Marriage Counseling Part III: Détente in the Dysfunctional Fire-EMS Relationship
I’ve spent a couple of columns bashing dysfunctional fire-EMS departments, but it is only fair to point out that not all fire departments do EMS poorly. The general trend I see is that the most dysfunctional relationships are within large municipal fire departments where EMS and fire were forced to merge unwillingly. So, how do we answer the original question: What will it take for medics to achieve equality in the firehouse?
