What do you call police firefighters and paramedics?

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asked Dec 19, 2021 in Employment & Careers by tommydopie (1,060 points)
What do you call police firefighters and paramedics?

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answered Dec 19, 2021 by Gazpacho (7,030 points)
Police firefighters are called fire police who are both firefighters and also have sworn police powers.

Paramedics are just paramedics unless they have been sworn in as a police officer.

Fire police are volunteer fire brigade/company members who, based upon their jurisdictional authority, receive sworn police powers, special training, and support firefighting efforts at emergency incidents.

In addition to securing firefighting equipment, incident and fire scenes, and the station itself, fire police perform traffic and crowd control.

In some jurisdictions, fire police are exterior firefighters and may be called upon at fire scenes to perform any of the duties of an interior firefighter except those that require a self-contained breathing apparatus.

On occasion, fire police also assist regular police: they perform road closures, traffic control, crowd control at public events, missing persons searches, parade details, salvage, security, and other miscellaneous tasks as requested.

Fire police are a fire brigade resource and answer to the officer in charge (OIC) of the fire brigade in attendance.

However, special fire police officers in Pennsylvania, USA, are under the direction of the state or local police.

Where no other fire brigade resources are present, fire police will usually assist police under the direction of the police's OIC or, depending on local regulations, act autonomously.

While the exact role of fire police may vary between brigades and between countries, the general themes are constant throughout:

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