chief1217199
04-03-2001, 05:04 PM
I was the Fire chief of a medium fire dept. This dept was not involved in ems, in the rescue. I am also employed by the ems provider in this county. My dilema started when I saw that response times were getting longer and care was not given early enought to viable patients.
As chief I started the first responder with all of the cty fire depts. This idea works very well with every dept except the one I was chief of, sure some of the guys were really gung-ho about this idea and became responders. I bought supplies for every responder.
Well there are a few firefighters on the dept that are very much against this and who also play golf with certain city officials. the mayor became very involved in this issue and I was rold that the first responders would not be funded by the fire dept budget and that I would no longer be the fire chief. My only problem with this is, WHAT ABOUT OUR CITIZENS! Why are they not given the medical care they deserve? If anyone has any suggestions on how I can make this work please e-mail me at chief1217199@yahoo.com thanks for your time.
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As chief I started the first responder with all of the cty fire depts. This idea works very well with every dept except the one I was chief of, sure some of the guys were really gung-ho about this idea and became responders. I bought supplies for every responder.
Well there are a few firefighters on the dept that are very much against this and who also play golf with certain city officials. the mayor became very involved in this issue and I was rold that the first responders would not be funded by the fire dept budget and that I would no longer be the fire chief. My only problem with this is, WHAT ABOUT OUR CITIZENS! Why are they not given the medical care they deserve? If anyone has any suggestions on how I can make this work please e-mail me at chief1217199@yahoo.com thanks for your time.
[This message has been edited by chief1217199 (edited 04-03-2001).]
[This message has been edited by chief1217199 (edited 04-19-2001).]