Does It Get Any Dumber Than This

[flamingemt2011]

We do not know that Fire was dispatched before EMS, that is what the parent thinks happened. Nowhere in the article does it state that EMS was delayed because they were waiting on Fire to request them. The policy that requires that is for "non-emergent" calls. I imagine both were dispatched at the same time, but the ambulance came from a different area than the fire station.

[Richard B the EMT]

Just a thought, without documantation: Could the mother have inadvertantly implied FD needed for "Rescue", leaving the call taker(s) to believe the child was pinned under the vehicle?