Whopraysforthedevil@midwest.social to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoCops shouldn't count as emergency services.midwest.socialimagemessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1377arrow-down126
arrow-up1351arrow-down1imageCops shouldn't count as emergency services.midwest.socialWhopraysforthedevil@midwest.social to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square49fedilink
minus-squarechiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-24 hours agoParamedics generally work for the fire department, and ambulances are dispatched from fire stations. The driver on the ambulance is often just a regular fire department chauffer who drew the short straw and is working ambulance duty that shift.
minus-squarepearsaltchocolatebarlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours agoI guess it’s different depending on location. Here the ambulances are private companies and the FD has nothing to do with them
Paramedics generally work for the fire department, and ambulances are dispatched from fire stations. The driver on the ambulance is often just a regular fire department chauffer who drew the short straw and is working ambulance duty that shift.
I guess it’s different depending on location. Here the ambulances are private companies and the FD has nothing to do with them