Re: Fire better then police
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Originally Posted by Guest
Why do departments waste their time training and spending money on dive teams. The fire departments are out 24-7. They are better trained and are in better shape. I think all water and diving operations should be the responsibilty of the local fire dept's.
Just my opinion
Like we are not out there 24/7. Who do you think is out in the streets 24/7 and not in our racks sleeping between calls. How come we beat you to all the fires and traffic crashes? Besides as someone has already pointed out, you are trained for rescue as we are but our primary responsibility is recovery and preservation of evidence of which we have extensive training.
The I saw some nearby jurisdiction Fire Divers make a find, which was very difiicult seeing the vic fell out of his anchored boat in 10 feet of water next to a bridge, they recovered the body, brought it up, along with his fishing gear, after taking off his weather suit because it was too heavy and dumped everything into their boat and brought it to shore. Does anyone see any problem with this.
The other jurisdiction didn't have any LEO divers so the Fire guys were first in and then the SO called our SO requesting the Dive Team. When we arrived the Fire guys had already done the recovery and destroyed all the evidence. Luckily this was an accident. We had a similar drowning a few years earlier that wasn't an accident. Since it was in our jurisdiction it was handled properly.
Re: Fire better then police
Fire better THAN Police.
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The Police.
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Re: Fire better then police
You know why God made Cops? So fireman would have someone to look up to
Re: Fire better then police
As per my review both departments have equal value in our system. Fire Divers can't find an object unless it is tied off with a line and a neon sign pointing to it. Police is for clear bad elements from our city.