Unfiltered tales from the dark side of 911
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Imagine what $1.2 million could do for training, equipment, or operational readiness.
You can’t stretch a hose line with a diversity report.
Austin is paying a firm $1.2 million to design its firefighter entrance exam so that black, Hispanics and women score better.
The contract orders the firm to use test sections that "reduce or eliminate disparate impact" on those three groups.
If those groups still score lower, the firm says it will recommend branding and "compensatory adjustments," among other things.
Federal law bans adjusting hiring test scores by race or sex. In 2009 the Supreme Court ruled that New Haven broke civil rights law when it threw out a firefighter exam because too few black candidates passed.
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What’s one fire service tradition that needs to die?
And don’t give me some politically correct answer.
I want the one that’ll piss off half your department.
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There's no greater threat to public safety than a grown adult with zero common sense and unlimited confidence.
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The fire service has an incredible ability to take the most competent person in the room and put them under the supervision of the least competent person in the department.
Just now a medical call.
Us: Do you all have power of attorney over your mother?
Daughter on phone with sibling: do we have power over eternity?
Classic.
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The chiefs will tell you that you're family right up until you become inconvenient. Then suddenly it's a business.
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The fire service has perfected the art of promoting people based on everything except their ability to do the fucking job.
The fire service has officially become the customer service department for people who have exhausted every other option except common fucking sense.
The fire service is the only place where administration will spend $40,000 trying to figure out why morale is in the shitter instead of just asking everyone why they fucking hate coming to work.
On this Independence Day, let us not forget what kicked off the American Revolution! Today we celebrate life, liberty, and leather!
Today I had to write up the first officer I ever worked for, who I rode with on my very first shift, who I’ve always looked up to. He was very cordial and understanding and we finished by laughing and talking about the old days. Never would I have thought this would ever happen.
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How many firefighters does NFPA require to change a lightbulb? 1 to change it, 1 to heel the ladder, 2 on a standby hoseline, 1 manning the pump, 1 in command, a safety officer, and 3 more on RIT. All must wear safety glasses and helmet with face shield down.
Who would you expect to walk through your door when you call 911 for your mother or child? To someone else’s family, you are that person. Are you living up to your own standard? If not then get better. If you don’t want to get better, find another profession.