[Newsbot]

Title: Beer-consuming firefighters behind firing: chief
Category: Misc CDN
Posted By: Hyack
Date: 2009-12-16 22:12:31
Canadian

[ridenrain]

I heard this on the radio and can't seriously believe anyone is supporting firemen drinking on the job.

[Gunnair]

I have several friends who are volunteer firefighters - no drinking period.

[jdumble]

They are volunteers. They are on call out of the goodness of their heart. If they want to make a rule that says no beer in the firehouses then fine, but say goodbye to most of the volunteers!

[Regina]

Dumbest thing I've ever heard of. Someone gets hurt or killed and they then have to prove he wasn't drunk or prove that he was. If you can't live without a beer for a day, you don't need to be waiting to put out a fire, you need to be at a meeting.

[raydan]

My brother-in-law works as an ambulance technician.
One shift for rural areas is 14 days on with 7 days off.

For those 14 days, you are on call 24 hours a day.
Don't go out of town, you need to be at all times close to base, I thinks it's 10k maximum.
And don't drink while you are on call, it's tolerance zero.