Posted by zazenducky on October 12, 2006, at 12:57:01
In reply to Multiple calls for help, posted by gardenergirl on October 12, 2006, at 11:57:32
The easy solution would be to have more deputies! That should be easy since 3 more are all ready to go. If that's not enough ask for more volunteers. No big deal.
I don't think deputies should react or fail to react because of personal feelings about a poster's communication style!....
Impartiality.... treating everyone fairly and equally......
there's the ticket....more professional I'd say.
I propose Bob add that to the job description :)
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> Also, how much of the volunteer firefighter's time is taken up by attending to these calls when perhaps someone else's home is actually on fire? Why should any volunteer firefighter spend more than 75 percent of their time devoted to attending to the perceived needs of one homeowner and then dividing the other 25 percent of their available time among the remaining hundreds or thousands? Is that an appropriate use of resources? Is that fair and just? Is one person's concern about fire more valid or important than others' fires?
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> You might also factor in that how the volunteer is treated by the person making the frequent calls could affect the responsiveness of the volunteer, since they are human beings, afterall. Both parties saying "please" and "thank you", listening actively and with respect, respecting boundaries and limitations, and staying focused on the current problem go a long way towards working out differences and arriving at an appropriate solution.
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