The fatality comes years later from suicide caused by PTSD, different kinds of cancers from chemical spills & smoke, heart attacks from stressful shifts, dangers of homelessness due to PTSD....anything else I've missed, pls add
I'm a microbiologist...we don't have much of a fatality rate, but that doesn't mean we can't get sick from what we are working with! I like your logic.
Anyone who tells you "firefighters are overrated" has never been in an emergency situation before. When me and my father were defending our home from a 20 meter wall of fire eating through the reed forest next to it, we begged for the firefighters to be plentiful enough to come help quenching it. Thankfully the fire didn't reach our home, just killed two weeping willows and a quarter of our apple orchard. This guy's biggest emergency ever was his vape running out of juice.
I have been and firefighters are completely overrated. I was shocked at the incompetence and ego when they shipped my grandmas stroke BLS as gen weakness when she was altered. Getting yelled at by the medic for disagreeing was a shock, especially pointing out the facial droop and slurred speech. lucky for her the ambulance crew upgraded as soon as they were away from the fire crew. The fact fire and EMS are together so firefighters can get more money hurts us all. Talking to firefighters I have to agree,
@@kingofthechair5752 There's idiots everywhere, especially when medical emergencies are concerned. That doesn't mean firefighters aren't invaluable in many other scenarios, or that competent EMTs wouldn't be in one like yours.
@@FiksIIanzO that’s only one example I have. But there is a theme with fire. if I’m having a medical emergency I don’t want a firefighter or firefighter paramedic, I want a real medical professional. Fire fighters are qualified for putting the wet stuff in red stuff and breaking things. After that you need professionals to step in.
@@kingofthechair5752dude I've been an actual EMT, one of those "real medical professionals" you talked about. Let the guy who knows what he's talking about speak. The other guy is right, incompetence can be found everywhere in the medical field. Also every 911 call I've worked on firefighters were first on scene, 12-lead and bp cuff attached and taking readings. So yes, they absolutely are medical professionals, it's actually what they mostly do. But while to get on an ambulance, either ALS 911 or BLS like I mostly did, you just need your NREMT. Whereas fire guys almost always have their paramedic. In other words, they're actually even MORE medically trained than we are, plus trained in hazard safety, plus they have their bachelor's in fire science usually. It's true, fire cadets can be douches, I was actually sexually harassed by one in EMT school. But speaking as someone who has not just talked to but also WORKED ALONGSIDE AND FOR firefighters, as first responders go they tend to have their shit zipped up tightly and they do their jobs well. That said, it's not as if I don't believe your story :c Sadly, first responders are human, they make mistakes, and sometimes those mistakes lead to death. It's why the first response field has a high suicide rate too
As someone who has been through two house fires in his life, one where I woke my grandfather and we got out safely and one where firefighters broke an entire window and frame out to save my life, you know who thinks firefighters are greatly underrated and not paid nearly enough? This guy right here!
If I ruled the world, then corporate heads would need to work weekend jobs to make ends meet, while the emergency services folks would spend their off duty times in mansions or on yachts.
I don't care this is two years old, that poor excuse for a man pissed me off. My grandfather was a paramedic in the 50's until retirement in 92. He was there for cars with no seat belts, no hydraulic jaws of life, no medevac, the introduction of the subway in Toronto " injury at track level". These guys are all cut from the same cloth. Mad respect bud from🇨🇦
Thank your grandfather for me. I love fire fighters do to back when I was 2 back in 1991 those glorious necromancing bastards brought me back to life. They got to the pool side and found me dead in a bucket of water and took over 30 minutes but they brought me back from the dead. Fire Fighters are Glorious Death Slayers Fighting Death itself and kicking Deaths boney ass.
Never. NEVER. Insult the people who are supposed to have your back when things get rough. You might think they are worthless when times are easy, but you better PRAY they are still around to care when shit hits the fan.
this is a man who films himself pouring steaming oil on his comedically under-sized genitals. Not hard to predict a scenario where the ol' Amazing Atheist is thanking God that firefighters exist. Yeah, that's really his brand name. 2006 TH-cam was so schizophrenic.
I just recently had a reason to love EMT folk even more...I was walking my dog one afternoon & an ambo came screaming up behind us. My dog's ears clearly hurt when he's got a siren a few feet away, so I knelt down to cover his ears & reassure him. About 30 feet before it got to me, the ambo's siren cut off. It cut back on about 30 feet beyond us. I don't know if the driver saw me grinning & waving & jumping, but to make sure I got my "thank you" across I went & got a few bags of candy (including RedHots, Fireballs, & Hot Tamales, of course. And chocolate!) & a thank you note that I'm delivering tomorrow. This is the same station that saved my entire neighborhood from going up in flames 3 years ago when a local nutjob firebombed a pickup truck with camper topper, trying to kill the people inside....& they were parked about 18 feet from my house. I STILL can't believe we didn't go up in flames. That brought about my first "Thank you" goodie package to the fire station. And the final blow-me-away fact was, the police came out with shovels & brooms & such to clean up the molten metal & glass & other garbage that had melted & been blown all over the street & sidewalk. The police, after 5-6 hours on scene, dragged out their janitorial tools & cleaned everything up. Deepest respects to all emergency responders, and THANK YOU!! 🤩🥰😘
@@kingofthechair5752 where I live, EMS shows up when you call in a fire. They're all in the same station. Considering there were 2 people inside the camper when it was fire-bombed, that's a good thing. And I hear people are often harmed in fires.
@@kellyhoward6941 in our area, EMT's come with a fire truck, our paramedics come with the ambulance. My wife was in full arrest, I was performing CPR and had dialed 911 and via speakerphone alerted them for the need for EMS. First responder was a cop with an AED, who took over CPR, not that I was tired yet. The EMTs arrived next in the fire truck from the firehouse across the street, who then took over from the cop. The paramedics arrived around 15 minutes later, as they were returning from the hospital and hooked up the Lifepak, which unfortunately displayed absolutely no pattern. I suspected as much when the AED remained ominously silent about shocks, only advising when to pause for monitoring, then prompting resumption. One look at the monitor, I looked at the paramedic and said, "Not even PEA, she's gone". The EMT just stood there wide eyed, I was a military medic for decades and allowed my EMT-P to lapse. Know who doesn't arrive as EMS in a fire truck? Guys like me, I arrived in an armored combat vehicle that was converted into an ambulance. We also had a Hummer ambulance, but I usually was in the field with the troops, so had the armored vehicle.
This happened to my crew the other day. We were buying some stuff for salads and lemon pepper chicken, and this dude (couldn't be older than 23-24) approaches us. He says, verbatim, "You're welcome for that food. I'm glad your not using my tax dollars for big steaks today." I was kind of dumbstruck but my Captain just said, "Well thank you for kindly paying us out of your pocket sir, have a nice day." The guy walked away with a big smile on his face like he won the exchange.
Or the pricks I once had seen, give a fire truck the finger, while parked in front of the bowser, preventing the fire truck from being refuel. This was years ago, so I do hope that has come to bite them in the ass already.
I’m so grateful for all of you first responders. My daughter passed in 2021. I kept doing CPR until the EMTs and Paramedics arrived. Those men worked over my sweet girl for more than 45 minutes.it’s highly possible that they knew it was out of their hands right at the beginning. But they kept trying to revive her so dutifully. She was 38 and died of an undiagnosed heart valve condition. I thank God for all of them. They worked so hard. God bless each and every one of you.
1:50 My dad, a firefighter for many years in Denmark. In the late 70's, before I was born. Was on a call, where on the 4th story of a building, the floor collapsed. Somehow, his foot catched on something, and he dangled face down, looking at the flames beneath him. They didn't have radio's at the time. So his buddy, once realising that trying to get my dad up alone, would likely cause him to fall. Raced out of the building, telling what had happened. As the story goes, the fire captain initially had to threaten every single firefighter at the scene, with getting fired. Because they all wanted to run inside, dropping what they were currently doing. After quickly formulating a plan, my dad got rescued. He had extensive surgery on his lower leg and foot, as well as minor burn treatment. That injury, stopping his active firefighting career, and caused pain his entire life. But turned into a 20 year career as a paramedic. As well as 40 years as a part time fire instructor, and planner, in national service. Though an anecdote, I as the kid of a firefighter, have always been inspired by the few stories dad was willing to talk about, as well as the moral codex he instilled in me and my brothers. When finally a few years before his passing, he became more willing to talk about the specifics of his career. My view of dad turned, from him just being a hero to his sons, to a genuine Hero with a capital H. And so did my view of every single firefighter, and paramedic.
Once I rode with a volunteer crew that had seen this exact situation a few days before. Everyone was still shaken by finding a charred corpse just inside the door. At the end of the shift, they went home, tired to get a little sleep, and woke up in time to go to their day jobs.
Of all the ways FDC has educated me about the line of work, that one has easily stuck with me the most. I've heard some wild, messed up stories, but not much compares with what it must be like finding the person you came to save asphyxiated and burned to char literally within arm's reach of safety.
My first thought was, "I have a fire extinguisher, whose sole purpose is to get me through that fucking door, whose staying on the hinges at that point is entirely optional". Because, he's spot on about how toxic smoke is from house fires, largely due to burning plastics. And Halon ain't exactly a wonderkind, it's a horror, as on exposure to heat, flame and worse, hot metal, it'll decompose into hydrogen fluoride, which becomes hydrofluoric acid on contact with water and can trivially etch glass. It literally killed MRAP vehicle crews, when the Taliban and AQ learned to fire their RPG into the extinguisher tanks on the vehicle. Your air conditioner will also be releasing that same nastiness. And your fridge. The plastics, well, anything from known carcinogens through old faithful, cyanide gases. As for the moron from the video, well, he's welcome to never call EMS and fire and just man up and take care of that bleeding, major crushing injury, vehicle crushed in on his family (assuming he can ever find a partner that could tolerate his existence) and burning building that's collapsing onto him and his all by his little lonesome. Because, as the first lesson we learned in medic school was, "Eventually, all bleeding shall stop. One way or another". And the US population in 1980, when I graduated high school was 226 million, we're now at 339 million and climbing, so the number of calls will increase. Especially given our new high energy lithium based batteries, who make thermite look like something pleasant when they go up in flames.
Same! Also, perhaps they should consider having less stuff on their wall behind them. Or find a wall with a more emptier space. Sure you’re all about chaos but people are more likely to get too distracted by your wall posters rather than actually listen to you. At least the firefighters background is actually welcoming, friendly, and not too distracting.
He's just jealous of the calendars. 100% of the firefighters in the area I grew up in were volunteers. They raised money for their equipment through boot drives, fundraisers, using the firehouse (hosie) as a bar on the weekends, hosting block shoots, renting out their buildings as a social hall, and serving breakfast every weekend. They also serviced all of their own equipment, including doing mechanical work on their trucks, and... just as an aside, would wake up out of a dead sleep when the fire claxon went off in the middle of the night to save people's lives, pets, and homes. You know, hero's work.
Firehouse as a bar? That’s a creative money raising solution. I like it. Coulda made an in-house special with a base of fireball. Coulda called it “the structural” or something. That would be cool.
And I bet each and every one of them was the type of guy who never said anything about being a hero, and just called it " doing our job" because no real hero will say they are a hero. They might deflect that title to another coworker, but not personally say it. This guy talking shit about firemen obviously enjoys living in a place that is up to fire code, and safe. After all, what kind of fire has he ever dealt with? Oh yeah, the fire that he uses to light up his crack!
Back in the 60s & 70s, I started as a CD trainee at age 16. At age 27, I'm told that I was the second youngest Fire District chief in the history of California. I resigned because I couldn't handle the POLITICS ! 94% of the calls were medical. Until you have crawled around a burning building hoping to rescue an occupant, where it was so hot that standing up would have meant instant death, you have NO RIGHT to be critical ! God bless and protect all my BROTHERS !
Amazing how he never mentions that even though the number of paid firefighters has gone up the largest number of firefighters in the US are still volunteers. Who actually get paid nothing to risk theirs to save others
That’s right. Speaking from 20 yeas experience. When you’re a volunteer in a small town you more than likely know the persons who’s house you put out or are pulling out of a wrecked car or doing CPR on. Makes it even tougher.
Amen. Spent Years as a reserve, specialized brush monkey, including helitack. We responded on all second alarms as manpower. Did the grunt work, had my crew split between truck and engine assignments. My crew had to be qualified for both. On scene, I was responsible for 12. Most gratifying moment? Twice, a chief tossed me the white helmet, "captain, you're wearing the wrong helmet". To this day, I really appreciate that. Yes, I was not paid. Be careful out there, brothers!
@@myotiswii ah yes literally every single house everywhere catches fire daily, and firefighters magically turn the destroyed building into the way it was before the fire. Which is why after someone's house burns down, they're not homeless, they can just go live back in the burnt house. I'm not saying firefighters are useless, I'm just saying they're doing their JOB, it's not volunteer work, they don't do it because they love ***you***, the risk to their lives are as minimal as most other "high risk" jobs like on construction sites, and fires happen quite very rarely. So they shouldn't be "worshipped", as explained in the video that you didn't bother to watch.
@@llVIU I am not 'worshipping' firefighters. I just say that you should have enough. And to have enough you need to have a few more than you need daily to counter bigger fires. And yeah, having enough firefighters or not can decide between your house burning down or not. Because fires can be contained within a room or because the fire doesn't spread from your neighbors to you.
"paid firefighters go up, and rates of fires go down, explain that!" ... well yes, the more people we pay to combat fires, the more effective we are at combatting them.... ?????
It was number of fires responded to though, which isn't something that goes down with number of firefighters. Number of firefighters doesn't deter fires from starting.
@@XiaoYueMao Aren't the safety inspections enforcing codes? To say this decrease is due to the firefighters being more numerous requires assumptions, which are not assumptions I think are obviously true. For example, if the only variable changing is number of firefighters, then it would appear that the reason fires decreased is because there previously weren't enough firefighters to enforce code and such. I see no reason to find an assumption like that so obvious it should be "yea ?????" I don't really think the video does either, given that they didn't cite extra firefighters as the reason for the decrease at all. If that were the obvious cause of decreased fires, why would he completely skip over that and focus on call volume despite having that second graph so soon after?
The reason there are more paid firefighters is due to medical and other hazardous situation calls and the fact that that the areas that have paid firefighters are areas like large cities/municipalities which have only grown in the past decade which logically would only increase the size of their departments. Not because of fires and fire prevention however I would be curious if those fire response rates include woodland and car fires or if it's just structure fires. Ultimately the amount of paid firefighters vs volunteer is still in the 30% percent range anyhow
My mother and step father died in a fire in 2008 however my sister and her two kids were able to get out of the trailer. Trailers burn fast and hot! Though my parents were not saved i have the upmost respect for fire fighters! They risk their lives for ours on the daily. I am grateful for each and everyone we have! Thank you ❤
I love how a guy that doesn't even leave his house talks shit about people that save lives😂😂😂 Thank you all the firefighters for protecting us and making sure we're safe
ah yes, firefighers keep **everyone** safe, there's literally no other profession that keeps people safe, the amazing atheist absolutely **never** left his house. Ever. And since he never left his house, that means all his arguments drop. I mean that means he's a loser, and absolutely anything that a loser says is invalid. My idol > your idol
@@llVIU never said they where the the only ones. They are a necessity though. Yes that guy is a loser and he's making an argument that he knows nothing about. I'm quite confused on the "my idol> your idol" if you can elaborate on that, that would be amazing.
@@galaxy224wolf9 firefighters are a necessity, ok, we both agree on that, including the amazing atheist. But should they be WORSHIPPED? No, I say no, he said no, what about you? That was the argument. Amazing atheist is a loser... okay and how is this argument relevant to the discussion? What if a charismatic person said the 100% same words, would the argument count simply because someone else said it? Atack the argument, not the person. Besides, who are you to call him a loser? He has over 1 mil subs, from that point of view I'd call him a winner. He knows nothing about... alright, he doesn't know a lot of things, firefighters are more useful than he thinks, but should they be WORSHIPPED? No. "my idol>your idol" just read the comments around here including your own, this seems to be less what it should be, a discussion of argument 1 vs argument 2, and it's more about "muh youtuber > your youtuber, amazing atheist har har big fat loser!" again, attack the argument, not the person. If you go to the amazing atheist's comments you'll probably see the same crap, people just agreeing with him blindly, even attacking people that he disagrees with. This youtube culture is constantly like this, comments filled with "fans" who will immediately agree with almost everything that their idol says and immediately make personal attacks against anyone that their idol might disagree with. Look up the definition of "idol" to get a clearer understanding. Next time you watch a video of a guy "debunking" another guy, please consider going to the other guy's video, watch it, and more importantly check the comments section. In fact you might see some examples on the amazing atheist's channel, he's a pretty controversial guy who takes people head on. On the top of my head he made one or two videos about steven/stephen crowder.
@@llVIU I'll be honest here, I guess I can agree that firefighters shouldn't be "worshiped". But then again, who actually worships firefighters? They are respected like many other professions like say, doctors or astronauts. I don't even know who he's even arguing against.
I watched a coworker and friend, who was a part-time firefighter, suit up and go, alone, into the basement of a 100yo building, that was filled with gas, to find the main and shut it off. At any moment that building could have blown itself off its foundations, and vaporized him, but he volunteered to go in. He did find the main, and got out just fine. When I saw him next, I asked him about going into that building. He shrugged and said, "Somebody had to do it." And because of my friend and all the other firefighters I've had the pleasure of knowing, no one better ever diss them in front of me, because when I'm done with them, their ears will bleed.
I'm a service tech and i saw once how firefighters responded to a fire alarm in the hospital. I was working in a new hospital wing installing an automated unit-dose system. We heard a fire alarm and when i walked out to a corridor i saw a cloud of smoke. I swear those guys were there in under 10 minuts, a bit more than 5. I saw 3 trucks appearing in front of the hospital back door and at least one was standing near the gate outside. As a tech, i was able to smell that it is not a smoke, but something oily and i was able to pinpoint the source behind HVAC equipment room. Of course i didn't open it, we were monitoring from the other end of the corridor with extinguishers near by. I told what i knew to the first firefighter and then a couple of them opened those doors. It was fortunately just an oil mist from HVAC compressor. Those guys are amazing and very proffesional🥰
Why do you think they always bring out all the heavy equipment to any little ‘cat in a tree’ incident? “Welll, you’d rather have it and not need it than the other way around!!” Sure maybe, but also they have to show up to their annual funding meeting and show the govt that they’ve used so much equipment so many time and there’s so many hours of vehicle use that they need more money this year to ‘better the dept’ and get new shiny vehicles. Next time you’re in a wealthy suburb or even just some cities, look at the actual stations. the firedepts are often the nicest newest buildings with the shiniest biggest toys. Not to mention luxury lazy boys and new massive tvs and bunch of trager grills etc. Most firefighters are respectable hard working heros that put themselves in harms way for the greater good of us, and we salute you. But ask yourself why is it only in America that firefighting is set up like this. Have you even been to Mexico, Europe, South America?! It’s not always black and white. Two things can be true at once. But calling into question the character of individuals that you don’t know is the absolute wrong approach no matter how you look at it.
@@vladstrava9572 Look, if they have to use all their tools even on the smallest calls to get the best, top of the line equipment and comfortable work places then so be it. I'd rather have it that way than making them use old junk because some dumbass in the government decided that he is an expert in firefighting.
Here's a wild idea: Maybe if the ambulance services weren't brutally defunded to give tax cuts millionaires, the firefighters (going outside of the scope of their work) wouldn't be the first ones on scene. When it comes to medical emergencies I prefer a 10 minute ambulance response timeover a 20 minute firefighter response time myself.
@@nvelsen1975 why? The goal is stabilize, then transport. Most of the time involved stabilizing with an ambulance on scene is time that the ambulance cannot handle other calls to transport some other poor slob to the hospital.
Happy to have you! But on another note: don't interact with those people. They are not the same level as you are. That means mentioning them either holds them up (what they don't deserve), or needs you to get down to their level (where they might win by experience). Do your thing, show 'em what you got. Cause I see great potential in your videos. Much love!
To be fair it does actually raise an interesting question: what is the actual physical and mental cost of parasocial relationships when there is much more two way interaction than in the past. I don't care if anyone thinks this important or not, it is an interesting question regardless. (think of the how little an actor in 1965 would interact with their fans vs all the crap on social media these days, it was basically a one way street in the past)
"Firefighters are overrated" Ah yes the people who ran INTO the Twin Towers, the Pentagon, the wildfires in the western United States, and hundreds of thousands of fires in the US. Oh the firefighters who tried to help fight the fire at CHERNOBYL! I'm amazed that people like that still exist, firefighters are some of the coolest people I've ever seen and met, I'd never be able to be one out of fear but I'll still support them to the day I die.
That's the first thing I thought of, Pictures from ground Zero, 9/11. The fire fighters who ran into the Twin Towers the Firefighters who died when they collapsed. What kind of useless low life would have the audacity to say that Firefighters are overrated after seeing that.
I agree with your sentiment. Chernobyl I believe was mostly done by prisoners, if I'm not mistaken, along with Fukashima. Either way the fact remains, people run in to these danger zones.
I believe the same, very brave individuals. Howveer, I believe we should also be humble and see our firefighting brothers as human, rather than immortal gods we cannot become
@@sovietred7371 I know for a fact they did it with Fukashima. What I'm not certain with is Chernobyl, but I think I've read or watched a documentary making those claims. I'd say thanks for your information, but you did nothing to negate what I *think* I've read.
a lot of his audience liked that he made fun of bigoted people but then he started making a lot more bigoted content himself, getting really racist and shit like that, and focusing more and more on making fun of minorities, so he lost most of his audience.
@@KaelWrit Then his audience sounds like it was pretty stupid. Anti-religious *bigot* is actually just kind of an asshole to *everyone* else as well. What a twist! Right?
@@atespeach5672 Why would they be stupid? They watched him making fun of bigots and stopped watching when he turned out to bne a bigot himself. Never watched him or even knew he existed, so I only have the infos of this comment, but it sounds like he didn't seem to be a bigot first.
3 years late here... but love the commentary! Also was not aware there was an Exotic Chicken coloring book!! I had to dive into Amazon to find it, and ordered it immediately. I love relaxing with some coloring books, and also love rare/endangered and just plain odd looking poultry.
As a female firefighter back in The Day, even I was fueled by testosterone, machismo and 250 years of firefighting tradition and fought to not stand in the driveway lobbing water into the building while my brothers had all the fun.
Honestly as a woman I don’t want another woman trying to save me from a burning building. I want a man who is stronger and can pull me to freedom. Females are better are some things and men the other things. We need each other. For protection and help in a fire I will take a real man any day. If I want common sense, better at detail skills I would want a woman. ❤
@@ARCADEkid55 But it is still true... You dont see a female firefighter Carry out a 200 pound person on their shoulders or in the way they are suppost to.. I 100% Agree with @traczebabe There are jobs for men and for female... Equality is a thing and women needs to figure out the fine line between being equal or feministic. Plenty of examples of women using their body and looks to their advantage. Ofc there are men who does so too but they are fare less than women! And if the women dont like, they will shut the men down.
When I had my first panic attack a year ago and thought I was legit dying, the firefighters were the 1st ones to get to me and diagnose me. I'll never forget that.
From the looks of all the youtubers who sole source of income is sitting in front of a webcam, obesity is high, diabetic issues, high cholesterol. All of which will require a firefighter to save him
My son is in school to get his stuff to become a fire fighter and I have seen the things you guys go through you are all hero’s to me! Thanks for what you do my guy!
A good friend of mine, a retired senior fire officer, was diagnosed with mesothelioma. Doctor asked if he had ever been in contact with asbestos. 'What like asbestos hats, asbestos clothing, asbestos gloves and numerous dashes into burning buildings laced with the stuff!' Doctor just said 'Oh dear'.
@@ashleymichael7776 Yeah, he use to make good content debating religious nutjobs, but then whole atheist movement started slide and be taken over by critical race theory bullshit and his content slided into cringe territory.
The west coast is on fire and he picks now to make an uneducated statement about firefighters? Thank you so much for the sacrifice and hard work you firefighters put into keeping us safe.
Well i most definitely appreciate your service Mister Firefighter Guy! You also make me laugh my butt off when im having a bad day. Thanks for your double efforts!
Amazing Athiest has been giving his opinions for going on 10 years now. He's part of a very old group of edgy athiests from 2010. I wouldn't spend too much energy on him. :p I did learn a lot of facts from this video! So happy to see that!
I am so tired of ignorant, tunnel vision minded, cynical, neckbeards that want to complain and tear apart everything of value with whiny complaints. They don’t have the capacity to see things beyond what they want to see.
Says you, under an attack video. Like, this video is the kind of shit right-wing psychos do to get their legions of chucklefucks feeling superior to other people.
I'm fairly sure he's being ironic. No one has a problem with firefighters, and pretending you do is funny - or could be seen as such. Whether he's joking in his heart, I don't know.
@@AsifIcarebear3 I highly suggest you watch his video. His inflammatory delivery aside, his arguments are basically: 1. We have way more paid firefighters despite fewer fires, which makes no sense. 2. It doesn't make sense that firefighters are doing non-firefighting work, and if we want to publicly fund people to do that work, then we should do that instead of expanding the scope of what firefighters are supposed to do, because.... 3. Firefighters clearly don't sign up to do medical work, they sign up to fight fires. 4. The hero worship firefighters get as a profession is undeserved and/or arbitrary, as there are more dangerous professions that don't get the same treatment. There are heroic firefighters, but not every firefighter is one, and the media regularly misrepresents their actions as more heroic than they are. He gives an anecdote here about how firefighters put out his housefire, and the media reported on it as them saving his pets, giving the impression that they burst in and pulled the pets out of the burning building, when in reality they just put out the fire and the pets happened to survive inside. This is technically correct but highly misleading reporting.
I can't believe The Amazing Atheist is still around. I haven't heard of him since like 2017, so it's good to see he's still doing nothing but going after those who help other people.
@@TylerZeta he always reminded me of an edgy teenager. He's got loads of shit takes, attacks victims and innocent people, and makes a lot of incendiary comments just to get a rise out of people. He's not much better than Amos Yee.
Jason is preaching gospel. I have mad respect for all first responders and number one on my list is firefighters. Y’all save lives and fight fires and are the real superheroes of the world. You were roasting this man and I enjoyed every minute of this video. I watch all your videos and love what you are doing. Keep it up and thank you for your service and your videos.
...don't forget the medical calls. Firefighters also respond to medical calls...I dispatched for 8 years. I always felt bad when I set off the station alarm at 3am bc someone had indigestion and mistook it for a heart attack...... Thanks for all you do!
I understand why someone might mistake indigestion for heart attack. There's a lot of gas trapped in your system and it causes crazy chest pain as a result of all the gas trapped in your esophagus and whatnot. The trick is to look for other symptoms. Burping, your burps tasting like you just farted out of your mouth, nausea, intestinal cramps, diarrhea, etc.
I used to live in a pretty rural village in the UK and the fire station is significantly closer than the hospital. It was pretty common for fire fighters to show up as first responders because it would take a while for paramedics who could be miles away to get there. There are the dedicated first responders, but you still fall into the same issues with rural areas where the few who live super close either aren't on call that day or have ended up far enough away that the fire fighters would have a significantly quicker response time
i think he is just pissed he couldn't pass the test to get into the fire academy. or for that fact the police academy either. he probably won't pass the test to collect trash.
Sean Rickey : Fire academy? Police? He's holding out for STAR FLEET Academy. Only needs to sell 2 more cases of flower seeds from that ad in the back of the comic book and he's IN!!
I know this video is old, but if firefighting isn't that dangerous, why does my structural firefighting gear have a label in it that says, and I quote “Firefighting is an ultra-hazardous, unavoidably dangerous activity. This garment will not protect you from all burns, injuries, diseases, conditions or hazards.” You may be KILLED, BURNED, INJURED OR SUFFER DISEASE OR ILLNESS with NO WARNING and NO SIGN of damage to this garment." I'm figuring they didn't print that and sew it into my liner for a morale boost...
For the first point, I don't know how common it is, but when I overdosed, it was the fire department who responded first. Lovely gents. I'm sure if I had lost consciousness or had a cardiac event or compromised airway during that time, they would have responded appropriately, but given I was still lucid and functioning, they mostly just monitored me while waiting for EMTs. Mostly, I was surprised by how willing they were to talk to me, ask questions, and offer encouragement. I was very unprepared for the amount of humanity and respect I was given. It wasn't my first OD or crisis, and I don't remember much about the one EMTs responded to. I do remember the cops picking me up and blatantly shit talking me on the radio with me literally in the backseat, rolling their eyes, and being general ass holes when they responded to a friend who wanted me taken for evaluation at the ER--I hadn't even done anything at the time, she had just called and said she was worried I was a danger to myself. So that was not great. I'd have to say, of the three experiences, the firefighters were my favourite. Again, I wasn't really fully awake with the EMTs, so they were probably lovely too. But I didn't know firefighters even responded to those types of incidences until then. So thanks, firefighters, I appreciated it. When you're feeling like a fucking idiot for an impulsive action like that, and your emotions are all over the place, it's nice to have people who treat you with dignity and compassion. Also, when I was younger, my room caught on fire. They must have felt really bad for having to ask whether I did it on purpose while I was bawling my eyes out, because they came back with a teddy bear that I still have. I'm sure they give kids stuffed toys all the time, but it was a small act that gave me a lot of comfort at the time. I lost my art desk and all my books and some keepsakes, so having that bear was worth a lot. :)
I'd imagine making sure you're awake and lucid is very, very important when you OD. It also probably helps EMT's when they arrive on scene; if you were in extremely critical condition and needed something ASAP, it _might_ just be something worth knowing. Just a bit.
@@DefinitelyNotAnOsprey What would be worth knowing? Securing an airway? Yes, I'd agree. My surprise at the time was that firefighters were trained or sent to medical emergencies at all. You expect them to go to fires and things that need tall ladders. At the time, I had no idea they could be sent out to medical calls when EMTs were unavailable or further out. By contrast, frankly I wouldn't trust my city's police to bother with CPR, let alone ensure a patient was still able to breathe or not choking on their own vomit. But the cops in my city are especially idiots, so I don't presume every city experiences that level of incompetence. I'd still hesitate to send a cop to any mental health medical crisis, though, even if they did know basic first aid.
Personally, I really don’t like cops. I feel wary of firefighters given it’s not non-existent that there can be bias, but it helps when their job is actually to help the community, not just arrest people for anything they want.
That’s the thing, The amazing atheist is a jealous asshole who doesn’t value anyone’s life but his. He kinda is an ambassador for all atheistic f***s who’s moral compasses are completely askew to the point that self-sacrifice and selflessness is completely absent. Thank you for your comment.
Wow, this guy for real doesn't understand firefighting at all. Thank you for setting the record straight. The reduced deadliness seems like a great boon to me as it's my impression we'd ideally prefer folk *not* to die while doing their jobs, no matter what they might be. Thanks again for your hard work, all.
he's not trying to understand. He just takes positive things that people like and crap on them to get attention and act like he's edgy or somethin. What a goof!
His motovation to research apparently hit Exotic Chicken levels, and it is one that few can attain. His motherboard was runnin way hotter than any house fire he's ever responded to!!!
Well, it might not be too far off the mark, after all, the "Great Frilled Cock" comes to mind thinking about Amazing Atheist's position in the pecking order of this word ;)
I saw a fiery car-wreck in which someone died, and never in my life have I had more respect for our first responders than that. The fact that they are there, even when it's not a happy ending, is reassuring and worthy of respect.
Nah he is relatively famous although his career took a huge dive. He still has more than enough that he has his own place. He is an idiot though. Probably a narcissist also.
That would be good but not every day is busy. When it is busy it is not easy to film one's self. However there have been real day in the life shows about such essential workers.
Somehow, I've always lived near a fire house during my adult life. I can tell you that it doesn't matter if it was one of the biggest cities in America or a tiny town - fire trucks and ambulances were ALWAYS on the move. They never got a break - go back in and right back out. And this douche guy thinks fire fighters shouldn't get paid? Well gee, they're putting their lives on the line for us. They deserve high salaries more than the athletes and movie stars who get insane wealth sometimes for just being blessed with pretty genes.
I live down the street from one. My town, and a bunch of surrounding towns, have really low populations (like, each town definitely has less than 1000) but they're still moving a lot
For around 20 years I have lived on artery roads in my town. Meaning that to get anywhere in a hurry there is a good chance you would come down one of the 2 roads I am referring to. Once or twice a week they go right by me, another couple of times I can hear them nearby. Those are just the ones within earshot in a city of 35k (One professional and several volunteer). Granted they are somewhat on the loud side....
That dude had a huge Joker print on his wall and still expects to be taken seriously... SMH. Firefighters are heroes I'll fight anyone who says otherwise
I can name a lot of jobs with a much higher risk factor than firefighters and they don't get a fraction of the praise that americans give to firefighters. That was the argument that went over your head. Why do you insist on taking this so personal?
@@llVIU What? I am confused about who you are saying took that personally, if it is me you are talking about, you’re wong, I quoted what was said and showing a laughing reaction, that does not mean I agree with it, nor does it mean I am taking it personaly, it simply means I find it funny, and the two comenters above you, from what I undertsnd about what they said, they are just making jokes similar to what was quoted, so I am not sure who you think is taking it perosnaly, but you sure are wrong about it, and for you to assume an argument went over my, or another commentors, head because I, or another commentor found a quote funny, does not mean, the argument went over our heads, it simply means we found a quote funny.
@@llVIU I can well imagine- I assume the list might include things like construction, maybe port/dockside workers, various manufacturing, anywhere with heavy equipment and/or exposure to hazardous materials. Still, I'm not sure how many of those jobs actually involve people who volunteered to charge into immediate peril to pull other people out, possibly many times yearly. So I don't think any praise being due is all about aggregate risk.
He’s upset because the windows of his Prius were busted out by firefighters as he parked in the fire lane blocking a hydrant as he went into the local Starbucks for a chai latte
A few years ago we had a carbon monoxide leak in our rental. Called them at 2am and they were there in minutes while we were all huddled in my car for warmth. They went through the house and found the source, which was a faulty flume on our water heater. They stayed a bit to make sure we were all okay (we were all asleep when the alarm went off so we were kinda dazed and uneasy) and were super caring even though we definitely woke them up lol
@@inceneration 1 that can be volunteer firefighters. 2 i'm not sure if it's the same in US, but in Europe, firefighter sleep during their shift, that offer better performance.
@@incenerationThat's definitely not true. If it's at night, they're definitely on call in the station, but likely sleeping as the stations will have sleeping quarters. You don't want someone to be running on fumes at the end of their shift when they get the call to help you.
Not to mention all of the medical rescues. I, myself, was taken to the hospital to save my life by emt's from the fire department. Maybe their lives weren't at direct risk, but they were among the heroes that saved my life. I just want to say Thank You, to all first responders. You are all heroes in my book.
Which is why AA's main argument was 'Don't force firefighters to also do medical work, build better medical services instead'. Brutally defunding healthcare on one hand and then to cover that up doing blind hero-worship for the firefighters who are forced to pick up the slack is exactly how you ruin a society.
To go against your point, Research shows that a Hybrid Firefighter/EMS system is more expensive versus having 2 separate entities. You do not need a firetruck with 4-5 firefighters showing up to a medical call. You can have one ambulance and a PRU respond to a cardiac arrest with an autopulse/Lucas device to perform CPR. 3 person to run a cardiac arrest versus 4-5 firefighters + a 2 EMS.
@@stephpompom6379 Expense is nothing when compared to a life saved. It is all about who can get there as fast as possible and firefighters are also first responders.
@@blargcoster Expense does matter in a finite system. Properly fund a true paramedic system and pay your employees a fair wage. Give them a good quality of life. Having good coverage and good moral, improve efficacity, Firefighters are good at what they do. However, having an ambulance staff with paramedics will always better than a firetruck. One can transport a patient versus stopping a clock.
While in the military I did civil service with the fire department. We spent two days tagging along with them. Went on many calls, none of which were fires. Tons of medical calls. It was an interesting experience.
Yeah because fires per se are not THAT common but we train for other types of rescue too. In my area, the most common calls we get are vehicle accidents and what my team and I call "Schroedinger's old people" (until you force open the door, you don't know if they're dead or alive).
I don’t know why I’m seeing his older videos, I am however glad he responded. We lost my grandfather this week, he did some years volunteering with the police before dedicating 28 years to the fire department. He was my hero and taught me to respect/be grateful for those who walk the blue and red line.
I am an agnostic atheist myself and I can say pretty definitively that that guy is in no way amazing. Edit to add detail because of multiple condescending (and incorrect) comments: Yes, I really did mean to type "agnostic atheist", because that is the technical term that best represents my viewpoint. There are also agnostic theists, gnostic atheists, and gnostic theists. **Don’t try to correct me in the comments without googling those terms one by one**. When correcting people on the internet, try limiting yourself to topics that you actually understand.
@@soxpeewee He's a giant fucking hypocrite, because he doesn't go after islam or judaism, which is sad, because he used to. He just does what's safe and has mass approval.
i'm also not sure a guy known for getting videos leaked of him pouring hot oil on his genitals is the best person to talk about fire safety and those that
He complains of the amount of firefighters responding to medical calls, but should he ever need to be put on a stretcher, he will definitely see why firefighters respond to medical calls
I mean, I think a majority of the time having fire fighters go to medical calls is a waste of resources, both personal and equipment, and there are lots of studies that show for paramedics to be good & high performing they a high number of critical calls - thus the “paramedic” on every engine (or even every transport unit) model leads to negative patient outcomes. But I know that because of research. Fatty doesn’t. And if he can’t walk, it is going to take a minimum of a engine crew to get him out of the house. Maybe a ladder and an engine if he is on the 2nd floor. And there are lots of medical calls where you just need manpower, regardless of if the fire dept does medical stuff or not, just to get the patient out safely. Anything with the word “arrest”, anytime you can’t wheel in the stretcher, So on and so forth.
B Kane plus if you have someone that is in critical condition needing two paramedics its good to have someone there that can drive for them such as a fireman. I’ve seen it happen many times.
I've heard some people complain about firefighters making being a firefighter their whole personality but honestly, I think they've earned that. if anyone had a right to make their job their personality its them
That, and: that's not a job that you can entirely switch off. Especially since you've got to keep yourself in shape ... and yep, I do suspect the Amazing Neckbeard of, IDK, being somewhat influenced by his own chances with girls compared to those of pretty much any fire fighter in existence?
Let’s be honest: just about everyone does this. When you take pride in what you do, it becomes a part of you, which some people see as “being your whole personality.”
Eh, doing that is a double edged sword. Yeah, we kinda have to take our work home with us. Keep in shape, maintain good nutrition, and study hard if we’re looking into fire sciences, EMT, Paramedicine, or other academic fields and certs related to firefighting. It’s difficult to not base our whole lives around our jobs. That said, many firefighters end up suffering from depression and PTSD because of this. Because there’s no escape from the job, exhaustion and traumas follow us home, and have have lasting negative effects on our mental health. My captain touched on this during our last EMR refresher, and said that it can be difficult to find a work-life balance in this line of work. But I know for a fact that not one of us are gonna let that stop us from doing our jobs.
@@hectorarias9516 So true, that is why I knew I wasn't cut out for it. I couldn't imagine being on call and at any moment having to spring into action. I have a massive deal of respect for our fist responders for being able to do just that and with passion. This atheist fellow has no idea what first responders see day in to day out.
Literally Fire and Paramedics are the two things that everyone agrees are all around good. I've never seen a "defund the fire department" hash tag, or something to that effect.
I've seen it once, when the house three blocks from the local fire department caught fire, and the homeowner was mad that the firefighters caused a bunch of water damage...from fighting the fire
I've seen arsonists express their hate for firefighters. It's like they see the firefighters as destroying their "work" by putting out fires. Those people literally want to see the world burn, and anyone who gets in their way of that vision is a bad guy in their eyes.
well yeah no. it's all stupid. there's a great argument that you should hold the police in close scrutiny but firefighters and paramedics only save lives, there's no extrajudicial whatever there. if you wanna be an "ACAB" person go ahead and do it to your heart's content but don't start applying the same hate to firefighters and paramedics.
That man literally talks about having had a house fire in his video. The fact I can't cuss you cretins out for your evil hate mob bullshit is pissing me off.
he also stated those obvious things however I used a lot of fast food joints, helped me out immensly. Not one single time did I need a firefighter. So... which one do you think is more important for me? He also did **not** say that firefighters are the **only** overrated thing on the planet, so what relevance does your argument have in the first place?
When our house caught fire a few years back, I was sure happy when our local FD showed up, and saved our house from burning down. The basement was on fire, so no fighting it from the sidewalk, but breathing apparatus, and a hose to the basement. So thank you to all firefighters.
As an atheist with Christian, Muslim, and Jain friends, I believe it one of the most important things in life to respect everyone, regardless of their beliefs, race, sexualities, and, of course, their personal opinions! But opinions like this one make that very very difficult.
One of my first thoughts regarding this twerp was "oh hell no, why do you have to give atheists a bad name". But really, the crucial part of his moniker is the "amazing" bit. If somebody feels a need to style himself as "amazing Anything", then this "how dare you think that some guys working to save lives are cooler than _meeee!!_ " whining is pretty much what I expect.
And always remember people, religions are based on unnecessary and useless hope for the best after death, which is based on our fear of the unknown, and respect needs to be EARNED most of the times
Yeah, what a jerk this guy is. But I guess that's how he earns his money. Where you are at, do you also find that religious people have a harder time respecting irreligious people than the other way around? I try to treat everyone with respect. Quite a few religious people however don't even realise the many ways in which they disrespect irreligious people. Ranging from speaking in absolutes to being close-minded and not even considering that people think different than they do.
@@yasininn76I am not a believer, but I know that that ain't what religion is based on. Religion is based on doing good, but it's enforced with scaremongering. 😅
I fell down my stairs and shattered my leg (almost lost it) two burly firefighters and two small ambulance guys showed up. I praise them all for their help. It took all four to get my up the stairs and out to the ambulance (I'm a big and tall dude). They were all so awesome and allowed me to go out on the stretcher with the sheet pulled over my head so I can make the neighbors think I had died. LOL Love my emergency responders, all of them!
My mom would have to be transferred to the hospital on multiple occasions and the fire department was always there to assist. A first responder team does not know what they're walking into, therefore they need to be prepared for anything and everything. They have some real horror stories to tell, and I have mad respect for any and all first responders.
If I remember correctly, here in South Carolina we lost 6 firefighters in a single building just a couple of years ago. This wasn’t even the fire that consumed our gun store with all that ammunition (and who knows what else). Our firefighters prevented that fire from spreading. Our firefighters have earned our respect and gratitude
@@nimdunn6491i just watched a video about that fire. I was shocked how out of date some of their equipment and command procedures were. Their tragedy should be a national case example for what happens when funding doesn't keep up with costs.
@@jasonwomack4064 mostly old ways of thinking. Why chance what worked for so long was the thinking. I was part of the chances put 8n place after. Better education and better equipment. All departments in Charleston have automatic mutual aid. Everyone trains together and uses NIMS ICS. All fire fighters must be NFPA fighter Fire II to be on a fire ground.
@@nimdunn6491 We had a similar illegally built steel-beamed building catch fire here. Partial sprinklers only. Nobody went in there and would ever even contemplate doing so at all. It's crazy how they went inside that despite the structure being basically doomed to collapse in the first minute of the fire.
I'm pretty sure the lop-eared bunny that spouted that nonsense from his mom's basement has no idea what firefighters do. Throw that EMS response percentage in there and watch the wheels spin and the lights explode! Proud FF/EMT retired, 1982-2017. Stay safe, Brother!
¡I'm only a year in and I've grown to understand the fact that everyday I put under my belt is only gonna come with a whole new level of respect for you, each and every day, as I continue to learn what all goes into good EMS! Thank you for setting the standards us noobs continue to build on.🔥🤘
@@ThomasHalsey-xs7sf color me unsurprised to find a co-worker here! Hell, I've even written letters of commendation to their brass for some of the crews I've run with out here!
My dad is kind of an asshole and a bully, at least to me, but he was a firefighter for almost his entire career. I may not love him or get along with him, but I respect what he did for a living as he saved countless lives and, as a saw first hand, greatly cared about doing his best every day as a fireman and supporting the men and women (his hall was the first in our region to have a woman firefighter because of him) that he worked with.
@Doctor Whowhotheowl That's not always the case, some people just don't get along. I mean shit, I'd take a bullet for my pops, but we just unintentionally piss each other off, and my hair has been the same color since I was born. Don't have to have colored hair or anything like that to just not get along with family members.
@@jwithextrajj There's a pretty significant difference between being a bully and simply not getting along. The former implies that the father antagonizes his kid for no reason other than it makes him feel better.
Three firefighters in my family... I know through them how deeply traumatizing it is to have a small child basically dying in your arms at the scene of a terrible car accident (among many, many other experiences). Firefighters put their lives on the line in ways that are not even physical. They earn their money. I agree they don't deserve worship, but they absolutely deserve respect. Plus, the level of physical fitness required to do the job means constant effort whether you are on or off the clock. Pretty sure if Amazing Athiest was the only hope to pull me (or anyone past the age of 5) out of a dangerous scenario, I'm fooked.
Yeah, his little diatribe struck me very much as "how dare you admire some big strong guy doing life & death work! You should be admiring cool guys like _MEEEEE!!!_ " And hey, there are youtubers I admire. And every single one of them is capable of showing respect to others.
Plus this guy is so down to earth, he just casually describes the benefits of using a BIDET in a video about the dangers when transporting gasoline in an improper way! And not because he is fancy, but because it helps him to do his job better, how cool is that?!
This "Amazing Atheist" is nothing but a troll with a channel who, honestly, sounds a little envious. If you ask me. When I think of firefighters, I also think of all the forest fires we've had in recent years, both here, in Canada (which affects us) as well the horror show down in Australia in 2020. So, yes, the number of firefighters has needed to increase. A LOT. And you cannot tell me that when someone is facing a fire with no idea how bad it could become and every instinct is telling them to run, but they go toward it isn't brave. That's the very definition of bravery.
No idea why folks are going at the first responders so hard lately. I am thankful for all of them. Nice to know, they are there when you need them. Thank you all.
@@Nionivek yeah. i mean, you can argue that police need to have scrutiny on them, because they are armed and are known to kill people from time to time. but firefighters only save lives, and criticizing them for what they do is kind of stupid.
@@red2theelectricboogaloo961 I did see a firefighter suplex a victim once, but that was a guy who thought it was a good idea to pick a fistfight with the responders trying to put out his burning car.
Last month my mom, who has problems with her breathing, had to be rushed to hospital. It was firefighters who showed up first, they were closer tha n the EMTs. They gave her oxygen, because we kind of need that to live. I for one am grateful that thet were available to respond to emergencies other than fires. I'm also willing to overlook the fact they weren't endangering themselves to do it.
and how is this argument connected to "firefighters are not overrated"? Okay, we get it, you want to make a personal attack... and you disagree that firefighters are overrated because...?
@@llVIU I like people who are trained to deal with intricately delicate and dangerous situations to be the people directly employed and staffed to therein deal with those situations. Individuals at the ready, at any moment, to be kitted up and ready to rock and deal with as many contingencies as possible to be at the scene to then deal with them.
I am a bit surprised he didn't know fire fighters do many other things besides fighting fires. I still remember the fire house tour the elementary school took us kids on years ago. They showed us some interesting things the fire fighters use and what other things they do. I specifically recall the "jaws of life" they were showing us. Used mainly in car wrecks but probably also used in other scenarios that call for it.
He literally covers that exact point only seconds later in the video after this guy ended the clip. This guy is a fraud using deceptive edits to attack another person.
@@seigeengine I went over to watch the amazing atheists video on his take about fire departments twice and I can say that unfortunately TJ still falls short with some of, if not most, of his claims about fire departments. Fire Department Chronicles provided a sound argument against the amazing atheist. And he didn't even use any profanity or vulgarities.
That was the single most epic mic drop line I've ever heard! I'm an EMT orientee, and I've met tons of fire fighters and can confirm that they do way more than fire calls. Almost every medical call I've been on, the fire dept has already beat us there. So screw what that guy has to say. We appreciate you fire guys so much!
Mocking people after spending a video dishonestly attacking them over your carefully selected clips you've shown to misrepresent them is not an "epic mic drop." I'd be pissed if I was being represented by a guy that engages in fraud to attack strangers on the internet for daring to criticize government expenditures and media dishonesty.
@@seigeengine When you're dumb enough to say "Pizza delivery drivers are the real heros because they risk their life to deliver me a pizza", anything else you have to say is irrelevant. He could hide the cure for cancer in his ramblings, and I'm going to say he's still a moron. The idiot literally said Pizza Delivery is a more heroic job than a Firefighter. And you sit here and defend the idiot lol.
There's no way I can be a firefighter, you guys are very brave, and our firefighters are volunteer, so when I say the pay increase, I'm like yup, they need to get paid for their service. It's a whole different kind of person that can be a firefighter. So bravo to you guys and thanks for keeping us safe.
I’d say that about cops especially nowadays where everyone’s always hating on them. People who still want to protect a public that might not like them have my respect because idk if I can do that
@@johan.ohgren So, because a select number of cops committed crimes against humanity, then throwing the whole police force down the toilet is a good idea?
Looks like this guy has never left the couch in his Mom’s basement in quite a long time....he’d be the first to call 911 for chronic foot pain at 03:30 with about 7 cars in the driveway...some things never change. Unfortunately, TH-cam has given mouth breathers like this a platform... I’m with you @FireDeparmentChronicles!!
Honestly, firefighters might be some of the only people who actually still have your back today. Probably why they sometimes don't get along with police. Also EMT's, those guys are heroes.
Reminds me of that famous video of French firefighters going after the French police when the police were using disproportionate force- literal outright violence- towards protestors and it’s kind of glorious to see them stepping up and protecting the people as they always do, though horrific that it was even necessary to step in because the institution that is responsible for protecting people from other people, were the ones escalating and committing violence against their fellow human beings. You could tell how frustrated they were that fellow workers in the emergency services could be so corrupt and cruel, when the fire and rescue crews just want to save people. Also their masks and breathing apparatus are handy against tear gas, so there’s that too lol
By how deeply he researched this topic, it seems like AA's videos could probably all have the title, "I don't know what I'm talking about, but I'm gunna anyways"
This might be the first firefighter that roast people alive.
Actually they are known for being more likely to be arsonists, so he's probably not the first.
@@shortanddumbmediareview4855 stupidity
That was good
God man
Wait you roast peaple dead?
The whole "your job isn't dangerous if it doesn't have a high fatality rate" argument is so dumb. That's what all the training and equipment is for
SEALs, SAS, GIGN, and probably every Special Forces groups would probably like to have a word with this guy over this
Boy he’s a genius isn’t he. You’re exactly right that’s what training is for so you go home safe to your family.
The fatality comes years later from suicide caused by PTSD, different kinds of cancers from chemical spills & smoke, heart attacks from stressful shifts, dangers of homelessness due to PTSD....anything else I've missed, pls add
I'm a microbiologist...we don't have much of a fatality rate, but that doesn't mean we can't get sick from what we are working with! I like your logic.
Nope, some fire fighters just need to take some for the team and lay down in a burning building so they can gain that 40 year old virgins respect
Dammit man. So good. And such better editing than me.
Love your videos Angry Cops
Haha, now I know how I found your channel!
This guys is your fire fighting cousin
Nah your both good at your jobs
Love you man!!!!!
Anyone who tells you "firefighters are overrated" has never been in an emergency situation before. When me and my father were defending our home from a 20 meter wall of fire eating through the reed forest next to it, we begged for the firefighters to be plentiful enough to come help quenching it. Thankfully the fire didn't reach our home, just killed two weeping willows and a quarter of our apple orchard.
This guy's biggest emergency ever was his vape running out of juice.
I have been and firefighters are completely overrated. I was shocked at the incompetence and ego when they shipped my grandmas stroke BLS as gen weakness when she was altered. Getting yelled at by the medic for disagreeing was a shock, especially pointing out the facial droop and slurred speech. lucky for her the ambulance crew upgraded as soon as they were away from the fire crew. The fact fire and EMS are together so firefighters can get more money hurts us all.
Talking to firefighters I have to agree,
@@kingofthechair5752 There's idiots everywhere, especially when medical emergencies are concerned. That doesn't mean firefighters aren't invaluable in many other scenarios, or that competent EMTs wouldn't be in one like yours.
@@FiksIIanzO that’s only one example I have. But there is a theme with fire. if I’m having a medical emergency I don’t want a firefighter or firefighter paramedic, I want a real medical professional. Fire fighters are qualified for putting the wet stuff in red stuff and breaking things. After that you need professionals to step in.
@@kingofthechair5752 ...That's what I was saying. Why are they overrated then?
@@kingofthechair5752dude I've been an actual EMT, one of those "real medical professionals" you talked about. Let the guy who knows what he's talking about speak.
The other guy is right, incompetence can be found everywhere in the medical field.
Also every 911 call I've worked on firefighters were first on scene, 12-lead and bp cuff attached and taking readings. So yes, they absolutely are medical professionals, it's actually what they mostly do.
But while to get on an ambulance, either ALS 911 or BLS like I mostly did, you just need your NREMT.
Whereas fire guys almost always have their paramedic.
In other words, they're actually even MORE medically trained than we are, plus trained in hazard safety, plus they have their bachelor's in fire science usually.
It's true, fire cadets can be douches, I was actually sexually harassed by one in EMT school.
But speaking as someone who has not just talked to but also WORKED ALONGSIDE AND FOR firefighters, as first responders go they tend to have their shit zipped up tightly and they do their jobs well.
That said, it's not as if I don't believe your story :c
Sadly, first responders are human, they make mistakes, and sometimes those mistakes lead to death. It's why the first response field has a high suicide rate too
AA is complaining about his imagination of firefighters standing on the sidewalk when he hasn’t left his mom’s basement in 5 years.
That's awesome, love it!
Ma, the meatloaf
@@stryker0073 I never know what she's doing up there!
@@foxw875 Never watched the movie lol. Just know the one line
@@stryker0073 th-cam.com/video/7kKvlv-IY7k/w-d-xo.html
All of California is on fire, but let’s hate on firefighters.
Weird flex, but ok.
You would be angry too if they didn't safe your house from the flames.
;()
This is why everyone hates firefighters.
Some bad logic.
It was made a year ago. But still.
Not to mention Oregon is on fire.
Don't forget Washington state is also on fire
Basically the west coast is burning up
That’s so stupid because when that guy eats too many burgers and has a heart attack chances are that a firefighter gonna save his ass.
Unless he's so big they can't drag his sorry ass out the door.
One of those calls where everyone wishes they could just say “nope. Not doing this”
But wait... that’s right. They help anyway!
YOU RIGHT. HAHAHA. IF ONLY THT WERE TRU THO. I WISH A BITCH WOULD THO... ERABODY SCARED TO CATCH A MURDER CHARGE THO.
*paramedic. But, oh yeah, now that's interchangeable because fire departments just about everywhere had to absorb EMS to remain open.
Well according to his video you only need EMTs for heart attacks haha
As someone who has been through two house fires in his life, one where I woke my grandfather and we got out safely and one where firefighters broke an entire window and frame out to save my life, you know who thinks firefighters are greatly underrated and not paid nearly enough? This guy right here!
You know what the ironic part is? HIS house was on fire the year before due to an electrical problem!
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If I ruled the world, then corporate heads would need to work weekend jobs to make ends meet, while the emergency services folks would spend their off duty times in mansions or on yachts.
Petition for the Amazing Atheist to take a volunteer fire class
Force his ass into a full fire training course.
wouldn’t last an hour
@@Andy-rp3ee I don't think he'd last a minute. I think it would probably kill his ass just trying to get the turnout gear on.
Probably afraid of heights.
OK I WANNNA SEE THT SHIT. HE GONNA DIE THE MOMENT HE STEP IN THE FIRE DPT.
WE WON'T MAKE IT.
DED.
I don't care this is two years old, that poor excuse for a man pissed me off. My grandfather was a paramedic in the 50's until retirement in 92. He was there for cars with no seat belts, no hydraulic jaws of life, no medevac, the introduction of the subway in Toronto " injury at track level". These guys are all cut from the same cloth. Mad respect bud from🇨🇦
Don't care too much for that man. Some people in this world are not really "people".
Thank your grandfather for me. I love fire fighters do to back when I was 2 back in 1991 those glorious necromancing bastards brought me back to life. They got to the pool side and found me dead in a bucket of water and took over 30 minutes but they brought me back from the dead. Fire Fighters are Glorious Death Slayers Fighting Death itself and kicking Deaths boney ass.
Now imagine the legitimacy of his thoughts on God. :P
Salutes to your grandfather!
Mocking TJ never goes out of style.
The guy is Dunning-Kreuger personified.
He should be reminded how dim-witted his rants actually are Every. Single. Day.
Never. NEVER. Insult the people who are supposed to have your back when things get rough. You might think they are worthless when times are easy, but you better PRAY they are still around to care when shit hits the fan.
this is a man who films himself pouring steaming oil on his comedically under-sized genitals. Not hard to predict a scenario where the ol' Amazing Atheist is thanking God that firefighters exist. Yeah, that's really his brand name. 2006 TH-cam was so schizophrenic.
Meanwhile, many people in the USA and Canada are insulting policemen...
(pay ur damn insurance well)
Unless they are on of the 100 convicted of arson
This guys knows whats up, he clearly watched attack on titian
I just recently had a reason to love EMT folk even more...I was walking my dog one afternoon & an ambo came screaming up behind us. My dog's ears clearly hurt when he's got a siren a few feet away, so I knelt down to cover his ears & reassure him. About 30 feet before it got to me, the ambo's siren cut off. It cut back on about 30 feet beyond us. I don't know if the driver saw me grinning & waving & jumping, but to make sure I got my "thank you" across I went & got a few bags of candy (including RedHots, Fireballs, & Hot Tamales, of course. And chocolate!) & a thank you note that I'm delivering tomorrow. This is the same station that saved my entire neighborhood from going up in flames 3 years ago when a local nutjob firebombed a pickup truck with camper topper, trying to kill the people inside....& they were parked about 18 feet from my house. I STILL can't believe we didn't go up in flames. That brought about my first "Thank you" goodie package to the fire station.
And the final blow-me-away fact was, the police came out with shovels & brooms & such to clean up the molten metal & glass & other garbage that had melted & been blown all over the street & sidewalk. The police, after 5-6 hours on scene, dragged out their janitorial tools & cleaned everything up. Deepest respects to all emergency responders, and THANK YOU!! 🤩🥰😘
EMS is not fire.
@@kingofthechair5752 where I live, EMS shows up when you call in a fire. They're all in the same station. Considering there were 2 people inside the camper when it was fire-bombed, that's a good thing. And I hear people are often harmed in fires.
@@kingofthechair5752 they're usually both certified
@@kellyhoward6941 in our area, EMT's come with a fire truck, our paramedics come with the ambulance.
My wife was in full arrest, I was performing CPR and had dialed 911 and via speakerphone alerted them for the need for EMS. First responder was a cop with an AED, who took over CPR, not that I was tired yet. The EMTs arrived next in the fire truck from the firehouse across the street, who then took over from the cop. The paramedics arrived around 15 minutes later, as they were returning from the hospital and hooked up the Lifepak, which unfortunately displayed absolutely no pattern. I suspected as much when the AED remained ominously silent about shocks, only advising when to pause for monitoring, then prompting resumption.
One look at the monitor, I looked at the paramedic and said, "Not even PEA, she's gone". The EMT just stood there wide eyed, I was a military medic for decades and allowed my EMT-P to lapse.
Know who doesn't arrive as EMS in a fire truck? Guys like me, I arrived in an armored combat vehicle that was converted into an ambulance. We also had a Hummer ambulance, but I usually was in the field with the troops, so had the armored vehicle.
He's just mad that the women are hot for firefighters instead of him.
Of course, he probably knows that firefighters need big brass balls to do what they do, where as he's jealous if his own pinky finger.
Then he would have to be mad at pretty much everyo...
Oh. Yeah that actually makes sense.
Ones the result of testosterone the others the result of jelly filled doughnuts.
@@flyboymike111357 if his?
@@RRJOfficial of his. The I key is right next to the o key, so that is a common typo. Carry on.
This is definitely the kind of dude who would yell at a group of firefighters at a grocery store buying food.
I agree, also...
YAY! SLOTH PFP!
This happened to my crew the other day. We were buying some stuff for salads and lemon pepper chicken, and this dude (couldn't be older than 23-24) approaches us. He says, verbatim, "You're welcome for that food. I'm glad your not using my tax dollars for big steaks today." I was kind of dumbstruck but my Captain just said, "Well thank you for kindly paying us out of your pocket sir, have a nice day." The guy walked away with a big smile on his face like he won the exchange.
Or the pricks I once had seen, give a fire truck the finger, while parked in front of the bowser, preventing the fire truck from being refuel.
This was years ago, so I do hope that has come to bite them in the ass already.
God really?! Why??!!
@@lovelight6973 Some people think that they pay our salaries and feel so inclined to chime in during every day activities.
I’m so grateful for all of you first responders. My daughter passed in 2021. I kept doing CPR until the EMTs and Paramedics arrived. Those men worked over my sweet girl for more than 45 minutes.it’s highly possible that they knew it was out of their hands right at the beginning. But they kept trying to revive her so dutifully. She was 38 and died of an undiagnosed heart valve condition. I thank God for all of them. They worked so hard. God bless each and every one of you.
So sorry you had to witness that and sorry for your loss😢
A belated condolences. ⚘
I am so sorry for your loss. Your gratitude means everything.
So terribly sorry for your loss 😢
May she rest in peace!!
I'm so sorry for your loss
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My dad, a firefighter for many years in Denmark.
In the late 70's, before I was born.
Was on a call, where on the 4th story of a building, the floor collapsed.
Somehow, his foot catched on something, and he dangled face down, looking at the flames beneath him. They didn't have radio's at the time. So his buddy, once realising that trying to get my dad up alone, would likely cause him to fall. Raced out of the building, telling what had happened.
As the story goes, the fire captain initially had to threaten every single firefighter at the scene, with getting fired. Because they all wanted to run inside, dropping what they were currently doing. After quickly formulating a plan, my dad got rescued.
He had extensive surgery on his lower leg and foot, as well as minor burn treatment. That injury, stopping his active firefighting career, and caused pain his entire life. But turned into a 20 year career as a paramedic. As well as 40 years as a part time fire instructor, and planner, in national service.
Though an anecdote, I as the kid of a firefighter, have always been inspired by the few stories dad was willing to talk about, as well as the moral codex he instilled in me and my brothers.
When finally a few years before his passing, he became more willing to talk about the specifics of his career.
My view of dad turned, from him just being a hero to his sons, to a genuine Hero with a capital H.
And so did my view of every single firefighter, and paramedic.
That "people die 6ft from their front door and we really wanna prevent that from happening"
Took me out.. my heart❤
Once I rode with a volunteer crew that had seen this exact situation a few days before. Everyone was still shaken by finding a charred corpse just inside the door. At the end of the shift, they went home, tired to get a little sleep, and woke up in time to go to their day jobs.
Of all the ways FDC has educated me about the line of work, that one has easily stuck with me the most. I've heard some wild, messed up stories, but not much compares with what it must be like finding the person you came to save asphyxiated and burned to char literally within arm's reach of safety.
Heartbreaking
My first thought was, "I have a fire extinguisher, whose sole purpose is to get me through that fucking door, whose staying on the hinges at that point is entirely optional".
Because, he's spot on about how toxic smoke is from house fires, largely due to burning plastics. And Halon ain't exactly a wonderkind, it's a horror, as on exposure to heat, flame and worse, hot metal, it'll decompose into hydrogen fluoride, which becomes hydrofluoric acid on contact with water and can trivially etch glass. It literally killed MRAP vehicle crews, when the Taliban and AQ learned to fire their RPG into the extinguisher tanks on the vehicle. Your air conditioner will also be releasing that same nastiness. And your fridge.
The plastics, well, anything from known carcinogens through old faithful, cyanide gases.
As for the moron from the video, well, he's welcome to never call EMS and fire and just man up and take care of that bleeding, major crushing injury, vehicle crushed in on his family (assuming he can ever find a partner that could tolerate his existence) and burning building that's collapsing onto him and his all by his little lonesome.
Because, as the first lesson we learned in medic school was, "Eventually, all bleeding shall stop. One way or another".
And the US population in 1980, when I graduated high school was 226 million, we're now at 339 million and climbing, so the number of calls will increase. Especially given our new high energy lithium based batteries, who make thermite look like something pleasant when they go up in flames.
"Famous TH-camr?"
That's strange....I've never heard of him lol.
Well obviously you're on the right side of TH-cam then.
Same! Also, perhaps they should consider having less stuff on their wall behind them. Or find a wall with a more emptier space. Sure you’re all about chaos but people are more likely to get too distracted by your wall posters rather than actually listen to you. At least the firefighters background is actually welcoming, friendly, and not too distracting.
#Irrelevant
Same
I was thinking the exact same thing.
He's just jealous of the calendars. 100% of the firefighters in the area I grew up in were volunteers. They raised money for their equipment through boot drives, fundraisers, using the firehouse (hosie) as a bar on the weekends, hosting block shoots, renting out their buildings as a social hall, and serving breakfast every weekend. They also serviced all of their own equipment, including doing mechanical work on their trucks, and... just as an aside, would wake up out of a dead sleep when the fire claxon went off in the middle of the night to save people's lives, pets, and homes. You know, hero's work.
Firehouse as a bar? That’s a creative money raising solution. I like it.
Coulda made an in-house special with a base of fireball. Coulda called it “the structural” or something. That would be cool.
And this is why we all love firefighters! They are the best of us!
They sound so awesome it’s actually hard to believe what absolute legends
And I bet each and every one of them was the type of guy who never said anything about being a hero, and just called it " doing our job" because no real hero will say they are a hero. They might deflect that title to another coworker, but not personally say it. This guy talking shit about firemen obviously enjoys living in a place that is up to fire code, and safe. After all, what kind of fire has he ever dealt with? Oh yeah, the fire that he uses to light up his crack!
@@justincooper5189 let's be honest, that guy isn't on crack.
Back in the 60s & 70s, I started as a CD trainee at age 16. At age 27, I'm told that I was the second youngest Fire District chief in the history of California. I resigned because I couldn't handle the POLITICS ! 94% of the calls were medical. Until you have crawled around a burning building hoping to rescue an occupant, where it was so hot that standing up would have meant instant death, you have NO RIGHT to be critical ! God bless and protect all my BROTHERS !
Amazing how he never mentions that even though the number of paid firefighters has gone up the largest number of firefighters in the US are still volunteers. Who actually get paid nothing to risk theirs to save others
Yup. I second that bro.
And the number of volunteers are dropping sharply year over year, as is their budgets, forcing them to do more with less.
That’s right. Speaking from 20 yeas experience. When you’re a volunteer in a small town you more than likely know the persons who’s house you put out or are pulling out of a wrecked car or doing CPR on. Makes it even tougher.
Amen. Spent Years as a reserve, specialized brush monkey, including helitack. We responded on all second alarms as manpower. Did the grunt work, had my crew split between truck and engine assignments. My crew had to be qualified for both.
On scene, I was responsible for 12. Most gratifying moment? Twice, a chief tossed me the white helmet, "captain, you're wearing the wrong helmet". To this day, I really appreciate that. Yes, I was not paid.
Be careful out there, brothers!
That's one of his main points in the video.
I'd rather pay too many firefighters than not have one when I need it.
also you: why are my taxes so high?
@@llVIU also you: why did my house burn down?
@@myotiswii ah yes literally every single house everywhere catches fire daily, and firefighters magically turn the destroyed building into the way it was before the fire. Which is why after someone's house burns down, they're not homeless, they can just go live back in the burnt house.
I'm not saying firefighters are useless, I'm just saying they're doing their JOB, it's not volunteer work, they don't do it because they love ***you***, the risk to their lives are as minimal as most other "high risk" jobs like on construction sites, and fires happen quite very rarely. So they shouldn't be "worshipped", as explained in the video that you didn't bother to watch.
@@llVIU I am not 'worshipping' firefighters. I just say that you should have enough. And to have enough you need to have a few more than you need daily to counter bigger fires.
And yeah, having enough firefighters or not can decide between your house burning down or not. Because fires can be contained within a room or because the fire doesn't spread from your neighbors to you.
@@llVIU that's our military budget, bruh. not public service budget. firefighters actually don't get paid a living wage most of the time.
"paid firefighters go up, and rates of fires go down, explain that!" ... well yes, the more people we pay to combat fires, the more effective we are at combatting them.... ?????
It was number of fires responded to though, which isn't something that goes down with number of firefighters. Number of firefighters doesn't deter fires from starting.
@@jeffreyfreeland5942 firefighters also do fire safety inspections and work for prevention as well
@@XiaoYueMao Aren't the safety inspections enforcing codes? To say this decrease is due to the firefighters being more numerous requires assumptions, which are not assumptions I think are obviously true. For example, if the only variable changing is number of firefighters, then it would appear that the reason fires decreased is because there previously weren't enough firefighters to enforce code and such. I see no reason to find an assumption like that so obvious it should be "yea ?????" I don't really think the video does either, given that they didn't cite extra firefighters as the reason for the decrease at all. If that were the obvious cause of decreased fires, why would he completely skip over that and focus on call volume despite having that second graph so soon after?
The reason there are more paid firefighters is due to medical and other hazardous situation calls and the fact that that the areas that have paid firefighters are areas like large cities/municipalities which have only grown in the past decade which logically would only increase the size of their departments. Not because of fires and fire prevention however I would be curious if those fire response rates include woodland and car fires or if it's just structure fires. Ultimately the amount of paid firefighters vs volunteer is still in the 30% percent range anyhow
"The more people drink water, less water we have in the stores, explain that!"
People and their stupid "logic"...
My mother and step father died in a fire in 2008 however my sister and her two kids were able to get out of the trailer. Trailers burn fast and hot! Though my parents were not saved i have the upmost respect for fire fighters! They risk their lives for ours on the daily. I am grateful for each and everyone we have! Thank you ❤
Sorry for your loss. Wish you the best.
I love how a guy that doesn't even leave his house talks shit about people that save lives😂😂😂 Thank you all the firefighters for protecting us and making sure we're safe
ah yes, firefighers keep **everyone** safe, there's literally no other profession that keeps people safe, the amazing atheist absolutely **never** left his house. Ever. And since he never left his house, that means all his arguments drop. I mean that means he's a loser, and absolutely anything that a loser says is invalid. My idol > your idol
@@llVIU never said they where the the only ones. They are a necessity though. Yes that guy is a loser and he's making an argument that he knows nothing about. I'm quite confused on the "my idol> your idol" if you can elaborate on that, that would be amazing.
@@llVIU if you are talking about my idols, they are the people that protect America and the people if thats what you're referring to.
@@galaxy224wolf9 firefighters are a necessity, ok, we both agree on that, including the amazing atheist. But should they be WORSHIPPED? No, I say no, he said no, what about you? That was the argument.
Amazing atheist is a loser... okay and how is this argument relevant to the discussion? What if a charismatic person said the 100% same words, would the argument count simply because someone else said it? Atack the argument, not the person. Besides, who are you to call him a loser? He has over 1 mil subs, from that point of view I'd call him a winner.
He knows nothing about... alright, he doesn't know a lot of things, firefighters are more useful than he thinks, but should they be WORSHIPPED? No.
"my idol>your idol" just read the comments around here including your own, this seems to be less what it should be, a discussion of argument 1 vs argument 2, and it's more about "muh youtuber > your youtuber, amazing atheist har har big fat loser!" again, attack the argument, not the person. If you go to the amazing atheist's comments you'll probably see the same crap, people just agreeing with him blindly, even attacking people that he disagrees with. This youtube culture is constantly like this, comments filled with "fans" who will immediately agree with almost everything that their idol says and immediately make personal attacks against anyone that their idol might disagree with. Look up the definition of "idol" to get a clearer understanding.
Next time you watch a video of a guy "debunking" another guy, please consider going to the other guy's video, watch it, and more importantly check the comments section. In fact you might see some examples on the amazing atheist's channel, he's a pretty controversial guy who takes people head on. On the top of my head he made one or two videos about steven/stephen crowder.
@@llVIU I'll be honest here, I guess I can agree that firefighters shouldn't be "worshiped". But then again, who actually worships firefighters? They are respected like many other professions like say, doctors or astronauts. I don't even know who he's even arguing against.
I watched a coworker and friend, who was a part-time firefighter, suit up and go, alone, into the basement of a 100yo building, that was filled with gas, to find the main and shut it off. At any moment that building could have blown itself off its foundations, and vaporized him, but he volunteered to go in. He did find the main, and got out just fine. When I saw him next, I asked him about going into that building. He shrugged and said, "Somebody had to do it." And because of my friend and all the other firefighters I've had the pleasure of knowing, no one better ever diss them in front of me, because when I'm done with them, their ears will bleed.
I can't remember a time we had a medical emergency at my workplace and a firetruck wasn't the first vehicle on scene. Thank you guys for all you do!
I'm a service tech and i saw once how firefighters responded to a fire alarm in the hospital. I was working in a new hospital wing installing an automated unit-dose system. We heard a fire alarm and when i walked out to a corridor i saw a cloud of smoke. I swear those guys were there in under 10 minuts, a bit more than 5. I saw 3 trucks appearing in front of the hospital back door and at least one was standing near the gate outside.
As a tech, i was able to smell that it is not a smoke, but something oily and i was able to pinpoint the source behind HVAC equipment room. Of course i didn't open it, we were monitoring from the other end of the corridor with extinguishers near by. I told what i knew to the first firefighter and then a couple of them opened those doors. It was fortunately just an oil mist from HVAC compressor.
Those guys are amazing and very proffesional🥰
Why do you think they always bring out all the heavy equipment to any little ‘cat in a tree’ incident? “Welll, you’d rather have it and not need it than the other way around!!” Sure maybe, but also they have to show up to their annual funding meeting and show the govt that they’ve used so much equipment so many time and there’s so many hours of vehicle use that they need more money this year to ‘better the dept’ and get new shiny vehicles. Next time you’re in a wealthy suburb or even just some cities, look at the actual stations. the firedepts are often the nicest newest buildings with the shiniest biggest toys. Not to mention luxury lazy boys and new massive tvs and bunch of trager grills etc.
Most firefighters are respectable hard working heros that put themselves in harms way for the greater good of us, and we salute you. But ask yourself why is it only in America that firefighting is set up like this. Have you even been to Mexico, Europe, South America?! It’s not always black and white. Two things can be true at once. But calling into question the character of individuals that you don’t know is the absolute wrong approach no matter how you look at it.
@@vladstrava9572 Look, if they have to use all their tools even on the smallest calls to get the best, top of the line equipment and comfortable work places then so be it. I'd rather have it that way than making them use old junk because some dumbass in the government decided that he is an expert in firefighting.
Here's a wild idea: Maybe if the ambulance services weren't brutally defunded to give tax cuts millionaires, the firefighters (going outside of the scope of their work) wouldn't be the first ones on scene.
When it comes to medical emergencies I prefer a 10 minute ambulance response timeover a 20 minute firefighter response time myself.
@@nvelsen1975 why? The goal is stabilize, then transport. Most of the time involved stabilizing with an ambulance on scene is time that the ambulance cannot handle other calls to transport some other poor slob to the hospital.
Happy to have you!
But on another note: don't interact with those people. They are not the same level as you are. That means mentioning them either holds them up (what they don't deserve), or needs you to get down to their level (where they might win by experience).
Do your thing, show 'em what you got. Cause I see great potential in your videos.
Much love!
That ending was just savage. I thought you were supposed to save lives, not end them!
It wasn’t much of a life…
Firefighters are supposed to END fires, not.. you know.
To be fair it does actually raise an interesting question: what is the actual physical and mental cost of parasocial relationships when there is much more two way interaction than in the past.
I don't care if anyone thinks this important or not, it is an interesting question regardless.
(think of the how little an actor in 1965 would interact with their fans vs all the crap on social media these days, it was basically a one way street in the past)
"Firefighters are overrated"
Ah yes the people who ran INTO the Twin Towers, the Pentagon, the wildfires in the western United States, and hundreds of thousands of fires in the US. Oh the firefighters who tried to help fight the fire at CHERNOBYL! I'm amazed that people like that still exist, firefighters are some of the coolest people I've ever seen and met, I'd never be able to be one out of fear but I'll still support them to the day I die.
That's the first thing I thought of, Pictures from ground Zero, 9/11. The fire fighters who ran into the Twin Towers the Firefighters who died when they collapsed. What kind of useless low life would have the audacity to say that Firefighters are overrated after seeing that.
I agree with your sentiment. Chernobyl I believe was mostly done by prisoners, if I'm not mistaken, along with Fukashima. Either way the fact remains, people run in to these danger zones.
I believe the same, very brave individuals. Howveer, I believe we should also be humble and see our firefighting brothers as human, rather than immortal gods we cannot become
@@yahweh1x543 if you believe that... You know absolutely nothing about the Chernobyl incident
@@sovietred7371 I know for a fact they did it with Fukashima. What I'm not certain with is Chernobyl, but I think I've read or watched a documentary making those claims.
I'd say thanks for your information, but you did nothing to negate what I *think* I've read.
"Amazing Atheist"
Now that is a name I haven't heard in a long time...
a lot of his audience liked that he made fun of bigoted people but then he started making a lot more bigoted content himself, getting really racist and shit like that, and focusing more and more on making fun of minorities, so he lost most of his audience.
@@KaelWrit yeah that's why I stopped watching him.
@@KaelWrit Then his audience sounds like it was pretty stupid.
Anti-religious *bigot* is actually just kind of an asshole to *everyone* else as well. What a twist! Right?
@@KaelWrit as it so often goes with the skeptic community
@@atespeach5672 Why would they be stupid? They watched him making fun of bigots and stopped watching when he turned out to bne a bigot himself. Never watched him or even knew he existed, so I only have the infos of this comment, but it sounds like he didn't seem to be a bigot first.
3 years late here... but love the commentary! Also was not aware there was an Exotic Chicken coloring book!! I had to dive into Amazon to find it, and ordered it immediately. I love relaxing with some coloring books, and also love rare/endangered and just plain odd looking poultry.
As a female firefighter back in The Day, even I was fueled by testosterone, machismo and 250 years of firefighting tradition and fought to not stand in the driveway lobbing water into the building while my brothers had all the fun.
Adrenaline is helluva drug. Thank you for being mad enough to run into burning buildings.
Honestly as a woman I don’t want another woman trying to save me from a burning building. I want a man who is stronger and can pull me to freedom. Females are better are some things and men the other things. We need each other. For protection and help in a fire I will take a real man any day. If I want common sense, better at detail skills I would want a woman. ❤
@@traczebabe This is still sexist and wrong hun ❤
@@ARCADEkid55 yeah, its not. Its simple biology. Go yell at your dad's balls if you are mad at biology.
@@ARCADEkid55 But it is still true... You dont see a female firefighter Carry out a 200 pound person on their shoulders or in the way they are suppost to.. I 100% Agree with @traczebabe There are jobs for men and for female... Equality is a thing and women needs to figure out the fine line between being equal or feministic. Plenty of examples of women using their body and looks to their advantage. Ofc there are men who does so too but they are fare less than women! And if the women dont like, they will shut the men down.
When I had my first panic attack a year ago and thought I was legit dying, the firefighters were the 1st ones to get to me and diagnose me. I'll never forget that.
Is that why you stopped the creepy Christmas videos?
@@TheWickedWizardOfOz1 what?
@@kevinspacey5325 Kevin, look up your Christmas videos, thanks :D
Your channel subscription made me laugh
@umbraldickass8048 why? I'm subbed to some great youtubers
... "NOT ON A SINGLE ONE OF THOSE DOCUMENTS, COULD I FIND INCREASED RISK FACTOR FOR BEING A TH-camR"
Never hear anyone say. Oh those brave TH-camrs did you see what they did.
That atheist needs a firefighter for that burn he just got served
GOLD
What an impeccable ending this was
From the looks of all the youtubers who sole source of income is sitting in front of a webcam, obesity is high, diabetic issues, high cholesterol. All of which will require a firefighter to save him
My son is in school to get his stuff to become a fire fighter and I have seen the things you guys go through you are all hero’s to me! Thanks for what you do my guy!
A good friend of mine, a retired senior fire officer, was diagnosed with mesothelioma. Doctor asked if he had ever been in contact with asbestos. 'What like asbestos hats, asbestos clothing, asbestos gloves and numerous dashes into burning buildings laced with the stuff!' Doctor just said 'Oh dear'.
Horrific disease. Seen a few Mr fluffy victims in Australia and can't say there's a worse respiratory way to go.
My grandpa was in the merchant marine in WWII... He died of Mesothelioma... Awful disease.
"The amazing atheist?"
(hits cigarette)
"Haven't heard that name in a looong time."
But you have heard of him?
Okay
That hit me like a movie scene in my head.
Well done.
We're all quite fortunate in that respect.
@@ashleymichael7776 Yeah, he use to make good content debating religious nutjobs, but then whole atheist movement started slide and be taken over by critical race theory bullshit and his content slided into cringe territory.
I am so happy that I grew away from my old absolute "Feminism Bad" self and completely stopped watching him and the various other TH-cam morons...
The west coast is on fire and he picks now to make an uneducated statement about firefighters? Thank you so much for the sacrifice and hard work you firefighters put into keeping us safe.
Like Ron White says: You can't fix stupid.
He made that vid a year ago.
That and the 9/11 anniversary. Idk what he's thinking.
@@SOU6900 You can only beat the shit out of it👍
SOU6900 you can muffle the sound though
Well i most definitely appreciate your service Mister Firefighter Guy! You also make me laugh my butt off when im having a bad day. Thanks for your double efforts!
Amazing Athiest has been giving his opinions for going on 10 years now. He's part of a very old group of edgy athiests from 2010. I wouldn't spend too much energy on him. :p
I did learn a lot of facts from this video! So happy to see that!
I'm sure that first graph he showed was of his subscriber numbers rather than number of fires.
seeing the joker posters… yeah. Wouldn’t be surprised.
It seems most of the Edgy Atheist crowd fell into some bad places over the years.
Glad to hear he’s not evolved that entire time.
I used to watch some of his stuff, usually more comedic subjects for entertainment over an actual knowledge.
I am so tired of ignorant, tunnel vision minded, cynical, neckbeards that want to complain and tear apart everything of value with whiny complaints. They don’t have the capacity to see things beyond what they want to see.
He’s literally a neckbeard TH-camr; so funny; the onion couldn’t create a better character!
Says you, under an attack video.
Like, this video is the kind of shit right-wing psychos do to get their legions of chucklefucks feeling superior to other people.
I'm fairly sure he's being ironic. No one has a problem with firefighters, and pretending you do is funny - or could be seen as such. Whether he's joking in his heart, I don't know.
@@AsifIcarebear3 I highly suggest you watch his video.
His inflammatory delivery aside, his arguments are basically:
1. We have way more paid firefighters despite fewer fires, which makes no sense.
2. It doesn't make sense that firefighters are doing non-firefighting work, and if we want to publicly fund people to do that work, then we should do that instead of expanding the scope of what firefighters are supposed to do, because....
3. Firefighters clearly don't sign up to do medical work, they sign up to fight fires.
4. The hero worship firefighters get as a profession is undeserved and/or arbitrary, as there are more dangerous professions that don't get the same treatment. There are heroic firefighters, but not every firefighter is one, and the media regularly misrepresents their actions as more heroic than they are. He gives an anecdote here about how firefighters put out his housefire, and the media reported on it as them saving his pets, giving the impression that they burst in and pulled the pets out of the burning building, when in reality they just put out the fire and the pets happened to survive inside. This is technically correct but highly misleading reporting.
I have seen firefighters have paramedic trained firefighters on trucks, and they come out when ambulance isn't available. They make a difference
I can't believe The Amazing Atheist is still around. I haven't heard of him since like 2017, so it's good to see he's still doing nothing but going after those who help other people.
Found a George Bush supporter. Fucking weird.
Looks like he ran out of valid groups to go after.
@@TylerZeta he always reminded me of an edgy teenager. He's got loads of shit takes, attacks victims and innocent people, and makes a lot of incendiary comments just to get a rise out of people. He's not much better than Amos Yee.
He comes back around when He thinks people forgot about the "Banana Incident". 🤮
@@inzane1260 I'm amazed he actually tried to brush that controversy off. Streamers have had their careers killed for less before.
Jason is preaching gospel. I have mad respect for all first responders and number one on my list is firefighters. Y’all save lives and fight fires and are the real superheroes of the world. You were roasting this man and I enjoyed every minute of this video. I watch all your videos and love what you are doing. Keep it up and thank you for your service and your videos.
...don't forget the medical calls. Firefighters also respond to medical calls...I dispatched for 8 years. I always felt bad when I set off the station alarm at 3am bc someone had indigestion and mistook it for a heart attack...... Thanks for all you do!
I understand why someone might mistake indigestion for heart attack. There's a lot of gas trapped in your system and it causes crazy chest pain as a result of all the gas trapped in your esophagus and whatnot.
The trick is to look for other symptoms. Burping, your burps tasting like you just farted out of your mouth, nausea, intestinal cramps, diarrhea, etc.
I used to live in a pretty rural village in the UK and the fire station is significantly closer than the hospital. It was pretty common for fire fighters to show up as first responders because it would take a while for paramedics who could be miles away to get there. There are the dedicated first responders, but you still fall into the same issues with rural areas where the few who live super close either aren't on call that day or have ended up far enough away that the fire fighters would have a significantly quicker response time
I work at a petrol station, they also come for fuel leaks, and LPG leaks
Your burps tasting like you just farted out of your own mouth? That literally sounds so gross I’d probably prefer the pain. Life is seriously gross.
Though that indigestion could lead to acid reflux which could trigger asthma attack.
i think he is just pissed he couldn't pass the test to get into the fire academy. or for that fact the police academy either. he probably won't pass the test to collect trash.
call the fd on that one....... mega burn x3
and all because he'll (probably) fail to leave the house to the right time because he is to busy sitting on the computer complaining about other...
Probably wouldn’t have passed the drug test anyway.
Yeah he could..hes a dumpster fire already!
Sean Rickey : Fire academy? Police? He's holding out for STAR FLEET Academy. Only needs to sell 2 more cases of flower seeds from that ad in the back of the comic book and he's IN!!
And everyone in California took that attack on firefighters personally.
And I took this personally.
Yep
i think everyone in the country did
@@billybrown6236 Yeah I think everyone in the world took this personally.
Firefighters don’t get ENOUGH appreciation
I know this video is old, but if firefighting isn't that dangerous, why does my structural firefighting gear have a label in it that says, and I quote “Firefighting is an ultra-hazardous, unavoidably dangerous activity. This garment will not protect you from all burns, injuries, diseases, conditions or hazards.” You may be KILLED, BURNED, INJURED OR SUFFER DISEASE OR ILLNESS with NO WARNING and NO SIGN of damage to this garment." I'm figuring they didn't print that and sew it into my liner for a morale boost...
For the first point, I don't know how common it is, but when I overdosed, it was the fire department who responded first. Lovely gents. I'm sure if I had lost consciousness or had a cardiac event or compromised airway during that time, they would have responded appropriately, but given I was still lucid and functioning, they mostly just monitored me while waiting for EMTs. Mostly, I was surprised by how willing they were to talk to me, ask questions, and offer encouragement. I was very unprepared for the amount of humanity and respect I was given.
It wasn't my first OD or crisis, and I don't remember much about the one EMTs responded to. I do remember the cops picking me up and blatantly shit talking me on the radio with me literally in the backseat, rolling their eyes, and being general ass holes when they responded to a friend who wanted me taken for evaluation at the ER--I hadn't even done anything at the time, she had just called and said she was worried I was a danger to myself. So that was not great. I'd have to say, of the three experiences, the firefighters were my favourite. Again, I wasn't really fully awake with the EMTs, so they were probably lovely too. But I didn't know firefighters even responded to those types of incidences until then. So thanks, firefighters, I appreciated it. When you're feeling like a fucking idiot for an impulsive action like that, and your emotions are all over the place, it's nice to have people who treat you with dignity and compassion.
Also, when I was younger, my room caught on fire. They must have felt really bad for having to ask whether I did it on purpose while I was bawling my eyes out, because they came back with a teddy bear that I still have. I'm sure they give kids stuffed toys all the time, but it was a small act that gave me a lot of comfort at the time. I lost my art desk and all my books and some keepsakes, so having that bear was worth a lot. :)
Sounds like you've been through a lot. I hope life's going better for you. Your gratitude really made my day a lot less shitty. Thank you!
I'd imagine making sure you're awake and lucid is very, very important when you OD. It also probably helps EMT's when they arrive on scene; if you were in extremely critical condition and needed something ASAP, it _might_ just be something worth knowing. Just a bit.
@@DefinitelyNotAnOsprey What would be worth knowing? Securing an airway? Yes, I'd agree. My surprise at the time was that firefighters were trained or sent to medical emergencies at all. You expect them to go to fires and things that need tall ladders. At the time, I had no idea they could be sent out to medical calls when EMTs were unavailable or further out.
By contrast, frankly I wouldn't trust my city's police to bother with CPR, let alone ensure a patient was still able to breathe or not choking on their own vomit. But the cops in my city are especially idiots, so I don't presume every city experiences that level of incompetence. I'd still hesitate to send a cop to any mental health medical crisis, though, even if they did know basic first aid.
Personally, I really don’t like cops. I feel wary of firefighters given it’s not non-existent that there can be bias, but it helps when their job is actually to help the community, not just arrest people for anything they want.
That’s the thing, The amazing atheist is a jealous asshole who doesn’t value anyone’s life but his. He kinda is an ambassador for all atheistic f***s who’s moral compasses are completely askew to the point that self-sacrifice and selflessness is completely absent. Thank you for your comment.
Wow, this guy for real doesn't understand firefighting at all. Thank you for setting the record straight. The reduced deadliness seems like a great boon to me as it's my impression we'd ideally prefer folk *not* to die while doing their jobs, no matter what they might be. Thanks again for your hard work, all.
he's not trying to understand. He just takes positive things that people like and crap on them to get attention and act like he's edgy or somethin. What a goof!
Can we just take a moment to appreciate that of all the books he could've been reading, he chose exotic chickens 🐔
His motovation to research apparently hit Exotic Chicken levels, and it is one that few can attain. His motherboard was runnin way hotter than any house fire he's ever responded to!!!
@@motorolla3869 at least 2 people have being killed by chickens this year. he's just getting ready for this disturbing uptick🐓😁
Its wisdom can be subtly interpreted and allied to many situations. The wisdom of Exotic Chickens.
Too funny! I had to pause the video to read the title of the book.
Well, it might not be too far off the mark, after all, the "Great Frilled Cock" comes to mind thinking about Amazing Atheist's position in the pecking order of this word ;)
I saw a fiery car-wreck in which someone died, and never in my life have I had more respect for our first responders than that. The fact that they are there, even when it's not a happy ending, is reassuring and worthy of respect.
He's just pissed off because his house caught on fire and lost his whole room of weed he was growing! Thank you to all the firefighters out there!!!
*his mom's house
Brother?
woudnt that be a good thing that THAT room burned up for when the cops show up to investigate? :P
"Weed"... is that what the kids these days are calling meth labs?
Nah he is relatively famous although his career took a huge dive. He still has more than enough that he has his own place. He is an idiot though. Probably a narcissist also.
I think you should do a day in the life video!
Yes please
That would be good but not every day is busy. When it is busy it is not easy to film one's self. However there have been real day in the life shows about such essential workers.
South Metro has some pretty great videos for this from firefighter, operator to being stuck on the bus -th-cam.com/video/pEIFG7-cmzY/w-d-xo.html
@@ceanes4 I saw it I watch all of them lol.
The amazing atheist is what happens when your high-school bean bag chair gains sentience.
I'm an atheist, and I support this message.
I'm amazing, and I also approve this message.
I’m a non-amazing theist, and I approve this message.
im the, and i support this message.
please, don't insult my old bean bag chair...
The day he will actually need firefighters will be the day he won't find them overrated.
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He's basically just a male karen he's even got the let me speak to your manager haircut
loooooool
Isn't Kevin the male version of Karen?
Lmao, that was a good one
That's because you are watching him from the front, if you ever got behind him you would be blinded by the reflection of his backup forehead
XD
Somehow, I've always lived near a fire house during my adult life. I can tell you that it doesn't matter if it was one of the biggest cities in America or a tiny town - fire trucks and ambulances were ALWAYS on the move. They never got a break - go back in and right back out.
And this douche guy thinks fire fighters shouldn't get paid? Well gee, they're putting their lives on the line for us. They deserve high salaries more than the athletes and movie stars who get insane wealth sometimes for just being blessed with pretty genes.
@Dave N does that mean....you too live near a fire house? :P
I live down the street from one. My town, and a bunch of surrounding towns, have really low populations (like, each town definitely has less than 1000) but they're still moving a lot
@Dave N surprise, I'm writing from INSIDE your house!
For around 20 years I have lived on artery roads in my town. Meaning that to get anywhere in a hurry there is a good chance you would come down one of the 2 roads I am referring to. Once or twice a week they go right by me, another couple of times I can hear them nearby. Those are just the ones within earshot in a city of 35k (One professional and several volunteer). Granted they are somewhat on the loud side....
That dude had a huge Joker print on his wall and still expects to be taken seriously... SMH. Firefighters are heroes I'll fight anyone who says otherwise
He has two of them, along with a broad full of Rick and Morty stuff.
That has no relevance here
Just cuz we have joker posters doesn't mean we get mad
@@jibrailhattar190 lmao
@@jibrailhattar190 i fucking love the term "neck beard". Dude is a prime example 🤣!
They say, "if you want to start a fire, call a firefighter."
I can feel the burn from here.
“not a single one of those documents could I find increased risk factors for being a TH-camr” 🤣
Increased eye strain from looking at a monitor too long?
@@Shade01982 that and maybe DVT from a sedentary lifestyle mostly sitting in a chair
I can name a lot of jobs with a much higher risk factor than firefighters and they don't get a fraction of the praise that americans give to firefighters. That was the argument that went over your head.
Why do you insist on taking this so personal?
@@llVIU What? I am confused about who you are saying took that personally, if it is me you are talking about, you’re wong, I quoted what was said and showing a laughing reaction, that does not mean I agree with it, nor does it mean I am taking it personaly, it simply means I find it funny, and the two comenters above you, from what I undertsnd about what they said, they are just making jokes similar to what was quoted, so I am not sure who you think is taking it perosnaly, but you sure are wrong about it, and for you to assume an argument went over my, or another commentors, head because I, or another commentor found a quote funny, does not mean, the argument went over our heads, it simply means we found a quote funny.
@@llVIU I can well imagine- I assume the list might include things like construction, maybe port/dockside workers, various manufacturing, anywhere with heavy equipment and/or exposure to hazardous materials. Still, I'm not sure how many of those jobs actually involve people who volunteered to charge into immediate peril to pull other people out, possibly many times yearly. So I don't think any praise being due is all about aggregate risk.
He’s upset because the windows of his Prius were busted out by firefighters as he parked in the fire lane blocking a hydrant as he went into the local Starbucks for a chai latte
you mean his Gramma's Prius...
He’s not the kind of guy who would drive a Prius he strikes me as a riced Subaru owner
He owned a Rav 4 at some point, idk if hes still driving it these days. Also TJ isnt a coffee or starbucks kinda guy.
@@N7Prime the fact that you think having a prius and having a boyfriend are insults show that your brain never developed beyond 16 years old.
@@N7Prime his that the same Kyle that allowed him to watch the game on his new 50inch plasma t.v while Kyle have his gf a back massage
Probably not the correct channel to say this, but that, my friend, was a burn
Get eeeem.
When I had a heart attack years ago, it was the firefighters who took me where I needed to go. And did CPR on me in the truck. And saved my life.
A few years ago we had a carbon monoxide leak in our rental. Called them at 2am and they were there in minutes while we were all huddled in my car for warmth. They went through the house and found the source, which was a faulty flume on our water heater. They stayed a bit to make sure we were all okay (we were all asleep when the alarm went off so we were kinda dazed and uneasy) and were super caring even though we definitely woke them up lol
You didnt wake them up... They are on call for 24 hours at a time. 24 WAKING hours. They go to sleep when they get home.
Thats what you do asa rescuer and proper civil servant.
Proud of them boys.
@@inceneration 1 that can be volunteer firefighters.
2 i'm not sure if it's the same in US, but in Europe, firefighter sleep during their shift, that offer better performance.
@@incenerationThat's definitely not true. If it's at night, they're definitely on call in the station, but likely sleeping as the stations will have sleeping quarters. You don't want someone to be running on fumes at the end of their shift when they get the call to help you.
Not to mention all of the medical rescues. I, myself, was taken to the hospital to save my life by emt's from the fire department. Maybe their lives weren't at direct risk, but they were among the heroes that saved my life. I just want to say Thank You, to all first responders. You are all heroes in my book.
Which is why AA's main argument was 'Don't force firefighters to also do medical work, build better medical services instead'.
Brutally defunding healthcare on one hand and then to cover that up doing blind hero-worship for the firefighters who are forced to pick up the slack is exactly how you ruin a society.
To go against your point, Research shows that a Hybrid Firefighter/EMS system is more expensive versus having 2 separate entities. You do not need a firetruck with 4-5 firefighters showing up to a medical call. You can have one ambulance and a PRU respond to a cardiac arrest with an autopulse/Lucas device to perform CPR. 3 person to run a cardiac arrest versus 4-5 firefighters + a 2 EMS.
@@stephpompom6379 Expense is nothing when compared to a life saved. It is all about who can get there as fast as possible and firefighters are also first responders.
@@blargcoster Expense does matter in a finite system. Properly fund a true paramedic system and pay your employees a fair wage. Give them a good quality of life. Having good coverage and good moral, improve efficacity, Firefighters are good at what they do. However, having an ambulance staff with paramedics will always better than a firetruck. One can transport a patient versus stopping a clock.
Anybody who is willing to run into a burning building to save my ass automatically gets my respect.
anyone who risk their lives to save others are heroes.
I'd call a firefighter 100% before I'd even think of calling the police.
Because we're there to save you, not judge you. I don't care if you have taken drugs or whatever your situation is, lemme get you to safety first 😂
While in the military I did civil service with the fire department. We spent two days tagging along with them. Went on many calls, none of which were fires. Tons of medical calls. It was an interesting experience.
In my country we stopped calling them fire department and go with Rescue Services instead
Yeah because fires per se are not THAT common but we train for other types of rescue too. In my area, the most common calls we get are vehicle accidents and what my team and I call "Schroedinger's old people" (until you force open the door, you don't know if they're dead or alive).
I don’t know why I’m seeing his older videos, I am however glad he responded. We lost my grandfather this week, he did some years volunteering with the police before dedicating 28 years to the fire department. He was my hero and taught me to respect/be grateful for those who walk the blue and red line.
I am an agnostic atheist myself and I can say pretty definitively that that guy is in no way amazing.
Edit to add detail because of multiple condescending (and incorrect) comments: Yes, I really did mean to type "agnostic atheist", because that is the technical term that best represents my viewpoint. There are also agnostic theists, gnostic atheists, and gnostic theists. **Don’t try to correct me in the comments without googling those terms one by one**. When correcting people on the internet, try limiting yourself to topics that you actually understand.
Man has gone off the deep end somewhere a decade ago lol
He was funny once upon a time, then he got tryhard serious, then borderline insane.
He makes some sense about some religious people being overzealous but should stick to that topic.
@@soxpeewee He's a giant fucking hypocrite, because he doesn't go after islam or judaism, which is sad, because he used to. He just does what's safe and has mass approval.
he's an amazing sex pest. fuckin' guy films himself pouring hot oil all over his micropeen.
i'm also not sure a guy known for getting videos leaked of him pouring hot oil on his genitals is the best person to talk about fire safety and those that
That exotic chicken book is fantastic! What a brilliant read.
He complains of the amount of firefighters responding to medical calls, but should he ever need to be put on a stretcher, he will definitely see why firefighters respond to medical calls
That dude will even complain and question them about why they even brought the rig.
Haha, 10 years in EMS and I ALWAYS lift with my Fireman
Yeah to lug his fat a.. around.
I mean, I think a majority of the time having fire fighters go to medical calls is a waste of resources, both personal and equipment, and there are lots of studies that show for paramedics to be good & high performing they a high number of critical calls - thus the “paramedic” on every engine (or even every transport unit) model leads to negative patient outcomes. But I know that because of research. Fatty doesn’t. And if he can’t walk, it is going to take a minimum of a engine crew to get him out of the house. Maybe a ladder and an engine if he is on the 2nd floor.
And there are lots of medical calls where you just need manpower, regardless of if the fire dept does medical stuff or not, just to get the patient out safely. Anything with the word “arrest”, anytime you can’t wheel in the stretcher, So on and so forth.
B Kane plus if you have someone that is in critical condition needing two paramedics its good to have someone there that can drive for them such as a fireman. I’ve seen it happen many times.
I've heard some people complain about firefighters making being a firefighter their whole personality but honestly, I think they've earned that. if anyone had a right to make their job their personality its them
That, and: that's not a job that you can entirely switch off. Especially since you've got to keep yourself in shape ... and yep, I do suspect the Amazing Neckbeard of, IDK, being somewhat influenced by his own chances with girls compared to those of pretty much any fire fighter in existence?
Let’s be honest: just about everyone does this. When you take pride in what you do, it becomes a part of you, which some people see as “being your whole personality.”
Eh, doing that is a double edged sword. Yeah, we kinda have to take our work home with us. Keep in shape, maintain good nutrition, and study hard if we’re looking into fire sciences, EMT, Paramedicine, or other academic fields and certs related to firefighting. It’s difficult to not base our whole lives around our jobs.
That said, many firefighters end up suffering from depression and PTSD because of this. Because there’s no escape from the job, exhaustion and traumas follow us home, and have have lasting negative effects on our mental health.
My captain touched on this during our last EMR refresher, and said that it can be difficult to find a work-life balance in this line of work. But I know for a fact that not one of us are gonna let that stop us from doing our jobs.
@@hectorarias9516 I meant personality. As in they have stickers that say they’re a firefighter and apparel.
@@hectorarias9516 So true, that is why I knew I wasn't cut out for it. I couldn't imagine being on call and at any moment having to spring into action. I have a massive deal of respect for our fist responders for being able to do just that and with passion. This atheist fellow has no idea what first responders see day in to day out.
Literally Fire and Paramedics are the two things that everyone agrees are all around good. I've never seen a "defund the fire department" hash tag, or something to that effect.
yet, many cities keep shutting down fire stations and hiring more cops...
I've seen it once, when the house three blocks from the local fire department caught fire, and the homeowner was mad that the firefighters caused a bunch of water damage...from fighting the fire
I've seen arsonists express their hate for firefighters. It's like they see the firefighters as destroying their "work" by putting out fires. Those people literally want to see the world burn, and anyone who gets in their way of that vision is a bad guy in their eyes.
@@ShadeSlayer1911 Not to condone arsonists (especially ones who do it for fun), but given the state of the world I can understand one’s motives
well yeah no. it's all stupid. there's a great argument that you should hold the police in close scrutiny but firefighters and paramedics only save lives, there's no extrajudicial whatever there. if you wanna be an "ACAB" person go ahead and do it to your heart's content but don't start applying the same hate to firefighters and paramedics.
Obviously, that man never had a need to call the fire department. Lucky man.
That man literally talks about having had a house fire in his video.
The fact I can't cuss you cretins out for your evil hate mob bullshit is pissing me off.
“Firefighters are overrated!”
Athletes, Famous Celebrities, Fast Food Joints, Other Stuff: *sweats nervously*
he also stated those obvious things however I used a lot of fast food joints, helped me out immensly. Not one single time did I need a firefighter. So... which one do you think is more important for me?
He also did **not** say that firefighters are the **only** overrated thing on the planet, so what relevance does your argument have in the first place?
@@llVIU what
@@publicservicesinhawaii429 what?
@@llVIU your joking right
@@llVIU I feel like I’m not getting something
When our house caught fire a few years back, I was sure happy when our local FD showed up, and saved our house from burning down.
The basement was on fire, so no fighting it from the sidewalk, but breathing apparatus, and a hose to the basement.
So thank you to all firefighters.
As an atheist with Christian, Muslim, and Jain friends, I believe it one of the most important things in life to respect everyone, regardless of their beliefs, race, sexualities, and, of course, their personal opinions! But opinions like this one make that very very difficult.
One of my first thoughts regarding this twerp was "oh hell no, why do you have to give atheists a bad name".
But really, the crucial part of his moniker is the "amazing" bit. If somebody feels a need to style himself as "amazing Anything", then this "how dare you think that some guys working to save lives are cooler than _meeee!!_ " whining is pretty much what I expect.
And always remember people, religions are based on unnecessary and useless hope for the best after death, which is based on our fear of the unknown, and respect needs to be EARNED most of the times
Yeah, what a jerk this guy is. But I guess that's how he earns his money.
Where you are at, do you also find that religious people have a harder time respecting irreligious people than the other way around?
I try to treat everyone with respect. Quite a few religious people however don't even realise the many ways in which they disrespect irreligious people. Ranging from speaking in absolutes to being close-minded and not even considering that people think different than they do.
@@yasininn76I am not a believer, but I know that that ain't what religion is based on.
Religion is based on doing good, but it's enforced with scaremongering. 😅
@@BrawlerTheSmokyDutchManthe scaremongering can only exist because of the uncertainty and fear surrounding death.
I fell down my stairs and shattered my leg (almost lost it) two burly firefighters and two small ambulance guys showed up. I praise them all for their help. It took all four to get my up the stairs and out to the ambulance (I'm a big and tall dude). They were all so awesome and allowed me to go out on the stretcher with the sheet pulled over my head so I can make the neighbors think I had died. LOL Love my emergency responders, all of them!
My mom would have to be transferred to the hospital on multiple occasions and the fire department was always there to assist. A first responder team does not know what they're walking into, therefore they need to be prepared for anything and everything. They have some real horror stories to tell, and I have mad respect for any and all first responders.
If I remember correctly, here in South Carolina we lost 6 firefighters in a single building just a couple of years ago. This wasn’t even the fire that consumed our gun store with all that ammunition (and who knows what else). Our firefighters prevented that fire from spreading. Our firefighters have earned our respect and gratitude
It was 9 . The Charleston 9 at the sofa superstore fire. 9 of my fellow brothers gave their lives to save strangers.
@@nimdunn6491i just watched a video about that fire. I was shocked how out of date some of their equipment and command procedures were. Their tragedy should be a national case example for what happens when funding doesn't keep up with costs.
@@jasonwomack4064 mostly old ways of thinking. Why chance what worked for so long was the thinking. I was part of the chances put 8n place after. Better education and better equipment. All departments in Charleston have automatic mutual aid. Everyone trains together and uses NIMS ICS. All fire fighters must be NFPA fighter Fire II to be on a fire ground.
@@nimdunn6491
We had a similar illegally built steel-beamed building catch fire here. Partial sprinklers only. Nobody went in there and would ever even contemplate doing so at all.
It's crazy how they went inside that despite the structure being basically doomed to collapse in the first minute of the fire.
I'm pretty sure the lop-eared bunny that spouted that nonsense from his mom's basement has no idea what firefighters do. Throw that EMS response percentage in there and watch the wheels spin and the lights explode! Proud FF/EMT retired, 1982-2017. Stay safe, Brother!
That’s 35+ years of BADASS.
You have my sincere respect.
EXACTLY I'm an EMT in las Vegas with AMR and we run with fire guys here and there awesome and super helpful I hope to be one in the next few years
¡I'm only a year in and I've grown to understand the fact that everyday I put under my belt is only gonna come with a whole new level of respect for you, each and every day, as I continue to learn what all goes into good EMS! Thank you for setting the standards us noobs continue to build on.🔥🤘
Yes and it's getting more and more
@@ThomasHalsey-xs7sf color me unsurprised to find a co-worker here! Hell, I've even written letters of commendation to their brass for some of the crews I've run with out here!
Never once in my life have i thought, oh thank god the youtubers are here.
As someone who works in long term care, and call you alot, we thank you guys.
My dad is kind of an asshole and a bully, at least to me, but he was a firefighter for almost his entire career. I may not love him or get along with him, but I respect what he did for a living as he saved countless lives and, as a saw first hand, greatly cared about doing his best every day as a fireman and supporting the men and women (his hall was the first in our region to have a woman firefighter because of him) that he worked with.
@Doctor Whowhotheowl That's not always the case, some people just don't get along. I mean shit, I'd take a bullet for my pops, but we just unintentionally piss each other off, and my hair has been the same color since I was born. Don't have to have colored hair or anything like that to just not get along with family members.
@@jwithextrajj There's a pretty significant difference between being a bully and simply not getting along. The former implies that the father antagonizes his kid for no reason other than it makes him feel better.
Three firefighters in my family... I know through them how deeply traumatizing it is to have a small child basically dying in your arms at the scene of a terrible car accident (among many, many other experiences). Firefighters put their lives on the line in ways that are not even physical. They earn their money. I agree they don't deserve worship, but they absolutely deserve respect. Plus, the level of physical fitness required to do the job means constant effort whether you are on or off the clock. Pretty sure if Amazing Athiest was the only hope to pull me (or anyone past the age of 5) out of a dangerous scenario, I'm fooked.
The funny thing is TAA literally recites some posts by firefighters where one talks about something similar.
Yeah, his little diatribe struck me very much as "how dare you admire some big strong guy doing life & death work! You should be admiring cool guys like _MEEEEE!!!_ "
And hey, there are youtubers I admire. And every single one of them is capable of showing respect to others.
Plus this guy is so down to earth, he just casually describes the benefits of using a BIDET in a video about the dangers when transporting gasoline in an improper way! And not because he is fancy, but because it helps him to do his job better, how cool is that?!
You think he could pull a 5 year old out? I'd lower that estimate by a few years.
This "Amazing Atheist" is nothing but a troll with a channel who, honestly, sounds a little envious. If you ask me.
When I think of firefighters, I also think of all the forest fires we've had in recent years, both here, in Canada (which affects us) as well the horror show down in Australia in 2020. So, yes, the number of firefighters has needed to increase. A LOT. And you cannot tell me that when someone is facing a fire with no idea how bad it could become and every instinct is telling them to run, but they go toward it isn't brave. That's the very definition of bravery.
No idea why folks are going at the first responders so hard lately. I am thankful for all of them. Nice to know, they are there when you need them. Thank you all.
It is likely splash due to a combination of different anti-police politics.
@@Nionivek yeah. i mean, you can argue that police need to have scrutiny on them, because they are armed and are known to kill people from time to time. but firefighters only save lives, and criticizing them for what they do is kind of stupid.
@@red2theelectricboogaloo961 I did see a firefighter suplex a victim once, but that was a guy who thought it was a good idea to pick a fistfight with the responders trying to put out his burning car.
Edgy gets views. And generation narcissist survives on views.
Last month my mom, who has problems with her breathing, had to be rushed to hospital. It was firefighters who showed up first, they were closer tha n the EMTs. They gave her oxygen, because we kind of need that to live.
I for one am grateful that thet were available to respond to emergencies other than fires. I'm also willing to overlook the fact they weren't endangering themselves to do it.
The Amazing Atheist has been 100% cringe for 5 years and counting now
He has always been cringe, his peak thought process is that ""I am so smarter because i can't see god; checkmate guy who prays""
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If you unironically believe in gods you shouldn't throw stones.
@@MrCmon113 Ah, the classic "belief in a deity means someone is dumb/delusional" tripe. Come back when you've studied philosophy.
and how is this argument connected to "firefighters are not overrated"? Okay, we get it, you want to make a personal attack... and you disagree that firefighters are overrated because...?
@@llVIU I like people who are trained to deal with intricately delicate and dangerous situations to be the people directly employed and staffed to therein deal with those situations. Individuals at the ready, at any moment, to be kitted up and ready to rock and deal with as many contingencies as possible to be at the scene to then deal with them.
Paramedic/Firefighters don't get the credit they deserve.
Hats off to you guys.
I am a bit surprised he didn't know fire fighters do many other things besides fighting fires. I still remember the fire house tour the elementary school took us kids on years ago. They showed us some interesting things the fire fighters use and what other things they do. I specifically recall the "jaws of life" they were showing us. Used mainly in car wrecks but probably also used in other scenarios that call for it.
He literally covers that exact point only seconds later in the video after this guy ended the clip.
This guy is a fraud using deceptive edits to attack another person.
@@seigeengine I went over to watch the amazing atheists video on his take about fire departments twice and I can say that unfortunately TJ still falls short with some of, if not most, of his claims about fire departments.
Fire Department Chronicles provided a sound argument against the amazing atheist. And he didn't even use any profanity or vulgarities.
@@GAKtion64 Maybe. His arguments certainly can be criticized, but they can't be criticized by a conman lying about them in order to slander him.
@@seigeengineI don’t agree with TJ, but yeah he definitely does talk about how firemen do different things than fight fires in his video.
That was the single most epic mic drop line I've ever heard! I'm an EMT orientee, and I've met tons of fire fighters and can confirm that they do way more than fire calls. Almost every medical call I've been on, the fire dept has already beat us there. So screw what that guy has to say. We appreciate you fire guys so much!
Mocking people after spending a video dishonestly attacking them over your carefully selected clips you've shown to misrepresent them is not an "epic mic drop."
I'd be pissed if I was being represented by a guy that engages in fraud to attack strangers on the internet for daring to criticize government expenditures and media dishonesty.
@@seigeengine When you're dumb enough to say "Pizza delivery drivers are the real heros because they risk their life to deliver me a pizza", anything else you have to say is irrelevant. He could hide the cure for cancer in his ramblings, and I'm going to say he's still a moron. The idiot literally said Pizza Delivery is a more heroic job than a Firefighter. And you sit here and defend the idiot lol.
@@seigeengine1/10 bait
It's not bait. This PoS should be kicked off the platform for harassing another creator with bs lies.@@marioisawesome8218
Well, when the "amazing atheist's" house burns down I'll be sure to stand and watch him get Anakin Skywalkered, it's what he would've wanted.
@Vulgar Mofo. 👍
He's going to kill all the younglings?
There's no way I can be a firefighter, you guys are very brave, and our firefighters are volunteer, so when I say the pay increase, I'm like yup, they need to get paid for their service. It's a whole different kind of person that can be a firefighter. So bravo to you guys and thanks for keeping us safe.
The fact that people still become firefighters when people like this exist is honestly the most astonishing feature of humanity
I’d say that about cops especially nowadays where everyone’s always hating on them. People who still want to protect a public that might not like them have my respect because idk if I can do that
@@J.Qu1ncy US Police has the reputation they deserve, firefighters/rescue services however seem to get undeserved hatred.
@@johan.ohgren People like you make wish cops were as bad as you say.
We don't let people like him affect our professionalism, work ethic or desire to help people. Although we do appreciate a good video like this one.
@@johan.ohgren So, because a select number of cops committed crimes against humanity, then throwing the whole police force down the toilet is a good idea?
Looks like this guy has never left the couch in his Mom’s basement in quite a long time....he’d be the first to call 911 for chronic foot pain at 03:30 with about 7 cars in the driveway...some things never change. Unfortunately, TH-cam has given mouth breathers like this a platform... I’m with you @FireDeparmentChronicles!!
Honestly, firefighters might be some of the only people who actually still have your back today. Probably why they sometimes don't get along with police. Also EMT's, those guys are heroes.
Reminds me of that famous video of French firefighters going after the French police when the police were using disproportionate force- literal outright violence- towards protestors and it’s kind of glorious to see them stepping up and protecting the people as they always do, though horrific that it was even necessary to step in because the institution that is responsible for protecting people from other people, were the ones escalating and committing violence against their fellow human beings. You could tell how frustrated they were that fellow workers in the emergency services could be so corrupt and cruel, when the fire and rescue crews just want to save people.
Also their masks and breathing apparatus are handy against tear gas, so there’s that too lol
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By how deeply he researched this topic, it seems like AA's videos could probably all have the title, "I don't know what I'm talking about, but I'm gunna anyways"