Amalgamation

[tomh009]

I wouldn't say the "doing the jobs of paramedics just to keep busy" is a bad thing.  In Waterloo, at least, the firefighters are often the first to arrive ahead of the ambulance and police if an emergency call goes out. As person in need of medical assistance, I'll take the first person to arrive.

Maybe we’re understaffed on ambulance and overstaffed on fire.

Exactly my point. And sending two fire truck with 10 firefighters instead of the paramedic van with two paramedics is surely not cost-efficient if all one needs is a paramedic.