FARK.com: (5608139) When breaking the news that a fire station will be shut down and workers laid off, you might want to say something other than, "The city's not going to, going to, burn up if we shut down one fire station and lay off a few people"

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		When breaking the news that a fire station will be shut down and workers laid off, you might want to say something other than, "The city's not going to, going to, burn up if we shut down one fire station and lay off a few people" (wgal.com)		24
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Pud

2010-09-08 11:06:47 PM

This is an old tactic. Lay off people that are needed, stop services that will hit the voters at home. The same thing has gone on here. They close fire stations, lay off police, and paramedics. However The money was still there to build handicapped accessible crosswalks at every intersection. Most of which have no sidewalks leading up to them. If someone in a wheelchair were ever to be able to make their way there (in fair weather possible, in rain unlikely) They would have a crosswalk available to them to cross the street, only to face the next 500 ft. of rolling through wet Georgia clay to the closest bus stop. Miles if they were rolling the way on their own.

Don't even get me started of those nice brass frogs on the park benches.

SilentStrider

2010-09-09 01:01:42 AM

Please don't be Harrisburg.
Please don't be Harrisburg.
Please don't be Harrisburg.

*rtfa*

Aww Christ.
Guess I'd better make sure my renter's insurance is paid up.

lo quilty

2010-09-09 01:14:57 AM

I had cat incident at my house a year or so ago and the firefighters who came were so hot. If I didn't have a boyfriend at the time I would have totally gotten their numbers.

Micronaut

2010-09-09 01:16:53 AM

what is cat incident?

AgentKGB

2010-09-09 01:19:15 AM

Micronaut: what is cat incident?

Her pussy was on fire

Dwight_Yeast

2010-09-09 01:31:02 AM

We actually need to close fire stations here in Philly but the fire fighters union scared the shiat out the old people a couple years ago, so instead of having an efficient number of stations, we've now got "rolling closures" because we don't have the money to keep them all open.

Number of fires is down something like 80% from thirty years ago.
Annual fire deaths is in the tens, down from over a hundred.

jingks

2010-09-09 01:34:15 AM

Watch out you might get what you're after
Cool baby strange but not a stranger
I'm an ordinary guy
Burning down the house

Rogerdude58

2010-09-09 01:36:42 AM

Pud: This is an old tactic. Lay off people that are needed, stop services that will hit the voters at home. The same thing has gone on here. They close fire stations, lay off police, and paramedics. However The money was still there to build handicapped accessible crosswalks at every intersection. Most of which have no sidewalks leading up to them. If someone in a wheelchair were ever to be able to make their way there (in fair weather possible, in rain unlikely) They would have a crosswalk available to them to cross the street, only to face the next 500 ft. of rolling through wet Georgia clay to the closest bus stop. Miles if they were rolling the way on their own.

Don't even get me started of those nice brass frogs on the park benches.

Most Likely Fed money there... We have the same things going on here. Lots of nice curbs, crosswalks and awesome things that look like 3' tall penises. And yes they have been vandalized with giant condoms.

f4rmerbob

2010-09-09 01:52:15 AM

Jamieboy

2010-09-09 05:09:54 AM

Dwight_Yeast: We actually need to close fire stations here in Philly but the fire fighters union scared the shiat out the old people a couple years ago, so instead of having an efficient number of stations, we've now got "rolling closures" because we don't have the money to keep them all open.

Number of fires is down something like 80% from thirty years ago.
Annual fire deaths is in the tens, down from over a hundred.

I for one don't like the rolling closures of fire stations. A house down the block caught fire last week and it was 20 minutes (seemed like an hour) before the engines pulled up. Neighbors with hoses, extinguishers etc held things at bay. Funny thing, one of the 'rolling closed fire stations' was just a block away.

When your house catches fire, get back to me about fires being down 80% from thirty years ago. There is so much other crap this shait hole of a city could do without besides closing fire stations. And yeah, scare the bejesus out of people about closing fire stations. They should be scared.

/fire fighter supporter

johnnygew

2010-09-09 05:24:37 AM

And of course, nothing bad could come of this - just ask this man:
thestartingfive.net

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Archie Goodwin

2010-09-09 07:52:38 AM

You see that flash of light in the corner of your eye? That's your career dissipation light. It just went into high gear.

Lipo

2010-09-09 07:57:18 AM

I have a firefighter in my family who is a Captain now. The city manager first refused to allow him to take the position even though the civil service board said he was the one who deserved the promotion. Their argument was that because he has so much seniority, his salary would be too high. The kicker is, almost half of his salary is paid for by FEMA because he's on one of the emergency response task forces sent to hurricane/flood/other disaster zones like Haiti. Even as a Captain with lots of years in, he costs the city less to employ than a rookie firefighter does.

It's all politics. That's it.

Genju

2010-09-09 09:08:22 AM

Mayor's office first.

Lots43

2010-09-09 09:13:08 AM

Closing down a fire station should be the absolute last possible choice ever. Anyone who does any different should be considered a psychotic criminal.

/Not trolling.

nytmare

2010-09-09 09:15:19 AM

AgentKGB: Micronaut: what is cat incident?

Her pussy was on fire

probesport

2010-09-09 09:34:28 AM

Firefighters? Who needs them?

dietrichthrall.files.wordpress.com

It's much more exciting watching shiat burn down.

blazemongr

2010-09-09 09:38:45 AM

This story would have been a lot more interesting if it had been from Detroit.

probesport

2010-09-09 11:04:38 AM

blazemongr: This story would have been a lot more interesting if it had been from Detroit.

And it was Devils night.

Lord Farkwad

2010-09-09 11:41:50 AM

The city of Flint laid off some firefighters a while back. And all of the sudden there were mysterious fires everywhere until some Obama money was used to hire back some of the laid off firefighters.

I wonder who set all those fires.

kvinesknows

2010-09-09 11:45:49 AM

Lots43: Closing down a fire station should be the absolute last possible choice ever. Anyone who does any different should be considered a psychotic criminal.

/Not trolling.

city of 50ishK people. 8 council members (including Mayor) and 4 fire stations..(down from 13)

yeah.. this city could easily withstand some cutbacks all over the place.

ZackDanger

2010-09-09 12:08:25 PM

Lord Farkwad: The city of Flint laid off some firefighters a while back. And all of the sudden there were mysterious fires everywhere until some Obama money was used to hire back some of the laid off firefighters.

I wonder who set all those fires.

An arsonist?

angry_scientist

2010-09-09 03:40:45 PM

Lord Farkwad: I wonder who set all those fires.

OK Brian McCaffrey

sbrister

2010-09-09 04:55:38 PM

Didn't this happen in Philly with the rolling lay-offs and someone died in a fire because the closest Fire Dept was closed?

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