Comments on: The granny who came in from the cold. Firefighters and public learn lessons from car crash and gas leak at 93-year-old’s home.

By: Lt Cox

Lt Cox — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:43:05 +0000

Amen WOW. I agree that in less than 5 min this situations could have been avoided without overly taxing the responding crew. However I will give them the benefit of the doubt that at first they were a little busy with the crash and gas leak, but maybe 15-20 min into it check on the homeowner or task a bystander to do so??? I am sure she was out of sight out of mind, as this happens so easily, lets not bash them for learning a lesson, but commend them for an awesome follow up. (i.e. no name calling or finger pointing like is happening here, just a teachable moment used to it fullest, Bravo Capt. garcia!) Hopefully next time Nanny has a problem her granddaughter will be a little more prepared. Unfortunately people rarely think of preparing and expect us to be there to “fix everything” when they call.

By: WOW

WOW — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:43:24 +0000

Ok this is how it is tieing to dogs up 2min asking a nieghbor if the old lady can sit in there warm house 2min..Holly crap that took 4min. And how long did you stand around waiting for the utilitys to be controlled exactly…Its not going out of your way to do a good deed its what your suppost to do “Treat on to others as you wish to be treated” RESPECT PRIDE HONOR how many have died for these words and you guys sound like a bunch of 12yr olds that dont want to clean your room…Have some pride in your job…

By: firegirl

firegirl — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:54:27 +0000

Seriously?! You didn’t have one spare person to watch out for this granny? Victim=taxpayer=customer! All the same! Hello! If you’re this hardened to only be in it for the “fire”, then you’ve lost your compassion for people and you need to get OUT!

By: Huh

Huh — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:11:52 +0000

So let me get this straight, workers comp wouldn’t pay for a dog bite but will if we get hurt playing basketball on duty, or injuring our backs on a public service call or how about getting injuried while begging for money for the MDA?

Once again, we are talking about a 93 year old woman – how about some common sense. I think if a 93 year old woman can hold two of the dogs at once in a crowd of people, I think I could more than likely take their leash and tie it off onto a post nearby. It would take one whole big bad firefighter to make sure this lady was taken care of, would it really ruin your day that much?

By: R

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:58:41 +0000

And what happens when the Firefighter gets bit? Imagine the Workmans Comp claim from that.

The job of the FD is to mitigate dangerous situations – not mollycoddle every citizen who can’t plan and prepare for themselves.

There are resources that get called when citizens get displaced due to fires and other circumstances that the FD responds to – let them handle things like this. Not the FD.

By: Huh?

Huh? — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:15:29 +0000

I guess those who think nothing else could have been done for the grandmother, have forgotten what it is like to have one themselves.

The poor lady is 93 for petes sake! Would it have been so awful to sit her in the ambulance or fire department car for a short time during the incident? Would any of the firefighters been put out by taking the two dogs and tying them to a tree or post out of way?

I am sure none of the firefighters there omitted these actions on purpose. I am sure they were businesslike and polite. But we need to go above and beyond in these cases and show alitte extra care. It does not take alot of effort or time, just alittle bit of thought & compassion. Like someone else said, if we treat everyone like we would want our own family members treated, that would go a long way.

By: confused

confused — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:47:08 +0000

Customer service just like everything else we do has been blown way out of proportion. We do provide service when we can that is why we are looked at in a better light then the police and why we are considered the most trustworthy and honorable profession. That does come with limits though, you offer your assistance but you dont wait for hours for family to come to a able adult who lives by herself. If another call comes out in your first due you need to handle the immediate life danger not babysit our citizens.

By: Tony

Tony — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:05:03 +0000

Did you hear the last comment on the report? It said that the granddaughter wants everyone to “have a plan.” Well, she did a great job of not taking responsibility for having a plan. She got her 15 minutes of fame by deflecting her responsibility for having a plan for her poor grandmother by blaming the FD. To top it off, Montgomery County took the blame!!! Oh, well. Gotta go, there is an old lady who needs help crossing the road.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:30:23 +0000

They are happy to see you cut to shreds becuase you don’t wnat to be bothered for anything other then a house fire….dummy..

By: Darren

Darren — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:17:55 +0000

Typical, again people won’t take responsibility for themselves, and blame everyone else, ok, maybe they could have helped tie the dogs up etc, but if she can’t handle the dogs, why does she have them !!
Come, take responsibility for yourself, it’s getting beyond a joke.
But then again, won’t be long and there won’t be a fire department soon because the public is happy to see us cut to shreds.