Tag Archives: FEMS

What’s in a Name? Milwaukee FD up next for name change?

This is not a new debate...This debate is as old and as tired as smooth vs. fog, vollie vs. paid, and the chicken vs. egg. The debate is just in a new place, and it is the beancounters debating it. Why are so many "Fire Departments" called "Fire Departments"? Here is the answer: because in most places it has been the "Fire Department" for 100+ years and everyone knows the name. When the shit hits the fan...they call us and we go to work...

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FEMS…It is that Damn Funny!

Am I the only one who relates the term FEMS to Feminine and Femanist. Is it an all female department? The FEMS? I am pretty sure there are plenty of great firemen up there. Maybe the men feel left out. Maybe we are only days away from a lawsuit stating the men feel left out and feel as though the name should be MASFEMS or FEMSMAS (is that an all female holiday?)

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