WHAT THEY DO....

I WOULD LIKE EVERYONE TO PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THE PHOTOS. AFTER TAKING A LOOK, I WILL EXPLAIN WHAT THIS POST IS ABOUT....

TELL ME WHAT YOU SEE IN THOSE PHOTOS? MOST RESPONSES WILL BE SOMETHING LIKE; FIRE, FIREFIGHTERS, FIRE HOSE, WATER ETC.

 

THOSE ARE ALL NORMAL RESPONSES AND VERY CORRECT. BUT LET'S TAKE A CLOSE LOOK...

 

WHEN YOU THINK OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT YOU PROBABLY THINK OF FIRE ENGINES/TRUCKS, FIREFIGHTERS, HOSES AND LADDERS. YOU PROBABLY ALSO THINK ABOUT THOSE THINGS RESPONDING TO HOUSES ON FIRE OR BUSINESSES THAT ARE BURNING.

 

BUT WHAT MOST PEOPLE FORGET AND UNFORTUNATELY PEOPLE THAT MAKE VERY IMPORTANT DECISIONS ABOUT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, LIKE BUDGETS AND STAFFING LEVELS, FORGET IS THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDS TO EVERY EMERGENCY.

 

DOES ANYONE SEE A HOUSE BURNING? A BUSINESS ON FIRE? NO...BUT WE DO SEE A FIRE MOST LIKELY CAUSED FROM A GAS MAIN BEING BATTLED. IS THIS A EVERY DAY INCIDENT? NO IT IS NOT...BUT OUR DEPARTMENT RESPONDED AND DID A EXCELLENT JOB!

 

THE POINT OF THIS POST IS THAT OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDS TO EVERY EMERGENCY, INCLUDING HOUSE AND BUSINESS FIRES, BUT ALSO TO GAS LINE FIRES, HAZ-MAT EMERGENCIES, RESCUE EMERGENCIES (ON LAND AND WATER), AIRPORT EMERGENCIES, EXPLOSIONS, TO NAME JUST A FEW....

 

WHAT YOU DON'T SEE, BUT WAS THERE WAS AN AMBULANCE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDS WITH AN AMBULANCE TO EVERY FIRE WITH AT LEAST ONE AMBULANCE FOR THE SAFETY OF THE CITIZENS AND THE FIREFIGHTERS.

 

THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ALSO RESPONDS TO MEDICAL EMERGENCIES RANGING FROM CPR IN PROGRESS TO THE WEEK OLD STUBBED TOE. NO MATTER THE EMERGENCY THEY RESPOND...

 

ON TOP OF RESPONDING TO EVERY EMERGENCY THAT GOES THROUGH THE 911 SYSTEM, THESE MEN AND WOMEN MUST TRAIN AND STUDY LIKE THEIR LIVES DEPEND ON IT. THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS NOT ONLY DO THEIR LIVES DEPEND ON, SO DOES YOURS!

 

THEY STUDY STREETS, THEY CHECK HYDRANTS, THEY TEST FIRE HOSE, THEY KEEP UP THE MAINTENANCE ON THEIR EQUIPMENT, THEY GIVE TOURS OF STATIONS, THEY GO OUT AND GIVE PRESENTATIONS...

 

THE DAYS OF THINKING THAT YOUR FIREFIGHTERS SIT AROUND AND DRINK COFFEE AND EAT ICE CREAM ALL DAY ARE LONG GONE..

 

AND SO SHOULD THE ATTITUDE OF THEY CAN DO MORE WITH LESS! MOST FIRE DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE FACING THAT EXACT ATTITUDE FROM THEIR CITY LEADERS, AND THIS CITY IS NO DIFFERENT. 

 

THERE IS GOING TO COME A TIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE WHERE YOUR VOICE CAN HELP OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE IT IS YOURS, ATTEMPT TO GET WHERE THEY NEED TO BE...

 

THIS CITY IS GROWING AT A RATE THAT IS UNPRECEDENTED AND THERE IS NO DENYING THAT. CONSTRUCTION IS AT A ALL TIME HIGH, OUR NEW WATER PARK ON THE ISLAND WILL SOON BE BUILT AND OPERATIONAL, THE NEW SHORELINE WHATEVER WILL BE COMPLETE SOON DRAWING IN EVEN MORE TOURISTS...

 

THE QUESTION IS, IS OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE SO THAT IT CAN RESPOND WITH ENOUGH PERSONNEL TO HANDLE EVERY EMERGENCY SAFELY AND PROMPTLY THAT THIS CITY WILL HAVE??

 

GO BY ANY FIRE STATION AND TAKE THE TIME TO SIT WITH THESE MEN AND WOMEN AND ASK THEM THAT SAME QUESTION, SEE IF THEIR ANSWER IS THE SAME AS YOURS. IF IT DIFFERS, ASK WHY? BECOME INFORMED AND INVOLVED, AFTER ALL IT IS OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT...

 

BECAUSE WHAT THEY DO IS PROBABLY NOT WHAT YOU THINK THEY DO...