EMS

At first the EMS took me to the hospital.

Numbers from the U.K. show that the figures are even worse for EMS responders, with whom firefighters usually work closely.

“Mr. Park was transported by EMS to a local hospital and subsequently pronounced deceased by hospital personnel.”

First responders “attempted life saving measures” until EMS officers arrived.

Marc Bashoor, former chief of Prince George’s County Fire/EMS Department in Maryland, who teaches leadership to firefighters across the country, said vacancies create more vacancies, because “everybody gets psychologically and physically tired of working.”