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In reply to the discussion: Boston firefighters dig through ashes to find fallen comrade's wedding ring [View all]bluestate10
(10,942 posts)26. Your analogy is callous.
There is absolutely no comparison between what most workers face daily and what firefighters face. Most of us don't risk dying when we check in at work.
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Boston firefighters dig through ashes to find fallen comrade's wedding ring [View all]
sheshe2
Apr 2014
OP
Should this level of ceremony be extended to everyone who dies on the job?
lumberjack_jeff
Apr 2014
#1
The firefighters low fatality rate is a tribute to extraordinary and constant training.
Gidney N Cloyd
Apr 2014
#24
I don't understand it either. A coal miners death is just as tragic. Or a nurse who helps people. nt
Logical
Apr 2014
#4
Required? Not sure, but employers are welcome to honor their fallen, if they want to.
cyberswede
Apr 2014
#6
... because it is callous to suggest that a farmer or fisherman deserves this show of respect? n/t
lumberjack_jeff
Apr 2014
#13
farmers and fisherman would be honored by their COMMUNITY- a concept that seems to be losing its
KittyWampus
Apr 2014
#56
in the first response to the thread you questioned why anyone should be paid for attending
CreekDog
Apr 2014
#74
No, as is obvious to anyone who actually read it, I questioned whether EVERYONE should.
lumberjack_jeff
Apr 2014
#104
No other job (other than the police), even approaches the level of camaraderie, and family
VScott
Apr 2014
#12
well put! The union has a lot to do with it. It's a brotherhood (ppl-hood) sisterhood we're all in
juxtaposed
Apr 2014
#106
"Seems to me it's up to the loggers, fishermen, members of whatever... to do the same if they wish"
lumberjack_jeff
Apr 2014
#21
Next time one of your comrades goes down, arrange for the cameras to be there.
IronGate
Apr 2014
#130
He is mad that a group of people give a fuck about their fallen commrade, I guess?
Rex
Apr 2014
#120
I have no general disdain for cops and take a fair amount of heat on this site for that position.
Boom Sound 416
Apr 2014
#54
Based on 2009 figures, a firefighter has 4.4 chances in 100,000 to die on the job this year.
lumberjack_jeff
Apr 2014
#122
I don't understand the distinction. I don't know why "it just isn't the same".
lumberjack_jeff
Apr 2014
#94
I guess you'd have to ask people with those other occupations why it isn't the same.
cyberswede
Apr 2014
#109
you know what? let's talk about how you don't rapists who cause pregnancies to pay child support
CreekDog
Apr 2014
#84
I always envisioned that your keyboard has two buttons. "Ad Hominem" and "Non Sequitur".
lumberjack_jeff
Apr 2014
#95
You don't get it, firefighters are often first on scene, especially paramedics.
we can do it
Apr 2014
#149
I have no idea about what?? I've got 7 fully involved structures under my belt.
Boom Sound 416
Apr 2014
#47
...and they can be ready and out the door very quickly when an alarm comes in.
cyberswede
Apr 2014
#63
Yes my husband does 24 on 48 off 24 on 96 off - or something like that, I have never
seaglass
Apr 2014
#157
He doesn't work the schedule you described above. It's 24 on 2 days off, 24 on 4 days off. n/t
seaglass
Apr 2014
#161
You think? I hate it. He doesn't really like it either and is pretty much wasted the day following
seaglass
Apr 2014
#163
Yes it is union. It took years to get to the 24 hr shift - they had to show how it reduced OT
seaglass
Apr 2014
#165
So you saved this observation for the thread about the firefighter who was killed?
CreekDog
Apr 2014
#81
I laugh and shake my head every time I hear that FF/Para's get paid to sleep.
IronGate
Apr 2014
#134
Thank you. I am sick of jealous idiots acting like it's a picnic, not work
we can do it
Apr 2014
#148
So true, and then possibly paramedic school where if you fail some tests you are out.
we can do it
Apr 2014
#155
In your other thread you indicated that there was one alarm between 22:00 and 06:30.
lumberjack_jeff
Apr 2014
#175
Oh come on, you guys are basically glorified grass waterers and window washers...
penultimate
Apr 2014
#66
Do you find that most FF that work the 24on/28off shifts have second jobs? side jobs?
blueamy66
Apr 2014
#110
So you're a videographer? I guess the "seven fully involved structure fires" confused me.
lumberjack_jeff
Apr 2014
#101
Yes and yes, if the workers have a collective bargaining agreement with that stipulation.
Gormy Cuss
Apr 2014
#87
I wasn't intending to direct it at you, but to comment on the thread in general.
lumberjack_jeff
Apr 2014
#128
No, only to those who die as a result of knowingly taking a risk in a good cause.
Donald Ian Rankin
Apr 2014
#169
I am so very sorry for your brother in laws loss of his friend, Lt. Edward Walsh.
sheshe2
Apr 2014
#35
I'm sorry this has been taken over by someone begrudging them their mourning ritual and ceremony.
Blue Diadem
Apr 2014
#97
Heartbreaking. Especially on top of all the anniversary commentary on the Marathon
FailureToCommunicate
Apr 2014
#139