putting life on the line

[busdriver]

putting thier life on the line, We often hear this in the media when policemen,firemen or military personal get killed while working on the job.
Not trying to be disrespect,don't this people get good pay to the job.
Recently 2000 firemen turned out for the funeral of two fallen firemen.Yes they do a very dangerous job.I wonder how many people will come to my funeral if i get kill on the job.I also put my life on the line evry day,so does many other jobs ,like the flag person,taxi driver,construction workers working in high rise buildings and so on.If someone falls from his job and dies no one is calling him a hero and saying that he put his life on the line.Again not disrespecting men and women in uniform,would like ur inputs on my thoughts

 

[Randy Whorewald]

putting thier life on the line, We often hear this in the media when policemen,firemen or military personal get killed while working on the job.
Not trying to be disrespect,don't this people get good pay to the job.
Recently 2000 firemen turned out for the funeral of two fallen firemen.Yes they do a very dangerous job.I wonder how many people will come to my funeral if i get kill on the job.I also put my life on the line evry day,so does many other jobs ,like the flag person,taxi driver,construction workers working in high rise buildings and so on.If someone falls from his job and dies no one is calling him a hero and saying that he put his life on the line.Again not disrespecting men and women in uniform,would like ur inputs on my thoughts

They certainly do get paid but how much is a life worth? $50,000 / year, hardly. I don't think any of them expect to die on the job but it's a risk that is always very close at hand.

 

[InTheBum]

Guess again...

http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/26/pf/jobs_jeopardy/


Rank Occupation Death rate/100,000 Total deaths
1 Logging workers 92.4 85
2 Aircraft pilots 92.4 109
3 Fishers and fishing workers 86.4 38
4 Structural iron and steel workers 47.0 31
5 Refuse and recyclable material collectors 43.2 35
6 Farmers and ranchers 37.5 307
7 Roofers 34.9 94
8 Electrical power line installers/repairers 30.0 36
9 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers 27.6 905
10 Taxi drivers and chauffeurs 24.2 67

 

[hawaiian shirt]

People who are working on skyscrapers/roofers, things like that have safety equipment, safety lines, etc. I am sure many people would help someone in need in an emergency. How many of us would openly run into a burning building when everyone else is running out???

I think they do not get paid enough, no matter what it is. Most of these jobs are civil service or volunteer. Which means they are not doing it for the money. They are doing it because they think it is right.

Problem is, if you are working on the roof of a building and you fall off and die, it means you screwed up. Why should you get a parade?

If you see an accident about to happen and you save someone and perish in the attempt, pour on the gratitude.

 

[littlejimbigher]

My old man was a firefighter and I remember him telling me about a fire down at the grain loading facilities where all the employees are running like hell to get away from the fire and possible explossion and him and the rest of the crew were running towards it. He said afterwards all the firefighters were discussing how crazy they have to be for this not to bother them.

 

[luv-em-n-lv-em]

Firemen are definitely heroes - the living and the dead alike.

I think firemen are definitely heroes just for doing their job. As mentioned above, they deliberately put themselves in harms way. Even if their actual direct death rate is fairly low, they still sacrifice themselves for the public.

Their cancer rates are substantially higher than the norm and I imagine their stress levels must get pretty insane at times.