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

[scooter348]

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"

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."

 

[ladder13]

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"

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.

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

He: My tv doesn't work.

Batteries were dead in remote..................... Whut?

 

[Double-O-Dave]

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

 

[njmedic1485]

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.

 

[luangtom]

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.

 

[Malpasowildlifer]

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.

 

[Engine49guy]

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" !

 

[Izzydog]

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 Go figure.

 

[David LaPell]

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.

 

[MKT]

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"!

 

[itslucky]

Started in 1967 and retired a NYPD detective ... Then retired as a Lt. Department of Public Safety....now really retired

 

[kennyb]

31 years in policing..patrol,patrol sgt.,forensic det.,narcotics det. detective sgt. probably a few other spots as well...retired since 2004 and miss many areas but...certainly not all

 

[kmequint]

Retired volunteer firefighter, in the bluegrass state.

 

[Engine 21]

33 years, firefighter, EMT and Fire Investigator retired as a B/C.

 

[TxShooter]

Volunteer firefighter since April 2009 and deputy sheriff (currently in investigations) since November 2009.

 

[ddelia]

Army MP (Retired), a small town patrolman, a rural constable and a college public safety officer.