r/nextfuckinglevel Aug 13 '21

Firefighter snatches suicide jumper out of mid air

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u/Lumber_Tycoon Aug 13 '21

Can't sue fireman for doing their job.

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u/YorWong Aug 13 '21

Don't really see how this fits their job description.

People become firefighters to prevent suicides?

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u/Magnus-Artifex Aug 13 '21

Ex-firefighter here.

I actually never got a suicide call, but a pal did. I often worked more around car crashes, collapses and the like, all sorts of accidents to be honest. Fire isn’t the only disaster that happens and more often than not it’s not a fire that we deal with. Companies usually attend all sorts of stuff, since no one else really has the equipment or training to do so. In cases we also serve as first-responders.

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u/YorWong Aug 13 '21

We're you trained in talking someone down from jumping off a building?

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u/Magnus-Artifex Aug 13 '21

My company was trained in other kinds of stuff, I never heard much about suicide cases. Probably where handled by the police or something, I have no idea, but I bet there where people with some trampolines and catch-sheets down there.