r/Firefighting • u/Launch_Rockface • Jul 10 '25
General Discussion Unpopular Opinions In the Fire Service
I am curious what other peoples unpopular opinions of the fire service are? I know there are alot of things we are doing or trying to do to improve the fire service as far as training and wellness, but I also know alot of it is just not that great in my opinion.
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u/flywhatever101 Jul 11 '25 edited Jul 11 '25
Raining down hatred on some of our patients and some of our jobs. It gets casually thrown around and I get it that many of our jobs are in fact stupid and burnout is a true and real thing but I still fundamentally disagree w hating on pts and those we are called upon to rescue.
I dislike the way some people hated on others and I know it’s even worse now. (I’m now retired) but I treated every pt and every job w respect. Many at work for both medics n fire love to hate the gays especially. I just fundamentally disagree. My medic school was huge on only two main fundamentals: we treat each and every job w respect even if we personally disagree w an aspect or aspects of their lifestyle bc we get paid to treat them w respect and we strive continuously for technical excellence.
And one last thought: my own experience was that some of those people that got hated on had been hugely abused/raped for YEARS. I got tired and sad and angry and pissed off too but I always worked super hard to not let my own emotions get in the way of doing outstanding work for whatever job we were called to.
And yes we are/were called for way way too much bs that should have driven themselves to urgent care..but still doesn’t excuse shitty care and shitty TX for me or my coworkers.