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Originally Posted by fatlazyless
 Laconia has a full time, paid, fire department as opposed to a volunteer, on-call, dept. Guys at firestations usually have lots of time with not a whole lot to do, except preparation on their award-winning, firehouse chili. Thanks to wide use of smoke detectors, the number of fires, and calls to the firehouse is way down.
So, probably these guys were very gung-ho to get out on the thin ice and put all their ice-rescue skills and equipment to practice.
Basically, a practice drill with a deer would be a lot less intense than a real drill with a child.....and some adults. |
Well, at first I (a Laconia Firefighter) was sitting here with my jaw hanging and then I decided to reply. First of all we do not have "lots of time with not a whole lot to do". We do more training, inspections, equipment maintenance and responding to fire calls then any other fire department in the state then any department our size. And our call volume has risen from 2700 calls a year when I was hired in 2001 to over 3700 this year with the addition of only ONE person per shift. We also practice our water and ice rescue skills MONTHLY if not more frequently and not just when Bambi takes a tumble. Please get informed before you spout off incorrect information or demean or belittle those of us who do a job most people wouldn't dare do or want to be part of.