VIDEO: Brownsburg firefighter Jason Stumm, in the industry for more than 20 years, says each day is unpredictable.
“There are days, weeks and months sometimes that you go on runs and it’s not really stressful. It’s a daily event, but then you have that one run in the middle of the month that you remember. There’s never one that is the same,” Stumm said. “At the end of the day, somebody’s life is in the balance, and you are trying to help them out.” Firefighters like Stumm are constantly faced with new challenges, and like many industries, are also dealing with changes and stress from the pandemic.
Earlier this year, 13News spoke with two Brownsburg paramedics who were feeling that same fatigue.
"We all have reached the point where we are just so burnt out and we are tired, and it's really hard because we are still trying to take care of people,” said Ashli LaLond, a paramedic for Brownsburg Fire Territory.