15,334
Medical Calls
3,354
Fires
752
Public Assists
161
Responders
President George W. Bush in November 2002 established the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, combing 22 agencies and 170,000 workers. The law failed to address the fire fighter staffing crisis. #IAFF100Years See more history at 100years.iaff.org/
Nova Scotia to broaden PTSD benefits for first responders as of next week:
www.thechronicleherald.ca/news/regional/ns-to-broaden-ptsd-benefits-for-first-responders-as-of-ne...
www.thechronicleherald.ca/news/regional/ns-to-broaden-ptsd-benefits-for-first-responders-as-of-ne...
Woodstock, ON Local 477 members photographed with their aerial ladder truck and the Woodstock mayor in 1939. #FBF
State lawmakers, Detroit firefighters' union discuss 'no lights, no sirens' policy
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Some state lawmakers say a new 911 policy is slowing down emergency response times.
The article really doesn't address what the issue is from what I've read in other discussions from DFD personnel. The issue isn't a matter of having to respond to some calls non-emergency. The issue is that calls are being mis-coded as non-emergency, some of which they are arriving at and finding working fires.
Our emt service runs most of our medical calls with no lights and sirens yet my department responds to everything with lights and sirens if they aren’t in a hurry why should we be? 🤷🏽♂️
A lot of cities have coded responses including 1 of 2 that I work in. The other, per policy, we expected to run code to everything. I see both sides of the argument.
Not a good Idea
Just stupid.
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OVER ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SERVICE
In Tampa, as with other major American cities, the evolution from all volunteer to career fire companies occurred due to the arrival of steam technology. Tampa’s first organized volunteer fire department was founded in1884. Seven “bucket brigades” were organized to serve the city. On May 10, 1895, the city council passed ordinance #307 authorizing Tampa’s first professional, paid fire department. A. J. Harris was named chief to preside over 22 fire fighters in five stations at an annual budget of $18,000. The paid firefighters worked in the stations for ten to twelve days at a time. Most of the firefighters lived near their duty stations and were permitted to go home for meals, provided they could return within one hour. Their salary was equivalent to that of police patrol officers, about $600 a year. From May 10, 1895, forward the fire department began to evolve. First the “bucket brigades” were slowly replaced by hand operated pumpers pulled to the scene by the firefighters. Fire hydrants and steam engines were introduced to do the work of pumping water to firefighter’s hoses. With the introduction of steam engines came the requirement of horses to pull the extremely heavy apparatus. read more
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