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A few things...1) the cop was wrong and very unprofessional 2) fire rescue controls every medical scene no matter what. If it is a crime scene then precautions will be taken to not disturb evidence and what not, but it is still our scene and 3) that truck did serve protection in shutting down a lane and not having idiots speed by you, however in the event of an accident it would not protect the scene. Who knows what other units are o/s though... maybe there is 3 other patients besides that and ...
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The cop was wrong for the arrest BUT that Fire vehicle isn't protecting anything - If the cop car (with the camera that recording everything) gets rear ended it will be pushed into the scene and over everyone there. That fire truck should be BEHIND the police car at a slight angle to the left. I am a fire officers but think we have ego problems just like the cops. We cover 22 miles of NY Thruway and always park behind the SP cars and EMS vehicles, kill our forward facing lights and control the s...
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I am not a firefighter, but I and any other intelligent human being can clearly see that the driver of the fire vehicle did exactly the right thing parking the appliance in a way that offered protection to himself, the crew and the accident site.
One can but hope that the total idiot of a cop, is now unemployed.
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To tpthurlow, I understand and agree with your frustration. But dont forget one of the reasons people like FFs so much is due to our willingness to always be there even if we dont want to be. The cop was way out of line and hopefully will get charges for endangering the patient as well.
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We have the same problem a lot of the time here in Ky as well. The Police Officer is totally wrong in what he did. Scene Safety is #1, and that cop knows that. Power trips and blinders can cause a lot of trouble. What type of trouble did the cop get into? I know this much, if it was my family in that car, I would have a multi-million dollar lawsuit againist the cop for hampering patient care when he decided to arrest the fire fighter renedering aid to a victim. I say this was not the case, but w...
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I cannot believe this officer. This guy was on a major power trip. I thought cops were to be able to work with fire and understand what needed to be done. We don't park our engine out in the middle of traffic for the hell of it. We all know why it was parked where it was.
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This is something that is a very sensitive subject. I dont know all the laws in all the states but here in Pa, the fire dept. has the say in the roads. I find what the captain did was correct and was only looking out for his crew and those affected by the accident. Sad to see that the police officer couldnt have at least waited till after the patient was out of harms way and stablized in the ambulance. Sad situation very much that should have never gotten to where it was.
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r dept all ways put a truck in the road to
black cars so we dont get hit and run the f--k over that why we do it here in up state new york and the state troopers up here will agre with all of us here in new york
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huh where im from, the fire dept has control of the scene untill relinquished by the fire dept. the cop was way wrong and just made a hard job harder. he will learn the hard way when he needs fire dept on an emergencvy in which he is involved. the fire dept are not going to want to respond to help this cop, for fear of being arrested and preventing them doing the job they are trained for. everyone likes a firefighter. most dont like a cop
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The cop was way out of bounds. The FD has some safety issues, jumping out of a moving truck, no protective gear on an auto accident?
Not all cops are this way, some are.. we have bad apples in the fire service too...if we are honest with ourselves.
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First, this cop had a large file of complaints already. What is wrong with his Chief that he still has a job? Second, what kind of safety zone did they set up parking the truck this way? Third, this is another reason why some fire personnel like myself show up in uniform wearing hand cuffs and a firearm; you guys go direct traffic and we'll talk about it later.
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WHERE I AM A CHIEF WE OWN THE ROAD UNTILL THE EMERGENCY IS OVER. INJURED REMOVED AND VEHICLES SAFE THE THE PD INVESTIGATES. THEY DONT BOTHER USAT ALL, THIS COP NEEDS A TALKING TO OR HIS CAR FILLED WITH WATER(IT WORKS WHEN HE NEEDS TO EXPLAIN WHY HE PARKED IN THE WRONG PLACE). HE IS JUST STUPID
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We've all seen stuff like that before, power hungry PD do not like to be told no.
What I really want to know, what the hell was that jumping off the truck while in motion ***?
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I personally think the officer did not handle this scene correctly. first and for most is our own safety and thats what the fire truck was doing giving a barrier between the incident and the traffic passing by at a high rate of speed, second should be the patient and the officer could have dealt with this after rather then inturrupting the scene and making for a long and delayed time for the patient to be stablized and immobilized.
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Yeah, but there are some things that can wait until after the emergency. If someone were struck, the the captain would have been liable. In no way do I see where the police officer is in the right here.
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I can see several points of view here in this case. Regardless of whether or not he should or not not have arrested the captain, he should have waited until the patient was loaded and the incident was stable. This is why good communication between law enforcement and fire service needs to exist and agree upon highway incident responses. The article lacks a lot of information, he won the civil suit, what happened to the arrest, what has happened since the arrest in regards to policy? Did anyon...
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