drama drama drama wrote on February 10, 2009 10:48 AM: firefighters always want to throw the burning baby senario at you....drama, drama, drama. the fact is they are overpaid and i applaud reid for calling it straight!

firemother1 wrote on November 26, 2008 01:19 PM: i wonder what a fair day wage is for running into the world trade center, for talking down a drug suspect with a gun to someone's head or seeing the murdered and abused children? could you do it for 30 years? better yet could the editoral staff at the rj do it at all? we complain about the salary that a firefighter or teacher makes and we will spend millions to see and hear people who throw a ball throught a hoop or sing. where are our priorities?

Simplefacts wrote on November 22, 2008 04:41 AM: patriot

I thank them, but they have to rape us in the process. A fair days wage for a fair days work is what it should be.

Simplefacts wrote on November 22, 2008 04:30 AM: OldTeacher

30 years? All government workers should have to work to age 65+ to get retirement like the non-government taxpayers.

Simplefacts wrote on November 22, 2008 04:25 AM: The best solution is to stop the 3 days on and 3 days off schedule. Change everyone to an 8 hour shift. That would save millions. No overtime except while fighting fires. If they want time off, switch shifts with fellow employees.

J wrote on November 22, 2008 01:52 AM: Cops & Firemen are eligible to retire at younger ages because of the extremely stressful nature of their work. Do you really want a 60 year old carrying you out of a fire or chasing down the suspect that just tried to kill you? Our society is messed up. Let's bash the people who save us when we're in trouble but say nothing about the mortgage brokers who made way more preying on people's stupidity. That's why we're in crisis. People bit off more than they could chew and now instead of paying their bills they're outta here. True Transient Vegas. In a town where people can make ridiculous amounts of money yelling "cocktails" or parking cars you should be grateful there are people willing to do these difficult jobs. Try telling Henry Prendes' family that he was overpaid. Really and then the next time you are in trouble or whining about how much crime is in the valley try to imagine how much worse it would be if no one was willing to come when you dialed 911 because they slashed salaries and benefits. If you lived in a police/fire family and saw the stress they have to live with you would understand that these heroes earn every dollar they are paid. By the way the AMR EMT's who save lives every day make about $8 an hour. But hey maybe their work isn't important enough...get real!

Two Cents wrote on November 21, 2008 03:22 PM: If getting into the fire dept. was more what you know instead of who you know I would have more sympathy. The military are salaried and so should be firefighters and police. Even at a salary of $75,000.00 there would be a waiting list to get in. I promise.

CC IT GUY wrote on November 21, 2008 03:13 PM: Stop replacing all those computers at the county with brand new ones. What is wrong with the old ones. They work just fine but IT thinks that we need new ones.

Ken wrote on November 21, 2008 01:00 PM: Oh thank you 'patriot' for going to the bag for the 'hero' label. How much exactly should a 'hero' make in your utopic world? Is $200K enough? $300K? You make it sound as if their salary is tied into their heroic acts. So what you are saying is if we make them salaried and give them each $75K a year they will only half-assed rescue people and put out fires?

Wow, I figured they would be bothered by my comments but yours, 'patriot' make them look greedy and selfish. I just make them look greedy.

Patrick wrote on November 21, 2008 12:04 PM: why not have a volunteer fire department and save more?



or if you must have professionals, why do we need a government run fire department? We could privatize the department and have companies awarded contracts to provide the service.

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