Fire Chief Asks Public To Respect Local 1st Responders and the Residents They Serve (Video)
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Manitouwadge Volunteer Fire Department Chief Owen Cranney speaks candidly of the post-traumatic stress experienced by local first responders, and how it can be exacerbated, when members of the public approach the first responders with questions about the details of incidents they (police, fire fighters, EMS attendants, healthcare workers) may have been involved in because of their work.
Chief Cranney seems to describe incidents where individuals having photographed emergency situations (even possibly including times when responders have not yet arrived to the location of an emergency) would have been shared on social media by bystanders at, or witnesses to, emergency incidents.
The Fire Chief reminds viewers of the harm and trauma that can be caused and/or exacerbated by these behaviours; harm to people requiring help from first responders, to the families of those being attended to by first responders, and to the first responders themselves. Chief Cranney asks those engaging in these behaviours to consider if photos of themselves or their loved ones, during urgent or traumatic situations, were shared through social media and concludes by encouraging everyone to remember that every emergency responder wants to do their best for people and their loved ones, in their time of need.
