Re: Fire Dept / EMS Service

[Guest guest]

,

I agree with most of your statement but there is one thing that I would

like to add. Being an employee of a Fire Based System; I love it!! I

get the best of both worlds because I love helping people...its what I do!

I think that regardless of what service it is; there can be those types of

people that provide patient care that is less than desirable. It is up to

the rest of us that care about people, our profession, and pre-hospital

medicine to watch and to seek those persons whom are less than desirable

and either help them back to the right way or help them out of the

business. There are pro's and con's to each type of service and the

service should fit the communities needs. I love being a Firefighter, I

love being a Paramedic, but I mostly love helping people and I could not

imagine stopping either one. As for both services together in our

department; its been great. I think Austin has a great service. I think

College Station has a good service. There are alot of good services out

there; some are Fire Based, some are third service, and some are private.

I think we should all just seek out those individuals that dont truely like

helping people and get them out. It's late so if I am not making sense or

missing the point, forgive me.

Respectfully,

Brent , FF/NREMT-P

At 10:09 PM 4/14/99 -0500, you wrote:

> This may get me in hot water, but my opinion is:

>

> But, if they force firefighters who don't want to be in EMS onto the

>ambulance, no one wins.

>

>

>

> City run third service, where fire is fire, and EMS is EMS.

>

>

>stephens1@...

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>

>> [texasems-L] Fire Dept / EMS Service

>>

>>

>> How many other EMS agencies out there are associated with City Fire

>> Departments....

>>

>> And what is the opinion on quality of service from Fire Dept.

>> based EMS and

>> those not affiliated with a Fire Dept...

>>

>> just curious,,,

>>

>> Steve

>> [texasems-L] Last word on Grandfathering

>>

>>

>>> This is my last word on " Grandfathering "

>>>

>>> I think it is an absolute insult to the entire idea of licensure.

>>>

>>> We as a group have long complained about becoming organized and

>>> respected in the field, we now have a chance, a way to make it possible,

>>> and all we can do is whine because we have to work for it?

>>>

>>> Jesus people, I am not licensed, I know I have to go back to school, I

>>> am pushing 40 working a fulltime job and a part time job, I have a wife

>>> a daughter and two sons that I love dearly and love to spend time with,

>>> but I'll tell you one thing, I know they will respect me a great deal

>>> more if I show them that there are some things you have to work for in

>>> life.

>>>

>>> It's like receiving an 'honorary' degree.........does it really matter

>>> then? Or are you better off investing the necessary time and making it a

>>> degree that you earned.

>>>

>>> My money is on the earned degree, and my time will be too.

>>>

>>> Hatfield

>>> EMT-P

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

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