City fire department will likely lose eight full-timers in 2010

Smitty wrote:

It's about time. All firefighters are so fat it's funny! We can all do without less. Make them work a little harder and they wouldn't get fat, besides they are all overpaid.
OVERPAID & UNDER WORKED!

Jay wrote:

I wish our city would do the same. Every other branch of civil service has bought into Duffy's request to do a little extra to save the city money. I say we have too many firefighters anyways. Most of the time all they do is sit around the firehouse and they had a problem with watching fire hydrants to be used on extra hot days when all they would be doing anyways is responding to calls to close fire hydrants. When houses on fire start not getting responded to then I'll say we have the firefighter shortage they always claim that they have.

COncerned Citizen wrote:

Dont you have to have volunteers in place before you can rely on them. The city council is retarded in the fact that they wont understand what they are doing until someone dies in a fire because of lack of manpower or timely response.. then i hope they can live with their decision .. and explain it to their family!

timmy wrote:

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Im glad "you say" they have too many firefighters. Your the expert.

Jay wrote:

<quoted text> Would you like take a look at the numbers of fires compared to the numbers of firefighters because the proof is in the pudding. Or just pick any random firehouse in Rochester and visit. 95% chance you will find all firetrucks and firemen in the building.
If there was a shortage like they always claim, I do believe there would be fires not getting responded to.

timmy wrote:

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I want firefighters there ready to respond to an emergency. It has to do with response times to an incident. Sure firefighters could be cut back so they respond from 5 miles away. They will respond and will be an extra 7 minutes from the call. Only a reckless person would advocate that and I know you sound more intelligent than that. Like I said. Your the expert and I'm sure until you need the fire depts assistance when your in distress that will be your story and you will stick to it. Your the same type of person that would say "whats taking the firefighters so long to respond??" when you do need help. It's time to take yor solutions to your elected officials and back them up with facts if you feel so strongly about this and sure you have the answers. Not just state things such as "well....I always just see firefighters in the firehouse...." Try to be proactive with facts and offer solutions to the community. Now crunch the #'s.