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Old 03-23-2021, 09:57 AM
Wendy Bradley Wendy Bradley is offline
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Being a retired Firefighter, EMT, Public Safety Officer . I find this quite funny.... Everyone wants us (only) when they need us. Most of us do these jobs because we love it. Most of us hold down second jobs. Due to t hff at first job will not feed our families pay a mortgage. When I started 30 years ago I made $1.42 an hour ! Fire protection is NOT calculated by how many fires are in one area is by population. The national average for EMS truck roll at of their station is 5 minutes. The average for a Fire Apparatus 2 minutes . We not only handle Fires, entrapment, car accident, medical calls, kids needing help with projects, people falling. How dare you say it is a waste. The average fire engine Carries 750 maybe 1000 gallons of water. That is 5 to 7 1/2 minutes to fire a fire. Still want to cut the taxes... You put on that 50lbs of gear and step up to the plate and do our job.