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Originally Posted by Annie01
can someone explain to me why the fire truck follows the emt trucks for an emergency call??? NO FIRE..maybe a heart attack etc...of what use is a fire truck??? seems llike aot of wasted gas and time for them to follow every call...anyone know why?????
i would think the emt truck has everything they need.....just wondering !!!
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So many great answers here, hope you realize your tax dollars are not being wasted and there really is a reason for what you see. Different calls require different responses, plus nowadays firefighters are cross trained to do many things including being medics, instead of being basic emergency medical technicians.
With the advances of fire prevention you see a lot less on the fire side, and departments are seeing their EMS calls increase greatly. Plus here the medics appear to be pretty busy.
Plus, you will likely see the medic wagon follow the engine to a fire also, there is a regulation that says if you have two firefighters on the inside you have to have two on the outside. "Two in, two out".
So there is a method to the FD madness!!