Issue 4 has arrived and marks the first anniversary of Urban Firefighter Magazine. 2010 was an incredible year for us and we are humbled by the support you have all shown us; Ray and I love discussing 2010 for this very reason; most don't want to talk about 2010 ever again, however. 2010 also marks the year the recession tangibly caught up with the fire service. People seem to have placed their vilification of greedy bankers and CEOs on frontline firefighters too. The politicians seem to be listening to this rhetoric - and as a result, we now conjure up images of firefighters placing their helmets on the ground in front of headquarters in ceremonious fashion as they turn in their badges for pink slips.
都迷路了吗？我当然希望不要。但是我尚未看到的是公民妖魔化和侮辱我们实际上要做的实际任务。las，我们有一个因变量可以衡量的变量，因为我们开始重建消防部门从毁灭性的剥夺中重建。我们面对的难题是，我们都知道每个设备上需要多少人，以及如何使用它们来覆盖消防楼的每一英寸；但是，您不妨将每个人的预算费用与消防部门的识别缩写一起在外套的背上写下。公民和政客们现在都认为这笔费用与我们的英勇一样很容易，并且似乎并没有在媒体上劝告政客在媒体上谈判工会合同。那么，我们如何摆脱这个车辙并回到人民的心中呢？
答案是系统性:我们必须首先现代人理解d and publicly announce that we will only be able to do less with less if that's what we are dealt. We may not be able to cover every first-due companies' operations with the first few arriving companies anymore; we may have to carry-up more standpipe folds than usual due to that empty seat next you now and or wait for the second and third engine to start a long stretch; we may have to call in an extra truck on extrications. You get the point. Let the union locals' elected members, fire chiefs and politicians bargain the polarizing fiscal items in private. This should be decorum and we have to hope that they all have our backs at the table. Similarly, we need to watch our backs - and the citizenry's - on the fireground. We both depend on it. When all is said and done and we've made a few grabs or revived one's family member during the worst of all this, they will surely thank us. How much is this thanks worth to us when we are losing people, equipment and benefits at the very request of those who need us? I hope everything, because these people will eventually come back to us - and hopefully, will make the politicians do the same.
