Hello y'all.
I'm just here to raise some concerns about why the firefighter job is mostly unoccupied.
First of all, I do not play a lot as a firefighter, but when I do play as one I try to create some roleplay by responding to some other, still relevant call outs. This is where reason number one steps in: people get angry with you over bullshit reasons.
Lets say there is a massive shootout going on, everyone is there and you decide to respond to give first aid. The first thing you will notice is that people will start going over the radio: "Why the fuck is there a firefighter here?" and in OOC chat, while the firefighter could actually be a valuable asset as he can provide first aid while the medics focus on the bigger injuries and dead people. This often leads to frustration off the firefighter and 9 times out of 10 leads to a firefighter resigning, because who the hell wants to help the people that do not want your help?
Making it worse LEO's will try to get on a firefighter's ass for responding to calls which are perfectly normal, and even threaten with arrest.
Not to mention that also being a paramedic can be equally as crappy, however not as much as both will quite easily get killed in their normal line of duty.
tl;dr: A lot of people are dicks to firefighters and medics.
Please do note that what I say here does not apply all the time, but please just consider it next time you see a firefighter respond to something, be nice, they are just doing their job, and instead of minding their business maybe you should do yours too instead.
I'm just here to raise some concerns about why the firefighter job is mostly unoccupied.
First of all, I do not play a lot as a firefighter, but when I do play as one I try to create some roleplay by responding to some other, still relevant call outs. This is where reason number one steps in: people get angry with you over bullshit reasons.
Lets say there is a massive shootout going on, everyone is there and you decide to respond to give first aid. The first thing you will notice is that people will start going over the radio: "Why the fuck is there a firefighter here?" and in OOC chat, while the firefighter could actually be a valuable asset as he can provide first aid while the medics focus on the bigger injuries and dead people. This often leads to frustration off the firefighter and 9 times out of 10 leads to a firefighter resigning, because who the hell wants to help the people that do not want your help?
Making it worse LEO's will try to get on a firefighter's ass for responding to calls which are perfectly normal, and even threaten with arrest.
Not to mention that also being a paramedic can be equally as crappy, however not as much as both will quite easily get killed in their normal line of duty.
tl;dr: A lot of people are dicks to firefighters and medics.
Please do note that what I say here does not apply all the time, but please just consider it next time you see a firefighter respond to something, be nice, they are just doing their job, and instead of minding their business maybe you should do yours too instead.