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Offline CFS_Firey

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What to save
« on: September 03, 2006, 04:16:05 PM »
A question about morals:
A crew of CFS vols arrive in a street as a fire hits it. There are 4 houses on the street, all occupants are not at home.
The houses owners are:

  • An elderly woman who has trouble walking
  • A lawyer
  • A single mother with 3 children
  • A CFS volunteer who is out fighting the fire on another truck





For whatever reason, the crew can only save one house. They save the CFS vols house because he's their mate, (and he would have been at home to defend his own house, if he wasn't out on a truck)...

Should they have saved one of the other houses instead?

(This isn't based on any real life event, I'm just curious ;))
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Offline Alan (Big Al)

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Re: What to save
« Reply #1 on: September 03, 2006, 04:19:16 PM »
I'm sorry but family and friends come before others. But i guess you would never really know what you'd do until it really happens :|
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Re: What to save
« Reply #2 on: September 03, 2006, 04:20:13 PM »
Save the house that ha the best posible chance of being saved. Although if it was a brigade members house I would suggest it be first priority.
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Re: What to save
« Reply #3 on: September 03, 2006, 06:05:20 PM »
Pending on time you could call for additional trucks to assist that way you'll be able to save all 4 houses bearing in mind one of the houses does belong to a lawyer  :wink:

But it all comes down to the direction in which the fire has come from and the house its likely to hit first would be the one you save     
« Last Edit: September 03, 2006, 06:07:23 PM by Robert34 »
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Re: What to save
« Reply #4 on: September 03, 2006, 07:15:37 PM »
Quote from: Robert34 on September 03, 2006, 06:05:20 PM
Pending on time you could call for additional trucks to assist that way you'll be able to save all 4 houses bearing in mind one of the houses does belong to a lawyer  :wink:

But it all comes down to the direction in which the fire has come from and the house its likely to hit first would be the one you save     

Yeah I believe the suggestion is that there are only resources enough to save a single house.
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Re: What to save
« Reply #5 on: September 03, 2006, 10:10:48 PM »
The suggestion is that you can only save one house, and they are all equally under threat - in other words the decision on what house to save is based purely on the owners...

I tend to agree with mundcfs - family and friends first.... :)
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Re: What to save
« Reply #6 on: September 03, 2006, 11:39:00 PM »
Id save the lawyer so then iw ont be sued if if the others sue me I have a lawyer on my side :wink: 


thats using ya noggin :lol:
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Re: What to save
« Reply #7 on: September 03, 2006, 11:42:42 PM »
I think it will be a spur of the moment thing for me.
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Offline Mike

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Re: What to save
« Reply #8 on: September 04, 2006, 07:52:05 AM »
Purely based on the people...... Hmmm...
The question is where do we stand to save the most.

if everything was equal??? Well Safety says:

me first
then my fellow crew
then everyone else

Dont see any reason to create a new theory....
Would be a tough call for the person in any case.
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Re: What to save
« Reply #9 on: September 04, 2006, 05:37:21 PM »
what type of appliances do they have???? hard call I would ask who has insurance and safe the one that does not... :roll:
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Re: What to save
« Reply #10 on: September 04, 2006, 06:19:00 PM »
Easy!  The CFS Vollie!

He/She is out there risking there donkey to save other peoples assets and lives.  They dont deserve to have there own house burnt to the ground.

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Re: What to save
« Reply #11 on: September 04, 2006, 07:51:32 PM »
In a strike team situation you may well be in an unfamiliar area and have no idea who owns what house. I would try to save the house that you had the best chance of saving simple.
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