I'm not ashamed to admit what stats prove... as a full time FF/PM, our cops beat us to scenes regularly. I know as a volunteer, our cops there beat us to scenes regularly.
Cops are on the road when the call comes in - F/T'rs are (usually) in the station, or, as Chief Murphy would have it, on the exact opposite end of the district on some BS inspection or drill when the call comes in. And of course us vollies are at home, mowing the grass, and have to haul butt to the station before heading to help.
Why not let them (PD) use the advantage of arriving within the "platinum minutes" immediately after the heart goes into arrythmia to deliver lifesaving defibrillation? WHEN IT"S MOST EFFECTIVE!?!?!
This VT EMS *ss is putting $$ (and ego methinks) agead of lives. Unfortunately, like many government (correction - bureaucrat) wonks, it's not the first, and won't be the last time... I'm just sad that folks in the streets (citizens and blue shirts of both types) will be the ones paying the price.
