Fire Appliance 180 degree handbrake turn

Well thats one way of parking a truck!

firefighters are better drivers than police. the police race and put people in danger. their standard of driving is very poor, the same for paramedics. I have never seen any accidents with fire engines or people being killed in my area, but plenty of careless driving elsewhere. firefighters are more skilled, and set out to save people. i think they do a great job.

firefighters and paramedics basically go hand in hand.

In canada and probably u.s. Fire department is there for almost any emergency and is usually the first one on the scene.

Firefighters drive bigger vehicles with more lights and generally more noticeable. It's alot easier to see a giant red/yellow truck bearing down on you than a car or an ambulance that is at the same height as civilian vehicles. Another reason why firefighters get into less accidents is because they respond to much fewer calls per shift. Cops get dozens of calls and jobs per shift, paramedics get at least a dozen while firefighters may only get two or three, max.

Two or three max? Got a real expert here. And cops do not run lights and sirens near as much as the FD does. Almost all FD call outs are code 3 responses, no so for the PD.

@fireslash27 Cops run lights and sirens for everything and anything. I've seen cruisers go through red lights to get coffee on the other side of an intersection. And by two or three, I'm talking about calls to an actual fire, not anonymous calls that all three services respond to, or for paramedic lift assists.

I'm talking about Ontario, Canada here, not familiar with the demand for services in other countries.

I don't understand why you assume that because they drive fast on blue lights, they MUST have collisions? And what relevance does the type of incident have to their driving?
I'd love to show you the data, it is contained in Home Office reports which are available to the services.
Incidentally, are you an EFAD or response driver?

I don't assume that they must have collisions, I am saying that because of the type of work that the patrol cars are used in, and the amount of time that each patrol car stays on the streets, they are MORE LIKELY to have collisions.
Also, don't forget that not every police officer is pursuit/response trained. Many only hold a driving licence and use the cars for enquries only, and are just as likely as Joe public to have an accident.
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.......Compare this to EFAD, where every driver must be trained to operate the vehicle.
Also, Ambo's and EFADs are a bigger target and more easily seen. There are so many variables that the blanket statement that police are worse drivers is purely baseless, and this conclusion cannot be drawn without breaking down the statistics.
I was a class 1 pursuit and response driver before I buggered off abroad. My father is an EFADS and I have due respect for all who drive, regardless of their service.