Anonymous said... Sounds like we're wasting money on volunteers. They don't handle any medical calls and are constantly being re-alerted for calls.
December 30, 2014 at 3:28 PM
How do you waste money on volunteers? Volunteer definition - freely offer to do something.
The volunteers were never meant to take the ambulance calls and this is pretty much standard across the nation. The EMS division was and has always been paid. The volunteers were recruited and retained with a few paid firemen to supplement the volunteers and that's the way it could and should be. All that has to be done is to get Rick Hoppes and his ilk to quit running off the volunteers. The volunteers have be demoralized by Rick Hoppes with forced unnecessary training. This intent was to run them off in order to build his paid staffing. Looks like it worked. Can anyone say when the last time the Salisbury Fire Department aggressively recruited volunteers? They haven't.
The money should be for paid paramedics and the volunteers could run the fire calls. Fire calls are in reality only 5% of the call volume of the fire engine responses. Cut out the B.S. calls and the volunteers can handle the fire calls. Everyone monitoring this situation know that the fire trucks have been chasing the ambulances to increase the call volume only for job security.
3:29 PM I know exactly what you are implying and you far from accurate. Your comment is ignorant and could possibly strain relationships even further. Not smart at all my friend.
All EMS calls and we are wasting that money on paid FARMIN!!
ReplyDeleteSounds like we're wasting money on volunteers. They don't handle any medical calls and are constantly being re-alerted for calls.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't Bragg on those Farmin if I were you. Booger may get upset.
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ReplyDeleteSounds like we're wasting money on volunteers. They don't handle any medical calls and are constantly being re-alerted for calls.
December 30, 2014 at 3:28 PM
How do you waste money on volunteers? Volunteer definition - freely offer to do something.
The volunteers were never meant to take the ambulance calls and this is pretty much standard across the nation. The EMS division was and has always been paid. The volunteers were recruited and retained with a few paid firemen to supplement the volunteers and that's the way it could and should be. All that has to be done is to get Rick Hoppes and his ilk to quit running off the volunteers. The volunteers have be demoralized by Rick Hoppes with forced unnecessary training. This intent was to run them off in order to build his paid staffing. Looks like it worked. Can anyone say when the last time the Salisbury Fire Department aggressively recruited volunteers? They haven't.
The money should be for paid paramedics and the volunteers could run the fire calls. Fire calls are in reality only 5% of the call volume of the fire engine responses. Cut out the B.S. calls and the volunteers can handle the fire calls. Everyone monitoring this situation know that the fire trucks have been chasing the ambulances to increase the call volume only for job security.
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ReplyDeleteI wouldn't Bragg on those Farmin if I were you. Booger may get upset.
December 30, 2014 at 3:29 PM
Try again Bozo not even close.
3:29 PM I know exactly what you are implying and you far from accurate. Your comment is ignorant and could possibly strain relationships even further. Not smart at all my friend.
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