Typically, most news reporters have no real clue as to what a 'first responder' is
For most reporters, a cop, fireman, or ambulance driver is a 'first responder' Operationally and administratively, the real first responders are the sub section of the VFD that has basic medical training and are dispatched to arrive before an ambulance - and to provide medical care and scene safety until the ambulance arrives. First responders use private vehicles and small rescue trucks and marked SUVs and even in brush trucks and pumpers - typically they all have first aid kits and 2 way radios - some have oxygen and narcan and epipens - some have defibs some ambulance services have first responders also - mainly in rural areas the first aid training may be a 36 hour course called Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) FDNY is a little different - they have engine companies trained in CPR and equipped with defibs - they are called CFR maybe - cardiac first responder - something like that - but they are too lazy to get trained as EMTs so screw them - and they are rally SLOW getting to calls - like 10 minutes on average - which provides a 0 % save rate shirley - is appalingly bad - screw the rich -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "massfire" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/massfire/CAFXWwKaXTu7aW82OmhtaaxPst183rVoqF1vD50uPcTdc4bFhJg%40mail.gmail.com.
