Quote Originally Posted by niceguyeddie View Post
Good idea.



Using fear to gain support. Sure, that's what our politicians do. The old "what if?". Well what if we found a better solution to save tax payer money. once again, why not use volunteers and interns to run errands and wash the truck?
Not trying to instill fear in anyone. That's pretty much the reality of it. Most people say fireman are just hanging out buying groceries and waxing their trucks because that's what they see. They also see that same crew driving down the road lights and sirens not really knowing what they are up. Could be going over to a call for an old lady who's fallen could also be going to a cardiac arrest. You can't pick and choose what accidents are going to happen when and where. To look at a fire stations annual call # and divide that across 365 days is still unfair. The day they ran 2 calls they were equally prepared as the day they ran 20 and responded to them with the same efforts.

As far as cleaning the units with volunteers sure why not. But blaming the fireman isn't helping anything. They show up do their job and do it well. I don't see any private company vehicles getting detailed and checked on by their employees. You wanna blame someone blame the city officials or the state official. I can guarantee a fireman will take care of their unit whether it's 2 days old or 5 years old.