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http://app.com/article/20090319/NEWS/90319152 LAKEWOOD — Amid a tide of public anger over a video showing township EMS workers doing doughnuts in the snow with their emergency vehicles, Mayor Robert W. Singer tried to inject a practical tone Thursday, saying termination was too severe a penalty that would never hold up in a civil service hearing. Advertisement "I understand the frustration people have today. This is taxpayer money, these are public employees," Singer said at Thursday's committee meeting. "But we have to understand that the punishment has to fit the crime. Let's not overreact to things." The EMS workers -- two women and a man -- were on duty at the time. Their names have not been released. The EMS manager and township attorneys will in the next few days decide on a punishment for the employees, which falls under personnel and won't be made public, Singer said. The mayor added that the employees have a right to appeal the decision. The Internet video, posted on the Web site www.streetfire.net, shows three EMS workers skidding an ambulance and squad car in the snow in the parking lot of the Lakewood BlueClaws stadium. "No one was hurt, none of the vehicles were damaged and the individuals have no priors," Singer said. "Those put together, there's no way you could fire those people." At least one resident shared the mayor's views. "They made a mistake; think about it, we all make mistakes," John Newman, 75, said at the meeting. "Let's give these guys a break. They've done a lot of good for this community."

We take fresh linen from the hospitals and leave them our dirty ones, but that is an agreement with the hospital that the EMS have round here,aside from that no we don't take anything. Btw Jersey shore medical center in Neptune is the one that has the linen prepared, shrink wrapped, by the ER entrance. Whatever you do just make sure you don't swipe any Inhalers. http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=28073[web:19a5c80077]http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=28073[/web:19a5c80077]