You won't have Fireman Ed to kick around any more

When's the final ballot due for the SportsJournalists.com Awards?

I've got to keep my eye on this feud. It has potential.

 

Firefighters in LA spend that much in gas for a weekend off-roading with all their toys in Glamis.

For pete's sake, its a couple hours overtime for a shift, or one guy's disability payment, while he's on to his next job, post-firefighting.

Buy yourselves an ice machine, guys. How gauche.

 

I'm sure you would have no problem entering a burning building Poin or using the jaws of life to get somebody out of a horrific car accident. We should pay these people minimum wage, bunch of lazy bums.

 

Yes, Mr. Strawman, there is absolutely nothing in between the taxpayer funded firefighter overtime/disability and pension scams, and making $8.75 an hour. No in between.

 

What should the tax payer funded firefighter earn Poin? Should they be compensated if the do work overtime?

 

I am only going by Southern California - $70-$80 grand a year. That's about half the salary most LA County/Long Beach make.
They'd find plenty of qualified men and women.

The whole "danger" thing is a red herring. Late night liquor store or gas station jobs are a shitload more dangerous.
http://wcfcourier.com/news/local/working-late-night-retail-dangerous-job/article_f95052d7-655c-53c3-ab44-23bbcd6c86df.html
http://www.usfa.fema.gov/media/press/2012releases/010312.shtm

Nobody is calling them heroes.

One thing about the 24 hour shifts - it causes havoc on marriages. Divorce rates very high among firemen.

 

That has more to do with the average firefighter having a hard time keeping it in his pants than the shifts.