. Our cameras found the same truck, Engine 32, shopping at lunchtime at the same grocery store, four different times over the course of a couple of weeks. We wanted to find out if the truck stopped by on the way back from a call. The I-Team obtained call records for Engine 32 on all four days. There were no emergencies anywhere near lunchtime. We even looked at the training schedule, but there was no scheduled training for Engine 32. That means the Boston Fire Department has no record of any official reason that Engine 32 left the station on Main Street in Charlestown. We asked Fire Commissioner Roderick Fraser if it is ok for a fire truck to be used exclusively for a lunch run. "I think the practice is fine," the commissioner said. In fact, Commissioner Fraser said it better serves public safety if the men stay together, that way they are always available to take a call. "I don't want people leaving the fire house in a personal vehicle to get lunch," he said. "That leaves the fire company undermanned." Jeffrey Connolly recently retired after 30 years as executive director of the Boston Finance Committee, the office that watches every penny of the city's budget, including the fire department. "They (firefighters) think they are entitled to do whatever they want. They can take a city truck and do their own personal business," Connolly said. Commissioner Fraser told the I-Team that taking ladder trucks out of the station gives the firefighters a chance to meet the residents of the city's neighborhoods. "I don't have a problem with my guys taking a fire truck and going out and getting lunch or going to get coffee, as long as they stay in the district," he said. We saw Engine 32 shopping at a Stop and Shop. Not only was it out their district, it was out of the city of Boston. The store is located in Somerville. "There's no reason for a Boston fire truck to be driving to Somerville so these guys can get lunch," Connolly said. This time, the commissioner agreed, saying the crew should not be taking the truck out of the district just for lunch. A recent report ranked Boston as having one of the most expensive fire departments in the country. But the commissioner said he doesn't see this as an issue. We have a lot larger issues to deal with in the Boston Fire Department than who picks up lunch," he said. Jeffrey Connolly insists it sends the wrong message. "It doesn't look good for the taxpayers, particularly in this economy."

Yup I could have chosen to marry the rich girl rather than the poor one I've been happily married to for decades. So yes my inaction led to me working for a living.

That's nice to have but it don't pay the bills.

http://emsbootcamp.com/live/?page_id=53&wlfrom=%2Flive%2F%3Fp%3D88 Med math listed part way down the page. Costs money.

In the news this past week a hiker feel and they know he was alive at first because they heard him blowing his whistle. But on multiple occasions rescuers had to turn back because of conditions. A day or two later after they got to him he was dead. Are we going to hang those medics as well? http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/outposts/2010/02/mount-st-helens-rescue.html Story here "The rescue attempt was suspended Monday evening when high winds made footing unstable for search personnel. One rescuer reached the floor of the volcano's crater, but had to abandon efforts to find the man because strong downdrafts were dislodging rocks, said David Cox, Skamania County undersheriff."