Firefighters use Jaws of Life to rescue car crash victim

Gasp!... but, apparently, we pay our firefighters too much??
Seems to me they earn every penny of it...

without public safety we would end up umm crippled

Uhhh, lets see, the jaws of life are kept on the truck company. The city of Vallejo shut down one truck company and they wanted to shut down the last truck company. You all know, the ladder truck. The one fire truck that can use the tall ladder for fires and all the jaws of life equipment.

As Gomes and Shivley would say, "I just wanted the public to know what they are paying for"

Well, I am sure all fire victims and victims who required the jaws of life are not complaining. Funny how Vallejo city council and VIB don't want to pay for certain equipment or personnel to be ready. Their excuses is that Vallejo can call for mutual aid when we need these special needs, like SWAT, jaws of life and the ladder truck.

What a bunch of re-tards.

Lifelong Vallejoan wrote:

Gasp!... but, apparently, we pay our firefighters too much??
Seems to me they earn every penny of it...

$200,000 per firefighter is a bit much to pay for this...an illegal alien could do just as good a job for pennies on the thousands of dollars

Vallejoan wrote:

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$200,000 per firefighter is a bit much to pay for this...an illegal alien could do just as good a job for pennies on the thousands of dollars

What a di(*)khead statement!

Robert wrote:

Uhhh, lets see, the jaws of life are kept on the truck company. The city of Vallejo shut down one truck company and they wanted to shut down the last truck company...

I have never heard anyone advocate the removal of the current truck company. Let's see the link to that info.

Who do you want to show up when YOU need it? Thought so...

Vallejoan wrote:

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$200,000 per firefighter is a bit much to pay for this...an illegal alien could do just as good a job for pennies on the thousands of dollars

JOJO wrote:

<quoted text>What a di(*)khead statement!

You are dealing with re-tard Vallejo citizens. Just brush it off as a typical statement by a ZERO

Sooooo wrote:

Who do you want to show up when YOU need it? Thought so...
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It's not a question of whether or not the FD provides a valuable service. They do. To me it's not even a question of what is affordable because, like my kids, the FD thinks that if you have some money then it's affordable. It's about paying a reasonable wage based on a reasonable budget that provides for reasonable service levels, city maintenance, and money for other community services.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, If the employees don't like their compensation they are free to look for greener pastures - just like everyone else in this country.

It's my guess that there aren't any greener pastures than Vallejo, and it's just way too easy for city employees to hide behind their unions and demand the ridiculous.

Nice work, Vallejo Fire. It's good to have city workers on duty who know how to cut open a car door and rescue people. Yes, it's nice to have a Fire Department. It would be so much nicer if Vallejo had a Fire Department it could afford. One that would simply do its job and not try to run the city and control the budget.

Golden Retirement wrote:

Nice work, Vallejo Fire. It's good to have city workers on duty who know how to cut open a car door and rescue people. Yes, it's nice to have a Fire Department. It would be so much nicer if Vallejo had a Fire Department it could afford. One that would simply do its job and not try to run the city and control the budget.

You are such a re-tard. You sound just like Stephy Gomer. Stupid, some what re-tarded. Oh, she qualifies to be a city council woman.

Robert wrote:

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You are such a re-tard. You sound just like Stephy Gomer. Stupid, some what re-tarded. Oh, she qualifies to be a city council woman.

Bobert has tourettes.

Golden Retirement wrote:

Nice work, Vallejo Fire. It's good to have city workers on duty who know how to cut open a car door and rescue people. Yes, it's nice to have a Fire Department. It would be so much nicer if Vallejo had a Fire Department it could afford. One that would simply do its job and not try to run the city and control the budget.

The problem is the same in many California cities.

It's just that the IAFF 1186 union is the worst of the worst, paid in the top 1% in the state/country, is the only FD working for a bankrupt city, has helped push legislation to minimize a BK cities options, controlled elections through funding (tax payers have allowed this), continues to dictate city policy, been in contract negotiations for almost two years, works 48 hour shifts when a popular study says it leads to increased disability claims, had 4 of the last seven retirees go out on disability retirement (tax free), sued the city & appealed the decision, sued the past council/CM & appealed the decision, lost all four decisions, and has cost the tax payers over 5 million dollars in legal fees above and beyond their already bloated compensation.

Then we have Riley get up in front of council arrogantly professing that everyone can see BK was a waste of money - even though it saved the city 30-37 million. Then Henke steps to the podium during a Binding Arbitration meeting and talks about how his guys have mortgages and might loose their homes if they're forced to make concessions - can you say completely disconnected!

How can we possibly live without these employees & their union? I Dunno....

Lifelong Vallejoan wrote:

Gasp!... but, apparently, we pay our firefighters too much??
Seems to me they earn every penny of it...

LOL...yes, that rescue just cost taxpayers $3 million.

But the firewhiners "earned" every penny of it!

Stupid firewhiner.

Vallejoan wrote:

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$200,000 per firefighter is a bit much to pay for this...an illegal alien could do just as good a job for pennies on the thousands of dollars

A functional illiterate could do a ff job-it is an unskilled/semi skilled occupation.

Heck, even Pissle could do it and his IQ is 27.

Robert wrote:

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You are dealing with re-tard Vallejo citizens. Just brush it off as a typical statement by a ZERO

This coming from a GED mnoron. Good one.

shANUS n traiTARDs ghost wrote:

<quoted text>Bobert has tourettes.

That or he has Pissle's tool shoved so far down his throat he can't think straight.

Cops-FFs-Welfare Queens wrote:

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A functional illiterate could do a ff job-it is an unskilled/semi skilled occupation.
Heck, even Pissle could do it and his IQ is 27.

You are such a tool, how is being a firefighter unskilled? Is being a Paramedic unskilled? How can somone that is sooo blantantly as stupid as you are write on here all the time and really actually believe that thier opinion matters? it's pitiful...

whatever wrote:

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You are such a tool, how is being a firefighter unskilled? Is being a Paramedic unskilled? How can somone that is sooo blantantly as stupid as you are write on here all the time and really actually believe that thier opinion matters? it's pitiful...

You can be hired with a GED, and you're trained, at an academy and on the job-it is at MOST a semi skilled occupation.

To be a lawyeryou need 7 years of school, a doctor 8, a CPA 6, a teacher 5, a Firewhiner-nothing.

I know you want to think you're relevant, but you're still just a GED firewhiner, who would be making minumum wage if not for your gov workfare job.

Golden Retirement wrote:

Nice work, Vallejo Fire. It's good to have city workers on duty who know how to cut open a car door and rescue people. Yes, it's nice to have a Fire Department. It would be so much nicer if Vallejo had a Fire Department it could afford. One that would simply do its job and not try to run the city and control the budget.

It would be even nicer if your fat girlfriend would stick to her job of finding new revenue for the city and not trying to run the police and fire dept. Oh, by the way, you are no longer a police officer or a city counsel member, so stick to whatever it is that you do.(T)URD.