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Mutts abound in the fire service...consider this from the news page of Firehouse.com (the title of the story is MA budget hampers training, it is a typo, because it is about the Knoxville Tennessee Fire Department.)
Unlike Chattanooga, Knoxville doesn't offer additional pay to training officers, who lose opportunities for overtime hours and working extra jobs that front-line firefighters enjoy. Coppinger (Chief of the Chattanooga FD) said each training officer is rewarded with a salary equal to captain's pay.
Knoxville Fire Chief Gene Hamlin doesn't agree with that policy.
"I don't feel that's warranted," Hamlin said. "They've got a job to do just like all the rest of us. They're not risking their lives like other firefighters."
Maybe not..but they are responsible for training firefighters so that they can survive a tour of duty and go home. When the "big one" hits in Knoxville, the Training Division will probably be dispatched for manpower...what then, Chief Hamlin?
This is the type of mentality that just screams the word "MUTT!""
[ 11-15-2001: Message edited by: Captain Gonzo ]
Unlike Chattanooga, Knoxville doesn't offer additional pay to training officers, who lose opportunities for overtime hours and working extra jobs that front-line firefighters enjoy. Coppinger (Chief of the Chattanooga FD) said each training officer is rewarded with a salary equal to captain's pay.
Knoxville Fire Chief Gene Hamlin doesn't agree with that policy.
"I don't feel that's warranted," Hamlin said. "They've got a job to do just like all the rest of us. They're not risking their lives like other firefighters."
Maybe not..but they are responsible for training firefighters so that they can survive a tour of duty and go home. When the "big one" hits in Knoxville, the Training Division will probably be dispatched for manpower...what then, Chief Hamlin?
This is the type of mentality that just screams the word "MUTT!""
[ 11-15-2001: Message edited by: Captain Gonzo ]
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