Not sure if you'll see this. If you do pass this on to your management. I work as a medic in rural arkansas. Every agency here went to mandatory vests on every call, after a first responder was shot and killed by a man having a seizure, who mistook the medics for a home invader. The vests we got for our department were inexpensive, you can clearly have them show that you are EMS and not police, nobody mistakes an ambulance crew for a police crew. Don't let your management hide behind that excuse to try to avoid paying a few extra dollars to protect your lives. You need these, all medics should wear them.
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Kevin
8 years ago
Whomever the powers that be that makes the decision to deny this request should have to ride a bus for a month beforehand.
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Dan K
8 years ago
Medics kind of already look like police so if someone is high, drunk or does not perceive reality well in the first place it makes sense that they should have some defense in case people attack.
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Arley Hendrick
8 years ago
This is a no brainer. Lives>Looks
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Dominic Ignacio
8 years ago
it should never get to the point where there needs to be a petition to protect the people that only want to save lives.
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Sara Munoz
8 years ago
This will save just as many lives as EMS does!
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Renee Simmons
8 years ago
Keep our first responders safe!
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Mathieu Papineau
8 years ago
Emergency response personnel should always be given the tools they need to perform their duties as safely as possible. Visual/mental deterrents are no replacement for physical safeguards.
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Travis Herren
8 years ago
Get them the vest and quit being hard headed about. They can't save lives if they can't save themselves. The days of Eisenhower and Andy Griffith are over and worrying about perception gets good people killed. It's a crying shame that this petition even has to exist.
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Anonymous
8 years ago
Emergency responders are faced with dangerous situations everyday to help save the lives of strangers. The least we can do is make sure they are a safe as possible while they do so.
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Katya Oates
8 years ago
It's absolute common sense that these would be provided for paramedics. EMS risk their lives to begin with, and should be given as much protection as possible in the field. First Responders save lives, and endanger themselves to do so.
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Maureen Setley
8 years ago
Please keep EMS safe.
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Samuel Zale
8 years ago
For the safety of our paramedics.
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Donna Palmer
8 years ago
EMS has literally saved my life 5 times. I am only 53 years old. Their lives are so very important. Times have changed and are very dangerous for these heroes. Please allow these vests.
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David Rogers
8 years ago
God bless to all who chose to spend their lives saving others.
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Baochau Tran
8 years ago
Our first responders should not have to pay for these out of their own pocket.
safety should be number one priority
YUP THE LADS, keep up the good work
Not sure if you'll see this. If you do pass this on to your management. I work as a medic in rural arkansas. Every agency here went to mandatory vests on every call, after a first responder was shot and killed by a man having a seizure, who mistook the medics for a home invader. The vests we got for our department were inexpensive, you can clearly have them show that you are EMS and not police, nobody mistakes an ambulance crew for a police crew. Don't let your management hide behind that excuse to try to avoid paying a few extra dollars to protect your lives. You need these, all medics should wear them.
Whomever the powers that be that makes the decision to deny this request should have to ride a bus for a month beforehand.
Medics kind of already look like police so if someone is high, drunk or does not perceive reality well in the first place it makes sense that they should have some defense in case people attack.
This is a no brainer. Lives>Looks
it should never get to the point where there needs to be a petition to protect the people that only want to save lives.
This will save just as many lives as EMS does!
Keep our first responders safe!
Emergency response personnel should always be given the tools they need to perform their duties as safely as possible. Visual/mental deterrents are no replacement for physical safeguards.
Get them the vest and quit being hard headed about. They can't save lives if they can't save themselves. The days of Eisenhower and Andy Griffith are over and worrying about perception gets good people killed. It's a crying shame that this petition even has to exist.
Emergency responders are faced with dangerous situations everyday to help save the lives of strangers. The least we can do is make sure they are a safe as possible while they do so.
It's absolute common sense that these would be provided for paramedics. EMS risk their lives to begin with, and should be given as much protection as possible in the field. First Responders save lives, and endanger themselves to do so.
Please keep EMS safe.
For the safety of our paramedics.
EMS has literally saved my life 5 times. I am only 53 years old. Their lives are so very important. Times have changed and are very dangerous for these heroes. Please allow these vests.
God bless to all who chose to spend their lives saving others.
Our first responders should not have to pay for these out of their own pocket.
Keep them safe! At all cost
Pls