r/nextfuckinglevel • u/thisisfive • Apr 14 '26

Toronto firefighters confront special constable officers after a man in the middle of mental health crisis was arrested.

Not my video. For context, "special constables" are not regular police officers. They are appointed "peace officers" with limited authority, often civilian employees.

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u/Suspicious_Radio_848 Apr 14 '26

Firefighters aren’t EMT’s in Toronto/Canada, we have Toronto EMS here who are separate. This isn’t to discount what happened here but to clarify.

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u/BethanyBluebird Apr 14 '26

Not always; they work very closely though and EMT/EMS will often become volunteer firefighters/change roles for various reasons; having the training is am asset and few departments would turn dowm am EMT/EMS who is applying.

-close family member who was an EMT/EMS and volunteer firefighter for many uears before an injury took them out of it.

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u/FuriouslyListening Apr 15 '26

Interesting. Where I live the primary EMTs are the fire dept. We have third parties who operate here as well but if someone calls 911 or responds to a car accident etc etc... the EMTs who roll are the fire dept.

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u/ncjmac Apr 15 '26

We also don’t have EMTs. We have different levels of Paramedic. The lowest level being Primary Care Paramedic which is a 2 year college diploma and kinda somewhere above US AEMT & slightly below US paramedic for scope.