Affirmative Endangerment
In response to Hose Colored Glasses, I received some figures illustrating the gravity of the situation at the SLFD:
1.Only 18 of 36 fire trucks have actual captains on them, because the
City refuses to promote ``non-diverse`` candidates, despite numerous qualified individuals.
2.There are no (zero) actual battalion chiefs working in the 6 districts, and no actual deputy chiefs because of this policy.
3.The vacancy rate is as follows: 27 captains, 4 battalion chiefs, and 1 deputy chief.
Meanwhile, the safety of the citizens of the great city of St. Louis is in jeopardy, thanks to understaffing and unqualified individuals in positions above their pay grade. Once again, liberals find it convenient to risk the lives and welfare of the common man for their social engineering experiments. We deserve better, both here and throughout the nation; this is a national security issue! We need to know we can rely on our firefighters, our police, our medical personnel. Affirmative action benefits the few at the expense of the many.
It`s time for something truly affirmative-a merit based system.
CORRECTION:
The way I have written this makes it sound like this is a daily understaffing. My sources tell me:
This was a something which happened one day-"one day", meaning not everyday, but a single day because of circumstances (i.e. members on vacation, etc.). That many officers off on the same day is not the norm. But a realistic projection almost everyday on the A-shift is: no bonafide deputy chief (he is a battalion chief acting as a deputy), a minimum of 2 battalion chiefs vacant (if no battalion chief is off), and a minimum of 9 captain vacancies. But of course, those numbers climb rapidly when officers are off and on a normal day, we will have at least 5 captains and 1 battalion chief off. And that is only the A-shift; there are two more shifts with basically the same vacancies, minus the deputy spot.
Although it may not be as bad (everyday) as stated in your blog, IT IS STILL JEOPARDIZING FIREFIGHTER AND PUBLIC SAFETY WITH THAT MANY UNQUALIFIED PERSONNEL MAKING SPLIT-SECOND, POTENTIAL LIFE-SAVING DECISIONS.
1.Only 18 of 36 fire trucks have actual captains on them, because the
City refuses to promote ``non-diverse`` candidates, despite numerous qualified individuals.
2.There are no (zero) actual battalion chiefs working in the 6 districts, and no actual deputy chiefs because of this policy.
3.The vacancy rate is as follows: 27 captains, 4 battalion chiefs, and 1 deputy chief.
Meanwhile, the safety of the citizens of the great city of St. Louis is in jeopardy, thanks to understaffing and unqualified individuals in positions above their pay grade. Once again, liberals find it convenient to risk the lives and welfare of the common man for their social engineering experiments. We deserve better, both here and throughout the nation; this is a national security issue! We need to know we can rely on our firefighters, our police, our medical personnel. Affirmative action benefits the few at the expense of the many.
It`s time for something truly affirmative-a merit based system.
CORRECTION:
The way I have written this makes it sound like this is a daily understaffing. My sources tell me:
This was a something which happened one day-"one day", meaning not everyday, but a single day because of circumstances (i.e. members on vacation, etc.). That many officers off on the same day is not the norm. But a realistic projection almost everyday on the A-shift is: no bonafide deputy chief (he is a battalion chief acting as a deputy), a minimum of 2 battalion chiefs vacant (if no battalion chief is off), and a minimum of 9 captain vacancies. But of course, those numbers climb rapidly when officers are off and on a normal day, we will have at least 5 captains and 1 battalion chief off. And that is only the A-shift; there are two more shifts with basically the same vacancies, minus the deputy spot.
Although it may not be as bad (everyday) as stated in your blog, IT IS STILL JEOPARDIZING FIREFIGHTER AND PUBLIC SAFETY WITH THAT MANY UNQUALIFIED PERSONNEL MAKING SPLIT-SECOND, POTENTIAL LIFE-SAVING DECISIONS.
posted by Timothy Birdnow | 6:08 AM
2 Comments:
Tim: Your a whistle blower or an alarmist depending on how major cities want to paint you. The underlying cause to these deficiencies is $$$$ as the city fathers will tell the council members "see what we are saving"! As history bears me out change will not come until a monumental disaster happens. First comes finger pointing and the guilty often found, but as often exonerated,then comes the committees who look at the reasons and then the reports(by this time most people have lost interest) then comes implementation and this is usually what they should have done before the disaster as in this case filling the positions of firemen,captains and battalion chiefs. St. Louis was built over a fault that has shaken that area before and will hit again. The loss in life even with a well manned fire department will be in the thousands but with an undermanned and leaderless dept. that figure will double if not triple. So blow that whistle loud!
Thanks, Learner!
I may be wearing out my welcome in St. Louis; if I keep this up they`ll run me out of town tarred and feathered!
You`re right; just like the situation in New Orleans, everyone will rearrange deck chairs until the City hits a berg, then there will be a fearsome cry.
That business about St. Louis and the fault line-right you are! The worst earthquake in recorded history happened in Missouri in 1811; the Mississippi river flowed backwards for weeks! Imagine if we should be hit by THAT!
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