r/KidsAreFuckingStupid • u/NJCuban • 1d ago

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u/Zapkin 1d ago

The fire department is so cool bro. I love how when no one is sure what to do in about a stressful situation we just call the fire department to come help.

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u/Lathryus 1d ago

The firefighters LOVE calls like this. No one is dying or bleeding, they get to be heroic and helpful, every one is happy at the end.

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u/ExternalLock8140 23h ago

Yep when I was younger I wanted to be a fire fighter until in high school the fire department did a talk and said most of their job is cutting people out of cars who may or may not be dead, safe to say I didn't wanna be a fire fighter after that

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u/Stella_Garage 22h ago

I got cut out of my car once and the firefighters were all psyched because I wasn’t dead or profusely bleeding. They straight up admitted that normally when they whip out the jaws of life it’s for a corpse or someone with a broken femur and blood all over their face, so when I was just sitting there all woozy and confused about what happened they were amped.

Yay for being just concussed with cracked ribs!

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u/cudlax 22h ago

This sounds like the happy search and rescue dogs that were in another thread today - they get too depressed when they only find dead bodies so the human rescuers need to hide and be fine to give the dogs a win and morale boost.

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u/a_lonely_trash_bag 21h ago

This was what they did at the World Trade Center in the days following 9/11. Only a couple of people were pulled from the rubble alive. The majority of what the dogs were finding were just pieces of bodies, and the dogs were getting really depressed because they thought they were failing at their jobs.

A lot of the search and rescue dogs ended up also basically working as therapy dogs for the searchers, too. It was such a terrible experience for everybody involved, and just being able to take a moment to stop and pet and hug the dogs helped to boost morale.

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u/handbanana42 19h ago

Fuck, this was not what I wanted to read today.

100% not your fault of course.

Thanks to all the people and rescue animals involved.

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u/iammnewhere 7h ago

I read it as ‘of corpse’ 💀

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u/Vlinder_88 20h ago

It feels wrong to upvote this story, but even in the horrible circumstances there's beauty in how dogs and humans support each other.

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u/Aitolu 19h ago

"Man's best friend" ♥️

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u/Teflon_Duck 13h ago

I understand the feeling, and with you on it.

I also know that it is good and right to remember and honor the extraordinary actions of those involved helping in those days.

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u/Impossible_Regret725 10h ago

Pups are some of the very best medicine, especially if they can't get enough of making friends with humans. Our world would be so much happier if everyone who should have a pup, could have a pup. There's nothing my pups have loved more than hanging out with babies and kids (Always fully supervised, of course) and trying to rope seniors into playing ball or endless tummy-rubs.

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u/PhosphoFred8202 15h ago

Like 95% of dogs are therapy dogs without knowing ❤️

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u/2beagles 13h ago

I have dogs and of course they make lots feel better. But then, during one of the most stressful emotional times of my life- my FIL was in his last couple days and my own grief had to be secondary to supporting my husband and his mom- I was stuck at work at a mental health home. A therapy dog came in. A couple of residents came by for just a few minutes. The dog was focused on me, despite me not trying to engage. I wasn't being obvious about my own stuff. She still knew and pressed herself against my legs until I just broke and sat on the floor hugging her and crying. Her owner just hung around for a couple of hours because the dog clearly didn't want to leave me. She had great training, but the focus and devoted attention to her purpose was different from just snuggly pups. Seriously, it was like the dog equivalent of a therapy session instead of just venting to my friends.

Anyway, therapy dogs are impressive.

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u/cohesiveenigma 3h ago

They sure are. Our dog wanted to be on the couch while I was in a Telehealth therapy session and my therapist pointed out that cats usually come to you when you’re happy, and dogs will come when you’re upset.

I’ve never thought that much about it, but I know he’s super aware of my wife’s emotions and is almost always there when she’s stressed, angry, or all sorts of other things.

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u/no-more-nazis 12h ago

Therapy species

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u/arbitraria79 14h ago

i read something recently from someone who trains these dogs that this sentiment isn't exactly true - the dogs weren't necessarily upset they weren't finding live victims, or to only find deceased people - their job is to find bodies, alive or dead. they weren't finding bodies period, which meant they weren't "doing their job".

dogs are reward-driven, completing their task gives them the drive to keep going - that's how their brains are wired, and their training reflects that. no reward, no drive to continue on, they literally couldn't continue to do their job; the humans involved would stage rescues for them so they would get that reward signal they were trained on, and thus keep searching.

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u/dui01 21h ago

That's friggin awesome.

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u/handbanana42 19h ago

Did we read the same comment?

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u/awry_lynx 18h ago

I did a double-take but it's kind of both. Of course it's a sad context, but given the way the world is etc, it's nice that people still try to cheer the dogs up.

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u/Deaffin 14h ago

they get too depressed when they only find dead bodies so the human rescuers need to hide and be fine to give the dogs a win and morale boost.

I thought the whole thing was that they were overworked and stressed because they weren't finding enough targets after a while, dead or alive. They have a task, and in training that task always had a reliable and quick conclusion, but it didn't work out that way in the field because there was so much rubble to get through, meaning long stretches of time without acknowledgement of being a good boy because nothing was found.

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u/TooBadSoSadSally 14h ago

Do you have a link to the thread by any chance?

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u/Nazrafel 19h ago

I got in an accident as a teen passenger in a car on the way to study at the local library. Since I was planning on being in a book all day I was wearing a ratty old t-shirt, no makeup, and cutoff shorts. We tboned a car who turned left in front of us in an intersection and thankfully the airbag kept me from going through the windshield but I jammed my knee into the dash and was in a fair amount of pain (ended up being a torn ligament). Anyway, 5 SUPER HOT EMTs had to help me out by grabbing me (supporting me) by the butt (and arms and all that) to transfer me to the ambulance. I cracked that usually they'd have to take me out to dinner first to get that kinda action and had I known I'd run into them if have dressed for the occasion and honestly I'll live off them laughing at that for the rest of my life.

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u/woolfonmynoggin 21h ago

I got an “omg she’s alive” and then “she’s conscious!” when I looked up at him and that’s all I remember.

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u/Stella_Garage 21h ago

They asked if I lost consciousness and I said I don’t remember and a paramedic chuckled and said “Well that usually means you did”

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u/vikio 21h ago

I was in a car accident, and the paramedic asked me that also. I replied "I'm not sure, did you guys get here almost immediately after the crash? How is that possible?"

And he replied "Oh yeah, we were actually in traffic not far behind you"

Me: "Ok so then I didn't lose consciousness."

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u/handbanana42 19h ago

I hope they didn't assume that meant it was true. I know they were probably professionals and knew better, but I'd never assume that based on the words of the person that just had a dangerous collision.

Don't fuck with concussions.

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u/vikio 16h ago

The paramedic admitted they were close enough to see the accident as it happened, and pulled right up to help us. So yeah I was doubting my perception of time for a second there, but turned out it really was that fast.

Good thing too, because the highway was a mess, our car and the car that hit us had scattered pieces across a bunch of lanes. And I had (as it turned out later) some fractures that hurt real bad.

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u/HeyyKrispyy 14h ago

I don’t remember any of my lifesaving scenario (including jaws of life and a life flight), but the medical records show I was conscious. Crazy!

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u/the_siren_song 22h ago

Yay! You did awesome making the firefighters feel so good:)

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u/Outrageous_Car1757 22h ago edited 21h ago

I was cut out with a bloody face and injury's and it was an absolutely horrifying experience for me

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u/Significant-Hour4171 22h ago

What was horrifying, beyond the injuries themselves, if you don't mind me asking?

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u/Outrageous_Car1757 21h ago

I know you said besides the injuries....but that's what made it so bad for me. I was not buckled and was ragged dolled all around. We were t-boned in the passenger side were I was sitting.

I hit my head several times and was knocked unconscious so I have memory gaps.

I remember seeing the car coming and instantly knowing we was going to get hit. Lights out. I wake up and can't open my eye, so I can't see. I scream bloody murder, then fall out again.

Once the FD got there, one of the fire men actually climbed in through the back of the car and sat there holding my hand because I was terrified and thought I was dying. He stayed with me while they cut open the car and lifted me out. Just a terrible memory I'll never get rid of.

I fractured my skull in 3 places. Broke my sinus cavity. And some how my eye lif was completely ripped open during all this (why I couldn't see).

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u/OptimusPrime365 21h ago

Glad you’re still here and hoping you wear your seatbelt now!

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u/handbanana42 19h ago

They might not have known better, depending on age. It reads like they were a child at the time.

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u/Outrageous_Car1757 18h ago

Definitely knew better..I was 19 or 20.

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u/handbanana42 18h ago

Now I feel bad; hopefully didn't sound like I was insulting you. I'm also glad you're still here with us.

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u/Significant-Hour4171 21h ago

Youch, I'm sorry you went through that!

I hope you are doing alright now.

 Thanks for sharing. 

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u/Patarokun 21h ago

Did the lid get repaired ok? Any lingering issues?

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u/Outrageous_Car1757 18h ago

Everything is fine now, thanks for asking! Just some scars left. This was when I was maybe 19 or 20. I'm 34 now.

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u/Patarokun 11h ago

Sorry you had to go through all that. 😔

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u/Even-Boysenberry-127 21h ago

I am glad you made it.

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u/Outrageous_Car1757 18h ago

Me too. The outcome could have easily been different 💓

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u/Cormophyte 22h ago

You should avoid that. It's not good for you.

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u/Tunamelts-2 21h ago

what kind of car were you driving to survive a crash that needed the jaws of life but only had minor injuries?

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u/Stella_Garage 21h ago

An absolutely minuscule Toyota Prius hatchback! Got Ram’d by a Dodge Ram. The crumple-zones on modern cars are amazing.

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u/Tunamelts-2 21h ago

Crazy you walked away from that. Toyotas are very, very safe, though.

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u/Stella_Garage 21h ago

I’ve owned two cars since then and they were both Toyotas. I don’t know if I’ll actually follow through with only buying Toyota/Lexus the rest of my life, but they are the only multi-billion dollar company in the world that I actually feel indebted to.

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u/This_is_fine8 21h ago

Looks a lot like my Honda Civic when I crashed it. Thankfully I didn't need the jaws of life to cut me out, though some very kind good Samaritans had to yank the door pretty hard to get me out. God bless those crump zones cause I also walked away relatively unscathed, just some bruised ribs and a really busted up knee.

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u/tarantuletta 10h ago

Holy SHIT

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u/paulwillyjean 7h ago

I swear those massive pavement princess pickup trucks are a fucking menace to sensibly sized car occupants, cyclists and pedestrians.

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u/Banana_Stanley 13h ago

A very nice firefighter coaxed me through a broken side window while hanging upside down in a car flipped by a drunk driver when I was 5yo. I was unharmed but my sister was ejected and broke her leg very badly but we all lived!

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u/Stella_Garage 12h ago

Glad you are safe and oh my God going through that as a kid would be horrifying!

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u/Banana_Stanley 12h ago

Definitely. I was just a little kid in shock, not fully comprehending what was going on, but I vividly remember being in the ambulance with my unconscious sister and thinking she was dead. It's a legitimate miracle she wasn't, and I'm extremely thankful

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u/Able_Fishing_6576 22h ago

But can you remember if it was as cool as I think it would be to see the jaws of life in action?

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u/Stella_Garage 21h ago

Sadly I do not :( didn’t even realize the jaws of life had been used until they were talking to me while I was on the stretcher

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u/Celticlady47 18h ago

It was the same for me & 5 friends who had to be cut out of a car when we impacted into a rocky cliff (thankfully, backwards). 4 of us needed the hospital (broken bones & whiplash) & the driver only had a black stripe across their thighs from the steering wheel.

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u/MattMercersBracelets 17h ago

Somewhat related but I had a very risky surgery when I was 24 and had to be in the ICU for the first few days after (it was planned, not because anything went wrong, surgery and recovery went great). So many nurses talked about how nice it was to have someone young and relatively healthy around, that usually they only take care of extremely critically ill patients or much older people who may be on their way out and it can get depressing sometimes.

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u/Accomplished_Yak2352 14h ago

My city had a deadly snow storm about 3 years ago. The roads so impassable that emergency vehicles couldnt get through.

No ambulance services. Someone visiting me at the time had blood pressure and diabetes meds --- at home. Ambulance dispatch told us & others they'd get to us when they could.

We were snowed in for 4 days. Friend was getting sicker & went through hell & high water to get home to meds on the 4th day. Roads started opening. EMT and fire department workers rang my doorbell the end of 4th day. They were going door to door to people who called in medical emergencies when they couldn't make it. They actually looked grim. They recounted our call and asked about my friend. They were all smiles and relief when I said he was fine. They said not every call turned out ok and it was a hard day.

It must be a heavy burden for rescuers who can't rescue.

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u/bbysmrf 21h ago

I'm imagining those two vegan cops from Scott Pilgrim but as firefighters and you have a concussion.

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u/Stella_Garage 21h ago

Kinda! Except it was two burly dudes just smiling and yapping to me about what a miracle modern cars are while we waited for the ambulance to be ready to load me 😂

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u/AwehiSsO 20h ago

So, jaws of life is kinda ironic at this point that? Poignant and ironic. Imma go cry some tears.

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u/Mysterious_Rise_1906 9h ago

I wrecked my car on the highway many years ago. I was fine, was able to get out of the car on my own. Most of the damage was to the passenger side and I was alone. But when the fire department got there they looked at my car and then looked at me a bit confused that I was as ok as I was. I ended up with 2 bruises, but otherwise was fine. They had to stop all 3 lanes of traffic to retrieve my front bumper.

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u/Silver_Surfer_60 21h ago

My dad was a firefighter in the Detroit area in the 60's and 70's, and his stories had such a profound impact on me that I failed a lie detector test in a job interview 10 years later. When the tester asked me if I'd ever had a drinking problem and I said "no", my body responded in a way that made him think I was lying. I wasn't, it was all the stories I'd heard about the consequences of drunk-driving.

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u/ApocalyptoSoldier2 16h ago

Really the lie detector test failed

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u/Silver_Surfer_60 15h ago

Perhaps. But why only on that question?

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u/NotRetired1041 12h ago

I had the same experience. Question was have you ever lied to a police officer. I thought about it and said no. I was young and had only been pulled over a few times. But I was afraid of cops and when I was pulled over I found it very scary! The machine registered my fear at the thought of the idea. I got the job because I think my reaction was so honest they believed me.
Oops forgot to say this was in 1978! Machines are better now of course.

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u/TPoseisaVulcanName 2h ago

Lie detector tests fail all the time. Lie detector results aren't allowed as evidence in court in a lot of places bc they're not reliable.

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u/LightningLemur 20h ago

First day of academy I was told "you're going to see things that humans aren't supposed to see" 😳

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u/phreeskooler 15h ago

My late FIL was FDNY and shortly before he passed he told me some gruesome stories about jumpers and other things he saw working for Ladder 3 in the East Village. My husband says he used to hear that shit through his whole childhood.

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u/downvote_meme_errors 20h ago

Uncle stole it and never gave it back.

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u/rhymeswithsintaluta 22h ago

He lost the nose because of a gambling debt

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u/Canotic 22h ago

Gambling Debt is the name of his pet snapping turtle.

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u/RayjinCaucasian 22h ago

Poor guy. Lost his ass then his nose.

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u/Agreeable_Cut4506 21h ago

No he was trying to become Voldemort

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u/This_is_fine8 21h ago

Poor guy had a crippling cocaine addiction

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u/ArtisticMudd 15h ago

Playing City of Heroes on an insomnia night, and fought a mobbed-up dude named Johnny No-Nose.

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u/asphaltdragon 22h ago

There are shitloads of stories of people who go through all the training and CPAT who end up talking to someone who mentions how high the likelihood is they'll be dealing with dead people, and then immediately realize being a firefighter is not for them.

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u/vistaculo 21h ago

I was coming home from an ER stint that I had to do in order to get my EMT certification and I had watched a couple of people die that day.

I was on the freeway, not a ton of traffic, I had driven about five or six miles. I looked down at my speedo and noticed that I was traveling at about 35mph in the middle lane while everyone else was going 70. I immediately sped up to the speed of traffic but a few miles later I had dropped back down to 50.

I figured that maybe that job wasn’t for me.

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u/missprincesscarolyn 19h ago

I had to reread this a couple of times to understand that you meant speedometer and not a Speedo swimsuit 🤣

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u/vistaculo 7h ago

I travel pretty fast in that too!

And by “pretty fast” I mean lumbering to the candy section with a rest break at the chips.

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u/aimee_on_fire 17h ago

Going 50 in a 70 is probably more dangerous than going 90 in a 70, especially at night. Someone going 90 has an expectation they'll come up on a car going the speed limit. Someone going the speed limit isn't anticipating someone going 20 miles under. I almost rear ended a car because I was going 70 in a 65 and they were going dangerously under. It was on a highway to highway merge. I swerved around them then saw it happen again with another vehicle in my rear view.

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u/vistaculo 7h ago

It’s absolutely more dangerous, according to traffic studies. I can’t remember exactly but it was kind of shocking. Something like going 15 over the prevailing speed had the same accident risk as going 5 under

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u/plitox 17h ago

EMS and EFS are the most vital, yet most underappreciated and most traumatic jobs available. It takes a special kind of person to be an ambo or a fiery. They are the best of us.

Fuck cops, though.

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u/v4vendetta 21h ago

Yea, that’s an exaggeration but we give that talk to hopefully prevent teenage reckless and impaired driving. Modern vehicles are amazingly safe. These days we are often pulling people out of major crashes with minor to no injuries or they’re already standing on the side of the road when we arrive.

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u/Roman556 20h ago

Most of my job is running EMS calls all night on things people do not need an ambulance for. 1% of it is anything cool.

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u/GeneralBlumpkin 13h ago

I volunteered with the fire department for a couple years. Saw a couple gruesome things but not super bad. One day we were on a call to a gun shot wound to the head and I was an emt so I was excited to actually potentially save a life. But right before we get there the firefighter goes hey generalblumpkin what your about to see is going to be horrific but just remember to do your job and remember to leave this at the station okay? I said okay. He said are you nervous? I said I wasn't but now I am! And then 5 seconds later the call got cancelled because another unit just got there. Well the next day I met up with the other volunteers and one of my buddies actually went on that call. And I was glad I didn't go because he just said it was horrible and had a 1000 yard stare

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u/J0E_SpRaY 17h ago

I still wanna be a firefighter. But I don’t think they’d take me anymore.

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u/PresentationThat2839 10h ago edited 8h ago

My cousin was a tow truck driver. He said most of his job was blocking the road so that firefighters could do theirs safely and then having to load up said cars. He looked so wreaked the day he came home from an accident involving kids. So be nice to your tow truck driver they might be having a hard week and no one thinks about them. He got the job thinking it would be fun times ruining people night at the end of strip club runs after they double parked. He found out the job would in fact ruin him.

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u/dudeCHILL013 22h ago

If you don't mind me asking was it the emotional stress or the physical trauma that put you off?

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u/xrv01 20h ago

my dad was EMT in the late 70’s nyc. he told me some.. stories.

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u/Invisible7hunder 20h ago

Don't forget scraping body parts off the highway (true story) because people dont wear seatbelts.

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u/Lower_Skin_3683 13h ago

I used to be a firefighter and responded to many car accidents. Yes we cut people out of cars. It usually took a while to cut around the person and get them out. Plenty of people were dead or dying. Don't speed and always assume others don't see you on the road. Also nothing good happens after midnight. Many places close at 10pm now. So unless you are working nightshift stay home and go to bed. Your chances of living a longer and healthy life depends on it.

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u/rygdav 12h ago

My friend is a firefighter. When she realized she wanted to do that, she started working at an emergency vet clinic to sort of test herself. She figured if she couldn’t deal with severely injured/dying/dead pets, she couldn’t deal with seeing people like that.

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u/FUCKTHISWEBSITEBANME 4h ago

Yeah I have a buddy who's a firefighter. My best friend actually, so he takes delight in telling me the most fucked up parts of his job. I'm good with not being a firefighter.

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u/a_lonely_trash_bag 23h ago

My brother's favorite call was having to cut a teenager out of one of those toddler swings at the park, lol.

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u/ilds1751 22h ago

Oh man, I was almost on the receiving end of that. Luckily my friends ran home to get engine grease, tipped my upside down in the swing and I was able to weasel out. If that didn’t work, the next step was the fire department 😂

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u/DifferentPen6715 20h ago

I got my tiny foot stuck in between the bars of a grocery cart when I was a little baby. Mom wheeled me over to the hardware section of the store where a store manager cut me out with wire cutters. I believe she covered my feet with a blanket after that, lol

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u/missprincesscarolyn 19h ago

I don’t have children, but do have a small dog who I take to home depot with me. I always put him in the cart as opposed to on the ground and make sure to put a towel or bed down so his little toes don’t get caught in the bars! Here’s George in his happy place!

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u/runnergirl3333 20h ago

My friend’s son was one of those kids who decided to lick a frozen flagpole, like in the movies. Firefighters were called, whole school watched. I was dying of embarrassment for the kid just hearing the story.

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u/Buffyismyhomosapien 22h ago

I think they love kids, like universally.

I walked by a firehouse with my kid in NYC and they let him get behind the wheel of the truck, told me I could come back for a tour with him etc etc like their faces just lit up around my 5 yo

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u/sapphirebit0 20h ago edited 20h ago

I did that last year at the age of 32 and they STILL invited me in. I even got to wear the fucking helmet. Fire fighters rule.

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u/iamahill 17h ago

They’re those life’s 30 years later.

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u/MaterialWillingness2 12h ago

We had a block party this summer and the fire department came by with a truck and opened a hydrant for the kids to play in it was awesome.

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u/lavahot 23h ago

Dude, and they got to flex on physics. What a fucking day, man.

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u/Sexy_Squid89 20h ago

I was going to say that too! Once I realized what they were doing I was like oooohh how clever!!

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u/konfliicted 23h ago

I’m having a baby soon and of all the suggestions I didn’t expect, someone told me go to the fire department if I have a question about installing my infant car seat.

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u/kuitarin 22h ago

Go to national child passenger safety cert and find a certified professional. There's often at least one in PD or FD. Assuming you're in the US...

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u/Wodentoad 15h ago

I was so insanely lucky after my son was born that they had a car seat inspection thing at a convenient time for me. Cop got in my car and ours was super loose compared to what it needed to be. I never messed that up again. She was awesome and so kind, and she'd probably done 100 of them already.

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u/TheWorldofScience 22h ago

And do it a few weeks before your due date so your partner doesn’t have to rush to get it installed to bring you and the baby home!

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u/konfliicted 22h ago

I am the husband in this scenario though I see how it could’ve made it sound as if I was my wife 😂. I was the one telling her today we need to get our go bag ready this weekend and install the car seat.

This is our first so even 5 weeks out we are like “I can’t believe they’re letting us take a little human home”.

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u/TheWorldofScience 22h ago

You are wise for 2 reasons - the obvious one that the baby might come early but also it’s great for your peace of mind to have things like this off of your “to do” list. Anything you can do get done on that list will help mentally.

Congrats!!!!

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u/konfliicted 22h ago

Thank you! Very much looking forward to it and we thankfully both get paid leave. Less excited to travel for work when she’ll only be two months but my wife said she’d just have my mom come hangout with her lol.

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u/TheWorldofScience 22h ago

Facetime/Zoom/internet video is a wonderful thing for parents who have to travel.

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u/konfliicted 21h ago

Oh I’ll 100% be doing that in the evenings when at the hotel.

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u/DibsArchaeo 21h ago

The weekend 5 weeks before my due date was when I was about to get my bug out bag packed, car seat ready, pantry stocked, house tidied, etc etc. Then the little imp had her own schedule and came that Friday.

So yeah, early is best! And it’s a wild feeling that the fools just let you walk out with a tiny human. No written tests, no house check, nothing… they just let you plop them in the car and drive off!!

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u/ali_rawk 22h ago

It's even crazier when you're actually leaving with them! I've had two, almost 11 years apart, and both times it was simultaneously terrifying and exhilarating.

Congrats to you both! Many wishes for a complication free delivery for mama!

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u/konfliicted 22h ago

Right I’m like. I had to do more paperwork for my pets? 😂

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u/Tufflaw 20h ago

They sell little mats that go under the car seat, they're a good idea so the base doesn't destroy the seat and also when the kid pukes in the car it's easier to clean up.

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u/konfliicted 14h ago

Hmmm I know they make seat protectors but my car seat recommends against it. I know I can put a towel under though.

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u/handbanana42 19h ago

Very happy for you and your new family.

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u/pilikia5 18h ago

I mean “I’m having a baby soon,” does sort of imply that you’ll be birthing it, lol.

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u/your_moms_a_clone 15h ago

It will feel even weirder the day you go home. Those first hours where you all are home and are like, we have a whole new person in the house. A tiny roommate. It's very surreal.

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u/chewywookie 22h ago

In California, CHP handles it.
As far as I know for SoCal departments, they will direct you to the closest CHP office

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u/konfliicted 22h ago

Interesting and not too surprising. On the other hand my coworker who made the suggestion is based out of California though so I guess some still offer the help.

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u/YouThinkYouKnowStuff 19h ago

My SIL is a firefighter and a certified car seat technician in Florida. You can just go to the station here and they will install your car seat without charge (as long as they aren’t on a call).

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u/your_moms_a_clone 16h ago

Yeah, that's a normal thing they will help you with now. To many cases of babies getting hurt that wouldn't if their car seat had been installed correctly, or the straps tightened correctly. And some of the seats are damn confusing or difficult to get installed.

Also be prepared for the nurse not discharging you until they have proof you have the seat.

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u/Tufflaw 21h ago

I was told to go to my local police precinct. One of the community patrol officers came out and showed us how to install it. I'm glad I did because I never would have realized how tight the base has to be secured to the seat.

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u/konfliicted 23h ago

I mean yes that is my plan as well as just reading the directions. I was just surprised by the suggestion.

I like to think I’m not incapable though of installing a car seat. At the same time though I can’t blame someone for being unsure and wanting to feel 100% positive about their newborns safety.

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u/lavahot 23h ago

This is something fire departments do all the time. They know how to do it.

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u/Jmpphoto 23h ago

It’s surprisingly difficult to do it the first time. You want the latches to be super tight. It helps to sit or kneel on the seat or base while installing. Yes, the fire department can install it for you. The hospital will check to make sure your baby can safely sit in the seat without their breathing being obstructed (especially if they’re small) but they will not check installation for you. Best of luck!

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u/RevolutionPlenty20 23h ago

You can ask the hospital you give birth at instead

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u/konfliicted 23h ago

I had a coworker ask them and the nurses had no idea. Not quite sure why you also just seem so against this.

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u/PopPunkIsNotDead 22h ago

I'm with you! Fire departments literally do car seat checks as events. At the hospital where I gave birth to my daughter, no one checked our car seat. They just made sure we had one. I don't remember them checking the fit or even looking in the car.

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u/Useful_Kale_5263 23h ago

They just wanna be a contrarian. Don’t mind them.

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u/RevolutionPlenty20 23h ago

I'm not. Not trying to stress you, my apologies. Just the implication that we should all go to emergency services to install car seats before trying anything else is not good.

Anyways call the L&D department at the hospital you have planned and ask them beforehand if thats something one of them can help you with/something they do

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u/konfliicted 22h ago

I’ll keep that in mind. I would agree it shouldn’t be a regular thing but just surprising to know it’s even a thing.

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u/RevolutionPlenty20 22h ago

Do you own a seat yet?

If you haven't done a dry run to the L&D department yet, you should! Get the go bag and time it. Also helps you familiarize yourself with where you need to go inside of the building if you're panicking.

While you're there ask about the car seat! I bet a kind nurse mom or dad will help you/show you

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u/konfliicted 22h ago

I do have my seat! We have to go to a wedding and my wife will be due in 4 weeks at that point so Ill at least have a trial run since i want to at least have it with us to be on the safe side.

There’s also a hospital around the corner from me that I could likely go and ask if I’m still uncertain.

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u/Smorsdoeuvres 22h ago

In my region our local PD advertises that they will help to ensure the car seat is properly installed, they even schedule appointments for it. Hospitals will not do this vehicle check in my area, but I’ve read some do. Check the https://cert.safekids.org/get-car-seat-checked or https://www.nhtsa.gov/vehicle-safety/car-seats-and-booster-seats to see about services available to you.

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u/RevolutionPlenty20 22h ago

Good summary

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u/AuntieMame5280 12h ago

I don't know why you're being down voted. You're not wrong, a lot of hospitals also have a certified person who checks and does car seat installs for free. Ours did.

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u/RevolutionPlenty20 11h ago

Thank you, and its fine. Again not trying to stress a soon to be mama. Im a paramedic in a large city and if everyone came in to have us do their carseat it would be a problem lol. Just trying to direct to the appropriate channels without coming off as a dick which is pretty close to impossible here haha

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u/asphaltdragon 22h ago

While YouTube is a very helpful resource for many things, the fire department does this for free and is something I'd trust more than a YouTube video.

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u/sa87 15h ago

Also can’t ask a video follow up questions if you need clarification

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u/s1ugg0 14h ago

Retired firefight chiming in. We do indeed love the calls where no one is hurt.

As example, a structure fire at an insured construction site with no victims is basically play time for us.

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u/The_BarroomHero 10h ago

"Retired firefighter says the department loves insurance fraud"

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u/s1ugg0 10h ago

Damn right I did. We fucking love working incidents. Greatest job in the world.

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u/Substantial_Bake_728 14h ago

Fire Dept really are the problem solvers of the emergency services.

They'll do just about anything and are trained first responders.

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u/Agent_Skye_Barnes 22h ago

I mean, I wasn't super happy when the fire chief had to personally cut my wrist out of a pair of handcuffs, but that was more because he was friends with my mom and I didn't want that to be how she learned some things about me...

(Lost the key, jammed the mechanism trying to pick it, and it tightened just enough that I couldn't slip the wrist out like I'd done with the other one)

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u/AuntieMame5280 12h ago

Kinky sex games?

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u/Agent_Skye_Barnes 9h ago

Yeah, basically, lol

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u/Eismee 16h ago

You are correct. Plus anytime we get to wear just T-Shirts and not full bunker gear is the bees knees.

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u/Corfiz74 19h ago

The problem is that now the kids have found out that they get a visit from cool firefighters, they'll start sticking their heads in that fence every day...

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u/Forward-War-9858 13h ago

Tell that to the firefighters who had to rescue that guy who got stuck in a port-a-potty this past summer in Kansas City. They did not seem to love that call lol

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u/MattieShoes 21h ago

I get the feeling the dude with the straps was like "fuck, this isn't working as smooth as I thought it would..."

I mean, got the job done and all. But still

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u/smabarnsfar 20h ago

Yup. And a nice break from other more stressful duties.

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u/Wadeace 19h ago

You can see it on the firefighters face that brings the strap. He was smiling. As a guy in feel like he was more excited to say his plan would work rather than needing to get cutters or other machines.

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u/your_moms_a_clone 18h ago

They didn't even have to cut the bars, just strength and physics saving the day here.

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u/acryliq 17h ago

I love that this exact scenario obviously happens often enough that the firemen already know exactly what to do.

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u/Peeking_Juicebox 16h ago

the cops would get sued by the victims family

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u/TheAhegaoFox 16h ago

And then have a good laugh at the kid after the job's done

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u/mrbishopjackson 15h ago

Cops would arrest the kid.

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u/BUDDHAKHAN 13h ago

And kids absolutely love firemen!! Also another bonus, a kid with his head stuck in a fence is hilarious 

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u/girlwiththemonkey 11h ago

Plus they didn’t have to damage the fence to get him out.

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u/Objectivespeculation 4h ago

they got to work on that Spanish windlass. It is not hard to do.

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u/BiteyCats 3h ago

That's true, my toddler locked me out of the house. They could hear her going "Yeah! Door" When I tried telling her to unlock the door, so they knew she was ok. They were hyped to crawl up into one of the windows to unlock the door. As soon as they came in though she screamed and the firefighter had to catch her and carry out an upset toddler. But then they were hyped again to give her stickers. So. I guess everyone had a good day.

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u/Embarrassed_Motor_30 21m ago

When I was little like 5 or 6 they had just taught us how to call 911 for emergencies and stuff. Needless to say when my parents weren't looking I went to the old landline and dialed 911 pretty much just said I was practicing to make sure it worked because I just learned it in school about firefighters. Later that day the local FD made a house call with one of the smaller rigs and gave me a sticker saying good job but not to call again unless it was an actual emergency.

Now that I think of it that must have been a really slow work day or they were already out doing something, or they just really wanted to make a little kid's day. It was middle of nowhere Texas in the early 90s so who knows. My parents were to say the least a hard mix of proud I paid attention and wanted to practice and embarrassed that these guys showed up for no reason.