Poll: Which emergency service?

Which emergency service?

  • Police

    Votes: 107 34.7%

  • Fire

    Votes: 115 37.3%

  • Ambulance

    Votes: 68 22.1%

  • Calls

    Votes: 18 5.8%
  • Total voters
    308
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Ambulance.

I would choose Police, but as Lennox Lewis used to bang on about, I'm not sure if i could keep my cool in some situations either.
 
My dad tortured me to join the police when I was younger (late teens/early 20's) but i didn't want to join.

If I had to pick one it would be Fire.
 
I reckon in terms of profit or self aggrandizement 1 year as a police officer could the best opportunity for a young skally trying to make his way in life.
 
Probably ambulance.

I can't stand the heat in summer so fires probably aren't going to be my cup of tea. Control room would drive me mad considering what people are like when they call - some are barely intelligible.

Seeing I'd have the opportunity to do something new, that leave the ambulance service. Where I am SCAS has an unusually high number of very attractive ladies in their 20s which is always a bonus. Having spent a fair bit of time in Southampton General A&E, the nurses/doctors aren't too bad either. :D
 
Voted fire but I specifically mean one of the airport fire services. I'd love to get my hands on one of those foam cannons.
 
Living by the sea, we have another option which is Coastguard. I'd go for that.
 
I vote fire.

Purely because I reckon that one has the least interaction with the general public. Every tv show which involves the emergency services dealing with joe bloggs makes me want to tear my eyes out. How they have the patience to deal with the public day in, day out is beyond me, but all credit to them.
 
Feek said:
Living by the sea, we have another option which is Coastguard. I'd go for that.
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This specifically isn't an option due to not everyone living by the coast, also what would a rookie do for such a service other than be an area comber?

Yes first aid would be learnt and it could apply to youngsters that have experience with dog training and the such but it's very niche.

I would say in the eyes of national service the coast guard is for seasoned guys with specific skills, usually from the army. No?
 
Definitely the police for me because you get to do all the other services work.

a) You get to do ambulance stuff because when they have no crew available the police often get called to attend and assess. Medical training not essential. This also applies to doing EDTs work for them when they want a welfare check done on someone when they have no desire to leave the office or when it's required not long before they finish work. You also get calls from A&E when someone walks out and even if it isn't urgent and the person doesn't need to return, the police get to do a welfare check anyway. Also, many silent 999 calls to them get referred to police

b) You get to work with fire when they have to force entry into a house as they have no obligation to secure the point of entry and then phone the police to arrange it. Also, if a dog is trapped between two fences they ring the police to come and take over and ownership of the dog as they are too busy to hang about and don't have staff. Silent 999 calls are regularly passed to police. You sometimes miss them though as after their initial call for assistance as the fire was deemed suspicious, they do one before you arrive leaving you to chase them to ascertain if the fire was suspicious only to be told it wasn't.

Not the calls though. Been there and although you bend over backwards to help those genuinely in need, the timewasters and petty squabbles far outweigh the needy.

Occasionally though, you get to tackle crime.
 
Von Smallhausen said:
Definitely the police for me because you get to do all the other services work.

a) You get to do ambulance stuff because when they have no crew available the police often get called to attend and assess. Medical training not essential. This also applies to doing EDTs work for them when they want a welfare check done on someone when they have no desire to leave the office or when it's required not long before they finish work. You also get calls from A&E when someone walks out and even if it isn't urgent and the person doesn't need to return, the police get to do a welfare check anyway. Also, many silent 999 calls to them get referred to police
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We've got to the point where critically injured people who are involved in incidents we've attended have been transported via Police car as there simply aren't any ambulances available and won't be for a while. We've written off cars due to the blood contamination in the process too.

Von Smallhausen said:
b) You get to work with fire when they have to force entry into a house as they have no obligation to secure the point of entry and then phone the police to arrange it.
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Where I am, Fire attend to force entry for Ambulance when required now. It's just as well as most officers aren't trained to use an enforcer.

Von Smallhausen said:
Occasionally though, you get to tackle crime.
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Lies.
 
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