r/Firefighting • u/MountainMacaron5400 • Jun 22 '25

Photos “Firefighting”- 90% E.M.S.

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u/WittyClerk Jun 22 '25

The private nursing homes ought to be held accountable for the endless lift-assist calls, and start hiring competent staff, and paying their staff livable wages to do their jobs. Such a waste of resources. I've heard some fire departments have started charging for lift calls. Sounds like a swell idea.

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u/Vprbite I Lift Assist What You Fear Jun 22 '25

I don't know. I just came on. This isn't even my patient

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u/xyzzoom15 Jun 22 '25

Didn’t realize shift change was at 2:30am

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u/Vprbite I Lift Assist What You Fear Jun 23 '25

Sometimes it's at 309am, apparently