Firebear37 (current employee, Fire Paramedic Lieutenant) said about 1 month ago:

EMS operations is overworked, understaffed and under resourced. 80% of resources devoted to 20% of activity(Supression) and 20% of resources devoted to 80% of activity(EMS) leading to sub-standard care and operations. Response times are routinely double that of the national average. Quality of care has downgraded over the past 3 years. Organization is top heavy with command (Chief) level officers, and not enough field officers and dire shortage of quality paramedics who desire to work for Philadelphia Fire Dept. Past contract awards to Fire paramedics NOT honored. Department has continually negotiated in bad faith. This has led to amistrust between management and rank and file members. Operational procedures for EMS, HazMAT and Vehicle rescue not consistent with national recognized standards.

An anonymous user (friend of employee) said about 1 month ago:

Best Line I have heard on the fire ground "those guys are the squirters, they're cool, but when the choppers get here, they're gonna F*ck your sh*t up". Philly fires great but I am not going to get into the race cards being played and why there is no test for another year

An anonymous user (current employee, Captain) said 2 months ago:

We under new leadership witch give everbody a chance for advancement

An anonymous user (former employee, Firefighter) said 6 months ago:

The Philadelphia Fire Department is one of the oldest in the country and is run by a quality leadership team. Their goal of "Zero Fire Deaths" is promoted by keeping citizens aware of smoke alarm upkeep and is fairly successful.