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>work as an EMT
>operate an emergency vehicle
>make life or death medical decisions
>deal with human garbage on a daily basis
>get attacked by drug addicts
>get spit on/pissed on/shat on by drunks
>carry joe or jane fatass down 4 flights of stairs
>paid $11.60 an hour

>firefightsers in my city make $71,000 a year starting
>there have been 4 fires so far this year

EMS is paid poorly because its a transitory industry, just a stepping stone for people to get their start. But its a transitory industry because its paid poorly. I'm trying to move over to the police myself, talk about a catch-22.