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Keeping real simple, we all do what we do for two reasons, to help others and to go home at the end of our tours. Bottom line thats exactly what the troopers did. They helped out their brother and sisters in emergency service and the public they all serve and helped everyone including themselves get home safely. Let those who would not want the same done for them cast the first stone....

Put turnout gear on these guys and what do you have - a disciplined company operating as a team with a supervisor.......

1. These troopers may be volunteer FF. We don't know.
2. There's a big difference between assisting an FD that doesn't have enough personnel on scene by supporting exterior operations and entering the building that's on fire. SInce the former is the subject of this discussion, we shouldn't be comparing the latter as the two scenarios are apples and oranges.
3. The troopers were not freelancing. They were operating under the direction and supervision of the Fire Chief so all your complaints can/should be directed to him.
We debate a lot of incidents where there is a perceived conflict between duties and actions but I think in this case the debate is misguided. If a fire chief asked me to help at the scene of a major incident and the assistance he requested wasn't going to put me in harm's way, why should I say no???

And yet everyone (including myself) applauded members of the FDNY for backing up and assisting NYPD officers in Staten Island who were faced with a large unruly crowd.
Who's guarding the hen house? The other Troopers working. Those Troopers most likely would have been assigned to the fire scene anyways.
If a Firefighter taking one of my guns to help me in a firefight saves my ass or someone else's, I'm good with it. These Troopers didn't take the hose from anyone's hands, they were asked by the Fire Chief to help. Any cop would have stepped up and did the right thing.
The simple fact is web the crap hits the fan, emergency service providers step up and do the right thing for the communities we serve and for our fellow emergency service providers. These Troopers were not tasked with an interior attack, they were tasked with spraying some water on a fire from well outside the structure because the FD didn't have the manpower. If I was a homeowner, I'd be pretty damn grateful.