Comment on American cops think they're what American firemen ARE.
anomnom@sh.itjust.works 5 months agoLots of them have fucking Tasers though, and theirs have longer/strong cartridges, since they don’t carry guns to back them up like cops do.
I’ve never met firefighter who carries a taser. We’ve got our hands full with crowbars, axes, ladders, hose, radio, thermal imaging camera, and air monitors. I legit don’t know where I’d even store a taser.
Maybe it’s fire police who are carrying tasers?
I’m not sure how many have them. But they’re trained to use them, and the taser companies have separate versions for police and fire.
The FD’s around here have slowest begun projecting their insecurities like the blacked out blue lives matter cop cruisers have been for years.
The new trucks are dark grey on top and very dark red on the bottom half. They aren’t the bright easy to see red and white trucks they used to be. Which is a shame because now they blend in with dusk colors and kinda look mean
burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 5 months ago
Whoah, what? What fucking fire department lets their firefighters carry tasers?