How many LEO's, Firefighter's, EMT's...?

wordsmith said:
14 yrs. 8 months & 27 days total. Less than 2 yrs. municipal time, the remainder as deputy sheriff - worked it all at one time or other, got fairly proficient at "buckin' the system" along the way (never did learn to tolerate 'stupid' very well). Left May '87 to go full-time dealing antique guns, still at it...

Still walkin' into the wind, too...
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Yeah, you were a goodun', back in the day, for an Alabama fan! :D

Besides, anybody that toted a .44 Special can't be all bad. :)
 
34 years, patrolman, detective, sergeant, Lieutenant. city of 300,000
 
I was an Army Medic (91-B) who also went through the (civillian) training to earn my EMT certification (there was no licensure at the time). I later went through nursing school (91-C20L) courtesy of the Army. I had about 16 years in the healthcare field until a workplace injury (I tried to keep a very large patient from falling) forced me to leave the healthcare field and go into Human Resournces.

Regards,

Dave
 
ladder13 said:
Retired FF/EMT. Hated the EMT side of the job, always happy when the Paramedics arrived :D. All respect to them, that's a job I could never do.
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I worked both the wet side megatropolis and the dry side farm country. On the wet side, most of the time the ambulance was there before fire or police arrived. On the dry side an entirely different story, sometimes you'd be in the boonies and get an accident call, you'd be the only one there for half an hour or more. I didn't mind doing a little "patch and paint" on folks, but the neck/spine/torn all to hell injuries got to me. You do what you can and pray that the professionals get there soon!
 
Two years with Dallas PD. Caught in the Santos Rodriguez riot in '73 and went back to school. EMT for 5 years. My back is terminally screwed up from years on a motorcycle. I had to choose a badge for this forum and chose EMT because I remember the lives saved.
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I don't have Alzheimer's- My wife had me tested.
 
25 years for a metropolitan agency in N.J. as patrol officer, investigator, detective and then Sgt. All while a firearms instructor and armorer. Been retired for 18 1/2 years.
 
Was a Reserve Deputy Sheriff for about 8 years. Took the training by classes monthly. I worked most Friday and Saturday nights. There is a large Military base there and weekends seemed to be busy. I was a fairly large fella. Doors did not seem to slow me down. When I left the sheriff looked at me with serious look and said dang now we have to buy one of those 2 man door crashers.... Another reserve officer bought all my uniforms, coat, badges and leather. Then it was over. The thing I missed most was going somewhere after work and not having my Colt Combat Commander in the small of my back. For quite a while I felt naked.

I did like it but my day job paid so much more with benefits. My company moved me and I did not seek to be a reserve in my new town.

Last year I retired as a telephone guy with 42 years of service.
 
30 years in the explosive growth city of Raleigh, NC. Patrol, Investigations, and the last few years in a staff position. Retired in '08.
Last two 'retirement jobs' have been working p/t at LGS's until I got 'retail burnout'.
Will be building and moving to the NC coast in the new year.
 
lawandorder said:
Started 1976, like to never learned how to load that cap & ball revolver we were issued.

Two different Municipal PDs, and last a State Park Officer for almost 30 years, 3 more to go Good Lord Willing.
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I found that if you kinda started the patch by itself and then kinda pushed the ball in before ramming the whole thing, it went better. Seems like if you tried to start the ball and patch at the same time, it was too tight. :)

25 years, not a day more. God bless the LA Municipal Retirement System with their 25 years any age plan! :)
 
I'll have 25 years this coming March, serving as a Lieutenant on an Engine Company and HazMat team. Love the fire/HazMat, hate the EMS/PMS calls and getting up in the middle of the night. It's a young man's game, so as soon as some bills are paid off, I'm riding off into the sunset. Stay safe, watch your back and keep your head down!
 
Retired. 31 years Dept. of Treasury and DHS (I&C, OI, IA, ICE, OPR.) Senior firearms instructor and primary firearms instructor.
 
lowriderfxr said:
I found that if you kinda started the patch by itself and then kinda pushed the ball in before ramming the whole thing, it went better. Seems like if you tried to start the ball and patch at the same time, it was too tight. :)

25 years, not a day more. God bless the LA Municipal Retirement System with their 25 years any age plan! :)
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Percussion revolvers don't use cloth patches. You must be thinking of the flintlock you were issued!!!! :D
 
0300, dispatched for 22 year old male with "toothache".

"Why didn't you go to the dentist yesterday?"

"I thought it would get better on it's own."

Like any toothache ever gets better on its own. So we drove him to the ED that has dental residents in house. Only, not until 0900. He got to sit in the waiting room until then.

Or the people who have had back pain for 10 years, but for some reason decided that 2 O'clock on a Sunday morning is the best time to go to the hospital because they ran out of Vicodin and the booze isn't helping.

I've got almost 35 years of stories like that, but you've all probably experienced the same or even more stupid calls in your respective professions.

If I ever do write that book of memoirs, I'm going to call it "Defeating Darwin, A life spent thwarting natural selection"

ladder13 said:
3 AM, all are tucked into their bunks :D

Dispatch: 1313 Mockingbird Lane, stomach pains.

Patient: I gots a tummy ache :eek:

Us: When did you first notice it? :)

Patient: Yesterday at 12 noon :mad: :eek:
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Happily retired

Retired after 32 years. Started when I was 20 in 1979 and retired in 2012 at the age of 52, all the years at the same city in Central Texas. Department size in 1979 was 48 sworn officers and 236 in 2012 when I retired.

I spent the majority of my years in Patrol as an officer and sergeant on the "graveyard shift" and loved it. Got promoted to Lieutenant and was moved to Training for my last 10 years.

I don't miss the stress and only miss some of the people.
 
GaryS said:
0300, dispatched for 22 year old male with "toothache".

"Why didn't you go to the dentist yesterday?"

"I thought it would get better on it's own."

Like any toothache ever gets better on its own. So we drove him to the ED that has dental residents in house. Only, not until 0900. He got to sit in the waiting room until then.

Or the people who have had back pain for 10 years, but for some reason decided that 2 O'clock on a Sunday morning is the best time to go to the hospital because they ran out of Vicodin and the booze isn't helping.

I've got almost 35 years of stories like that, but you've all probably experienced the same or even more stupid calls in your respective professions.

If I ever do write that book of memoirs, I'm going to call it "Defeating Darwin, A life spent thwarting natural selection"
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Dispatch: "1234 Oak Street for the back pain"

Patient: "My back been hurting for a week"

Us: "Why didn't you go to your family doctor?"

Patient: "I called and they said I would get seen faster if I got took in by an ambulance."

I told my Lieutenant that one day I was going to write a book about all this crazy stuff. His reply? "No one would ever believe we put up with this S@*t."
 
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GaryS said:
0300, dispatched for 22 year old male with "toothache".

"Why didn't you go to the dentist yesterday?"

"I thought it would get better on it's own."

Like any toothache ever gets better on its own. So we drove him to the ED that has dental residents in house. Only, not until 0900. He got to sit in the waiting room until then.

Or the people who have had back pain for 10 years, but for some reason decided that 2 O'clock on a Sunday morning is the best time to go to the hospital because they ran out of Vicodin and the booze isn't helping.

I've got almost 35 years of stories like that, but you've all probably experienced the same or even more stupid calls in your respective professions.

If I ever do write that book of memoirs, I'm going to call it "Defeating Darwin, A life spent thwarting natural selection"
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People use ambulances as taxicabs. ;)

I forget how much it costs to get one engine company out of quarters, but it's $$$$.

2 am

Dispatch: Man with unknown condition

Arrive to find elderly man sitting up in bed with his tv volume on high. :confused:

Us: Why did you call, Sir? Please turn down the volume. :)

He: My tv doesn't work. :eek:

Batteries were dead in remote..................... Whut? :(
 
When I worked EMS we once got a rather vague call about a citizen in distress at a particular street corner. We did the lights & siren to the location to find an elderly gent who was frantically waving us over for help. Turns out he wanted us treat a @#$%^&*! pigeon that was ill. When we refused, it quickly escalated into a yelling match along with some creative assumptions about my parents. Luckily, the PD came along to "separate the combatants", and we RTD'd (Return-To-Duty). Sheesh! Scoote348, I agree, who would believe what really happens on the street?

Regards,

Dave
 
October 17th will mark 34 years on the job for me. I started in 1980 as a volunteer in and around Atlantic City, NJ worked full time as casino security and 40 hr part time on the ambulance in AC. I became a Paramedic in 1991 working in Atlantic and Cape May counties, still with the same company but "retired on duty" at our station in Wstern Atlantic County.
 
Retired. Started as dispatch and fill-in road-deputy for the county. Then, task-force and last ten as PC for a group of small departments.
 
2 years as a a parking officer for the school PD and 2 years as a CSO with a local PD while in college.

2.5 years as a park aide with state parks then 2.5 years private security.

1.5 years as a police officer DA/DoD police

Current 4.5 years as a uniformed LEO with a federal agency. Hopefully a special agent with my dream agency someday.
 
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1983 to 1989 Ocean Rescue working nights on EMS/Ambulance,
1990 FLFD FF/EMT / 1993 DE/TRT / Special Ops,

Team split TRT from Marine Ops/Dive Team in 2000 ....DE Marine Ops DE, E49 / FB49

Fireboat49 ,


Dept avg over 50,000 Fire/EMS calls per year divided by 12 stations ! (includes 1 Crash truck Airport )
Helluvah zone and scenery but we are VERY BUSY !


Retirement date Feb/2016....
Stop in and say hello if your in town and want a T-shirt or station "tour" !
 
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I've been a corrections officer, Jail officer, Deputy Sheriff, and City Police Officer. Now I'm doing the Deputy Sheriff thing again. I've done 16 years total, so 9 to go :(. The funny thing is that I also served on a nuclear submarine, and my fire fighter brother-in-law is considered the hero of the family:confused: Go figure.
 
Ten years plus, currently on medical leave (not my choice) awaiting disability retirement, also not my choice for when I got hurt going onn four years ago. Went from being a CO to playing Mister Mom, however on most days I believe it was the the same thing.
 
29+ years with the US Border Patrol, with 1 year, ten months and 18 days till the bitter end (mandatory retirement). Things have been getting progressively worse during the last 6 years or so but I think I can hang. Definitely was a game changer when I hit official jamming time, seemed like I had a completely new outlook on pretty much everything.

But it really sucks working close to the Chief's office, now I know why it was always referred to as "the puzzle palace"!
 
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