-> Too bad. Having worked all sorts of details, at what might be
-> considered somewhat exorbitant over time rates, I don't have that
-> much sympathy for them. At most of these details, such as movie
-> sets, races, building demolitions, sporting events, the EMS people
-> are among the lowest paid people. I'm not complaining, because the
-> city pays us extremely well, in the same range as police and fire as
-> it happens. The point is, if these people are too cheap to pay for
-> two ALS units, then they have no right to complain. Racing to the ER
-> with a stable patient is not the way to deal with it.
 
What city do you work for, if you don't mind me asking. I would love to
work for a city as a firefighter and in EMS, but the competition is
pretty tough. I ranked number 18 out of 300 applicants on the written
for a city FD, only to flunk the phys. test. I didn't mind, because all
the guys didn't pass it, either. But, I'll keep trying...
 
-> Details, as we call them, are often lots of fun. They are usually
-> overtime, which makes it more fun. And to boot, the chances are that
-> you won't have to kill yourself working either. Some of them include
-> free food and other goodies. However, I still wouldn't unnecessarily
-> risk getting in an accident to accommodate the customer.
 
Oh, yeah. I love working -er- details? People who refuse to work them
make no sense. I spent many a Friday night at the motorcross with three
guys, laughing it up and having more fun than going out to get drunk.
That whole season, I think we might have transported 3? The only bad
part was washing the unit afterwards, but hey! That's what rookies are
for, no?
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